Wisconsin Statutes 146.64 – Grants to support graduate medical training programs
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 146.64
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the department of health services. See Wisconsin Statutes 146.001
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) Definition. In this section, “hospital” has the meaning given under s. 50.33 (2).
(2) Departmental duties.
(a) Subject to par. (c) and sub. (4), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals to fund the addition of positions to existing accredited graduate medical training programs. The department shall distribute the grants under this paragraph to hospitals that apply to receive a grant under sub. (3) and that satisfy the criteria established by the department under par. (b) and the eligibility requirement under sub. (4).
(b) The department shall establish criteria for approving and distributing grants under par. (a).
(c)
1. The department shall distribute funds for grants under par. (a) from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bf). The department may not distribute more than $225,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bf) to a particular hospital in a given state fiscal year and may not distribute more than $75,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bf) to fund a given position in a graduate medical training program in a given state fiscal year.
2. If the department receives matching federal medical assistance funds, the department shall distribute those funds for grants under par. (a) in addition to any funds distributed under subd. 1.
(d) The department shall seek federal medical assistance funds to match the grants distributed under par. (a). If the department receives those funds, the department shall distribute them as provided in par. (c) 2.
(3) Grant application. A hospital may apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant under sub. (2) (a).
(4) Eligibility. A hospital that has an accredited graduate medical training program in a specialty, including any of the following, may apply to receive a grant under sub. (3):
(a) Family medicine.
(b) Pediatrics.
(c) Psychiatry.
(d) General surgery.
(e) Internal medicine.