Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB573 Compare Versions

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1		-	Date of enactment: ~~March 27, 2024~~
2		-	2023 Assembly Bill 573 Date of publication*: ~~March 28, 2024~~
3		-	2023 WISCONSIN ACT ~~219~~
	1	+	Date of enactment:
	2	+	2023 Assembly Bill 573 Date of publication*:
	3	+	2023 WISCONSIN ACT
4	4		AN ACT relating to: a law enforcement officer virtual behavioral health crisis care pilot program.
5	5		The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
6	6		senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
7	7		SECTION 1.0Nonstatutory provisions.
8	8		(1) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL
9	9		HEALTH CRISIS CARE PILOT PROGRAM.
10	10		(a) The department of health services shall establish
11	11		a pilot program to implement virtual behavioral health
12	12		crisis care services for use by county or municipal law
13	13		enforcement agencies in the field to connect law enforce-
14	14		ment officers who encounter persons in crisis to behav-
15	15		ioral healthcare services.
16	16		(b) Within 180 days after the effective date of this
17	17		paragraph, the department of health services shall obtain
18	18		and review proposals using its competitive selection
19	19		process to award contracts to certified county crisis agen-
20	20		cies for the purposes of providing virtual behavioral
21	21		health crisis care services to individuals experiencing a
22	22		behavioral crisis. Certified county crisis agencies that are
23	23		awarded grants under this subsection may contract with
24	24		their local law enforcement jurisdictions to provide tele-
25	25		health equipment and develop virtual behavioral health
26	26		care. Grants awarded under the competitive selection
27	27		process may include remote access via 2−way audio/
28	28		video communication, and grant awardees may contract
29	29		for services with a private entity for the purposes of train-
30	30		ing, equipment, or decision−making support. No grant
31	31		may be awarded under this paragraph unless the certified
32	32		county crisis agency who will receive the grant certifies
33	33		to the department of health services that grant funding
34	34		will pay no more than 75 percent of the cost of providing
35	35		virtual behavioral health crisis care services.
36	36		(c) Any certified county crisis agency that is eligible
37	37		to provide crisis services may apply for a grant under the
38	38		competitive selection process under par. (b). When
39	39		awarding grants under par. (b), the department of health
40	40		services may award no more than 50 percent of the pro-
41	41		gram resources for the program under par. (a) to certified
42	42		county crisis agencies who serve a population of more
43	43		than 50,000, and no more than 10 percent of the program
44	44		resources may be allocated to a single certified county
45	45		crisis agency.
46	46		(d) The department of health services shall collect all
47	47		of the following information as of March 31, 2025, for the
48	48		pilot program under par. (a), and report it to the joint com-
49	49		mittee on finance by May 1, 2025:
50	50		1. For each participating county or municipality, how
51	51		much money was received under the pilot program and
52	52		how much money was contributed by the county or
53	53		municipality.
54	54		2. Which counties and municipalities participated in
55	55		the program.
56	56		3. The number of law enforcement officers that were
57	57		equipped with the services provided under the program.
58	58		4. The number of incidents in which the services pro-
59	59		vided under the program were utilized.
60	60		* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
61		-	partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act ~~219~~ 2023 Assembly Bill 573
	61	+	partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 2023 Assembly Bill 573
62	62		5. Of the incidents in which the services provided
63	63		under the program were utilized, the number that were
64	64		predicted to otherwise have resulted in an involuntary
65	65		commitment.
66	66		6. Of the incidents in which the services provided
67	67		under the program were utilized, the number that ended
68	68		with the person in crisis remaining in place rather than
69	69		requiring some kind of transport.
70	70		7. An estimate of how many working hours were
71	71		saved by utilizing the services provided under the pro-
72	72		gram.