Amendment SSA1-AB68

AB68-SSA1,2595 Section 2595. 238.306 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2596 Section 2596. 238.308 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 238.308 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1195,20 238.308 (1) Definition Definitions. (intro.) In this section,:

AB68-SSA1,1195,22 (a) “eligible Eligible employee" means a person employed in a full-time job by a person certified under sub. (2).

AB68-SSA1,2597 Section 2597. 238.308 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1195,25 238.308 (1) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., “full-time job” has the meaning given in s. 238.30 (2m).

AB68-SSA1,1196,7 2. a. For awards certified under this section after December 31, 2021, “full-time job” means, except as provided in subd. 2. b., a regular, nonseasonal full-time position in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays, and for which the individual receives pay that is equal to at least $27,900 and benefits that are not required by federal or state law. “Full-time job" does not include initial training before an employment position begins.

AB68-SSA1,1196,13 b. The corporation may grant exceptions to the requirement under subd. 2. a. that a full-time job means a position in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year if the annual pay for the position exceeds $27,900 and an individual in the position is offered retirement, health, and other benefits that are equivalent to the retirement, health, and other benefits offered to an individual who is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year.

AB68-SSA1,2598 Section 2598. 238.308 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1197,2 238.308 (4) (a) 1. An amount equal to up to 10 percent of the amount of wages that the person paid to an eligible employee in the taxable year. For awards certified after December 31, 2021, the amount of wages taken into account under this subdivision may not exceed $123,000 per eligible employee per year. Beginning on January 1, 2023, the dollar amount under this subdivision shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the year before the previous year, as determined by the federal department of labor. Each amount that is revised under this subdivision shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10.

AB68-SSA1,2599 Section 2599. 238.308 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1197,11 238.308 (4) (a) 3. An amount equal to up to 50 percent of the person's training costs incurred to undertake activities to enhance an eligible employee's general knowledge, employability, and flexibility in the workplace; to develop skills unique to the person's workplace or equipment; or to develop skills that will increase the quality of the person's product upgrade or improve the job-related skills of an eligible employee, train an eligible employee on the use of job-related new technologies, or provide job-related training to an eligible employee whose employment with the person represents the employee's first full-time job.

AB68-SSA1,2600 Section 2600. 238.308 (4) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1197,18 238.308 (4) (a) 5. An amount, as determined by the corporation, equal to a percentage of the amount of wages that the person paid to an eligible employee in the taxable year, if the position in which the eligible employee was employed was created or retained in connection with the person's location or retention of the person's corporate headquarters in Wisconsin and the job duties associated with the eligible employee's position involve the performance of corporate headquarters functions.

AB68-SSA1,2601 Section 2601. 238.308 (4) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1197,24 238.308 (4) (a) 6. An amount equal to up to 25 percent of the person's energy efficiency or renewable energy project expenditures on real or personal property located in this state. When making an award under this subdivision, the corporation shall ensure that the percentage of expenditures taken into account positively correlates to the scale of the project.

AB68-SSA1,2602 Section 2602. 238.399 (1) (am) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1198,4 238.399 (1) (am) 2. a. The For awards certified under this section prior to January 1, 2022, the individual is employed in a job for which the annual pay is more than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage.

AB68-SSA1,2603 Section 2603. 238.399 (1) (am) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1198,9 238.399 (1) (am) 2. c. For awards certified under this section after December 31, 2021, the individual is employed in a job for which the annual pay is more than $27,900 in a tier I county or municipality or more than $37,000 in a tier II county or municipality.

AB68-SSA1,2604 Section 2604. 238.399 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1198,12 238.399 (3) (a) The corporation may designate any number of no more than 30 enterprise zones in this state.

AB68-SSA1,2605 Section 2605. 238.399 (3) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2606 Section 2606. 238.399 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1198,19 238.399 (3) (e) If the corporation revokes all certifications for tax benefits within a designated enterprise zone under par. (a), the corporation may cancel the designation of that enterprise zone. After canceling the designation of an enterprise zone, the corporation may designate a new enterprise zone under par. (a) subject to the limits of this subsection.

AB68-SSA1,2607 Section 2607. 238.399 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1198,21 238.399 (4) (title) Time limits ; reporting.

AB68-SSA1,2608 Section 2608. 238.399 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1198,25 238.399 (4) (b) If an enterprise zone designation expires under par. (a) or under the contract with a business certified under sub. (5), the corporation may designate a new enterprise zone under par. (a) subject to the limits of sub. (3).

AB68-SSA1,2609 Section 2609. 238.399 (6) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1199,10 238.399 (6) (h) Beginning on January 1, 2023, the dollar amount in sub. (1) (am) 2. c. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the year before the previous year, as determined by the federal department of labor. Each amount that is revised under this paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10.

AB68-SSA1,2610 Section 2610 . 250.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1199,15 250.04 (3) (a) The department shall establish and maintain surveillance activities sufficient to detect any occurrence of acute, communicable , or chronic diseases and threat of occupational or environmental hazards, injuries , or changes in the health of mothers parents and children.

AB68-SSA1,2611 Section 2611. 250.15 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 250.15 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1199,18 250.15 (1) Definition Definitions. (intro.) In this section, “ community:

AB68-SSA1,1199,20 (a) “Community health center" means a health care entity that provides primary health care, health education and social services to low-income individuals.

AB68-SSA1,2612 Section 2612. 250.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1199,25 250.15 (1) (b) “Free and charitable clinics” means health care organizations that use a volunteer and staff model to provide health services to uninsured, underinsured, underserved, economically and socially disadvantaged, and vulnerable populations and that meet all of the following criteria:

AB68-SSA1,1200,2 1. The organizations are nonprofit and tax exempt or are a part of a larger nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.

AB68-SSA1,1200,3 2. The organizations are located in this state or serve residents in this state.

AB68-SSA1,1200,6 3. The organizations restrict eligibility to receive services to individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, or have limited or no access to primary, specialty, or prescription care.

AB68-SSA1,1200,7 4. The organizations provide one or more of the following services:

AB68-SSA1,1200,8 a. Medical care.

AB68-SSA1,1200,9 b. Mental health care.

AB68-SSA1,1200,10 c. Dental care.

AB68-SSA1,1200,11 d. Prescription medications.

AB68-SSA1,1200,14 5. The organizations use volunteer health care professionals, nonclinical volunteers, and partnerships with other health care providers to provide the services under subd. 4.

AB68-SSA1,1200,18 6. The organizations are not federally-qualified health centers as defined in 42 USC 1396d (l) (2) and do not receive reimbursement from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services under a federally-qualified health center payment methodology.

AB68-SSA1,2613 Section 2613. 250.15 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1200,20 250.15 (2) (d) To free and charitable clinics, $2,500,000.

AB68-SSA1,2614 Section 2614 . 250.16 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1200,24 250.16 Grants for community health workers. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fh), the department shall annually award $15,000,000 for community health workers.

AB68-SSA1,2615 Section 2615. 250.20 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1201,5 250.20 (7) Black women's health grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cr), the department shall annually award grants in the total amount of $1,750,000 to community-serving organizations that are led by Black women that improve Black women's health in Dane, Milwaukee, Rock, Racine, and Kenosha Counties.

AB68-SSA1,2616 Section 2616. 250.20 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1201,10 250.20 (8) Infant and maternal mortality grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cr), the department shall annually award grants in the total amount of $1,750,000 to organizations that work to reduce racial disparities related to infant and maternal mortality.

AB68-SSA1,2617 Section 2617 . 250.22 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1201,14 250.22 Health equity grants. (1) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (1) (cv) and (r), the department shall award grants to community organizations to implement community health worker care models.

AB68-SSA1,1201,18 (2) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (1) (cv) and (r), the department shall award grants to community organizations and local or tribal health departments to hire health equity strategists and to implement health equity action plans.

AB68-SSA1,2618 Section 2618. 251.05 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1201,25 251.05 (3) (c) Involve key policymakers and the general public in determining and developing a community health improvement plan that includes actions to implement the services and functions specified under s. 250.03 (1) (L). The plan under this paragraph shall include consideration of the effects of climate change on community health and consideration of the policies, plans, and programs that may assist in mitigating community health problems and health hazards.

AB68-SSA1,2619 Section 2619. 252.14 (1) (ar) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1202,2 252.14 (1) (ar) 3. A dentist or dental therapist licensed under ch. 447.

AB68-SSA1,2620 Section 2620. 253.07 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1202,4 253.07 (1) (a) 3. Pregnancy termination.

AB68-SSA1,2621 Section 2621. 253.07 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1202,6 253.07 (1) (b) 3. Pregnancy termination.

AB68-SSA1,2622 Section 2622 . 253.07 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 253.07 (5) (b) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1202,12 253.07 (5) (b) Subject to par. (c), a A public entity that receives women's health funds under this section may provide some or all of the funds to other public or private entities provided that the recipient of the funds does not do any of the following:.

AB68-SSA1,2623 Section 2623 . 253.07 (5) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2624 Section 2624 . 253.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2625 Section 2625. 253.075 of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2626 Section 2626. 254.151 (1m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1202,20 254.151 (1m) (g) In each fiscal year, $125,000 $175,000 to fund lead screening and outreach activities at a community-based human service agency that provides primary health care, health education and social services to low-income individuals in 1st class cities.

AB68-SSA1,2627 Section 2627 . Subchapter IX (title) of chapter 254 [precedes 254.911] of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1202,23 CHAPTER 254

AB68-SSA1,1202,24 SUBCHAPTER IX

AB68-SSA1,1202,25 SALE OR GIFT OF CIGARETTES,

AB68-SSA1,1203,1 NICOTINE PRODUCTS, VAPOR

AB68-SSA1,1203,2 PRODUCTS, OR TOBACCO

AB68-SSA1,1203,3 PRODUCTS TO MINORS

AB68-SSA1,2628 Section 2628 . 254.911 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1203,5 254.911 (11) “Vapor product” has the meaning given in s. 139.75 (14).

AB68-SSA1,2629 Section 2629 . 254.916 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1203,10 254.916 (2) (intro.) With the permission of his or her parent or guardian, a A person under 18 21 years of age, but not under 15 years of age, may buy, attempt to buy, or possess any cigarette, nicotine product, or tobacco product, or vapor product if all of the following are true:

AB68-SSA1,2630 Section 2630. 254.916 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1203,13 254.916 (2) (d) If the person is under 18 years of age, he or she has obtained permission from his or her parent or guardian to participate in the investigation.

AB68-SSA1,2631 Section 2631. 254.916 (3) (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1203,17 254.916 (3) (a) If questioned about his or her age during the course of an investigation, the minor person under 21 years of age shall state his or her true age.