Amendment SSA1-SB55

SB55-SSA1,1041,2 (b) "Mammography" means the making of a record of a breast by passing X rays through a body to act on specially sensitized film.

SB55-SSA1,1041,3 (c) "Medicare" has the meaning given in s. 49.498 (1) (f).

SB55-SSA1,1041,7 (d) "Nurse practitioner" means a registered nurse licensed under ch. 441 or in a party state, as defined in s. 441.50 (2) (j), whose practice of professional nursing under s. 441.11 (4) includes performance of delegated medical services under the supervision of a physician, dentist, or podiatrist.

SB55-SSA1,1041,9 (e) "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).

SB55-SSA1,1041,18 (2) Well-woman program. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (cb), the department shall administer a well-woman program to provide reimbursement for health care screenings, referrals, follow-ups, and patient education provided to low-income, underinsured, and uninsured women. Reimbursement to service providers under this section shall be at the rate of reimbursement for identical services provided under medicare, except that, if projected costs under this section exceed the amounts appropriated under s. 20.435 (5) (cb), the department shall modify services or reimbursement accordingly. Within this limitation, the department shall implement the well-woman program to do all of the following:

SB55-SSA1,1041,25 (a) Breast cancer screening services. Provide not more than $422,600 in each fiscal year as reimbursement for the provision of breast cancer screening services to women who are aged 40 years or older, by a hospital or organization that has a mammography unit available for use and that is selected by the department under procedures established by the department. Recipients of services under this paragraph are subject to a copayment, payable to the service provider, for which the department shall reduce reimbursement to the service provider, as follows:

SB55-SSA1,1042,2 1. For a woman for whom 3rd-party coverage for services is obtainable, payment by the source of the 3rd-party coverage at full reasonable charge.

SB55-SSA1,1042,6 2. For a woman for whom 3rd-party coverage for services is not obtainable and whose income is above 150% of the poverty line, a copayment for the provided service that is based on a sliding scale, as developed by the department, according to the woman's income.

SB55-SSA1,1042,8 3. For a woman for whom 3rd-party coverage is not obtainable and whose income is at or below 150% of the poverty line, no copayment.

SB55-SSA1,1042,13 (b) Media announcements and educational materials. Allocate and expend at least $20,000 in each fiscal year to develop and provide media announcements and educational materials to promote breast cancer screening services that are available under pars. (a) and (c) and to promote health care screening services for women that are available under par. (e).

SB55-SSA1,1042,17 (c) Breast cancer screenings using mobile mammography van. Reimburse the city of Milwaukee public health department for up to $115,200 in each fiscal year for the performance of breast cancer screening activities with the use of a mobile mammography van.

SB55-SSA1,1042,21 (d) Specialized training to for rural colposcopic examinations and activities. Provide not more than $25,000 in each fiscal year as reimbursement for the provision of specialized training of nurse practitioners to perform, in rural areas, colposcopic examinations and follow-up activities for the treatment of cervical cancer.

SB55-SSA1,1042,25 (e) Health care screening, referral, follow-up, and patient education. Reimburse service providers for the provision of health care screening, referral, follow-up, and patient education to low-income, underinsured, and uninsured women.

SB55-SSA1,1043,2 (f) Women's health campaign. Conduct a women's health campaign to do all of the following:

SB55-SSA1,1043,3 1. Increase women's awareness of issues that affect their health.

SB55-SSA1,1043,5 2. Reduce the prevalence of chronic and debilitating health conditions that affect women.

SB55-SSA1,1043,10 (g) Osteoporosis prevention and education. Conduct an osteoporosis prevention and education program to raise public awareness concerning the causes and nature of osteoporosis, the risk factors for developing osteoporosis, the value of prevention and early detection of osteoporosis, and options for diagnosing and treating osteoporosis.

SB55-SSA1,1043,14 (3) Service coordination. The department shall coordinate the services provided under this section with the services provided under the minority health program under s. 146.185, to ensure that disparities in the health of women who are minority group members are adequately addressed.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3156m Section 3156m. 255.07 of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3157b Section 3157b. 255.075 of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3159 Section 3159. 255.10 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1043,23 255.10 Thomas T. Melvin youth tobacco prevention and education program. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (dg) moneys distributed under s. 255.15 (3) (a) 2., the department shall administer the Thomas T. Melvin youth tobacco prevention and education program, with the primary purpose of reducing the use of cigarettes and tobacco products by minors. The department shall award grants for the following purposes:

SB55-SSA1, s. 3160 Section 3160. 255.15 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1044,4 255.15 (3) (a) 2. The Thomas T. Melvin youth tobacco prevention and education program under s. 255.10, $1,000,000 $2,000,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and not less than $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01 2001-02 and in each fiscal year thereafter.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3160c Section 3160c. 255.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1044,12 255.15 (4) Reports. Not later than July 1, 2001 April 15, 2002, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution under s. 13.172 (2) a report that evaluates the success of the grant program under sub. (3). The report shall specify the number of grants awarded during the immediately preceding fiscal year and the purpose for which each grant was made. The report shall also specify donations and grants accepted by the board under sub. (5).

SB55-SSA1, s. 3160t Section 3160t. 281.17 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 281.17 (1) (a) and amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1044,23 281.17 (1) (a) No wells shall A well may not be constructed, installed, or operated to withdraw water from underground sources for any purpose groundwater where the capacity and rate of withdrawal of all wells on one property is in excess of 100,000 gallons a day without first obtaining the approval of the department. If s. 281.35 applies to the proposed construction well, the application shall comply with s. 281.35 (5) (a). If the department finds that the proposed withdrawal will adversely affect or reduce the availability of water to any public utility in furnishing water to or for the public or does not meet the grounds for approval specified under s. 281.35 (5) (d), if applicable, it shall either

SB55-SSA1,1045,3 (b) The department shall withhold its approval or grant a limited approval under which it imposes such conditions as to location, depth, pumping capacity, rate of flow, and ultimate use so that will ensure all of the following:

SB55-SSA1,1045,6 1. That the water supply of any public utility engaged in furnishing water to or for the public will not be impaired and the withdrawal will conform to the requirements of.

SB55-SSA1,1045,7 2. That the well meets the grounds for approval under s. 281.35, if applicable.

SB55-SSA1,1045,13 (d) The department shall require each person issued an approval under this subsection to report that person's volume and rate of withdrawal, as defined under s. 281.35 (1) (m), and that person's volume and rate of water loss, as defined under s. 281.35 (1) (L), if any, in the form and at the times specified by the department. The department may issue general or special orders it considers necessary to ensure prompt and effective administration of this subsection.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3160v Section 3160v. 281.17 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1,1045,19 281.17 (1) (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. 3., the department shall impose as a condition in each approval under this subsection that the person issued the approval may not use, or permit another person to use, any water withdrawn from the well to produce bottled drinking water, as defined in s. 97.34 (1) (a), unless the department approves use of the well for that purpose.

SB55-SSA1,1045,25 2. The department shall withhold its approval, grant a limited approval, or modify an approval in order to minimize adverse effects to the quality or quantity of waters of the state caused by any well used to produce bottled drinking water, as defined in s. 97.34 (1) (a). The department shall prepare an environmental impact statement under s. 1.11 (2) for a decision by the department under this paragraph to approve the use of a well to produce bottled drinking water.

SB55-SSA1,1046,2 3. This paragraph does not apply to a withdrawal of water by a public utility engaged in furnishing water to or for the public.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3161 Section 3161. 281.17 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1046,11 281.17 (2) The department shall supervise chemical treatment of waters for the suppression of algae, aquatic weeds, swimmers' itch and other nuisance-producing plants and organisms that are not regulated by the program established under s. 23.24 (2). It may purchase equipment and may make a charge for the use of the same and for materials furnished, together with a per diem charge for any services performed in such work. The charge shall be sufficient to reimburse the department for the use of the equipment, the actual cost of materials furnished, and the actual cost of the services rendered.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3163 Section 3163. 281.58 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1046,24 281.58 (9) (e) If the department of natural resources and the department of administration determine that the governor's recommendation, as set forth in the executive budget bill, for the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b), the amount available under s. 20.866 (2) (tc), or the amount available under s. 281.59 (4) (f) for a biennium is 85% or less of the amount of present value subsidy, general obligation bonding authority or revenue bonding authority, respectively, requested for that biennium in the biennial finance plan submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 1. insufficient to provide funding for all projects for which applications will be approved during that biennium, the department shall inform municipalities that, if the governor's recommendations are approved, clean water fund program assistance during a fiscal year of that biennium will only be available to municipalities that submit financial assistance applications by the June 30 preceding that fiscal year.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3164 Section 3164. 281.58 (9m) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1047,8 281.58 (9m) (f) (intro.) If the department of natural resources and the department of administration determine that the amount approved under s. 281.59 (3e) (b), the amount available under s. 20.866 (2) (tc), or the amount available under s. 281.59 (4) (f) for a biennium is 85% or less of the amount of present value subsidy, general obligation bonding authority or revenue bonding authority, respectively, requested for that biennium in the biennial finance plan submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 1. insufficient to provide funding for all projects for which applications will be approved during that biennium, all of the following apply:

SB55-SSA1, s. 3164j Section 3164j. 281.58 (13) (be) 5. of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3164L Section 3164L. 281.58 (13) (em) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1,1047,15 281.58 (13) (em) 3. In a fiscal year, if federal financial hardship assistance has been allocated to all eligible projects on the funding list and federal financial hardship assistance remains to be allocated, the department may allocate federal financial hardship assistance to a project of an eligible municipality that submits its financial assistance application after June 30.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3165 Section 3165. 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1047,18 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. Equal to $85,200,000 $90,000,000 during the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.

SB55-SSA1,1047,19 3. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3166 Section 3166. 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1047,22 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. Equal to $9,400,000 $9,110,000 during the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.

SB55-SSA1,1047,23 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3167 Section 3167. 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1048,2 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. Equal to $12,600,000 $10,900,000 during the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.

SB55-SSA1,1048,3 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3168 Section 3168. 281.59 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1048,11 281.59 (4) (f) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building commission when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under this subsection can be fully paid on a timely basis from moneys received or anticipated to be received. Revenue obligations issued under this subsection for the clean water fund program shall not exceed $1,297,755,000 $1,398,355,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to refund outstanding revenue obligation notes.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3168n Section 3168n. 281.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1049,3 281.60 (2) General. The department and the department of administration may administer a program to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for projects to remedy environmental contamination of sites or facilities at which environmental contamination has affected groundwater or surface water or threatens to affect groundwater or surface water. Eligible costs for a project include costs of site assessment and site investigation, to the extent allowed under federal law, if the eligible applicant demonstrates in its application that remediation will be necessary and include costs of demolition that is a necessary part of the remediation. The department and the department of administration may provide financial assistance under this section to an eligible applicant only if the eligible applicant owns the contaminated site or facility or, if the applicant is a political subdivision, if a redevelopment authority or a housing authority owns the contaminated site or facility. The department and the department of administration may not provide financial assistance under this section to remedy environmental contamination at a site or facility that is not a landfill if the eligible applicant caused the environmental contamination.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3168p Section 3168p. 281.60 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3168r Section 3168r. 281.60 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1049,13 281.60 (5) Application. After submitting a notice of intent to apply under sub. (3) (a) or obtaining a waiver under sub. (3) (b), an An eligible applicant shall submit an application for land recycling loan program financial assistance to the department. The eligible applicant shall submit the application before the date established by the department by rule. The department shall establish at least 2 application deadlines each year. The application shall be in the form and include the information required by the department and the department of administration. An eligible applicant may not submit more than one application per project per year.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3168t Section 3168t. 281.60 (8) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1049,17 281.60 (8) (a) 1. The department of administration may not allocate more than 40% of the available funds allocated in each fiscal year to projects to remedy contamination at landfills.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3168v Section 3168v. 281.60 (8p) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1,1049,22 281.60 (8p) Security. Notwithstanding s. 281.59 (9) (b) 1., the department and the department of administration may not require an applicant to use general obligation bonds as security for financial assistance under this section but shall accept other collateral that meets typical underwriting criteria.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3169 Section 3169. 281.61 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3170 Section 3170. 281.61 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1050,2 281.61 (3) (c) The department may waive par. (a) or (b) upon the written request of a local governmental unit.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3171 Section 3171. 281.65 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1050,13 281.65 (4) (f) Administer the distribution of grants and aids to governmental units for local administration and implementation of the program under this section. A grant awarded under this section may be used for cost-sharing for management practices and capital improvements, easements, or other activities determined by the department to satisfy the requirements of this section. A grant under this section to a lake district for a priority lake identified under sub. (3m) (b) 1. may be used for plan preparation, technical assistance, educational and training assistance, and ordinance development and administration. A grant may not be used for promotional items, except for promotional items that are used for informational purposes, such as brochures or videos.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3172 Section 3172. 281.65 (4c) (am) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1050,16 281.65 (4c) (am) 1. a. The need for compliance with performance standards established by the department under s. 281.16 (2) and (3).

SB55-SSA1, s. 3173 Section 3173. 281.65 (4c) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1050,20 281.65 (4c) (am) 2. The project cannot be conducted with department, in consultation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, determines that funding provided under s. 92.14 is insufficient to fund the project.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3174 Section 3174. 281.65 (4g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1051,3 281.65 (4g) The department may contract with any person from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (at) (ac) for services to administer or implement this section, including information and education and training services. The department shall allocate $500,000 in each fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (at) (ac) for contracts for educational and technical assistance related to the program under this section provided by the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3176b Section 3176b. 281.65 (5q) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1,1051,9 281.65 (5q) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (5s), neither the department nor the land and water conservation board may extend funding under this section for a priority watershed or priority lake project beyond the funding termination date that was in effect for the priority watershed or priority lake project on January 1, 2001, except as provided in par. (b).

SB55-SSA1,1051,14 (b) The department may authorize funding to be provided to a landowner under a priority watershed or priority lake project for up to one year after the funding termination date under par. (a) for that project if the department determines that a delay in implementation of best management practices by the landowner was caused by conditions beyond the control of the landowner.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3176m Section 3176m. 281.65 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1052,7 281.65 (11) Notwithstanding subs. (3) (am) and (3m), the South Fork of the Hay River is a priority watershed for the period ending on June 30, 2001 2006. Notwithstanding subs. (2) (a), (4) (dm), (e), (em) and (g) 4., (4m) (b) 3. and (8) (b) and (e), the department, in consultation with the local units of government involved with the priority watershed project, shall establish guidelines for the types of nonpoint source water pollution abatement practices to be eligible for cost-sharing grants in the watershed. Notwithstanding sub. (8) (f), the amount of a cost-sharing grant in the watershed may be based on the amount of pollution reduction achieved rather than on the cost of the practices installed, using guidelines developed by the department, in consultation with the local units of government involved with the priority watershed project. In providing funding under s. 92.14 (3), the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall determine the amount of matching funds required for staff for the priority watershed project as though the funding termination date of June 30, 2006, had been in effect on October 6, 1998. The department and the local governmental staff involved with the priority watershed project shall evaluate the cost effectiveness of the project and the reduction in nonpoint source water pollution associated with the project.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3180 Section 3180. 281.68 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (1) (b) and amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1052,12 281.68 (1) (b) "Qualified lake association" means a group incorporated under ch. 181 that meets all of the following conditions: an association that meets the qualifications under sub. (3m) (a).

SB55-SSA1, s. 3181 Section 3181. 281.68 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 2. and amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1052,17 281.68 (3m) (a) 2. Specifies Specify in its articles of incorporation or bylaws that a substantial purpose of its being incorporated is to support the protection or improvement of one or more inland lakes for the benefit of the general public.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3182 Section 3182. 281.68 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 3. and amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1052,22 281.68 (3m) (a) 3. Demonstrates Demonstrate that the substantial purpose of its past actions was to support the protection or improvement of one or more inland lakes for the benefit of the general public.

SB55-SSA1, s. 3183 Section 3183. 281.68 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 4. and amended to read:

SB55-SSA1,1053,3 281.68 (3m) (a) 4. Allows Allow to be a member any individual who for at least one month each year resides on or within one mile of an inland lake for which the association was incorporated.