2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRBb0696/1
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ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 17,
TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 50
July 2, 2025 - Offered by Representatives McCarville, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McGuire, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Vining.
AB50-ASA2-AA17,1,104(1m) 2027-29 biennial budget calculation. Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) 5(e), in submitting information under s. 16.42 for purposes of the 2027-29 biennial 6budget bill, the department of veterans affairs shall submit information concerning 7the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (u) as though the total amount appropriated 8under s. 20.485 (2) (u) for the 2026-27 fiscal year was $2,374,400 less than the total 9amount that was actually appropriated under s. 20.485 (2) (u) for the 2026-27 fiscal 10year. AB50-ASA2-AA17,2,6
1(1) Veterans benefit management system. In the schedule under s. 20.005 2(3) for the appropriation to the department of veterans affairs under s. 20.485 (2) 3(u), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $1,887,200 and the 4dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $3,132,400 for the purchase 5and ongoing maintenance of a new cloud-based grant administration system for 6veterans benefit programs.”. AB50-ASA2-AA17,2,189(1) Veterans outreach and recovery program. In the schedule under s. 1020.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of veterans affairs under s. 1120.485 (2) (qs), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $512,900 to 12increase the authorized FTE positions to the department of veterans affairs by 7.0 13SEG positions to increase services under the veterans outreach and recovery 14program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the 15department of veterans affairs under s. 20.485 (2) (qs), the dollar amount for fiscal 16year 2026-27 is increased by $602,800 to provide funding for the positions 17authorized under this subsection to increase services under the veterans outreach 18and recovery program.”. AB50-ASA2-AA17,2,2120“Section 1. 20.485 (2) (vm) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to 21read: AB50-ASA2-AA17,2,222220.485 (2) (vm) (title) Veterans assistance grants. AB50-ASA2-AA17,223Section 2. 45.40 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: AB50-ASA2-AA17,3,1
145.40 (title) Veterans assistance grants. AB50-ASA2-AA17,32Section 3. 45.40 (1g) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, 3renumbered 45.40 (1g) and amended to read: AB50-ASA2-AA17,3,11445.40 (1g) Definitions. In this section: (a) “Health, “health care provider” 5means an advanced practice nurse prescriber who is certified under s. 441.16 (2), 6an audiologist who is licensed under subch. II of ch. 459 or who holds a compact 7privilege under subch. III of ch. 459, a dentist who is licensed under subch. I of ch. 8447 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. II of ch. 447, an optometrist who 9is licensed under ch. 449, a physician who is licensed under s. 448.02, or a podiatrist 10who is licensed under s. 448.63 has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1) and includes 11an ambulatory surgery center. AB50-ASA2-AA17,4,41445.40 (1m) (a) The department may provide subsistence payments to a 15veteran on a month-to-month basis or for a 3-month period. The department may 16pay subsistence aid for a 3-month period if the veteran will be incapacitated for 17more than 3 months and if earned or unearned income or aid from sources other 18than those listed in the application will not be available in the 3-month period. The 19department may provide subsistence payments only to a veteran who has suffered a 20loss of income due to illness, injury, or natural disaster. The department may grant 21subsistence aid under this subsection to a veteran whose loss of income is the result 22of abuse of alcohol or other drugs only if the veteran is participating in an alcohol 23and other drug abuse treatment program that is approved by the department. No 24payment may be made under this subsection if the veteran has other assets or
1income available to meet basic subsistence needs or if the veteran is eligible to 2receive aid from other sources to meet those needs. When determining the assets 3available to the veteran, the department may not include the first $50,000 of cash 4surrender value of any life insurance. AB50-ASA2-AA17,4,8645.40 (1m) (b) The maximum amount that any veteran may receive under 7this subsection per occurrence during a consecutive 12-month period may not 8exceed $3,000 $5,000. AB50-ASA2-AA17,4,131045.40 (2) (a) The department may provide health care aid to a veteran for 11dental care, including dentures; vision care, including eyeglass frames and lenses; 12and hearing care, including hearing aids; and any other medical device prescribed 13by a health care provider. AB50-ASA2-AA17,4,201545.40 (2m) (a) The unremarried spouse and dependent children of a veteran 16who died on active duty, or in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for 17training purposes, in the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed 18forces are eligible to receive payments under subs. (1m) and (2) if the household 19income of those persons does not exceed the income limitations established under 20sub. (3m). AB50-ASA2-AA17,4,232245.40 (3) Limitations. The total cumulative amount that any veteran may 23receive under this section may not exceed $7,500 $10,000.”. AB50-ASA2-AA17,5,5336.27 (2) (b) 5. A person who is a resident of and living in this state at the time 4of registering at an institution and who is a veteran described under s. 45.01 (12) 5(fm) is entitled to the exemption under par. (a). AB50-ASA2-AA17,116Section 11. 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. g. of the statutes is created to read: AB50-ASA2-AA17,5,8736.27 (3p) (a) 1r. g. The person meets the criteria described under s. 45.01 8(12) (fm). AB50-ASA2-AA17,129Section 12. 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. g. of the statutes is created to read: AB50-ASA2-AA17,5,111038.24 (8) (a) 1r. g. The person meets the criteria described under s. 45.01 (12) 11(fm). AB50-ASA2-AA17,5,141345.01 (12) (fm) A person who resides in this state, if any of the following 14applies: AB50-ASA2-AA17,5,16151. The person was naturalized pursuant to section 2 (1) of the federal Hmong 16Veterans’ Naturalization Act of 2000, P.L. 106-207. AB50-ASA2-AA17,5,21172. The person is a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United 18States and the secretary has determined that the person served honorably with a 19special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of 20the armed forces of the United States at any time during the period beginning 21February 28, 1961, and ending September 18, 1978. AB50-ASA2-AA17,1523Section 15. 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50-ASA2-AA17,6,2
145.44 (3) (c) (intro.) A veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to (f) (fm), or one 2of the following: AB50-ASA2-AA17,6,5445.51 (2) (a) 1. A veteran, other than a veteran described under s. 45.01 (12) 5(fm). AB50-ASA2-AA17,6,87234.622 (4) (b) A veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to (f) (fm), who has 8been accepted into the program. AB50-ASA2-AA17,6,1310234.625 (4) (b) 9. If the participant is a veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12) (a) 11to (f) (fm), who is not 65 years of age or older, at a time before any of the events 12under subds. 1. to 7. occurs, as determined under policies and procedures 13established by the authority.”. AB50-ASA2-AA17,7,216(1) Veterans housing and recovery program. In the schedule under s. 1720.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of veterans affairs under s. 1820.485 (2) (rm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $900,000 19to increase funding for supplies and services costs in the program, and for costs 20associated with leasing a different facility for the Chippewa Falls–based program 21due to space and facility deficiencies of the current location.. In the schedule under 22s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of veterans affairs under s. 2320.485 (2) (rm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $1,050,000 24to increase funding for supplies and services costs in the program, and for costs
1associated with leasing a different facility for the Chippewa Falls–based program 2due to space and facility deficiencies of the current location.”. AB50-ASA2-AA17,7,84“Section 19. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, 5insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
