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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 405

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Bernier (R) , Schachtner (D) , Smith (D) , Stroebel (R) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

18 cosponsors

Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (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)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 25, 2020 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 25, 2020 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Sep 16, 2019 · Senate

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

  2. Sep 16, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 3, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Felzkowski added as a cosponsor

  5. Feb 12, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 18, 2020 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bernier

  7. Feb 25, 2020 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Feb 25, 2020 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Feb 25, 2020 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  10. Feb 25, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1