SB45: Bill Text

SB45, s. 972 Section 972. 45.25 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,569,24 45.25 (4) (a) An individual is not eligible for reimbursement under sub. (2) for more than 120 credits of part-time study or 8 full semesters of full-time study at any institution within the university of Wisconsin system of higher education, as defined in s. 45.396 (1) (a), in this state, 60 credits of part-time study or 4 full semesters of full-time study at a technical college under ch. 38 any institution of higher education, as defined in s. 45.396 (1) (a), in this state that offers a degree upon completion of 60 credits, or an equivalent amount of credits at an institution where he or she is receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47.

SB45, s. 973 Section 973. 45.25 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,570,6 45.25 (4) (b) (intro.) The department may provide reimbursement under sub. (2) to an individual who is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or who owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, as established by the receipt by the department of a certification under s. 49.855 appearance of the individual's name on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), only if the individual provides the department with one of the following:

SB45, s. 974 Section 974. 45.25 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,570,11 45.25 (4) (b) 2. A statement that the individual is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, signed by the clerk of circuit court department of workforce development or its designee within 7 working days before the date of the application.

SB45, s. 975 Section 975. 45.35 (5) (a) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,570,19 45.35 (5) (a) 2. c. Has been a resident of this state for any consecutive 5-year period after completing entry or reentry into service on active duty and before the date of his or her application or death. If a person applying for a benefit under this subchapter meets that 5-consecutive-year residency requirement, the department may not require the person to reestablish that he or she meets the 5-consecutive-year residency requirement when he or she later applies for any other benefit under this chapter that requires a 5-consecutive-year residency.

SB45, s. 976 Section 976. 45.35 (14) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,570,24 45.35 (14) (h) To provide grants to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km) for the creation of a model program that helps American Indians overcome barriers to the receipt of federal and state veterans benefits.

SB45, s. 977 Section 977. 45.35 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,571,3 45.35 (15) Liberal construction intended. This section, ss. 45.25, 45.351, 45.356 and 45.37 and subch. II shall be construed as liberally as the language permits in favor of applicants.

SB45, s. 978 Section 978. 45.351 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,571,6 45.351 (4) Annual expenditure. The total of grants made under sub. (1j) may not exceed $1,200,000 in any fiscal year.

SB45, s. 979 Section 979. 45.356 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,571,13 45.356 (6) (intro.) The department may provide a loan under this section after the department receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the applicant is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses to an applicant whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b) only if the applicant does one of the following:

SB45, s. 980 Section 980. 45.356 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,571,19 45.356 (6) (b) Provides to the department a statement that the applicant is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, signed by the clerk of circuit court department of workforce development or its designee within 7 working days before the date of the application.

SB45, s. 981 Section 981. 45.356 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,571,23 45.356 (9) (a) The department may borrow from the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.79 (7) (a) and shall pledge to obtain money to make loans made under this section as collateral for the borrowing.

SB45, s. 982 Section 982. 45.356 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,572,3 45.356 (9) (b) The department may enter into transactions with the state investment board to obtain money to make loans under this section. Transactions authorized under this paragraph may include the sale of loans.

SB45, s. 983 Section 983. 45.37 (3) (b) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45, s. 984 Section 984. 45.37 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 45.37 (3) and amended to read:

SB45,572,16 45.37 (3) Nonresident. A veteran who was not a resident of this state at the time of enlistment or induction into service but who is otherwise qualified for membership may be admitted if the veteran has been a resident of this state for any consecutive 5-year period after completing enlistment or induction into service on active duty and before the date of his or her application. If a person applying for a benefit under this subchapter meets that 5-consecutive-year residency requirement, the department may not require the person to reestablish that he or she meets the 5-consecutive-year residency requirement when he or she later applies for any other benefit under this chapter that requires a 5-consecutive-year residency.

SB45, s. 985 Section 985. 45.396 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,572,21 45.396 (1) (a) "Institution of higher education" means an educational institution meeting the requirements of P.L. 89-329 for institutions covered therein and of P.L. 89-287 for business, trade, technical or vocational schools and full-time post-high school technical colleges has the meaning given in 20 USC 1088 (a).

SB45, s. 986 Section 986. 45.396 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,573,3 45.396 (5) Except as provided in sub. (9), the reimbursement may not exceed 50% 65% of the cost of tuition and fees and shall also be limited to a maximum of 50% 65% of the standard cost for a state resident for tuition and fees for an equivalent undergraduate course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison per course and may not be provided to an individual more than 4 times during any consecutive 12-month period.

SB45, s. 987 Section 987. 45.396 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,573,10 45.396 (6) (intro.) The department may make a grant to an applicant under this section after the department receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the applicant is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses to an applicant whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b) only if the applicant provides the department with one of the following:

SB45, s. 988 Section 988. 45.396 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,573,15 45.396 (6) (b) A statement that the applicant is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, signed by the clerk of circuit court department of workforce development or its designee within 7 working days before the date of the application.

SB45, s. 989 Section 989. 45.397 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,573,19 45.397 (4) Annual expenditure. The total amount of grants made under this section may not exceed $500,000 in fiscal year 1993-94 and $500,000 in any fiscal year 1994-95.

SB45, s. 990 Section 990. 45.71 (16) (a) 2m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,574,2 45.71 (16) (a) 2m. a. Has been a resident of this state for any consecutive 5-year period after completing enlistment or induction into service on active duty and before the date of his or her application or death. If a person applying for a benefit under this subchapter meets that 5-consecutive-year residency requirement, the department may not require the person to reestablish that he or she meets the 5-consecutive-year residency requirement when he or she applies for any other benefit under this chapter that requires a 5-consecutive-year residency.

SB45, s. 991 Section 991. 45.74 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,574,8 45.74 (6) Delinquent support payments. (intro.) The person is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, as evidenced by a certification under s. 49.855 (7) the appearance of the person's name on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides the department or authorized lender with one of the following:

SB45, s. 992 Section 992. 45.74 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,574,13 45.74 (6) (b) A statement that the person is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, signed by the clerk of circuit court department of workforce development or its designee within 7 working days before the date of the application.

SB45, s. 993 Section 993. 45.76 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,574,16 45.76 (1) (c) Home improvements. A loan of not more than $15,000 $25,000 to improve a home, including construction of a garage.

SB45, s. 994 Section 994. 45.79 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,575,3 45.79 (9) (a) All moneys received from any source for repayment of loans, mortgages or mortgage loan notes funded with proceeds of revenue obligations issued under sub. (6) (c) shall be deposited into one or more separate nonlapsible trust funds in the state treasury or with a trustee as provided in s. 18.56 18.561 (9) (j) or 18.562 (5) (e). The board may pledge revenues received by the funds to secure revenue obligations issued under sub. (6) (c) and shall have all other powers necessary and convenient to distribute the proceeds of the revenue obligations and loan repayments in accordance with subch. II of ch. 18. Unrestricted balances in the funds may be used to fund additional loans issued under sub. (6) (c) and pay the balances owing on loans after the assumptions of the loans or the closings of the sales of residences under sub. (10) (c).

SB45, s. 995 Section 995. 46.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,575,7 46.03 (1) Institutions governed. Maintain and govern the Mendota and the Winnebago mental health institutes; the secure mental health facility established under s. 46.055; and the centers for the developmentally disabled.

SB45, s. 996 Section 996. 46.03 (7) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,575,10 46.03 (7) (g) Before July 1, 2006, establish a statewide automated child welfare information system.

SB45, s. 997 Section 997. 46.03 (22) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,575,18 46.03 (22) (a) "Community living arrangement" means any of the following facilities licensed or operated, or permitted under the authority of the department: child welfare agencies under s. 48.60, group homes for children under s. 48.02 (7) and community-based residential facilities under s. 50.01; but does not include adult family homes, as defined in s. 50.01, day care centers, nursing homes, general hospitals, special hospitals, prisons and jails. "Community living arrangement" also includes a youth village program as described in s. 118.42.

SB45, s. 998 Section 998. 46.034 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,576,17 46.034 (3) With the agreement of the affected county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department, effective for the contract period beginning January 1, 1980, the department may approve a county with a single-county department or counties participating in a multicounty department to administer a single consolidated aid consisting of the state and federal financial aid available to that county or those counties from appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b), (kw), (kz) and (o) for services provided and purchased by county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 and 51.437. Under such an agreement, in the interest of improved service coordination and effectiveness, the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department may reallocate among county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 and 51.437 funds that otherwise would be specified for use by a single county department. The budget under s. 46.031 (1) shall be the vehicle for expressing the proposed use of the single consolidated fund by the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department. Approval by the department of this use of the fund shall be in the contract under s. 46.031 (2g). Counties that were selected by the department to pilot test consolidated aids for contract periods beginning January 1, 1978, may continue or terminate consolidation with the agreement of the affected county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department.

SB45, s. 999 Section 999. 46.036 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,577,4 46.036 (4) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, maintain a uniform double entry accounting system and a management information system which are compatible with cost accounting and control systems prescribed by the department. The department shall establish a simplified double entry bookkeeping system for use by family-operated group homes. Each purchaser shall determine whether a family-operated group home from which it purchases services shall use the double entry accounting system or the simplified system and shall include this determination in the purchase of service contract. In this paragraph, "family-operated group home" means a group home licensed under s. 48.66 (1) (a) for which the licensee is one or more individuals who operate not more than one group home.

SB45, s. 1000 Section 1000. 46.043 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,577,13 46.043 Additional services of mental health institutes. (1) In addition to inpatient and outpatient services provided at mental health institutes under ss. 51.05 and 51.07, the department may authorize mental health institutes to offer services other than inpatient mental health services when the department determines that community services need to be supplemented. Services that may be offered under this section include mental health outpatient treatment and services, day programming, consultation and services in residential facilities, including group homes, child caring institutions and community-based residential facilities.

SB45,577,23 (2) Services under this section may be provided only under contract between the department and a county department under s. 46. 215, 46.22 or 46.23, a school district or another public or private entity within the state to persons referred from those entities, at the discretion of the department. The department shall charge the referring entity all costs associated with providing the services. Unless a referral is made, the department may not offer services under this section to the person who is to receive the services or his or her family. The department may not impose a charge for services under this section upon the person receiving the services or his or her family. The department shall credit any revenues received under this section to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (gk).

SB45,577,25 (3) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), services under this section are governed by all of the following:

SB45,578,1 1. The terms of the contract between the department and the referring entity.

SB45,578,4 2. Subchapter XVI of ch. 48 and ss. 50.03, 50.032, 50.033, 50.034 (1) to (3), 50.035, 50.04, 50.09, 51.04, 51.42 (7) (b) and 51.61. In applying these statutes, the services shall be considered to be provided by a private entity.

SB45,578,5 3. Rules promulgated under the statutes specified in subd. 2.

SB45,578,9 (b) In the event of a conflict between par. (a) 1. and 2. or 3., the services shall comply with the contractual, statutory or rules provision that is most protective of the service recipient's health, safety, welfare or rights, as determined by the mental health institute.

SB45,578,13 (c) Sections 46.03 (18), 46.10, 51.15 (2), 51.20 (13) (c) 1. and 51.42 (3) (as) and zoning or other ordinances or regulations of the county, city, town or village in which the services are provided or the facility is located do not apply to the services under this section.

SB45,578,15 (d) The department may not be required, by court order or otherwise, to offer services under this section.

SB45,578,21 (4) Services in a residential facility that are authorized by the department under this section shall be provided only in a facility that is situated on the grounds of a mental health institute. The facility may not be considered to be a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), a state treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (15), or a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19).

SB45, s. 1001 Section 1001. 46.055 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,578,25 46.055 Secure mental health facility for sexually violent persons. The department shall establish and operate a secure mental health facility for the detention, evaluation and institutional care of persons under ch. 980.

SB45, s. 1002 Section 1002. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,579,8 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $3,125,100 $3,763,200 in fiscal year 1997-99 1999-2000 and $3,236,200 $3,869,200 in fiscal year 1998-99 2000-01 for services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health and family services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.

SB45, s. 1003 Section 1003. 46.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,580,11 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person, including but not limited to a person admitted, committed or placed under s. 975.01, 1977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., and s. 975.17, 1977 stats., and ss. 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.06, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established under s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e), 980.06 (2) (c) (cv) or 980.08 (5) (e) and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.

SB45, s. 1004 Section 1004. 46.10 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,580,18 46.10 (2m) The liability specified in sub. (2) shall not apply to tuberculosis patients receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies under ss. 58.06 and 252.07 to 252.10, to persons 18 and older receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by prisons named in s. 302.01 or to parents of a minor who receives care for alcohol or drug abuse under s. 51.47 (1) without consent of the minor's parent or guardian.

SB45, s. 1005 Section 1005. 46.18 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,581,2 46.18 (1) Trustees. Every county home, infirmary, hospital, tuberculosis hospital or sanatorium, or similar institution, shall, subject to regulations approved by the county board, be managed by a board of trustees, electors of the county, chosen by ballot by the county board. At its annual meeting, the county board shall appoint an uneven number of trustees, from 3 to 9 at the option of the board, for staggered 3-year terms ending the first Monday in January. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the county board; but the chairperson of the county board may appoint a trustee to fill the vacancy until the county board acts.

SB45, s. 1006 Section 1006. 46.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,581,12 46.20 (1) Any 2 or more counties may jointly, by majority vote of all the members of each county board, provide for a county home, infirmary, hospital, tuberculosis hospital or sanatorium, or similar institution, or juvenile detention home, which shall be established, maintained and operated pursuant to all the statutes relating to the establishment, maintenance and operation of similar institutions, respectively, by any single county whose population is less than 250,000, except as otherwise provided in this section; and in all respects, except as herein specified, each such institution shall be the county institution of each of the counties so joining.

SB45, s. 1007 Section 1007. 46.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,581,21 46.20 (3) Upon approval of the site, plans and specifications, as provided in s. 252.073 as to tuberculosis sanatoriums and ss. 46.17 and 301.37, as to other institutions, the joint committee shall report to the several county boards the estimated cost of the site and buildings, and the amount thereof chargeable to each county on the basis set forth in sub. (6) (a), appending to each report a copy of the plans and specifications and all matter relating to the site and buildings. If the report is approved by each county board, the joint committee shall purchase the site and cause the buildings to be erected in accordance with the plans and specifications.

SB45, s. 1008 Section 1008. 46.20 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45, s. 1009 Section 1009. 46.20 (10) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45, s. 1010 Section 1010. 46.21 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,582,11 46.21 (2m) (c) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.06 (17) (c), 146.82, 252.11 (7) and 253.07 (3) (c), any subunit of the county department of human services acting under this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of human services, with a resource center, care management organization or family care district, or with any person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of human services or with a resource center, care management organization or family care district, if necessary to enable an employe or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of human services to coordinate the delivery of services to the client.

SB45, s. 1011 Section 1011. 46.215 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,582,16 46.215 (1) (j) To make payments in such manner as the department of workforce development may determine for training of recipients, former recipients and potential recipients of aid in programs established under ss. s. 49.193, 1997 stats., and s. 49.26 (1).

SB45, s. 1012 Section 1012. 46.215 (1) (r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,582,21 46.215 (1) (r) If authorized under s. 46.283 (1) (a) 1., to apply to the department of health and family services to operate a resource center under s. 46.283 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.283 (2), to operate the resource center.

SB45, s. 1013 Section 1013. 46.215 (1) (s) of the statutes is created to read: