146.615(1)(a)
(a) “Advanced practice clinician" means a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse, including a nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified registered nurse anesthetist.
146.615(1)(d)
(d) “Rural clinic” means a clinic that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.
146.615(1)(e)
(e) “Rural hospital" means a hospital that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.
146.615(2)
(2) Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, from the appropriation under s.
20.435 (1) (fk), subject to sub.
(3), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals and clinics that provide new training opportunities for advanced practice clinicians. The department shall distribute the grants under this section to hospitals and clinics that apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive grants and that satisfy the criteria under sub.
(3).
146.615(3)(a)(a) The department may distribute up to $50,000 per fiscal year per hospital or clinic.
146.615(3)(b)
(b) If the department distributes a grant to a hospital or clinic that has not previously received a grant under this section, the hospital or clinic receiving the grant may use the grant to create the education and infrastructure for training advanced practice clinicians or for activities authorized under par.
(c). In distributing grants under this section, the department shall give preference to advanced practice clinician clinical training programs that include rural hospitals and rural clinics as clinical training locations.
146.615(3)(c)
(c) If the department distributes a grant to a hospital or clinic that has previously received a grant under this section, the department shall require the hospital or clinic to use the grant to pay for the costs of operating a clinical training program for advanced practice clinicians, which may include any of the following:
146.615(3)(c)4.
4. Preceptor costs, including preceptor compensation attributable to training, certification requirements, travel, and advanced practice clinician training.
146.615(3)(d)
(d) A recipient awarded a grant under this section shall match through its own funding sources the amount of the grant distributed by the department for the purposes of operating an advanced practice clinician rotation.
146.615(4)
(4) A hospital or clinic sponsoring a training program for advanced practice clinicians supported by a grant under this section may determine what, if any, posteducation requirements must be fulfilled by participants in the training program for advanced practice clinicians.
146.615 History
History: 2017 a. 59; s. 35.17 correction in (1) (a).
146.616
146.616
Allied health professional education and training grants. 146.616(1)(a)
(a) “Allied health professional" means any individual who is a health care provider other than a physician, registered nurse, dentist, pharmacist, chiropractor, or podiatrist and who provides diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, or direct patient care and support services to the patient.
146.616(1)(d)
(d) “Rural clinic” means a clinic that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.
146.616(1)(e)
(e) “Rural hospital” means a hospital that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.
146.616(2)
(2) Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, from the appropriation under s.
20.435 (1) (fi), subject to subs.
(3) to
(5), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals, health systems, and educational entities that form health care education and training consortia for allied health professionals. The department shall distribute the grants under this section to hospitals, health systems, and educational entities that apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant and that satisfy the requirements established by the department under sub.
(4).
146.616(3)(a)(a) The department may distribute up to $125,000 per fiscal year per consortium to be used for any of the following:
146.616(3)(b)
(b) A recipient awarded a grant under this section shall match through its own funding sources the amount of the grant distributed by the department for the purposes of operating an allied health professional training consortium.
146.616(4)
(4) The department shall determine the requirements for the formation of health care education and training consortia for allied health professionals.
146.616(5)
(5) In distributing grants under this section, the department shall give preference to rural hospitals, health systems with a rural hospital or rural clinic, and rural educational entities.
146.616 History
History: 2017 a. 59.
146.618
146.618
Treatment program grants. From s.
20.435 (1) (be), the department shall distribute a total of $500,000 in grants in each fiscal year to support treatment programs. Grant recipients shall use moneys awarded under this section for supervision, training, and resources, including salaries, benefits, and other related costs.
146.618 History
History: 2019 a. 9.
146.62
146.62
Rural hospital loan program. 146.62(4)
(4)
Departmental duties. The department shall negotiate with each recipient of a loan made under s.
146.62 (2) and
(3), 1989 stats., the schedule of repayments and collect the loan repayments as they are due. Loan repayments shall be deposited in the general fund. Except as provided in sub.
(5), repayment for each loan shall begin no later than 12 months after the project funded under the loan begins operation.
146.62(5)
(5)
Loan forgiveness. If a rural hospital that receives a loan under s.
146.62 (2) and
(3), 1989 stats., is unable to undertake the proposed project, the rural hospital may submit to the department a final report concerning the feasibility of loan repayment. The department shall review the report and may forgive all or part of the loan.
146.63
146.63
Grants to establish graduate medical training programs. 146.63(1)(1)
Definition. In this section, “rural hospital" means a hospital, as defined under s.
50.33 (2), that is not located in a 1st class city.
146.63(2)(a)(a) Subject to subs.
(4) and
(5), the department shall distribute grants from the appropriation under s.
20.435 (4) (bf) to assist rural hospitals and groups of rural hospitals in procuring infrastructure and increasing case volume to the extent necessary to develop accredited graduate medical training programs. The department shall distribute the grants under this paragraph to rural hospitals and groups of rural hospitals that apply to receive a grant under sub.
(3) and that satisfy the criteria established by the department under par.
(b) and the eligibility requirement under sub.
(6).
146.63(2)(b)
(b) The department shall establish criteria for approving and distributing grants under par.
(a) and criteria for approving plans under sub.
(3).
146.63(3)
(3)
Grant application. A rural hospital or group of rural hospitals may apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant under sub.
(2) (a). The rural hospital or group of rural hospitals shall include in the application a plan to use the funds to procure infrastructure or increase case volume to the extent necessary to develop an accredited graduate medical training program at the rural hospital or group of rural hospitals and a plan to satisfy the matching requirement under sub.
(4).
146.63(4)
(4)
Matching funds. The department may not distribute a grant under sub.
(2) (a) unless the rural hospital or group of rural hospitals offers to provide matching funds in an amount determined by the department.
146.63(5)
(5)
Term of grants. The department may not distribute a grant under sub.
(2) (a) to a rural hospital or group of rural hospitals for a term that is more than 3 years.
146.63(6)
(6)
Eligibility. A rural hospital or group of rural hospitals may only receive a grant under sub.
(3) if the plan to use the funds involves developing an accredited graduate medical training program in a specialty, including any of the following:
146.63 History
History: 2013 a. 20;
2019 a. 9.
146.64
146.64
Grants to support graduate medical training programs. 146.64(1)(1)
Definition. In this section, “hospital" has the meaning given under s.
50.33 (2).
146.64(2)(a)(a) Subject to par.
(c) and sub.
(4), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals to fund the addition of positions to existing accredited graduate medical training programs. The department shall distribute the grants under this paragraph to hospitals that apply to receive a grant under sub.
(3) and that satisfy the criteria established by the department under par.
(b) and the eligibility requirement under sub.
(4).
146.64(2)(b)
(b) The department shall establish criteria for approving and distributing grants under par.
(a).
146.64(2)(c)1.1. The department shall distribute funds for grants under par.
(a) from the appropriation under s.
20.435 (4) (bf). The department may not distribute more than $225,000 from the appropriation under s.
20.435 (4) (bf) to a particular hospital in a given state fiscal year and may not distribute more than $75,000 from the appropriation under s.
20.435 (4) (bf) to fund a given position in a graduate medical training program in a given state fiscal year.
146.64(2)(c)2.
2. If the department receives matching federal medical assistance funds, the department shall distribute those funds for grants under par.
(a) in addition to any funds distributed under subd.
1. 146.64(2)(d)
(d) The department shall seek federal medical assistance funds to match the grants distributed under par.
(a). If the department receives those funds, the department shall distribute them as provided in par.
(c) 2. 146.64(3)
(3)
Grant application. A hospital may apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant under sub.
(2) (a).
146.64(4)
(4)
Eligibility. A hospital that has an accredited graduate medical training program in a specialty, including any of the following, may apply to receive a grant under sub.
(3):
146.64 History
History: 2013 a. 20;
2019 a. 9.
146.65
146.65
Rural health dental clinics. 146.65(1)(1)
From the appropriation account under s.
20.435 (1) (dm), the department shall distribute moneys as follows:
146.65(1)(a)
(a) In each fiscal year, not more than $232,000, to the rural health dental clinic located in Ladysmith that provides dental services to persons who are developmentally disabled or elderly or who have low income, in the counties of Rusk, Price, Taylor, Sawyer, and Chippewa.
146.65(1)(b)
(b) In each fiscal year, not more than $355,600, to the rural health dental clinic located in Menomonie that provides dental services to persons who are developmentally disabled or elderly or who have low income, in the counties of Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix.
146.65(1)(c)
(c) In each fiscal year, not more than $400,000, to a rural health clinic in Chippewa Falls to provide dental services to persons who are developmentally disabled or elderly or who have low income, in the area surrounding Chippewa Falls, including the counties of Chippewa, Dunn, Barron, Taylor, Clark, and Eau Claire.
146.65(2)
(2) The department shall also seek federal funding to support the operations of the rural health dental clinics under sub.
(1).
146.66
146.66
Low-income dental clinics. 146.66(1)(1)
From the appropriation account under s.
20.435 (1) (dk), in each fiscal year, the department shall award grants to no fewer than 9 nonprofit dental clinics that meet the eligibility requirements under sub.
(2) and are located in this state.
146.66(2)
(2) To be eligible for a grant under sub.
(1), a nonprofit dental clinic must satisfy all of the following requirements:
146.66(2)(b)
(b) The clinic's primary purpose is to provide dental care to low-income patients, which may include any of the following individuals:
