A local representative has introduced a bill aiming to help fix the shortage of psychiatrists in the State.
Assemblyman Paul Tittl of Manitowoc, alongside Senator Kathy Bernier of Chippewa Falls, has introduced Assembly Bill 267, which creates a tax incentive for psychiatrists graduating from medical school who stay in Wisconsin to practice psychiatry.
Tittl explained in a news release that 54 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties face a “significant shortage” of psychiatrists, and 30 have no practicing psychiatrist at all.
He also said, “Attracting psychiatrists to our state and addressing these situations today is better than leaving them for our children and grandchildren to handle when the problems have grown even larger.”
The bill received bipartisan support and awaits a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue.
