AB68: Bill Text

AB68,1371,20 3. A statement of the number of employees the business employed when the venture capital fund first invested moneys received through the program established under sub. (2) and the number of employees the business employed on the last day of the quarter.

AB68,1371,22 (d) The oversight board shall make the reports under par. (c) readily accessible to the public on the corporation's Internet site.

AB68,1371,24 (7) Policies and procedures. The corporation shall establish policies and procedures to administer this section.

AB68,2550 Section 2550. 238.29 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1372,3 238.29 Tribal economic development. The corporation shall establish and administer economic development programs to promote small business economic development benefitting American Indian tribes or bands in this state.

AB68,2551 Section 2551. 238.30 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1372,11 238.30 (2m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and s. 238.308 (1) (b), “full-time job" means a regular, nonseasonal full-time position in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays, and for which the individual receives pay that is equal to at least 150 percent of the federal minimum wage and benefits that are not required by federal or state law. “Full-time job" does not include initial training before an employment position begins.

AB68,2552 Section 2552. 238.306 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2553 Section 2553. 238.308 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 238.308 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68,1372,15 238.308 (1) Definition Definitions. (intro.) In this section,:

AB68,1372,17 (a) “eligible Eligible employee" means a person employed in a full-time job by a person certified under sub. (2).

AB68,2554 Section 2554. 238.308 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1372,20 238.308 (1) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., “full-time job” has the meaning given in s. 238.30 (2m).

AB68,1373,2 2. a. For contracts executed by the corporation under this section after December 31, 2021, “full-time job” means, except as provided in subd. 2. b., a regular, nonseasonal full-time position in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays, and for which the individual receives pay that is equal to at least $27,900 and benefits that are not required by federal or state law. “Full-time job" does not include initial training before an employment position begins.

AB68,1373,8 b. The corporation may grant exceptions to the requirement under subd. 2. a. that a full-time job means a position in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year if the annual pay for the position exceeds $27,900 and an individual in the position is offered retirement, health, and other benefits that are equivalent to the retirement, health, and other benefits offered to an individual who is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year.

AB68,2555 Section 2555. 238.308 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1373,22 238.308 (4) (a) 1. An amount equal to up to 10 percent of the amount of wages that the person paid to an eligible employee in the taxable year. For contracts executed by the corporation after December 31, 2021, the amount of wages taken into account under this subdivision may not exceed $123,000 per eligible employee per year. Beginning on January 1, 2023, the dollar amount under this subdivision shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the year before the previous year, as determined by the federal department of labor. Each amount that is revised under this subdivision shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10.

AB68,2556 Section 2556. 238.308 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1374,6 238.308 (4) (a) 3. An amount equal to up to 50 percent of the person's training costs incurred to undertake activities to enhance an eligible employee's general knowledge, employability, and flexibility in the workplace; to develop skills unique to the person's workplace or equipment; or to develop skills that will increase the quality of the person's product upgrade or improve the job-related skills of an eligible employee, train an eligible employee on the use of job-related new technologies, or provide job-related training to an eligible employee whose employment with the person represents the employee's first full-time job.

AB68,2557 Section 2557. 238.308 (4) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1374,13 238.308 (4) (a) 5. An amount, as determined by the corporation, equal to a percentage of the amount of wages that the person paid to an eligible employee in the taxable year, if the position in which the eligible employee was employed was created or retained in connection with the person's location or retention of the person's corporate headquarters in Wisconsin and the job duties associated with the eligible employee's position involve the performance of corporate headquarters functions.

AB68,2558 Section 2558. 238.308 (4) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1374,19 238.308 (4) (a) 6. An amount equal to up to 25 percent of the person's energy efficiency or renewable energy project expenditures on real or personal property located in this state. When making an award under this subdivision, the corporation shall ensure that the percentage of expenditures taken into account positively correlates to the scale of the project.

AB68,2559 Section 2559. 238.399 (1) (am) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1374,24 238.399 (1) (am) 2. a. The For contracts executed by the corporation under this section prior to January 1, 2022, the individual is employed in a job for which the annual pay is more than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage.

AB68,2560 Section 2560. 238.399 (1) (am) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1375,4 238.399 (1) (am) 2. c. For contracts executed by the corporation under this section after December 31, 2021, the individual is employed in a job for which the annual pay is more than $27,900 in a tier I county or municipality or more than $37,000 in a tier II county or municipality.

AB68,2561 Section 2561. 238.399 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1375,7 238.399 (3) (a) The corporation may designate any number of no more than 30 enterprise zones in this state.

AB68,2562 Section 2562. 238.399 (3) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2563 Section 2563. 238.399 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1375,14 238.399 (3) (e) If the corporation revokes all certifications for tax benefits within a designated enterprise zone under par. (a), the corporation may cancel the designation of that enterprise zone. After canceling the designation of an enterprise zone, the corporation may designate a new enterprise zone under par. (a) subject to the limits of this subsection.

AB68,2564 Section 2564. 238.399 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1375,16 238.399 (4) (title) Time limits ; reporting.

AB68,2565 Section 2565. 238.399 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1375,20 238.399 (4) (b) If an enterprise zone designation expires under par. (a) or under the contract with a business certified under sub. (5), the corporation may designate a new enterprise zone under par. (a) subject to the limits of sub. (3).

AB68,2566 Section 2566. 238.399 (6) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1376,5 238.399 (6) (h) Beginning on January 1, 2023, the dollar amount in sub. (1) (am) 2. c. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the year before the previous year, as determined by the federal department of labor. Each amount that is revised under this paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10.

AB68,2567 Section 2567 . 250.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1376,10 250.04 (3) (a) The department shall establish and maintain surveillance activities sufficient to detect any occurrence of acute, communicable , or chronic diseases and threat of occupational or environmental hazards, injuries , or changes in the health of mothers parents and children.

AB68,2568 Section 2568. 250.15 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 250.15 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68,1376,13 250.15 (1) Definition Definitions. (intro.) In this section, “ community:

AB68,1376,15 (a) “Community health center" means a health care entity that provides primary health care, health education and social services to low-income individuals.

AB68,2569 Section 2569. 250.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1376,20 250.15 (1) (b) “Free and charitable clinics” means health care organizations that use a volunteer and staff model to provide health services to uninsured, underinsured, underserved, economically and socially disadvantaged, and vulnerable populations and that meet all of the following criteria:

AB68,1376,22 1. The organizations are nonprofit and tax exempt or are a part of a larger nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.

AB68,1376,23 2. The organizations are located in this state or serve residents in this state.

AB68,1377,3 3. The organizations restrict eligibility to receive services to individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, or have limited or no access to primary, specialty, or prescription care.

AB68,1377,4 4. The organizations provide one or more of the following services:

AB68,1377,5 a. Medical care.

AB68,1377,6 b. Mental health care.

AB68,1377,7 c. Dental care.

AB68,1377,8 d. Prescription medications.

AB68,1377,11 5. The organizations use volunteer health care professionals, nonclinical volunteers, and partnerships with other health care providers to provide the services under subd. 4.

AB68,1377,15 6. The organizations are not federally-qualified health centers as defined in 42 USC 1396d (l) (2) and do not receive reimbursement from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services under a federally-qualified health center payment methodology.

AB68,2570 Section 2570. 250.15 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1377,17 250.15 (2) (d) To free and charitable clinics, $2,500,000.

AB68,2571 Section 2571. 250.20 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1377,22 250.20 (7) Black women's health grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cr), the department shall annually award grants in the total amount of $1,750,000 to community-serving organizations that are led by Black women that improve Black women's health in Dane, Milwaukee, Rock, and Kenosha Counties.

AB68,2572 Section 2572. 250.20 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1378,2 250.20 (8) Infant and maternal mortality grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cr), the department shall annually award grants in the total amount of $1,750,000 to organizations that work to reduce racial disparities related to infant and maternal mortality.

AB68,2573 Section 2573 . 250.22 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1378,6 250.22 Health equity grants. (1) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (1) (cv) and (r), the department shall award grants to community organizations to implement community health worker care models.

AB68,1378,10 (2) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (1) (cv) and (r), the department shall award grants to community organizations and local or tribal health departments to hire health equity strategists and to implement health equity action plans.

AB68,2574 Section 2574. 251.05 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1378,17 251.05 (3) (c) Involve key policymakers and the general public in determining and developing a community health improvement plan that includes actions to implement the services and functions specified under s. 250.03 (1) (L). The plan under this paragraph shall include consideration of the effects of climate change on community health and consideration of the policies, plans, and programs that may assist in mitigating community health problems and health hazards.

AB68,2575 Section 2575 . 252.14 (1) (ar) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1378,19 252.14 (1) (ar) 3. A dentist or dental therapist licensed under ch. 447.

AB68,2576 Section 2576. 253.07 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1378,21 253.07 (1) (a) 3. Pregnancy termination.

AB68,2577 Section 2577. 253.07 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1378,23 253.07 (1) (b) 3. Pregnancy termination.

AB68,2578 Section 2578 . 253.07 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 253.07 (5) (b) and amended to read:

AB68,1379,4 253.07 (5) (b) Subject to par. (c), a A public entity that receives women's health funds under this section may provide some or all of the funds to other public or private entities provided that the recipient of the funds does not do any of the following:.

AB68,2579 Section 2579 . 253.07 (5) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are repealed.

AB68,2580 Section 2580 . 253.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2581 Section 2581. 253.075 of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2582 Section 2582. 254.151 (1m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1379,12 254.151 (1m) (g) In each fiscal year, $125,000 $175,000 to fund lead screening and outreach activities at a community-based human service agency that provides primary health care, health education and social services to low-income individuals in 1st class cities.

AB68,2583 Section 2583 . Subchapter IX (title) of chapter 254 [precedes 254.911] of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1379,15 CHAPTER 254

AB68,1379,16 SUBCHAPTER IX

AB68,1379,17 SALE OR GIFT OF CIGARETTES,

AB68,1379,18 NICOTINE PRODUCTS, VAPOR

AB68,1379,19 PRODUCTS, OR TOBACCO

AB68,1379,20 PRODUCTS TO MINORS

AB68,2584 Section 2584 . 254.911 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1379,22 254.911 (11) “Vapor product” has the meaning given in s. 139.75 (14).