AB444: Bill Text

AB444,22,21 (2) Funds provided under s. 20.395 (2) (fc) shall be distributed under this section as discretionary grants to reimburse eligible applicants for eligible projects. The department shall solicit and provide discretionary grants under this section until all funds appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (fc) have been expended.

AB444,43 Section 43 . 86.31 (3s) of the statutes is repealed.

AB444,44 Section 44 . 115.28 (66) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,23,2 115.28 (66) The Literacy Lab. Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fs) to The Literacy Lab, a Virginia nonstock corporation, to provide evidence-based literacy interventions to pupils in prekindergarten to 3rd grade in this state.

AB444,45 Section 45 . Subchapter III of chapter 153 [precedes 153.85] of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,23,5 Chapter 153

AB444,23,6 Subchapter III

AB444,23,8 Opioid and METHAMPHETAMINE data

AB444,23,11 153.85 Definition; opioid and methamphetamine data. In this subchapter, “vendor” means a person awarded the contract following a request for proposals described under s. 153.87.

AB444,23,16 153.87 Opioid and methamphetamine data system. (1) Subject to sub. (3), the department of administration shall issue a request for proposals to establish and maintain an opioid and methamphetamine data system to collect, format, analyze, and disseminate information on opioid and methamphetamine use, which shall include all of the following:

AB444,23,18 (a) Hospital discharge data from visits and stays related to opioid use or overdose.

AB444,23,20 (b) Hospital discharge data from visits and stays related to methamphetamine use or overdose.

AB444,23,21 (c) Ambulance service run data related to opioid use or overdose.

AB444,23,24 (d) The number of opioid-related overdoses in the state, the number of individuals who overdose on opioids, and the opioids on which the individuals overdose.

AB444,24,3 (e) The number of methamphetamine-related overdoses in the state, the number of individuals who overdose on methamphetamines, and the forms of methamphetamines on which the individuals overdose.

AB444,24,4 (f) Death records related to opioid use or overdose.

AB444,24,5 (g) Death records related to methamphetamine use or overdose.

AB444,24,7 (h) The number of opioid treatment centers in the state, by the owner or operator of each opioid treatment center.

AB444,24,9 (i) The number of methamphetamine treatment centers in the state, by the owner or operator of each methamphetamine treatment center.

AB444,24,14 (j) The number of providers in this state that are allowed to prescribe a drug that is a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, the patient capacity for those prescribers, the number of patients taking such a combination drug, and the number of patients who have discontinued such a combination drug due to successful completion of a treatment program.

AB444,24,19 (k) The number of methadone clinics in the state, the number of patients taking methadone, the number of patients who more than once have been on courses of methadone, the number of patients who have discontinued methadone use due to successful completion of a treatment program, and the number of patients who are receiving methadone treatment for each of the following durations:

AB444,24,20 1. Longer than 12 months.

AB444,24,21 2. Longer than 3 years.

AB444,24,22 3. Longer than 4 years.

AB444,24,23 4. Longer than 5 years.

AB444,24,24 5. Longer than 8 years.

AB444,24,25 6. Longer than 10 years.

AB444,25,3 (L) The amount of naloxone doses dispensed, the total number of naloxone doses administered, and the number of unique patients who have received doses of naloxone.

AB444,25,5 (m) The number of adults in the state who use opioids, the extent to which those adults use opioids, and the type of opioids used.

AB444,25,8 (n) The number of adults in the state who use methamphetamines, the extent to which those adults use methamphetamines, and the forms of methamphetamines used.

AB444,25,10 (o) The number of minors in the state who use opioids, the extent to which those minors use opioids, and the type of opioids used.

AB444,25,13 (p) The number of minors in the state who use methamphetamines, the extent to which those minors use methamphetamines, and the forms of methamphetamines used.

AB444,25,17 (q) The number of minors who enter the child protective services system due to opioid use by a parent or guardian, length of time those minors are in out-of-home care, and the type of reporter who notified child protective services of the needs of the minor.

AB444,25,25 (r) The number of persons who are incarcerated and who are receiving naltrexone for extended-release in injectable suspension, the number of persons who are on extended supervision or probation or on parole and who are receiving extended-release naltrexone, the total number of doses of extended-release naltrexone administered to persons who are incarcerated, on extended supervision or probation, or on parole in this state, and the length of time that persons who are incarcerated, on extended supervision or probation, or on parole are receiving extended-release naltrexone.

AB444,26,2 (s) The number of arrests and convictions related to methadone and the number related to a drug that is a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone.

AB444,26,3 (t) The number of arrests and convictions related to methamphetamines.

AB444,26,7 (2) The opioid and methamphetamine data system under sub. (1) shall identify, to the extent possible, for sub. (1) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), (m), (n), (o), (p), and (r), the number of individuals who have each of the following forms of health care coverage:

AB444,26,8 (a) Public health care coverage under the Medical Assistance program.

AB444,26,11 (b) Public health care coverage under Medicare, a veteran or military health plan, or another public form of coverage other than Medical Assistance, including any self-insured governmental health plan.

AB444,26,12 (c) Private insurance or a private heath plan.

AB444,26,13 (d) Self-coverage or uninsured.

AB444,26,25 (3) (a) The department of administration shall submit the proposed request for proposals described under sub. (1) to the joint committee on finance before issuing the request for proposal. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department of administration within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the proposed request for proposals under this paragraph that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed request for proposals, the department may issue the request for proposals. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the proposed request for proposals under this paragraph, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed request for proposals, the department may issue the proposed request for proposals only upon approval by the committee.

