DOA:......Kirschbaum, BB0001 - DSPS lean appropriation structure
For 2025-2027 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
SAFETY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Buildings and safety
Combining operations and administrative services appropriations
The bill combines two program revenue appropriations for operations and administrative services related to DSPS’s regulation of industry, buildings, and safety into a single appropriation.
Professional licensure
Combining general operations appropriations
The bill combines five program revenue appropriations related to the licensing, rule-making, and regulatory functions of DSPS into a single appropriation.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 20.165 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.165 (1) (g) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the licensing, rule making, and regulatory functions of the department, other than the licensing, rule-making, and credentialing functions of the medical examining board and the affiliated credentialing boards attached to the medical examining board and except for preparing, administering, and grading examinations; for any costs associated with the interstate medical licensure compact under s. 448.980, including payment of assessments under s. 448.980 (13) (a); for the examination and approval of proprietary school programs under s. 440.52; for indemnifying students, parents, or sponsors under s. 440.52 (10) (a) and for preserving under s. 440.52 (11) the students records of schools, as defined in s. 440.52 (11) (a) 2., that have discontinued their operations; for administrative costs of taking possession of, preserving, and providing copies of student records of schools, as defined in s. 440.52 (11) (a) 2., that have discontinued their operations; and for the controlled substances board’s operation of the prescription drug monitoring program under s. 961.385. Ninety percent of all moneys received under chs. 440 to 480, except ch. 448 and ss. 440.03 (13), 440.05 (1) (b), 458.21, and 458.365, less $10 of each renewal fee received under s. 452.12 (5); 90 percent of all moneys received from the issuance of solicitor’s permits under s. 440.52 (8) and from the fees under s. 440.52 (10) and all moneys received from the fees under s. 440.52 (13) (d); all moneys transferred from the appropriation under par. (i); and all moneys received under s. 440.055 (2); all moneys received from fees received under s. 440.52 (10) (c) 4.; all moneys received from fees collected under s. 440.52 (11) (d); and all moneys received from the interstate medical licensure compact commission under s. 448.980, shall be credited to this appropriation.
Section 2. 20.165 (1) (hg) of the statutes is repealed.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 3. 20.165 (1) (jr) of the statutes is repealed.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 4. 20.165 (1) (jt) of the statutes is repealed.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 5. 20.165 (1) (jv) of the statutes is repealed.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
20.165 (2) (j) Safety and building operations. The amounts in the schedule for the purposes of chs. 101 and 145 and ss. 167.35, 236.12 (2) (ap), 236.13 (1) (d) and (2m), and 236.335, for administrative and support services for programs administered by the department relating to the regulation of industry, buildings, and safety and for the purpose of transferring the amounts in the schedule under par. (kf) to the appropriation account under par. (kf). All moneys received under ch. 145 and ss. 101.178, 101.19, 101.63 (9), 101.654 (3), 101.73 (12), 101.82 (4), 101.955 (2), 167.35 (2) (f), and 236.12 (7) and all moneys received by the department under this subsection as payment for administrative and support services for programs administered by the department, except for moneys directed to be deposited under par. (ks), shall be credited to this appropriation account.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 20.165 (2) (j). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0459/P2 and -0460/P2.
Section 7. 20.165 (2) (ka) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.165 (2) (ka) Interagency agreements. All moneys received through contracts or financial agreements for provision of services to other state agencies relating to the regulation of industry, buildings, and safety, except moneys appropriated under par. (kd) (j) or (ks), for the purpose of providing the services.
Section 8. 20.165 (2) (kd) of the statutes is repealed.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 9. 440.25 of the statutes is amended to read:
440.25 Judicial review. The department may seek judicial review under ch. 227 of any final disciplinary decision of the medical examining board or affiliated credentialing board attached to the medical examining board. The department shall be represented in such review proceedings by an attorney within the department. Upon request of the medical examining board or the interested affiliated credentialing board, the attorney general may represent the board. If the attorney general declines to represent the board, the board may retain special counsel which shall be paid for out of the appropriation under s. 20.165 (1) (hg) (g).
Section 10. 448.981 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
448.981 (6) The payment of assessments for the interstate medical licensure compact under s. 448.980 (13) (a) shall be made from the appropriation account under s. 20.165 (1) (hg) (g) using the licensure fees paid by physicians licensed under the compact. No fees from physicians that have not applied for licensure through the compact shall be used to pay Wisconsin’s annual assessment pursuant to s. 448.980 (13) (a) without the approval of the joint committee on finance.
Section 9238. Fiscal changes; Safety and Professional Services.
(1) Administrative services; buildings and safety. The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under s. 20.165 (2) (kd) is transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.165 (2) (j).
(2) General program operations; professional regulation. The unencumbered balance in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.165 (1) (hg), (jr), (jt), and (jv) are transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.165 (1) (g).
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