AB100-engrossed,1995,1210
560.183
(8) (b) Advise the department and
rural health development council
11on the identification of eligible practice areas with an extremely high need for
12medical care.
AB100-engrossed,1995,1914
560.183
(9) Expanded loan assistance program. The department may agree
15to repay loans as provided under this section on behalf of a physician under an
16expanded physician loan assistance program that is funded through federal funds
17in addition to state matching funds. To be eligible for loan repayment under the
18expanded physician loan assistance program, a physician must fulfill all of the
19requirements for loan repayment under this section, as well as all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1995,2020
(a) The physician must be a U.S. citizen.
AB100-engrossed,1995,2221
(b) The physician may not have a judgment lien against his or her property for
22a debt to the United States.
AB100-engrossed,1995,2323
(c) The physician must agree to do all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1995,2524
1. Accept medicare assignment as payment in full for services or articles
25provided.
AB100-engrossed,1996,3
12. Use a sliding fee scale or a comparable method of determining payment
2arrangements for patients who are not eligible for medicare or medical assistance
3and who are unable to pay the customary fee for the physician's services.
AB100-engrossed,1996,54
3. Practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional
5shortage area.
AB100-engrossed, s. 4427
6Section
4427. 560.184 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 560.184 (1) (ad)
7and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1996,98
560.184
(1) (ad) "Council"
has the meaning given in s. 560.183 (1) (a) means
9the rural health development council.
AB100-engrossed,1996,1111
560.184
(1) (ac) "Clinic hours" has the meaning given in s. 560.183 (1) (ac).
AB100-engrossed,1996,1613
560.184
(1) (am) "Eligible practice area" means a primary care shortage area,
14an obstetric shortage area, a state or federal prison, an area health education center
15program established under 42 USC 295g-1, an American Indian reservation or trust
16lands of an American Indian tribe.
AB100-engrossed,1996,1918
560.184
(1) (bp) "Health professional shortage area" has the meaning given in
19s. 560.183 (1) (aj).
AB100-engrossed,1997,222
560.184
(3) (a) The department shall enter into a written agreement with the
23health care provider. In the agreement, the health care provider shall agree to
24practice
at least 32 clinic hours per week for 3 years in one or more eligible practice
25areas in this state
primarily in an eligible practice area, except that a health care
1provider in the expanded loan assistance program under sub. (8) may only agree to
2practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area.
AB100-engrossed,1997,64
560.184
(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)
(fc) (f) and (jL).
AB100-engrossed,1997,108
560.184
(4) (a)
Ten percent Up to 40% of the principal of the loan or
$2,500 9$10,000, whichever is less, during the first year of
practice participation in the
10program under this section.
AB100-engrossed,1997,1412
560.184
(4) (b)
An Up to an additional
12.5% 40% of the principal of the loan
13or
$3,125 $10,000, whichever is less, during the 2nd year of
practice participation in
14the program under this section.
AB100-engrossed,1997,1816
560.184
(4) (c)
An Up to an additional
15% 20% of the principal of the loan or
17$3,750 $5,000, whichever is less, during the 3rd year of
practice participation in the
18program under this section.
AB100-engrossed,1997,2422
560.184
(5) (a) The obligation of the department to make payments under an
23agreement entered into under sub. (3) is subject to the availability of funds in the
24appropriations under s. 20.143 (1)
(fc) (f) and (jL).
AB100-engrossed,1998,5
1560.184
(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)
(fc) (f) and (jL), the
4department shall establish priorities among the eligible applicants based upon the
5following considerations:
AB100-engrossed,1998,97
560.184
(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 an eligible applicant desires to practice.
AB100-engrossed,1998,1311
560.184
(5) (b) 2. The likelihood that an eligible applicant will remain in the
12eligible practice area
or health professional shortage area in which he or she desires
13to practice after the loan repayment period.
AB100-engrossed,1998,1615
560.184
(5) (b) 3. The per capita income of the eligible practice area
or health
16professional shortage area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.
AB100-engrossed,1998,2118
560.184
(5) (b) 4. The financial or other support for health care provider
19recruitment and retention provided by individuals, organizations or local
20governments in the eligible practice area
or health professional shortage area in
21which an eligible applicant desires to practice.
AB100-engrossed,1999,223
560.184
(5) (b) 5. The geographic distribution of the health care providers who
24have entered into loan repayment agreements under this section and the geographic
1location of the eligible practice area
or health professional shortage area in which an
2eligible applicant desires to practice.
AB100-engrossed,1999,64
560.184
(6m) Penalties. The department shall, by rule, establish penalties to
5be assessed by the department against health care providers who breach an
6agreement entered into under sub. (3) (a). The rules shall do all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1999,77
(a) Specify what actions constitute a breach of the agreement.
AB100-engrossed,1999,88
(b) Provide specific penalty amounts for specific breaches.
AB100-engrossed,1999,109
(c) Provide exceptions for certain actions, including breaches resulting from
10death or disability.
AB100-engrossed,1999,1712
560.184
(7) Administrative contract. (intro.) From the appropriation under
13s. 20.143 (1)
(fd) (f), the department shall contract with the board of regents of the
14University of Wisconsin System for administrative services from the office of rural
15health of the department of professional and community development of the
16University of Wisconsin Medical School. Under the contract, the office of rural health
17shall do all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1999,2519
560.184
(8) Expanded loan assistance program. The department may agree
20to repay loans as provided under this section on behalf of a health care provider under
21an expanded health care provider loan assistance program that is funded through
22federal funds in addition to state matching funds. To be eligible for loan repayment
23under the expanded health care provider loan assistance program, a health care
24provider must fulfill all of the requirements for loan repayment under this section,
25as well as all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,2000,1
1(a) The health care provider must be a U.S. citizen.
AB100-engrossed,2000,32
(b) The health care provider may not have a judgment lien against his or her
3property for a debt to the United States.
AB100-engrossed,2000,44
(c) The health care provider must agree to do all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,2000,65
1. Accept medicare assignment as payment in full for services or articles
6provided.
AB100-engrossed,2000,97
2. Use a sliding fee scale or a comparable method of determining payment
8arrangements for patients who are not eligible for medicare or medical assistance
9and who are unable to pay the customary fee for the physician's services.
AB100-engrossed,2000,1110
3. Practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional
11shortage area.
AB100-engrossed,2000,1513
560.185
(1) Advise the department
as provided in s. 560.183 (7) and on other 14on matters related to the physician loan assistance program under s. 560.183 and the
15health care provider loan assistance program under s. 560.184.
AB100-engrossed, s. 4442c
16Section 4442c. 560.19 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
17renumbered 560.19 (1) and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,2000,1918
560.19
(1) In this section
: (b) "Hazardous, "hazardous pollution prevention"
19has the meaning given in s. 299.13 (1) (c).
AB100-engrossed,2001,324
560.19
(3) In coordination with the hazardous pollution prevention program
25under s. 36.25 (30)
, and the department of natural resources
and the council, conduct
1the department shall conduct an education, environmental management and
2technical assistance program to promote hazardous pollution prevention among
3businesses in the state.
AB100-engrossed, s. 4443
6Section
4443. Subchapter III (title) of chapter 560 [precedes 560.41] of the
7statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,2001,129
SUBCHAPTER III
10permit information and
11
REGULATORY business development:12
assistance
bureau center
AB100-engrossed,2001,1614
560.41
(1) "Brownfields" means abandoned, idle or underused industrial or
15commercial facilities or sites, the expansion or redevelopment of which is adversely
16affected by actual or perceived environmental contamination.
AB100-engrossed,2001,1918
560.41
(1m) "Center" means the business development assistance center in the
19department.
AB100-engrossed,2001,21
21560.42 (title)
Responsibilities related to permits.
AB100-engrossed,2001,2523
560.42
(1) (a) (intro.) The
bureau
center shall expedite the process of applying
24for permits, of reviewing and making determinations on permit applications and of
25issuing permits as follows:
AB100-engrossed,2002,32
560.42
(1) (a) 1. The
bureau center shall discharge its responsibilities under
3sub. (2) in a manner designed to expedite the process.
AB100-engrossed,2002,85
560.42
(1) (a) 2. Upon request by a person applying for a permit and to the
6extent possible, the
bureau center shall resolve misunderstandings between the
7person and the appropriate regulatory agency and shall prevent or mitigate delays
8in the process.
AB100-engrossed,2002,1310
560.42
(1) (a) 3. If the
bureau center determines that it is unable to resolve
11misunderstandings or prevent or mitigate delays under subd. 2., the
bureau center 12shall request the assistance of the secretary and the head of the appropriate
13regulatory agency.
