10. Accept a draft from someone other than a participant or proxy, except that the department shall accept for redemption valid drafts from vendors and food distribution centers.
(b) A person who violates any provision of this subsection may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, for the first offense and may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for the 2nd or subsequent offense.
(c) 1. Whenever a court imposes a fine, forfeiture or recoupment for a violation of this subsection or imposes a forfeiture or recoupment for a violation of rules promulgated under sub. (5), the court shall also impose an enforcement assessment in an amount of 50% of the fine, forfeiture or recoupment imposed. If multiple offenses are involved, the court shall base the enforcement assessment upon the total fine, forfeiture and recoupment amounts for all offenses. When a fine, forfeiture or recoupment is suspended in whole or in part, the court shall reduce the enforcement assessment in proportion to the suspension.
2. If a fine or forfeiture is imposed by a court of record, after a determination by the court of the amount due, the clerk of the court shall collect and transmit such amount to the county treasurer as provided in s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2.
27,3444
Section
3444. 253.06 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
253.06 (5) Rules and penalties. (a) The department shall promulgate rules to establish all of the following:
1. Minimum qualification standards for the authorization of vendors and for the awarding of a contract to an entity under sub. (3m).
2. Standards of operation for authorized vendors and food distribution centers, including prohibited practices.
3. Minimum requirements for participants, including prohibited practices.
4. Procedures for approving or denying an application to be a participant, including appeal procedures.
(b) A person who violates any rule promulgated under this subsection may be subject to any of the following:
1. Denial of the application to be a participant or authorized vendor.
2. Suspension or termination of authorization for an authorized vendor or, in the case of a food distribution center, termination of the contract.
3. Disqualification from the program under this section for a participant.
4. Forfeiture of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000.
5. Recoupment.
(c) Whenever the department imposes a forfeiture or recoupment for a violation of rules promulgated under this subsection, the department shall also impose an enforcement assessment in an amount of 50% of the forfeiture or recoupment imposed. If multiple offenses are involved, the department shall base the enforcement assessment upon the total forfeiture and recoupment amounts for all offenses. When a forfeiture or recoupment is suspended in whole or in part, the department shall reduce the enforcement assessment in proportion to the suspension.
(d) The department may directly assess a forfeiture provided for under par. (b) 4., recoupment provided for under par. (b) 5. and an enforcement assessment provided for under par. (c). If the department determines that a forfeiture, recoupment or enforcement assessment should be levied, or that authorization or eligibility should be suspended or terminated, for a particular violation or for failure to correct it, the department shall send a notice of assessment, suspension or termination to the vendor, food distribution center or participant. The notice shall inform the vendor, food distribution center or participant of the right to a hearing under sub. (6) and shall specify all of the following:
1. The amount of the forfeiture assessed, if any.
2. The amount of the recoupment assessed, if any.
3. The amount of the enforcement assessment, if any.
4. The violation.
5. The statute or rule alleged to have been violated.
6. If applicable, that the suspension or termination of authorization of the vendor or eligibility of the participant is effective beginning on the 15th day after receipt of the notice of suspension or termination.
(e) The suspension or termination of authorization of a vendor or eligibility of a participant shall be effective beginning on the 15th day after receipt of the notice of suspension or termination. All forfeitures, recoupments and enforcement assessments shall be paid to the department within 15 days after receipt of notice of assessment or, if the forfeiture, recoupment or enforcement assessment is contested under sub. (6), within 10 days after receipt of the final decision after exhaustion of administrative review, unless the final decision is adverse to the department or unless the final decision is appealed and the decision is stayed by court order under sub. (7). The department shall remit all forfeitures paid to the state treasurer for deposit in the school fund. The department shall deposit all enforcement assessments in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (gr).
(f) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state to collect any forfeiture or recoupment imposed under par. (b) or enforcement assessment imposed under par. (c), if the forfeiture, recoupment or enforcement assessment has not been paid following the exhaustion of all administrative and judicial reviews. The only issue that may be contested in any such action is whether the forfeiture or enforcement assessment has been paid.
27,3445
Section 3445
. 253.06 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
253.06 (6) Appeal procedure. (a) Any hearing under s. 227.42 granted by the department under this section may be conducted before the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.
(b) A person may contest an assessment of forfeiture, recoupment or enforcement assessment, a denial, suspension or termination of authorization or a suspension or termination of eligibility by sending a written request for hearing under s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration within 10 days after the receipt of the notice issued under sub. (3) (bm) or (5) (d). The administrator of the division of hearings and appeals may designate a hearing examiner to preside over the case and recommend a decision to the administrator under s. 227.46. The decision of the administrator of the division of hearings and appeals shall be the final administrative decision. The division of hearings and appeals shall commence the hearing and issue a final decision within 60 days after receipt of the request for hearing unless all of the parties consent to a later date. Proceedings before the division of hearings and appeals are governed by ch. 227. In any petition for judicial review of a decision by the division of hearings and appeals, the department, if not the petitioner who was in the proceeding before the division of hearings and appeals, shall be the named respondent.
27,3446
Section 3446
. 253.06 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
253.06 (7) Injunction procedure. No injunction may be issued in any proceeding for review under ch. 227 of a decision of the division of hearings and appeals under sub. (6), suspending or staying the decision except upon application to the circuit court or presiding judge thereof, notice to the department and any other party and hearing. No injunction that delays or prevents a decision of the division of hearings and appeals from becoming effective may be issued in any other proceeding or action in any court unless the parties to the proceeding before the division of hearings and appeals in which the order was made are also parties to the proceeding or action before the court.
27,3447
Section 3447
. 253.06 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
253.06 (8) Inspection of premises. The department may visit and inspect each authorized vendor and each food distribution center, and for such purpose shall be given unrestricted access to the premises described in the authorization or contract.
27,3447Lm
Section 3447Lm. 253.07 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 253.07 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
253.07 (1) (a) (intro.) “Family planning" means voluntary action by individuals to prevent or aid conception but. “Family planning" does not include the performance, promotion or, encouragement
of or counseling in favor of, or referral either directly or through an intermediary for, voluntary termination of pregnancy.
, but may include the providing of nondirective information explaining any of the following:
27,3447Ln
Section 3447Ln. 253.07 (1) (a) 1. to 3. of the statutes are created to read:
253.07 (1) (a) 1. Prenatal care and delivery.
2. Infant care, foster care or adoption.
3. Pregnancy termination.
27,3447mm
Section 3447mm. 253.07 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 253.07 (1) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:
253.07 (1) (b) (intro.) “Family planning services" mean counseling by trained personnel regarding family planning; distribution of information relating to family planning; and referral to licensed nurse practitioners within the scope of their practice, licensed physicians or local health departments for consultation, examination, medical treatment and prescriptions for the purpose of family planning, but. “Family planning" does not include the performance of, promotion, encouragement or counseling in favor of, or referral either directly or through an intermediary for, voluntary termination of pregnancy., but may include the providing of nondirective information explaining any of the following:
27,3447mn
Section 3447mn. 253.07 (1) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are created to read:
253.07 (1) (b) 1. Prenatal care and delivery.
2. Infant care, foster care or adoption.
3. Pregnancy termination.
27,3448
Section 3448
. 253.07 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
253.07 (4) Family planning services. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (f), the department shall allocate funds in the following amounts, for the following services:
27,3449
Section 3449
. 253.08 of the statutes is amended to read:
253.08 Pregnancy counseling services. The department shall make grants from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (eg) to individuals and organizations to provide pregnancy counseling services. For a program to be eligible under this section, an applicant must demonstrate that moneys provided in a grant under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (eg) will not be used to perform an abortion engage in any activity specified in s. 20.9275 (2) (a) 1. to 3.
27,3449s
Section 3449s. 253.085 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
253.085 (1) The department shall conduct an outreach program to make low-income pregnant women aware of the importance of early prenatal and infant health care and of the availability of medical assistance benefits under subch. IV of ch. 49 and other types of funding for prenatal and infant care, to refer women to prenatal and infant care services in the community and to make follow-up contacts with women referred to prenatal and infant care services.
27,3450
Section 3450
. 253.085 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
253.085 (2) In addition to the amounts appropriated under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (ev), the department shall allocate $250,000 for each fiscal year from moneys received under the maternal and child health services block grant program, 42 USC 701 to 709, for the outreach program under this section.
27,3451t
Section 3451t. 253.10 (3) (c) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
253.10 (3) (c) 2. c. That the woman has a legal right to continue her pregnancy and to keep the child, place the child in foster care, place the child with a relative for adoption or petition the court for placement of the child for adoption in the home of a person who is not a relative; to place the child in a foster home or treatment foster home for 6 months or to petition a court for placement of the child in a foster home, treatment foster home or group home or with a relative; or to place the child for adoption under a process that involves court approval both of the voluntary termination of parental rights and of the adoption.
27,3451v
Section 3451v. 253.10 (3) (c) 2. g. of the statutes is amended to read:
253.10 (3) (c) 2. g. The That the printed materials described in par. (d) contain information on the availability of public and private agencies and services to provide the woman with birth control information on family planning, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (a), including natural family planning information.
27,3451x
Section 3451x. 253.10 (3) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
27,3452
Section 3452
. 253.10 (3) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
253.10 (3) (d) Printed information. (intro.) By the date that is 60 days after May 16, 1996, the department shall cause to be published in English, Spanish, and other languages spoken by a significant number of state residents, as determined by the department, materials that are in an easily comprehensible format and are printed in type of not less than 12-point size. The department shall distribute a reasonably adequate number of the materials to county departments as specified under s. 46.245 (1) and upon request, shall annually review the materials for accuracy and shall exercise reasonable diligence in providing materials that are accurate and current. The department may charge a fee not to exceed the actual cost of the preparation and distribution of the materials. The materials shall be all of the following:
27,3452g
Section 3452g. 253.10 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
253.10 (3) (d) 1. Geographically indexed materials that are designed to inform a woman about public and private agencies, including adoption agencies, and services that are available to provide information on family planning, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (a), including natural family planning information, to provide ultrasound imaging services, to assist her if she has received a diagnosis that her unborn child has a disability or if her pregnancy is the result of sexual assault or incest and to assist her through pregnancy, upon childbirth and while the child is dependent. The materials shall include a comprehensive list of the agencies available, a description of the services that they offer and a description of the manner in which they may be contacted, including telephone numbers and addresses, or, at the option of the department, the materials shall include a toll-free, 24-hour telephone number that may be called to obtain an oral listing of available agencies and services in the locality of the caller and a description of the services that the agencies offer and the manner in which they may be contacted. The materials shall provide information on the availability of governmentally funded programs that serve pregnant women and children. Services identified for the woman shall include aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19, medical assistance for pregnant women and children under s. 49.47 (4) (am), the job opportunities and basic skills program under s. 49.193, the availability of family or medical leave under s. 103.10, child care services, child support laws and programs and the credit for expenses for household and dependent care and services necessary for gainful employment under section 21 of the internal revenue code. The materials shall state that it is unlawful for any person to coerce a woman to undergo an abortion to perform an abortion for which consent has been coerced, that any physician who performs or induces an abortion without obtaining the woman's voluntary and informed consent is liable to her for damages in a civil action and is subject to a civil penalty, that the father of a child is liable for assistance in the support of the child, even in instances in which the father has offered to pay for an abortion, and that adoptive parents may pay the costs of prenatal care, childbirth and neonatal care. The materials shall include information, for a woman whose pregnancy is the result of sexual assault or incest, on legal protections available to the woman and her child if she wishes to oppose establishment of paternity or to terminate the father's parental rights. The materials shall state that fetal ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone services are obtainable by pregnant women who wish to use them and shall describe the services.
27,3452m
Section 3452m. 253.10 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
253.10 (3) (e) Requirement to obtain materials. A physician who intends to perform or induce an abortion or another qualified physician, who reasonably believes that he or she might have a patient for whom the information under par. (d) is required to be given, shall request a reasonably adequate number of the materials that are described under par. (d) from the department under par. (d) or from a county department as specified under s. 46.245 (1).
27,3452s
Section 3452s. 253.10 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
253.10 (7) Affirmative defense. No person is liable under sub. (5) or (6) or under s. 441.07 (1) (f), 448.02 (3) (a) or 457.26 (2) (gm) for failure under sub. (3) (c) 2. d. to provide the printed materials described in sub. (3) (d) to a woman or for failure under sub. (3) (c) 2. d., e. or
, f. or g. to describe the contents of the printed materials if the person has made a reasonably diligent effort to obtain the printed materials under sub. (3) (e) and s. 46.245 (1) and the department and the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 have not made the printed materials available at the time that the person is required to give them to the woman.
27,3455
Section 3455
. 254.151 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
254.151 Lead poisoning or lead exposure prevention grants. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (ef), the department shall award the following grants under criteria that the department shall establish in rules promulgated under this section:
27,3455m
Section 3455m. 254.151 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
254.151 (7) In each fiscal year, $125,000 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.
27,3469
Section 3469
. 254.34 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
254.34 (4) The department shall develop standards of performance for the regional radon centers and, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (ed), the department shall allocate funds based on compliance with the standards to provide radon protection information dissemination from the regional radon centers.
27,3470d
Section 3470d. 254.36 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
27,3470h
Section 3470h. 254.36 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 254.36 and amended to read:
254.36 (title) Radiation protection
council. The department, on the recommendation of the council, shall promulgate a radiation protection code. Other departments and agencies of state government and local governmental units may adopt the identical code, but no other rule, code or ordinance relating to this subject may be promulgated or enacted except as provided under ss. 166.03 (2) (b) 6., 293.15 (8) and 293.25.
27,3470p
Section 3470p. 254.36 (3) to (7) of the statutes are repealed.
27,3470t
Section 3470t. 254.37 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
254.37 (3) Rules. The department shall enforce the rules pertaining to ionizing radiation in establishments principally engaged in furnishing medical, surgical, chiropractic and other health services to persons and animals. The department of commerce shall enforce the rules pertaining to ionizing radiation in industrial establishments. The department shall notify the department of commerce and deliver to it a copy of each new registration and at such time a decision shall be made as to which state agency shall enforce the rules pertaining to ionizing radiation. The department and the department of commerce are directed to consult with the radiation protection council in case of jurisdictional problems.
27,3473
Section 3473
. 254.52 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
254.52 (2) (intro.) The department, in consultation with the department of education public instruction, the department of natural resources and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, shall do all of the following:
27,3473m
Section 3473m. 254.61 (5) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
254.61 (5) (g) A concession stand at a locally sponsored sporting event, such as a little league game.
27,3476e
Section 3476e. 254.71 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
27,3476m
Section 3476m. 254.71 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
254.71 (5) The department shall conduct evaluations of the effect that the food protection practices certification program has on compliance by restaurants with requirements established under s. 254.74 (1) and provide the evaluations, as requested, to the council on food protection practices.
27,3476r
Section 3476r. 254.71 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
254.71 (6) (intro.) The department, after consulting with the council on food protection practices, shall promulgate rules concerning all of the following:
27,3479
Section 3479
. 255.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
255.05 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) (5) (cc), the department shall allocate up to $400,000 in each fiscal year to provide grants to applying individuals, institutions or organizations for the conduct of projects on cancer control and prevention. Funds shall be awarded on a matching basis, under which, for each grant awarded, the department shall provide 50%, and the grantee 50%, of the total grant funding.
