Relating to: funding for hospital emergency department services. (FE)

This bill authorizes the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to distribute up to $15 million in grants between 2023 and 2025 to support hospital emergency department services in Chippewa or Eau Claire counties. To receive funding, health systems must commit to providing emergency care in these specific counties and agree to use the grant money for capital expenditures that improve those services. The legislation requires recipients to report how the funds were spent and their impact on emergency care by March 2025, with a final summary report submitted to the legislature by June 2025.