2021 WISCONSIN ACT
An Act relating to: payments to certain long-term care facilities and their staff.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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Section
1.
Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) Payments to long-term care facilities.
(a) In this subsection, “assisted living facility” means a community-based residential facility, as defined in s. 50.01 (1g), an adult family home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1), or a residential care apartment complex, as defined in s. 50.01 (6d).
(b) The governor shall direct $150,000,000 from the moneys received under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, for the department of health services to distribute to nursing homes, as defined in s. 50.01 (3), and assisted living facilities that apply to the department for a onetime payment, which may be used by the nursing home or assisted living facility for purposes including capital projects and for assisting with integration into the statewide health information exchange system. To receive a payment under this paragraph, the nursing home or assisted living facility shall ensure that no less than 50 percent of the payment received by the nursing home or assisted living facility provides bonus payments to its employees, with an emphasis on providing bonuses to those employees who have direct contact with residents of the nursing home or assisted living facility, subject to any limitations on payments to individuals under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
