560.184(1)(b)
(b) "Health care provider" means a physician's assistant, nurse-midwife or nurse practitioner.
560.184(2)
(2) Eligibility. The department may repay, on behalf of a health care provider, up to $25,000 in educational loans obtained by the health care provider from a public or private lending institution for education related to the health care provider's field of practice, as determined by the department with the advice of the council.
560.184(3)(a)(a) The department shall enter into a written agreement with the health care provider. In the agreement, the health care provider shall agree to practice in this state primarily in an eligible practice area.
560.184(3)(b)
(b) The agreement shall specify that the responsibility of the department to make the payments under the agreement is subject to the availability of funds in the appropriations under
s. 20.143 (1) (fc) and
(jL).
560.184(4)
(4) Loan repayment. Principal and interest due on loans, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the department at the following rate:
560.184(4)(a)
(a) Ten percent of the principal of the loan or $2,500, whichever is less, during the first year of practice.
560.184(4)(b)
(b) An additional 12.5% of the principal of the loan or $3,125, whichever is less, during the 2nd year of practice.
560.184(4)(c)
(c) An additional 15% of the principal of the loan or $3,750, whichever is less, during the 3rd year of practice.
560.184(4)(d)
(d) An additional 20% of the principal of the loan or $5,000, whichever is less, during the 4th year of practice.
560.184(4)(e)
(e) An additional 42.5% of the principal of the loan or $10,625, whichever is less, during the 5th year of practice.
560.184(5)
(5) Availability of funds; right of action against state. 560.184(5)(a)(a) The obligation of the department to make payments under an agreement entered into under
sub. (3) is subject to the availability of funds in the appropriations under
s. 20.143 (1) (fc) and
(jL).
560.184(5)(b)
(b) If the cost of repaying the loans of all eligible applicants, when added to the cost of loan repayments scheduled under existing agreements, exceeds the total amount in the appropriations under
s. 20.143 (1) (fc) and
(jL), the department shall establish priorities among the eligible applicants based upon the following considerations:
560.184(5)(b)1.
1. The degree to which there is an extremely high need for medical care in the eligible practice area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.
560.184(5)(b)2.
2. The likelihood that an eligible applicant will remain in the eligible practice area in which he or she desires to practice after the loan repayment period.
560.184(5)(b)3.
3. The per capita income of the eligible practice area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.
560.184(5)(b)4.
4. The financial or other support for health care provider recruitment and retention provided by individuals, organizations or local governments in the eligible practice area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.
560.184(5)(b)5.
5. The geographic distribution of the health care providers who have entered into loan repayment agreements under this section and the geographic location of the eligible practice area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.
560.184(5)(b)6.
6. Other considerations that the department may specify by rule.
560.184(5)(c)
(c) An agreement under
sub. (3) does not create a right of action against the state on the part of the health care provider or the lending institution for failure to make the payments specified in the agreement.
560.184(6)
(6) Local participation. The department shall encourage contributions to the program under this section by counties, cities, villages and towns. Funds received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under
s. 20.143 (1) (jL).
560.184(7)
(7) Administrative contract. From the appropriation under
s. 20.143 (1) (fd), the department shall contract with the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for administrative services from the office of rural health of the department of professional and community development of the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Under the contract, the office of rural health shall do all of the following:
560.184(7)(a)
(a) Advise the department and council on the identification of communities with an extremely high need for health care.
560.184(7)(b)
(b) Assist the department to publicize the program under this section to health care providers and eligible communities.
560.184(7)(c)
(c) Assist health care providers who are interested in applying for the program under this section.
560.184(7)(d)
(d) Assist communities in obtaining the services of health care providers through the program under this section.
560.184(7)(e)
(e) Assist the department with the general operation of the program under this section.
560.184 History
History: 1993 a. 16;
1995 a. 27.
560.185
560.185
Rural health development council. The rural health development council created under
s. 15.157 (8) shall do all of the following:
560.185(1)
(1) Advise the department as provided in
s. 560.183 (7) and on other matters related to the physician loan assistance program under
s. 560.183 and the health care provider loan assistance program under
s. 560.184.
560.185(1m)
(1m) Advise the department on the amount, up to $25,000, to be repaid on behalf of each health care provider who participates in the health care provider loan assistance program under
s. 560.184.
560.185(2)
(2) Advise the department as it promulgates the rules required under
s. 231.35 (7) for the rural hospital loan guarantee program.
560.185(3)
(3) Make recommendations to the department on all of the following:
560.185(3)(a)
(a) Ways to improve the delivery of health care to persons living in rural areas of the state that qualify as eligible practice areas, as defined in
s. 560.183 (1) (ag).
560.185(3)(b)
(b) Ways to help communities evaluate the linkage between rural health facilities and economic development for purposes of determining the value of local support for rural health facilities.
560.185(3)(c)
(c) The coordination of state and federal programs available to assist rural health facilities.
560.185(3)(d)
(d) A rural health initiative for inclusion in the 1991-93 biennial budget that addresses all of the following issues:
560.185(3)(d)1.
