Register September 2015 No. 717
Chapter DHS 150
GRANTS FOR WORKPLACE WELLNESS PROGRAMS
DHS 150.01 Authority and purpose.
DHS 150.03 Application requirements.
DHS 150.04 Department action on grant application.
DHS 150.01
DHS 150.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s.
250.21, Stats., to establish a process for awarding grants from the appropriation under s.
20.435 (1) (bn), Stats., to reimburse small businesses for costs incurred in establishing a workplace wellness program for their employees employed in this state.
DHS 150.01 History
History: CR 15-004: cr. Register September 2015 No. 717, eff. 10-1-15. DHS 150.02
DHS 150.02 Definitions. In this chapter:
DHS 150.02(1)
(1) “Applicant" means the small business or that person's agent applying for a workplace wellness grant under this chapter.
DHS 150.02(2)
(2) “Complete application" means the workplace wellness grant application form on which all of the required questions on the application form have been answered.
DHS 150.02(3)
(3) “Department" means the department of health services.
DHS 150.02(4)
(4) “Excluded costs" means any costs paid by a small business to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair real property to provide a workplace wellness program to its employees employed in this state.
DHS 150.02 Note
Note: Section
250.21 (2), Stats., prohibits the awarding of grants for costs to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair real property to provide a workplace wellness program.
DHS 150.02(5)
(5) “Grant funding period" means the period beginning on March 15, 2014 and ending on December 31, 2018.
DHS 150.02 Note
Note: Section
250.21 (1) (b), Stats., reads: “Small business" means a business that has 50 or fewer employees.
DHS 150.02(7)
(7) “State fiscal year" means the annual period commencing on the first day of July and ending on the succeeding June 30th.
DHS 150.02(9)
(9) “Workplace wellness program grant" or “grant" means the grant specified under s.
250.21, Stats.
DHS 150.02 History
History: CR 15-004: cr. Register September 2015 No. 717, eff. 10-1-15. DHS 150.03(1)
(1) Only a small business is eligible to apply for a workplace wellness program grant.
DHS 150.03(2)
(2) To apply for a workplace wellness program grant, the applicant shall apply on an application form supplied by the department. The applicant shall complete the application fully and accurately, including the required questions for contact information; program components; affirmation, and expenditure report. The applicant shall submit the application to the department. Applications must be received by October 31, 2018 in order to be reimbursed before the grant funding period ends on December 31, 2018.
DHS 150.03(3)
(3) If requested by the department, the applicant shall provide to the department a receipt for the costs submitted under
sub. (2).
DHS 150.03 History
History: CR 15-004: cr. Register September 2015 No. 717, eff. 10-1-15. DHS 150.04
DHS 150.04 Department action on grant application. DHS 150.04(1)(1) The department shall accept grant applications on a continuous basis throughout the grant funding period. Upon receipt of an application, the department shall do all of the following:
DHS 150.04(1)(a)
(a) Except as provided under
par. (b) and
sub. (2), issue the small business a grant of 30% of its costs paid in any 12-month period, during the grant funding period, to provide a workplace wellness program, or $15,000 whichever is less, within 60 calendar days after receiving a complete application for a grant under
s. DHS 150.03 (2).
DHS 150.04(1)(b)
(b) Review and make award decisions on applications in the order that the applications are received. If an application for a grant is received after the $3,000,000 appropriation account under s.
20.435 (1) (bn), Stats., is depleted for the state fiscal year, the application shall be considered received on the first day of the next state fiscal year. If an application for a grant received in a state fiscal year depletes the $3,000,000 appropriation account without being fully paid because the amount of the grant would be greater than the remaining funds in that state fiscal year, the department shall pay the balance from the appropriation account of the following state fiscal year.
DHS 150.04(1)(c)
(c) Request the applicant to provide any missing information or documentation if an application for a grant is not a complete application.
DHS 150.04(2)
(2) The department may not award a grant under this section if any of the following circumstances apply:
DHS 150.04(2)(b)
(b) The costs submitted for reimbursement are outside the grant funding period.
DHS 150.04(2)(d)
(d) The department previously awarded the small business a grant under this chapter.
DHS 150.04(2)(g)
(g) The workplace wellness program was in existence before March 15, 2014.
DHS 150.04 History
History: CR 15-004: cr. Register September 2015 No. 717, eff. 10-1-15.
