Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB255 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 255
5	5	May 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DALLMAN, TRANEL, BRANDTJEN,
6	6	EDMING, GREEN, GUNDRUM, MURPHY, MURSAU, NOVAK, O'CONNOR, OLDENBURG,
7	7	PENTERMAN and SWEARINGEN, cosponsored by Senators STAFSHOLT and NASS.
8	8	Referred to Committee on Rural Development.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to create 39.387 and 71.05 (6) (b) 58. of the statutes; relating to: creating
11	11	a rural pharmacy practice grant program administered by the Higher
12	12	Educational Aids Board, exempting from taxation amounts received from such
13	13	a grant program, and granting rule-making authority.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	This bill establishes a rural pharmacy practice grant program administered by
16	16	the Higher Educational Aids Board to encourage pharmacists to engage in the
17	17	practice of pharmacy in medically underserved areas in this state. To be eligible for
18	18	the program, a pharmacist must engage in the practice of pharmacy in a medically
19	19	underserved area in this state and commit to do so for at least three years after
20	20	graduation from a school of pharmacy. For purposes of the bill, a “medically
21	21	underserved area" is an area designated as such by the secretary of the federal
22	22	Department of Health and Human Services. Under the program, an eligible
23	23	pharmacist may be provided up to $30,000 per year in financial assistance for up to
24	24	three years. However, HEAB may provide financial assistance to no more than 10
25	25	pharmacists per year. A student enrolled in a school of pharmacy may apply to the
26	26	program prior to becoming a licensed pharmacist. Financial assistance to a
27	27	pharmacist participating in the program is provided after the pharmacist's year of
28	28	pharmacy practice in a medically underserved area in this state.
29	29	Under the bill, any amount of financial assistance that a pharmacist receives
30	30	under the program is exempt from taxation.
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37	37	Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be
38	38	referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed
39	39	as an appendix to the bill.
40	40	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
41	41	enact as follows:
42	42	SECTION 1. 39.387 of the statutes is created to read:
43	43	39.387 Rural pharmacy practice grant program. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this
44	44	section:
45	45	(a) “Grant program" means the rural pharmacy practice grant program under
46	46	this section.
47	47	(b) “Medically underserved area" means a medically underserved area
48	48	designated by the federal secretary of health and human services as provided in 42
49	49	CFR 51c.102 (e).
50	50	(c) “Pharmacist" means a person licensed by the pharmacy examining board
51	51	under s. 450.03 or 450.05.
52	52	(d) “Practice of pharmacy” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (16).
53	53	(e) “School of pharmacy" has the meaning given in s. 255.35 (1m) (g).
54	54	(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. There is established, to be administered by the
55	55	board, a rural pharmacy practice grant program to encourage pharmacists to engage
56	56	in the practice of pharmacy in medically underserved areas in this state by providing
57	57	grants of financial assistance to those pharmacists as provided in sub. (4).
58	58	(3) ELIGIBILITY. A pharmacist is eligible for financial assistance as provided
59	59	under sub. (4) if the pharmacist meets all of the following requirements:
60	60	(a) He or she engages in the practice of pharmacy in a medically underserved
61	61	area in this state.
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86	86	(b) He or she commits to engage in the practice of pharmacy in a medically
87	87	underserved area in this state for at least 3 of the first 5 years after graduation from
88	88	a school of pharmacy.
89	89	(c) He or she does not appear on the statewide support lien docket under s.
90	90	49.854 (2) (b), unless the pharmacist provides to the board a payment agreement that
91	91	has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is
92	92	consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
93	93	(4) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (a) 1. The board shall grant financial assistance to
94	94	pharmacists who meet the eligibility requirements specified in sub. (3), who apply
95	95	for participation in the grant program as provided in par. (b), and who submit claims
96	96	for that financial assistance as provided in par. (c).
97	97	2. The board may grant financial assistance under the grant program to no
98	98	more than 10 pharmacists in a fiscal year. If more than 10 pharmacists apply for
99	99	participation in the grant program in a fiscal year, the board shall consider the order
100	100	in which those applications are received and the need for pharmacists in the
101	101	medically underserved area for which the application is made in selecting
102	102	participants in the grant program.
103	103	3. A pharmacist may not receive financial assistance under the grant program
104	104	in more than 3 fiscal years and may not receive more than $30,000 in any fiscal year.
105	105	(b) A pharmacist or student enrolled in a school of pharmacy may apply for
106	106	participation in the grant program by submitting an application to the board in a
107	107	form prescribed by the board. The application shall include such information as the
108	108	board may require to establish that the pharmacist or student meets or will meet the
109	109	eligibility requirements specified in sub. (3) for participation in the grant program
110	110	and any other information the board may require by rule promulgated under sub. (5).
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138	138	(c) After each year in which a pharmacist participating in the grant program
139	139	engages in the practice of pharmacy in a medically underserved area in this state,
140	140	the pharmacist may submit to the board a claim for financial assistance. The claim
141	141	shall include the signature of the pharmacist and of a representative of the pharmacy
142	142	in which the pharmacist is employed or otherwise affiliated certifying that, during
143	143	the period for which financial assistance is claimed, the pharmacist engaged in the
144	144	practice of pharmacy in a medically underserved area in this state and such other
145	145	information as the board may require by rule promulgated under sub. (5) to verify
146	146	the pharmacist's eligibility for financial assistance.
147	147	(d) If the board determines that a pharmacist who submits a claim for financial
148	148	assistance under par. (c) is eligible to receive that assistance, the board shall provide
149	149	that assistance, subject to funding amounts available.
150	150	(5) RULES. The board shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
151	151	section, including rules specifying all of the following:
152	152	(a) The information a pharmacist or student enrolled in a school of pharmacy
153	153	must include in an application for participation in the grant program under sub. (4)
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155	155	(b) The information a pharmacist must include in a claim for financial
156	156	assistance under sub. (4) (c).
157	157	SECTION 2. 71.05 (6) (b) 58. of the statutes is created to read:
158	158	71.05 (6) (b) 58. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, any
159	159	amount received by a pharmacist, in the taxable year to which the subtraction
160	160	relates, from the rural pharmacy practice grant program under s. 39.387.
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190	190	(1) RURAL PHARMACY PRACTICE GRANT PROGRAM. This act first applies to an
191	191	individual who graduates from a school of pharmacy in 2023.
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