SB59-SSA1,485,11 112. UW–Madison — Fluno Center Plaza Deck Waterproofing and Repair.
SB59-SSA1,485,13 123. UW–Green Bay — Mary Ann Cofrin Hall/Wood Hall Exterior Envelope
13Repair.
SB59-SSA1,485,15 144. UW–Stout — Site Utility Steam Distribution System Box Conduit
15Replacement.
SB59-SSA1,485,17 165. UW–Milwaukee — Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Building MEP
17Infrastructure Renovation.
SB59-SSA1,485,19 18(b) Group 2. The amounts specified under sub (1) (k) 1. b. and 2. b. shall be
19expended for the following projects:
SB59-SSA1,485,20 201. UW–Madison — Multi–Building Sprinkler System Retrofit and Renovation.
SB59-SSA1,485,22 212. UW–Madison — Site Utility Steam Distribution Pit 4/13-79/12
22Replacement.
SB59-SSA1,485,24 233. UW–Madison — Site Utility Steam Distribution Pit 59/10-Ag
24Bulletin/Soils/King Replacement.
SB59-SSA1,486,2
14. UW–Madison — Site Utility Electrical Distribution System Renovation and
2Replacement.
SB59-SSA1,486,4 35. UW–Milwaukee — Mitchell Hall Exterior Envelope Repair and Exterior
4Window Replacement.
SB59-SSA1,486,6 5(c) Group 3. The amounts specified under sub (1) (k) 1. c. and 2. c. shall be
6expended for the following projects:
SB59-SSA1,486,7 71. UW–Madison — Multi-Building Elevator Renovation and Replacement.
SB59-SSA1,486,8 82. UW–Milwaukee — Multi-Building Exterior Envelope Repair.
SB59-SSA1,486,9 93. UW–Madison — Multi-Building Exterior Envelope Repair.
SB59-SSA1,486,11 104. UW–Platteville — Karrmann Library HVAC System Renovation/Skylight
11Replacement.
SB59-SSA1,486,12 125. UW–Oshkosh — Gruenhagen Hall Plumbing Riser Replacement.
SB59-SSA1,486,13 136. UW–Platteville — Ottensman Hall Central Chilled Water Plant Expansion.
SB59-SSA1,486,14 147. UW–Whitewater — McGraw Hall Exterior Entrance Repair.
SB59-SSA1,9105 15Section 9105. Nonstatutory provisions; Child Abuse and Neglect
16Prevention Board.
SB59-SSA1,9106 17Section 9106. Nonstatutory provisions; Children and Families.
SB59-SSA1,487,318 (1) Emergency rule making for background checks for congregate care
19workers.
The department of children and families may promulgate emergency rules
20under s. 227.24 to implement the background check requirements for congregate
21care workers under s. 48.685. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency
22rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until January 1, 2022, or
23the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner.
24Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide
25evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is

1necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is
2not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this
3subsection.
SB59-SSA1,487,104 (2) Background checks for congregate care workers. No later than the first
5day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the
6department of children and families, the county department as defined in s. 48.02
7(2g), the child welfare agency, or the congregate care facility as defined in s. 48.685
8(1) (ao) shall perform a comprehensive background check as required by s. 48.685 (2)
9for all congregate care workers, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (ap), who are working at
10a congregate care facility on the effective date of this subsection.
SB59-SSA1,487,1311 (4) The community youth and family aids formula. The department of children
12and families shall consult with county representatives on modifications to the
13community youth and family aids formula under s. 48.526.
SB59-SSA1,487,25 14(5f) Child care quality rating system incentives. Notwithstanding the
15discretion granted to the department of children and families under s. 49.155 (6) (e)
163. d., for a child care provider who receives a 4-star rating under the child care
17quality rating system under s. 48.659, the department of children and families shall
18increase the maximum payment rate for that provider under s. 49.155 (6) by 15
19percent for the period between the effective date of this subsection and June 30, 2021.
20Notwithstanding the discretion granted to the department of children and families
21under s. 49.155 (6) (e) 3. e., for a child care provider who receives a 5-star rating
22under the child care quality rating system under s. 48.659, the department of
23children and families shall increase the maximum payment rate for that provider
24under s. 49.155 (6) by 30 percent for the period between the effective date of this
25subsection and June 30, 2021.
SB59-SSA1,9107
1Section 9107. Nonstatutory provisions; Circuit Courts.
SB59-SSA1,9108 2Section 9108. Nonstatutory provisions; Corrections.
SB59-SSA1,9109 3Section 9109. Nonstatutory provisions; Court of Appeals.
SB59-SSA1,9110 4Section 9110. Nonstatutory provisions; District Attorneys.
SB59-SSA1,9111 5Section 9111. Nonstatutory provisions; Educational Communications
6Board.
SB59-SSA1,9112 7Section 9112. Nonstatutory provisions; Elections Commission.
SB59-SSA1,9113 8Section 9113. Nonstatutory provisions; Employee Trust Funds.
SB59-SSA1,9114 9Section 9114. Nonstatutory provisions; Employment Relations
10Commission.
SB59-SSA1,9115 11Section 9115. Nonstatutory provisions; Ethics Commission.
SB59-SSA1,9116 12Section 9116. Nonstatutory provisions; Financial Institutions.
SB59-SSA1,9117 13Section 9117. Nonstatutory provisions; Governor.
SB59-SSA1,9118 14Section 9118. Nonstatutory provisions; Health and Educational
15Facilities Authority.
SB59-SSA1,9119 16Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.
SB59-SSA1,488,2117 (2) Medical Assistance reimbursement for services provided through
18telehealth.
The department of health services shall develop, by rule, a method of
19reimbursing providers under the Medical Assistance program for a service that is
20covered by the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and that
21satisfies any of the following:
SB59-SSA1,488,2422 (a) The service is a consultation between a provider at an originating site and
23a provider at a remote location using a combination of interactive video, audio, and
24externally acquired images through a networking environment.
SB59-SSA1,489,3
1(b) The service is an asynchronous transmission of digital clinical information
2through a secure electronic system from a Medical Assistance recipient or provider
3to a provider.
SB59-SSA1,489,14 4(3p) FoodShare employment and training program report and funding. To
5obtain supplemental funding from the appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (a), the
6department of health services shall submit under s. 13.10 after April 1, 2020, a
7request to the joint committee on finance that contains a report on enrollment of
8able-bodied adults in the food stamp program's employment and training program
9between October 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, to justify the request. The joint
10committee on finance may supplement the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bp)
11from the appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (a) if the joint committee on finance
12approves the request under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 13.101 (3), the joint
13committee on finance may make a supplementation under this subsection without
14finding that an emergency exists.
SB59-SSA1,489,2015 (6) Evidence-based oral health grants and Seal-A-Smile program.
16Notwithstanding s. 250.10 (1m) (b), in fiscal year 2019-20, the department of health
17services shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (de), award to qualified
18applicants grants totaling $50,000 for fluoride varnish and other evidence-based
19oral health activities, $525,000 for school-based preventive dental services, and
20$100,000 for school-based restorative dental services.
SB59-SSA1,489,2521 (6f) Suicide prevention grant. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (bc),
22the department of health services shall award to the Wisconsin United Coalition of
23Mutual Assistance Association, Inc., a onetime grant in the amount of $100,000 in
24fiscal year 2019-20 to support suicide prevention activities conducted by the
25coalition in the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium.
SB59-SSA1,490,5
1(6g) Vaccination outreach and education. From the appropriation under s.
220.435 (1) (a), the department of health services shall allocate in the 2019-20 fiscal
3year $100,000 for the division within the department that oversees public health to
4conduct a statewide, science-based public outreach and educational campaign
5related to vaccination.
SB59-SSA1,490,116 (9) Dental services under Medical Assistance. During the 2019-21 fiscal
7biennium, the department of health services shall allocate a total of $1,000,000 in the
82019-20 fiscal year and $1,500,000 in the 2020-21 fiscal year from all funding
9sources to increase reimbursement rates for dental services that are covered under
10the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and that are provided to
11recipients of Medical Assistance who have disabilities.
SB59-SSA1,490,1612 (10) Infant mortality prevention program. The department of health services
13shall allocate 5.0 FTE positions that are authorized for the department of health
14services to staff an infant mortality prevention program. The department of health
15services shall report in its 2021-23 budget request any necessary budget
16adjustments to reflect this allocation of positions.
SB59-SSA1,490,17 17(10f) Nitrate testing grant program.
SB59-SSA1,490,22 18(a) No later than September 1, 2020, the department of health services shall
19submit a report on the grant program under s. 254.25 to the legislature under s.
2013.172 (2). The department shall include in the report information on the status of
21the program and provide recommendations regarding continuation of the program,
22proposed changes to the program, if any, and a recommendation regarding funding.
SB59-SSA1,491,2 23(b) The department of health services may promulgate emergency rules under
24s. 227.24 to implement s. 254.25. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2),

1emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until January
21, 2021, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner.
SB59-SSA1,491,3 3(10p) Disproportionate share hospital payments.
SB59-SSA1,491,11 4(a) In fiscal year 2019-20 only, the department of health services shall pay to
5hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients an additional
6$30,000,000 to the amount under s. 49.45 (3m) (a) (intro.), as the state share of
7Medical Assistance payments, and the matching federal share of payments. In fiscal
8year 2020-21 only, the department of health services shall pay to hospitals that serve
9a disproportionate share of low-income patients an additional $30,000,000 to the
10amount under s. 49.45 (3m) (a) (intro.), as the state share of Medical Assistance
11payments, and the matching federal share of payments.
SB59-SSA1,491,15 12(b) In fiscal year 2019-20 only, the maximum disproportionate share hospital
13payment under s. 49.45 (3m) (b) 3. a. for any single hospital is $9,600,000. In fiscal
14year 2020-21 only, the maximum disproportionate share hospital payment under s.
1549.45 (3m) (b) 3. a. for any single hospital is $9,600,000.
SB59-SSA1,491,2416 (11) Medical Assistance reimbursement rate increase for direct care. The
17department of health services shall increase, for dates of service on and after July
181, 2019, the Medical Assistance rates paid for direct care to nursing facilities and
19intermediate facilities for persons with an intellectual disability by a 1 percent
20annual rate increase related to an increase in acuity of patients in those facilities;
21by a budgeted sum of $15,000,000, as the state share of payments, and the matching
22federal share of payments, in 2019-20; and by a budgeted sum of $15,000,000, as the
23state share of payments, and the matching federal share of payments, in 2020-21,
24to support staff in those facilities who perform direct care.
SB59-SSA1,492,7
1(12) Medical Assistance reimbursement rate increase for direct care in
2personal care agencies.
The department of health services shall increase the
3Medical Assistance rates paid for direct care to agencies that provide personal care
4services by a budgeted sum of $15,300,000, as the state share of payments, and the
5matching federal share of payments, in 2019-20, and by a budgeted sum of
6$21,600,000, as the state share of payments, and the matching federal share of
7payments, in 2020-21, to support staff in those agencies who perform direct care.
SB59-SSA1,9120 8Section 9120. Nonstatutory provisions; Higher Educational Aids
9Board.
SB59-SSA1,9121 10Section 9121. Nonstatutory provisions; Historical Society.
SB59-SSA1,492,14 11(1t) Report on museum facilities. No later than June 30, 2021, the state
12historical society and the department of veterans affairs shall jointly submit a report
13to the joint committee on finance concerning improvements to their museum
14facilities in the city of Madison.
SB59-SSA1,9122 15Section 9122. Nonstatutory provisions; Housing and Economic
16Development Authority.
SB59-SSA1,9123 17Section 9123. Nonstatutory provisions; Office of Commissioner of
18Insurance.
SB59-SSA1,9124 19Section 9124. Nonstatutory provisions; Investment Board.
SB59-SSA1,9125 20Section 9125. Nonstatutory provisions; Joint Committee on Finance.
SB59-SSA1,9126 21Section 9126. Nonstatutory provisions; Judicial Commission.
SB59-SSA1,9127 22Section 9127. Nonstatutory provisions; Justice.
SB59-SSA1,493,223 (2) Diversion pilot program. From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (en),
24the department of justice shall establish a diversion pilot program for nonviolent
25offenders to be diverted to a treatment program. The department shall submit to the

1joint committee on finance by September 1, 2020, a report describing the services,
2sites, capabilities, and progress of the pilot program.
SB59-SSA1,9128 3Section 9128. Nonstatutory provisions; Legislature.
SB59-SSA1,493,64 (1p) Required general fund structural balance. Section 20.003 (4m) shall
5not apply to the action of the legislature in enacting any legislation during the
62019-20 legislative session.
SB59-SSA1,9129 7Section 9129. Nonstatutory provisions; Lieutenant Governor.
