AB40-ASA1, s. 1288 21Section 1288. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,508,722 46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. A county department of social services shall develop, under
23the requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for juvenile
24delinquency-related care and services to be purchased. The department of
25corrections may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with

1s. 301.08 (2) and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for such
2purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of corrections
3to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department
4of corrections may not make any payments to a county for programs included in the
5contract that is under review by the committee. The department of corrections shall
6reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.410 (3)
7(cd), (ko), and (o) and (ko) as appropriate.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1291 8Section 1291. 46.23 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,508,179 46.23 (3) (a) Creation. Upon approval by the secretary of health services, by
10the secretary of corrections, and by the secretary of children and families of a
11feasibility study and a program implementation plan, the county board of
12supervisors of any county with a population of less than 500,000, or the county boards
13of supervisors of 2 or more contiguous counties, each of which has a population of less
14than 500,000,
may establish by resolution a county department of human services
15on a single-county or multicounty basis to provide the services required under this
16section. The county department of human services shall consist of the county human
17services board, the county human services director and necessary personnel.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1292 18Section 1292. 46.27 (7) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,509,219 46.27 (7) (am) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (bd), the department
20shall allocate funds to each county or private nonprofit agency with which the
21department contracts to pay assessment and case plan costs under sub. (6) not
22otherwise paid by fee or under s. 49.45 or 49.78 (2). The department shall reimburse
23counties multicounty consortia for the cost of assessing persons eligible for medical
24assistance under s. 49.46, 49.468, 49.47, or 49.471 (4) (a) as part of the administrative
25services of medical assistance, payable under s. 49.45 (3) (a). Counties may use

1unspent funds allocated under this paragraph to pay the cost of long-term
2community support services and for a risk reserve under par. (fr).
AB40-ASA1, s. 1293 3Section 1293. 46.27 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,509,124 46.27 (9) (a) The department may select up to 5 counties that volunteer to
5participate in a pilot project under which they will receive certain funds allocated for
6long-term care. The department shall allocate a level of funds to these counties
7equal to the amount that would otherwise be paid under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), or (w)
8to nursing homes for providing care because of increased utilization of nursing home
9services, as estimated by the department. In estimating these levels, the department
10shall exclude any increased utilization of services provided by state centers for the
11developmentally disabled. The department shall calculate these amounts on a
12calendar year basis under sub. (10).
AB40-ASA1, s. 1294 13Section 1294. 46.27 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,509,1914 46.27 (10) (a) 1. The department shall determine for each county participating
15in the pilot project under sub. (9) a funding level of state medical assistance
16expenditures to be received by the county. This level shall equal the amount that the
17department determines would otherwise be paid under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), or (w)
18because of increased utilization of nursing home services, as estimated by the
19department.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1295 20Section 1295. 46.275 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,510,221 46.275 (5) (a) Medical Assistance reimbursement for services a county, or the
22department under sub. (3r), provides under this program is available from the
23appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), (o), and (w). If 2 or more counties
24jointly contract to provide services under this program and the department approves

1the contract, Medical Assistance reimbursement is also available for services
2provided jointly by these counties.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1296 3Section 1296. 46.275 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,510,104 46.275 (5) (c) The total allocation under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), (o), and (w) to
5counties and to the department under sub. (3r) for services provided under this
6section may not exceed the amount approved by the federal department of health and
7human services. A county may use funds received under this section only to provide
8services to persons who meet the requirements under sub. (4) and may not use
9unexpended funds received under this section to serve other developmentally
10disabled persons residing in the county.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1297 11Section 1297. 46.278 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,510,1712 46.278 (6) (d) If a county makes available nonfederal funds equal to the state
13share of service costs under a waiver received under sub. (3), the department may,
14from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (o), provide reimbursement for services
15that the county provides under this section to persons who are in addition to those
16who may be served under this section with funds from the appropriation accounts
17under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), or (w).
AB40-ASA1, s. 1298 18Section 1298. 46.2785 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,510,2119 46.2785 (5) (a) Medical assistance reimbursement for services a county or
20private agency contracts for or provides under the waiver program shall be made
21from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), and (o).
AB40-ASA1, s. 1299 22Section 1299. 46.281 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,511,623 46.281 (3) Duty of the secretary. The secretary shall certify to each county,
24hospital, nursing home, community-based residential facility, adult family home, as
25defined in s. 50.01 (1) (a) or (b),
and residential care apartment complex the date on

1which a resource center that serves the area of the county, hospital, nursing home,
2community-based residential facility, adult family home, or residential care
3apartment complex is first available to perform functional screenings and financial
4and cost-sharing screenings. To facilitate phase-in of services of resource centers,
5the secretary may certify that the resource center is available for specified groups of
6eligible individuals or for specified facilities in the county.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1302 7Section 1302. 46.283 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,511,178 46.283 (4) (e) Provide information about the services of the resource center,
9including the services specified in sub. (3) (d), about assessments under s. 46.284 (4)
10(b) and care plans under s. 46.284 (4) (c), and about the family care benefit and the
11self-directed services option to all older persons and adults with a physical or
12developmental disability who are residents of nursing homes, community-based
13residential facilities, adult family homes, as defined in s. 50.01 (1) (a) or (b), and
14residential care apartment complexes in the area of the resource center when the
15benefit under s. 46.286 first becomes available in the county where the nursing home,
16community-based residential facility, adult family home, or residential care
17apartment complex is located.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1303 18Section 1303. 46.283 (4) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,512,719 46.283 (4) (g) Perform a functional screening and a financial and cost-sharing
20screening for any person seeking admission to a nursing home, community-based
21residential facility, residential care apartment complex, or adult family home, as
22defined in s. 50.01 (1) (a) or (b),
if the secretary has certified that the resource center
23is available to the person and the facility and the person is determined by the
24resource center to have a condition that is expected to last at least 90 days that would
25require care, assistance, or supervision. A resource center may not require a

1financial and cost-sharing screening for a person seeking admission or about to be
2admitted on a private pay basis who waives the requirement for a financial and
3cost-sharing screening under this paragraph, unless the person is expected to
4become eligible for medical assistance within 6 months. A resource center need not
5perform a functional screening for a person seeking admission or about to be
6admitted for whom a functional screening was performed within the previous 6
7months.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1304 8Section 1304. 46.283 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,512,129 46.283 (5) Funding. From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b),
10(bm), (gm), (pa), and (w) and (7) (b), (bd), and (md), the department may contract with
11organizations that meet standards under sub. (3) for performance of the duties under
12sub. (4) and shall distribute funds for services provided by resource centers.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1304m 13Section 1304m. 46.284 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,512,1914 46.284 (2) (d) As a term of a contract with a care management organization
15under this section, the department shall prohibit a care management organization
16from including a provision that requires a provider to return any funding for
17residential services, prevocational services, or supported employment services that
18exceeds the cost of those services to the care management organization in a contract
19for services covered by the family care benefit.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1305 20Section 1305. 46.284 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,513,221 46.284 (5) (a) From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (g), (gm),
22(im), (o), and (w) and (7) (b), (bd), and (g), the department shall provide funding on
23a capitated payment basis for the provision of services under this section.
24Notwithstanding s. 46.036 (3) and (5m), a care management organization that is
25under contract with the department may expend the funds, consistent with this

1section, including providing payment, on a capitated basis, to providers of services
2under the family care benefit.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1306 3Section 1306. 46.29 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,513,44 46.29 (3) (e) The secretary of commerce safety and professional services.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1307 5Section 1307. 46.40 (9) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,513,126 46.40 (9) (d) Payment adjustments for certain Medical Assistance services. The
7department may decrease a county's allocation under sub. (2) by the amount of any
8payment adjustments under s. 49.45 (52) (a) made for that county from the
9appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (b) for services described under s. 49.45 (52)
10(a) 1
. The total amount of the decrease for a county under this paragraph during any
11fiscal year may not exceed that part of the county's allocation under sub. (2) that
12derives from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (b) for that fiscal year.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1308 13Section 1308. 46.40 (9) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,513,1714 46.40 (9) (e) County income maintenance administration. Beginning in
15calendar year 2012, the department shall decrease the allocation under sub. (2) for
16a county with a population of 750,000 or more from the appropriation under s. 20.435
17(7) (b) by $2,700,000.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1311 18Section 1311. 46.90 (1) (gr) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,513,2019 46.90 (1) (gr) 3. The department of regulation and licensing safety and
20professional services
.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1312 21Section 1312. 46.90 (5m) (br) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,513,2522 46.90 (5m) (br) 5. Refer the case to the department of regulation and licensing
23safety and professional services if the financial exploitation, neglect, self-neglect, or
24abuse involves an individual who is required to hold a credential, as defined in s.
25440.01 (2) (a), under chs. 440 to 460.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1313
1Section 1313. 46.99 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,514,62 46.99 (3) If the waiver requested under sub. (2) is granted, counties shall
3provide to the department the nonfederal share of costs for medical assistance
4services provided under the waiver. Counties may use moneys appropriated under
5s. 20.435 (7) (bt) and distributed to counties under s. 51.44 (3) (a) to provide the
6nonfederal share of medical assistance costs.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1314 7Section 1314. 46.99 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,514,108 46.99 (3m) If the waiver requested under sub. (2) is granted, counties shall
9provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost incurred by an entity to
10administer the waiver program under this section.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1315 11Section 1315. 46.99 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,514,1812 46.99 (4) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (o), the
13department shall may distribute to counties that provide services under this section
14the amount of federal moneys received by the state as the federal share of medical
15assistance for those services, minus the amount transferred to the appropriation
16account under s. 20.435 (7) (im) for the department's costs of administering this
17section. Counties shall use moneys distributed under this section to provide services
18under this section or s. 51.44.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1316 19Section 1316. 46.995 of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,514,24 2046.995 Disabled children's long-term support program; local funding.
21(1) A county shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost
22incurred by an entity to administer services provided without state funding under
23the disabled children's long-term support program for a child enrolled in the
24program after December 31, 2010.
AB40-ASA1,515,3
1(2) A county shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost
2of services provided without state funding under the disabled children's long-term
3support program.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1317 4Section 1317. 47.03 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,515,135 47.03 (11) (a) The department shall provide services, including vocational
6training, craft instruction and a supervised business initiatives program for persons
7with severe disabilities who are eligible for vocational rehabilitation services. Under
8this subsection, the department may own, lease, manage, supervise or operate
9businesses for the benefit of persons with severe disabilities, including home-based
10employment and craft work,
with the ultimate objective of enabling persons with
11severe disabilities to operate their own businesses. The department shall assist
12persons with severe disabilities who receive these services in marketing the finished
13products.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1318 14Section 1318. 47.03 (11) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1319 15Section 1319. 47.03 (11) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1320 16Section 1320. 47.03 (11) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1321j 17Section 1321j. 48.38 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,515,2018 48.38 (2) (f) The child's care would be paid for under s. 49.19 but for s. 49.19
19(20), except that this paragraph does not apply to a child whose care is being paid for
20under s. 48.623 (1)
.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1321k 21Section 1321k. 48.38 (4) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,515,2422 48.38 (4) (j) If the child is placed in the home of a relative or other person
23described in s. 48.623 (1) (b) 1. who will be receiving subsidized guardianship
24payments, a description of all of the following:
AB40-ASA1,516,2
11. The steps the agency has taken to determine that it is not appropriate for
2the child to be returned to his or her home or to be adopted.
AB40-ASA1,516,53 2. If a decision has been made not to place the child and his or her siblings, as
4defined in par. (br) 1., in a joint placement, the reasons for separating the child and
5his or her siblings during the placement.
AB40-ASA1,516,96 3. The reasons why a permanent placement with a fit and willing relative or
7other person described in s. 48.623 (1) (b) 1. through a subsidized guardianship
8arrangement is in the best interests of the child. In the case of an Indian child, the
9best interests of the Indian child shall be determined in accordance with s. 48.01 (2).
AB40-ASA1,516,1210 4. The ways in which the child and the relative or other person described in s.
1148.623 (1) (b) 1. meet the eligibility requirements specified in s. 48.623 (1) for the
12receipt of subsidized guardianship payments.
AB40-ASA1,516,1613 5. The efforts the agency has made to discuss adoption of the child by the
14relative or other person described in s. 48.623 (1) (b) 1. as a more permanent
15alternative to guardianship and, if that relative or other person has chosen not to
16pursue adoption, documentation of the reasons for not pursuing adoption.
AB40-ASA1,516,1917 6. The efforts the agency has made to discuss the subsidized guardianship
18arrangement with the child's parents or, if those efforts were not made,
19documentation of the reasons for not making those efforts.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1321n 20Section 1321n. 48.385 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,517,9 2148.385 Plan for transition to independent living. During the 90 days
22immediately before a child who is placed in a foster home, group home, subsidized
23guardianship home under s. 48.62 (5), group home,
or residential care center for
24children and youth or in the home of a relative other than a parent attains 18 years
25of age or, if the child is placed in such a placement under an order under s. 48.355,

148.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates under s. 48.355 (4) or
2938.355 (4) after the child attains 18 years of age, during the 90 days immediately
3before the termination of the order, the agency primarily responsible for providing
4services to the child under the order shall provide the child with assistance and
5support in developing a plan for making the transition from out-of-home care to
6independent living. The transition plan shall be personalized at the direction of the
7child, shall be as detailed as the child directs, and shall include specific options for
8obtaining housing, health care, education, mentoring and continuing support
9services, and workforce support and employment services.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1323 10Section 1323. 48.545 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,517,1711 48.545 (2) (a) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (eg), (kb), and
12(nL), the department shall distribute $2,097,700 in each fiscal year to applying
13nonprofit corporations and public agencies operating in a county having a population
14of 500,000 or more, $1,171,800 in each fiscal year to applying county departments
15under s. 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 operating in counties other than a county
16having a population of 500,000 or more, and $55,000 in each fiscal year to Diverse
17and Resilient, Inc. to provide programs to accomplish all of the following:
AB40-ASA1, s. 1323d 18Section 1323d. 48.561 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,517,2119 48.561 (3) (a) 3. Through a deduction of $20,101,300 from any state payment
20due that county under s. 79.03 79.035, 79.04, 79.058, 79.06, or 79.08 as provided in
21par. (b).
AB40-ASA1, s. 1323g 22Section 1323g. 48.561 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,518,923 48.561 (3) (b) The department of administration shall collect the amount
24specified in par. (a) 3. from a county having a population of 500,000 or more by
25deducting all or part of that amount from any state payment due that county under

1s. 79.03 79.035, 79.04, 79.058, 79.06, or 79.08. The department of administration
2shall notify the department of revenue, by September 15 of each year, of the amount
3to be deducted from the state payments due under s. 79.03 79.035, 79.04, 79.058,
479.06,
or 79.08. The department of administration shall credit all amounts collected
5under this paragraph to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (kw) and shall
6notify the county from which those amounts are collected of that collection. The
7department may not expend any moneys from the appropriation account under s.
820.437 (1) (cx) for providing services to children and families under s. 48.48 (17) until
9the amounts in the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (kw) are exhausted.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1324 10Section 1324. 48.563 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,518,1411 48.563 (1) (a) Within the limits of available federal funds and of the
12appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (b), (km), and (o), the department shall distribute
13funds for children and family services to county departments as provided in subs. (2),
14(3), and (7m) and s. 48.986.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1324f 15Section 1324f. 48.563 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,518,1916 48.563 (2) Basic county allocation. For children and family services under
17s. 48.569 (1) (d), the department shall distribute not more than $51,577,400 in fiscal
18year 2009-10 and not more than $63,264,700 in fiscal year 2010-11 and
$66,475,500
19in each fiscal year thereafter.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1325 20Section 1325. 48.565 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,518,2321 48.565 (2) (c) The department shall credit to the appropriation account under
22s. 20.437 (3) (mp) (kp) any moneys carried forward under par. (a), but not distributed
23to counties, and may expend those moneys as provided in s. 48.567.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1326 24Section 1326. 48.567 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,519,6
148.567 (1) From the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (3) (mp) (kp), the
2department shall support costs that are exclusively related to the ongoing and
3recurring operational costs of augmenting the amount of moneys received under 42
4USC 670
to 679a and to any other purpose provided for by the legislature by law or
5in budget determinations. In addition, the department may expend moneys from the
6that appropriation account under s. 20.437 (3) (mp) as provided in subs. (1m) and (2).
AB40-ASA1, s. 1327 7Section 1327. 48.567 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,519,168 48.567 (1m) In addition to expending moneys from the appropriation account
9under s. 20.437 (3) (mp) (kp) for the augmentation activities specified in sub. (1), the
10department may expend moneys received under 42 USC 1396 to 1396v in
11reimbursement of the cost of providing targeted case management services to
12children whose care is not eligible for reimbursement under 42 USC 670 to 679a and
13credited to the
from that appropriation account under s. 20.437 (3) (mp) to support
14the counties' share of implementing the statewide automated child welfare
15information system under s. 46.22 (1) (c) 8. f. and to provide services to children and
16families under s. 48.48 (17).
AB40-ASA1, s. 1328 17Section 1328. 48.567 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,520,718 48.567 (2) If the department proposes to use any moneys from the
19appropriation account under s. 20.437 (3) (mp) (kp) for any purpose other than the
20purposes specified in subs. (1) and (1m), the department shall submit a plan for the
21proposed use of those moneys to the secretary of administration by September 1 of
22the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which those moneys were received. If the
23secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit the plan to the
24joint committee on finance by October 1 of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which
25those moneys were received. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the

1secretary of administration within 14 working days after the date of submittal of the
2plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the
3plan, the department may implement the plan. If within 14 working days after the
4date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the
5committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the
6purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan only with the
7approval of the committee.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1329 8Section 1329. 48.569 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,520,119 48.569 (1) (am) The department shall reimburse each county from the
10appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (b), (km), and (o) for children and family services
11as approved by the department under ss. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. f. and (e) 3. b.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1330 12Section 1330. 48.569 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,520,2513 48.569 (1) (d) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (b), (km), and (o), the
14department shall distribute the funding for children and family services, including
15funding for foster care or subsidized guardianship care of a child on whose behalf aid
16is received under s. 48.645 to county departments as provided under s. 48.563.
17County matching funds are required for the distribution under s. 48.563 (2). Each
18county's required match for the distribution under s. 48.563 (2) shall be specified in
19a schedule established annually by the department. Matching funds may be from
20county tax levies, federal and state revenue sharing funds, or private donations to
21the county that meet the requirements specified in sub. (1m). Private donations may
22not exceed 25 percent of the total county match. If the county match is less than the
23amount required to generate the full amount of state and federal funds distributed
24for this period, the decrease in the amount of state and federal funds equals the
25difference between the required and the actual amount of county matching funds.
AB40-ASA1, s. 1330s
1Section 1330s. 48.57 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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