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 | Mandate | Release Date Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-2020 Minority Health Report, Advancing Health Equity in Wisconsin (PDF) |
Health disparities reduction or elimination. Submit a biennial report on the activities of the department under this section that includes recommendations on program policies, procedures, practices and services affecting the health status of economically disadvantaged minority group members, to the appropriate standing committees under Wis. Stat. § 13.172(3) and to the governor. |
02/2022 |
| Annual Report on WHIO, 2020 (PDF) | 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. | 01/2022 |
| Gifts, Grants, Bequests, or Devises 2021 Report (PDF) | 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. | 01/2022 |
| HOPELINE Annual Report to the Legislature on Suicide Prevention Activities, 2020-2021 (PDF) |
DHS to provide an annual report to the Legislature regarding suicide prevention activities in the state, including the information received from the HOPELINE suicide prevention services grant recipient. |
01/2022 |
| 2019-2021 Biennial Report on the Status of Readiness for Health Emergencies in Wisconsin (PDF) |
Biennially, after first consulting with the adjutant general, local health departments, health care providers, as defined in § 146.81(1)(a) to (p), and law enforcement agencies, as defined in § 165.77(1)(b), the department shall submit to the legislature under § 13.172(2) and to the governor a report on the preparedness of the public health system to address public health emergencies. |
10/2021 |
| Environmental Impact Report, 2021 (PDF) |
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). |
09/2021 |
| Wisconsin Hospital Assessment: SFY 2020 (PDF) |
(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. |
08/2021 |
| Annual Report on WHIO, 2019 (PDF) | 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. | 05/2021 |
| Hunger Report, 2019 (PDF) |
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). |
04/2021 |
| Report on Medication-Assisted Treatment in Prisons and Jails (PDF) |
(2) Proposal for availability of medication-assisted treatment; report. The department of health services shall, using the results of the study under sub. (1) and after consulting with the department of corrections, develop a proposal to implement, or identify county officials to implement, a pilot project to make available in at least one prison or county jail all medications for medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder that are approved by the federal food and drug administration. |
04/2021 |
| Environmental Impact Report, 2020 (PDF) |
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). |
10/2020 |
| Wisconsin Birth Defect Prevention and Surveillance Program: 2019 Report to the Legislature (PDF) |
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. |
08/2020 |
| Medicaid Prior Authorization Policy for Buprenorphine-Containing Products for Medication-Assisted Treatment, May 2020 (PDF) |
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 |
| Wisconsin Hospital Assessment: SFY 2019 (PDF) |
(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. |
05/2020 |
| Gifts, Grants, Bequests, or Devises 2020 Report (PDF) | 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. | 03/2020 |
| Gifts, Grants, Bequests, or Devises 2019 Report (PDF) | 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. | 01/2020 |
| 2020 Medicaid Dental Pilot Program Evaluation (PDF) |
Wisconsin Stat. § 2.49.45(24k)(c) No later than January 1, 2020, and biennially thereafter, that the Department submit to JFC, the chief clerks’ offices and to the health or public benefits committees a report that identifies the number of MA members who received services under the pilot program, an estimate of the potential reduction in health care costs and ER visits due to the pilot program, the feasibility of continuing the pilot project and expanding in specific areas of the state or statewide, the amount of money distributed under the project and an explanation if not all funds were distributed, and an analysis of Medicaid member populations who received services under the pilot program and populations who were not enrolled but who may benefit from participation. |
01/2020 |
| 2017 Community Options Program Report (PDF) |
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. |
11/2019 |
| Annual Report on WHIO, 2018 (PDF) | 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. | 10/2019 |
| Non-Statutory Provision of 2017 Wis. Act 178 Cost Estimate of an Independent Study (PDF) |
SECTION 2.0Nonstatutory provisions. (1) By the date the department of health services makes its initial report under section 47.05 (4) (b) of the statutes, the department of health services shall submit a report to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes on the feasibility, including a cost estimate, of conducting an independent study regarding the impact that the Employment First initiative under section 47.05 of the statutes and the corresponding prioritization of competitive integrated employment has had on the expansion or reduction in access to allowable services, the quality of life, levels of community integration, and overall satisfaction of persons with disabilities in this state. |
07/2019 |