51.045 Availability of inpatient psychiatric beds. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (2) (cm), the department shall award a grant in the amount of $80,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $30,000 in each fiscal year thereafter to the entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a) to develop and operate an Internet site and system to show the availability of inpatient psychiatric beds statewide. To receive the grant, the entity shall use a password protected Internet site to allow an inpatient psychiatric unit or hospital to enter all of the following information and to enable any hospital emergency department in the state to view all of the following information reported to the system:
(1) The number of available child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric inpatient psychiatric beds, as applicable, currently available at the hospital at the time of reporting by the hospital or unit.
(2) Any special information that the hospital or unit reports regarding the available beds under sub. (1).
(3) The date the hospital or unit reports the information under subs. (1) and (2).
(4) The location of the hospital or unit that is reporting.
(5) The contact information for admission coordination for the hospital or unit.
History: 2015 a. 153.
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