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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 443

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Relating to: grant to a hospital for expanding psychiatric bed capacity. (FE)

Building commission state Bus and truck Chippewa county Eau claire county Mental health — Hospitals and institutes

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Building Commission to award a grant to a hospital in

Eau Claire County, as specified in the bill, in the amount of $15,000,000 for the

purpose of expanding capacity by approximately 22 psychiatric beds between the

hospital in Eau Claire County and a hospital in Chippewa County. The hospitals

must give preference in admissions for the beds added under this bill to individuals

who meet the criteria for emergency detention and who are from one of the counties

specified in the bill. Under

2019 Wisconsin Act 9

, which is the biennial budget act,

the Building Commission is authorized to award moneys for a center and is allowed

to authorize up to $15,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing for that purpose.

Instead, this bill requires the Building Commission to award a grant in that amount

and requires the Building Commission to authorize general fund supported

borrowing, if necessary. If the grant awarded under this bill is not used for the

purpose of expanding psychiatric bed capacity, the state retains an ownership

interest in the hospital's expansion equal to the amount of the state's grant.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , James (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Magnafici (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Quinn (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Summerfield (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R)

8 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Schachtner (D) , Smith (D) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jan 31, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 4

Passed 9–4 Jan 31, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 97–0 Feb 18, 2020 official source full page

Aye · 97

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. Sep 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives James, Summerfield, Tittl, Dittrich, Edming, Kulp, Kurtz, Magnafici, Oldenburg, Petryk, Pronschinske, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Spiros, Tusler and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Tiffany, Schachtner, Smith, Stroebel, Testin and Wanggaard

  2. Sep 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Sep 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Felzkowski added as a coauthor

  5. Oct 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 27, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative James

  7. Jan 29, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  9. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 4

  10. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2020 by Committee on Rules

  12. Feb 14, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative James

  13. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  16. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0

  19. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Feb 24, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  22. Feb 24, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Feb 27, 2020 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  24. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1