AB40: Bill Text

AB40, s. 1056 Section 1056. 36.60 (9) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,514,5 36.60 (9) (c) 2. Use a sliding fee scale or a comparable method of determining payment arrangements for patients who are not eligible for medicare or medical assistance and who are unable to pay the customary fee for the physician's or dentist's services.

AB40, s. 1057 Section 1057. 36.60 (9) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,514,9 36.60 (9) (c) 3. Practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area, if a physician, or in a dental health shortage area, if a dentist.

AB40, s. 1058 Section 1058. 36.61 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,514,12 36.61 (title) Health care provider Dental hygienist loan assistance program.

AB40, s. 1059 Section 1059. 36.61 (1) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 37.61 (1) (am) and amended to read:

AB40,514,18 37.61 (1) (am) "Eligible practice area" means a primary care shortage area, an American Indian reservation, or trust lands of an American Indian tribe, except that with respect to a dental hygienist "eligible practice area" means a dental health shortage area.

AB40, s. 1060 Section 1060. 36.61 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 37.61 (1) (b) and amended to read:

AB40,514,22 37.61 (1) (b) "Health care provider" means a dental hygienist, physician assistant, nurse-midwife, or nurse practitioner.

AB40, s. 1061 Section 1061. 36.61 (1) (bp) of the statutes is renumbered 37.61 (1) (bp) and amended to read:

AB40,515,2 37.61 (1) (bp) "Health professional shortage area" has the meaning given in s. 36.60 37.60 (1) (aj).

AB40, s. 1062 Section 1062. 36.61 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 37.61 (1) (d) and amended to read:

AB40,515,6 37.61 (1) (d) "Primary care shortage area" has the meaning given in s. 36.60 37.60 (1) (cm).

AB40, s. 1063 Section 1063. 36.61 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,515,8 36.61 (1) (e) "Rural area" has the meaning given in s. 36.63 37.63 (1) (c).

AB40, s. 1064 Section 1064. 36.61 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,515,14 36.61 (2) Eligibility. The board may repay, on behalf of a health care provider dental hygienist, up to $25,000 in educational loans obtained by the health care provider dental hygienist from a public or private lending institution for education related to the health care provider's field of practice of dental hygiene, as determined by the board with the advice of the council.

AB40, s. 1065 Section 1065. 36.61 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,515,22 36.61 (3) (a) The board shall enter into a written agreement with the health care provider dental hygienist. In the agreement, the health care provider dental hygienist shall agree to practice at least 32 clinic hours per week for 3 years in one or more eligible practice dental health shortage areas in this state or in a rural area, except that a health care provider in the expanded loan assistance program under sub. (8) who is not a dental hygienist may only agree to practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area.

AB40, s. 1066 Section 1066. 36.61 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,516,4 36.61 (5) (b) 1. The degree to which there is an extremely high need for medical care in the eligible practice area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which an eligible applicant who is not a dental hygienist desires to practice and the degree to which there is an extremely high need for dental care in the dental health shortage area or rural area in which an eligible applicant who is a dental hygienist desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1067 Section 1067. 36.61 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,516,8 36.61 (5) (b) 2. The likelihood that an eligible applicant will remain in the eligible practice dental health shortage area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which he or she desires to practice after the loan repayment period.

AB40, s. 1068 Section 1068. 36.61 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,516,12 36.61 (5) (b) 3. The per capita income of the eligible practice dental health shortage area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1069 Section 1069. 36.61 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,516,17 36.61 (5) (b) 4. The financial or other support for health care provider dental hygienist recruitment and retention provided by individuals, organizations or local governments in the eligible practice dental health shortage area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1070 Section 1070. 36.61 (5) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,516,23 36.61 (5) (b) 5. The geographic distribution of the health care providers dental hygienists who have entered into loan repayment agreements under this section and the geographic location of the eligible practice dental health shortage area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1071 Section 1071. 36.61 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,3 36.61 (5) (c) An agreement under sub. (3) does not create a right of action against the state on the part of the health care provider dental hygienist or the lending institution for failure to make the payments specified in the agreement.

AB40, s. 1072 Section 1072. 36.61 (6m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,7 36.61 (6m) (a) (intro.) The board shall, by rule, establish penalties to be assessed by the board against health care providers dental hygienists who breach an agreement entered into under sub. (3) (a). The rules shall do all of the following:

AB40, s. 1073 Section 1073. 36.61 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,10 36.61 (7) (a) Identify communities with an extremely high need for health care, including dental health care.

AB40, s. 1074 Section 1074. 36.61 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,13 36.61 (7) (b) Publicize the program under this section to health care providers dental hygienists and eligible communities.

AB40, s. 1075 Section 1075. 36.61 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,16 36.61 (7) (c) Assist health care providers dental hygienists who are interested in applying for the program under this section.

AB40, s. 1076 Section 1076. 36.61 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,19 36.61 (7) (d) Assist communities in obtaining the services of health care providers dental hygienists through the program under this section.

AB40, s. 1077 Section 1077. 36.61 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,24 36.61 (7) (e) Notwithstanding subs. (3) (b) and (5) (a) and (b), ensure that moneys appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (qj) are used under this section only to repay loans on behalf of health care providers dental hygienists who agree to practice in a rural area.

AB40, s. 1078 Section 1078. 36.61 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,8 36.61 (8) Expanded loan assistance program. (intro.) The board may agree to repay loans as provided under this section on behalf of a health care provider dental hygienist under an expanded health care provider dental hygienist loan assistance program that is funded through federal funds in addition to state matching funds. To be eligible for loan repayment under the expanded health care provider dental hygienist loan assistance program, a health care provider dental hygienist must fulfill all of the requirements for loan repayment under this section, as well as all of the following:

AB40, s. 1079 Section 1079. 36.61 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,10 36.61 (8) (a) The health care provider dental hygienist must be a U.S. citizen.

AB40, s. 1080 Section 1080. 36.61 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,13 36.61 (8) (b) The health care provider dental hygienist may not have a judgment lien against his or her property for a debt to the United States.

AB40, s. 1081 Section 1081. 36.61 (8) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,16 36.61 (8) (c) (intro.) The health care provider dental hygienist must agree to do all of the following:

AB40, s. 1082 Section 1082. 36.61 (8) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,21 36.61 (8) (c) 2. Use a sliding fee scale or a comparable method of determining payment arrangements for patients who are not eligible for medicare or medical assistance and who are unable to pay the customary fee for the health care provider's dental hygienist's services.

AB40, s. 1083 Section 1083. 36.61 (8) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,25 36.61 (8) (c) 3. Practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area, if the health care provider is not a dental hygienist, or in a dental health shortage area, if the health care provider is a dental hygienist.

AB40, s. 1084 Section 1084. 36.62 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,519,4 36.62 (1) Advise the board on matters related to the physician and dentist loan assistance program under s. 36.60 and the health care provider dental hygienist loan assistance program under s. 36.61.

AB40, s. 1085 Section 1085. 36.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,519,8 36.62 (2) Advise the board on the amount, up to $25,000, to be repaid on behalf of each health care provider dental hygienist who participates in the health care provider dental hygienist loan assistance program under s. 36.61.

AB40, s. 1086 Section 1086. 36.63 of the statutes is renumbered 37.63, and 37.63 (3) and (4) (b) 1., as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB40,519,18 37.63 (3) Annually by December 1, the department shall submit a plan for increasing the number of physician residency programs that include a majority of training experience in a rural area to the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, the Wisconsin Hospital Association, and the Wisconsin Medical Society. The plan shall include a detailed proposed budget for expending the moneys appropriated to the board under s. 20.285 20.280 (1) (qe) and demonstrate that the moneys do not supplant existing funding. The department shall consider comments made by the organizations in formulating its final budget.

AB40,519,20 (4) (b) 1. The number of such physician residency positions funded in whole or in part under this section or s. 36.63, 2009 stats., in the previous fiscal year.

AB40, s. 1087 Section 1087. Chapter 37 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,519,23 chapter 37 university of Wisconsin–Madison

AB40,520,4 37.001 Statement of purpose and mission. (1) The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to be this state's comprehensive teaching and research university, with a statewide, national, and international mission, offering programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels in a wide range of fields while engaging in extensive scholarly research, continuing adult education, and public service.

AB40,520,13 (2) The primary purpose of the university is to provide a learning environment in which faculty, staff, and students may discover, examine critically, preserve, and transmit the knowledge, wisdom, and value that will help ensure the survival of this and future generations and improve the quality of life for all. The university seeks to help students develop an understanding of and appreciation for the complex cultural and physical worlds in which they live and to realize their highest potential of intellectual, physical, and human development. It also seeks to attract and serve students from diverse social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds and to be sensitive and responsive to those groups that have been underserved by higher education.

AB40,520,14 37.01 Definitions. In this chapter:

AB40,520,18 (1) "Academic staff" means those university employees who, immediately prior to the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], were designated as academic staff of the University of Wisconsin–Madison under ch. 36, 2009 stats., and those university employees hired as or designated as academic staff by the board.

AB40,520,19 (1m) "Authority" means the authority created in this chapter.

AB40,520,20 (2) "Board" means the Board of Trustees of the authority.

AB40,520,21 (3) "Board of Regents" means the Board of Regents of the system.

AB40,520,23 (4) "Campus" means the publicly owned or leased buildings and grounds that comprise all or part of the university.

AB40,520,24 (5) "Chancellor" means the chief executive of the university.

AB40,521,4 (6) "Faculty" means persons who hold the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor in an academic department or its functional equivalent in the university and such other employees as may be designated by the chancellor and faculty.

AB40,521,9 (7) "Student" means any person who is registered for study in the university for the current academic period. For the purpose of administering particular programs or functions involving students, the board shall adopt rules defining continuation or termination of student status during periods between academic periods.

AB40,521,10 (8) "System" means the University of Wisconsin System.

AB40,521,12 (9) "University" means the university operated by the board under this chapter.

AB40,521,16 37.02 University of Wisconsin–Madison: creation; organization of Board of Trustees. (1) (a) There is created an authority, which is a public body corporate and politic, to be known as the "University of Wisconsin–Madison." The board shall consist of the following:

AB40,521,18 1. The following members, at least 7 of whom shall be university alumni, appointed by the governor for 3-year terms:

AB40,521,19 a. One member of the Board of Regents.

AB40,521,20 b. One member who represents agricultural interests in this state.

AB40,521,21 c. Nine additional members.

AB40,521,22 2. The following members appointed for 3-year terms:

AB40,521,23 a. Two faculty members selected by the faculty.

AB40,521,25 b. One university employee who is not a faculty member, selected by university employees who are not faculty.

AB40,522,2 c. Two university alumni selected by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation board.

AB40,522,3 d. Two university alumni selected by the Wisconsin Alumni Association board.

AB40,522,5 e. Two university alumni selected by the University of Wisconsin Foundation board.