AB211: Bill Text

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

2003 Assembly BILL 211

March 25, 2003 - Introduced by Representatives Kestell and Lassa, cosponsored by Senator Wirch. Referred to Committee on Children and Families.

AB211,2,4 An Act to repeal 25.67 (2) (a) 2., 48.982 (6) (f), 48.982 (7) (a), 48.982 (7) (b), 48.982 (7) (c), 48.982 (7) (e), 48.982 (7) (f), 48.982 (7) (fg) and 48.982 (7) (g); to renumber and amend 48.982 (2e) (a) and 48.982 (2e) (b); to consolidate, renumber and amend 25.67 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1.; to amend 15.195 (4) (intro.), 15.195 (4) (g), 20.433 (1) (g), 20.433 (1) (h), 20.433 (1) (ma), 20.433 (1) (q), 25.40 (1) (a) 16., 48.982 (1) (b), 48.982 (2) (a), 48.982 (2) (c), 48.982 (2) (d), 48.982 (2) (g) 1., 48.982 (2) (g) 2., 48.982 (2) (g) 4., 48.982 (2) (gm), 48.982 (2e) (am), 48.982 (2e) (c), 48.982 (2e) (e), 48.982 (2m) (intro.), 48.982 (2m) (a), 48.982 (4) (title), 48.982 (4) (a), 48.982 (4) (b) 1., 48.982 (4) (b) 2., 48.982 (4) (c), 48.982 (4) (d) (intro.), 48.982 (4) (d) 2., 48.982 (4) (e), 48.982 (6) (title), 48.982 (6) (a), 48.982 (6) (am), 48.982 (6) (b), 48.982 (6) (c), 48.982 (6) (d), 48.982 (7) (d) (intro.), 48.982 (7) (d) 1., 48.982 (7) (d) 2., 48.982 (7) (d) 3., 48.982 (7) (d) 4., 48.982 (7) (h) and 341.14 (6r) (b) 6.; to repeal and recreate 48.982 (7) (title); and to create 15.195 (4) (dm), 20.395 (1) (ih), 48.982 (2e) (a) 2., 48.982 (2e) (a) 4., 48.982 (2e) (a) 5., 48.982 (2e) (am) and 48.982 (2m) (am) of the statutes; relating to: a nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized by the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board, the membership of that board, the grant programs administered by that board, and making appropriations.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Introduction

Under current law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board (CANPB), conducts certain activities relating to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Those activities include awarding grants for child abuse and neglect prevention programs, early childhood family education centers, and right from the start projects; recommending policy changes to reduce the problems of child abuse and neglect; and developing public awareness of the problems of child abuse and neglect. Currently, the activities of the CANPB are funded by federal funds, moneys received from the sale of duplicate birth certificates, and moneys from the Children's Trust Fund, which consists of contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests received for the fund and moneys received from the sale of "Celebrate Children" license plates. This bill makes various changes relating to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized by the CANPB, the membership of the CANPB, and the grant programs administered by the CANPB.

Nonstock, nonprofit corporation

Current law authorizes the CANPB to organize a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is exempt from federal and state taxation for the purpose of soliciting and accepting tax-deductible contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests for the Children's Trust Fund. The corporation is governed by a board of directors consisting of five members, including the chairperson of the CANPB and four members of the CANPB, elected by the CANPB, of which one must be a legislator. The corporation may not employ staff, but rather receives administrative services from the CANPB as determined by the CANPB.

This bill expands the purposes of the corporation organized by the CANPB to include not only soliciting and accepting contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests for the Children's Trust Fund but also administering any programs that the CANPB contracts with the corporation to administer. The bill also permits the corporation, in addition to depositing those contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests in the Children's Trust Fund, to deposit those contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests in a fund that the corporation must establish and maintain under the bill and to use those moneys for the authorized purposes of the corporation or to pay for the operating costs of the corporation or to permit those contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests to accumulate indefinitely. In addition, the bill requires the Department of Transportation to deposit moneys received from the sale of "Celebrate Children" license plates in the fund established by the corporation, rather than in the Children's Trust Fund, and requires the secretary of administration to transfer the unencumbered balance in the Children's Trust Fund that is derived from the sale of those license plates to the fund established by the corporation, where those moneys must be permitted to accumulate indefinitely. Under the bill, the corporation must annually submit to the CANPB for its approval a budget specifying how the corporation intends to allocate its moneys. The budget must specify the amount of contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests accepted by the corporation that will be deposited in the Children's Trust Fund and the amount of those contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests that will be deposited in the fund of the corporation and, of the amounts deposited in that fund, the amounts that will be allocated for each of the corporation's purposes or that will be permitted to accumulate indefinitely.

In addition, the bill authorizes the CANPB to award, from moneys received from the sale of duplicate birth certificates and from interest earned on moneys received from the sale of "Celebrate Children" license plates, a grant of not more than $150,000 in each fiscal year to the corporation and requires the corporation to use the grant moneys awarded for the corporation's authorized purposes. The bill also adds four members, elected by the CANPB, to the board of directors of the corporation, which additional members may not be members of the CANPB. Finally, the bill permits the corporation to employ staff to perform administrative services for the corporation.

Membership of CANPB

Under current law, the CANPB consists of 16 members including the governor, the attorney general, the secretary of health and family services, the state superintendent of public instruction, one majority party and one minority party member of each house of the legislature, and eight public members, six of whom must be appointed on the basis of expertise, experience, and interest in the prevention of child abuse and neglect or on the basis of expertise or experience in intervention in cases of child abuse and neglect, one of whom must be an adult who was the victim of abuse or neglect as a child, and one of whom must be a parent who formerly abused or neglected his or her child.

This bill adds the secretary of corrections and one additional public member to the CANPB. The bill also eliminates the requirements that one public member be an adult who was the victim of abuse or neglect as a child and that one public member be a parent who formerly abused or neglected his or her child and instead requires that all public members be appointed on the basis of expertise, experience, leadership, or advocacy in the prevention of abuse or neglect.

Grant programs administered by CANPB

Under current law, the CANPB awards grants to organizations for child abuse and neglect prevention programs that promote public awareness of the need for child abuse and neglect prevention and that provide community-based education and services for parents, children, and families; early childhood family education centers that provide parenting education and referrals to other social services programs; and right from the start projects that provide outreach services to the parents of newborn infants.

This bill eliminates grants for right from the start projects and changes the term "early childhood family education center" to "family resource center." The bill also permits the CANPB to provide technical assistance to an organization to which the CANPB awards a grant, increases from $75,000 to not more than $150,000 the amount allocated in each fiscal year for family resource center grants in Milwaukee County, and permits the CANPB to provide child abuse and neglect information and services on a statewide basis.

In addition, the bill requires an organization that applies for a grant from the CANPB to include proof in its grant application that the organization has the cultural competency — which is defined as the ability to understand and act respectfully toward the beliefs, interpersonal styles, attitudes, and behaviors of persons and families of various cultures — to provide services to persons and families in the various cultures in the organization's target population and has the ability to maximize the coordination of services and minimize the duplication of services by coordinating with other organizations, to provide programs that identify and build on a family's strengths to encourage the development of a healthy family, provide culturally competent services, and provide community-based services through its program.

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:

AB211, s. 1 Section 1. 15.195 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB211,4,5 15.195 (4) Child abuse and neglect prevention board. (intro.) There is created a child abuse and neglect prevention board which is attached to the department of health and family services under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of 16 18 members as follows:

AB211, s. 2 Section 2. 15.195 (4) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB211,4,7 15.195 (4) (dm) The secretary of corrections or his or her designee.

AB211, s. 3 Section 3. 15.195 (4) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB211,5,6 15.195 (4) (g) Eight Nine public members appointed by the governor for staggered 3-year terms. Six of the The public members shall be appointed on the basis of expertise, experience and interest, leadership, or advocacy in the prevention of child abuse and neglect or expertise and experience in intervention in cases of child abuse and neglect. One public member shall be an adult who was a victim of abuse or neglect as a child. One public member shall be a parent who formerly abused or neglected one or more of his or her children and who has received treatment or advice from an organization that provides child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention services.

AB211, s. 4 Section 4. 20.395 (1) (ih) of the statutes is created to read:

AB211,5,10 20.395 (1) (ih) Child abuse and neglect prevention, state funds. From the general fund, all moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6., for the purpose of making deposits to the fund established under s. 48.982 (2e) (a) 2.

AB211, s. 5 Section 5. 20.433 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB211,5,19 20.433 (1) (g) General program operations. From all moneys received under s. 69.22 (1m), the amounts in the schedule to be used for the expenses of the child abuse and neglect prevention board under s. 48.982 (2) and (3), for grants under s. 48.982 (2e) (am) to the corporation organized under s. 48.982 (2e) (a) 1., and for the general program operations of the early childhood family education family resource center grant program under s. 48.982 (6) and the right from the start program under s. 48.982 (7) and for technical assistance to right from the start grant recipients under s. 48.982 (7) (a).

AB211, s. 6 Section 6. 20.433 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB211,5,24 20.433 (1) (h) Grants to organizations. All moneys received under s. 69.22 (1m), less the amounts appropriated under par. (g), to be used for grants and technical assistance to organizations under s. 48.982 (4), and (6) and (7) and for the provision of child abuse and neglect information and services.

AB211, s. 7 Section 7. 20.433 (1) (ma) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB211,6,4 20.433 (1) (ma) Federal project aids. All moneys received from the federal government for early childhood family education family resource center grants and technical assistance under s. 48.982 (6) (a), and for specific limited term projects, to be expended as aids to individuals or organizations for the purposes specified.

AB211, s. 8 Section 8. 20.433 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB211,6,10 20.433 (1) (q) Children's trust fund; gifts and grants. From the children's trust fund, all moneys received as contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests for that trust fund under s. 48.982 (2) (d) or (2e) (a), other than moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6., and all interest earned on moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6., 3., to carry out the purposes for which made and received under s. 48.982 (2m).

AB211, s. 9 Section 9. 25.40 (1) (a) 16. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB211,6,13 25.40 (1) (a) 16. Moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6. that are deposited in the children's trust fund established under s. 48.982 (2e) (a) 2.

AB211, s. 10 Section 10. 25.67 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 25.67 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB211,6,17 25.67 (2) (a) The fund shall consist of the following: 1. Moneys all moneys received for the fund under s. 48.982 (2) (d) or (2e) (a) 3.

AB211, s. 11 Section 11. 25.67 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB211, s. 12 Section 12. 48.982 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB211,6,21 48.982 (1) (b) "Board" means the child abuse and neglect prevention board created under s. 15.195 (4).

AB211, s. 13 Section 13. 48.982 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB211,7,7 48.982 (2) (a) Biennially, develop and transmit to the governor and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a plan for awarding grants and technical assistance to organizations and for providing child abuse and neglect prevention information and services on a statewide basis. The plan shall assure that there is an equal opportunity for the establishment of child abuse and neglect prevention programs, early childhood family education centers and right from the start projects and family resource centers. The plan shall also ensure that the grants will be distributed throughout all geographic areas of the state and in both urban and rural communities. For grants provided under sub. (6), the plan shall also ensure that the grants are distributed based on population.

AB211, s. 14 Section 14. 48.982 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB211,7,11 48.982 (2) (c) Review and approve or disapprove grant applications and monitor the services provided under each grant awarded under subs. (4), and (6) and (7).

AB211, s. 15 Section 15. 48.982 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: