LRB-5185/1
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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
February 21, 2018 - Introduced by Senators Erpenbach, Carpenter and Hansen,
cosponsored by Representatives
Hesselbein, Sargent, Sinicki, Shankland,
Hebl, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Kolste, Berceau, Anderson and Crowley.
Referred to Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
SB818,1,3
1An Act to create 20.485 (2) (bm) and 45.465 of the statutes;
relating to: grants
2for a text message-based hotline for veterans in crisis and making an
3appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to award grants totalling
up to $200,000 per fiscal year from the general fund to one or more persons to
establish and administer a statewide text message-based hotline for veterans in
crisis. The grant program sunsets effective July 1, 2022.
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:
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4Section 1
. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
5the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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See PDF for table 
SB818,2
1Section 2
. 20.485 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.485
(2) (bm)
Text message-based crisis hotline. From the general fund, the
3amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 45.465 to establish and administer a text
4message-based hotline for veterans in crisis.
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5Section 3
. 45.465 of the statutes is created to read:
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645.465 Text message-based crisis hotline. (1) Grants. From the
7appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (bm), the department shall award grants to one or
8more persons to establish and administer a statewide text message-based hotline
9that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for veterans in crisis.
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10(2) Sunset. This section does not apply after June 30, 2022.
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11Section
4.
Effective date.
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(1)
This act takes effect on first day of the 7th month beginning after
13publication.
