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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Dombrowski, BB0351 - Correct Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services appropriation references
For 2013-2015 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Mental illness and developmental disabilities
Under current law, DHS has a series of appropriations to pay expenditures related to mental health and alcoholism or other drug abuse (AODA) programs and services. DHS also currently has a series of appropriations to pay expenditures related to long-term care services. This bill corrects the references to the appropriation accounts for the substance abuse treatment grants, systems change grants, mental health treatment provider training, consumer and family self-help and peer-support programs, grants for services to persons in AODA treatment, and AODA treatment programs for certain individuals so those expenditures are paid from the appropriation accounts related to mental health and AODA programs and services instead of the appropriation accounts related to long-term care.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 20.435 (5) (mb) of the statutes is created to read:
20.435 (5) (mb) Federal project local assistance. All federal moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for local assistance for specific limited term projects relating to mental health and alcoholism or other drug abuse services, for the purposes for which received.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 2. 46.48 (30) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.48 (30) Substance abuse treatment grants. (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (bc), the department shall distribute grants on a competitive basis to county departments of social services and to private nonprofit organizations, as defined in s. 103.21 (2), for the provision of alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services in counties with a population of 500,000 or more. Grants distributed under this subsection may be used only to provide treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse to individuals who are eligible for federal temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et. seq. and who have a family income of not more than 200% of the poverty line, as defined in s. 49.001 (5).
Section 3. 46.52 of the statutes is amended to read:
46.52 Systems change grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md), the department shall distribute funds to each grant recipient under this section so as to permit initial phasing in of recovery-oriented system changes, prevention and early intervention strategies, and consumer and family involvement for individuals with mental illness. At least 10% of the funds distributed shall be for children with mental illness.
Section 4. 46.53 of the statutes is amended to read:
46.53 Mental health treatment provider training. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md), the department may not distribute more than $182,000 in each fiscal year to provide training for mental health treatment professionals on new mental health treatment approaches in working with special populations, including seriously mentally ill individuals and children with serious emotional disturbances, and on the use of new mental health treatment medications.
Section 5. 46.54 of the statutes is amended to read:
46.54 Consumer and family self-help and peer-support programs. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md), the department shall distribute $874,000 in each fiscal year to increase support for mental health family support projects, employment projects operated by consumers of mental health services, mental health crisis intervention and drop-in projects, and public mental health information activities.
Section 6. 46.55 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.55 (3m) Within the limits of available funding under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (mb), the department shall award grants under this section in a total amount for all grants of not more than $250,000 in each fiscal year.
Section 7. 46.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.86 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md) the department may award not more than $125,500 in each fiscal year as grants to counties and private nonprofit entities for treatment for pregnant women and mothers with alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs; mothers who have alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs and dependent children up to the age of 5 years; and the dependent children up to the age of 5 years of those mothers. The grants shall be awarded in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures. The grants shall be used to establish community-based programs, residential family-centered treatment programs or home-based treatment programs. The program under a grant must include alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services, parent education, support services for the children of the women who are enrolled in the program, vocational assistance and housing assistance. Any program funded under this subsection must also provide follow-up aftercare services to each woman and her children for at least 2 years after the date on which a woman has left the program.
Section 8. 46.86 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.86 (2m) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md), the department shall distribute not more than $79,500 in each fiscal year for residential long-term treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse, including treatment with respect to family relationships, antisocial behavior and employability, in a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19), in a 1st class city.
Section 9. 46.86 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.86 (3m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md), the department may not distribute more than $900,000 in each fiscal year to fund a multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team in Milwaukee County for cocaine-abusing women and their children. The multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team must coordinate its activities with other prevention and treatment programs in Milwaukee County for cocaine-abusing women and their children. Residents from other counties may be served by the multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team. The department may carry forward funds distributed under this subsection, but not encumbered by December 31, for distribution for the purpose under this subsection in the following calendar year.
Section 10. 46.86 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.86 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md), the department may not distribute more than $235,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to ARC Community Services, Inc., for women and children in Dane County, to provide funding for staff of the center and transportation and meal expenses for chemically dependent women who receive services from the center.
Section 11. 46.86 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.86 (6) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md), the department may award up to $1,330,800 in each fiscal year, and from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (gb), the department may award not more than $319,500 in each fiscal year, as grants to counties and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that do all of the following:
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