c. Accept any individual subject to an emergency detention from the county unless all psychiatric beds added under par. (b) 2. are filled. The hospital may set its payment rate based on the acuity of the individual being detained.
d. Ensure the county department is the secondary payer after any other coverage the individual has is exhausted.
(d) Notwithstanding s. 150.93, any hospital that expands psychiatric bed capacity under this subsection may increase its approved bed capacity.
(14) Transfer to the state building trust fund. There is transferred from the general fund to the state building trust fund $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-22.
58,9106
Section 9106.
Nonstatutory provisions; Children and Families.
(1) Adoption recruitment services for children with special needs. In each year of the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, the department of children and families shall provide $300,000 from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cx) and (mx) to the Wendy's Wonderful Kids program at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin to recruit adoptive placements for children with special needs in a county with a population of 750,000 or more.
58,9107
Section 9107.
Nonstatutory provisions; Circuit Courts.
(1)
Circuit courts designated to begin operation in 2021. The circuit court branches added in s. 753.06 (4) (a), (7) (e), (9) (g), and (10) (f), are the additional branches authorized to be added and allocated by the director of state courts under s. 753.0605 (1) to begin operation on August 1, 2021.
58,9119
Section 9119.
Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.
(1) Position transfer to the department of administration.
(a)
Employee transfer. On the effective date of this paragraph, 1.0 FTE position classified as equal opportunity specialist—senior in the department of health services and the incumbent employee holding that position is transferred to the department of administration.
(b) Employee status. An employee transferred under par. (a) has all the rights and the same status under ch. 230 in the department of administration that the employee enjoyed in the department of health services before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employee transferred under par. (a) who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
(2) Surgical quality improvement grant. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (b), the department of health services may award a onetime grant of $335,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 to support surgical quality improvement activities. Notwithstanding ss. 20.001 (3) (a) and 20.002 (1), the department of health services may transfer moneys appropriated for the purpose described under this subsection from fiscal year 2021-22 to fiscal year 2022-23.
(3) Grants for employer blood drives.
(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
1. “Blood donation” means the voluntary and uncompensated donation of whole blood, or specific components of blood, by an employee of the organizing employer that is drawn for use by a nonprofit blood bank organization.
2. “Blood drive” means a function that is held at a specific date and time, is organized by a nonprofit blood bank organization in coordination with an employer, and is open only to individuals who are employees of the employer.
(b) Award. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (b), the department of health services shall award grants to employers who apply to the department to organize blood drives.
The department shall award grants equal to $20 per blood donation. The department cannot award more than $250,000 in grants in any fiscal year.
The department may award a grant to an employer under this subsection only if the employer retains documentation of each blood donation.
(c) Duration. This subsection does not apply after June 30, 2023.
(4) Medical Assistance reimbursement for direct care. From the increase in reimbursement paid by the department of health services under the Medical Assistance program to nursing facilities and to intermediate care facilities for persons with an intellectual disability, in each fiscal year, the department shall increase by $20,000,000, as the state share of payments, plus the matching federal share of payments, to support the staff in those facilities who perform direct care to residents.
(5) Medical Assistance rate increase for nursing in home health agencies. For dates of services beginning January 1, 2022, the department of health services shall increase the Medical Assistance rates paid for nursing care in home health agencies that are licensed under s. 50.49 to support licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, and nurse practitioners in those agencies. For the first fiscal year of this biennium, the rate increase under this subsection shall be by a budgeted sum of $473,300, as the state share of payments, and provide the matching federal share of payments. For the second fiscal year of this biennium, the rate increase under this subsection shall be by a budgeted sum of $960,200, as the state share of payments, and provide the matching federal share of payments.
(6) Medical assistance reimbursement rate increase for direct care in personal care agencies. The department of health services shall increase the Medical Assistance rates paid for direct care to agencies that provide personal care services to support staff in those agencies who perform direct care. For the first year of this fiscal biennium, the rate increase under this subsection shall be by a budgeted sum of $7,584,400, as the state share of payments, and the matching federal share of payments. For the second year of this fiscal biennium, the rate increase under this subsection shall be by a budgeted sum of $23,557,700, as the state share of payments, and the matching federal share of payments.
58,9123
Section 9123.
Nonstatutory provisions; Insurance.
(1) Wisconsin Healthcare Stability Plan; coinsurance. Notwithstanding the requirements under s. 601.83 (3) (a), the commissioner of insurance shall revise the coinsurance rate for the 2022 plan year in accordance with the amount available for expenditure under s. 601.83 (1) (hm) no later than July 31, 2021.
58,9125
Section 9125.
Nonstatutory provisions; Joint Committee on Finance.
(1) State aid; repeal of personal property taxes. The joint committee on finance shall supplement the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (em) in 2022-23 to make payments to local taxing jurisdictions equal to the amount of revenues not collected by the local taxing jurisdictions because of the elimination of the personal property tax imposed under ch. 70, effective with January 1, 2022, assessments, in any legislation enacted during the 2021-22 legislative session.
58,9128
Section 9128.
Nonstatutory provisions; Legislature.
(1) Required general fund structural balance. Section 20.003 (4m) shall not apply to the actions of the legislature in enacting any legislation during the 2021-22 legislative session.
58,9131
Section 9131.
Nonstatutory provisions; Military Affairs.