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49.148
(1) (b) 2. For a participant in a community service job under s. 49.147
22(4) (c), minimum wage for every hour actually worked in the community service job,
23not to exceed
15 30 hours per week, paid by the employer, as defined in s. 49.147 (4)
24(c) 1.
SB45, s. 1238
25Section
1238. 49.151 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
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149.151
(1) (f) If the individual is a participant under s. 49.147 (4) (c), the
2individual fails, without good cause, to participate in job search activities required
3under s. 49.147 (4) (c) 3.
SB45, s. 1239
4Section
1239. 49.155 (1) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(1) (ad) "Administering agency" means the county department, a tribal
6governing body or the Wisconsin works agency that is required by the department
7under sub. (3) (a) or (am) to administer child care assistance under this section.
SB45, s. 1240
8Section
1240. 49.155 (1) (aj) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(1) (aj) "County department" means a county department under s.
1046.215, 46.22 or 46.23.
SB45, s. 1241
11Section
1241. 49.155 (1) (aL) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(1) (aL) "Disabled" means physically or mentally incapable of caring for
13oneself.
SB45, s. 1242
14Section
1242. 49.155 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1) (am) "Level I certified family day care provider" means a day care
16provider certified under s. 48.651
(1) (1m) (a).
SB45, s. 1243
17Section
1243. 49.155 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1) (b) "Level II certified family day care provider" means a day care
19provider certified under s. 48.651
(1) (1m) (b).
SB45, s. 1244
20Section
1244. 49.155 (1g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1g) Distribution of funds. (intro.) Subject to sub. (1j)
and s. 16.54 (2),
22the department shall, within the limits of the availability of the federal child care and
23development block grant funds received under
42 USC 9858, do all of the following:
SB45, s. 1245
24Section
1245. 49.155 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.155
(1g) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (mc), distribute
2$4,315,000 $15,178,900 in fiscal year
1997-98 1999-2000 and
$4,315,000 3$12,878,900 in fiscal year
1998-99
2000-01 for the purposes of providing technical
4assistance for child care providers and of administering the child care program under
5this section and for grants under s. 49.136 (2) for the start-up and expansion of child
6day care services, and for child day care start-up and expansion planning, for grants
7and low-interest loans under s. 49.134 (2) for child day care resource and referral
8services, for grants under s. 49.137 (3) to assist child care providers in meeting the
9quality of care standards established under sub. (1d), and for a system of rates or a
10program of grants, as provided under sub. (1d), to reimburse child care providers that
11meet those quality of care standards and for grants under s. 49.137 (2) and contracts
12under s. 49.137 (4) to improve the quality of child day care services in this state.
SB45, s. 1246
13Section
1246. 49.155 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1g) (c) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (mc)
, transfer
15$1,687,400 $3,596,900 in fiscal year
1997-98 1999-2000 and
$1,687,400 $3,745,200 16in fiscal year
1998-99 2000-01 to the appropriation under s. 20.435
(6) (3) (kx)
, and
17transfer $20,700 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $27,700 in fiscal year 2000-01 to the
18appropriation under s. 20.435 (8) (kx), for the purpose of day care center licensing
19under s. 48.65.
SB45, s. 1247
20Section
1247. 49.155 (1g) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(1g) (d) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (mc), transfer
22$182,200 in each fiscal year to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (kx) for the
23administration of day care programs for foster parents in a county having a
24population of 500,000 or more.
SB45, s. 1248
25Section
1248. 49.155 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.155
(1m) Eligibility. (intro.) A Wisconsin works agency shall determine
2eligibility for a child care subsidy under this section. Under this section, an
3individual may receive a subsidy for child care for a child who has not attained the
4age of 13
or, if the child is disabled, who has not attained the age of 19, if the
5individual meets all of the following conditions:
SB45, s. 1249
6Section
1249. 49.155 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (a) (intro.) The individual is a parent of a child who is under the
8age of 13
, or, if the child is disabled, is under the age of 19; or is a person who, under
9s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n), is providing care and maintenance for a child who is under the
10age of 13
, or, if the child is disabled, is under the age of 19; and child care services
11for that child are needed in order for the individual to do any of the following:
SB45, s. 1250
12Section
1250. 49.155 (1m) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (a) 4. (intro.)
Participate in other employment skills training If the
14Wisconsin works agency determines that basic education would facilitate the
15individual's efforts to obtain or maintain employment, participate in basic education,
16including an English as a 2nd language course
, if the Wisconsin works agency
17determines that the course would facilitate the individual's efforts to obtain
18employment;
literacy tutoring; or a course of study meeting the standards
19established by the state superintendent of public instruction under s. 115.29 (4) for
20the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation
; a course of
21study at a technical college, if the Wisconsin works agency determines that the
22course would facilitate the individual's efforts to obtain or maintain employment; or 23participation in educational courses that provide an employment skill, as
24determined by the department. An individual may receive aid under this subdivision
1for up to
two 2 years. An individual may not receive aid under this subdivision unless
2the individual meets at least one of the following conditions:
SB45, s. 1251
3Section
1251. 49.155 (1m) (a) 4. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (a) 4. a. The individual
has been is employed in unsubsidized
5employment
for 9 consecutive months and continues to be so employed.
SB45, s. 1252
6Section
1252. 49.155 (1m) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(1m) (a) 5. Participate in a course of study at a technical college, or
8participate in educational courses that provide an employment skill, as determined
9by the department, if the Wisconsin works agency determines that the course or
10courses would facilitate the individual's efforts to obtain or maintain employment.
11An individual may receive aid under this subdivision for up to 2 years. An individual
12may not receive aid under this subdivision unless the individual meets at least one
13of the following conditions:
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a. The individual has been employed in unsubsidized employment for 3
15consecutive months and continues to be so employed.
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b. The individual is a participant in a Wisconsin works employment position.
SB45, s. 1253
17Section
1253. 49.155 (1m) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1254
18Section
1254. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 (1m) (c)
191. (intro.) and amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1. (intro.) The gross income of the individual's family is at or
21below
165% 185% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family
22or, for an individual who is already receiving a child care subsidy under this section,
23the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for
24a family the size of the individual's family. In calculating the gross income of the
25family, the Wisconsin works agency shall include income described under s. 49.145
1(3) (b) 1.
to and 3.
, except that, in calculating farm and self-employment income, the
2Wisconsin works agency shall include the sum of the following:
SB45, s. 1255
3Section
1255. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1. a. Net earnings reported to the Internal Revenue Service.
SB45, s. 1256
5Section
1256. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1. b. Depreciation expenses, personal business and
7entertainment expenses, personal transportation costs, purchases of capitol
8equipment and payments on the principal of loans.
SB45, s. 1257
9Section
1257. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1g. The individual is a foster parent of the child and the child's
11biological or adoptive family
meets the asset limit under s. 49.145 (3) (a) and has a
12gross income that is at or below 200% of the poverty line. In calculating the gross
13income of the child's biological or adoptive family, the Wisconsin works agency shall
14include income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1.
to
and 3.
SB45, s. 1258
15Section
1258. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1h. The individual is a relative of the child, is providing care
17for the child under a court order and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) on
18behalf of the child and the child's biological or adoptive family
meets the asset limit
19under s. 49.145 (3) (a) and has a gross income that is at or below 200% of the poverty
20line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological or adoptive family, the
21Wisconsin works agency shall include income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1.
to 22and 3.
SB45, s. 1259
23Section
1259. 49.155 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 3. The individual was eligible for a child care subsidy under s.
2549.191 (2)
, 1997 stats., on or after May 10, 1996, and received a child care subsidy
1on or after May 10, 1996, but lost the subsidy solely because of increased income, and
2the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for
3a family the size of the individual's family. This subdivision does not apply to an
4individual whose family's gross income increased to more than 200% of the poverty
5line for a family the size of the individual's family.
SB45, s. 1260
6Section
1260. 49.155 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(3) (title)
County
Child care administration.
SB45, s. 1261
8Section
1261. 49.155 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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49.155
(3) (a) Except as provided in par. (am), the department may require a
10Wisconsin works agency, a tribal governing body or a county department to
11administer child care assistance under this section. If the department requires a
12county department to administer child care assistance under this section, the
13Wisconsin works agency shall refer an individual who has been determined eligible
14under sub. (1m) to the county department for child care assistance.
SB45, s. 1262
15Section
1262. 49.155 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(3) (am) In a county with a population of 500,000 or more, the
17department shall require a Wisconsin works agency in that county to administer
18child care assistance under this section.
SB45, s. 1263
19Section
1263. 49.155 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(3) (b) (intro.) The
county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23
21shall administer child care assistance under this section. In administering child care
22assistance under this section, the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 23administering agency shall do all of the following:
SB45, s. 1264
24Section
1264. 49.155 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.155
(3m) (a) The department shall reimburse child care providers or shall
2distribute funds to
county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 3administering agencies for child care services provided under this section and to
4private nonprofit agencies that provide child care for children of migrant workers.
SB45, s. 1265
5Section
1265. 49.155 (3m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 (3m) (b)
6(intro.) and amended to read:
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49.155
(3m) (b)
Not more than 5%, or $20,000, whichever is greater, of Of the
8funds distributed under par. (a)
not more than the greatest of the following may be
9used for the costs of administering the program under this section
.:
SB45, s. 1266
10Section
1266. 49.155 (3m) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(3m) (b) 1. Five percent of the funds distributed under par. (a) in the
12current year.
SB45, s. 1267
13Section
1267. 49.155 (3m) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(3m) (b) 2. Five percent of the funds distributed under par. (a) in the
15immediately preceding year.
SB45, s. 1268
16Section
1268. 49.155 (3m) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(3m) (b) 3. Twenty thousand dollars.
SB45, s. 1269
18Section
1269. 49.155 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(3m) (c) From the funds distributed under par. (a),
a county an
20administering agency may provide child care services itself, purchase child care
21services from a child care provider, provide vouchers to an eligible parent for the
22payment of child care services provided by a child care provider, reimburse an eligible
23parent for payments made by the parent to a child care provider for child care
24services, adopt, with the approval of the department, any other arrangement that the
1county considers appropriate or use any combination of these methods to provide
2child care.
SB45, s. 1270
3Section
1270. 49.155 (3m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3m) (d) No funds distributed under par. (a) may be used to provide care
5for a child by a person who resides with the child, unless the
county administering 6agency determines that the care is necessary because of a special health condition
7of the child.
SB45, s. 1271
8Section
1271. 49.155 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(6) (a) Subject to review and approval by the department, each
county 10administering agency or local agency, as defined in s. 49.134 (1) (b), whichever the
11department selects, shall establish the maximum reimbursement rate for licensed
12child care services provided under this section.
A county An administering agency
13or local agency shall set the rate so that at least 75% of the number of places for
14children within the licensed capacity of all child care providers in that county can be
15purchased at or below that maximum rate.
SB45, s. 1272
16Section
1272. 49.155 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(6) (b) Subject to review and approval by the department, each
county 18administering agency shall set a maximum reimbursement rate for Level I certified
19family day care providers for services provided to eligible individuals under this
20section. The maximum rate set under this paragraph may not exceed 75% of the rate
21established under par. (a).
SB45, s. 1273
22Section
1273. 49.155 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(6) (c) Subject to review and approval by the department, each
county 24administering agency shall set a maximum reimbursement rate for Level II certified
25family day care providers for services provided to eligible individuals under this
1section. The maximum rate set under this paragraph may not exceed 50% of the rate
2established under par. (a).
SB45, s. 1274
3Section
1274. 49.155 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 (7), and
449.155 (7) (intro.), (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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49.155
(7) Refusal to pay child care providers. (intro.) The department or
6the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23
administering agency may
7refuse to pay a child care provider for child care provided under this section if any
8of the following applies to the child care provider, employe or person living on the
9premises where child care is provided:
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(a) The person has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that the
11department or
county department administering agency determines substantially
12relates to the care of children.
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(b) The person is the subject of a pending criminal charge that the department
14or
county department administering agency determines substantially relates to the
15care of children.
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49.161
(1) Trial jobs and wage-paying community service jobs overpayments. 19Notwithstanding s. 49.96, the department shall recover an overpayment of benefits
20paid under s. 49.148 (1) (a)
and or (b) 2.
or 49.19 from an individual who receives
or
21has received benefits paid under s. 49.148 (1) (a) or (b) 2. The value of the benefit
22liable for recovery under this subsection may not exceed the amount that the
23department paid in wage subsidies with respect to that participant while the
24participant was ineligible to participate. The department shall promulgate rules
25establishing policies and procedures for administrating this subsection.
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(2) Grant-paying community service jobs and transitional placements
4overpayments. Except as provided in sub. (3), the department shall recover an
5overpayment of benefits paid under s. 49.148 (1) (b) 1.
and or (c)
or 49.19 from an
6individual who continues to receive benefits under s. 49.148 (1) (b) 1. and (c) by
7reducing the amount of the individual's benefit payment by no more than 10%.
SB45, s. 1277
8Section
1277. 49.167 of the statutes is created to read:
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949.167 Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment grant program. (1) The
10department shall award grants to counties, tribal governing bodies and private
11entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment
12programs that are targeted at individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance
13for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq. and that do all of the following:
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(a) Meet the special needs of low-income persons with problems resulting from
15alcohol or other drug abuse.
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(b) Emphasize parent education, vocational and housing assistance and
17coordination with other community programs and with treatment under intensive
18care.
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19(2) The department shall do all of the following with respect to the grants under
20par. (a):
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(a) Award the grants in accordance with the department's
22request-for-proposal procedures.
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(b) Ensure that the grants are distributed in both urban and rural
24communities.