253.06(5)(b)3.
3. Disqualification from the program under this section for a participant.
253.06(5)(b)4.
4. Forfeiture of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000.
253.06(5)(c)
(c) Whenever the department imposes a forfeiture or recoupment for a violation of rules promulgated under this subsection, the department shall also impose an enforcement assessment in an amount of 50% of the forfeiture or recoupment imposed. If multiple offenses are involved, the department shall base the enforcement assessment upon the total forfeiture and recoupment amounts for all offenses. When a forfeiture or recoupment is suspended in whole or in part, the department shall reduce the enforcement assessment in proportion to the suspension.
253.06(5)(d)
(d) The department may directly assess a forfeiture provided for under
par. (b) 4., recoupment provided for under
par. (b) 5. and an enforcement assessment provided for under
par. (c). If the department determines that a forfeiture, recoupment or enforcement assessment should be levied, or that authorization or eligibility should be suspended or terminated, for a particular violation or for failure to correct it, the department shall send a notice of assessment, suspension or termination to the vendor, food distribution center or participant. The notice shall inform the vendor, food distribution center or participant of the right to a hearing under
sub. (6) and shall specify all of the following:
253.06(5)(d)6.
6. If applicable, that the suspension or termination of authorization of the vendor or eligibility of the participant is effective beginning on the 15th day after receipt of the notice of suspension or termination.
253.06(5)(e)
(e) The suspension or termination of authorization of a vendor or eligibility of a participant shall be effective beginning on the 15th day after receipt of the notice of suspension or termination. All forfeitures, recoupments, and enforcement assessments shall be paid to the department within 15 days after receipt of notice of assessment or, if the forfeiture, recoupment, or enforcement assessment is contested under
sub. (6), within 10 days after receipt of the final decision after exhaustion of administrative review, unless the final decision is adverse to the department or unless the final decision is appealed and the decision is stayed by court order under
sub. (7). The department shall remit all forfeitures paid to the secretary of administration for deposit in the school fund. The department shall deposit all enforcement assessments in the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (1) (gr).
253.06(5)(f)
(f) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state to collect any forfeiture or recoupment imposed under
par. (b) or enforcement assessment imposed under
par. (c), if the forfeiture, recoupment or enforcement assessment has not been paid following the exhaustion of all administrative and judicial reviews. The only issue that may be contested in any such action is whether the forfeiture or enforcement assessment has been paid.
253.06(6)(a)(a) Any hearing under
s. 227.42 granted by the department under this section may be conducted before the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.
253.06(6)(b)
(b) A person may contest an assessment of forfeiture, recoupment or enforcement assessment, a denial, suspension or termination of authorization or a suspension or termination of eligibility by sending a written request for hearing under
s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration within 10 days after the receipt of the notice issued under
sub. (3) (bm) or
(5) (d). The administrator of the division of hearings and appeals may designate a hearing examiner to preside over the case and recommend a decision to the administrator under
s. 227.46. The decision of the administrator of the division of hearings and appeals shall be the final administrative decision. The division of hearings and appeals shall commence the hearing and issue a final decision within 60 days after receipt of the request for hearing unless all of the parties consent to a later date. Proceedings before the division of hearings and appeals are governed by
ch. 227. In any petition for judicial review of a decision by the division of hearings and appeals, the department, if not the petitioner who was in the proceeding before the division of hearings and appeals, shall be the named respondent.
253.06(7)
(7) Injunction procedure. No injunction may be issued in any proceeding for review under
ch. 227 of a decision of the division of hearings and appeals under
sub. (6), suspending or staying the decision except upon application to the circuit court or presiding judge thereof, notice to the department and any other party and hearing. No injunction that delays or prevents a decision of the division of hearings and appeals from becoming effective may be issued in any other proceeding or action in any court unless the parties to the proceeding before the division of hearings and appeals in which the order was made are also parties to the proceeding or action before the court.
253.06(8)
(8) Inspection of premises. The department may visit and inspect each authorized vendor and each food distribution center, and for such purpose shall be given unrestricted access to the premises described in the authorization or contract.
253.06 History
History: 2009 a. 28 s.
