(a) “Eligible business" means a business operating in this state that manufactures a product or performs a service, or both, with a potential to be exported and that, together with all of its affiliates and subsidiaries and its parent company, had gross annual sales of $25,000,000 or less in the calendar year preceding the year in which it applies for a reimbursement under this section.
(b) “Matchmaker trade delegation event" means a trade event that is planned by the U.S. department of commerce and that has prearranged meetings between new-to-market or new-to-export eligible businesses and prospective foreign representatives and distributors.
(c) “Trade show" means a trade event held in a country other than the United States that brings prospective foreign buyers to a central location and that is certified or coordinated by the U.S. department of commerce or the department.
(2) Subject to sub. (5), the department may make reimbursements totaling no more than $100,000 in a fiscal year from the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1) (c) and (ie) to eligible businesses for any of the following:
(a) Fees for participation in a trade show or matchmaker trade delegation event.
(b) Costs associated with shipping displays, sample products, catalogs or advertising material to a trade show or matchmaker trade delegation event.
(c) Costs incurred at a trade show or matchmaker trade delegation event for utilities, booth construction or necessary modifications or repairs.
(d) Costs associated with foreign language translation of brochures or product information or with the use of translation services at a trade show or matchmaker trade delegation event.
(3) An eligible business seeking reimbursement under this section shall submit to the department an application containing all of the following:
(a) An export development plan and a description of how the activities for which reimbursement is sought will benefit the applicant's ability to export its product or service.
(b) An itemized budget for expenses expected to be incurred for all of the activities for which reimbursement is sought.
(c) A description of the proposed use of the reimbursement.
(d) Assurance that at least 50% of the manufactured value of the product or of the performance value of the service will be produced in this state.
(4) (a) The department may approve an eligible business for reimbursement after considering all of the following:
1. The extent to which the business' export development plan demonstrates the potential of the product or service to be exported in a particular foreign market.
2. The extent to which the business' proposed reimbursable activities relate to the potential success of the product or service to be exported.
(b) The department shall give priority for reimbursements under this section to eligible businesses participating in the department's export mentoring program.
(5) The department may not do any of the following:
(a) Reimburse an eligible business more than $5,000 in a 12-month period.
(b) Reimburse an eligible business more than $5,000 for participation in a trade show or matchmaker trade delegation event.
(c) Reimburse an eligible business for participating more than one time in the same trade show or matchmaker trade delegation event held at different times or in different locations.
(d) Reimburse an eligible business more than $15,000 over the life of the program.
(6) An eligible business that is approved for a reimbursement under sub. (4) shall provide to the department, within 90 days after the trade show or matchmaker trade delegation event for which the reimbursement is sought, documentation detailing the costs for which the reimbursement is sought.
27,6898r
Section 6898r. 560.17 (5m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.17 (5m) (b) A business shall use the proceeds of a loan under this subsection for working any of the following:
1. Working capital or fixed.
2. Fixed asset financing or both.
27,6898s
Section 6898s. 560.17 (5m) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
560.17 (5m) (b) 3. Employe relocation costs.
27,6898t
Section 6898t. 560.17 (5m) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
560.17 (5m) (bm) If a business receives a loan under this subsection for the purpose specified in par. (b) 3., the department shall ensure that an employe of the business has the option of accepting or declining any relocation assistance that is available as a result of the loan.
27,6899q
Section 6899q. 560.183 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.183 (2) (b) A physician who is a participant in the national health service corps loan repayment
scholarship program under 42 USC 254l-1 42 USC 254n, or a physician who was a participant in that program and who failed to carry out his or her obligations under that program, is not eligible for loan repayment under this section.
27,6900
Section 6900
. 560.183 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.183 (8) Administrative contract. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (fd), the department shall contract with the board of regents of the university University of Wisconsin system System for administrative services from the office of rural health of the department of professional and community development of the university of Wisconsin hospital and clinics University of Wisconsin Medical School. Under the contract, the office of rural health shall do all of the following:
27,6901
Section 6901
. 560.184 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
560.184 (1) (am) “Eligible practice area" means a primary care shortage area, an obstetric shortage area, a state or federal prison, an area health education center program established under 42 USC 295g-1, an American Indian reservation or trust lands of an American Indian tribe.
27,6902
Section 6902
. 560.184 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
560.184 (1) (c) “Obstetric shortage area" has the meaning given in s. 560.183 (1) (ar).
27,6903
Section 6903
. 560.184 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
560.184 (1) (d) “Primary care shortage area" has the meaning given in s. 560.183 (1) (cm).
27,6904
Section 6904
. 560.184 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.184 (3) (a) The department shall enter into a written agreement with the health care provider. In the agreement, the health care provider shall agree to practice exclusively in a primary care health professional shortage in this state primarily in an eligible practice area.
27,6905
Section 6905
. 560.184 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.184 (4) Loan repayment. (intro.) Loans Principal and interest due on loans, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the department at the following rate:
(a) Ten percent of the principal of the loan or $2,500, whichever is less, during the first year of practice exclusively in a primary care health professional shortage area.
(b) An additional 12.5% of the principal of the loan or $3,125, whichever is less, during the 2nd year of practice exclusively in a primary care health professional shortage area.
(c) An additional 15% of the principal of the loan or $3,750, whichever is less, during the 3rd year of practice exclusively in a primary care health professional shortage area.
(d) An additional 20% of the principal of the loan or $5,000, whichever is less, during the 4th year of practice exclusively in a primary care health professional shortage area.
(e) An additional 42.5% of the principal of the loan or $10,625, whichever is less, during the 5th year of practice exclusively in a primary care health professional shortage area.
27,6906
Section 6906
. 560.184 (5) (b) 1. to 5. of the statutes are amended to read:
560.184 (5) (b) 1. The degree to which there is an extremely high need for medical care in the primary care health professional shortage eligible practice area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.
2. The likelihood that an eligible applicant will remain in the primary care health professional shortage eligible practice area in which he or she desires to practice after the loan repayment period.
3. The per capita income of the primary care health professional shortage eligible practice area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.
4. The financial or other support for health care provider recruitment and retention provided by individuals, organizations or local governments in the primary care health professional shortage eligible practice area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.
5. The geographic distribution of the health care providers who have entered into loan repayment agreements under this section and the geographic location of the primary care health professional shortage eligible practice area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.
27,6907
Section
6907. 560.184 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.184 (7) Administrative contract. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (fd), the department shall contract with the board of regents of the university University of Wisconsin system System for administrative services from the office of rural health of the department of professional and community development of the university of Wisconsin hospital and clinics University of Wisconsin Medical School. Under the contract, the office of rural health shall do all of the following:
27,6908
Section 6908
. 560.19 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.19 (title) Hazardous pollution prevention assessment grants.
27,6909
Section 6909
. 560.19 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
27,6910
Section 6910
. 560.19 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
560.19 (1) (a) “Council" means the hazardous pollution prevention council under s. 15.157 (5).
27,6911
Section 6911
. 560.19 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
27,6912
Section 6912
. 560.19 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
560.19 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (em), the department may contract with the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for educational services from the University of Wisconsin-Extension solid and hazardous waste education center. If the department enters into a contract under this subsection, the contract shall provide that the solid and hazardous waste center shall do all of the following:
(a) Expand its educational program to include business assessment activities that are specified in the contract and that have the following purposes:
1. Determining the full costs of using and producing hazardous substances, toxic pollutants and hazardous waste.
2. Identifying processes that use or produce hazardous substances, toxic pollutants or hazardous waste and the composition of the hazardous substances, toxic pollutants or hazardous waste.
3. Identifying hazardous pollution prevention options.
(b) Consider all of the following in conducting the business assessment activities under the contract:
1. The need for a hazardous pollution prevention assessment and a program participant's willingness to participate in an assessment.
2. The technical and financial ability of a program participant to implement hazardous pollution prevention.
3. The potential for others to use the information gained from a hazardous pollution prevention assessment.
27,6913
Section 6913
. 560.19 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
560.19 (3) The department shall do all of the following:
(a) In coordination with the hazardous pollution prevention program under s. 36.25 (30), the department of natural resources and the council, conduct an education, environmental management and technical assistance program to promote hazardous pollution prevention among businesses in the state.
(b) Assist the council in preparing the report under sub. (4) (d).
27,6914
Section 6914
. 560.19 (4) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
560.19 (4) The council shall do all of the following:
(a) Monitor and make recommendations to the department and other state agencies on hazardous pollution prevention activities in this state.
(b) Advise the department and other state agencies on the promotion of hazardous pollution prevention.
(c) Recommend educational priorities to the University of Wisconsin-Extension for the hazardous pollution prevention program under s. 36.25 (30).
(d) With the assistance of the department, the department of natural resources and the hazardous pollution prevention program under s. 36.25 (30), prepare and submit to the governor and to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), by February 15 of each odd-numbered year, a report on all of the following:
1. The program under s. 36.25 (30) (a).
2. The program under s. 144.955.
3. The activities of the department under this section.
4. Other hazardous pollution prevention activities in this state.
27,6915
Section 6915
. 560.19 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
