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(b) The department of health services shall establish and implement a 2-year
21academic detailing primary care clinic dementia training program in 10 primary
22care clinics in the state through a contract with the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute.
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(c) The department shall, as part of the training program, provide primary care
24providers with clinical training and access to educational resources on best practices
25for diagnosis and management of common cognitive disorders, and referral
1strategies to dementia specialists for complicated or rare cognitive or behavioral
2disorders.
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(d) The department shall ensure that the training program under this
4subsection includes at least the following three components:
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51. The most current research on effective clinical treatments and practices is
6systematically evaluated by the academic detailing team.
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72. Information gathered and evaluated under subd. 1. is packaged into an
8easily accessible format that is clinically relevant, rigorously sourced, and
9compellingly formatted.
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103. Training is provided for clinicians to serve as academic detailers that equips
11them with clinical expertise and proficiency in conducting an interactive educational
12exchange to facilitate individualized learning among participating primary care
13practitioners in the target clinics.
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(4)
Childless adults demonstration project. The department of health
15services shall submit any necessary request to the federal department of health and
16human services for a state plan amendment or waiver of federal Medicaid law or to
17modify or withdraw from any waiver of federal Medicaid law relating to the childless
18adults demonstration project under s. 49.45 (23), 2017 stats., to reflect the
19incorporation of recipients of Medical Assistance under the demonstration project
20into the BadgerCare Plus program under s. 49.471 and the termination of the
21demonstration project.
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(5)
Childless adults demonstration project reform waiver. The department
23of health services may submit a request to the federal department of health and
24human services to modify or withdraw the waiver granted under s. 49.45 (23) (g),
252017 stats.
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1(6)
Evidence-based oral health grants and Seal-A-Smile program. 2Notwithstanding s. 250.10 (1m) (b), in fiscal year 2019-20, the department of health
3services shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (de), award to qualified
4applicants grants totaling $50,000 for fluoride varnish and other evidence-based
5oral health activities, $525,000 for school-based preventive dental services, and
6$100,000 for school-based restorative dental services.
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(7)
Prescription drug importation program. The department of health services
8shall submit the first report required under s. 250.048 (5) by the next January 1 or
9July 1, whichever is earliest, that is at least 180 days after the date the prescription
10drug importation program is fully operational under s. 250.048 (4). The department
11of health services shall include in the first 3 reports submitted under s. 250.048 (5)
12information on the implementation of the audit functions under s. 250.048 (1) (n).
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(8)
Community-based doulas. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bm),
14the department of health services shall in fiscal year 2019-20 allocate $192,000 to
15public or private entities, American Indian tribes or tribal organizations, or
16community-based organizations for grants for community-based doulas. The
17recipients of the grants shall use the moneys to identify and train local community
18workers to mentor pregnant women.
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(9)
Dental services under Medical Assistance. During the 2019-21 fiscal
20biennium, the department of health services shall allocate a total of $2,000,000 in the
212019-20 fiscal year and $3,000,000 in the 2020-21 fiscal year from all funding
22sources to increase reimbursement rates for dental services that are covered under
23the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and that are provided to
24recipients of Medical Assistance who have disabilities.
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1(10)
Infant mortality prevention program. The department of health services
2shall allocate 5.0 FTE positions that are authorized for the department of health
3services to staff an infant mortality prevention program. The department of health
4services shall report in its 2021-23 budget request any necessary budget
5adjustments to reflect this allocation of positions.
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(11)
Medical Assistance reimbursement rate increase for direct care. The
7department of health services shall increase the Medical Assistance rates paid for
8direct care to nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for persons with an
9intellectual disability with a 1 percent annual rate increase related to an increase
10in acuity of patients in those facilities and an additional 1.5 percent annual rate
11increase to support staff in those facilities who perform direct care.
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(12)
Medical Assistance reimbursement rate increase for direct care in
13personal care agencies. The department of health services shall increase the
14Medical Assistance rates paid for direct care to agencies that provide personal care
15services 1.5 percent annually to support staff in those agencies who perform direct
16care.
SB59,9120
17Section 9120.
