49.78(10) (10)County certification.
49.78(10)(a)(a) Each county treasurer and director of a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 and each tribal governing body shall certify monthly under oath to the department in such manner as the department prescribes the claim of the county for state reimbursement under sub. (8) (a). The department shall review each claim of reimbursement and, if the department approves the claim, the department shall certify to the department of administration for reimbursement to the county for amounts due under sub. (8) (a) and payment claimed to be made to the counties monthly. The department may make advance payments prior to the beginning of each month equal to one-twelfth of the contracted amount.
49.78(10)(b) (b) To facilitate prompt reimbursement the certificate of the department may be based on the certified statements of the county officers or tribal governing body executives filed under par. (a). Funds recovered from audit adjustments from a prior fiscal year may be included in subsequent certifications only to pay counties owed funds as a result of any audit adjustment. By September 30 annually, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) on funds recovered and paid out during the previous calendar year as a result of audit adjustments.
49.78(11) (11)Requirement to provide information.
49.78(11)(a)1.1. The department, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, or a tribal governing body may request from any person in this state information it determines appropriate and necessary for determining or verifying eligibility or benefits for a recipient under any income maintenance program. Unless access to the information is prohibited or restricted by law, or unless the person has good cause, as determined by the department in accordance with federal law and regulations, for refusing to cooperate, the person shall make a good faith effort to provide the information within 7 days after receiving a request under this paragraph. The department, county department, or tribal governing body, or employees of any of them, may not disclose information obtained under this subdivision for any purpose not connected with the administration of the income maintenance program for which the information was requested.
49.78(11)(a)2. 2. In conjunction with any request for information under subd. 1., including a request made by subpoena under par. (b), the department, county department, or tribal governing body shall advise the person of the time by which the information must be provided.
49.78(11)(b) (b) The department, a county department, or a tribal governing body may issue a subpoena, in substantially the form authorized under s. 885.02, to compel the production of financial information or other documentary evidence for determining or verifying eligibility or benefits for a recipient under any income maintenance program.
49.78(11)(c) (c) A person is not liable to any person for any of the following:
49.78(11)(c)1. 1. Allowing access to financial or other records by the department, a county department, or a tribal governing body in response to a request under par. (a) or a subpoena described in par. (b).
49.78(11)(c)2. 2. Disclosing information from financial or other records to the department, a county department, or a tribal governing body in response to a request under par. (a) or a subpoena described in par. (b).
49.78(11)(c)3. 3. Any other action taken in good faith to comply with this subsection or a subpoena described in par. (b) or to comply with a request for information or access to records from the department, a county department, or a tribal governing body for determining or verifying eligibility or benefits for a recipient under any income maintenance program.
49.78 History History: 1995 a. 27 ss. 2041 to 2049, 2933 to 2936, 3084 to 3087, 3130; 1995 a. 289, 417; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33 ss. 1308, 1448, 9160; Stats. 2003 s. 49.78; 2005 a. 25.
49.78 Cross-reference Cross Reference: See also ch. HFS 254, Wis. adm. code.
49.785 49.785 Funeral expenses.
49.785(1)(1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), if any recipient of benefits under s. 49.148, 49.46 or 49.77, or under 42 USC 1381 to 1385 in effect on May 8, 1980, dies and the estate of the deceased recipient is insufficient to pay the funeral, burial and cemetery expenses of the deceased recipient, the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization responsible for burial of the recipient shall pay, to the person designated by the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or applicable tribal governing body or organization responsible for the burial of the recipient, all of the following:
49.785(1)(a) (a) The lesser of $1,000 or the cemetery expenses that are not paid by the estate of the deceased and other persons.
49.785(1)(b) (b) The lesser of $1,500 or the funeral and burial expenses not paid by the estate of the deceased and other persons.
49.785(1m) (1m)
49.785(1m)(a)(a) If the total cemetery expenses for the recipient exceed $3,500, the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization responsible for burial of the recipient is not required to make a payment for the cemetery expenses under sub. (1) (a).
49.785(1m)(b) (b) If the total funeral and burial expenses for the recipient exceed $3,500, the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization responsible for burial of the recipient is not required to make a payment for funeral and burial expenses under sub. (1) (b).
49.785(1m)(c) (c) If a request for payment under sub. (1) is made more than 12 months after the death of the recipient, the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization responsible for burial of the recipient is not required to make a payment for cemetery, funeral or burial expenses.
49.785(2) (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bn), the department shall reimburse a county or applicable tribal governing body or organization for any amount that the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization is required to pay under sub. (1) if the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization complies with sub. (3). From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bn), the department shall reimburse a county or applicable tribal governing body or organization for cemetery expenses or for funeral and burial expenses for a person described under sub. (1) that the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization is not required to pay under subs. (1) and (1m) only if the department approves the reimbursement due to unusual circumstances and if the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization complies with sub. (3).
