SB233: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Senate BILL 233

June 1, 1995 - Introduced by Senators Moore, Burke, George, Risser, Darling and Farrow, cosponsored by Representatives Morris-Tatum, Cullen, L. Young, Turner, Riley, Baldwin, Boyle and Bock. Referred to Committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.

SB233,1,4 An Act to create 15.07 (1) (a) 6., 15.07 (5) (qm), 15.77, 20.545 and 146.185 of the statutes; relating to: establishing a minority health board, creating a program of grants to improve the health status of economically disadvantaged minority group members and making appropriations.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill establishes, as an independent agency, a 14-member minority health board. The bill specifies various duties of the minority health board that are related to issues of concern to the health interests of economically disadvantaged minority group members, as defined in the bill. The bill provides funding of general purpose revenues in fiscal years 1995-96 and 1996-97 for general program operations of the minority health board and for a program of grants that the minority health board must award for activities to improve the health status of economically disadvantaged minority group members. The minority health board must biennially submit a report on its activities to the governor and to the standing committees of the legislature.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB233, s. 1 Section 1. 15.07 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

SB233,1,7 15.07 (1) (a) 6. Members of the minority health board appointed under s. 15.77 (1) to (3) shall be appointed as provided in that section.

SB233, s. 2 Section 2. 15.07 (5) (qm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB233,2,1 15.07 (5) (qm) Voting members of the minority health board, $25 per day.

SB233, s. 3 Section 3. 15.77 of the statutes is created to read:

SB233,2,4 15.77 Minority health board. There is created a minority health board consisting of all of the following members appointed for 3-year terms:

SB233,2,5 (1) One nonvoting member who is appointed by the president of the senate.

SB233,2,6 (2) One nonvoting member who is appointed by the speaker of the assembly.

SB233,2,8 (3) One nonvoting member who is the secretary of health and social services or his or her designee.

SB233,2,13 (4) Eleven voting members, at least 6 of which shall be minority group members, as defined in s. 146.185 (1) (g), who are appointed from residents of this state who have a demonstrated professional or personal interest in problems of the health of minority persons. These members shall be selected so as to include, as much as possible, all of the following:

SB233,2,15 (a) A reasonably equitable representation of urban and rural communities and a reasonably equitable representation with respect to gender.

SB233,2,19 (b) The recommendations of statewide or local nonprofit organizations that represent the health interests of minority group members, as defined in s. 146.185 (1) (g), including the Wisconsin Indian tribes and the Great Lakes inter-tribal council.

SB233, s. 4 Section 4. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table

SB233, s. 5 Section 5. 20.545 of the statutes is created to read:

SB233,3,3 20.545 Minority health board. There is appropriated to the minority health board for the following program:

SB233,3,6 (1) Improvement of minority health status. (a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the staff salaries and general program operations of the minority health board.

SB233,3,9 (b) Grants to improve health status of minority group members. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to make grants for activities to improve the health status of minority group members under s. 146.185 (5).

SB233,3,12 (i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received as contributions, gifts, grants and bequests for the activities of the minority health board, to carry out the purposes for which made and received.

SB233,3,15 (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids. All moneys received from other state agencies and all moneys received by the board from the board for aids to individuals and organizations.

SB233,3,18 (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance. All moneys received from other state agencies and all moneys received by the board from the board for local assistance.

SB233,4,3 (na) Federal program operations. All moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for the state administration and general program operations of the minority health board.

SB233,4,6 (nb) Federal program aids. All moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for continuing programs to be expended as aids to individuals or organizations for the purposes specified.

SB233,4,9 (nL) Federal program local assistance. All moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for continuing programs to be expended as local assistance for the purposes specified.

SB233, s. 6 Section 6. 146.185 of the statutes is created to read:

SB233,4,11 146.185 Minority health board. (1) In this section:

SB233,4,13 (a) "African American" means a person whose ancestors originated in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

SB233,4,17 (b) "American Indian" means a person who is enrolled as a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band or who possesses documentation of at least one-fourth American Indian ancestry or documentation of tribal recognition as an American Indian.

SB233,4,19 (c) "Asian" means a person whose ancestors originated in Asia south and southeast of the Himalayas and west of Wallace's Line in the Malay Archipelago.

SB233,4,20 (d) "Board" means the minority health board.

SB233,4,22 (e) "Economically disadvantaged" means having an income that is at or below 125% of the poverty line.

SB233,4,25 (f) "Hispanic" means a person of any race whose ancestors originated in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central America or South America or whose culture or origin is Spanish.

SB233,5,1 (g) "Minority group member" means any of the following:

SB233,5,2 1. An African American.

SB233,5,3 2. An American Indian.

SB233,5,4 3. A Hispanic.

SB233,5,5 4. An Asian.

SB233,5,7 (h) "Poverty line" means the nonfarm federal poverty line for the continental United States, as defined by the federal department of labor under 42 USC 9902 (2).

SB233,5,8 (i) "State agency" has the meaning given in s. 16.004 (12) (a).

SB233,5,9 (2) The board shall do all of the following:

SB233,5,12 (a) Identify the barriers to health care that prevent economically disadvantaged minority group members in this state from participating fully and equally in all aspects of life.