146.63 Grants to establish graduate medical training programs.
(1) Definition. In this section, “rural hospital" means a hospital, as defined under s. 50.33 (2), that is not located in a 1st class city.
(2) Departmental duties.
(a) Subject to subs. (4) and (5), the department shall distribute grants from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bf) to assist rural hospitals and groups of rural hospitals in procuring infrastructure and increasing case volume to the extent necessary to develop accredited graduate medical training programs. The department shall distribute the grants under this paragraph to rural hospitals and groups of rural 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. (6).
(b) The department shall establish criteria for approving and distributing grants under par. (a) and criteria for approving plans under sub. (3).
(3) Grant application. A rural hospital or group of rural hospitals may apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant under sub. (2) (a). The rural hospital or group of rural hospitals shall include in the application a plan to use the funds to procure infrastructure or increase case volume to the extent necessary to develop an accredited graduate medical training program at the rural hospital or group of rural hospitals and a plan to satisfy the matching requirement under sub. (4).
(4) Matching funds. The department may not distribute a grant under sub. (2) (a) unless the rural hospital or group of rural hospitals offers to provide matching funds in an amount determined by the department.
(5) Term of grants. The department may not distribute a grant under sub. (2) (a) to a rural hospital or group of rural hospitals for a term that is more than 3 years.
(6) Eligibility. A rural hospital or group of rural hospitals may only receive a grant under sub. (3) if the plan to use the funds involves developing an accredited graduate medical training program in a specialty, including any of the following:
(a) Family medicine.
(b) Pediatrics.
(c) Psychiatry.
(d) General surgery.
(e) Internal medicine.
History: 2013 a. 20; 2019 a. 9.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions.
146.0255 - Testing infants for controlled substances or controlled substance analogs.
146.0257 - Evaluation of infants for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
146.085 - Pay toilets prohibited.
146.22 - Flushing devices for urinals.
146.25 - Required implanting of microchip prohibited.
146.29 - Access to toilet facility in retail establishment.
146.31 - Blood or tissue transfer services.
146.34 - Donation of bone marrow by a minor.
146.343 - Donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
146.345 - Sale of human organs prohibited.
146.348 - Reimbursement in cancer clinical trial programs.
146.35 - Female genital mutilation prohibited.
146.37 - Health care services review; civil immunity.
146.38 - Health care services review; confidentiality of information.
146.40 - Instructional programs for nurse aides; reporting client abuse.
146.60 - Notice of release of genetically engineered organisms into the environment.
146.615 - Advanced practice clinician training grants.
146.616 - Allied health professional education and training grants.
146.618 - Treatment program grants.
146.62 - Rural hospital loan program.
146.63 - Grants to establish graduate medical training programs.
146.64 - Grants to support graduate medical training programs.
146.65 - Rural health dental clinics.
146.66 - Low-income dental clinics.
146.68 - Grant for colposcopies and other services.
146.71 - Determination of death.
146.81 - Health care records; definitions.
146.815 - Contents of certain patient health care records.
146.816 - Uses and disclosures of protected health information.
146.817 - Preservation of fetal monitor tracings and microfilm copies.
146.819 - Preservation or destruction of patient health care records.
146.82 - Confidentiality of patient health care records.
146.83 - Access to patient health care records.
146.835 - Parents denied physical placement rights.
146.84 - Violations related to patient health care records.
146.87 - Federal registration numbers for prescribers of controlled substances.
146.89 - Volunteer health care provider program.
146.903 - Disclosures required of health care providers and hospitals.
146.905 - Reduction in fees prohibited.
146.91 - Long-term care insurance.