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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 545

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Relating to: grants for free and charitable clinics; funding for special education, the University of Wisconsin System, and the technical college system; and making an appropriation.. (FE)

Children — Special educational needs Health services department of — Health Hospitals and health care facilities Public instruction department of Technical college system board University of wisconsin — Finance

  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

Under current law, the Department of Health Services is required to award

grants each fiscal year to several classes of community health centers. A community

health center is a health care entity that provides primary health care, health

education, and social services to low-income individuals. The 2019 biennial budget

act,

2019 Wisconsin Act 9

, required DHS to annually award $500,000 in grants to free

and charitable clinics from the same community health services appropriation. This

bill continues the grant for free and charitable clinics and directs DHS to annually

award $2,500,000 in grants to free and charitable clinics. This bill defines “free and

charitable clinics” as health care organizations that use a volunteer and staff model

to provide health services to uninsured, underinsured, underserved, economically

and socially disadvantaged, and vulnerable populations and that meet criteria

specified in the bill. If the grants are awarded, the bill provides additional funding

to the Department of Public Instruction for aids for special education and to the

University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Baldeh (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hong (D) , Milroy (D) , Neubauer (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D)

7 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Roys (D)

Full history

  1. Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Riemer, Anderson, Baldeh, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Milroy, Neubauer, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Erpenbach, Agard, Carpenter, Larson, Pfaff and Roys

  2. Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Sep 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 1, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Oct 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Oct 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1