1217; Stats. 2009 s. 253.06.
253.07
253.07
Women's health block grant. 253.07(1)(a)
(a) "Family planning" means voluntary action by individuals to prevent or aid conception. "Family planning" does not include the performance, promotion, encouragement or counseling in favor of, or referral either directly or through an intermediary for, voluntary termination of pregnancy, but may include the providing of nondirective information explaining any of the following:
253.07(1)(b)
(b) "Family planning services" mean counseling by trained personnel regarding family planning; distribution of information relating to family planning; and referral to licensed nurse practitioners within the scope of their practice, licensed physicians or local health departments for consultation, examination, medical treatment and prescriptions for the purpose of family planning. "Family planning" does not include the performance, promotion, encouragement or counseling in favor of, or referral either directly or through an intermediary for, voluntary termination of pregnancy, but may include the providing of nondirective information explaining any of the following:
253.07(1)(c)
(c) "Women's health funds" means state funds appropriated under
s. 20.435 (1) (f) or federal funds received by the state under Title V of the federal Social Security Act,
42 USC 701 to
713, that are allocated for the purposes described in this section.
253.07(2)(a)(a) The department shall provide for delivery of family planning services throughout the state by developing and by annually reviewing and updating a state plan for community-based family planning programs.
253.07(2)(b)
(b) The department shall allocate women's health funds under its control in a manner which will promote the development and maintenance of an integrated system of community health services. It shall maximize the use of existing community family planning services by encouraging local contractual arrangements.
253.07(2)(c)
(c) The department shall coordinate the delivery of family planning services by allocating women's health funds in a manner which maximizes coordination between the agencies.
253.07(2)(d)
(d) The department shall encourage maximum coordination of family planning services between county social services departments, family planning agencies and local health departments to maximize the use of health, social service and welfare resources.
253.07(2)(e)
(e) The department shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement and administer this section.
253.07(3)
(3) Individual rights, medical privilege. 253.07(3)(a)(a) The request of any person for family planning services or his or her refusal to accept any service shall in no way affect the right of the person to receive public assistance, public health services or any other public service. Nothing in this section may abridge the right of the individual to make decisions concerning family planning, nor may any individual be required to state his or her reason for refusing any offer of family planning services.
253.07(3)(b)
(b) Any employee of the agencies engaged in the administration of the provisions of this section may refuse to accept the duty of offering family planning services to the extent that the duty is contrary to his or her personal beliefs. A refusal may not be grounds for dismissal, suspension, demotion, or any other discrimination in employment. The directors or supervisors of the agencies shall reassign the duties of employees in order to carry out the provisions of this section.
253.07(3)(c)
(c) All information gathered by any agency, entity or person conducting programs in family planning, other than statistical information compiled without reference to the identity of any individual or other information which the individual allows to be released through his or her informed consent, shall be considered a confidential medical record.
253.07(4)
(4) Women's health block grant services. From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (1) (f) and subject to
sub. (5), the department shall distribute the following amounts for all of the following:
253.07(4)(a)
(a) In each fiscal year, $225,000 to establish and maintain 2 city-based clinics for delivery of family planning services under this section, in the cities of Milwaukee, Racine, or Kenosha.
253.07(4)(b)
(b) In each fiscal year, $67,500 to subsidize the provision of papanicolaou tests to individuals with low income by entities that receive women's health funds. In this paragraph, "low income" means adjusted gross income that is less than 200% of the poverty line established under
42 USC 9902 (2).
253.07(4)(c)
(c) In each fiscal year, $54,000 to subsidize the provision of follow-up cancer screening by entities that receive women's health funds.
253.07(4)(d)
(d) In each fiscal year, $31,500 as grants for employment in communities of licensed registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nurse-midwives, or licensed physician assistants who are members of a racial minority.
253.07(4)(e)
(e) In each fiscal year, $36,000 to initiate, in areas of high incidence of the disease chlamydia, education, and outreach programs to locate, educate, and treat individuals at high risk of contracting the disease chlamydia and their partners.
