AB1,45,15 2. “Municipal utility” has the meaning given in s. 196.377 (2) (a) 3.

AB1,45,16 3. “Trust funds” has the meaning given in s. 24.60 (5).

AB1,45,17 (b) Loans.

AB1,45,22 1. The board may loan moneys under its control or belonging to the trust funds to a city, village, or town to ensure that a municipal utility under the control of the city, village, or town is able to maintain liquidity. The loan shall be for the sum of money, for the time, and upon the conditions as may be agreed upon between the board and the borrower.

AB1,45,24 2. Each loan under this subsection shall be considered a state trust fund loan for purposes of s. 24.70.

AB1,45,25 3. The board may not award a loan under this subsection after April 15, 2021.

AB1,46,2 4. The legislature finds and determines that the loans authorized under this subsection serve a public purpose.

AB1,9106 Section 9106. Nonstatutory provisions; Children and Families.

AB1,46,9 (1) Child care and development fund block grant funds. The federal Child Care and Development Fund block grant funds received under the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, P.L. 116-[H.R. 133], shall be credited to the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (mc) and (md). No moneys credited under this subsection may be encumbered or expended except as provided under s. 16.54 (2) (a) 2.

AB1,9117 Section 9117. Nonstatutory provisions; Governor.

AB1,46,12 (1) Plan for reopening the capitol and state employees return to in-person work.

AB1,46,13 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB1,46,14 1. “Agency” has the meaning given in s. 230.03 (3).

AB1,46,15 2. “State employee” has the meaning given in s. 230.03 (10h).

AB1,46,17 (b) Capitol building reopened. By January 31, 2021, the governor shall submit to the legislature a plan to allow public access to the capitol building.

AB1,46,22 (c) In-person work. By January 31, 2021, the governor shall submit to the legislature a plan for when all state employees holding positions with duties that were required to be performed at the offices of their places of employment with an agency on March 1, 2020, will return to and perform those duties at the offices with that agency.

AB1,9119 Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.

AB1,46,24 (1) Autopsies and cremation of bodies of persons who died of COVID-19.

AB1,47,2 (a) Definition. In this subsection, “COVID-19” means an infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

AB1,47,9 (b) Viewing of a corpse to be cremated following death from COVID-19. Notwithstanding s. 979.10 (1) (b), until the conclusion of a national emergency declared by the U.S. president under 50 USC 1621 in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus, if any physician, coroner, or medical examiner has signed the death certificate of a deceased person and listed COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death, a coroner or medical examiner shall issue a cremation permit to cremate the corpse of that deceased person without viewing the corpse.

AB1,47,16 (c) Time for cremation of a person who has died of COVID-19. Notwithstanding s. 979.10 (1) (a) (intro.), until the conclusion of a national emergency declared by the U.S. president under 50 USC 1621 in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus, if a physician, coroner, or medical examiner has signed the death certificate of a deceased person and listed COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death, a coroner or medical examiner shall issue, within 48 hours after the time of death, a cremation permit for the cremation of a corpse of a deceased person.

AB1,48,2 (d) Examination of the body of an inmate who has died of COVID-19. Notwithstanding s. 979.025, until the conclusion of a national emergency declared by the U.S. president under 50 USC 1621 in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus, if an individual who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 dies while he or she is in the legal custody of the department of corrections and confined to a correctional facility located in this state, the coroner or medical examiner may perform a limited examination of the deceased individual instead of a full autopsy, which may include an external examination of the body of the deceased individual, a review of the deceased individual's medical records, or a review of the deceased individual's radiographs.

AB1,48,9 (e) Requiring electronic signature on death certificates with 48 hours if death is caused by COVID-19. Notwithstanding s. 69.18 or any other requirements to the contrary, until the conclusion of a national emergency declared by the U.S. president under 50 USC 1621 in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus, if the underlying cause of a death is determined to be COVID-19, the person required to sign the death certificate shall provide an electronic signature on the death certificate within 48 hours after the death occurs.

AB1,48,10 (2) Payment for hospitals for nursing facility care.

AB1,48,14 (a) In this subsection, “public health emergency period” means the period ending on June 30, 2021, or the termination of any public health emergency declared under 42 USC 247d by the secretary of the federal department of health and human services in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus, whichever is earlier.

AB1,48,19 (b) During the public health emergency period, subject to par. (c), the department of health services shall provide, under the Medical Assistance program, reimbursement at the statewide average per-diem rate paid to nursing facilities or a supplemental payment to hospitals for providing nursing-facility-level care when all of the following criteria apply:

AB1,48,25 1. The individual for whom the hospital provided nursing-facility-level care is enrolled in the Medical Assistance program, has been admitted on an inpatient basis to the hospital, is eligible for discharge after receiving care in the hospital, requires nursing-facility-level care upon discharge, and due to the hospital being unable to locate a nursing facility that accepts the individual for admission, is unable to be transferred to a nursing facility.

AB1,49,2 2. The services provided to the individual described under subd. 1 . are custodial care for which federal financial participation is approved.

AB1,49,4 3. The hospital notifies the department of health services that it is participating as a swing bed hospital under the Medical Assistance program.