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AB1038-SSA1,5,33 (a) “COVID-19” means an infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
AB1038-SSA1,5,74 (b) “Eligible provider” means a health system, health care clinic, health care
5provider as defined in s. 146.81 (1) (i) to (q), pharmacy licensed under ch. 450, or any
6other health care facility or long-term care facility or setting where assisted living
7services or health care services are or may be provided.
AB1038-SSA1,5,11 8(2) Grants; purposes. Subject to sub. (3), from the appropriation under s.
920.505 (1) (ft), the secretary may assist any eligible providers with costs relating to
10planning or preparing for or responding to an outbreak of COVID-19 by awarding
11grants that may only be used for one or more of the following purposes:
AB1038-SSA1,5,1312 (a) Establishment and operation of temporary sites to provide testing services
13or treatment beds or to isolate or quarantine affected individuals.
AB1038-SSA1,5,1514 (b) Temporary conversion of space for another purpose that after a COVID-19
15outbreak will revert to its original use.
AB1038-SSA1,5,1616 (c) Staff overtime and hiring additional staff.
AB1038-SSA1,5,1717 (d) Staff training and orientation.
AB1038-SSA1,5,1918 (e) Purchasing of consumable protective or treatment supplies and equipment
19to protect or treat staff, visitors, and patients.
AB1038-SSA1,5,2120 (f) Development and implementation of COVID-19 screening and testing
21procedures.
AB1038-SSA1,5,2222 (g) Patient outreach activities related to COVID-19.
AB1038-SSA1,5,2323 (h) Emergency transportation of patients that exceeds usual capacity.
AB1038-SSA1,5,2524 (i) Information technology and systems costs to support telehealth activities,
25patient triage, and COVID-19 screening.
AB1038-SSA1,6,2
1(j) Purchasing replacement parts or filters that are necessary for the operation
2of medical equipment.
AB1038-SSA1,6,33 (k) Specialty cleaning supplies for facilities and equipment.
AB1038-SSA1,6,54 (L) Expenses related to the isolation and quarantine of staff, except for the
5payment of wages for the staff being isolated or quarantined.
AB1038-SSA1,6,96 (m) Expenses that assist with planning or preparing for or responding to an
7outbreak of COVID-19 but that, in the determination of the secretary, cannot
8reasonably be expected to generate income for the grant recipient after the outbreak
9ends.
AB1038-SSA1,6,11 10(3) Eligibility; process. (a) The secretary shall do all of the following relating
11to grants described under sub. (2):
AB1038-SSA1,6,1212 1. Determine the number of grants and the amount of each grant.
AB1038-SSA1,6,1413 2. Develop an application form and process for an eligible provider to apply for
14a grant and demonstrate an urgent or emergency need for a grant.
AB1038-SSA1,6,1615 3. Establish conditions to which an eligible provider must agree in order to
16obtain a grant under this section.
AB1038-SSA1,6,1917 (b) If the secretary determines that a recipient of a grant under this section has
18used awarded moneys for a purpose not authorized under this section or has
19otherwise violated the grant agreement, the secretary may do any of the following:
AB1038-SSA1,6,2020 1. Immediately terminate any portions or all of the grant agreement.
AB1038-SSA1,6,2221 2. Recover from the grant recipient any moneys paid and used for the
22unauthorized purpose.
AB1038-SSA1,6,2323 3. Pursue any other remedy available under law.
AB1038-SSA1,7,224 (c) Notwithstanding ss. 227.01 (3m) and (13), 227.10, and 227.112, the grant
25application process and eligibility criteria under this section need not be

1promulgated as rules under ch. 227, are not a guidance document, and are not subject
2to the requirements of s. 227.112.
AB1038-SSA1,7,10 3(4) Temporary sites. Notwithstanding sub. (2), if no eligible provider is
4reasonably capable of establishing and operating temporary sites to provide testing
5services to test for COVID-19, provide treatment beds for patients affected by a
6COVID-19 outbreak, or isolate or quarantine individuals affected by a COVID-19
7outbreak the secretary may expend moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.505
8(1) (ft) to establish and operate temporary sites for these purposes. The secretary
9may direct local units of government and eligible providers to operate a temporary
10site established under this subsection.
AB1038-SSA1,7,14 11(5) Report. By the date that is 12 months after the date that the state of
12 emergency related to public health declared by the governor on March 12, 2020, by
13 executive order 72, is discontinued, the secretary shall submit to the legislature
14under s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor a report that contains all of the following:
AB1038-SSA1,7,1615 (a) The total number of grants issued and the total number of temporary sites
16established and operated under sub. (4).
AB1038-SSA1,7,1817 (b) The total amount of money issued as grants under this section and the total
18amount of money expended on temporary sites under sub. (4).
AB1038-SSA1,7,2019 (c) For each grant recipient, the name of the recipient, the grant amount, the
20uses of the grant funds, and the amount spent for each use.
AB1038-SSA1,9 21Section 9. 16.245 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,7,23 2216.245 Hazard pay grants during a public health emergency. (1)
23Definitions. In this section:
AB1038-SSA1,8,3
1(a) “Critical workforce member” means an employee, contractor, or other
2individual working in a vital public or private sector or in critical infrastructure, as
3determined by the secretary under sub. (2) (b).
AB1038-SSA1,8,54 (b) “Public health emergency” means a public health emergency declared by the
5governor under s. 323.10.
AB1038-SSA1,8,13 6(2) Hazard pay grants for work during a public health emergency. (a) From
7the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (mb), the department shall award grants to
8employers and organizations to provide hazard pay to critical workforce members
9who work during a public health emergency. The department may establish
10eligibility criteria and guidelines, including proration of pay, for administering the
11grants under this section, which, notwithstanding ss. 227.01 (3m) and (13), 227.10,
12and 227.112, need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227, are not guidance
13documents, and are not subject to the requirements of s. 227.112.
AB1038-SSA1,8,1614 (b) The secretary shall determine which are vital public and private sectors,
15critical infrastructure, and critical workforce members during a public health
16emergency.
AB1038-SSA1,10 17Section 10 . 16.5165 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,8,18 1816.5165 Costs related to a public health emergency. (1) In this section:
AB1038-SSA1,8,2019 (a) “Public health emergency” means a public health emergency declared by the
20governor under s. 323.10.
AB1038-SSA1,8,2521 (b) “State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher
22education, association, society, or other body in state government that is created or
23authorized to be created by the constitution or any law and is entitled to expend
24moneys appropriated by law, including any authority, but not including the
25legislature or the courts.
AB1038-SSA1,9,2
1(2) The department may expend moneys from the appropriation under s.
220.505 (1) (am) for all of the following:
AB1038-SSA1,9,53 (a) Facilitating coordination between and among federal, state, local, and tribal
4agencies, social services agencies, and public and private health care entities that the
5secretary determines may be affected by a public health emergency.
AB1038-SSA1,9,76 (b) Awarding grants and entering into contracts pertaining to a public health
7emergency.
AB1038-SSA1,9,98 (c) Supporting emergency operations related to a public health emergency,
9including investigation, education, and eradication.
AB1038-SSA1,9,1110 (d) Expenditures for information technology directly related to a public health
11emergency, as determined by the secretary.
AB1038-SSA1,9,1312 (e) Facilities expenditures directly related to a public health emergency, as
13determined by the secretary.
AB1038-SSA1,9,1614 (f) Personnel costs, including all salary, fringe, overtime, and additional leave
15benefits, for any state agency, if those costs are directly related to a public health
16emergency, as determined by the secretary.
AB1038-SSA1,9,1817 (g) Purchasing under ss. 16.70 to 16.78 that is directly related to a public health
18emergency, as determined by the secretary.
AB1038-SSA1,9,2119 (h) Operating as a procurement clearinghouse for state and local governments
20and select private entities, as determined by the secretary, during a public health
21emergency.
AB1038-SSA1,9,2422 (i) Expenditures associated with continuity of state government, if those
23expenditures are directly related to a public health emergency, as determined by the
24secretary.
AB1038-SSA1,10,2
1(j) Carrying out other activities as the secretary determines applicable and
2appropriate.
AB1038-SSA1,10,6 3(3) (a) The department may submit a request to the joint committee on finance
4under s. 13.10 to expend moneys under sub. (2) in excess of the amount specified in
5s. 20.505 (1) (am). The department may expend excess moneys under this paragraph
6only to the extent approved under par. (b).
AB1038-SSA1,10,87 (b) A request under par. (a) is approved upon the occurrence of any of the
8following:
AB1038-SSA1,10,129 1. The joint committee on finance approves the request or modifies and
10approves the request. If the committee modifies and approves the request, the
11department may expend excess moneys under the request only as modified by the
12committee.
AB1038-SSA1,10,1413 2. No member of the joint committee on finance objects to the request within
1424 hours after the request is received.
AB1038-SSA1,10,1615 3. If a member objects under subd. 2., the joint committee on finance does not
16approve, reject, or modify the request within 48 hours after the request is received.
