DOA:......Stinebrink, BB0558 - General Fund Transfer for Civil Treatment
For 2025-2027 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Behavioral health and developmental disabilities
Funding for Winnebago Mental Health Institute
This bill transfers moneys from the general fund to a program revenue appropriation for DHS to support the operations of Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
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. 20.435 (2) (gk) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.435 (2) (gk) Institutional operations and charges. The amounts in the schedule for care, other than under s. 51.06 (1r), provided by the centers for the developmentally disabled, to reimburse the cost of providing the services and to remit any credit balances to county departments that occur on and after July 1, 1978, in accordance with s. 51.437 (4rm) (c); for care, other than under s. 46.043, provided by the mental health institutes, to reimburse the cost of providing the services and to remit any credit balances to county departments that occur on and after January 1, 1979, in accordance with s. 51.42 (3) (as) 2.; for care of juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center for whom counties are financially responsible under s. 938.357 (3) (d), to reimburse the cost of providing that care; for maintenance of state-owned housing at centers for the developmentally disabled and mental health institutes; for repair or replacement of property damaged at the mental health institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; for reimbursing the total cost of using, producing, and providing services, products, and care; and to transfer to the appropriation account under sub. (5) (kp) for funding centers. All moneys received as payments from medical assistance on and after August 1, 1978; as payments from all other sources including other payments under s. 46.10 and payments under s. 51.437 (4rm) (c) received on and after July 1, 1978; as medical assistance payments, other payments under s. 46.10, and payments under s. 51.42 (3) (as) 2. received on and after January 1, 1979; as payments from counties for the care of juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center; as payments for the rental of state-owned housing and other institutional facilities at centers for the developmentally disabled and mental health institutes; for the sale of electricity, steam, or chilled water; as payments in restitution of property damaged at the mental health institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; for the sale of surplus property, including vehicles, at the mental health institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; and for other services, products, and care shall be credited to this appropriation, except that any payment under s. 46.10 received for the care or treatment of patients admitted under s. 51.10, 51.15, or 51.20 for which the state is liable under s. 51.05 (3), of forensic patients committed under ch. 971 or 975, admitted under ch. 975, or transferred under s. 51.35 (3), or of patients transferred from a state prison under s. 51.37 (5), to the Mendota Mental Health Institute or the Winnebago Mental Health Institute shall be treated as general purpose revenue — earned, as defined under s. 20.001 (4); and except that moneys received under s. 51.06 (6) may be expended only as provided in s. 13.101 (17). All moneys transferred under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9219 (1), shall be credited to this appropriation account.
Section 9219. Fiscal changes; Health Services.
(1) Winnebago Mental Health Institute. There is transferred from the general fund to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (gk) $18,599,500 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $15,251,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 to support the operations of Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
****Note: Please note that the amount in the schedule for s. 20.435 (2) (gk) must be increased by the amount of the transfer or the transferred amount will not be available for expenditure. See s. 20.001 (2) (b).
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