AB1168: Bill Text

AB1168,,7 20.235 (1) (dr) Emergency medical services education reimbursement. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to reimburse individuals for the cost of tuition and materials necessary to qualify for initial licensure or initial certification as an emergency medical services practitioner or an emergency medical responder under s. 256.15.

AB1168,3 Section 3. 20.292 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1168,,9 20.292 (1) (b) Emergency medical services education. The amounts in the schedule for the provision of emergency medical services courses under s. 38.04 (9m).

AB1168,4 Section 4. 20.465 (3) (du) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1168,,11 20.465 (3) (du) Live 911 pilot program. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants under 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 11 (2).

AB1168,5 Section 5. 38.04 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1168,,13 38.04 (9m) Emergency medical services education. From the appropriation account under s. 20.292 (1) (b), the board shall provide grants to technical colleges that provide emergency medical services courses that train and prepare individuals for initial certification or initial licensure as an emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), or an emergency medical services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5).

AB1168,6 Section 6. 39.378 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1168,,15 39.378 Tuition and material costs for emergency medical services. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (dr), the board shall develop a program to reimburse the individuals described under sub. (2) for the tuition and materials costs incurred in completing a course at a technical college in this state as necessary to qualify for initial licensure or initial certification.

AB1168,,16 (2) Individuals eligible for reimbursement under this section include all of the following:

AB1168,,17 (a) An individual who is applying for an initial license as an emergency medical services practitioner under s. 256.15 (6) if the individual has personally paid the tuition or materials costs for the course.

AB1168,,18 (b) An individual who is applying for initial certification as an emergency medical responder under s. 256.15 (8) if the individual has personally paid the tuition or materials costs for the course.

AB1168,,19 (c) The employer of an individual listed under par. (a) or (b) if the employer has paid for the applicant’s cost of tuition or materials for the course.

AB1168,,20 (3) To be eligible for reimbursement under this section, an individual described under sub. (2) shall satisfy the following criteria:

AB1168,,21 (a) For individuals who are applying for initial licensure as an emergency medical services practitioner under s. 256.15 (6) (a):

AB1168,,22 1. The individual has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction and training required under s. 256.15 (6) (a) 2.

AB1168,,23 2. The individual has passed any examination required under s. 256.15 (6) (a) 3.

AB1168,,24 3. The individual has met all additional qualifications for licensure as may be required by the department of health services under s. 256.15 (6) (a) 4.

AB1168,,25 4. The individual has received an initial license from the department of health services as an emergency medical services practitioner under s. 256.15 (6).

AB1168,,26 (b) For individuals who are applying for initial certification as an emergency medical responder under s. 256.15 (8) (b), the individual has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction required under s. 256.15 (8) (b) 3. and has received certification as an emergency medical responder from the department of health services under s. 256.15 (8) (b).

AB1168,,27 (c) For employers who have paid for an individual’s costs of tuition or materials as described under sub. (2) (c), the individual satisfies the criteria under par. (a) or (b).

AB1168,,28 (4) To receive reimbursement under this section, individuals described under sub. (2) who are eligible for reimbursement under sub. (3) shall apply to the board for reimbursement on a form prescribed by the board.

AB1168,7 Section 7. 66.0602 (3) (e) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1168,,30 66.0602 (3) (e) 6m. The amount that a municipality levies in that year for a regional emergency medical system. In this subdivision, “regional” means an area consisting of at least 232 square miles or including at least 8 municipalities.

AB1168,8 Section 8. 79.05 (2) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 12, is amended to read:

AB1168,,32 79.05 (2) (c) Its municipal budget; exclusive of principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305, payments of premiums under s. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. and 1m., levy limit adjustments under s. 66.0602 (3) (e) 6m. and (h), revenues generated from a tax imposed under s. 77.701, payments received under s. 79.038, expenditures of payments due to the termination of a tax incremental district under s. 79.096 (3), recycling fee payments under s. 289.645, expenditures of grant payments under s. 16.297 (1m), unreimbursed expenses related to an emergency declared under s. 323.10, expenditures from moneys received pursuant to P.L. 111-5, grants received from the state or federal government for the purpose of providing law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency medical services, and expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district whereby the municipality makes purchases on behalf of the school district; for the year of the statement under s. 79.015 increased over its municipal budget as adjusted under sub. (6); exclusive of principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305, payments of premiums under s. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. and 1m., levy limit adjustments under s. 66.0602 (3) (e) 6m. and (h), revenues generated from a tax imposed under s. 77.701, payments received under s. 79.038, expenditures of payments due to the termination of a tax incremental district under s. 79.096 (3), recycling fee payments under s. 289.645, expenditures of grant payments under s. 16.297 (1m), unreimbursed expenses related to an emergency declared under s. 323.10, expenditures from moneys received pursuant to P.L. 111-5, grants received from the state or federal government for the purpose of providing law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency medical services, and expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district whereby the municipality makes purchases on behalf of the school district; for the year before that year by less than the sum of the inflation factor and the valuation factor, rounded to the nearest 0.10 percent.

AB1168,9 Section 9. 101.575 (6) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1168,,34 101.575 (6) (a) 5. The purchase of emergency medical services equipment and training of emergency medical responders, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), and emergency medical services practitioners, as defined in s. 256.01 (5).

AB1168,10 Section 10. 256.04 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1168,,36 256.04 (3) Annually, no later than September 15, in consultation with the department of health services and the technical college system board, submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) on national changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, or any equivalent practitioners in other jurisdictions and how those scope of practice changes may affect training for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners in this state.

AB1168,11 Section 11. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB1168,,38 (1) Medical Assistance reimbursement rates for nontransport ambulance services. For dates of service beginning January 1, 2025, the department of health services shall increase reimbursement rates for services provided and reimbursable under the healthcare common procedure coding system code A0998 with a description of “ambulance response and treatment, no transport” from the current maximum allowable fee to a rate that matches the maximum allowable rate under the Medical Assistance program for reimbursement of ambulance services that include patient transport.

AB1168,,39 (2) Live 911 pilot program.

AB1168,,40 (a) Grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (du), the department of military affairs may distribute moneys through grants to public safety answering points to enable real-time video and multimedia communications between public safety answering points and individuals who call for emergency services.

AB1168,,41 (b) Report. Annually, no later than October 15, the department of military affairs shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) on the performance of the pilot program under this subsection. The report shall include information on outcomes from the pilot program, the number of responses from dispatch that were altered due to increased information from the pilot program, and any cost savings associated with the pilot program. This paragraph does not apply in any year that the department of military affairs does not distribute any moneys through grants under this subsection.

AB1168,12 Section 12. Fiscal changes.

AB1168,,43 (1) Medical Assistance rate increase; nontransport ambulance services. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (4) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $860,000 to increase Medical Assistance reimbursement rates for nontransport ambulance services under Section 11 (1) of this act.

AB1168,,44 (2) Position increase in the department of military affairs. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of military affairs under s. 20.465 (3) (qm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $100,000 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department by 1.0 SEG position for the purpose of administering the grants under Section 11 (2) (a) of this act. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of military affairs under s. 20.465 (3) (qm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $100,000 for the purpose of funding the position authorized under this subsection.

AB1168,13 Section 13. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB1168,,46 (1) Municipal budget test; expenditure restraint incentive program. The treatment of s. 79.05 (2) (c) takes effect on July 1, 2024.

AB1168,,47 (end)