SB59-SSA1,9130 8Section 9130. Nonstatutory provisions; Local Government.
SB59-SSA1,9131 9Section 9131. Nonstatutory provisions; Military Affairs.
SB59-SSA1,493,1610 (1) Washington Island disaster assistance. From the appropriation under s.
1120.465 (3) (s), the department of military affairs shall pay to the Washington Island
12Electric Cooperative utility up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal
13biennium for costs incurred for disaster relief. The Washington Island Electric
14Cooperative utility shall pay 30 percent of the reasonable and necessary costs
15incurred for the disaster relief, and the department shall pay the remaining costs up
16to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium.
SB59-SSA1,9132 17Section 9132. Nonstatutory provisions; Natural Resources
SB59-SSA1,493,2318 (3x) Repair of state trails. In fiscal year 2019-20, from the appropriation
19under s. 20.370 (7) (hu), the department of natural resources shall conduct necessary
20repairs to the portion of the 400 Trail between the village of La Valle in Sauk County
21and the village of Union Center in Juneau County and the portion of the
22Elroy-Sparta Trail between the city of Elroy in Juneau County and the village of
23Norwalk in Monroe County.
SB59-SSA1,494,4 24(3y) Chronic wasting disease research. The department of natural resources
25shall make a onetime expenditure of $100,000 from the appropriation account under

1s. 20.370 (1) (hx) to fund research into genetic resistance to chronic wasting disease
2in farm-raised deer. The department shall conduct the research at a double-fenced
3deer farm in the southern part of the state where chronic wasting disease was
4detected in a farm-raised deer in the spring of 2018.
SB59-SSA1,9133 5Section 9133. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Defender Board.
SB59-SSA1,9134 6Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.
SB59-SSA1,494,157 (5p) Grants to Lakeland STAR School. From the appropriation under s.
820.255 (2) (fa), the department of public instruction shall provide a grant of $83,000
9in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium to the Minocqua J1 school district for the Lakeland
10STAR School. The department shall provide the grant under this subsection only if
11the Minocqua J1 school district provides evidence of having received matching funds
12from nongovernmental sources in an amount equal to the amount of the grant award.
13No later than July 1, 2021, the Minocqua J1 school district shall provide to the
14legislature and the department a report in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2)
15describing the use of grant moneys received under this subsection.
SB59-SSA1,494,2516 (6p) Grants to Lakeland STAR Academy. From the appropriation under s.
1720.255 (2) (fa), the department of public instruction shall provide a grant of $167,000
18in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium to the Lakeland Union High School school district for
19the Lakeland STAR Academy. The department shall provide the grant under this
20subsection only if the Lakeland Union High School school district provides evidence
21of having received matching funds from nongovernmental sources in an amount
22equal to the amount of the grant award. No later than July 1, 2021, the Lakeland
23Union High School school district shall provide to the legislature and the department
24a report in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2) describing the use of grant
25moneys received under this subsection.
SB59-SSA1,9135
1Section 9135. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Lands, Board of
2Commissioners of.
SB59-SSA1,9136 3Section 9136. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Service Commission.
SB59-SSA1,9137 4Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.
SB59-SSA1,495,8 5(1p) Expansion of auditing activity. Notwithstanding s. 230.27 (1), the
6termination date of 38.0 GPR audit and compliance project positions provided to the
7department of revenue under 2017 Wisconsin Act 59 is extended from September 30,
82021, to September 30, 2023.
SB59-SSA1,9138 9Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional
10Services.
SB59-SSA1,9139 11Section 9139. Nonstatutory provisions; Secretary of State.
SB59-SSA1,9140 12Section 9140. Nonstatutory provisions; State Fair Park Board.
SB59-SSA1,9141 13Section 9141. Nonstatutory provisions; Supreme Court.
SB59-SSA1,9142 14Section 9142. Nonstatutory provisions; Technical College System.
SB59-SSA1,9143 15Section 9143. Nonstatutory provisions; Tourism.
SB59-SSA1,9144 16Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.
SB59-SSA1,495,2217 (2) Harbor assistance grants priority. In the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, when
18making grant awards from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (2) (cq) and 20.866
19(2) (uv) for the harbor assistance program under s. 85.095, notwithstanding the
20eligibility criteria under s. 85.095, the department of transportation shall give
21priority to municipalities in which a shipbuilder in this state is conducting
22operations.
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