AB133-ASA1-AA2,149,65
48.27
(4) (a) 2. Advise the child
and any other party, if applicable, of his or her
6right to legal counsel regardless of ability to pay.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,149,119
48.48
(9) To license foster homes or treatment foster homes as provided in s.
1048.66 (1)
(a) for its own use or for the use of licensed child welfare agencies or, if
11requested to do so, for the use of county departments.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,149,1313
48.48
(9m) To license shelter care facilities as provided in s. 48.66 (1)
(a).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,149,1615
48.48
(10) To license child welfare agencies and day care centers as provided
16in s. 48.66 (1)
(a).".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,149,2019
48.48
(17) (a) 10. Administer kinship care and long-term kinship care as
20provided in s. 48.57 (3m), (3n)
, (3o) and (3p).".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,149,23
22"
Section 1138r. 48.551 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 48.55 (2) (a) and
23amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,150,5
148.55
(2) (a) Training persons who provide counseling to adolescents including
2school counselors, county or department employes providing child welfare services
3under s. 48.56 or 48.561 and employes of a clinic providing
family planning services,
4as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b) prenatal care and delivery services or infant care, foster
5care or adoption services.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,150,109
48.60
(2) (d) A hospital, maternity hospital, maternity home
, or nursing home
10or tuberculosis sanatorium licensed, approved or supervised by the department;".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,150,1313
48.57
(3o) (a) In this subsection:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,150,1414
1. "Kinship care relative" has the meaning given in sub. (3m) (a).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,150,1515
2. "Long-term kinship care relative" has the meaning given in sub. (3n) (a).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,150,2316
(b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (kc), the department shall
17reimburse counties having populations of less than 500,000 for payments made
18under this subsection and shall make payments under this subsection in a county
19having a population of 500,000 or more. A county department and, in a county
20having a population of 500,000 or more, the department shall make payments in the
21amount of $215 per month to a kinship care relative or a long-term kinship care
22relative who is providing care and maintenance for a person if the person meets all
23of the following conditions:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,150,2424
1. The person is 18 years of age or over.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,151,2
12. The person is enrolled in and regularly attending a secondary education
2classroom program leading to a high school diploma.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,151,63
3. The person has not been absent from that program without an acceptable
4excuse under ss. 118.15 and 118.16 (4) for part or all of any day on which that program
5is held during the month preceding the month in which a payment under this
6paragraph is payable.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,151,87
4. The person received funding under sub. (3m) (am) or (3n) (am) immediately
8prior to the person's 18th birthday.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,151,139
(c) The county department or department making payments under par. (b)
10shall monitor the classroom attendance of the person receiving care and
11maintenance under par. (b) and may require consent to the release of school
12attendance records, under s. 118.125 (2) (e), as a condition of eligibility for payments
13under par. (b).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,151,1814
(d) Subsection (3m) or (3n), whichever is applicable, and subs. (3p) and (3t)
15shall continue to apply to a kinship care relative, long-term kinship care relative and
16person receiving care and maintenance under par. (b) in the same manner as those
17subsections applied to those persons immediately prior to the 18th birthday of the
18person receiving that care and maintenance.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,152,520
48.57
(3t) Notwithstanding subs. (3m), (3n)
, (3o) and (3p), the department may
21enter into an agreement with the governing body of a federally recognized American
22Indian tribe or band to allow that governing body to administer the program under
23subs. (3m), (3n)
, (3o) and (3p) within the boundaries of that reservation. Any
24agreement under this subsection relating to the administration of the program under
25sub. (3m) shall specify the person with whom a request for review under sub. (3p) (h)
12. may be filed and the person who has been designated by the governing body to
2conduct the review under sub. (3p) (h) 3. and make the determination under sub. (3p)
3(h) 4. Any agreement under this subsection relating to the administration of the
4program under sub. (3n) shall specify who is to make any determination as to
5whether a conviction record is satisfactory.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,152,8
7"
Section 1153d. 48.66 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 48.66 (1) (a) and
8amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,152,159
48.66
(1) (a) Except as provided
under
in s. 48.715 (6) and (7), the department
10shall license and supervise child welfare agencies, as required by s. 48.60, group
11homes, as required by s. 48.625, shelter care facilities, as required by s. 938.22, and
12day care centers, as required by s. 48.65. The department may license foster homes
13or treatment foster homes, as provided by s. 48.62, and may license and supervise
14county departments in accordance with the procedures specified in this section and
15in ss. 48.67 to 48.74.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,153,4
16(b) Except as provided
under in s. 48.715 (6), the department of corrections may
17license a child welfare agency to operate a secured child caring institution, as defined
18in s. 938.02 (15g), for holding in secure custody juveniles who have been convicted
19under s. 938.183 or adjudicated delinquent under s. 938.183 or 938.34 (4d), (4h) or
20(4m) and referred to the child welfare agency by the court or the department of
21corrections and to provide supervision, care and maintenance for those juveniles.
22The department of corrections may also license not more than 5 county departments,
23as defined in s. 938.02 (2g), or not more than 5 consortia of not more than 5 county
24departments to operate not more than 5 group homes that have been licensed under
1par. (a) as secured group homes, as defined in s. 938.02 (15p), for holding in secure
2custody juveniles who have been convicted under s. 938.183 or adjudicated
3delinquent under s. 938.183 or 938.34 (4m) and referred to the county department
4by the court and to provide supervision, care and maintenance for those juveniles.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,153,11
5(c) A license issued under
this subsection par. (a) or (b), other than a license to
6operate a foster home, treatment foster home
or, secured child caring institution
or
7secured group home, is valid until revoked or suspended. A license issued under this
8subsection to operate a foster home, treatment foster home
or, secured child caring
9institution
or secured group home may be for any term not to exceed 2 years from the
10date of issuance. No license issued under
this subsection par. (a) or (b) is
11transferable.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,153,2013
48.66
(2m) (a) The department of health and family services shall require each
14applicant for a license under sub. (1)
(a) to operate a child welfare agency, group
15home, shelter care facility or day care center who is an individual to provide that
16department with the applicant's social security number, and shall require each
17applicant for a license under sub. (1)
(a) to operate a child welfare agency, group
18home, shelter care facility or day care center who is not an individual to provide that
19department with the applicant's federal employer identification number, when
20initially applying for or applying to continue the license.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,153,2522
48.66
(2m) (am) The department of corrections shall require each applicant for
23a license under sub. (1)
(b) to operate a secured child caring institution who is an
24individual to provide that department with the applicant's social security number
25when initially applying for or applying to renew the license.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,154,92
48.66
(2m) (b) The department of health and family services may not issue or
3continue a license under sub. (1)
(a) to operate a child welfare agency, group home,
4shelter care facility or day care center to or for an applicant who is an individual
5unless the applicant has provided the applicant's social security number to that
6department and may not issue or continue a license under sub. (1)
(a) to operate a
7child welfare agency, group home, shelter care facility or day care center to or for an
8applicant who is not an individual unless the applicant has provided the applicant's
9federal employer identification number to that department.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,154,1411
48.66
(2m) (bm) The department of corrections may not issue or renew a license
12under sub. (1)
(b) to operate a secured child caring institution to or for an applicant
13who is an individual unless the applicant has provided the applicant's social security
14number to that department.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,155,616
48.68
(1) After receipt of an application for a license, the department shall
17investigate to determine if the applicant meets the minimum requirements for a
18license adopted by the department under s. 48.67 and meets the requirements
19specified in s. 48.685, if applicable. In determining whether to issue or continue a
20license, the department may consider any action by the applicant, or by an employe
21of the applicant, that constitutes a substantial failure by the applicant or employe
22to protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of a child. Upon satisfactory
23completion of this investigation and payment of the fee required under s. 48.615 (1)
24(a) or (b), 48.625 (2) (a), 48.65 (3) (a) or 938.22 (7) (b), the department shall issue a
25license under s. 48.66 (1)
(a) or, if applicable, a probationary license under s. 48.69
1or, if applicable, shall continue a license under s. 48.66 (5). At the time of initial
2licensure and license renewal, the department shall provide a foster home licensee
3with written information relating to the age-related monthly foster care rates and
4supplemental payments specified in s. 48.62 (4), including payment amounts,
5eligibility requirements for supplemental payments and the procedures for applying
6for supplemental payments.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,155,119
48.651
(2m) Each county department shall provide the department with
10information about each person who is denied certification for a reason specified in
11s. 48.685
(2) (4m) (a) 1. to 5.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,155,1414
48.685
(1) (ag) 1. "Caregiver" means any of the following:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,155,1615
a. A person who is, or is expected to be, an employe or contractor of an entity
16and who has, or is expected to have, direct, regular contact with clients of the entity.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,155,1817
b. A person who has, or is seeking, a license, certification or contract to operate
18an entity.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,155,2119
2. "Caregiver" does not include a person who is certified as an emergency
20medical technician under s. 146.50 if the person is employed, or seeking employment,
21at an entity as an emergency medical technician.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,156,3
148.685
(1) (ar) "Contractor" means, with respect to an entity, a person, or that
2person's agent, who provides services to the entity under an express or implied
3contract or subcontract, including a person who has staff privileges at the entity.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,156,125
48.685
(1) (b) "Entity" means a child welfare agency that is licensed under s.
