Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 253 - Maternal and child health.
253.085 - Outreach to low-income pregnant women.

253.085 Outreach to low-income pregnant women.
(1) The department shall conduct an outreach program to make low-income pregnant women aware of the importance of early prenatal and infant health care and of the availability of medical assistance benefits under subch. IV of ch. 49 and other types of funding for prenatal and infant care, to refer women to prenatal and infant care services in the community and to make follow-up contacts with women referred to prenatal and infant care services.
(2) In addition to the amounts appropriated under s. 20.435 (1) (ev), the department shall distribute $250,000 for each fiscal year from moneys received under the maternal and child health services block grant program, 42 USC 701 to 709, for the outreach program under this section.
History: 1987 a. 399; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 27 s. 47; Stats. 1993 s. 253.085; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2009 a. 28.

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