49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. The individual is a foster parent of the child and the child's biological or adoptive family meets the asset limit under s. 49.145 (3) (a) and has a gross income that is at or below 200% of the poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological or adoptive family, the Wisconsin works agency shall include income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. to and 3.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. This SECTION has been affected by the following LRB numbers: LRB-0699/3 and LRB-0701/4.
SECTION 1258. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. The individual is a relative of the child, is providing care for the child under a court order and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) on behalf of the child and the child's biological or adoptive family meets the asset limit under s. 49.145 (3) (a) and has a gross income that is at or below 200% of the poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological or adoptive family, the Wisconsin works agency shall include income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. to and 3.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. This SECTION has been affected by the following LRB numbers: LRB-0699/3 and LRB-0701/4.
SECTION 1259. 49.155 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (1m) (c) 3. The individual was eligible for a child care subsidy under s. 49.191 (2), 1997 stats., on or after May 10, 1996, and received a child care subsidy on or after May 10, 1996, but lost the subsidy solely because of increased income, and the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family. This subdivision does not apply to an individual whose family's gross income increased to more than 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family.
SECTION 1260. 49.155 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (3) (title) COUNTY CHILD CARE ADMINISTRATION.
SECTION 1261. 49.155 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
49.155 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (am), the department may require a Wisconsin works agency, a tribal governing body or a county department to administer child care assistance under this section. If the department requires a county department to administer child care assistance under this section, the Wisconsin works agency shall refer an individual who has been determined eligible under sub. (1m) to the county department for child care assistance.
SECTION 1262. 49.155 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
49.155 (3) (am) In a county with a population of 500,000 or more, the department shall require a Wisconsin works agency in that county to administer child care assistance under this section.
SECTION 1263. 49.155 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (3) (b) (intro.) The county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 shall administer child care assistance under this section. In administering child care assistance under this section, the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 administering agency shall do all of the following:
SECTION 1264. 49.155 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (3m) (a) The department shall reimburse child care providers or shall distribute funds to county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 administering agencies for child care services provided under this section and to private nonprofit agencies that provide child care for children of migrant workers.
SECTION 1265. 49.155 (3m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 (3m) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:
49.155 (3m) (b) Not more than 5%, or $20,000, whichever is greater, of Of the funds distributed under par. (a) not more than the greatest of the following may be used for the costs of administering the program under this section.:
SECTION 1266. 49.155 (3m) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
49.155 (3m) (b) 1. Five percent of the funds distributed under par. (a) in the current year.
SECTION 1267. 49.155 (3m) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
49.155 (3m) (b) 2. Five percent of the funds distributed under par. (a) in the immediately preceding year.
SECTION 1268. 49.155 (3m) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
49.155 (3m) (b) 3. Twenty thousand dollars.
SECTION 1269. 49.155 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (3m) (c) From the funds distributed under par. (a), a county an administering agency may provide child care services itself, purchase child care services from a child care provider, provide vouchers to an eligible parent for the payment of child care services provided by a child care provider, reimburse an eligible parent for payments made by the parent to a child care provider for child care services, adopt, with the approval of the department, any other arrangement that the county considers appropriate or use any combination of these methods to provide child care.
SECTION 1270. 49.155 (3m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (3m) (d) No funds distributed under par. (a) may be used to provide care for a child by a person who resides with the child, unless the county administering agency determines that the care is necessary because of a special health condition of the child.
SECTION 1271. 49.155 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (6) (a) Subject to review and approval by the department, each county administering agency or local agency, as defined in s. 49.134 (1) (b), whichever the department selects, shall establish the maximum reimbursement rate for licensed child care services provided under this section. A county An administering agency or local agency shall set the rate so that at least 75% of the number of places for children within the licensed capacity of all child care providers in that county can be purchased at or below that maximum rate.
SECTION 1272. 49.155 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (6) (b) Subject to review and approval by the department, each county administering agency shall set a maximum reimbursement rate for Level I certified family day care providers for services provided to eligible individuals under this section. The maximum rate set under this paragraph may not exceed 75% of the rate established under par. (a).
SECTION 1273. 49.155 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (6) (c) Subject to review and approval by the department, each county administering agency shall set a maximum reimbursement rate for Level II certified family day care providers for services provided to eligible individuals under this section. The maximum rate set under this paragraph may not exceed 50% of the rate established under par. (a).
SECTION 1274. 49.155 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 (7), and 49.155 (7) (intro.), (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
49.155 (7) REFUSAL TO PAY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. (intro.) The department or the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 administering agency may refuse to pay a child care provider for child care provided under this section if any of the following applies to the child care provider, employe or person living on the premises where child care is provided:
(a) The person has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that the department or county department administering agency determines substantially relates to the care of children.
(b) The person is the subject of a pending criminal charge that the department or county department administering agency determines substantially relates to the care of children.
SECTION 1275. 49.161 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:
49.161 (1) TRIAL JOBS AND WAGE-PAYING COMMUNITY SERVICE JOBS OVERPAYMENTS. Notwithstanding s. 49.96, the department shall recover an overpayment of benefits paid under s. 49.148 (1) (a) and or (b) 2. or 49.19 from an individual who receives or has received benefits paid under s. 49.148 (1) (a) or (b) 2. The value of the benefit liable for recovery under this subsection may not exceed the amount that the department paid in wage subsidies with respect to that participant while the participant was ineligible to participate. The department shall promulgate rules establishing policies and procedures for administrating this subsection.
SECTION 1276. 49.161 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:
49.161 (2) GRANT-PAYING COMMUNITY SERVICE JOBS AND TRANSITIONAL PLACEMENTS OVERPAYMENTS. Except as provided in sub. (3), the department shall recover an overpayment of benefits paid under s. 49.148 (1) (b) 1. and or (c) or 49.19 from an individual who continues to receive benefits under s. 49.148 (1) (b) 1. and (c) by reducing the amount of the individual's benefit payment by no more than 10%.
SECTION 1277. 49.167 of the statutes is created to read:
49.167 Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment grant program. (1) The department shall award grants to counties, tribal governing bodies and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that are targeted at individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq. and that do all of the following:
(a) Meet the special needs of low-income persons with problems resulting from alcohol or other drug abuse.
(b) Emphasize parent education, vocational and housing assistance and coordination with other community programs and with treatment under intensive care.
(2) The department shall do all of the following with respect to the grants under par. (a):
(a) Award the grants in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures.
(b) Ensure that the grants are distributed in both urban and rural communities.
(c) Evaluate the programs under the grants by use of client-outcome measurements that the department develops.
(3) The department shall coordinate the grant program under this section with any similar grant program administered by the department of health and family services.
SECTION 1278. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 1857pm, is amended to read:
49.175 (1) FUNDS DISTRIBUTION. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (a), (br), (cm), (dc), (dz), (e), (em), (jg), (jL), (k), (L), (Lm), (mc), (md), (nL), (pm) and (ps), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:
SECTION 1279. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1280. 49.175 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Acts 27 and 252, is repealed.
SECTION 1281. 49.175 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 49.175 (1) (qm) 2.
SECTION 1282. 49.175 (1) (bc) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (bc) Wisconsin works benefits. For Wisconsin works benefits provided under contracts entered into after December 31, 1999, $42,792, 500 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $85,584,900 in fiscal year 2000-01.
SECTION 1283. 49.175 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (bd) Wisconsin works administration, services and agency bonuses. For administration of Wisconsin works, program services under Wisconsin works and performance bonuses to Wisconsin works agencies that have entered into contracts after December 31, 1999, $71,707,500 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $143,415,100 in fiscal year 2000-01.
SECTION 1284. 49.175 (1) (bg) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1285. 49.175 (1) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1286. 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (c) Wisconsin works agency contingency fund. For contingency payments to Wisconsin works agencies for subsidized employment and office program costs to be distributed under criteria established by the department, $25,000,000 $90,000,000 in the 1997-99 1999-2001 fiscal biennium.
SECTION 1287. 49.175 (1) (cr) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1288. 49.175 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1289. 49.175 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1290. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (f) State administration of public assistance programs. For state administration of public assistance programs, $37,449,500 $31,905,800 in fiscal year 1997-98 1999-2000 and $34,338,100 $31,880,800 in fiscal year 1998-99 2000-01.
SECTION 1291. 49.175 (1) (fs) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (fs) Food stamps for legal immigrants. For food stamp benefits provided under s. 49.124 (8) to qualified aliens, as defined in 8 USC1641 (b), $4,600,000 under s. 49.124 (8), $420,000 in each fiscal year 1998-99. Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department may not use any funds allocated under this paragraph for any other purpose under this subsection. This paragraph does not apply to the extent that federally funded food stamp benefits for qualified aliens are restored by the federal government.
SECTION 1292. 49.175 (1) (hd) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (hd) For the individual development accounts program under s. 49.187, $650,000 in each fiscal year.
SECTION 1293. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1294. 49.175 (1) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1295. 49.175 (1) (L) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1296. 49.175 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (m) Job access loans. For job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $3,645,600 $600,000 in each fiscal year 1997-98 and $866,900 in fiscal year 1998-99.
SECTION 1297. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (n) Employment skills advancement grants. For employment skills advancement grants under s. 49.185, $833,300 $100,000 in each fiscal year 1997-98 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1998-99.
SECTION 1298. 49.175 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (o) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. ss. 49.155, $155,547,200 and 115.3615, $164,450,900 in fiscal year 1997-98 1999-2000 and $177,427,200 $171,225,000 in fiscal year 1998-99 2000-01.
SECTION 1299. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (p) Indirect child care services. For indirect child care services under s. 49.131 (2) (b), $6,002,400 49.155 (1g), $18,978,700 in each fiscal year. Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department may not use any funds allocated under this paragraph for any other purpose under this subsection 1999-2000 and $16,834,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.
SECTION 1300. 49.175 (1) (pm) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (pm) Early childhood excellence initiative. For grants under s. 49.1375, $10,000,000 in each fiscal year.
SECTION 1301. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1302. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (qm) Initial contracts. 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., for contracts under s. 49.143 entered into or renewed prior to December 31, 1999, $32,844,700 in fiscal year 1999-2000.
SECTION 1303. 49.175 (1) (qm) 1. of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.175 (1) (qm) and amended to read:
