AB100: Bill Text

AB100, s. 1724 Section 1724. 48.981 (7) (a) 11r. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,768,20 48.981 (7) (a) 11r. A volunteer appointed or person employed by a court-appointed special advocate program recognized by the county board or the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department, to the extent necessary to perform the advocacy services in proceedings related to a petition under s. 48.13 for which the court-appointed special advocate program is recognized by the county board or, county department or department.

AB100, s. 1725 Section 1725. 48.981 (7) (a) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,768,24 48.981 (7) (a) 13. The department, a county department under s. 48.57 (1) (e) or (hm) or a licensed child welfare agency ordered to conduct a screening or an investigation of a stepparent under s. 48.88 (2) (c).

AB100, s. 1726 Section 1726. 48.981 (7) (a) 15. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,769,3 48.981 (7) (a) 15. A child fatality review team recognized by the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department.

AB100, s. 1727 Section 1727. 48.981 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,769,6 48.981 (7) (cm) A county An agency may disclose information from its records for use in proceedings under s. 48.25 (6), 813.122 or 813.125.

AB100, s. 1728 Section 1728. 48.981 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,769,10 48.981 (7) (d) The department may have access to any report or record maintained by a county department or licensed child welfare agency under contract with a county department an agency under this section.

AB100, s. 1729 Section 1729. 48.981 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,769,25 48.981 (8) (a) The department and, the county departments and a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more to the extent feasible shall conduct continuing education and training programs for staff of the department, the county departments, a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department or a county department, and the tribal social services departments, persons and officials required to report, the general public and others as appropriate. The programs shall be designed to encourage reporting of child abuse and neglect, to encourage self-reporting and voluntary acceptance of services and to improve communication, cooperation and coordination in the identification, prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. The department and , the county departments and a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more shall develop public information programs about child abuse and neglect.

AB100, s. 1730 Section 1730. 48.981 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,770,8 48.981 (8) (c) In meeting its responsibilities under par. (a) or (b), the department or, a county department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more may contract with any public or private organization which meets the standards set by the department. In entering into the contracts the department or, county department or licensed child welfare agency shall give priority to parental organizations combating child abuse and neglect.

AB100, s. 1731 Section 1731. 48.981 (8) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,770,15 48.981 (8) (d) 1. Each county department or licensed child welfare agency under contract with a county department agency staff member and supervisor whose responsibilities include investigation or treatment of child abuse and neglect shall successfully complete training in child abuse and neglect protective services approved by the department. The department shall monitor compliance with this subdivision according to rules promulgated by the department.

AB100, s. 1732 Section 1732. 48.981 (8) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,770,21 48.981 (8) (d) 2. Each year the department shall make available training programs that permit intake workers and county department or licensed child welfare agency under contract with a county department agency staff members and supervisors to satisfy the requirements under subd. 1. and s. 48.06 (1) (am) 3. and (2) (c).

AB100, s. 1733 Section 1733. 48.981 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,770,25 48.981 (10) Current list of tribal agents. The department shall annually provide to each county department agency described in sub. (3) (bm) (intro.) a current list of all tribal agents in the state.

AB100, s. 1734 Section 1734. 48.982 (2) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,771,3 48.982 (2) (g) (intro.) In coordination with the departments of health and social services and education public instruction:

AB100, s. 1735 Section 1735. 48.985 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,771,12 48.985 (1) Federal program operations. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (n), the department shall expend not more than $543,700 $273,700 in each fiscal year 1995-96 and not more than $543,700 in fiscal year 1996-97 of the moneys received under 42 USC 620 to 626 for the department's expenses in connection with administering the expenditure of funds received under 42 USC 620 to 626, for child welfare projects and services provided or purchased by the department, and for child abuse and neglect independent investigations and for providing child-at-risk field training to counties.

AB100, s. 1736 Section 1736. 48.985 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 48.985 (2) and amended to read:

AB100,771,21 48.985 (2) Community social and mental hygiene services. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (o), the department shall distribute not more than $3,919,800 in each $3.804,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 and not more than $3,734,000 in fiscal year 1998-99 of the moneys received under 42 USC 620 to 626 to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 for the provision or purchase of child welfare projects and services, for services to children and families and for family-based child welfare services.

AB100, s. 1737 Section 1737. 48.985 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,772,2 48.985 (3) Community youth and family aids. From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (oo) (ko), the department of corrections shall allocate, to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 for the provision of services under s. 301.26, not more than $1,100,000 in each fiscal year.

AB100, s. 1738 Section 1738. 49.025 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,772,7 49.025 (2) (a) (intro.) If a county is eligible to receive a relief block grant in a year, the department shall pay to the county, in accordance with s. 49.031, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (bt), an amount for that year determined as follows:

AB100, s. 1739 Section 1739. 49.027 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,772,12 49.027 (2) (a) (intro.) If a county is eligible to receive a relief block grant in a year, the department shall pay to the county, in accordance with s. 49.031, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (bu), an amount for that year determined as follows:

AB100, s. 1740 Section 1740. 49.027 (2) (a) 1. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,772,16 49.027 (2) (a) 1. d. The department shall multiply the amount determined under subd. 1. c. by the amount appropriated under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (bu) for relief block grants for that year.

AB100, s. 1741 Section 1741. 49.029 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,772,25 49.029 (2) Amount and distribution of relief block grant. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (bs), the department shall distribute a relief block grant to each eligible tribal governing body in an amount and in a manner determined in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. The department shall promulgate the rules after consulting with all tribal governing bodies eligible for a relief block grant. In promulgating rules under this section, the department shall consider each tribe's economic circumstances and need for health care services.

AB100, s. 1742 Section 1742. 49.124 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.124 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB100,773,3 49.124 (1) (title) Definition Definitions. In this section, "food:

AB100,773,5 (b) "Food stamp program" means the federal food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2029 2036.

AB100, s. 1743 Section 1743. 49.124 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,773,8 49.124 (1) (ag) "Controlled substance" has the meaning given in 21 USC 802 (6).

AB100, s. 1744 Section 1744. 49.124 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,773,10 49.124 (1) (am) "Custodial parent" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (b).

AB100, s. 1745 Section 1745. 49.124 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,773,12 49.124 (1) (c) "Noncustodial parent" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (h).

AB100, s. 1746 Section 1746. 49.124 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,773,14 49.124 (1) (d) "Parent" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (j).

AB100, s. 1747 Section 1747. 49.124 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,773,17 49.124 (1) (e) "Wisconsin works employment position" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (r).

AB100, s. 1748 Section 1748. 49.124 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,773,20 49.124 (1g) Denial of eligibility. An individual is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program in a month that any of the following is true:

AB100,774,3 (a) 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 efforts directed at establishing the paternity of the child, if necessary, and obtaining support payments, if any, or other payments or property, if any, to which that individual or the child may have rights. This paragraph 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.

AB100,774,8 (b) The individual is a man who is alleged to be the father under s. 767.45 of a child under the age of 18 or who has been ordered to submit to a genetic test under s. 49.225 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.

AB100,774,12 (c) 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.

AB100,774,15 (d) 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.

AB100,774,18 (e) The individual is obligated by court order to provide child support payments and is delinquent in making those court-ordered payments. This paragraph does not apply if any of the following applies:

AB100,774,20 1. The delinquency equals less than 3 months of the court-ordered support payments.

AB100,774,22 2. A court or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) is allowing the individual to delay the child support payments.

AB100,774,24 3. 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.

AB100, s. 1749 Section 1749. 49.124 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,775,11 49.124 (1m) (a) The department shall administer an employment and training program for recipients under the food stamp program. The department may contract with a Wisconsin works agency to administer the employment and training program under this section subsection. Except as provided in pars. (b) and (bm), the department may require able individuals who are 18 to 60 years of age who are not participants in a Wisconsin works employment position, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (r), to participate in the employment and training program under this section. To the extent permitted by federal law or waiver, and except as provided in par. (cm), the department may distribute food stamp benefits on a pay-for-performance basis, as determined under par. (c). The maximum number of hours an individual may be required to work may not exceed 40 hours per week subsection.