Nonstatutory provisions; Higher Educational Aids
18Board.
SB59,9121
19Section 9121.
Nonstatutory provisions; Historical Society.
SB59,9122
20Section 9122.
Nonstatutory provisions; Housing and Economic
21Development Authority.
SB59,9123
22Section 9123.
Nonstatutory provisions; Office of Commissioner of
23Insurance.
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(1)
Prescription drug cost survey. The commissioner of insurance shall
25conduct a statistically-valid survey of pharmacies in this state regarding whether
1the pharmacy agreed to not disclose that customer drug benefit cost sharing exceeds
2the cost of the dispensed drug.
SB59,9124
3Section 9124.
Nonstatutory provisions; Investment Board.
SB59,9125
4Section 9125.
Nonstatutory provisions; Joint Committee on Finance.
SB59,9126
5Section 9126.
Nonstatutory provisions; Judicial Commission.
SB59,9127
6Section 9127.
Nonstatutory provisions; Justice.
SB59,1110,77
(1)
Transfer of office of school safety.
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(a)
Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
9tangible personal property of the department of justice that is primarily related to
10the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of
11public instruction, is transferred to the department of public instruction.
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(b)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of justice in effect
13on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties of the
14office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public
15instruction, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of public
16instruction. The department of public instruction shall carry out any obligations
17under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of public
18instruction to the extent allowed under the contract.
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(c)
Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of justice in
20effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties
21of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public
22instruction, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended
23or repealed by the department of public instruction. All orders issued by the
24department of justice in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are
25primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state
1superintendent of public instruction, remain in effect until their specified expiration
2dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of public instruction.
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(2)
Diversion pilot program. From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (en),
4the department of justice shall establish a diversion pilot program for nonviolent
5offenders to be diverted to a treatment program and under the program shall allocate
6$250,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 biennium to law enforcement agencies
7in cities of the first class.
SB59,9128
8Section 9128.
Nonstatutory provisions; Legislature.
SB59,9129
9Section 9129.
Nonstatutory provisions; Lieutenant Governor.
SB59,9130
10Section 9130.
Nonstatutory provisions; Local Government.
SB59,9131
11Section 9131.
Nonstatutory provisions; Military Affairs.
SB59,1111,1812
(1)
Washington Island disaster assistance. From the appropriation under s.
1320.465 (3) (s), the department of military affairs shall pay to the Washington Island
14Electric Cooperative utility up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal
15biennium for costs incurred for disaster relief. The Washington Island Electric
16Cooperative utility shall pay 30 percent of the reasonable and necessary costs
17incurred for the disaster relief, and the department shall pay the remaining costs up
18to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium.
SB59,1111,1919
(2)
Emergency communications.
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(a)
Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
21liabilities of the department of military affairs primarily relating to Next Generation
22911, the statewide public safety interoperable communication system, or the
23interoperability council, as determined by the secretary of administration, become
24the assets and liabilities of the department of transportation.
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1(b)
Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
2tangible personal property, including records, of the department of military affairs
3primarily relating to Next Generation 911, the statewide public safety interoperable
4communication system, or the interoperability council, as determined by the
5secretary of administration, becomes the personal property of the department of
6transportation.
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(c)
Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of military
8affairs primarily relating to Next Generation 911, the statewide public safety
9interoperable communication system, or the interoperability council, as determined
10by the secretary of administration, on the effective date of this paragraph is
11transferred to the department of transportation. All materials submitted to or
12actions taken by the department of military affairs are considered as having been
13submitted to or taken by the department of transportation.
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(d)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of military affairs
15primarily relating to Next Generation 911, the statewide public safety interoperable
16communication system, or the interoperability council, as determined by the
17secretary of administration, in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain
18in effect and are transferred to the department of transportation. The department
19of transportation shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless
20modified or rescinded to the extent allowed under the contract.
SB59,9132
21Section 9132.
Nonstatutory provisions; Natural Resources
SB59,1112,2322
(1)
Transfer of abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal
23program.
