AB829: Bill Text

AB829,4,23 146.89 (2) (d) Approval of an application of a volunteer health care provider is valid for one year. If a volunteer health care provider wishes to renew approval, he or she shall submit a joint renewal application with a nonprofit agency , school board, or governing body to the department of administration. The department of administration shall provide renewal application forms that are developed by the department of health and family services and that include questions about the activities that the individual has undertaken as a volunteer health care provider in the previous 12 months.

AB829, s. 8 Section 8. 146.89 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB829,5,2 146.89 (3) (b) (intro.) The Under this section, the nonprofit agency may provide the following health care services:

AB829, s. 9 Section 9. 146.89 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB829,5,6 146.89 (3) (c) The Under this section, the nonprofit agency may not provide emergency medical services, hospitalization, or surgery, except as provided in par. (b) 8.

AB829, s. 10 Section 10. 146.89 (3) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB829,5,10 146.89 (3) (d) (intro.) The Under this section, the nonprofit agency shall provide health care services primarily to low-income persons who are uninsured and who are not recipients of any of the following:

AB829, s. 11 Section 11. 146.89 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB829,5,14 146.89 (3r) All of the following apply to a volunteer health care provider whose joint application with a school board or relevant governing body is approved under sub. (2):

AB829,5,19 (a) Before providing health care services in a school, the volunteer health care provider shall provide to the school board or relevant governing body proof of satisfactory completion of any competency requirements that are relevant to the volunteer health care provider, as specified by the department of public instruction by rule.

AB829,5,22 (b) Under this subsection, the volunteer health care provider may provide only to students from 4-year-old kindergarten to grade 6 the following health care services:

AB829,5,25 1. Except as specified in par. (c), the health care services specified in sub. (3) (b) 1. to 5. and 7., other than referrals to reproductive health care specialists, and in sub. (3) (b) 8.

AB829,6,1 2. First aid for illness or injury.

AB829,6,3 3. Except as specified in par. (c), the administration of drugs, as specified in s. 118.29 (2) (a) 1. to 3.

AB829,6,4 4. Health screenings.

AB829,6,6 5. Any other health care services designated by the department of public instruction by rule.

AB829,6,8 (c) Under this subsection, the volunteer health care provider may not provide any of the following:

AB829,6,9 1. Hospitalization.

AB829,6,10 2. Surgery, except as provided in par. (b) 2. and 5.

AB829,6,11 3. A referral for abortion, as defined in s. 48.375.

AB829,6,12 4. A contraceptive article, as defined in s. 450.155 (1) (a).

AB829,6,13 5. A pregnancy test.

AB829,6,16 (d) Any health care services provided under par. (b) shall be provided without charge at the school and shall be available to all students from 4-year-old kindergarten to grade 6 regardless of income.

AB829,6,20 (e) Under this subsection, a volunteer health care provider may provide instruction in human growth and development if the instructional program is in compliance with requirements of s. 118.019, except that the volunteer health care provider may not provide instruction on a topic specified under s. 118.019 (2) (e).

AB829, s. 12 Section 12. 895.48 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 895.48 (1m) (a), and 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB829,7,8 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.) Any Except as provided in par. (b), any physician or athletic trainer licensed under ch. 448, chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, dentist licensed under ch. 447, emergency medical technician licensed under s. 146.50, first responder certified under s. 146.50 (8), physician assistant licensed under ch. 448, registered nurse licensed under ch. 441, or a massage therapist or bodyworker issued a certificate under ch. 460 who renders voluntary health care to a participant in an athletic event or contest sponsored by a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 66.0129 (6) (b), a private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), a public agency, as defined in s. 46.856 (1) (b), or a school, as defined in s. 609.655 (1) (c), is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in rendering that care if all of the following conditions exist:

AB829, s. 13 Section 13. 895.48 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB829,7,11 895.48 (1m) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to health care services provided by a volunteer health care provider under s. 146.89.

AB829, s. 14 Section 14. Initial applicability.

AB829,7,15 (1) Volunteer health care provider program. This act first applies to applications submitted under section 146.89 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by this act, on the effective date of this subsection.

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