DOA:......Bollhorst, BB0366 - Emergency Medical Services Grant Funding
For 2025-2027 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Emergency services
Emergency medical services grant funding
This bill requires DHS to award grants each fiscal year to municipalities to improve or expand emergency medical services and creates an appropriation for that purpose. From the moneys appropriated each fiscal year, DHS must award 25 percent to municipalities to support the development of 24-7 paid service models in accordance with criteria developed by DHS. DHS must award the remainder using a formula consisting of a base amount, determined by DHS, for each municipality, plus a supplemental amount based on the municipality’s population.
For further information see the state and local 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. 20.435 (1) (ck) of the statutes is created to read:
20.435 (1) (ck) Emergency medical services grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants to municipalities to improve or expand emergency medical services under s. 256.42.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 2. 256.42 of the statutes is created to read:
256.42 Emergency medical services grants. (1) In this section, “municipality” means a city, village, or town.
(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (ck), the department shall award grants each fiscal year to municipalities to improve or expand emergency medical services. From the moneys appropriated each fiscal year, the department shall do all of the following:
(a) Award 25 percent to municipalities to support the development of 24-7 paid service models in accordance with criteria developed by the department.
(b) Award the remaining amount using a formula consisting of a base amount, determined by the department, for each municipality, plus a supplemental amount based on the population of the municipality.
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