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(6) (a) 2. The individual needs the loan to obtain or continue
7employment. Fulfillment of this requirement includes a loan that is needed to repair
8or purchase a vehicle that is needed to obtain or continue employment.".
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49.147
(5) (bs)
Required hours. Except as provided in par. (bt)
and sub. (5m),
12a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in a transitional
13placement to engage in activities under par. (b) 1. for up to 28 hours per week.
A 14Except as provided in sub. (5m), a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant
15placed in a transitional placement to participate in education or training activities
16under par. (bm) for not more than 12 hours per week.
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49.147
(5m) Postsecondary education. (a) To the extent permitted under
42
19USC 607, and except as provided in par. (bL), a participant under sub. (4) (b) or (5)
20may elect to participate in a self-initiated technical college education program as
21part of a community service job placement or transitional placement if all of the
22following requirements are met:
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1. The Wisconsin works agency, in consultation with the community steering
24committee established under s. 49.143 (2) (a) and the technical college district board,
1determines that the technical college education program is likely to lead to
2employment.
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2. The participant maintains full-time status in the technical college education
4program, as determined by the technical college that the participant attends, and
5regularly attends all classes.
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3. The participant maintains a grade point average of at least 2.0, or the
7equivalent as determined by the technical college.
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4. The participant is employed or engages in work under a community service
9job or transitional placement.
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(b) No Wisconsin works agency may require a participant under this subsection
11to be employed or to engage in work or other activities under sub. (4) or (5) for more
12than 25 hours per week in addition to participation under this subsection.
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(bL) A participant may participate under this subsection for the duration of the
14technical college education program, except that the participant may not participate
15under this subsection for more than 2 years.
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(c) The Wisconsin works agency shall work with the community steering
17committee established under s. 49.143 (2) (a) and the technical college district board
18to monitor the participant's progress in the technical college education program and
19the effectiveness of the program in leading to employment.".
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(1) (b) 3. For a participant in a community service job who participates
24in self-initiated technical college education under s. 49.147 (5m), a monthly grant
1of $673, paid by the Wisconsin works agency. For every hour that the participant
2misses work or other required activities without good cause, the grant amount shall
3be reduced by $5.15. Good cause shall be determined by the financial and
4employment planner in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. Good
5cause shall include required court appearances for a victim of domestic abuse.
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49.148
(1) (c)
Transitional placements. For a participant in a transitional
8placement
under s. 49.147 (5) or in a transitional placement and in self-initiated
9technical college education under s. 49.147 (5m), a grant of $628, paid monthly by
10the Wisconsin works agency
or by the department under sub. (2). For every hour that
11the participant fails to participate in any required activity without good cause,
12including any activity under s. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. a. to e., the grant amount shall be
13reduced by $5.15. Good cause shall be determined by the financial and employment
14planner in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. Good cause shall
15include required court appearances for a victim of domestic abuse.".
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49.148
(2m) Pay period. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), benefits under this
20section shall be paid on the first day of each month. A payment made under this
21paragraph shall be for any participation from the 26th day of the month immediately
22preceding the month that immediately precedes the month in which the payment is
23made through the 25th day of the month that immediately precedes the month in
24which the payment is made.
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1(b) The Wisconsin works agency shall make the first grant payment under this
2section 14 days after the participant begins participating under s. 49.147 (4).
3Payments made under this paragraph shall include payment for all participation
4through the date of the payment.".
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6"
Section 1250b. 49.155 (1m) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155
7(1m) (a) 4. and amended to read:".
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9735. Page 673, line 20: delete lines 20 to 24 and substitute "for up to
two 2 10years.
An individual may not receive aid under this subdivision unless the
11individual meets at least one of the following conditions:
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1"(cr)
Credit assistance. For payments to Wisconsin works agencies in 1st class
2cities for the provision of credit establishment and credit repair assistance to
3Wisconsin works participants, not more than $3,000,000 in each fiscal year.
4Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department may not use any funds allocated under
5this paragraph for any other purpose under this subsection.".
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12"(j)
Funeral expenses. For funeral expenses under s. 49.30, $3,300,000 in fiscal
13year 1999-2000 and $3,925,100 in fiscal year 2000-01.".
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1"10. `Community marriage policy project.' For the community marriage policy
2project under 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9123 (14g), $45,000 in fiscal
3year 1999-2000 and $60,000 in each fiscal year thereafter.".
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9"
Section 1278t. 49.175 (1) (ze) 10. of the statutes, as affected by 1999
10Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.".
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16766. Page 693, line 7: after "subsection." insert "
The rules shall include
17notification procedures similar to those established for child support collections. The
18department may not recover overpayments made as a result of department error.".
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21"(h) If the department arranges a payment schedule with the debtor and the
22debtor complies with the payment schedule, the department shall issue a notice of
1withdrawal of the warrant to the clerk of circuit court for the county in which the
2warrant is filed. The clerk shall void the warrant and the resulting liens."
.
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(3s) The department shall specify by rule when requests for reviews,
8hearings and appeals under this section may be made and the process to be used for
9the reviews, hearings and appeals. In promulgating the rules, the department shall
10provide for a hearing or review after a warrant under sub. (3m) has been issued and
11before the warrant has been executed, before property is levied under sub. (3m) or
12(3n) and after levied property is seized and before it is sold. The department shall
13specify by rule the time limit for a request for review or hearing. The department
14shall also specify by rule a minimum amount that must be due before collection
15proceedings under this section may be commenced.".
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49.30
(1) (b) The lesser of
$1,000
$1,500 or the funeral and burial expenses not
19paid by the estate of the deceased and other persons.".
AB133-ASA1-CA1, s. 1355wb
20Section 1355wb. 49.30 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin
21Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
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49.30
(1) (b) The lesser of
$1,500
$2,500 or the funeral and burial expenses not
23paid by the estate of the deceased and other persons.".
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(5r) Supplemental payments for hospitals. From the appropriations
3under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), the department shall distribute not more than
4$2,451,000 in each fiscal year, beginning on July 1, 2000, as a supplemental payment
5to a hospital for which medical assistance revenues were at least 8% of the hospital's
6total revenues in the hospital's most recent fiscal year prior to the year of payment.
7The department shall calculate a qualifying hospital's supplemental payment
8amount by multiplying the total amount of medical assistance revenues of all
9qualifying hospitals in their most recent prior fiscal years by the percentage obtained
10by dividing the hospital's total medical assistance revenues in the hospital's most
11recent prior fiscal year by the total amount of medical assistance revenues for all
12qualifying hospitals for that period.".
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(7) (a) A recipient who is a patient in a public medical institution or an
16accommodated person and has a monthly income exceeding the payment rates
17established under
42 USC 1382 (e) may retain
$40
$45 unearned income or the
18amount of any pension paid under
38 USC 3203 (f), whichever is greater, per month
19for personal needs. Except as provided in s. 49.455 (4) (a), the recipient shall apply
20income in excess of
$40 $45 or the amount of any pension paid under
38 USC 3203 21(f), whichever is greater, less any amount deducted under rules promulgated by the
22department, toward the cost of care in the facility.".
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23775. Page 717, line 10: delete lines 10 to 15 and substitute "
department shall
24determine which medical assistance recipients who have attained the age of 2 but
1have not attained the age of 6 and who are at risk for lead poisoning have not received
2lead screening from those health maintenance organizations. The department shall
3report annually to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s.
413.172 (3) on the percentage of medical assistance recipients under the age of 2 who
5received a lead screening test in that year provided by a health maintenance
6organization compared with the percentage that the department set as a goal for that
7year.".
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8776. Page 717, line 24: delete the material beginning with "
School for" and
9ending with "
Handicapped" on line 25 and substitute "
Center for the Blind and
10Visually Impaired".
