Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 7 R cosponsors

AB 644 — Relating to: creating a school-based mental health consultation pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Last action — Published 3-3-2020

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The amendment to Assembly Bill 644 changes the funding structure for a school-based mental health consultation pilot program. Initially, the bill proposed $350,000, but it has been reduced to $175,000 for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 fiscal years. This reduction in funding could impact the resources available for supporting mental health services in schools, which is crucial for assisting students with mental health needs. In summary, while the pilot program will still move forward, the decreased funding may limit its effectiveness and reach.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa0897/1 TJD:wlj ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 644 January 16, 2020 - Offered bOINTCOMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-4309/1 KP:kjf&cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 644 December 3, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives S TEINEKE , ROHRKASTE , Z IMMERMAN , TITT, MURPHY , ITTRICH, KRUG, LUMER , TUSLER, MURSAU , TUCK and S KOWRONSKI , cosponsored by Senators D ARLING, ROTH , OLSEN and C ARPENTER .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Mental Health.
A N A CT to create 20.435 (5) (by) and 51.445 of the statutes;
relating to:
creating a school-based mental health consultation pilot program and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the Department of Health Services to create and administer a school-based mental health consultation pilot program in Outagamie County to assist participating school-based providers in providing enhanced care to students with mental health care needs, to provide referral support for those students, and to provide additional services.
The mental health consultation pilot program is not an emergency referral service.
DHS must provide moneys to an organization that as of January 1, 2019, provided consultation services through the child psychiatry consultation program existing under current law, and the organization must meet certain criteria and provide consultation services through the consultation pilot program established by the bill.
Under the bill, the consultation provider must have the capability to provide consultation services by telephone, and may also provide services by other means of communication.
The consultation provider may also provide certain in-person or Internet site-based educational seminars and refresher courses provided to any participating school-based provider who uses the consultation pilot program, and these services are eligible for funding from DHS.
A consultation provider must report any information requested by DHS.
The bill also requires DHS to conduct annual surveys of participating school-based providers who use the consultation pilot program and to submit a report on the program to the appropriate committees of the legislature by August 1, 2022.
- 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-4309/1 KP:kjf&cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 644 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:
SECTION 1.
20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes:
at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
2019-20 2020-21 20.435 Health services, department of (5) M ENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES (by) School-based mental health con­ sultation pilot program GPR C -0- 350,000 SECTION 2.
20.435 (5) (by) of the statutes is created to read:
20.435 (5) (by) School-based mental health consultation pilot program.
As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for operating the school-based mental health consultation pilot program under s.
51.445.The department is prohibited from expending more than $175,000 under this paragraph in a particular fiscal year.
SECTION 3.
51.445 of the statutes is created to read:
51.445 School-based mental health consultation pilot program.
(1) In this section, “participating school-based providers” includes all of the following:
(a) A nurse, counselor, social worker, physical therapist, or occupational therapist employed by a school or school district.
(b) A superintendent of a school district, a principal, a district administrator, or a director of special education and pupil services.
LRB-4309/1 - 2020 Legislature - 3 - KP:kjf&cjs SECTION 3 ASSEMBLY BILL 644 (2) The department shall create and administer a school-based mental health consultation pilot program in Outagamie County to assist participating school-based providers in providing enhanced care to students with mental health care needs, to provide referral support for students, and to provide additional services described in this section.
The consultation pilot program created under this section is not an emergency referral service.
(3) The department shall provide moneys to an organization that provided consultation services through the child psychiatry consultation program under s.
51.442 as of January 1, 2019, and the organization shall provide consultation services through the consultation pilot program under this section in Outagamie County in a manner that maximizes medically appropriate access and services as described under sub.
(4).
(4) An organization providing consultation services through the consultation pilot program under this section shall make available its own qualified provider or consortium of providers.
The organization shall successfully demonstrate that it meets all of the following criteria:
(a) The organization has the required infrastructure to provide services within Outagamie County.
(b) Any individual who would be providing consulting services through the program is located in this state.
(c) The organization enters into a contract with the department agreeing to satisfy all of the following criteria as a condition of providing services through the consultation pilot program:
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The organization has at the time of participation in the program a psychiatrist, who is either eligible for certification or certified by the American Board - 2020 Legislature - 4 - LRB-4309/1 KP:kjf&cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 644 S ECTION 3 of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc., for either adult psychiatry or child and adolescent psychiatry or both, and has and maintains additional staff as specified by the department.
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“(by) School-based mental health con­ sultation pilot program GPR C -0- 175,000”.
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The organization operates during the normal business hours of Monday to Friday between 8 a.m.
after “moneys" insert “in the amount of $175,000 in each fiscal year in, at least, fiscal years 2020-21 and 2021-22".
and 5 p.m., excluding weekends and holidays.
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The organization shall be able to provide consultation services as promptly as is practicable.
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The organization shall provide all of the following services:
delete “$350,000" and substitute “$175,000".
a.
Support for participating school-based providers to assist in the management of students with mental health problems and to provide referral support for students.
b.
A triage-level assessment to determine the most appropriate response to each request, including appropriate referrals to other mental health professionals.
c.
When medically appropriate, diagnostic and therapeutic feedback.
d.
Recruitment of other practices in Outagamie County to the provider's services.
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The organization shall have the capability to provide consultation services by telephone, at a minimum.
(5) (a) An organization providing consultation services through the consultation pilot program under this section may provide services by teleconference, video conference, voice over Internet protocol, electronic mail, pager, or in-person conference.
(b) The organization providing consultation services through the consultation pilot program under this section may provide in-person or Internet site-based educational seminars and refresher courses provided to any participating LRB-4309/1 - 2020 Legislature - 5 - KP:kjf&cjs S ECTION 3 ASSEMBLY BILL 644 school-based provider who uses the consultation pilot program on a medically appropriate topic within child psychiatry.
These services are eligible for funding from the department.
(6) An organization that provides consultation services through the consultation pilot program under this section shall report to the department any information as requested by the department.
(7) The department shall conduct annual surveys of participating school-based providers who use the consultation pilot program under this section to assess the amount of pediatric mental health care provided, self-perceived levels of confidence in providing pediatric mental health services, and the satisfaction with the consultations and the educational opportunities provided.
(8) By August 1, 2022, the department shall submit a report on the school-based mental health consultation pilot program under this section to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over health under s.
13.172 (3).
S ECTION 40Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) Notwithstanding s.
16.42 (1) (e), in submitting information under s.
16.42 for the 2021-23 biennial budget bill, the department of health services shall submit information concerning the appropriation under s.
20.435 (5) (by) as though the total amount appropriated under s.
20.435 (5) (by) for the 2020-21 fiscal year had been $175,000 instead of $350,000.
S ECTION 5.Fiscal changes.
(1) Notwithstanding s.
20.001 (3) (c), from the appropriation account under s.
20.435 (4) (bk), there is lapsed to the general fund $350,000 in fiscal year 2020-21.
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Action History

  1. Published 3-3-2020

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 3-2-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 117

  3. Presented to the Governor on 2-25-2020

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020

  5. Received from Senate concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 2

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Read a second time

  11. Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  13. Available for scheduling

  14. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  15. Received from Assembly

  16. Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0

  18. Rules suspended

  19. Ordered to a third reading

  20. Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36

  21. Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Considine, Pope, Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, Stubbs, Vining, Riemer, Goyke, Neubauer, Cabrera, Emerson, Brostoff, McGuire, Vruwink, Subeck, C. Taylor and Sargent

  22. Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  23. Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Pope, Considine, Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, Stubbs, Fields, Ohnstad, Billings, Kolste, B. Meyers, Sinicki, Vining, Riemer, Goyke, Neubauer, Cabrera, Emerson, Brostoff, McGuire, Vruwink, Subeck, C. Taylor and Sargent

  24. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  25. Read a second time

  26. Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules

  27. Referred to committee on Rules

  28. Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  29. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  30. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  31. Executive action taken

  32. Referred to joint committee on Finance

  33. Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  34. Executive action taken

  35. Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor

  36. Fiscal estimate received

  37. Public hearing held

  38. Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health

  39. Introduced by Representatives Steineke, Rohrkaste, Zimmerman, Tittl, Murphy, Dittrich, Krug, Plumer, Tusler, Mursau, Stuck and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Roth, Olsen and Carpenter

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12 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (12)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

CONCURRENCE

Passed 31 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19000
Democrat 6000
Republican 6200
Total 31200
% of votes cast 94%6%0%0%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
BERNIER — Yea
JOHNSON — Yea
SCHACHTNER — Yea
BEWLEY — Yea
KOOYENGA — Yea
SHILLING — Yea
COWLES — Yea
STROEBEL — Yea
CRAIG — Yea
DARLING — Yea
MILLER — Yea
ERPENBACH — Yea
OLSEN — Yea
TIFFANY — Yea
PETROWSKI — Yea
RINGHAND — Yea
HANSEN — Yea
RISSER — Yea
ROTH — Yea
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Yea
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Yea
Larson, Chris Democrat Yea
Smith, Jeff Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Wirch, Robert Democrat Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Nay
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Nay
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 36000
Democrat 14000
Unaffiliated 48000
Total 98000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (98)
Member Party Vote
BALLWEG — Yea
BOWEN — Yea
BRANDTJEN — Yea
BROSTOFF — Yea
CABRERA — Yea
CONSIDINE — Yea
CROWLEY — Yea
EDMING — Yea
FIELDS — Yea
GOYKE — Yea
GRUSZYNSKI — Yea
HEBL — Yea
HINTZ — Yea
HORLACHER — Yea
KATSMA — Yea
KERKMAN — Yea
KOLSTE — Yea
KUGLITSCH — Yea
KULP — Yea
LOUDENBECK — Yea
MACCO — Yea
MAGNAFICI — Yea
MEYERS — Yea
MILROY — Yea
MYERS — Yea
NYGREN — Yea
OHNSTAD — Yea
OLDENBURG — Yea
OTT — Yea
PETRYK — Yea
PLUMER — Yea
POPE — Yea
RAMTHUN — Yea
RIEMER — Yea
ROHRKASTE — Yea
SANFELIPPO — Yea
SARGENT — Yea
SCHRAA — Yea
SHANKLAND — Yea
SKOWRONSKI — Yea
STEINEKE — Yea
STUCK — Yea
TAUCHEN — Yea
THIESFELDT — Yea
VORPAGEL — Yea
VRUWINK — Yea
ZAMARRIPA — Yea
SPEAKER — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Yea
Billings, Jill Democrat Yea
Doyle, Steve Democrat Yea
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Yea
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Yea
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Yea
McGuire, Tip Democrat Yea
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Yea
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Yea
Spreitzer, Mark Democrat Yea
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Yea
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Vining, Robyn Democrat Yea
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Felzkowski, Mary Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Quinn, Romaine Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Stafsholt, Rob Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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Who sponsors AB 644?
AB 644 is sponsored by Steineke, Rohrkaste, Zimmerman, Shannon (Republican), Tittl, Paul (Republican), Murphy, David (Republican), Krug, Scott (Republican), Plumer, Tusler, Ron (Republican), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Stuck, Skowronski, and Dittrich, Barbara (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 644?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 03, 2019. Enacted.
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