LRB-1940/P1
EHS:kjf
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rice, BB0327 - Caretaker of an infant program time limit
For 2019-2021 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Wisconsin Works
1. Program time limit for caretaker of an infant
Under current law, a person who meets the eligibility requirements for the Wisconsin Works (W-2) program and who is the custodial parent of a child who is eight weeks old or less may receive monthly grants of $673 and may not be required to work in a W-2 employment position during that time, unless another adult member of the custodial parent's W-2 group is participating in, or is eligible to participate in, a W-2 employment position or is employed in unsubsidized employment. This bill extends these monthly benefits to the custodial parent of a child who is 12 weeks old or less.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 49.148 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.148 (1m) (a) 1. A custodial parent of a child 8 12 weeks old or less who meets the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3), unless another adult member of the custodial parent's Wisconsin Works group is participating in, or is eligible to participate in, a Wisconsin Works employment position or is employed in unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1).
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