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(4) (cm) In relation to the amount of the grant, the number of existing
16jobs that will be retained by the business if the grant is awarded and that likely would
17not be retained if the grant is not awarded.
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(4) (f) Whether the business would be able to start or expand its
20operations without a grant
or loan.
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(4m) Of the total amount awarded in grants in a fiscal biennium under
23sub. (3), the board shall award not less than 25% and not more than 50% for purposes
24related to an agricultural business. The board shall give priority under this
1subsection for grants that will be used for purposes related to a dairy farm, as defined
2in s. 97.22 (1) (a).
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(5) (intro.) A business shall use the proceeds of a grant
or loan under
5sub. (3) to pay for any of the following:
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(5c) (a)
Subject to par. (b), the board may award a grant under this
8subsection to a person or business proposing to start up, modernize or expand in this
9state a dairy farm, as defined in s. 97.22 (1) (a), or other agricultural business if all
10of the following apply:
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1. The dairy farm or other agricultural business is or will be owned by the
12person or business.
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2. The amount of the grant does not exceed $15,000.
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3. The grant proceeds will be used to pay for services related to the start-up,
15modernization or expansion of the dairy farm or other agricultural business, or for
16management assistance, as defined in s. 560.20 (1) (cf), continuing after the
17completion of the start-up, modernization or expansion of the dairy farm or other
18agricultural business.
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4. The grant is likely to result in the start-up, modernization or expansion of
20the dairy farm or other agricultural business.
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(b) The total amount of grants awarded under this subsection in any fiscal year
22may not exceed $200,000.
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23Section
4394. 560.17 (5m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(5m) (a) (intro.) Subject to par.
(c) (cm), the board may award a
grant
2or loan under this subsection that does not exceed
$25,000 $100,000 to a business if
3all of the following apply:
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(5m) (a) 1. The business, together with any affiliate, subsidiary or
6parent entity, has fewer than
25 50 employes.
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(5m) (a) 4. The business
received a grant or loan under sub. (3) and with
9the proceeds successfully
demonstrated its demonstrates the feasibility
of the
10project.
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11Section
4397. 560.17 (5m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.17
(5m) (b) (intro.) A business shall use the proceeds of a
grant or loan
13under this subsection for any of the following:
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(5m) (bm) If a business receives a
grant or loan under this subsection
16for the purpose specified in par. (b) 3., the department shall ensure that an employe
17of the business has the option of accepting or declining any relocation assistance that
18is available as a result of the
grant or loan.
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(5m) (cm) Of the total amount awarded in grants and loans in a fiscal
22biennium under this subsection, the board shall award not less than 25% and not
23more than 50% for purposes related to an agricultural business. The board shall give
24priority under this paragraph for grants or loans that will be used for purposes
25related to a dairy farm, as defined in 97.22 (1) (a).
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1Section
4401. 560.17 (6m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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(6m) In order to receive a grant or loan under this section a person or
3business shall contribute cash, from a source other than the state, in an amount that
4equals at least 25% of the total cost of the project.
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(6r) The board shall give priority for grants or loans under this section
7for projects related to brownfields redevelopment.
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(7) (a)
The Except as provided in par. (am), the department shall
10designate staff to evaluate applications for grants or loans and assist the board under
11this section. The board shall act on an application for a grant or loan at its next
12regularly scheduled meeting after the department determines that the application
13is complete.
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(7) (am) The department of commerce and the department of
16agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall designate staff to evaluate
17applications for grants or loans for purposes related to agricultural businesses and
18to make recommendations and assist the board with respect to those applications.
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20560.18 Forestry education grant program. (1) From the appropriation
21under s. 20.143 (1) (t), the department may award grants to nonprofit organizations,
22as defined in s. 560.20 (1) (d), to develop forestry educational programs and
23instructional materials for use in the public schools. The department may not award
24a grant unless it enters into a memorandum of understanding with the grant
1recipient and the director of the timber management program at the University of
2Wisconsin-Stevens Point regarding the use of the funds.
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3(2) The recipient of a grant under sub. (1) shall submit the programs and
4materials developed with the funds to the department and the director of the timber
5management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of
6Natural Resources for approval. Upon request, the grant recipient shall provide
7approved programs and materials to school districts free of charge.
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(1) (ac) "Clinic hours" means hours spent working with patients in a
11clinic.
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(1) (ag) "Eligible practice area" means a primary care shortage area,
14an obstetric shortage area, a psychiatric a mental health shortage area,
a state or
15federal prison, an area health education center program established under 42 USC
16295g-1, an American Indian reservation or trust lands of an American Indian tribe.
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(1) (aj) "Health professional shortage area" means an area that is
19designated by the federal department of health and human services under
42 CFR
20part 5, appendix A, as having a shortage of medical care professionals.
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(1) (b) "Physician"
has the meaning given in means a physician, as
24defined in s. 448.01 (5)
, who specializes in family practice, general internal medicine,
25general pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, or psychiatry.
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(1) (cm) "Primary care shortage area" means
a shortage area
4established under sub. (7), in which the ratio of the population to the number of
5physicians who provide primary care is more than 2,500 to one, or an area that is in
6a primary care health professional shortage area as determined by the federal
7department of health and human services under
42 CFR part 5, appendix A
,
8excluding a state or federal prison.
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9Section
4412. 560.183 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 560.183 (1) (ap)
10and amended to read:
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560.183
(1) (ap) "
Psychiatric
Mental health shortage area" means an area that
12is designated by the federal department of health and human services under
42 CFR
13part 5, appendix C, as having a shortage of psychiatric
manpower professionals,
14excluding a state or federal prison and a state or county mental hospital.
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(3) (a) The department shall enter into a written agreement with the
17physician. In the agreement, the physician shall agree to practice
at least 32 clinic
18hours per week for 3 years in one or more eligible practice areas in this state
19primarily in an eligible practice area, except that a physician specializing
in
20obstetrics may only agree to practice obstetrics in an obstetric shortage area and a
21physician specializing in psychiatry may only agree to practice psychiatry in a
22psychiatric mental health shortage area
and a physician in the expanded loan
23assistance program under sub. (9) may only agree to practice at a public or private
24nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area. The physician shall also
1agree to care for patients who are insured or for whom health benefits are payable
2under medicare, medical assistance or any other governmental program.
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(3) (b) The agreement shall specify that the responsibility of the
5department to make the payments under the agreement is subject to the availability
6of funds in the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1)
(fe) (f) and (jm).
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(4) (a)
Ten percent Up to 40% of the principal of the loan or
$5,000 9$20,000, whichever is less, during the first year of
practice participation in the
10program under this section.
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(4) (b)
An Up to an additional
12.5% 40% of the principal of the loan
13or
$6,250 $20,000, whichever is less, during the 2nd year of
practice participation in
14the program under this section.
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(4) (c)
An Up to an additional
15% 20% of the principal of the loan or
17$7,500 $10,000, whichever is less, during the 3rd year of
practice participation in the
18program under this section.
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(5) (a) The obligation of the department to make payments under an
23agreement entered into under sub. (3) (b) is subject to the availability of funds in the
24appropriations under s. 20.143 (1)
(fe) (f) and (jm).
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25Section
4421. 560.183 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(5) (b) (intro.) If the cost of repaying the loans of all eligible applicants,
2when added to the cost of loan repayments scheduled under existing agreements,
3exceeds the total amount in the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1)
(fe) (f) and (jm),
4the department shall establish priorities among the eligible applicants based upon
5the following considerations:
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(5) (b) 1. The degree to which there is an extremely high need for
8medical care in the eligible practice area
or health professional shortage area in
9which the physician desires to practice.
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(5) (b) 2. The likelihood that a physician will remain in the eligible
12practice area
or health professional shortage area in which he or she desires to
13practice after the loan repayment period.
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(5) (b) 3. The per capita income of the eligible practice area
or health
16professional shortage area in which a physician desires to practice.
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(5) (b) 4. The financial or other support for physician recruitment and
19retention provided by individuals, organizations, or local governments in the eligible
20practice area
or health professional shortage area in which a physician desires to
21practice.
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(5) (b) 5. The geographic distribution of the physicians who have
24entered into loan repayment agreements under this section and the geographic
1distribution of the eligible practice areas
or health professional shortage areas in
2which the eligible applicants desire to practice.
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(6m) Penalties. The department shall, by rule, establish penalties to
5be assessed by the department against physicians who breach an agreement entered
6into under sub. (3) (a). The rules shall do all of the following:
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(a) Specify what actions constitute a breach of the agreement.
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(b) Provide specific penalty amounts for specific breaches.
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(c) Provide exceptions for certain actions, including breaches resulting from
10death or disability.
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12Section
4424. 560.183 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(8) Administrative contract. (intro.) From the appropriation under
14s. 20.143 (1)
(fd) (f), the department shall contract with the board of regents of the
15University of Wisconsin System for administrative services from the office of rural
16health of the department of professional and community development of the
17University of Wisconsin Medical School. Under the contract, the office of rural health
18shall do all of the following:
