Section 45.03 (2), Stats., authorizes the Secretary of the Department to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the purposes of Ch. 45 and the powers and duties conferred upon it. Section 45.21 (3), Stats., requires the Department to promulgate rules for the distribution of aid under the retraining assistance program. Section 45.40 (3m), Stats., authorizes the Department to promulgate rules establishing eligibility criteria and household income limits for payments under the subsistence and health care aid grant programs. Section 45.437, Stats., authorizes the Department to award grants to veterans, employers, and nonprofit or organizations to assist veteran entrepreneurs, to give employers in this state incentives to hire veterans, especially disabled veterans, to help fund employment training for veterans, especially disabled veterans, and for other programs or purposes as determined by the department by rule. Section 45.437(4), Stats., explicitly authorizes the Department to promulgate rules implementing the veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant programs.
5. Estimate of amount of time that state employees will spend developing the rule and of other resources necessary to develop the rule:
200 hours
6. List with description of all entities that may be affected by the proposed rule:
Veterans, eligible spouses of veterans, eligible family members of veterans, training centers and institutions of higher education that enroll veterans and eligible family members, employers that hire veterans, nonprofit organizations and entities that provide assistance to veterans and their eligible family members, and health care providers that provide veterans with dental, vision, and hearing services.
7. Summary and preliminary comparison with any existing or proposed federal regulation that is intended to address the activities to be regulated by the proposed rule:
None.
8. Anticipated economic impact of implementing the rule (note if the rule is likely to have a significant economic impact on small businesses):
The department anticipates that the proposed rules will have no to minimal economic impact statewide or locally, nor have an effect upon small businesses.
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