LRB-1576/P2
JPC:skw
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Lessner, BB0517 - Medication assisted treatment grants
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
General health and human services
Medication-assisted treatment grants
This bill directs DHS, as part of the grants DHS is required to award for community programs, to award up to $500,000 in grants in fiscal year 2021-22 and then up to $1,000,000 annually thereafter to develop or support entities that offer medication-assisted treatment. Medication-assisted treatment addresses opioid use disorder and opioid dependence.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 46.48 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
46.48 (7) Medication-assisted treatment grants. The department shall award up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and up to $1,000,000 annually thereafter to develop or support entities that offer medication-assisted treatment. Notwithstanding sub. (1), grants awarded under this subsection shall be from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (bc).
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