253.07(5)(a)(a) The department shall distribute women's health funds only to public entities. These funds may be allocated for any activities for which funds were provided under this section before July 1, 2011, including pregnancy testing; perinatal care coordination and follow-up; cervical cancer screening; sexually transmitted infection prevention, testing, treatment, and follow-up; and general health screening.
253.07(5)(b)
(b) Subject to
par. (c), a public entity that receives women's health funds under this section may provide some or all of the funds to other public or private entities provided that the recipient of the funds does not do any of the following:
253.07(5)(b)3.
3. Have an affiliate that provides abortion services or makes referrals for abortion services.
253.07(5)(c)
(c) Providing abortion services, making referrals for abortion services, or having an affiliate that provides abortion services or makes referrals for abortion services solely under the circumstances described in
s. 20.927 (2) does not disqualify an entity from receiving women's health funds from a public entity under
par. (b).
253.07 History
History: 1977 c. 418;
1979 c. 89;
1991 a. 39 s.
3695;
1993 a. 27 s.
379; Stats. 1993 s. 253.07;
1993 a. 105, s.
13;
1997 a. 27,
67;
2009 a. 28;
2011 a. 32; s. 35.17 correction in (4) (a).
253.07 Annotation
Toward greater reproductive freedom: Wisconsin's new family planning act. 1979 WLR 509.
253.08
253.08
Pregnancy counseling services. The department shall award grants from the appropriation account under
s. 20.435 (1) (eg) to individuals and organizations to provide pregnancy counseling services. For a program to be eligible under this section, an applicant must demonstrate that moneys provided in a grant under this section will not be used to engage in any activity specified in
s. 20.9275 (2) (a) 1. to
3.
253.08 History
History: 1985 a. 29;
1993 a. 27 s.
377; Stats. 1993 s. 253.08;
1997 a. 27;
2009 a. 28.
253.085
253.085
Outreach to low-income pregnant women. 253.085(1)(1) The department shall conduct an outreach program to make low-income pregnant women aware of the importance of early prenatal and infant health care and of the availability of medical assistance benefits under
subch. IV of ch. 49 and other types of funding for prenatal and infant care, to refer women to prenatal and infant care services in the community and to make follow-up contacts with women referred to prenatal and infant care services.
253.085(2)
(2) In addition to the amounts appropriated under
s. 20.435 (1) (ev), the department shall distribute $250,000 for each fiscal year from moneys received under the maternal and child health services block grant program,
42 USC 701 to
709, for the outreach program under this section.
253.085 History
History: 1987 a. 399;
1991 a. 39;
1993 a. 27 s.
47; Stats. 1993 s. 253.085;
1995 a. 27;
1997 a. 27;
2009 a. 28.
253.09
253.09
Abortion refused; no liability; no discrimination. 253.09(1)(1) No hospital shall be required to admit any patient or to allow the use of the hospital facilities for the purpose of performing a sterilization procedure or removing a human embryo or fetus. A physician or any other person who is a member of or associated with the staff of a hospital, or any employee of a hospital in which such a procedure has been authorized, who shall state in writing his or her objection to the performance of or providing assistance to such a procedure on moral or religious grounds shall not be required to participate in such medical procedure, and the refusal of any such person to participate therein shall not form the basis of any claim for damages on account of such refusal or for any disciplinary or recriminatory action against such person.
253.09(2)
(2) No hospital or employee of any hospital shall be liable for any civil damages resulting from a refusal to perform sterilization procedures or remove a human embryo or fetus from a person, if such refusal is based on religious or moral precepts.
253.09(3)
(3) No hospital, school or employer may discriminate against any person with regard to admission, hiring or firing, tenure, term, condition or privilege of employment, student status or staff status on the ground that the person refuses to recommend, aid or perform procedures for sterilization or the removal of a human embryo or fetus, if the refusal is based on religious or moral precepts.
253.09(4)
(4) The receipt of any grant, contract, loan or loan guarantee under any state or federal law does not authorize any court or any public official or other public authority to require:
253.09(4)(a)
(a) Such individual to perform or assist in the performance of any sterilization procedure or removal of a human embryo or fetus if the individual's performance or assistance in the performance of such a procedure would be contrary to the individual's religious beliefs or moral convictions; or
253.09(4)(b)1.
1. Make its facilities available for the performance of any sterilization procedure or removal of a human embryo or fetus if the performance of such a procedure in such facilities is prohibited by the entity on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions; or
253.09(4)(b)2.
2. Provide any personnel for the performance or assistance in the performance of any sterilization procedure or assistance if the performance or assistance in the performance of such procedure or the removal of a human embryo or fetus by such personnel would be contrary to the religious beliefs or moral convictions of such personnel.
253.09 History
History: 1973 c. 159; Stats. 1973 s. 140.275;
1973 c. 336 s.
54; Stats. 1973 s. 140.42;
1979 c. 34;
1993 a. 27 s.
222; Stats. 1993 s. 253.09;
1993 a. 482.
253.10
253.10
Voluntary and informed consent for abortions. 253.10(1)(1)
Legislative findings and intent. 253.10(1)(a)1.
1. Many women now seek or are encouraged to undergo elective abortions without full knowledge of the medical and psychological risks of abortion, development of the unborn child or of alternatives to abortion. An abortion decision is often made under stressful circumstances.
253.10(1)(a)2.
2. The knowledgeable exercise of a woman's decision to have an elective abortion depends on the extent to which the woman receives sufficient information to make a voluntary and informed choice between 2 alternatives of great consequence: carrying a child to birth or undergoing an abortion.
253.10(1)(a)3.
3. The U.S. supreme court has stated: "In attempting to ensure that a woman apprehend the full consequences of her decision, the State furthers the legitimate purpose of reducing the risk that a woman may elect an abortion, only to discover later, with devastating psychological consequences, that her decision was not fully informed." Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey,
112 U.S. 2791, 2823 (1992).
253.10(1)(a)4.
4. It is essential to the psychological and physical well-being of a woman considering an elective abortion that she receive complete and accurate information on all options available to her in dealing with her pregnancy.
253.10(1)(a)5.
5. The vast majority of elective abortions in this state are performed in clinics that are devoted solely to providing abortions and family planning services. Women who seek elective abortions at these facilities normally do not have a prior patient-physician relationship with the physician who is to perform or induce the abortion, normally do not return to the facility for post-operative care and normally do not continue a patient-physician relationship with the physician who performed or induced the abortion. In most instances, the woman's only actual contact with the physician occurs simultaneously with the abortion procedure, with little opportunity to receive personal counseling by the physician concerning her decision. Because of this, certain safeguards are necessary to protect a woman's right to know.
253.10(1)(a)6.
6. A reasonable waiting period is critical to ensure that a woman has the fullest opportunity to give her voluntary and informed consent before she elects to undergo an abortion.
253.10(1)(b)
(b) It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this section to further the important and compelling state interests in all of the following:
253.10(1)(b)1.
1. Protecting the life and health of the woman subject to an elective abortion and, to the extent constitutionally permissible, the life of her unborn child.
253.10(1)(b)2.
2. Fostering the development of standards of professional conduct in the practice of abortion.
253.10(1)(b)3.
3. Ensuring that prior to the performance or inducement of an elective abortion, the woman considering an elective abortion receive personal counseling by the physician and be given a full range of information regarding her pregnancy, her unborn child, the abortion, the medical and psychological risks of abortion and available alternatives to the abortion.
253.10(1)(b)4.
4. Ensuring that a woman who decides to have an elective abortion gives her voluntary and informed consent to the abortion procedure.
253.10(2)(a)
(a) "Abortion" means the use of an instrument, medicine, drug or other substance or device with intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant or for whom there is reason to believe that she may be pregnant and with intent other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the infant after live birth or to remove a dead fetus.
253.10(2)(am)
(am) "Abortion-inducing drug" means a drug, medicine, oral hormonal compound, mixture, or preparation, when it is prescribed to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant.
253.10(2)(c)
(c) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of having such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment. "Disability" includes any physical disability or developmental disability, as defined in
s. 51.01 (5) (a).
253.10(2)(d)
(d) "Medical emergency" means a condition, in a physician's reasonable medical judgment, that so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a 24-hour delay in performance or inducement of an abortion will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of one or more of the woman's major bodily functions.