1. Stronger coordination and maintenance of rural health services and delivery systems.
560.185(3)(d)2.
2. Development of mechanisms to reduce shortages of health care providers in rural areas.
560.185(3)(d)3.
3. Development of alternative state capital financing mechanisms for rural health facilities and services.
560.185(4)
(4) Perform other advisory functions at the request of the secretary related to rural health development.
560.19
560.19
Hazardous pollution prevention. 560.19(2)
(2) From the appropriation under
s. 20.143 (1) (em), the department may contract with the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for educational services from the University of Wisconsin-Extension solid and hazardous waste education center. If the department enters into a contract under this subsection, the contract shall provide that the solid and hazardous waste center shall do all of the following:
560.19(2)(a)
(a) Expand its educational program to include business assessment activities that are specified in the contract and that have the following purposes:
560.19(2)(a)1.
1. Determining the full costs of using and producing hazardous substances, toxic pollutants and hazardous waste.
560.19(2)(a)2.
2. Identifying processes that use or produce hazardous substances, toxic pollutants or hazardous waste and the composition of the hazardous substances, toxic pollutants or hazardous waste.
560.19(2)(b)
(b) Consider all of the following in conducting the business assessment activities under the contract:
560.19(2)(b)1.
1. The need for a hazardous pollution prevention assessment and a program participant's willingness to participate in an assessment.
560.19(2)(b)2.
2. The technical and financial ability of a program participant to implement hazardous pollution prevention.
560.19(2)(b)3.
3. The potential for others to use the information gained from a hazardous pollution prevention assessment.
560.19(3)
(3) The department shall do all of the following:
560.19(3)(a)
(a) In coordination with the hazardous pollution prevention program under
s. 36.25 (30), the department of natural resources and the council, conduct an education, environmental management and technical assistance program to promote hazardous pollution prevention among businesses in the state.
560.19(4)
(4) The council shall do all of the following:
560.19(4)(a)
(a) Monitor and make recommendations to the department and other state agencies on hazardous pollution prevention activities in this state.
560.19(4)(b)
(b) Advise the department and other state agencies on the promotion of hazardous pollution prevention.
560.19(4)(c)
(c) Recommend educational priorities to the University of Wisconsin-Extension for the hazardous pollution prevention program under
s. 36.25 (30).
560.19(4)(d)
(d) With the assistance of the department, the department of natural resources and the hazardous pollution prevention program under
s. 36.25 (30), prepare and submit to the governor and to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2), by February 15 of each odd-numbered year, a report on all of the following:
560.19(4)(d)3.
3. The activities of the department under this section.
560.19(4)(d)4.
4. Other hazardous pollution prevention activities in this state.
560.20
560.20
Business development initiative. 560.20(1)(b)
(b) "Equity investment" means the purchase of common or preferred capital stock or the purchase of an option or other right to acquire common or preferred capital stock.
560.20(1)(c)
(c) "For-profit business" means any organization or enterprise operated on a for-profit or cooperative basis, including but not limited to a proprietorship, partnership, firm, business trust, joint venture, syndicate, corporation, cooperative or association.
560.20(1)(cf)
(cf) "Management assistance" means engineering and legal services and professional assistance in establishing or improving management systems, policies or procedures in such management concerns as financial planning, personnel, inventory control, production planning, purchasing, bookkeeping, record keeping and marketing.
560.20(1)(d)
(d) "Nonprofit organization" means a nonprofit corporation, as defined in
s. 181.02 (8), and any organization described in section
501 (c) (3) of the internal revenue code that is exempt from federal income tax under section
501 (a) of the internal revenue code.
560.20(1)(e)
(e) "Person with severe disabilities" means an individual who is eligible for one or more programs or services under
ch. 47 because he or she is a severely handicapped person, as defined in
s. 47.01 (4).
560.20(1)(f)
(f) "Small business" means a for-profit business having fewer than 25 full-time employes.
560.20(1)(g)
(g) "Technical assistance" includes all of the following:
560.20(1)(g)1.
1. Preparation of preliminary feasibility studies, feasibility studies or business and financial plans.
560.20(1)(g)3.
3. Engineering studies, appraisals or marketing assistance.
560.20(1m)
(1m) Employment opportunities. The department shall develop a program consisting of technical assistance, grants and loans, as described in
subs. (2) and
(3), for the purpose of assisting the expansion and creation of for-profit businesses that are expected to provide employment opportunities for persons with severe disabilities.
560.20(2)
(2) Technical assistance; grants and services. 560.20(2)(a)(a) The department may provide technical assistance to an individual, small business or nonprofit organization. In addition to or in lieu of the technical assistance provided by the department, the department may make a grant to an individual, small business or nonprofit organization from the appropriation under
s. 20.143 (1) (en) to partially fund technical assistance provided to the individual, small business or nonprofit organization. Technical assistance or a grant for technical assistance provided under this paragraph shall be for the purpose of developing and planning, at the preliminary stages, the start-up or expansion of a for-profit business that is or will be located in this state.
