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Statutorily Required Reports

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is statutorily required to provide one-time, quarterly, annual, and biennial reports on behalf of the agency. DHS is required to provide these reports and information to the legislature and governor.

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Cost to Certain Prevailing Parties, 2023

Wisconsin Stat. § 814.245(10)

Each state agency that is ordered to pay costs under this section or that recovers costs under sub. (11) shall report annually, as soon as is practicable after June 30, to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature the number, nature and amounts awarded, the claims involved in the action in which the costs were incurred, the costs recovered under sub. (11) and any other relevant information to aid the legislature in evaluating the effect of this section.

09/2023
Birth to 3 Program State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report, 2021

Wisconsin Stat. § 51.44(5)(c)

51.44(5)(c).  Annually, submit to the chief clerk of each house of the Legislature for distribution to the Legislature under s. 13.172(2) a report on the department's progress toward full implementation of the program under this section, including the progress of counties in implementing goals for participation in 5th-year requirements under 20 USC 1476.

08/2023
Project Apple School Based Mental Health Report

2019 Wisconsin Act 117

(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).

07/2023
Statewide Immunization Program 2022 Report

Wisconsin Stat. § 252.04(11)

Annually, by July 1, the department shall submit a report to the legislature under § 13.172(3) on the success of the statewide immunization program under this section.

07/2023
Wisconsin Hospital Assessment: SFY 2022

Wisconsin Stat. § 49.45(59)

(7) By January 1 of each year the department shall report to the joint committee on finance all of the following information for the state fiscal year ending the previous June 30: (a) The amount each eligible hospital paid under sub. (2). (b) The amounts the department paid each health maintenance organization under s. 49.45 (59) (a). (c) The total amounts that each eligible hospital received from health maintenance organizations under s. 49.45 (59) (b). (d) The total amount of payment increases the department made, in connection with implementation of the hospital assessment under sub. (2), for inpatient and outpatient hospital services that are reimbursed on a fee−for−service basis.

06/2023
Tobacco Use Cessation: 2022 Annual Report to the Governor and the Legislature

Wisconsin Stat. § 255.15(4)

(4) Reports. Not later than April 15, 2002, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution under § 13.172 (2) a report that evaluates the success of the grant program under sub. (3). The report shall specify the number of grants awarded during the immediately preceding fiscal year and the purpose for which each grant was made. The report shall also specify donations and grants accepted by the department under sub. (5).

06/2023
Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center: 2023 Report

Wisconsin Stat. § 153.05(2m)(c)

(c) By April 1, annually, the secretary of health and family services shall submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under Wis. Stat.§ 13.172(2), a report concerning the content and number of reports and currency of information and reports generated in the previous calendar year by the entity under contract under§ 153.05 (2m).

06/2023
Class A Violations for Nursing Homes and FDDS: 2022

Wisconsin Stat. § 50.04(5)(fr), Wis. Act. 237

As defined by s. 50.04(4)(b)(1), a Class A violation is “a violation of this subchapter or of the rules promulgated thereunder which creates a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a nursing home presenting a substantial probability that death or serious mental or physical harm to a resident will result therefrom.”

06/2023
Opioid and Methamphetamine Treatment Programs Progress Report to Legislature: 2023 Report

2013 Wisconsin Act 195

By the first day of the 24th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, April 8, 2014, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate standing committees under Wis. Stat. § 13.172(3) a progress report on the outcomes of the program under this section.

Section 1. 20.435(5)(bc) of the statutes is amended to read: Grants for community programs. The amounts in the schedule for grants for...opioid treatment programs under Wis. Stat. § 51.422.

05/2023
Hunger Report, 2021

Wisconsin Stat. §§ 49.76(4) and (5)

(4) Develop an annual plan that documents areas of hunger and populations experiencing hunger within this state and that recommends strategies and state and federal policy changes to address hunger in these areas and populations. (5) Submit, by December 31 annually, the plan developed under sub. (4) to the governor, superintendent of public instruction and the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).​

04/2023
DHS Opioid Settlement Funds Proposal for SFY 2024

2021 Wisconsin Act 57

2021 Wisconsin Act 57 requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to submit to the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) by April 1 of each year a proposal for expending settlement proceeds paid to the state from the National Prescription Opiate Litigation (NPOL), Case No. MDL 2804. Per Act 57, 30 percent of the NPOL settlement proceeds will be allocated to DHS for purposes that comply with the settlement agreement or court order. DHS is required to submit a plan to JCF for spending settlement proceeds by April 1 of each year for the next fiscal year and requires JCF approval via the 14-day passive review process before it can expend the NPOL settlement funding. Approval is also required if DHS seeks to deviate from the proposed plan in the future. The remaining 70 percent of the settlement proceeds will be provided to local governments that were party to the litigation.

03/2023
Impact of CIP 1A on State Employees Report, 2022

Wisconsin Stat. § 46.275(5m)

By March 1 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under Wis. Stat. § 13.172(3), describing the program's impact during the preceding calendar year on state employees, including the department's efforts to redeploy employees into vacant positions and the number of employees laid off

03/2023
2021 Annual Report to the Governor on Activities Relating to Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment

Wisconsin Stat. § 51.45(4)(p)

Submit to the governor or the state health planning and development agency under P.L. 93-641, as amended, an annual report covering the activities of the department relating to treatment of alcoholism.

03/2023
Report on Rehabilitation Requests, 2022

Wisconsin Stat. § 50.065(5g)

(5g) Beginning on January 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the legislature under Wis. Stat. § 13.172 (2) that specifies the number of persons in the previous year who have requested to demonstrate to the department that they have been rehabilitated under sub. (5), the number of persons who successfully demonstrated that they have been rehabilitated under sub. (5) and the reasons for the success or failure of a person who has attempted to demonstrate that he or she has been rehabilitated.

02/2023
Report to the Legislature on Data Processing Projects: 2022 Report

Wisconsin Stat. § 46.03(26)

The department shall submit a report each December 31 to the Joint Committee on Finance and to the Chief Clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under Wis. Stat. § 13.172(3), regarding the data processing projects under development. 

01/2023
Mental Health and Substance Use Services and Programs, CY 2020 and 2021

2013 Act 251

Section 1. 51.42 (7) (d) of the statutes is created to read: 51.42 (7) (d) By January 1, 2015, and by January 1 of each odd-numbered year thereafter, the department shall submit to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) a report that describes mental health services and programs provided by counties and regions comprised of multiple counties.

 

01/2023
Suicide in Wisconsin: Impact Response Report, 2021-2022

Wisconsin Stat. § 13.10

DHS to provide an annual report to the Legislature regarding suicide impact and responses in the state.

12/2022
Gifts, Grants, Bequests, or Devises 2022 Report

Wisconsin Stat. § 20.907(1m)

Reporting. State agencies shall, by December 1 annually, submit a report to the joint committee on finance and the department of administration on expenditures made by the agency during the preceding fiscal year from nonfederal funds received as gifts, grants, bequests or devises.

11/2022
Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services State Plan, 2022-2023

Wisconsin Stat. § 256.08

(a) By December 31, 1995, the department shall prepare a state emergency medical services plan. The plan shall include an identification of priorities for changes in the state emergency medical services system for the two years following preparation of the plan. In preparing the plan, the department shall review all statutes and rules that relate to emergency medical services and recommend in the plan any changes in those statutes and rules that the department considers appropriate. After initial preparation of the plan, the department shall keep the plan current and shall reorder priorities for changes in the state emergency medical services system, based on determinations of the board.

11/2022
Annual Report on WHIO, 2021

Wisconsin Stat. § 153.05(2s)

(2s) Annually, the department of health services and the department of employee trust funds shall jointly prepare and submit under s. 13.172 (3) to standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over health issues a report on the activities of the data organization under this chapter.

11/2022
Last revised January 23, 2023