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Equity and Disparities in Wisconsin

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        Wisconsin law promotes activities to reduce health disparities within the state.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services must identify barriers to health care affecting disadvantaged members of minority populations.  The Department must hold hearings on this topic and must advise state agencies on the impact of state policies of the health of economically disadvantaged minority populations.  The Department must also distribute information on the health status of these populations.  The Department must also encourage minority youth to enter health professions.  The Department is required to submit a report that includes recommendations twice yearly to legislative committees and the governor.1

 

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  • 1. W.S.A. §250.20

 

Equity and Disparities in Wisconsin

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Required documentation of race/ethnicity (Cross reference with Medical Records Collection) Data to be submitted by freestanding ambulatory surgery centers – Wis. Admin. Code DHS §120-13 Data to be submitted by freestanding ambulatory surgery centers This regulation requires freestanding ambulatory surgery centers to report certain...
Data to be submitted by hospitals – Wis. Admin. Code DHS §120-12 Data to be submitted by hospitals This regulation requires that hospitals submit a number of different types of data to DHS. Uncompensated health...
Disparities reduction & equal access Health disparities reduction or elimination – Wis. Stat. Ann. § 250.20 Health Disparities Reduction or Elimination The Wisconsin Department of Health Services must: Identify barriers to health care affecting...
Notification of rights – Wis. Admin. Code DHS §94-04 Upon admission, a patient must be notified either orally or in writing of his or her rights.  Oral notification may be satisfied by showing the...
Equity and Disparities Wis. Admin. Code DHS §124-40 - Requirements for a critical access hospital This law requires that a hospital designated as a critical access hospital (by being located in a rural area within no other access to medical care)...
Wis. Admin. Code DHS §124-41 - Rural Health Plan This law requires that DHS prepare a rural health plan in order to establish critical access hospitals for the purpose of implementing state medicare...
Wis. Admin. Code DHS §66-10 - Data Collection - Treatment Alternative Program Upon DHS's request, each Treatment Alternative Program (TAP) agency must submit the following program to DHS: Number of potential clients...
Wis. Stat. Ann. § 252.14 - Discrimination related to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome This law prohibits health care providers, peace officer, fire fighter or other such state officers to discriminate against a person with HIV/AIDS...
Wis. Stat. Ann. § 255.06 - Well-woman program This law requires that DHS administer a well-woman program to provide reimbursement for certain types of health related expenses to low-income, under...
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