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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1208 |
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| 5 | 5 | | April 11, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives STUBBS, J. ANDERSON, SHANKLAND, |
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| 6 | 6 | | SINICKI and SUBECK, cosponsored by Senators L. JOHNSON, CARPENTER, WIRCH, |
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| 7 | 7 | | SMITH and HESSELBEIN. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and |
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| 8 | 8 | | Long-Term Care. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to amend 250.20 (3) of the statutes; relating to: minority health grants. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | This bill adds a funding priority for the minority health program through which |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Department of Health Services annually awards grants to organizations for |
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| 14 | 14 | | activities to improve the health status of economically disadvantaged minority group |
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| 15 | 15 | | members. Under current law, DHS awards grants of up to $50,000 per year per |
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| 16 | 16 | | applicant and requires that applicants that are not federally qualified health centers |
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| 17 | 17 | | receive priority for grants. This bill requires that applicants providing maternal and |
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| 18 | 18 | | child health services also receive priority for these grants. |
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| 19 | 19 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 20 | 20 | | enact as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. 250.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 250.20 (3) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (cr), the |
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| 23 | 23 | | department shall annually award grants for activities to improve the health status |
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| 24 | 24 | | of economically disadvantaged minority group members. A person may apply, in the |
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| 25 | 25 | | manner specified by the department, for a grant of up to $50,000 in each fiscal year |
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| 26 | 26 | | to conduct these activities. An awardee of a grant under this subsection shall |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 1208 |
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| 36 | 36 | | provide, for at least 50 percent of the grant amount, matching funds that may consist |
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| 37 | 37 | | of funding or an in-kind contribution. An applicant that is not a federally qualified |
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| 38 | 38 | | health center, as defined under 42 CFR 405.2401 (b) shall receive priority for grants |
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| 39 | 39 | | awarded under this subsection. An applicant that provides maternal and child |
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| 40 | 40 | | health services shall receive priority for grants awarded under this subsection. |
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