AB444,27,10 (b) At the time the department of administration submits the proposal under par. (a), the departments of health services, children and families, corrections, justice, and safety and professional services may submit to the joint committee on finance suggestions of opioid-related or methamphetamine-related information to collect, analyze, and disseminate in addition to information specified under sub. (1) to assist the agencies in analyzing the behavioral health status of the state's population, reducing relapse of opioid and methamphetamine misuse, improving patient outcomes after opioid or methamphetamine use or overdose, assisting minors who are in out-of-home care, and monitoring health costs related to substance use.

AB444,27,14 (4) The department of administration shall collaborate with and collect data from the departments of health services, corrections, justice, safety and professional services, and children and families and any other applicable agencies for the opioid and methamphetamine data system under sub. (1).

AB444,27,20 (5) (a) The department of administration shall administer the contract with the vendor to operate the opioid and methamphetamine data system and shall have access to the data contained in the opioid and methamphetamine data system. The department of administration shall work with the vendor to disseminate information and advanced analytics from the opioid and methamphetamine data system in as close to real time as possible.

AB444,27,24 (b) The opioid and methamphetamine data system shall allow the state agencies that submit data to the opioid and methamphetamine data system access to the data in the opioid and methamphetamine data system as appropriate for the agency to fulfill its functions and as allowed by state and federal confidentiality laws.

AB444,28,5 153.89 Reports; opioid and methamphetamine data system. By January 31, 2022, and annually thereafter, the department of administration shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance summarizing the information from the opioid and methamphetamine data system under s. 153.87 (1) and analyzing trends in that information across years of data collection.

AB444,46 Section 46 . 165.932 of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,28,7 165.932 Victim services; grants. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB444,28,8 (a) “Department" means the department of justice.

AB444,28,9 (b) “Victim" has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (4) (a).

AB444,28,11 (2) Grants. (a) The department shall provide grants to eligible organizations from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (ec) to provide services for victims.

AB444,28,13 (b) An organization is eligible to apply for and receive a grant under this section if the organization meets all of the following criteria:

AB444,28,14 1. The organization is a nonprofit corporation or a public agency.

AB444,28,17 2. The organization provides or proposes to provide, either directly or through a contract, subcontract, service agreement, or collaborative agreement with other organizations, entities, or individuals, all of the following for victims:

AB444,28,18 a. Advocacy and counseling services.

AB444,28,20 b. Crisis telephone line services on a 24 hours per day and 7 days per week basis.

AB444,28,22 c. Professional education about intervention for victims and community education programs for the prevention of crime.

AB444,29,2 d. Services for persons living in rural areas, children, elderly persons, physically disabled persons, minority groups, and other groups of victims that have special needs. This subd. 2. d. does not require the applicant to provide services to any group of persons that does not reside in the applicant's service area.

AB444,29,4 3. The organization does not receive more than 70 percent of its operating budget from grants under this section.

AB444,29,7 4. The organization does not provide all of its services under subd. 2. a. to d. by contract, subcontract, service agreement, or collaborative agreement with other organizations, entities, or individuals.

AB444,29,9 (c) Whenever the department reviews applications for grants under this section, the department shall consider all of the following:

AB444,29,11 1. The need for victim services in the community in which the applicant provides services or proposes to provide services.

AB444,29,13 2. The degree to which the applicant's services or proposed services are coordinated with other resources in the community and state.

AB444,29,14 3. The needs of urban and rural communities.

AB444,29,15 4. The needs of existing and proposed programs and services.

AB444,29,18 (3) Reporting requirements. An organization that receives a grant under this section shall report all of the following information to the department for each fiscal year covered by the grant:

AB444,29,20 (a) The total expenditures that the organization made on victim services in the period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year.

AB444,29,23 (b) The number of persons served by general type of victim services provided in the period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year. The department shall identify for organizations the general types of services provided.

AB444,30,3 (c) The number of persons who requested victim services in the period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year but who did not receive the victim services that the persons requested.

AB444,30,6 (4) List of eligible organizations. (a) The department shall certify to the elections commission, on a continuous basis, a list containing the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under sub. (2).

AB444,30,9 (b) The department shall make available to law enforcement agencies a current list containing the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under sub. (2).

AB444,47 Section 47 . 196.504 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,30,14 196.504 (2) (a) To make broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas designated under par. (d). Grants awarded under this section subsection shall be paid from the appropriations under s. 20.155 (3) (a), (r), and (rm).

AB444,48 Section 48 . 250.15 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,30,16 250.15 (2) (d) To free and charitable clinics, $3,500,000.

AB444,49 Section 49 . 250.16 of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,30,20 250.16 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.

AB444,50 Section 50 . 250.20 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,30,25 250.20 (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, and Kenosha Counties.

AB444,51 Section 51. 250.20 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,31,5 250.20 (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.

AB444,52 Section 52 . 281.61 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,31,10 281.61 (8) (b) The department of administration shall allocate the amount appropriated under s. 20.320 (2) (a) to projects involving forgivable loans to private users of public water systems to cover not more than 50 percent of the cost to replace lead service lines.

AB444,53 Section 53 . 292.66 of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,31,12 292.66 PFAS municipal grant program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB444,31,13 (a) “Class B fire fighting foam” has the meaning given in s. 299.48 (1) (a).

AB444,31,15 (b) “Municipality” means a city, village, town, county, utility district, lake protection district, sewerage district, or municipal airport.

AB444,31,16 (c) “PFAS” means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance.