2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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February 12, 2026 - Introduced by Senator James, cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Doyle and Johnson. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
SB996,1,3
1An Act to repeal 20.435 (1) (ck); to create 20.435 (1) (ck) of the statutes; 2relating to: funding for grants for community emergency medical services
3and falls prevention initiatives and making an appropriation. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill appropriates $600,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 to the Department of Health Services for grants for emergency medical services programs to employ a community paramedic or community emergency medical services practitioner, as provided in other legislation. In addition, the bill appropriates $200,000 in each of fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to DHS for grants to the Wisconsin Institute of Healthy Aging, as provided in the other legislation. If the other legislation is not enacted into law during the 2025 legislative session, the appropriation of the money is void.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB996,1
1Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, 2insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: SB996,29Section 2. 20.435 (1) (ck) of the statutes is created to read: SB996,2,131020.435 (1) (ck) Community emergency medical services grants. As a 11continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants to emergency 12medical services programs to employ a community paramedic or community 13emergency medical services practitioner. SB996,314Section 3. 20.435 (1) (ck) of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act 15.... (this act), is repealed. SB996,416Section 4. Nonstatutory provisions. SB996,2,1717(1) Reconciliation provision. SB996,2,2118(a) If 2025 Assembly Bill 970, or any other 2025 bill whose content is identical 19to the content of 2025 Assembly Bill 970, is enacted into law, then this act takes 20effect on the effective date of the first of those bills that is enacted into law or on the 21effective date of this paragraph, whichever is later. SB996,2,2222(b) If par. (a) does not apply, then this act is void. SB996,523Section 5. Fiscal changes. SB996,3,424(1) Falls prevention initiatives grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3)
1for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) (a), 2the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $200,000 and the dollar 3amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $200,000 for grants for falls 4prevention initiatives. SB996,65Section 6. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after 6publication, except as follows: SB996,3,87(1) Community emergency medical services grants; repeal. The repeal 8of s. 20.435 (1) (ck) takes effect on July 1, 2027.