AB100, s. 1750 Section 1750. 49.124 (1m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,775,14 49.124 (1m) (am) To the extent permitted by federal law or waiver, the department may distribute food stamp benefits as follows:

AB100,775,18 1. Except as provided in par. (cm), the department may distribute food stamp benefits on a pay-for-performance basis, as determined under par. (c). The maximum number of hours that an individual may be required to work may not exceed 30 hours per week.

AB100,776,2 2. The department may convert not more than $300 of a household's food stamp benefit to use as a wage subsidy to be paid to the employer of an individual who is a member of the household if the individual is employed by the employer as a participant in a Wisconsin works employment position. The department may not implement this subdivision until the secretary of administration has reviewed and approved a plan submitted by the department to the secretary of administration that details how this subdivision will be implemented and what fiscal effect the implementation of this subdivision will have.

AB100,776,7 3. The department may distribute food stamp benefits as cash only after the secretary of administration has reviewed and approved a plan submitted by the department to the secretary of administration that details how this subdivision will be implemented and what fiscal effect the implementation of this subdivision will have and only to the following recipients under the food stamp program:

AB100,776,11 a. Households in which a member is participating in a Wisconsin works employment position and a member has been employed in unsubsidized employment for at least 90 days, has earned at least $350 per month for the last 90 days of that employment and continues to earn at least $350 per month.

AB100,776,17 b. Households in which a member has been employed in unsubsidized employment for at least 90 days, has earned at least $350 per month for the last 90 days of that employment and continues to earn at least $350 per month and a member participated in a Wisconsin works employment position, but solely because of earnings became ineligible to continue to participate in a Wisconsin works employment position.

AB100, s. 1751 Section 1751. 49.124 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,776,21 49.124 (1m) (c) 3. The department shall multiply the number of hours determined under subd. 2. by the federal minimum hourly wage under 29 USC 206 (a) (1) $4.25.

AB100, s. 1752 Section 1752. 49.124 (1n) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,777,2 49.124 (1n) Ineligibility for noncompliance with work requirements. An individual who fails to comply with the work requirements under sub. (1m) (a) without good cause is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program under this section as follows:

AB100,777,3 (a) For the first occurrence of noncompliance, one month.

AB100,777,4 (b) For the 2nd occurrence of noncompliance, 3 months.

AB100,777,5 (c) For the 3rd and subsequent occurrences of noncompliance, 6 months.

AB100, s. 1753 Section 1753. 49.124 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,777,11 49.124 (3) 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. (2) from the payment to the county or tribe under s. 20.445 (3) (de) (dz) and (nL) and reimburse the federal government from the funds withheld.

AB100, s. 1754 Section 1754. 49.124 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,777,22 49.124 (5) Ineligibility because of certain drug related convictions. (a) Except as provided in par. (c), an individual convicted after August 22, 1996, in any state or federal court of a felony that had as an element possession, use or distribution of a controlled substance is ineligible for benefits under the food stamp program for at least 12 months beginning on the date that the person first applies for benefits under the food stamp program. 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.

AB100,778,3 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), in determining a household's eligibility for the food stamp program, for at least 12 months the department may not consider the needs of any individual in the household who was convicted after August 22, 1996, in any state or federal court of a felony that had as an element possession, use or distribution of a controlled substance. The department shall, however, consider the resources and income of that individual to be available to the household.

AB100,778,10 (c) If an individual who has been determined to be ineligible under par. (a) or whose needs are not considered under par. (b) submits to a test for use of a controlled substance at least 12 months after the date that the department first determined the individual to be ineligible under par. (a) or first disregarded that individual's needs under par. (b), and if the test results are negative, the department shall consider the individual to be eligible, if the individual is otherwise eligible, and shall consider the individual's needs in determining the eligibility of the individual's household.

AB100, s. 1755 Section 1755. 49.124 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,778,15 49.124 (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, parole or community supervision imposed by a state or federal court.

AB100, s. 1756 Section 1756. 49.125 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: