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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.

Title Mandate Release Date Sort ascending
Quarterly Medicaid Report: FY2019, Quarter 1

Wisconsin Stat. § 49.45(2n)

10/2018
Wisconsin Birth Defect Prevention and Surveillance Program: 2018 Report to the Legislature

Wisconsin Stat. § 253.12(4)(d)

Beginning April 1, 2002, and biennially thereafter, submit to the appropriate standing committees under  s. 13.172 (3) a report that details the effectiveness, utilization and progress of the registry established under sub. (3) (a) 1.

09/2018
Cost to Certain Prevailing Parties, 2018

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.

09/2018
Newborn Hearing, 2016

Wisconsin Stat. § 253.115

"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
Environmental Impact Report, 2018

Wisconsin Stat. § 1.11(2)(j)

Annually, no later than September 15, submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), including the number of proposed actions for which the agency conducted an assessment of whether an impact statement was required under par. (c) and the number of impact statements prepared under par. (c).

08/2018
Quarterly Medicaid Report: FY2018, Quarter 4

Wisconsin Stat. § 49.45(2n)

06/2018
Tobacco Use Cessation: 2017 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).

05/2018
Class A Violations for Nursing Homes and FDDS: 2017

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.”

05/2018
Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center Report: 2018 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).

04/2018
Report on Physical Medicine Alternatives to Pharmacological Treatment of Low Back Pain

2017 Wisconsin Act 59

(4g) Physical Medicine Pilot Program (c) Report. No later than April 1, 2018, the department shall submit a report of the study and the proposal for the pilot program under paragraph (b) to the legislature under Wis. Stat. § 13.172(2). The department may not implement the pilot program under paragraph (b) unless the legislature directs or explicitly authorizes the department to implement the pilot program.

04/2018
Impact of CIP 1A on State Employees Report, 2017

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

03/2018
2016 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.

02/2018
Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services State Plan for 2018-2020 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. 01/2018
Report to the Legislature on Data Processing Projects: 2017 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.  01/2018
Report on Relocations and Diversions from Institutions - SFY 2016

Wisconsin Stat. § 51.06(8)(b)

(a) In this subsection: 1. “Intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities” has the meaning given in 42 USC 1396d (d). 2. “Medical assistance programs” has the meaning given in Wis. Stat. § 49.43 (8). 3. “Nursing home” has the meaning given in Wis. Stat. § 50.01(3). (b) Annually by October 1, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under Wis. Stat. § 13.172(3) a report that includes information collected from the previous fiscal year on the relocation or diversion of individuals who are Medical Assistance eligibles or recipients from nursing homes, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and state centers for the developmentally disabled.

01/2018
Protecting Wisconsin: Health Emergency Preparedness, 2017

Wisconsin Stat. 250.03(3)(b)

Biennially, after first consulting with the adjutant general, local health departments, health care providers, as defined in s. 146.81 (1) (a) to (p), and law enforcement agencies, as defined in s. 165.77 (1) (b), the department shall submit to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor a report on the preparedness of the public health system to address public health emergencies.

11/2017
Birth to 3 Program State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report, 2017

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.

08/2017
2015 Community Options Program Report

Wisconsin Stat. § 46.27(11g)

Beginning January 1, 1997, and every January 1 thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), summarizing the data collected for the state and for individual counties under the program in the calendar year ending immediately before the preceding calendar year.

04/2017
Wisconsin Birth Defect Prevention and Surveillance Program: 2016 Report to the Legislature

Wisconsin Stat. § 253.12(4)(d)

Beginning April 1, 2002, and biennially thereafter, submit to the appropriate standing committees under  s. 13.172 (3) a report that details the effectiveness, utilization and progress of the registry established under sub. (3) (a) 1.

02/2017
2015 Annual Report to the Governor of Activities Relating to Substance Abuse

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.

01/2017
Last revised January 23, 2023