27, s. 2748b Section 2748b. 49.037 of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

27, s. 2748c Section 2748c. 49.037 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

49.037 (12) If a county makes the election under s. 49.032 (2) (a) not to provide nonmedical benefits, this section only applies with respect to benefits that are or were to have been provided before the date that the election takes effect.

27, s. 2749 Section 2749. 49.043 of the statutes is renumbered 66.182 and amended to read:

66.182 Health insurance for unemployed persons. Any municipality city, village, town or county may purchase health or dental insurance for unemployed persons residing in the municipality city, village, town or county who are not eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46, 49.468 or 49.47.

27, s. 2750 Section 2750. 49.046 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2751 Section 2751. 49.046 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2752 Section 2752. 49.046 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.01 (1g).

27, s. 2753 Section 2753. 49.046 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.01 (8L).

27, s. 2754 Section 2754. 49.046 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2755 Section 2755. 49.046 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2756 Section 2756. 49.046 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2757 Section 2757. 49.046 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2758 Section 2758. 49.047 of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2759 Section 2759. 49.048 of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2760 Section 2760. 49.049 of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2761 Section 2761. 49.05 of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2762b Section 2762b. 49.053 of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

27, s. 2762c Section 2762c. 49.053 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.053 (1m) A general relief agency may administer, by contract, a program of general relief grant diversion for general relief recipients. Under a grant diversion program, a general relief agency may use all or a part of the benefit payment provided under s. 49.02 49.032 to subsidize an employer at up to 50% of the wages he or she pays the recipient for a job performed by the recipient, for a period not to exceed 6 months, under a written contract between the general relief agency and an employer.

27, s. 2762d Section 2762d. 49.053 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.053 (3) The amount of benefit payment provided under s. 49.02 49.032 for a general relief recipient that is used to subsidize the employer under this section correspondingly reduces the amount of labor which may be required of the individual at the rate which is the ratio between the amount used to subsidize the employer and the total wage paid. No dependent person may be liable under s. 49.08 for the value of payment so provided.

27, s. 2763 Section 2763. 49.055 of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2764 Section 2764. 49.057 of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2765 Section 2765. 49.06 of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2766 Section 2766 . 49.08 of the statutes is amended to read:

49.08 (title) Recovery of general relief paid and other assistance. If any person is the owner of property at the time of receiving general relief under this chapter or ch. 49, 1993 stats., relief funded by a relief block grant or other assistance as an inmate of any county or municipal institution in which the state is not chargeable with all or a part of the inmate's maintenance or as a tuberculosis patient provided for in ss. 58.06 and 252.07 to 252.10, or at any time thereafter, or if the person becomes self-supporting, the authorities charged with the care of the dependent, or the board in charge of the institution, may sue for the value of the general relief or other assistance from the person or the person's estate. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 10-year statute of limitations may be pleaded in defense in an action to recover general relief or other assistance. Where the general relief recipient of relief or other assistance is deceased, a claim may be filed against the decedent's estate and the statute of limitations specified in s. 859.02 shall be exclusively applicable. The court may refuse to render judgment or allow the claim in any case where a parent, spouse, surviving spouse or child is dependent on the property for support. The court in rendering judgment shall take into account the current family budget requirement as fixed by the U.S. department of labor for the community or as fixed by the authorities of the community in charge of public assistance. The records kept by the municipality, county or institution are prima facie evidence of the value of the general relief or other assistance furnished. This section shall not apply to any person who receives care for pulmonary tuberculosis as provided in s. 252.08 (4).

27, s. 2768 Section 2768. 49.083 of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2768m Section 2768m. 49.085 of the statutes is renumbered 49.385.

27, s. 2769 Section 2769. Subchapter III (title) of chapter 49 [precedes 49.11] of the statutes is created to read:

Chapter 49

Subchapter III
economic support and work programs

27, s. 2770 Section 2770. 49.11 of the statutes is created to read:

49.11 Definitions. In this subchapter:

(1) "Department" means the department of industry, labor and human relations.

(2) "Secretary" means the secretary of industry, labor and human relations.

27, s. 2771 Section 2771. 49.12 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (title).

27, s. 2772 Section 2772. 49.12 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (1).

27, s. 2773 Section 2773. 49.12 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (2) and amended to read:

49.95 (2) Any person who wilfully does any act designed to interfere with the proper administration of public assistance shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100 or be punished by imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 60 days. The acceptance of any supplies or articles furnished to any person as general relief in exchange for or in payment for any alcohol beverages shall be deemed to be a violation of this subsection, but violations of this subsection shall not be limited to such acts.

27, s. 2774 Section 2774. 49.12 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (3).

27, s. 2775 Section 2775. 49.12 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (4m) (intro.).

27, s. 2776 Section 2776 . 49.12 (4m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (4m) (a) and amended to read:

49.95 (4m) (a) Without legal authority, sends or brings a dependent person to a county, tribal governing body or municipality or advises a dependent person to go to a county, tribal governing body or municipality for the purpose of obtaining general relief under s. 49.02 funded by a relief block grant, aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19, medical assistance under ss. 49.45 to 49.47 or food stamps under 7 USC 2011 to 2029.

27, s. 2777 Section 2777. 49.12 (4m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (4m) (b) and amended to read:

49.95 (4m) (b) Obtains a pecuniary advantage because the person is brought or sent or goes to the county, tribal governing body or municipality.

27, s. 2778 Section 2778. 49.12 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (5).

27, s. 2779 Section 2779. 49.12 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (6).

27, s. 2780 Section 2780. 49.12 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2781 Section 2781. 49.12 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (8).

27, s. 2782 Section 2782. 49.12 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (9).

27, s. 2783 Section 2783. 49.12 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (10).

27, s. 2784 Section 2784. 49.12 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 49.95 (11) and amended to read:

49.95 (11) "Public assistance" as used in this section includes general relief funded by a relief block grant.

27, s. 2785 Section 2785. 49.123 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2786 Section 2786. 49.123 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2787 Section 2787. 49.123 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.29.

27, s. 2788 Section 2788. 49.124 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.124 (title) Food stamp employment and training program administration.

27, s. 2789 Section 2789. 49.124 of the statutes is renumbered 49.124 (1m) and amended to read:

49.124 (1m) (title) Employment and training program. The department shall administer an employment and training program for recipients of food stamp benefits under 7 USC 2011 to 2029 under the food stamp program.

27, s. 2790 Section 2790. 49.124 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

49.124 (1) Definition. In this section, "food stamp program" means the federal food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2029.

27, s. 2791 Section 2791. 49.124 (2) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

49.124 (2) (title) Liability for lost food coupons.

27, s. 2792 Section 2792. 49.124 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

49.124 (3) (title) Deductions from county income maintenance payments.

27, s. 2793 Section 2793. 49.124 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

49.124 (4) Migrant worker waiver program. (a) In this subsection, "migrant worker" has the meaning given in s. 49.47 (4) (av) 1.

(b) The department shall request a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of agriculture to allow the application of par. (c). The waiver shall also seek a waiver from those federal quality control standards under the food stamp program that the department determines to be necessary in order to make the application of par. (c) feasible. Paragraph (c) applies only while the waiver under this paragraph is in effect.

(c) If a migrant worker and his or her dependents do not meet the income limitations under the food stamp program using prospective budgeting, the department shall determine eligibility for the migrant worker and his or her dependents using an income-averaging method described in the waiver under par. (b).

27, s. 2794 Section 2794. 49.125 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.125 (1) The department, or a county or elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band acting on behalf of the department, may recover overpayments that arise from an overissuance of food coupons under the food stamp program administered under s. 46.215 (1) (k) or 46.22 (1) (b) 5 2. d. Recovery shall be made in accordance with 7 USC 2022.

27, s. 2798 Section 2798. 49.13 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.84 (title).

27, s. 2799 Section 2799. 49.13 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.84 (1).

27, s. 2800 Section 2800. 49.13 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.84 (2).

27, s. 2801b Section 2801b. 49.13 (3) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 49.84 (3) and amended to read:

49.84 (3) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2), personal identification documentation requirements may be waived for 10 days for an applicant for general relief funded by a relief block grant, if all of the following occur: (b) The the applicant agrees to cooperate with the general relief agency by providing information necessary to obtain proper identification.

27, s. 2802 Section 2802. 49.13 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

27, s. 2803 Section 2803. 49.13 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 49.84 (4) and amended to read:

49.84 (4) Notwithstanding sub. (2), the general relief agency receiving an application under sub. (3) shall pay on behalf of any applicant under sub. (3) fees required for the applicant to obtain proper identification.

27, s. 2804 Section 2804. 49.13 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 49.84 (5).

27, s. 2805 Section 2805. 49.133 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.32 (7) (title).

27, s. 2806 Section 2806. 49.133 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.32 (7) (a).

27, s. 2807 Section 2807. 49.133 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.32 (7) (b).

27, s. 2808 Section 2808. 49.133 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 49.32 (7) (c).

27, s. 2809 Section 2809. 49.133 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 49.32 (7) (d).

27, s. 2810 Section 2810. 49.14 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.70 (title) and amended to read:

49.70 (title) County home homes; establishment.