49.71 County hospitals; establishment.
49.713 County hospitals; admissions.
49.72 County infirmaries; establishment.
49.723 County infirmaries, admissions; standards.
49.726 County infirmaries; cost of treatment, care and maintenance of patients.
49.729 County infirmaries; fees and expenses of proceedings.
49.73 Residential care institutions; establishment.
49.74 Institutions subject to chapter 150.
49.76 Department duties relating to hunger prevention.
49.77 State supplemental payments.
49.775 Payments for the support of children of supplemental security income recipients.
49.776 Payment of support arrears.
49.78 Income maintenance administration.
49.79 Food stamp administration.
49.793 Recovery of food stamps.
49.795 Food stamp offenses.
49.797 Electronic benefit transfer.
SUBCHAPTER VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
49.81 Public assistance recipients' bill of rights.
49.82 Administration of public assistance programs.
49.825 Department administration in Milwaukee County.
49.826 Administration of child care provider services in certain counties.
49.83 Limitation on giving information.
49.84 Verification of public assistance applications.
49.845 Fraud investigation and error reduction.
49.847 Recovery of incorrect payments under certain public assistance programs.
49.85 Certification of certain public assistance overpayments and delinquent loan repayments.
49.852 Delinquent support payments; pension plans.
49.853 Financial record matching program.
49.854 Liens against property for delinquent support payments.
49.855 Certification of delinquent payments.
49.856 Notification of delinquent payments.
49.857 Administrative enforcement of support; denial, nonrenewal, restriction and suspension of licenses.
49.858 General provisions related to administrative support enforcement.
49.86 Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures.
49.89 Third party liability.
49.90 Liability of relatives; enforcement.
49.95 Penalties; evidence.
49.96 Assistance grants exempt from levy.
DEFINITIONS
49.001
49.001
Definitions. In this chapter:
49.001(1)
(1) "Child care provider" means a child care provider that is licensed under
s. 48.65 (1), certified under
s. 48.651 or established or contracted for under
s. 120.13 (14).
49.001(1m)
(1m) "Essential person" means any person defined as an essential person under federal Title XVI.
49.001(2)
(2) "Federal Title XVI" means Title XVI of the federal social security act.
49.001(4)
(4) "Municipality" means any town, city or village.
49.001(5)
(5) "Poverty line" means the poverty line as defined and revised annually under
42 USC 9902 (2).
49.001(5m)
(5m) "Prisoner" means any person who is either arrested, incarcerated, imprisoned or otherwise detained in excess of 12 hours by any law enforcement agency of this state, except when detention is pursuant to
s. 51.15,
51.20,
51.45 (11) (b) or,
55.13, or
55.135 or
ch. 980. "Prisoner" does not include any person who is serving a sentence of detention under
s. 973.03 (4) unless the person is in the county jail under
s. 973.03 (4) (c).
Effective date note
NOTE: Sub. (5p) is amended eff. 7-1-11 by
2009 Wis. Act 28 to read:
Effective date text
(5p) "Relief block grant" means a block grant awarded to a county or tribal governing body under s. 49.025, 2009 stats., s. 49.027, 2009 stats., or s. 49.029.
49.001(6)
(6) "Residence" means the voluntary concurrence of physical presence with intent to remain in a place of fixed habitation. Physical presence is prima facie evidence of intent to remain.
Effective date note
NOTE: Sub. (7) is repealed by
2009 Wis. Act 28 eff. the date stated in the notice provided by the secretary of children and families and published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 48.62 (9).
49.001(8)
(8) "Voluntary" means according to an individual's free choice, if competent, or by choice of his or her guardian if the individual is adjudicated incompetent.
49.001(9)
(9) "Wisconsin Works agency" means a person under contract under
s. 49.143 to administer Wisconsin Works under
ss. 49.141 to
49.161. If no contract is awarded under
s. 49.143, "Wisconsin Works agency" means the department of children and families.
RELIEF BLOCK GRANTS
49.002
49.002
Legislative declaration. It is the declared legislative policy that a county receiving a relief block grant is the payer of last resort in all cases, except those cases involving crime victim awards under
s. 949.06, where a benefit is covered by relief funded by a relief block grant in a county and where a dispute may arise over payment for costs associated with providing health care services to recipients of relief funded by a relief block grant.
Effective date note
NOTE: This section is repealed eff. 7-1-11 by
2009 Wis. Act 28.
49.01
49.01
Definitions. As used in this subchapter:
49.01(1g)
(1g) "American Indian" means a person who is recognized by an elected tribal governing body in this state as a member of a federally recognized Wisconsin tribe or band of Indians.
49.01(1m)
(1m) "Department" means the department of health services.
49.01(2)
(2) "Dependent person" means an individual who is eligible for relief under
s. 49.015.
49.01(2g)
(2g) "Health care services" means such emergency and nonemergency medical, surgical, dental, hospital, nursing and optometric services as are reasonable and necessary under the circumstances, as determined by the county or tribal governing body. "Health care services" does not include services described under
s. 51.42 (3) (ar) 4.
49.01(3)
(3) "Relief" means assistance that is provided to a dependent person and funded by a relief block grant.
49.01(3m)
(3m) "Relief agency" means the following if a county or tribal governing body operates a relief program funded by a relief block grant:
49.01(3m)(a)
(a) A county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 or an agency under contract with a county department to administer relief.
49.01(3m)(b)
(b) A tribal governing body or an agency under contract with the governing body to administer relief.
Effective date note
NOTE: Sub. (3m) is repealed and recreated eff. 7-1-11 by
2009 Wis. Act 28 to read:
Effective date text
(3m) "Relief agency" means a tribal governing body or an agency under contract with a tribal governing body to administer relief if the tribal governing body operates a relief program funded by a relief block grant.
49.01(8j)
(8j) "Secretary" means the secretary of health services.
Effective date note
NOTE: Sub. (8j) is repealed eff. 7-1-11 by
2009 Wis. Act 28.
49.01(8L)
(8L) "Tax-free land" means land in this state within the boundaries of a federally recognized reservation or within the bureau of Indian affairs service area for the Winnebago tribe, which is not subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax either as a general tax or as a payment in lieu of taxes.
49.01(8p)
(8p) "Tribal governing body" means an elected tribal governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe.
49.015
49.015
Relief eligibility. 49.015(1)(1)
General eligibility requirements. Except as provided in
subs. (1m) to
(2m), an individual is eligible for relief if the individual meets all of the following conditions:
49.015(1)(a)
(a) Except as provided in
sub. (3) (a), the individual resides in a county, or on tax-free land, in which the county or tribal governing body operates a program funded by a relief block grant.
Effective date note
NOTE: Par. (a) is amended eff. 7-1-11 by
2009 Wis. Act 28 to read:
Effective date text
(a) Except as provided in sub. (3) (a), the individual resides on tax-free land on which the tribal governing body operates a program funded by a relief block grant.
49.015(1)(am)
(am) The individual authorizes any program or resource for which he or she is determined to be eligible to reimburse the relief agency for health care services provided to the individual if the program or resource permits reimbursement for the services provided.
49.015(1)(c)
(c) The individual qualifies under written criteria of dependency under
s. 49.02 (1) (b) established by the relief agency in that county or on that tax-free land.
