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2023 SENATE BILL 345
June 21, 2023 - Introduced by Senators QUINN, BRADLEY, FEYEN, HUTTON, JACQUE,
JAGLER, JAMES, KNODL, NASS and TOMCZYK, cosponsored by Representatives
NEDWESKI, ROZAR, ALLEN, ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, BODDEN, BRANDTJEN,
DONOVAN, DUCHOW, EDMING, GOEBEN, GREEN, GUNDRUM, GUSTAFSON, HURD,
KRUG, MACCO, MAGNAFICI, MAXEY, MOSES, MURPHY, MURSAU, O'CONNOR,
PENTERMAN, RETTINGER, SCHMIDT, SCHRAA, STEFFEN, SUMMERFIELD, TITTL,
TUSLER and WICHGERS. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Constitution and
Federalism.
1 AN ACT to amend 20.435 (1) (eg); and to create 253.02 (5) of the statutes;
2 relating to: grants to Choose Life Wisconsin and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Health Services to award a grant to Choose
Life Wisconsin for that organization to provide grants to pregnancy resource centers.
Choose Life Wisconsin must report annually to DHS on the pregnancy resource
centers it has awarded a grant, and DHS must distribute this annual report to the
legislature.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
3 SECTION 1. 20.435 (1) (eg) of the statutes is amended to read:
4 20.435 (1) (eg) Pregnancy counseling. The amounts in the schedule for grants
5 for pregnancy counseling under s. 253.08 and for the grant under s. 253.02 (5).
6 SECTION 2. 253.02 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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SENATE BILL 345 SECTION 2
1 253.02 (5) The department shall award a grant in an amount of $1,000,000 per
2 fiscal year to Choose Life Wisconsin, Inc., for Choose Life Wisconsin, Inc., to provide
3 grants in an amount of up to $50,000 each to pregnancy resource centers. Choose Life
4 Wisconsin shall report to the department annually on the pregnancy resource
5 centers that receive grants with moneys provided under this subsection. The
6 department shall distribute the annual report to the legislature in the manner
7 described under s. 13.172 (2).
8 SECTION 3.0Fiscal changes.
9 (1) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department
10 of health services under s. 20.435 (1) (eg), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24
11 is increased by $1,000,000 to award the grant to Choose Life Wisconsin, Inc., under
12 s. 253.02 (5). In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the
13 department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) (eg), the dollar amount for fiscal
14 year 2024-25 is increased by $1,000,000 to award the grant to Choose Life
15 Wisconsin, Inc., under s. 253.02 (5).
16 SECTION 4.0Effective date.
17 (1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
18 publication of the 2023 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 20.435(1)(eg), 20.435