49.785(3) (3) As a condition for reimbursement under sub. (2) for amounts paid on behalf of a deceased recipient, a county or applicable tribal governing body or organization shall provide to the department all of the following information with respect to the deceased recipient:
49.785(3)(a) (a) The total cemetery expenses.
49.785(3)(b) (b) The total funeral and burial expenses.
49.785(3)(c) (c) The total amount of each of the expenses under pars. (a) and (b) that the county or tribal governing body or organization paid on behalf of the deceased recipient.
49.785 Annotation A cement grave liner will be considered a funeral and burial expense or a cemetery expense depending on who provides the liner; a liner provided by a funeral home constitutes a funeral and burial expense subject to the statutory payment limit. 79 Atty. Gen. 164.
49.79 49.79 Food stamp administration.
49.79(1) (1)Definitions. In this section:
49.79(1)(a) (a) "Controlled substance" has the meaning given in 21 USC 802 (6).
49.79(1)(b) (b) "Custodial parent" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (b).
49.79(1)(c) (c) "Food stamp program" means the federal food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036.
49.79(1)(d) (d) "Noncustodial parent" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (h).
49.79(1)(e) (e) "Parent" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (j).
49.79(1)(f) (f) "Qualified alien" has the meaning given in 8 USC 1641 (b).
49.79(2) (2)Denial of eligibility.
49.79(2)(a)(a) An individual is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program in a month that any of the following is true:
49.79(2)(a)1. 1. The individual is a custodial parent of a child who is under the age of 18 and who has an absent parent, or the individual lives with and exercises parental control over a child who is under the age of 18 and who has an absent parent, and the individual does not fully cooperate in good faith with efforts directed at establishing the paternity of the child, if necessary, establishing or enforcing a support order, if appropriate, or obtaining other payments or property, if any, to which that individual or the child may have rights. This subdivision does not apply if the individual has good cause for refusing to cooperate, as determined by the department in accordance with federal law and regulations.
49.79(2)(a)2. 2. The individual is a man who is alleged to be the father under s. 767.80 of a child under the age of 18 and the individual refuses to cooperate, as determined by the department in accordance with federal law and regulations, in efforts directed at establishing the paternity of the child.
49.79(2)(a)3. 3. If the individual is a noncustodial mother of a child under the age of 18 and the paternity of the father has not been established, the individual refuses to cooperate, as determined by the department in accordance with federal law and regulations, in efforts directed at establishing the paternity of the child.
49.79(2)(a)4. 4. The individual is a noncustodial parent of a child under the age of 18 and the individual refuses to cooperate, as determined by the department in accordance with federal law and regulations, in providing or obtaining support for the child.
49.79(2)(a)5. 5. The individual is obligated by court order to provide child support payments and is delinquent in making those court-ordered payments. This subdivision does not apply if any of the following applies:
49.79(2)(a)5.a. a. The delinquency equals less than 3 months of the court-ordered support payments.
49.79(2)(a)5.b. b. A court or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) is allowing the individual to delay the child support payments.
49.79(2)(a)5.c. c. The individual is complying with a payment plan approved by a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) to provide support for the child of the individual.
49.79(2)(b) (b) An individual who fails to comply with the work requirements of the employment and training program under s. 49.13 (2) (a) is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program as specified under s. 49.13 (3).
49.79 Cross-reference Cross Reference: See also ch. HFS 252, Wis. adm. code.
49.79(3) (3)Liability for lost food coupons.
49.79(3)(a)(a) A county or federally recognized American Indian tribe is liable for all food stamp coupons lost, misappropriated, or destroyed while under the county's or tribe's direct control, except as provided in par. (b).
49.79(3)(b) (b) A county or federally recognized American Indian tribe is not liable for food stamp coupons lost in natural disasters if it provides evidence acceptable to the department that the coupons were destroyed and not redeemed.
49.79(3)(c) (c) A county or federally recognized American Indian tribe is liable for food stamp coupons mailed to residents of the county or members of the tribe and lost in the mail due to incorrect information submitted to the department by the county or tribe.
49.79(4) (4)Deductions from county income maintenance payments. The department shall withhold the value of food stamp losses for which a county or federally recognized American Indian tribe is liable under sub. (3) from the payment to the county or tribe under income maintenance contracts under s. 49.78 and reimburse the federal government from the funds withheld.
49.79(5) (5)Drug convictions.
49.79(5)(a)(a) The department shall require an applicant for, or recipient under, the food stamp program to state in writing whether the applicant or recipient or any member of the applicant's or recipient's household has been convicted, in any state or federal court of a felony that has as an element possession, use or distribution of a controlled substance. The department shall require an applicant or recipient, or member of the applicant's or recipient's household to submit to a test for use of a controlled substance as a condition of continued eligibility if, after August 22, 1996, but not more than 5 years prior to the date the written statement is made, the applicant or recipient or the member of the applicant's or recipient's household was convicted in any state or federal court of a felony that had as an element possession, use or distribution of a controlled substance. If the test results are positive with respect to any individual, the department may not consider the needs of that individual in determining the household's eligibility for the food stamp program for at least 12 months from the date of the test. The department shall, however, consider the income and resources of that individual to be available to the household.
49.79(5)(b) (b) If an individual whose needs are not considered under par. (a) submits to a test for use of a controlled substance at least 12 months after the date that the department first disregarded that individual's needs under par. (a), and if the test results are negative, the department shall consider the individual's needs in determining the eligibility of the individual's household.
49.79(6) (6)Ineligibility for fugitive felons. No person is eligible for the food stamp program in a month in which that person is a fugitive felon under 7 USC 2015 (k) (1) or is violating a condition of probation, extended supervision or parole imposed by a state or federal court.
49.79(7) (7)Simplified food stamp program. The department shall develop a simplified food stamp program that meets all of the requirements under P.L. 104-193, section 854, and shall submit the plan to the secretary of the federal department of agriculture for approval. If the secretary of the federal department of agriculture approves the plan, the department shall submit the plan to the secretary of administration for approval. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, the department may implement the plan.
49.79(8) (8)Benefits for qualified aliens. The department shall provide benefits under this section to a qualified alien who is ineligible for benefits under this section solely because of the application of 9 USC 1612 or 1613 according to a plan approved by the federal department of agriculture. This subsection does not apply to the extent that federal food stamp benefits for qualified aliens are restored by the federal government.
49.79(10) (10)Contract for employment and training program. The department shall contract with the department of workforce development to administer the employment and training program under s. 49.13.
49.79 History History: 2001 a. 16 ss. 1656sy to 1656tjk, 1656tr, 1656ts to 1656tx, 1838sb to 1838td.; Stats 2001 s. 49.79; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2005 a. 443 s. 265.
49.793 49.793 Recovery of food stamps.
49.793(1) (1) The department or a county or an 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) 2. d. Recovery shall be made in accordance with 7 USC 2022.
49.793(2) (2) A county or governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe may retain a portion of the amount of an overpayment the state is authorized to retain under 7 USC 2025 which is recovered under sub. (1) due to the efforts of an employee or officer of the county or tribe. The department shall promulgate a rule establishing the portion of the amount of the overpayment that the county or governing body may retain. This subsection does not apply to recovery of an overpayment that was made as a result of state, county or tribal governing body error.
49.793 History History: 2001 a. 16 ss. 1656ty, 1656tym; Stats. 2001 s. 49.793.
49.795 49.795 Food stamp offenses.
49.795(1) (1) In this section:
49.795(1)(a) (a) "Eligible person" means a member of a household certified as eligible for the food stamp program or a person authorized to represent a certified household under 7 USC 2020 (e) (7).
49.795(1)(b) (b) "Food" means items which may be purchased using food coupons under 7 USC 2012 (g) and 2016 (b).
49.795(1)(c) (c) "Food stamp program" means the federal food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2029.
49.795(1)(d) (d) "Supplier" means a retail grocery store or other person authorized by the federal department of agriculture to accept food coupons in exchange for food under the food stamp program.
49.795(1)(e) (e) "Unauthorized person" means a person who is not one of the following:
49.795(1)(e)1. 1. An employee or officer of the federal government, the state, a county or a federally recognized American Indian tribe acting in the course of official duties in connection with the food stamp program.
49.795(1)(e)2. 2. A person acting in the course of duties under a contract with the federal government, the state, a county or a federally recognized American Indian tribe in connection with the food stamp program.
49.795(1)(e)3. 3. An eligible person.
49.795(1)(e)4. 4. A supplier.
49.795(1)(e)5. 5. A person authorized to redeem food coupons under 7 USC 2019.
49.795(2) (2) No person may misstate or conceal facts in a food stamp program application or report of income, assets or household circumstances with intent to secure or continue to receive food stamp program benefits.
49.795(2m) (2m) No person may knowingly fail to report changes in income, assets or other facts as required under 7 USC 2015 (c) (1) or regulations issued under that provision.
49.795(3) (3) No person may knowingly issue food coupons to a person who is not an eligible person or knowingly issue food coupons to an eligible person in excess of the amount for which the person's household is eligible.
49.795(4) (4) No eligible person may knowingly transfer food coupons except to purchase food from a supplier or knowingly obtain or use food coupons for which the person's household is not eligible.
49.795(5) (5) No supplier may knowingly obtain food coupons except as payment for food or knowingly obtain food coupons from a person who is not an eligible person.
49.795(6) (6) No unauthorized person may knowingly obtain, possess, transfer or use food coupons.
49.795(7) (7) No person may knowingly alter food coupons.
49.795(8) (8)
49.795(8)(a)(a) For a first offense under this section:
49.795(8)(a)1. 1. If the value of the food coupons does not exceed $100, a person who violates this section may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year in the county jail or both.
49.795(8)(a)2. 2. If the value of the food coupons exceeds $100, but is less than $5,000, a person who violates this section is guilty of a Class I felony.
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