AB100-ASA1,803,1312 (a) Aid to families with dependent children. For benefits under s. 49.19,
13$28,400,000 in fiscal year 1997-98.
AB100-ASA1,803,1614 (b) Wisconsin works. For payments to Wisconsin works agencies for subsidized
15employment and office costs and as a supplement for long-term and refugee cases,
16$267,692,100 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $283,771,800 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1,803,2017 (c) Wisconsin works agency contingency fund. For contingency payments to
18Wisconsin works agencies for subsidized employment and office costs to be
19distributed under criteria established by the department, $25,000,000 in the
201997-99 fiscal biennium.
AB100-ASA1,803,2221 (d) Job opportunities and basic skills program. For services provided under s.
2249.193, $15,079,800 in fiscal year 1997-98.
AB100-ASA1,803,2423 (e) County income maintenance administration. For county income
24maintenance administration, $6,665,600 in fiscal year 1997-98.
AB100-ASA1,804,3
1(f) State administration of public assistance programs. For state
2administration of public assistance programs, $37,449,500 in fiscal year 1997-98
3and $34,338,100 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1,804,54 (g) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138,
5$3,300,000 in each fiscal year.
AB100-ASA1,804,76 (h) Funeral expenses. For funeral expenses under s. 49.30, $3,300,000 in each
7fiscal year.
AB100-ASA1,804,98 (i) Learnfare case management. For case management services for learnfare
9pupils under s. 49.26 (2), $2,619,100 in each fiscal year.
AB100-ASA1,804,1110 (j) Local learnfare projects. For local projects under the learnfare program
11under s. 49.26, $450,000 in fiscal year 1997-98.
AB100-ASA1,804,1312 (k) Children first. For services under the work experience program for
13noncustodial parents under s. 49.36, $1,316,400 in each fiscal year.
AB100-ASA1,804,1514 (L) County fraud investigations and error reduction. For county fraud
15investigations and error reductions under s. 49.197, $588,000 in each fiscal year.
AB100-ASA1,804,1716 (m) Job access loans. For job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $3,645,600 in
17fiscal year 1997-98 and $866,900 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1,804,2018 (n) Employment skills advancement grants. For employment skills
19advancement grants under s. 49.185, $833,300 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $1,000,000
20in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1,804,2221 (o) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155,
22$155,547,200 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $177,427,200 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1,805,223 (p) Indirect child care services. For indirect child care services under s. 49.131
24(2) (b), $6,002,400 in each fiscal year. Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department may

1not use any funds allocated under this paragraph for any other purpose under this
2subsection.
AB100-ASA1,805,53 (q) Reserve for benefit payments in a county with a population of 500,000 or
4more.
For a reserve for benefit payments in a county with a population of 500,000
5or more, $11,000,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1,805,96 (r) Wisconsin works contracts in certain counties. For contracts with persons
7for oversight of the administrative structure of Wisconsin works, and of Wisconsin
8works agencies, in counties having a population of 500,000 or more, $1,000,000 in
9each fiscal year.
AB100-ASA1,805,1110 (s) New hope project. For the new hope project under s. 49.37, $1,560,000 in
11fiscal year 1997-98 and $690,000 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1,805,1612 (t) Transportation assistance. For transportation assistance under s. 49.157,
13$1,000,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 1998-99. The
14department may not distribute the funds under this paragraph unless the joint
15committee on finance supplements the appropriate appropriation from the
16appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (m).
AB100-ASA1,805,1917 (u) Hospital paternity incentives. For hospital paternity incentive payments
18under s. 69.14 (1) (cm), $54,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $144,000 in fiscal year
191998-99.
AB100-ASA1,805,2220 (v) Youth village program. For the youth village program under s. 118.42,
21$500,000 in each fiscal year. The department may not distribute funds under this
22paragraph if the youth village program does not comply with s. 118.42 (1) (e).
AB100-ASA1,805,2523 (w) Transfer of federal funds to the department of health and family services.
24For the transfer of federal funds to the department of health and family services, as
25provided in s. 20.445 (3) (md), for the following purposes, the following amounts:
AB100-ASA1,806,2
11. `Kinship care assistance.' For the kinship care program under s. 48.57 (3m)
2and (3p), $15,720,400 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $22,116,400 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1,806,63 2. `Children of recipients of supplemental security income.' For payments made
4under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of
5supplemental security income, $1,570,700 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $458,800 in
6fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1,806,77 3. `Community aids.' For community aids, $31,800,000 in each fiscal year.
AB100-ASA1,806,108 4. `Milwaukee County liaison.' For a Milwaukee County child welfare liaison
9funded from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (8) (kx), $104,000 in fiscal year
101997-98 and $108,100 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1,806,14 11(2) Transfer of funds. (a) With the approval of the secretary of
12administration, the department may use not more than 10% of the amounts required
13to be allocated for a purpose specified in any paragraph under sub. (1) for any other
14purpose specified in any other paragraph under sub. (1) in each fiscal year.
AB100-ASA1,806,1615 (b) The department may use more than 10% if all of the following conditions
16are met:
AB100-ASA1,806,1717 1. The secretary of administration approves the transfer.
AB100-ASA1,806,2518 2. The department submits a request for the transfer to the joint committee on
19finance and the joint committee on finance does not, within 14 days after receiving
20the request, schedule a meeting to review the transfer. If, within 14 days after
21receiving the request, the joint committee on finance schedules a meeting to review
22the transfer, the department may not use for another purpose specified under any
23paragraph under sub. (1) more than 10% of the amounts required to allocated for a
24different purpose specified in any other paragraph under sub. (1) unless it is
25approved by the committee, which may modify the proposed transfer.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1857pm
1Section 1857pm. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 1997
2Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,807,63 49.175 (1) Funds distribution. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), within
4the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (a), (br), (cm), (dc), (dz), (e), (em),
5(g), (jg), (jL), (k), (L), (Lm), (mc), (md), (nL), (pm) and (ps), the department shall
6allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:
AB100-ASA1, s. 1857q 7Section 1857q. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act
8.... (this act), is renumbered 49.175 (1) (b) 1. and amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,807,129 49.175 (1) (b) 1. For Except as provided in subd. 2., for payments to Wisconsin
10works agencies for subsidized employment and office costs and as a supplement for
11long-term and refugee cases, $267,692,100 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $283,771,800
12in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1857r 13Section 1857r. 49.175 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,807,1814 49.175 (1) (b) 2. The department of revenue shall determine the amount that
15is required to pay claims approved under s. 71.07 (9e) for participants under s. 49.147
16(4) (c). The department of workforce development shall subtract that amount from
17the allocation in subd. 1. and transfer the amount to the appropriation under s.
1820.835 (2) (k).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1481 19Section 1481. 49.185 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,807,2120 49.185 (1m) Funding. Payments for grants awarded under this section shall
21be made from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (em) and (md).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1858m 22Section 1858m. 49.185 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,807,2423 49.185 (5) Applicability. This section applies beginning on the first day of the
246th month beginning after the
date stated in the notice under s. 49.141 (2) (d).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1482 25Section 1482. 49.19 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,808,14
149.19 (10) (a) Aid under this section may also be granted to a nonrelative who
2cares for a child dependent upon the public for proper support in a foster home or
3treatment foster home having a license under s. 48.62, in a foster home or treatment
4foster home located within the boundaries of a federally recognized American Indian
5reservation in this state and licensed by the tribal governing body of the reservation
6or in a group home licensed under s. 48.625 or to a minor custodial parent who cares
7for the dependent child
, regardless of the cause or prospective period of dependency.
8The state shall reimburse counties pursuant to the procedure under s. 46.495 (2) and
9the percentage rate of participation set forth in s. 46.495 (1) (d) for aid granted under
10this subsection except that if the child does not have legal settlement in the granting
11county, state reimbursement shall be at 100%. The county department under s.
1246.215 or 46.22 shall determine the legal settlement of the child. A child under one
13year of age shall be eligible for aid under this subsection irrespective of any other
14residence requirement for eligibility within this section.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1483 15Section 1483. 49.19 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,808,2516 49.19 (10) (d) Aid may also be paid under this section to a licensed foster home
17or, treatment foster home, to a group home licensed under s. 48.625 or to a
18child-caring institution by the state when the child is in the custody or guardianship
19of the state, when the child is a ward of an American Indian tribal court in this state
20and the placement is made under an agreement between the department and the
21tribal governing body or when the child was part of the state's direct service case load
22and was removed from the home of a relative specified in sub. (1) (a) as a result of
23a judicial determination that continuance in the home of a relative would be contrary
24to the child's welfare for any reason and the child is placed by the department of
25health and family services or the department of corrections.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1484
1Section 1484. 49.19 (11) (a) 1. a. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,809,62 49.19 (11) (a) 1. a. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (11m) and (11s), monthly
3payments made under s. 20.445 (3) (d) (dz) and (p) (md) to persons or to families with
4dependent children shall be based on family size and shall be at 80% of the total of
5the allowances under subds. 2. and 4. plus the following standards of assistance
6beginning on September 1, 1987:
AB100-ASA1, s. 1485 7Section 1485. 49.19 (19m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,809,98 49.19 (19m) Notwithstanding subs. (1) to (19), no aid may be paid under this
9section for a child on whose behalf a payment is made under s. 49.775.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1486 10Section 1486. 49.19 (20) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100-ASA1,809,1111 49.19 (20) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a):
AB100-ASA1,809,1612 1. If a nonlegally responsible relative is receiving aid under this section on
13behalf of a dependent child on the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts
14date], no aid under this section may be paid to the nonlegally responsible relative
15after December 31, 1997, or the first reinvestigation under sub. (5) (e) occurring after
16the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], whichever is earlier.
AB100-ASA1,809,2017 2. If a nonlegally responsible relative is not receiving aid under this section on
18behalf of a dependent child on the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts
19date], no aid may be paid to the nonlegally responsible relative on or after the
20effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].
AB100-ASA1, s. 1487 21Section 1487. 49.191 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,810,422 49.191 (1) (b) Within the limits of funds available under s. 20.445 (3) (cn) (cm),
23(dz)
, (jg), (md) and (na), the department shall provide funds for individuals who are
24working and who receive aid to families with dependent children to pay child care
25costs in excess of the amount of the child care disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (a) and

1child care costs incurred before the child care disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (a) becomes
2available if the child care is provided by a child care provider. This paragraph does
3not apply beginning on the first day of the 6th month beginning after the date stated
4in the notice under s. 49.141 (2) (d).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1488 5Section 1488. 49.193 (10m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,810,156 49.193 (10m) Work-first program. The department shall select Kenosha
7county and additional counties in which to pilot the work-first program under this
8subsection. The work-first program shall be conducted as part of the job
9opportunities and basic skills program under this section and shall be funded from
10s. 20.445 (3) (df) (dz). The work-first program shall seek to increase the amount of
11job opportunities and basic skills program services provided to recipients of aid to
12families with dependent children and to minimize the time between the date on
13which a person in a pilot county first applies for aid to families with dependent
14children under s. 49.19 and the date on which the person begins to participate in the
15job opportunities and basic skills program under this section.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1489 16Section 1489. 49.197 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,811,417 49.197 (1m) Fraud investigation. From the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3)
18(de) (dz), (L), (md), (n) and (nL), the department shall establish a program to
19investigate suspected fraudulent activity on the part of recipients of medical
20assistance under subch. IV, aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19
21and the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2029 2036 and on the part of
22participants in the Wisconsin works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161
. The
23department's activities under this subsection may include, but are not limited to,
24comparisons of information provided to the department by an applicant and
25information provided by the applicant to other federal, state and local agencies,

1development of an advisory welfare investigation prosecution standard and
2provision of funds to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 and to
3Wisconsin works agencies
to encourage activities to detect fraud. The department
4shall cooperate with district attorneys regarding fraud prosecutions.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1490 5Section 1490. 49.197 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,811,126 49.197 (4) County and tribal error reduction. The department shall provide
7funds from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (de) (dz), (L) and (Lm) and federal
8matching funds from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (md), (n) and (nL) to
9counties and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes
10administering medical assistance under subch. IV, aid to families with dependent
11children under s. 49.19 or the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2029 to offset
12administrative costs of reducing payment errors in those programs.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1873c 13Section 1873c. 49.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,811,1914 49.20 (3) Payment. Aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation
15under s. 20.445 (3) (d) (dz) and shall be in an amount equal to that to which the person
16would be entitled under s. 49.19 if he or she were 17 years of age, except that if the
17person's family became ineligible for aid under s. 49.19 on the person's 18th birthday,
18the amount paid shall equal the amount of aid granted to a single person under s.
1949.19.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1873f 20Section 1873f. 49.20 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,811,2321 49.20 (5) Sunset. No aid may be paid under this section beginning on the first
22day of the 6th month beginning after the date stated in the notice under s. 49.141 (2)
23(d).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1877r 24Section 1877r. 49.22 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,812,9
149.22 (2m) The department may request from any person any information it
2determines appropriate and necessary for the administration of this section, ss.
349.19, 49.46, 49.468 and 49.47 and programs carrying out the purposes of 7 USC 2011
4to 2029. Any person in this state shall provide this information within 7 days after
5receiving a request under this subsection. Except as provided in sub. (2p) and subject
6to sub. (12)
, the department or the county child and spousal support agency under
7s. 59.53 (5)
may disclose information obtained under this subsection only in the
8administration of this section, ss. 49.19, 49.46 and 49.47 and programs carrying out
9the purposes of 7 USC 2011 to 2029.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1491 10Section 1491. 49.22 (2p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,812,1611 49.22 (2p) The Except as provided in sub. (12), the department or a county child
12and spousal support agency under s. 59.53 (5) may disclose to a parent with legal
13custody of a child, upon the parent's request, the last-known address, and the name
14and address of the last-known employer, of the child's other parent if that other
15parent owes a support obligation to the child and is in arrears in the payment of the
16support.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1492 17Section 1492. 49.22 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,813,618 49.22 (7) The department may represent the state in any action to establish
19paternity or to establish or enforce a support or maintenance obligation. The
20department may delegate its authority to represent the state in any action to
21establish paternity or to establish or enforce a support or maintenance obligation
22under this section to an attorney responsible for support enforcement under s. 59.53
23(6) (a) pursuant to a contract entered into under s. 59.53 (5). The department shall
24ensure that any such contract is for an amount reasonable and necessary to assure
25quality service. The department may, by such a contract, authorize a county to

1contract with any attorney, collection agency or other person to collect unpaid child
2support or maintenance. If a county fails to fully implement the programs under s.
359.53 (5), the department may implement them and may contract with any
4appropriate person to obtain necessary services. The department shall establish a
5formula for disbursing funds appropriated under s. 20.445 (3) (p) (md) to carry out
6a contract under this subsection.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1493 7Section 1493. 49.22 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,813,108 49.22 (12) The department or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5)
9may not release information to a person about the whereabouts of another person if
10any of the following applies:
AB100-ASA1,813,1511 (a) The person seeking the information is subject to a temporary restraining
12order or injunction under s. 813.12, 813.122, 813.123, 813.125 or 813.127 with
13respect to the person about whom the information is sought; and the department or
14county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) has notice of the temporary
15restraining order or injunction.
AB100-ASA1,813,1816 (b) The department or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) has reason
17to believe that releasing the information may result in physical or emotional harm
18to the person about whom the information is sought.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1494 19Section 1494. 49.26 (1) (a) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,813,2220 49.26 (1) (a) 2. d. A course of study meeting the standards established by the
21secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction under s. 115.29 (4)
22for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1495 23Section 1495. 49.26 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,814,824 49.26 (1) (e) For an individual who is a recipient of aid under s. 49.19, or whose
25custodial parent is a participant under s. 49.147 (3) to (5), who is the parent with

1whom a dependent child lives and who is either subject to the school attendance
2requirement under par. (ge) or is under 20 years of age and wants to attend school,
3the department shall make a monthly payment to the individual or the child care
4provider for the month's child care costs in an amount based on need with the
5maximum amount per child equal to the lesser of the actual cost of the care or the
6rate established under s. 49.155 (6) if the individual demonstrates the need to
7purchase child care services in order to attend school and those services are available
8from a child care provider.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1496 9Section 1496. 49.26 (1) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,814,1310 49.26 (1) (g) 1. Before the first day of the fall 1994 school term, as defined in
11s. 115.001 (12), the individual is 13 to 19 17 years of age. Beginning on the first day
12of the fall 1997 school term, as defined in s. 115.001 (12), the individual is 6 to 19 17
13years of age.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1887g 14Section 1887g. 49.26 (1) (h) 1. as. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,814,2115 49.26 (1) (h) 1. as. The individual has failed to request a hearing under s. 49.21
16(1)
or has failed to show good cause for the absences or nonenrollment under subd.
171. am. in a hearing under s. 49.21 (1). If the individual is a recipient of aid under s.
1849.19, the hearing shall be requested and held under s. 49.21 (1). If the individual
19is a member of a Wisconsin works group, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (s), the hearing
20shall be requested and held under s. 49.152
. The department shall determine by rule
21the criteria for good cause.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1497 22Section 1497. 49.26 (1) (h) 1m. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,814,2523 49.26 (1) (h) 1m. (intro.) An individual who is 13 to 19 17 years of age and who
24fails to meet the school attendance requirement under par. (ge) is subject to sanctions
25as provided under subd. 1s. only if all of the following apply:
AB100-ASA1, s. 1888e
1Section 1888e. 49.26 (1) (h) 1m. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,815,82 49.26 (1) (h) 1m. c. The individual has failed to request a hearing under s. 49.21
3(1)
or has failed to show good cause for the absences or nonenrollment under subd.
41m. b. at a hearing under s. 49.21 (1). If the individual is a recipient of aid under s.
549.19, the hearing shall be requested and held under s. 49.21 (1). If the individual
6is a member of a Wisconsin works group, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (s), the hearing
7shall be requested and held under s. 49.152
. The department shall determine by rule
8the criteria for good cause.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1498 9Section 1498. 49.26 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,815,2210 49.26 (2) (b) From the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (dg) (dz)
11and (md)
, the department shall allocate funds to county departments for the
12provision of case management services to individuals who are subject to the school
13attendance requirement under the learnfare program under sub. (1) and their
14families to improve the school attendance and achievement of those individuals. At
15least 75% of the funds that the department allocates under this paragraph to provide
16case management services to individuals who are 13 to 19 17 years of age shall be
17allocated to a county department of a county with a population of 500,000 or more.
18A county department is eligible to receive funds under this subsection to provide case
19management services to individuals who are 13 to 19 17 years of age in a year if 35
20or more individuals, 13 to 19 17 years of age, residing in the county were sanctioned
21under sub. (1) (h) or were subject to the monthly attendance requirement under s.
22HSS 201.195 (4) (b) 2., Wis. adm. code, in any month during the previous year.
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