Statutorily Required Reports
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is statutorily required to create 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. DHS is also required by statute to post reports and information created by partners to its website.
| Title Sort descending | Mandate | Release Date |
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| Impact of CIP 1A on State Employees Report, 2018 |
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 |
03/2019 |
| Impact of CIP 1A on State Employees Report, 2019 |
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 |
03/2020 |
| Impact of CIP 1A on State Employees Report, 2021 |
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 |
03/2022 |
| Impact of CIP 1A on State Employees Report, 2022 |
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 |
| Impact of CIP 1A on State Employees Report, 2023 |
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 |
03/2024 |
| Impact of CIP 1A on State Employees Report, 2024 |
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 |
03/2025 |
| Intensive Care Coordination Program |
Wisconsin Stat. § 49.45(26g)(4(h) Requires the Department to submit to JFC a report to JFC summarizing information reported by participating hospitals and health care systems, including costs savings due to avoiding emergency department visits. This report must be submitted no later than 24 months after the date on which the first hospital or health care system begins enrolling individuals into the intensive care coordination program |
03/2024 |
| Intensive Care Coordination Program, Final Report |
Wisconsin Stat. § 49.45(26g)(4(h) Requires the Department to submit to JFC a report to JFC summarizing information reported by participating hospitals and health care systems, including costs savings due to avoiding emergency department visits. This report must be submitted no later than 24 months after the date on which the first hospital or health care system begins enrolling individuals into the intensive care coordination program |
01/2026 |
| Mandate: Law Enforcement Officer Virtual Behavioral Health Crisis Care Pilot Program |
(a) The department of health services shall establish a pilot program to implement virtual behavioral health crisis care services for use by county or municipal law enforcement agencies in the field to connect law enforcement officers who encounter persons in crisis to behavioral healthcare services. (d) The department of health services shall collect all of the following information as of March 31, 2025, for the pilot program under par. (a), and report it to the joint committee on finance by May 1, 2025: 1. For each participating county or municipality, how much money was received under the pilot program and how much money was contributed by the county or municipality. 2. Which counties and municipalities participated in the program. 3. The number of law enforcement officers that were equipped with the services provided under the program. 4. The number of incidents in which the services provided under the program were utilized. 5. Of the incidents in which the services provided under the program were utilized, the number that were predicted to otherwise have resulted in an involuntary commitment. 6. Of the incidents in which the services provided under the program were |
05/2025 |
| Medicaid Prior Authorization Policy for Buprenorphine-Containing Products for Medication-Assisted Treatment |
Buprenorphine prior authorization review. The department shall review its prior authorization policy on buprenorphine-containing products provided to Medical Assistance program recipients. On the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], and every 6 months thereafter, the department shall submit to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over health under s. 13.172 (3) a report describing the department's findings on the prior authorization policy on buprenorphine-containing products and its progress on eliminating prior authorization requirements for buprenorphine-containing products in populations where removal of prior authorization is appropriate. |
12/2018 |
| Medicaid Prior Authorization Policy for Buprenorphine-Containing Products for Medication-Assisted Treatment, June 2019 |
Buprenorphine prior authorization review. The department shall review its prior authorization policy on buprenorphine-containing products provided to Medical Assistance program recipients. On the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], and every 6 months thereafter, the department shall submit to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over health under s. 13.172 (3) a report describing the department's findings on the prior authorization policy on buprenorphine-containing products and its progress on eliminating prior authorization requirements for buprenorphine-containing products in populations where removal of prior authorization is appropriate. |
07/2019 |
| Medicaid Prior Authorization Policy for Buprenorphine-Containing Products for Medication-Assisted Treatment, May 2020 |
Buprenorphine prior authorization review. The department shall review its prior authorization policy on buprenorphine-containing products provided to Medical Assistance program recipients. On the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], and every 6 months thereafter, the department shall submit to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over health under s. 13.172 (3) a report describing the department's findings on the prior authorization policy on buprenorphine-containing products and its progress on eliminating prior authorization requirements for buprenorphine-containing products in populations where removal of prior authorization is appropriate. |
05/2020 |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Programs – Summary Report, January 2015 | 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. | 03/2015 |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Programs – Summary Report, January 2017 | 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. | 01/2017 |
| Mental Health and Substance Use Services and Programs, CY 2016 and 2017 | 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. | 01/2019 |
| Mental Health and Substance Use Services and Programs, CY 2020 and 2021 |
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.
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01/2023 |
| Mental Health and Substance Use Services and Programs, CY 2022 and 2023 |
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.
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03/2025 |
| Newborn Hearing, 2016 |
"Beginning July 1, 2002, the department shall annually collect information from hospitals for the previous calendar year concerning the numbers of deliveries in each hospital and the availability in each hospital of a newborn hearing screening program. From this information, by July 31, 2003, and annually thereafter, the department shall determine the percentage of deliveries in this state that are performed in hospitals that have newborn hearing screening programs...." |
09/2018 |
| Newborn Hearing, 2017 |
"Beginning July 1, 2002, the department shall annually collect information from hospitals for the previous calendar year concerning the numbers of deliveries in each hospital and the availability in each hospital of a newborn hearing screening program. From this information, by July 31, 2003, and annually thereafter, the department shall determine the percentage of deliveries in this state that are performed in hospitals that have newborn hearing screening programs...." |
08/2019 |
| Newborn Hearing, 2018 |
"Beginning July 1, 2002, the department shall annually collect information from hospitals for the previous calendar year concerning the numbers of deliveries in each hospital and the availability in each hospital of a newborn hearing screening program. From this information, by July 31, 2003, and annually thereafter, the department shall determine the percentage of deliveries in this state that are performed in hospitals that have newborn hearing screening programs...." |
11/2020 |