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(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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(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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(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1261. 49.155 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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.
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1(c) Evaluate the programs under the grants by use of client-outcome
2measurements that the department develops.
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3(3) The department shall coordinate the grant program under this section with
4any similar grant program administered by the department of health and family
5services.
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(1) Funds distribution. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), within
9the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (a), (br), (cm), (dc), (dz), (e), (em),
10(jg), (jL), (k), (L), (Lm), (mc), (md), (nL), (pm) and (ps), the department shall allocate
11the following amounts for the following purposes:
SB45, s. 1279
12Section
1279. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1281
15Section
1281. 49.175 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 49.175 (1) (qm)
162.
SB45, s. 1282
17Section
1282. 49.175 (1) (bc) of the statutes is created to read:
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(1) (bc)
Wisconsin works benefits. For Wisconsin works benefits
19provided under contracts entered into after December 31, 1999, $42,792, 500 in fiscal
20year 1999-2000 and $85,584,900 in fiscal year 2000-01.
SB45, s. 1283
21Section
1283. 49.175 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
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(1) (bd)
Wisconsin works administration, services and agency bonuses. 23For administration of Wisconsin works, program services under Wisconsin works
24and performance bonuses to Wisconsin works agencies that have entered into
1contracts after December 31, 1999, $71,707,500 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and
2$143,415,100 in fiscal year 2000-01.
SB45, s. 1284
3Section
1284. 49.175 (1) (bg) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1285
4Section
1285. 49.175 (1) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1286
5Section
1286. 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (c)
Wisconsin works agency contingency fund. For contingency
7payments to Wisconsin works agencies for
subsidized employment and office 8program costs to be distributed under criteria established by the department,
9$25,000,000 $90,000,000 in the
1997-99 1999-2001 fiscal biennium.
SB45, s. 1287
10Section
1287. 49.175 (1) (cr) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1288
11Section
1288. 49.175 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1289
12Section
1289. 49.175 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1290
13Section
1290. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (f)
State administration of public assistance programs. For state
15administration of public assistance programs,
$37,449,500 $31,905,800 in fiscal year
161997-98 1999-2000 and
$34,338,100 $31,880,800 in fiscal year
1998-99 2000-01.
SB45, s. 1291
17Section
1291. 49.175 (1) (fs) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (fs)
Food stamps for legal immigrants. For food stamp benefits
19provided
under s. 49.124 (8) to qualified aliens
, as defined in 8 USC1641 (b), 20$4,600,000 under s. 49.124 (8), $420,000 in
each fiscal year
1998-99.
21Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department may not use any funds allocated under
22this paragraph for any other purpose under this subsection. This paragraph does not
23apply to the extent that federally funded food stamp benefits for qualified aliens are
24restored by the federal government.
SB45, s. 1292
25Section
1292. 49.175 (1) (hd) of the statutes is created to read:
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(1) (hd) For the individual development accounts program under s.
249.187, $650,000 in each fiscal year.
SB45, s. 1293
3Section
1293. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1294
4Section
1294. 49.175 (1) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1295
5Section
1295. 49.175 (1) (L) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1296
6Section
1296. 49.175 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (m)
Job access loans. For job access loans under s. 49.147 (6),
8$3,645,600 $600,000 in
each fiscal year
1997-98 and $866,900 in fiscal year 1998-99.
SB45, s. 1297
9Section
1297. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (n)
Employment skills advancement grants. For employment skills
11advancement grants under s. 49.185,
$833,300 $100,000 in
each fiscal year
1997-98
12and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1998-99.
SB45, s. 1298
13Section
1298. 49.175 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (o)
Direct child care services. For direct child care services under
s. 15ss. 49.155
, $155,547,200 and 115.3615, $164,450,900 in fiscal year
1997-98 161999-2000 and
$177,427,200 $171,225,000 in fiscal year
1998-99 2000-01.
SB45, s. 1299
17Section
1299. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (p)
Indirect child care services. For indirect child care services under
19s.
49.131 (2) (b), $6,002,400 49.155 (1g), $18,978,700 in
each fiscal year
. 20Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department may not use any funds allocated under
21this paragraph for any other purpose under this subsection 1999-2000 and
22$16,834,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.
SB45, s. 1300
23Section
1300. 49.175 (1) (pm) of the statutes is created to read:
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(1) (pm)
Early childhood excellence initiative. For grants under s.
2549.1375, $10,000,000 in each fiscal year.
SB45, s. 1301
1Section
1301. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1302
2Section
1302. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is created to read:
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(1) (qm)
Initial contracts. 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., for contracts
4under s. 49.143 entered into or renewed prior to December 31, 1999, $32,844,700 in
5fiscal year 1999-2000.
SB45, s. 1303
6Section
1303. 49.175 (1) (qm) 1. of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin
7Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.175 (1) (qm) and amended to read:
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(1) (qm)
Except as provided in subd. 2., for For contracts under s. 49.143
9entered into or renewed prior to December 31, 1999, $32,844,700 in fiscal year
101999-2000.
SB45, s. 1304
11Section
1304. 49.175 (1) (qm) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin
12Act .... (this act), is repealed.