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(a)
Positions and employees. On the effective date of this paragraph, 1.0 FTE
25position, and all incumbent employees holding that position, in the department of
1natural resources primarily related to the underground petroleum storage tank
2removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred
3to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
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(b)
Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (a) have all the
5rights and the same status under ch. 230 in the department of agriculture, trade and
6consumer protection that they enjoyed in the department of natural resources
7immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employee so
8transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a
9probationary period.
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(c)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of natural resources
11primarily related to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal
12program, as determined by the secretary of administration, that are in effect on the
13effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the
14department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The department of
15agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall carry out any obligations under
16those contracts unless modified or rescinded by that department to the extent
17allowed under the contract.
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(d)
Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
19tangible personal property, including records, of the department of natural resources
20primarily related to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal
21program, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the
22department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
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(e)
Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of natural
24resources primarily relating to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank
25removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, on the effective
1date of this paragraph is transferred to the department of agriculture, trade and
2consumer protection. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the department
3of natural resources with respect to the pending matter are considered as having
4been submitted to or taken by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
5protection.
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(f)
Assets and liabilities. The assets and liabilities of the department of natural
7resources primarily relating to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank
8removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, become the
9assets and liabilities of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
10on the effective date of this paragraph.
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(2)
Bureau of natural resources science. The department of natural
12resources shall convert the existing office of applied science into the bureau of
13natural resources science created under s. 15.345 (9).
SB59,9133
14Section 9133.
Nonstatutory provisions; Public Defender Board.
SB59,9134
15Section 9134.
Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.
SB59,1114,1616
(1)
Secondary guarantee.
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(a)
Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose of setting the secondary
18guaranteed valuation per member in the 2019-2020 school year, the department of
19public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) as if
20$75,000,000 were appropriated in the 2018-19 fiscal year.
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(b) Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose of setting the secondary
22guaranteed valuation per member in the 2020-21 school year, the department of
23public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) as if an
24additional $1,090,000,000 were appropriated in the 2020-21 fiscal year.
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1(2)
After-school program grants; emergency rules. The department of public
2instruction may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 to implement and
3administer s. 115.446. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules
4promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until July 1, 2020, or the date on
5which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24
6(1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating
7a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation
8of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding
9of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
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(3)
Special needs scholarship payments based on actual costs; 2019-20 school
11year. If before the effective date of this subsection, the department of public
12instruction made a scholarship payment to a private school for a child with a
13disability the amount of which is based on a financial statement submitted to the
14department under s. 115.7915 (4c), 2017 stats., the department of public instruction
15shall consider the amount paid to the private school as an installment payment of
16the amount for the 2019-20 school year under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 4. The department
17of public instruction shall adjust the remaining installment payments under s.
18115.7915 (4m) (b) to ensure that the private school receives the total scholarship
19amount for the 2019-20 school year under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 4. for the child with
20a disability for whom the private school submitted a financial statement under s.
21115.7915 (4c), 2017 stats., in the 2018-19 school year.
SB59,9135
22Section 9135.
Nonstatutory provisions; Public Lands, Board of
23Commissioners of.
SB59,9136
24Section 9136.
Nonstatutory provisions; Public Service Commission.
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(1)
Broadband report.
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1(a) In this subsection:
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21. “Underserved” has the meaning given in s. 196.504 (1) (b).
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32. “Unserved” has the meaning given in s. 196.504 (1) (c).
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(b) No later than June 30, 2020, the public service commission and the
5department of administration shall jointly submit a report to the legislature in the
6manner provided under s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor that provides all of the
7following:
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81. Updates on emerging broadband technologies and how they can be used to
9provide broadband service to state residents.
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102. Recommendations on how to provide incentives to broadband providers to
11serve underserved or unserved areas of the state.
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123. Proposals on how existing state agency technology, resources, or a
13combination of technology and resources can be leveraged to serve underserved or
14unserved areas of the state.
SB59,1116,1515
(2)
Office of energy innovation.
SB59,1116,1616
(a)
Definitions. In this subsection:
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171. “Commission" means the public service commission.
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182. “Department" means the department of administration.
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193. “Focus on energy programs” means the statewide energy efficiency and
20renewable resource programs established under s. 196.374 (2) (a) 1.
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214. “Office" means the office of energy innovation in the commission.
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(b)
Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
23liabilities of the commission primarily relating to the office, except for assets and
24liabilities primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the
25secretary of administration, become the assets and liabilities of the department.
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1(c)
Employee transfers. On the effective date of this paragraph, 5.0 FTE FED
2positions, and the incumbent employees holding those positions, in the commission
3who perform duties primarily related to the office, except for duties primarily
4relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the secretary of
5administration, are transferred to the department.
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(d)
Employee status. Employees transferred under par. (c
) have all the rights
7and the same status under ch. 230 in the department that they enjoyed in the
8commission immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no
9employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to
10serve a probationary period.
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(e)
Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
12tangible personal property, including records, of the commission primarily relating
13to the office, except for property primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as
14determined by the secretary of administration, becomes the personal property of the
15department.
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(f)
Pending matters. Any matter pending with the commission primarily
17relating to the office, except for matters primarily relating to focus on energy
18programs, as determined by the secretary of administration, on the effective date of
19this paragraph is transferred to the department. All materials submitted to or
20actions taken by the commission are considered as having been submitted to or taken
21by the department.
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(g)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the commission primarily relating
23to the office, except for contracts primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as
24determined by the secretary of administration, in effect on the effective date of this
25paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department. The department
1shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded
2to the extent allowed under the contract.
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(h)
Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the commission under s.
4196.025 (7), 2017 stats., in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in
5effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the
6department. All orders issued by the commission under s. 196.025 (7), 2017 stats.,
7in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified
8expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department.
SB59,9137
9Section 9137.
Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.
SB59,1118,1810
(1)
Inventory tax imposed on vapor products. On the effective date of this
11subsection, an inventory tax is imposed upon vapor products, as defined under s.
12139.75 (14), that are held in inventory for sale or resale in the possession of
13distributors or retailers. Any person who is in possession of any vapor products shall
14pay the tax at the rate of 71 percent of the manufacturer's list price, as defined under
15s. 139.75 (5b). Any person liable for this tax shall determine the number of vapor
16products in the person's possession on the effective date of this subsection, and shall
17file a return, and pay the tax due, no later than the 30th day after the effective date
18of this subsection.
SB59,9138
19Section 9138.
Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional
20Services.
SB59,1118,2121
(1)
Dental therapist licensure.
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(a) When the first individual becomes licensed as a dental therapist in this
23state under s. 447.04 (1m), the dentistry examining board shall send a notice to the
24legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative
25Register.
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1(b) 1
. The dentistry examining board shall promulgate emergency rules under
2s. 227.24 that are necessary to implement the licensure of dental therapist under this
3act. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under
4this subdivision remain in effect for 2 years, or until the date on which permanent
5rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the
6board is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this
7subdivision as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public
8peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency
9for a rule promulgated under this subdivision.
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102. The dentistry examining board shall present a statement of scope for
11permanent and emergency rules required to implement the licensure of dental
12therapist under this act to the department of administration under s. 227.135 (2) no
13later than the 30th day after the effective date of this subdivision. Notwithstanding
14s. 227.135 (2), if the governor does not disapprove the statement of scope by the 30th
15day after the statement is presented to the department of administration, the
16statement is considered to be approved by the governor.
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173. The dentistry examining board shall submit a proposed emergency rule
18required to implement the licensure of dental therapist under this act to the governor
19for approval under s. 227.24 (1) (e) 1g. no later than the 150th day after the effective
20date of this subdivision. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (e) 1g., if the governor does
21not reject the proposed emergency rule by the 14th day after the rule is submitted
22to the governor in final draft form, the rule is considered to be approved by the
23governor.
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244. The dentistry examining board shall submit a proposed permanent rule
25required to implement the licensure of dental therapist under this act to the governor
1for approval under s. 227.185 no later than the 365th day after the effective date of
2this subdivision. Notwithstanding s. 227.185, if the governor does not reject that
3proposed permanent rule by the 30th day after the rule is submitted to the governor
4in final draft form, the rule is considered to be approved by the governor.