AB1038-SSA1,10,1817 (c) Notwithstanding s. 13.10 (3), no public hearing is required for a request
18under par. (a).
AB1038-SSA1,10,2019 (d) Notwithstanding s. 13.10 (4), the committee may vote on a request under
20par. (a) by mail ballot or by polling.
AB1038-SSA1,10,24 21(4) In each fiscal year, no later than 75 days after first expending moneys under
22sub. (2), and no later than the end of each month after that in which the department
23expends moneys under sub. (2), the department shall submit to the joint committee
24on finance a report on those expenditures.
AB1038-SSA1,11
1Section 11. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
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AB1038-SSA1,12 1Section 12. 20.145 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,13,2
120.145 (5) (c) Reinsurance plan; COVID-19 costs. The amounts in the schedule
2for reinsurance payments under s. 601.83 (7).
AB1038-SSA1,13 3Section 13 . 20.155 (3) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,13,64 20.155 (3) (a) Broadband expansion grants; general purpose revenue.
5Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for broadband expansion grants under s.
6196.504.
AB1038-SSA1,14 7Section 14 . 20.192 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,13,128 20.192 (1) (c) Emergency assistance to small businesses. As a continuing
9appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants and loans to small businesses
10adversely affected by a public health emergency, and for associated administrative
11costs and technical assistance, under 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 149
12(10).
AB1038-SSA1,15 13Section 15. 20.192 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2019 Wisconsin Act ....
14(this act), is repealed.
AB1038-SSA1,16 15Section 16. 20.410 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,13,1816 20.410 (1) (am) Institutional costs related to a public health emergency.
17Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for institutional costs related to responding
18to a public health emergency under s. 323.10.
AB1038-SSA1,17 19Section 17. 20.435 (1) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,13,2220 20.435 (1) (bw) Reimbursement for COVID-19 services. Biennially, the
21amounts in the schedule to pay reimbursements to health care providers for testing,
22treatment, and vaccination under s. 46.968.
AB1038-SSA1,18 23Section 18. 20.435 (1) (by) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,13,2524 20.435 (1) (by) Public health emergency general costs. A sum sufficient for
25public health emergency costs under s. 323.21.
AB1038-SSA1,19
1Section 19. 20.437 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,14,42 20.437 (3) (f) Public health emergency funds. Biennially, the amounts in the
3schedule for the purpose of the grant programs under s. 49.259, and programs for
4youth who are runaways, homeless, or in independent living arrangements.
AB1038-SSA1,20 5Section 20. 20.445 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,14,76 20.445 (1) (ag) Unemployment insurance; benefit claims during public health
7emergency.
A sum sufficient for the payment of benefits under s. 108.07 (8).
AB1038-SSA1,21 8Section 21 . 20.465 (3) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,14,129 20.465 (3) (em) Public health emergencies. A sum sufficient to pay public
10health emergency costs as provided under s. 323.22 for a public health emergency
11declared under s. 323.10. Except as provided in s. 323.22 (2), no more than
12$300,000,000 may be expended from this appropriation in a fiscal biennium.
AB1038-SSA1,22 13Section 22. 20.490 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,14,1614 20.490 (3) (b) Foreclosure prevention and down payment assistance fund. As
15a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for a foreclosure prevention
16and down payment assistance fund in accordance with s. 234.535.
AB1038-SSA1,23 17Section 23. 20.505 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,14,2118 20.505 (1) (am) Costs related to a public health emergency. A sum sufficient for
19costs related to a public health emergency under s. 16.5165. Except as provided in
20s. 16.5165, no more than $200,000,000 may be expended from this appropriation in
21any fiscal biennium.
AB1038-SSA1,24 22Section 24. 20.505 (1) (ft) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,14,2523 20.505 (1) (ft) Grants to health care providers and temporary sites. Biennially,
24the amounts in the schedule for grants to eligible providers and for establishment
25of temporary sites under s. 16.24.
AB1038-SSA1,25
1Section 25. 20.505 (1) (fv) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,15,52 20.505 (1) (fv) Meal delivery grants. The amounts in the schedule to award
3grants for providing and delivering meals under s. 16.23. Notwithstanding ss.
420.001 (3) (a) and 20.002 (1), the department may transfer moneys appropriated
5under this paragraph between fiscal years.
AB1038-SSA1,26 6Section 26. 20.505 (1) (gh) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1038-SSA1,15,97 20.505 (1) (gh) Printing services. All moneys received from printing services
8rendered to counties, towns, villages, and cities under s. 16.004 (25) for the cost of
9providing those services.
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