Amendment AA1-ASA2-AB68

AB68-ASA2-AA1,17,23 (t) The number of arrests and convictions related to methamphetamines.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,18,2 (2) The opioid and methamphetamine data system under sub. (1) shall identify, to the extent possible, for sub. (1) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), (m), (n), (o), (p), and (r), the number of individuals who have each of the following forms of health care coverage:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,18,3 (a) Public health care coverage under the Medical Assistance program.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,18,6 (b) Public health care coverage under Medicare, a veteran or military health plan, or another public form of coverage other than Medical Assistance, including any self-insured governmental health plan.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,18,7 (c) Private insurance or a private heath plan.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,18,8 (d) Self-coverage or uninsured.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,18,20 (3) (a) The department of administration shall submit the proposed request for proposals described under sub. (1) to the joint committee on finance before issuing the request for proposal. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department of administration within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the proposed request for proposals under this paragraph that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed request for proposals, the department may issue the request for proposals. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the proposed request for proposals under this paragraph, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed request for proposals, the department may issue the proposed request for proposals only upon approval by the committee.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,19,5 (b) At the time the department of administration submits the proposal under par. (a), the departments of health services, children and families, corrections, justice, and safety and professional services may submit to the joint committee on finance suggestions of opioid-related or methamphetamine-related information to collect, analyze, and disseminate in addition to information specified under sub. (1) to assist the agencies in analyzing the behavioral health status of the state's population, reducing relapse of opioid and methamphetamine misuse, improving patient outcomes after opioid or methamphetamine use or overdose, assisting minors who are in out-of-home care, and monitoring health costs related to substance use.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,19,9 (4) The department of administration shall collaborate with and collect data from the departments of health services, corrections, justice, safety and professional services, and children and families and any other applicable agencies for the opioid and methamphetamine data system under sub. (1).

AB68-ASA2-AA1,19,15 (5) (a) The department of administration shall administer the contract with the vendor to operate the opioid and methamphetamine data system and shall have access to the data contained in the opioid and methamphetamine data system. The department of administration shall work with the vendor to disseminate information and advanced analytics from the opioid and methamphetamine data system in as close to real time as possible.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,19,19 (b) The opioid and methamphetamine data system shall allow the state agencies that submit data to the opioid and methamphetamine data system access to the data in the opioid and methamphetamine data system as appropriate for the agency to fulfill its functions and as allowed by state and federal confidentiality laws.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,19,24 153.89 Reports; opioid and methamphetamine data system. By January 31, 2022, and annually thereafter, the department of administration shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance summarizing the information from the opioid and methamphetamine data system under s. 153.87 (1) and analyzing trends in that information across years of data collection.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,362r Section 362r. 165.932 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,1 165.932 Victim services; grants. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,2 (a) “Department" means the department of justice.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,3 (b) “Victim" has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (4) (a).

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,5 (2) Grants. (a) The department shall provide grants to eligible organizations from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (ec) to provide services for victims.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,7 (b) An organization is eligible to apply for and receive a grant under this section if the organization meets all of the following criteria:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,8 1. The organization is a nonprofit corporation or a public agency.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,11 2. The organization provides or proposes to provide, either directly or through a contract, subcontract, service agreement, or collaborative agreement with other organizations, entities, or individuals, all of the following for victims:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,12 a. Advocacy and counseling services.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,14 b. Crisis telephone line services on a 24 hours per day and 7 days per week basis.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,16 c. Professional education about intervention for victims and community education programs for the prevention of crime.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,20 d. Services for persons living in rural areas, children, elderly persons, physically disabled persons, minority groups, and other groups of victims that have special needs. This subd. 2. d. does not require the applicant to provide services to any group of persons that does not reside in the applicant's service area.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,22 3. The organization does not receive more than 70 percent of its operating budget from grants under this section.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,20,25 4. The organization does not provide all of its services under subd. 2. a. to d. by contract, subcontract, service agreement, or collaborative agreement with other organizations, entities, or individuals.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,2 (c) Whenever the department reviews applications for grants under this section, the department shall consider all of the following:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,4 1. The need for victim services in the community in which the applicant provides services or proposes to provide services.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,6 2. The degree to which the applicant's services or proposed services are coordinated with other resources in the community and state.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,7 3. The needs of urban and rural communities.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,8 4. The needs of existing and proposed programs and services.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,11 (3) Reporting requirements. An organization that receives a grant under this section shall report all of the following information to the department for each fiscal year covered by the grant:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,13 (a) The total expenditures that the organization made on victim services in the period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,16 (b) The number of persons served by general type of victim services provided in the period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year. The department shall identify for organizations the general types of services provided.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,19 (c) The number of persons who requested victim services in the period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year but who did not receive the victim services that the persons requested.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,22 (4) List of eligible organizations. (a) The department shall certify to the elections commission, on a continuous basis, a list containing the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under sub. (2).

AB68-ASA2-AA1,21,25 (b) The department shall make available to law enforcement agencies a current list containing the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under sub. (2).”.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,22,1 37. Page 340, line 13: delete lines 13 to 17 and substitute:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,22,6 “196.504 (2) (a) To make broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas designated under par. (d). Grants awarded under this section subsection shall be paid from the appropriations under s. ss. 20.155 (3) (a), (r), and (rm) and 20.866 (2) (z), in the amount allocated under s. 20.866 (2) (z) 5.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,22,7 38. Page 340, line 22: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,22,8 “ Section 365g. 250.15 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,22,9 250.15 (2) (d) To free and charitable clinics, $3,500,000.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,365i Section 365i. 250.16 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,22,13 250.16 Grants for community health workers. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fh), the department shall annually award $15,000,000 for community health workers.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,365k Section 365k. 250.20 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,22,18 250.20 (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-ASA2-AA1,365m Section 365m. 250.20 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,22,23 250.20 (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-ASA2-AA1,22,24 39. Page 341, line 12: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,1 “ Section 367n. 281.61 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,5 281.61 (8) (b) The department of administration shall allocate the amount appropriated under s. 20.320 (2) (a) to projects involving forgivable loans to private users of public water systems to cover not more than 50 percent of the cost to replace lead service lines.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,6 40. Page 346, line 2: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,7 “ Section 387g. 292.66 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,8 292.66 PFAS municipal grant program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,9 (a) “Class B fire fighting foam” has the meaning given in s. 299.48 (1) (a).

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,11 (b) “Municipality” means a city, village, town, county, utility district, lake protection district, sewerage district, or municipal airport.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,12 (c) “PFAS” means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,16 (2) Financial assistance. The department shall administer a program to provide grants from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (ed) to municipalities that meet the requirements under sub. (3) for the purpose of conducting any of the eligible activities under sub. (4).

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,18 (3) Eligibility prerequisites. A grant may be awarded under sub. (2) only if one of the following has occurred:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,22 (a) The municipality tested or trained with a class B fire fighting foam that contained intentionally added PFAS in accordance with applicable state and federal law, or a 3rd party tested or trained with a class B fire fighting foam that contained intentionally added PFAS within the boundaries of the municipality.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,23,24 (b) The municipality applied biosolids to land under a permit issued by DNR under s. 283.31.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,24,3 (c) PFAS are impacting the municipality's drinking water supply or surface water or groundwater within the municipality and the responsible party is unknown or is unwilling or unable to take the necessary response actions.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,24,5 (4) Eligible activities. The department may award a grant under sub. (2) for any of the following activities:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,24,7 (a) Investigating potential PFAS impacts to the air, land, or water at a site or facility for the purpose of reducing or eliminating environmental contamination.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,24,9 (b) Treating or disposing of PFAS-containing fire fighting foam containers from a municipal site or facility.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,24,11 (c) Sampling a private water supply within 3 miles of a site or facility known to contain PFAS or to have caused a PFAS discharge.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,24,13 (d) Providing a temporary emergency water supply, a water treatment system, or bulk water to replace water contaminated with PFAS.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,24,15 (e) Conducting emergency, interim, or remedial actions to mitigate, treat, dispose of, or remove PFAS contamination to the air, land, or waters of the state.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,24,20 (f) Removing or treating PFAS in a public water system using the most cost-effective method to provide safe drinking water in areas where PFAS levels exceed the maximum contaminant level for PFAS under ch. 281 or an enforcement standard for PFAS under ch. 160 or where the state has issued a health advisory for PFAS.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,24,24 (5) Application. A municipality shall apply for a grant on a form prescribed by the department and shall include any information that the department finds necessary to determine the eligibility of the project, identify the funding requested, determine the priority of the project, and calculate the amount of a grant.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,2 (6) Evaluation criteria. The department, in awarding grants under this section, shall consider all of the following criteria:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,5 (a) The municipality's demonstrated commitment to performing and completing eligible activities, including the municipality's financial commitment and ability to successfully administer grants.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,7 (b) The degree to which the project will have a positive impact on public health and the environment.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,9 (c) Other criteria that the department finds necessary to prioritize the funds available for awarding grants.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,13 (7) Matching funds. The department may not distribute a grant under this section unless the applicant contributes matching funds equal to at least 20 percent of the amount of the grant. Matching funds may be in the form of cash, in-kind contributions, or both.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,14 41. Page 355, line 20: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,16 “ Section 417n. 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, sections 202e, 202g, 1646t to 1646y, 1655g to 1655j, 1806f and 9439 (4t) are repealed.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,17 42. Page 357, line 24: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,20 “(6h) Miscellaneous projects. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (am), the department of administration shall award grants to eligible recipients, as determined by the department, in the following amounts for the following projects:

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,22 (a) Green Bay visitor center. $2,000,000 for a visitor center in the city of Green Bay.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,25,23 (b) Hmong cultural center. $2,000,000 for a Hmong cultural center.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,26,2 (c) Potawatomi observation tower. $5,000,000 for historic renovation and accessible access to the Potawatomi State Park observation tower in Door County.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,26,4 (d) Food + Farm Exploration Center. $5,000,000 for a Food + Farm Exploration Center in Portage County.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,26,6 (e) State Laboratory of Hygiene. $30,000,000 for a genomic sequencing wing at the State Laboratory of Hygiene.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,26,7 (f) Blood Research Institute. $15,000,000 for the Blood Research Institute.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,26,9 (g) Western Wisconsin Forensic Center. $4,000,000 for a western Wisconsin forensic center.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,26,11 (h) Children's Research Institute. $400,000 for new laboratory equipment for the Children's Research Institute.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,26,13 (i) Reedsburg community center. $220,000 for improvements to the city of Reedsburg community center.

AB68-ASA2-AA1,26,16 (j) Green Bay coal piles. $5,000,000 for the relocation of coal piles currently located near the mouth of the Fox River in the city of Green Bay and for the revitalization of the neighborhood from which the coal piles are to be relocated.