560.175(3)(f)
(f) Any competitive advantages of the new or expanding business.
560.175(3)(g)
(g) The person's estimate of the gross revenue of the new or expanding business over a period specified by the department.
560.175(3)(h)
(h) The process for manufacturing the product, or providing the services, of the new or expanding business.
560.175(3)(i)
(i) An estimate of the number of jobs that will be created by the new or expanding business.
560.175(3)(k)
(k) The person's estimate of the profit that will be generated by the new or expanding business over a period specified by the department.
560.175(3)(L)
(L) The person's estimate of the capital required to complete the early planning project.
560.175(3)(m)
(m) Potential sources of financing for the early planning project.
560.175(3)(n)
(n) Any other information that the department requests.
560.175(4)
(4) A person who receives a grant under this section may use the grant proceeds only for any of the following:
560.175(5)
(5) In order to receive a grant under this section a person shall contribute cash, from a source other than the state, in an amount that equals at least 25% of the total cost of the project.
560.175(6)(a)(a) In any fiscal biennium, the department may not award to any one person more than $15,000 in grants under this section.
560.175(6)(b)
(b) In any fiscal biennium, the department may not award more than $250,000 in grants under this section.
560.175(7)
(7) If the department awards a grant under this section, the department may contract directly with and pay grant proceeds directly to any person providing technical or management assistance to the grant recipient.
560.175 History
History: 1999 a. 9;
2001 a. 16.
560.18
560.18
Forestry education grant program. 560.18(1c)
(1c) In this section, "nonprofit organization" means a nonprofit corporation, as defined in
s. 181.0103 (17), 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.
560.18(1m)
(1m) From the appropriation under
s. 20.143 (1) (t), the department may award grants to nonprofit organizations to develop forestry educational programs and instructional materials for use in the public schools. The department may not award a grant unless it enters into a memorandum of understanding with the grant recipient and the director of the timber management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point regarding the use of the funds.
560.18(2)
(2) The recipient of a grant under
sub. (1m) shall submit the programs and materials developed with the funds to the department and the director of the timber management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources for approval. Upon request, the grant recipient shall provide approved programs and materials to school districts free of charge.
560.18 History
History: 1997 a. 27;
2001 a. 109.
560.183
560.183
Physician and dentist loan assistance program. 560.183(1)(ac)
(ac) "Clinic hours" means hours spent working with patients in a clinic.
560.183(1)(ad)
(ad) "Dental health shortage area" means an area that is designated by the federal department of health and human services under
42 CFR part 5, appendix B, as having a shortage of dental professionals.
560.183(1)(ae)
(ae) "Dentist" means a dentist, as defined in
s. 447.01 (7), who is licensed under
ch. 447 and who practices general or pediatric dentistry.
560.183(1)(ag)
(ag) "Eligible practice area" means a primary care shortage area, a mental health shortage area, an American Indian reservation or trust lands of an American Indian tribe.
560.183(1)(aj)
(aj) "Health professional shortage area" means an area that is designated by the federal department of health and human services under
42 CFR part 5, appendix A, as having a shortage of medical care professionals.
560.183(1)(ap)
(ap) " Mental health shortage area" means an area that is designated by the federal department of health and human services under
42 CFR part 5, appendix C, as having a shortage of psychiatric professionals, excluding a state or federal prison and a state or county mental hospital.
560.183(1)(b)
(b) "Physician" means a physician, as defined in
s. 448.01 (5), who specializes in family practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, or psychiatry.
560.183(1)(cm)
(cm) "Primary care shortage area" means an area that is in a primary care health professional shortage area as determined by the federal department of health and human services under
42 CFR part 5, appendix A, excluding a state or federal prison.
560.183(2)(a)(a) The department may repay, on behalf of a physician or dentist, up to $50,000 in educational loans obtained by the physician or dentist from a public or private lending institution for education in an accredited school of medicine or dentistry or for postgraduate medical or dental training.
560.183(2)(b)
(b) A physician or dentist who is a participant in the national health service corps scholarship program under
42 USC 254n, or a physician or dentist who was a participant in that program and who failed to carry out his or her obligations under that program, is not eligible for loan repayment under this section.
560.183(3)(a)(a) The department shall enter into a written agreement with the physician, in which the physician agrees to practice at least 32 clinic hours per week for 3 years in one or more eligible practice areas in this state, except that a physician specializing in psychiatry may only agree to practice psychiatry in a mental health shortage area and a physician in the expanded loan assistance program under
sub. (9) may only agree to practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area. The physician shall also agree to care for patients who are insured or for whom health benefits are payable under medicare, medical assistance, or any other governmental program.
560.183(3)(am)
(am) The department shall enter into a written agreement with the dentist, in which the dentist agrees to practice at least 32 clinic hours per week for 3 years in one or more dental health shortage areas in this state. The dentist shall also agree to care for patients who are insured or for whom dental health benefits are payable under medicare, medical assistance, or any other governmental program.
560.183(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) (jc),
(jm) and
(kr).
560.183(4)
(4) Loan repayment. Principal and interest due on loans, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the department at the following rate:
560.183(4)(a)
(a) Up to 40% of the principal of the loan or $20,000, whichever is less, during the first year of participation in the program under this section.
560.183(4)(b)
(b) Up to an additional 40% of the principal of the loan or $20,000, whichever is less, during the 2nd year of participation in the program under this section.
560.183(4)(c)
(c) Up to an additional 20% of the principal of the loan or $10,000, whichever is less, during the 3rd year of participation in the program under this section.
560.183(5)
(5) Availability of funds; right of action against state. 560.183(5)(a)(a) The obligation of the department to make payments under an agreement entered into under
sub. (3) (b) is subject to the availability of funds in the appropriations under
s. 20.143 (1) (jc),
(jm) and
(kr).
560.183(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) (jc),
(jm) and
(kr), the department shall establish priorities among the eligible applicants based upon the following considerations:
560.183(5)(b)1.
1. The degree to which there is an extremely high need for medical care in the eligible practice area or health professional shortage area in which a physician desires to practice and the degree to which there is an extremely high need for dental care in the dental health shortage area in which a dentist desires to practice.
560.183(5)(b)2.
2. The likelihood that a physician will remain in the eligible practice area or health professional shortage area, and that a dentist will remain in the dental health shortage area, in which he or she desires to practice after the loan repayment period.
560.183(5)(b)3.
3. The per capita income of the eligible practice area or health professional shortage area in which a physician desires to practice and of the dental health shortage area in which a dentist desires to practice.
560.183(5)(b)4.
4. The financial or other support for physician recruitment and retention provided by individuals, organizations, or local governments in the eligible practice area or health professional shortage area in which a physician desires to practice and for dentist recruitment and retention provided by individuals, organizations, or local governments in the dental health shortage area in which a dentist desires to practice.
560.183(5)(b)5.
5. The geographic distribution of the physicians and dentists who have entered into loan repayment agreements under this section and the geographic distribution of the eligible practice areas, health professional shortage areas, and dental health shortage areas in which the eligible applicants desire to practice.
560.183(5)(b)6.
6. Other considerations that the department may specify by rule.
560.183(5)(d)
(d) An agreement under
sub. (3) does not create a right of action against the state on the part of the physician, dentist, or lending institution for failure to make the payments specified in the agreement.
560.183(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 deposited in the appropriation under
s. 20.143 (1) (jm).
560.183(6m)(a)(a) The department shall, by rule, establish penalties to be assessed by the department against physicians and dentists who breach agreements entered into under
sub. (3). The rules shall do all of the following:
560.183(6m)(a)3.
3. Provide exceptions for certain actions, including breaches resulting from death or disability.
560.183(6m)(b)
(b) Any penalties assessed and collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under
s. 20.143 (1) (jc).
560.183(8)
(8) Administrative contract. From the appropriation under
s. 20.143 (1) (kr), 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:
560.183(8)(b)
(b) Advise the department and rural health development council on the identification of eligible practice areas with an extremely high need for medical care and dental health shortage areas with an extremely high need for dental care.
560.183(8)(d)
(d) Assist the department to publicize the program under this section to physicians, dentists, and eligible communities.
560.183(8)(e)
(e) Assist physicians and dentists who are interested in applying for the program under this section.
560.183(8)(f)
(f) Assist communities in obtaining physicians' and dentists' services through the program under this section.
560.183(8)(g)
(g) Assist the department with the general operation of the program under this section.
560.183(9)
(9) Expanded loan assistance program. The department may agree to repay loans as provided under this section on behalf of a physician or dentist under an expanded physician and dentist loan assistance program that is funded through federal funds in addition to state matching funds. To be eligible for loan repayment under the expanded physician and dentist loan assistance program, a physician or dentist must fulfill all of the requirements for loan repayment under this section, as well as all of the following:
560.183(9)(a)
(a) The physician or dentist must be a U.S. citizen.
560.183(9)(b)
(b) The physician or dentist may not have a judgment lien against his or her property for a debt to the United States.
560.183(9)(c)
(c) The physician or dentist must agree to do all of the following:
560.183(9)(c)1.
1. Accept medicare assignment as payment in full for services or articles provided.
560.183(9)(c)2.
2. Use a sliding fee scale or a comparable method of determining payment arrangements for patients who are not eligible for medicare or medical assistance and who are unable to pay the customary fee for the physician's or dentist's services.
560.183(9)(c)3.
3. Practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area, if a physician, or in a dental health shortage area, if a dentist.
560.183 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Comm 122, Wis. adm. code.
560.184
560.184
Health care provider loan assistance program. 560.184(1)(ad)
(ad) "Council" means the rural health development council.
560.184(1)(am)
(am) "Eligible practice area" means a primary care shortage area, an American Indian reservation, or trust lands of an American Indian tribe, except that with respect to a dental hygienist "eligible practice area" means a dental health shortage area.
560.184(1)(b)
(b) "Health care provider" means a dental hygienist, physician 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.