648.60 to provide care and maintenance for children, to place children for adoption or
7to license foster homes or treatment foster homes; a foster home or treatment foster
8home that is licensed under s. 48.62; a group home that is licensed under s. 48.625;
9a shelter care facility that is licensed under s. 938.22; a day care center that is
10licensed under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14);
or a day
11care provider that is certified under s. 48.651
; or a temporary employment agency
12that provides caregivers to another entity.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,156,1715
48.685
(1) (bm) "Nonclient resident" means a person who resides, or is expected
16to reside, at an entity, who is not a client of the entity and who has, or is expected to
17have, direct, regular contact with clients of the entity.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,157,319
48.685
(1) (c) "Serious crime" means a violation of s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03,
20940.05, 940.12, 940.19 (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6), 940.22 (2) or (3), 940.225 (1), (2) or (3),
21940.285 (2), 940.29, 940.295, 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, 948.03 (2), 948.05, 948.055,
22948.06, 948.07, 948.08, 948.11 (2) (a) or (am), 948.12, 948.13, 948.21 (1) or 948.30 or
23a violation of the law of any other state or United States jurisdiction that would be
24a violation of s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.12, 940.19 (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6),
1940.22 (2) or (3), 940.225 (1), (2) or (3), 940.285 (2), 940.29, 940.295, 948.02 (1) or (2),
2948.025, 948.03 (2), 948.05, 948.055, 948.06, 948.07, 948.08, 948.11 (2) (a) or (am),
3948.12, 948.13, 948.21 (1) or 948.30 if committed in this state.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,157,6
5"
Section 1161d. 48.685 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.685
6(4m) (a) (intro.).
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 1161m
16Section 1161m. 48.685 (2) (ad) of the statutes is renumbered 48.685 (4m) (ad)
17and amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,157,2318
48.685
(4m) (ad) The department, a county department or a child welfare
19agency may license a foster home or treatment foster home under s. 48.62, a county
20department may certify a day care provider under s. 48.651 and a school board may
21contract with a person under s. 120.13 (14), conditioned on the receipt of the
22information specified in
par. sub. (2) (am) indicating that the person is not ineligible
23to be
licensed, certified or contracted with for a reason specified in par. (a) 1. to 5.
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 1163d
1Section 1163d. 48.685 (2) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.685
2(4m) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,158,83
48.685
(4m) (b) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 111.335, and except as provided in
4sub. (5), an entity may not hire or contract with a
person who will be under the
5entity's control, as defined by the department by rule, and who is expected to have
6access to its clients, caregiver or permit
a nonclient resident to reside at the entity
7a person who is not a client and who is expected to have access to a client, if the entity
8knows or should have known any of the following:
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 1163g
9Section 1163g. 48.685 (2) (ag) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 48.685 (4m) (b)
101. and amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,158,1711
48.685
(4m) (b) 1. That the person has been convicted of a serious crime or, if
12the person is
an employe, prospective employe, contractor, prospective contractor,
13nonclient resident
or prospective a caregiver or nonclient resident of a day care
14center that is licensed under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under s. 120.13
15(14) or of a day care provider that is certified under s. 48.651, that the person has been
16convicted of a serious crime or adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 12th
17birthday for committing a serious crime.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,159,11
148.685
(2) (am) (intro.)
Subject to subd. 5. and par. (bd), the The department,
2a county department, a child welfare agency or a school board shall obtain all of the
3following with respect to a
person specified under par. (a) (intro.) and a person
4specified under par. (ag) (intro.) who is a nonclient resident or prospective caregiver
5specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. b., a nonclient resident of an entity and
shall obtain the
6information specified in subds. 1. to 5. with respect to a person
specified in par. (ag)
7(intro.) who is under 18 years of age, but not under 12 years of age,
and who is
an 8employe, prospective employe, contractor, prospective contractor, nonclient resident
9or prospective nonclient resident a caregiver of a day care center that is licensed
10under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14) or of a day care
11provider that is certified under s. 48.651:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,159,2313
48.685
(2) (am) 5. Information maintained by the department under this
14section and under ss. 48.651 (2m), 48.75 (1m) and 120.13 (14) regarding any denial
15to the person of a license, continuation or renewal of a license, certification or a
16contract to operate an entity for a reason specified in
par. sub. (4m) (a) 1. to 5. and
17regarding any denial to the person of employment at, a contract with or permission
18to reside at an entity for a reason specified in
par. (ag) sub. (4m) (b) 1. to 5. If the
19information obtained under this subdivision indicates that the person has been
20denied a license, continuation or renewal of a license, certification, a contract,
21employment or permission to reside as described in this subdivision, the department,
22a county department, a child welfare agency or a school board need not obtain the
23information specified in subds. 1. to 4.