LRB-5870/1 SWB:cdc&skw 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1077 February 9, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives SUMMERFIELD, HURD, MOSES, PETRYK, PRONSCHINSKE, ARMSTRONG and ROZAR, cosponsored by Senators JAMES and QUINN. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care. ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** AN ACT to repeal 20.867 (3) (v); and to create 20.435 (1) (bd) of the statutes; relating to: transfer from the state building trust fund to the general fund, funding for grants to support hospital emergency department services, and making an appropriation. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill transfers $15,000,000 from the state building trust fund to the general fund and eliminates a $15,000,000 appropriation for a Building Commission grant in the 2021-22 fiscal year that was not used by a health system for the purpose of expanding psychiatric bed space. The bill increases the appropriation to the Joint Committee on Finance for supplemental appropriations by $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2023-24 for grants to support hospital emergency department services. For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: 1 2 3 4 5 6 - 2 -2023 - 2024 Legislature LRB-5870/1 SWB:cdc&skw SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 1077 2023-24 2024-25 20.435Health services, department of (1) PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PLANNING, REGULATION, AND DELIVERY (bd)Hospital emergency department services grants GPR B -0- -0- SECTION 2. 20.435 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read: 20.435 (1) (bd) Hospital emergency department services grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants to support hospital emergency department services. SECTION 3. 20.867 (3) (v) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 4.0Fiscal changes. (1) TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND. There is transferred from the state building trust fund to the general fund $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-24. (2) JOINT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE SUPPLEMENTATION. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the joint committee on finance under s. 20.865 (4) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $15,000,000 for grants to support hospital emergency department services. (END) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18