AB150-ASA,910,11 9(a) Except as provided in sub. (3) (a), the individual resides in a county, or on
10tax-free land, in which the county or tribal governing body operates a program
11funded by a relief block grant.
AB150-ASA,910,1312 (c) The individual qualifies under written criteria of dependency under s. 49.02
13(1) (b) established by the relief agency in that county or on that tax-free land.
AB150-ASA, s. 2671 14Section 2671. 49.015 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m) (a).
AB150-ASA, s. 2672b 15Section 2672b. 49.015 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m)
16(b) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB150-ASA,910,2117 49.015 (1m) (b) (intro.) No person individual is eligible for general relief under
18this chapter
unless the person individual has resided in this state for at least 60
19consecutive days before applying for general relief. This requirement does not apply
20if the person individual resides in this state and meets any of the following
21conditions:
AB150-ASA, s. 2673b 22Section 2673b. 49.015 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m) (b)
231. and amended to read:
AB150-ASA,910,2424 49.015 (1m) (b) 1. The person individual was born in this state.
AB150-ASA, s. 2674b
1Section 2674b. 49.015 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m) (b)
22. and amended to read:
AB150-ASA,911,43 49.015 (1m) (b) 2. The person individual has, in the past, resided in this state
4for at least 365 consecutive days.
AB150-ASA, s. 2675b 5Section 2675b. 49.015 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m) (b)
63. and amended to read:
AB150-ASA,911,97 49.015 (1m) (b) 3. The person individual came to this state to join a close
8relative who has resided in this state for at least 180 days before the arrival of the
9person individual.
AB150-ASA, s. 2676b 10Section 2676b. 49.015 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m) (b)
114. and amended to read:
AB150-ASA,911,1312 49.015 (1m) (b) 4. The person individual came to this state to accept a bona fide
13offer of employment and the person individual was eligible to accept the employment.
AB150-ASA, s. 2677 14Section 2677. 49.015 (1m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,911,1515 49.015 (1m) (title) State residency requirements.
AB150-ASA, s. 2678b 16Section 2678b. 49.015 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (2) and
17amended to read:
AB150-ASA,911,2318 49.015 (2) (title) Recipients of other aid. A person Except as provided in sub.
19(3), an individual
is not eligible for general relief under this chapter for a month in
20which the person individual has received aid to families with dependent children
21under s. 49.19 or supplemental security income under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c or in
22which aid to families with dependent children or supplemental security income
23benefits are immediately available to the person individual.
AB150-ASA, s. 2679b 24Section 2679b. 49.015 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,912,12
149.015 (2) (b) No person is eligible for general relief under this chapter for a
2month in which the person is denied, or his or her needs are removed from a grant
3of, food stamps or aid to families with dependent children under 7 USC 2015 (d) (1),
442 USC 602 (a) (19) (F), 42 USC 607 (b) (2) (C), 42 USC 609 (c) or 42 USC 645 (b) 1
5(B) because the person has failed to comply with requirements related to
6employment or training. A general relief agency may not deny general relief under
7this subsection to any person other than the person who has failed to comply with
8those requirements. If Except in counties that have elected not to provide
9nonmedical benefits under s. 49.032 (2) (a), if
the adult caretaker of a child is denied
10general relief under this subsection and the case involves mismanagement, the
11general relief agency shall make the general relief payment for the child in the form
12of a protective payment.
AB150-ASA, s. 2679c 13Section 2679c. 49.015 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
14.... (this act), is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2680 15Section 2680. 49.015 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2681b 16Section 2681b. 49.015 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,912,1717 49.015 (3) (title) Waiver of certain eligibility requirements.
AB150-ASA, s. 2681c 18Section 2681c. 49.015 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (3) (b) and
19amended to read:
AB150-ASA,913,220 49.015 (3) (b) After December 31, 1986, a general A relief agency may waive
21the requirement under sub. (1) (b) or (2) (a) (2) or (2m) in a medical emergency or in
22case of unusual misfortune or hardship. Each waiver shall be reported to the
23department. The department may deny reimbursement under s. 49.035 for any case
24in which a waiver is inappropriately granted
make a determination as to the

1appropriateness of the waiver under rules promulgated by the department under s.
249.02 (7m) (d).
AB150-ASA, s. 2681d 3Section 2681d. 49.015 (3) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,913,94 49.015 (3) (a) A relief agency may waive the requirement under sub. (1) (a) for
5an individual receiving health care services from a trauma center that meets the
6criteria established by the American College of Surgeons for classification as a Level
7I trauma center. If the county waives the requirement under sub. (1) (a) for an
8individual, the county may seek reimbursement from the individual's county of
9residence if that county operates a program funded by a relief block grant.
AB150-ASA, s. 2682 10Section 2682. 49.015 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2683b 11Section 2683b. 49.02 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,913,12 1249.02 (title) General relief Relief block grant administration.
AB150-ASA, s. 2684b 13Section 2684b. 49.02 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,913,1514 49.02 (1) Eligibility for relief block grants. A county or tribal governing
15body is eligible to receive a relief block grant if all of the following conditions are met:
AB150-ASA,913,1716 (a) The county board or tribal governing body adopts a resolution applying for
17a relief block grant.
AB150-ASA,913,1918 (b) The county or tribal governing body establishes written criteria to be used
19to determine dependency and reviews these written criteria at least annually.
AB150-ASA,913,2220 (c) The county or tribal governing body submits to the department a plan for
21the provision of services to be funded by the relief block grant. The plan shall include
22all of the following:
AB150-ASA,914,223 1. How the county or tribal governing body will determine eligibility and how
24these eligibility determinations may be appealed. The procedures for determining

1eligibility and for notice, fair hearing and review shall be consistent with rules
2promulgated by the department under sub. (7m).
AB150-ASA,914,43 2. How the county or tribal governing body will determine which health care
4services are needed by a dependent person.
AB150-ASA,914,75 3. The cost containment mechanisms that will be used, including what
6limitations will be placed on the inappropriate use of emergency room care and what
7limitations will be placed on payments to providers contracted for under sub. (2).
AB150-ASA,914,118 4. In the case of a county submitting a plan for a relief block grant under s.
949.027, whether the county will provide services other than health care services and,
10if such services are offered, how the county will determine what services will be
11provided to a dependent person.
AB150-ASA,914,1412 (d) The department has approved the plan under par. (c). The department shall
13approve or disapprove the plan within a reasonable period of time after the plan is
14submitted.
AB150-ASA, s. 2685b 15Section 2685b. 49.02 (1e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,914,1816 49.02 (1e) Relief agencies. If a county or tribal governing agency is eligible
17to receive a relief block grant, the county or tribal governing body shall establish or
18designate a relief agency to administer relief under this section.
AB150-ASA, s. 2686b 19Section 2686b. 49.02 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,915,320 49.02 (1m) Every county shall furnish general relief to all eligible dependent
21persons within the county and shall establish or designate a general relief agency to
22administer general relief. The general relief agency shall establish written criteria
23to be used to determine dependency and. Except for counties that make the election
24under s. 49.032 (2) (a), each county
shall establish written standards of need to be
25used to determine the type and amount of general relief to be furnished. The general

1relief agency shall review the standards of need at least annually. The
A general
2relief agency may establish work-seeking rules for general relief applicants and
3recipients.
AB150-ASA, s. 2686c 4Section 2686c. 49.02 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
5.... (this act), is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2686d 6Section 2686d. 49.02 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,915,137 49.02 (2) Contracting with private health care providers. A relief agency
8may use a relief block grant to provide health care services directly or, if the
9conditions in this subsection are met, by contracting with private health care
10providers, or by a combination of contracting with private health care providers and
11providing services directly. A relief agency may contract with a private health care
12provider to provide health care services under this subsection only if all of the
13following conditions are met:
AB150-ASA,915,1514 (a) The relief agency enters into a contract with the private health care provider
15to provide specified health care services.
AB150-ASA,915,1916 (b) The contract between the relief agency and the private health care provider
17provides that all records of the health care provider relating to the administration
18and provision of the health care services shall be open to inspection at all reasonable
19hours by authorized representatives of the county and the department.
AB150-ASA,915,2320 (c) The contract between the relief agency and the private health care provider
21provides that any payments under s. 49.45 (6y) and (6z) made to the health care
22provider shall be used to offset the liability of the relief agency for the costs of the
23health care services provided under the contract.
AB150-ASA,915,2524 (d) The contract limits payment for services under the contract to the amount
25payable by medical assistance for care for which a medical assistance rate exists.
AB150-ASA,916,2
1(e) The contract does not provide for payment for hospitalization or care
2provided as uncompensated services required under 42 USC 291c.
