LRB-1568/P2
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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Bollhorst, BB0394 - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Grant
For 2023-2025 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
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis grant
Under current law, DHS awards grants for certain community programs. This bill requires DHS to annually award $250,000 to an organization that supports and provides services to individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to assist individuals with ALS and their families with respite care costs and costs associated with ALS that are not covered by insurance.
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 (36) of the statutes is created to read:
46.48 (36) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (b), the department shall award $250,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to an organization that supports and provides services to individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for the purposes of assisting individuals diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and their families with the costs of respite care and costs associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that are not covered by insurance.
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