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(5m) Postsecondary education. (a) To the extent permitted under
42
9USC 607, and except as provided in par. (bL), a participant under sub. (4) (b) or (5)
10may elect to participate in a self-initiated technical college education program as
11part of a community service job placement or transitional placement if all of the
12following requirements are met:
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1. The Wisconsin works agency, in consultation with the community steering
14committee established under s. 49.143 (2) (a) and the technical college district board,
15determines that the technical college education program is likely to lead to
16employment.
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2. The participant maintains full-time status in the technical college education
18program, as determined by the technical college that the participant attends, and
19regularly attends all classes.
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3. The participant maintains a grade point average of at least a 2.0, or the
21equivalent as determined by the technical college.
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4. The participant is employed or engages in work under a community service
23job or transitional placement.
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1(b) No Wisconsin works agency may require a participant under this subsection
2to be employed or to engage in work or other activities under a community service
3job or transitional placement for more than 15 hours per week.
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(bL) A participant may participate under this subsection for the duration of the
5technical college education program, except that the participant may not participate
6under this subsection for more than 2 years.
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(c) The Wisconsin works agency shall work with the community steering
8committee established under s. 49.143 (2) (a) and the technical college district board
9to monitor the participant's progress in the technical college education program and
10the 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
15in self-initiated technical college education under s. 49.147 (5m), a monthly grant
16of $673, paid by the Wisconsin works agency. For every hour that the participant
17misses work or other required activities without good cause, the grant amount shall
18be reduced by $5.15. Good cause shall be determined by the financial and
19employment planner in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. Good
20cause shall include required court appearances for a victim of domestic abuse.
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(1) (c)
Transitional placements. For a participant in a transitional
23placement
under s. 49.147 (5) or in a transitional placement and in self-initiated
24technical college education under s. 49.147 (5m), a grant of $628, paid monthly by
1the Wisconsin works agency
or by the department under sub. (2). For every hour that
2the participant fails to participate in any required activity without good cause,
3including any activity under s. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. a. to e., the grant amount shall be
4reduced by $5.15. Good cause shall be determined by the financial and employment
5planner in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. Good cause shall
6include required court appearances for a victim of domestic abuse.".
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(2m) Pay period. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), benefits under this
11section shall be paid on the first day of each month. A payment made under this
12paragraph shall be for any participation from the 26th day of the month immediately
13preceding the month that immediately precedes the month in which the payment is
14made through the 25th day of the month that immediately precedes the month in
15which the payment is made.
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(b) The Wisconsin works agency shall make the first grant payment under this
17section 14 days after the participant begins participating under s. 49.147 (4).
18Payments made under this paragraph shall include payment for all participation
19through the date of the payment.".
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21"
Section 1250b. 49.155 (1m) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155
22(1m) (a) 4. and amended to read:".
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1627. Page 673, line 20: delete lines 20 to 24 and substitute "for up to
two 2 2years.
An individual may not receive aid under this subdivision unless the
3individual meets at least one of the following conditions:
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10"49.155
(5) Liability for payment. An individual
receiving aid under this
11section is liable for
the a percentage of the cost of the child care
that received, payable
12in accordance with a sliding scale formula developed by the department
specified 13based on ability to pay. In developing the sliding scale formula, the department may
14not require any individual to pay more than 10% of the individual's family's income
15for the cost of the child care received. An individual who is under the age of 20 and
16is attending high".
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2"(cr)
Credit assistance. For payments to Wisconsin works agencies in 1st class
3cities for the provision of credit establishment and credit repair assistance to
4Wisconsin works participants, not more than $3,000,000 in each fiscal year.
5Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department may not use any funds allocated under
6this paragraph for any other purpose under this subsection.".
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(1) (ze) 10. `Child abuse and neglect prevention grants.' For child abuse
2and neglect prevention grants under s. 46.515 (2), $2,100,000 in each fiscal year.".
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6654. Page 693, line 7: after "subsection." insert "
The rules shall include
7notification procedures similar to those established for child support collections. The
8department may not recover overpayments made as a result of department error.".
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11"(h) If the department arranges a payment schedule with the debtor and the
12debtor complies with the payment schedule, the department shall issue a notice of
13withdrawal of the warrant to the clerk of circuit court for the county in which the
14warrant 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,
20hearings and appeals under this section may be made and the process to be used for
21the reviews, hearings and appeals. In promulgating the rules, the department shall
22provide for a hearing or review after a warrant under sub. (3m) has been issued and
23before the warrant has been executed, before property is levied under sub. (3m) or
1(3n) and after levied property is seized and before it is sold. The department shall
2specify by rule the time limit for a request for review or hearing. The department
3shall also specify by rule a minimum amount that must be due before collection
4proceedings under this section may be commenced.".
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(3) (e) 11. Notwithstanding subds. 1. to 10., the department may
8authorize the public service commission to determine price caps for reimbursement
9rates under subch. II of ch. 196.".
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(7) (a) A recipient who is a patient in a public medical institution or an
13accommodated person and has a monthly income exceeding the payment rates
14established under
42 USC 1382 (e) may retain
$40
$45 unearned income or the
15amount of any pension paid under
38 USC 3203 (f), whichever is greater, per month
16for personal needs. Except as provided in s. 49.455 (4) (a), the recipient shall apply
17income in excess of
$40 $45 or the amount of any pension paid under
38 USC 3203 18(f), whichever is greater, less any amount deducted under rules promulgated by the
19department, toward the cost of care in the facility.".
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20662. Page 717, line 10: delete lines 10 to 15 and substitute "
department shall
21determine which medical assistance recipients who have attained the age of 3 but
22have not attained the age of 6 and who are at risk for lead poisoning have not received
23lead screening from those health maintenance organizations. The department shall
24report annually to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s.
113.172 (3) on the percentage of medical assistance recipients under the age of 2 who
2received a lead screening test in that year provided by a health maintenance
3organization compared with the percentage that the department set as a goal for that
4year.".
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5663. Page 717, line 24: delete the material beginning with "
School for" and
6ending with "
Handicapped" on line 25 and substitute "
Center for the Blind and
7Visually Impaired".
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20671. Page 719, line 2: delete "
for allowable administrative costs." and
21substitute "
, as specified in subd. 2., for allowable administrative costs. A school
22district, cooperative educational service agency, the Wisconsin School for the
23Visually Handicapped or the Wisconsin School for the Deaf may submit, and the
1department shall allow, claims for common carrier transportation costs as a school
2medical service unless the department receives notice from the federal health care
3financing administration that, under a change in federal policy, the claims are not
4allowed. If the department receives the notice, a school district, cooperative
5educational service agency, the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped or the
6Wisconsin School for the Deaf may submit, and the department shall allow,
7unreimbursed claims for common carrier transportation costs incurred before the
8date of the change in federal policy.".
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(39) (b) 2. `Payment for school medical services administrative costs.' The
14department shall reimburse a school district or a cooperative educational service
15agency specified under subd. 1. and the department of public instruction on behalf
16of the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped or the Wisconsin School for the
17Deaf for allowable administrative costs, on a quarterly basis, using time studies,
18beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 1999-2000. A school district or a
19cooperative education service agency may submit, and the department shall allow,
20claims for administrative costs incurred during the period that is up to 24 months
21before the date of the claim, if allowable under federal law.".
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(48) Purchase of incontinence products. The department may not
2authorize the purchase of incontinence products from a single supplier under this
3section.".