AB150-ASA,916,63 (f) The contract prohibits the health care provider from holding an individual
4recipient of health care services funded under this section liable for the difference
5between the costs of the health care services and the amount paid to the health care
6provider by the county for the services.
AB150-ASA, s. 2687b 7Section 2687b. 49.02 (2r) of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1) (am) and
8amended to read:
AB150-ASA,916,149 49.015 (1) (am) A general relief agency may require the person who is receiving
10general relief to authorize
The individual authorizes any program or resource for
11which he or she is determined to be eligible to reimburse the general relief agency
12for general relief benefits paid health care services provided to the person individual
13if the program or resource permits retroactive reimbursement for the period that
14general relief benefits were paid
services provided.
AB150-ASA, s. 2688b 15Section 2688b. 49.02 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
16(this act), is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2688c 17Section 2688c. 49.02 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,916,2518 49.02 (3) (a) A Except in counties that have elected not to provide nonmedical
19benefits under s. 49.032 (2) (a), a
general relief agency may plainly print or stamp
20on each check issued as a general relief benefit payment words explaining that the
21check is valid for 60 days beginning on the date of issuance. The general relief agency
22may cancel any check that is not presented for payment within the 60-day period
23indicated on the check and, except as provided in par. (b), the person entitled to the
24check forfeits the right to the benefit payment. Section 49.037 (6) does not apply to
25the cancellation of a check under this paragraph.
AB150-ASA, s. 2689
1Section 2689. 49.02 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2690 2Section 2690. 49.02 (5) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,917,33 49.02 (5) (title) Liability for health care services.
AB150-ASA, s. 2691b 4Section 2691b. 49.02 (5) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2692 5Section 2692. 49.02 (5) (ar) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2693 6Section 2693. 49.02 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,917,107 49.02 (5) (b) A county relief agency is not liable for hospitalization or care
8health care services provided under par. (a) to a dependent person if the hospital
9provides the care or hospitalization health care services to the person as
10uncompensated services required under 42 USC 291c.
AB150-ASA, s. 2694 11Section 2694. 49.02 (5) (bm) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
12.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,917,1513 49.02 (5) (bm) A relief agency shall limit its liability for health care services
14funded by a relief block grant to the amount payable by medical assistance under ss.
1549.43 to 49.47
subch. IV for care for which a medical assistance rate exists.
AB150-ASA, s. 2695 16Section 2695. 49.02 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2696 17Section 2696. 49.02 (5) (cr) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2697 18Section 2697. 49.02 (5) (cw) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2698 19Section 2698. 49.02 (5) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2699 20Section 2699. 49.02 (5) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2700 21Section 2700. 49.02 (5) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2701 22Section 2701. 49.02 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2702 23Section 2702. 49.02 (6c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2703b 24Section 2703b. 49.02 (6g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,918,5
149.02 (6g) (title) Liability of recipients. No individual who receives treatment
2or hospitalization under sub. (5)
health care services funded by a relief block grant
3may be liable for the difference between the costs of the treatment or hospitalization
4services charged by the health care provider and the amount paid by the general
5relief agency.
AB150-ASA, s. 2704 6Section 2704. 49.02 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,918,87 49.02 (6m) Notwithstanding ss. 49.002 (2) and 49.01 (5m), a general relief
8agency is not required to provide services described in s. 51.42 (3) (ar) 4.
AB150-ASA, s. 2705b 9Section 2705b. 49.02 (6m) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act
10.... (this act), is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2706 11Section 2706. 49.02 (6r) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 2708b 12Section 2708b. 49.02 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,918,1913 49.02 (7) (title) Notification requirement. Whenever the authorities charged
14with the administration of this section have
department or a relief agency has reason
15to believe that a person receiving relief is engaging in conduct or behavior prohibited
16in ch. 944 or ss. 940.225, 948.02, 948.025 or 948.06 to 948.11 they the department or
17relief agency
shall promptly notify the law enforcement officials of the county
18thereof, including facts relating to such person's alleged misconduct or illegal
19behavior.
AB150-ASA, s. 2709b 20Section 2709b. 49.02 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,918,2221 49.02 (7m) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules regarding use of
22relief block grants. The rules shall include all of the following:
AB150-ASA,918,2423 (a) Procedures that relief agencies shall follow in making eligibility
24determinations.
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