SB55-SSA1, s. 1624d 23Section 1624d. 48.561 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,581,1024 48.561 (3) (b) The department of administration shall collect the amount
25specified in par. (a) 3. from a county having a population of 500,000 or more by

1deducting all or part of that amount from any state payment due that county under
2s. 46.40, 79.03, 79.04, 79.058, 79.06, or 79.08. The department of administration
3shall notify the department of revenue, by September 15 of each year, of the amount
4to be deducted from the state payments due under s. 79.03, 79.04, 79.058, 79.06, or
579.08. The department of administration shall credit all amounts collected under
6this paragraph to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (kw) and shall notify
7the county from which those amounts are collected of that collection. The
8department may not expend any moneys from the appropriation account under s.
920.435 (3) (cx) for providing services to children and families under s. 48.48 (17) until
10the amounts in the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (kw) are exhausted.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1629 11Section 1629. 48.57 (3p) (fm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,582,1712 48.57 (3p) (fm) 2. A person receiving payments under sub. (3m) may
13provisionally employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular
14contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or provisionally
15permit a person to be an adult resident if the person receiving those payments states
16to the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
17department of health and family services that the employee or adult resident does
18not have any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the ability
19of the person receiving payments to care for the child. A person receiving payments
20under sub. (3m) may not finally employ a person in a position in which that person
21would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made
22or finally permit a person to be an adult resident until the county department or, in
23a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department of health and family
24services receives information from the department of justice indicating that the
25person's conviction record under the law of this state is satisfactory according to the

1criteria specified in par. (g) 1. to 3. and the county department so advises or, in a
2county having a population of 500,000 or more,
the department of health and family
3services and so advises the person receiving payments under sub. (3m) or the
4department of health and family services so advises that person
until a decision is
5made under par. (h) 4. to permit a person who is receiving payments under sub. (3m)
6to employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with
7the child for whom payments are being made or to permit a person to be an adult
8resident and the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000
9or more, the department of health and family services so advises the person receiving
10payments under sub. (3m)
. A person receiving payments under sub. (3m) may finally
11employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with
12the child for whom those payments are being made or finally permit a person to be
13an adult resident conditioned on the receipt of information from the county
14department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department
15of health and family services that the federal bureau of investigation indicates that
16the person's conviction record under the law of any other state or under federal law
17is satisfactory according to the criteria specified in par. (g) 1. to 3.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1629x 18Section 1629x. 48.57 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-SSA1,582,2519 48.57 (3r) If the amounts in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (kc) are
20insufficient to provide payments under sub. (3m) (am) (intro.) or (3n) (am) (intro.) to
21all persons who are eligible to receive those payments, the department may request
22the secretary of administration under s. 16.515 to supplement that appropriation for
23the purpose of increasing funding for those payments. Notwithstanding s. 16.515 (1),
24the secretary of administration may supplement the appropriation under s. 20.435
25(3) (kc) if all of the following occur:
SB55-SSA1,583,3
1(a) The secretary of administration determines that the amounts in the
2appropriation are insufficient to provide payments under sub. (3m) (am) (intro.) or
3(3n) (am) (intro.) to all persons who are eligible to receive those payments.
SB55-SSA1,583,84 (b) The joint committee on finance either does not schedule a meeting for the
5purpose of reviewing the proposed supplementation within 14 working days after the
6secretary of administration notifies the committee of the proposed supplementation
7or, if the committee schedules a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed
8supplementation, the committee approves the proposed supplementation.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1635 9Section 1635. 48.627 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,583,1610 48.627 (3) (h) If a claim by a foster, treatment foster or family-operated group
11home parent or a member of the foster, treatment foster or family-operated group
12home parent's family is approved, the department shall deduct from the amount
13approved $200 $100 less any amount deducted by an insurance company from a
14payment for the same claim, except that a foster, treatment foster or family-operated
15group home parent and his or her family are subject to only one deductible for all
16claims filed in a fiscal year.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1636 17Section 1636. 48.651 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,584,218 48.651 (1) (intro.) Each county department shall certify, according to the
19standards adopted by the department of workforce development under s. 49.155 (1d),
20each day care provider reimbursed for child care services provided to families
21determined eligible under s. 49.155 (1m), unless the provider is a day care center
22licensed under s. 48.65 or is established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14). Each
23county may charge a fee to cover the costs of certification. To be certified under this
24section, a person must meet the minimum requirements for certification established
25by the department of workforce development under s. 49.155 (1d), meet the

1requirements specified in s. 48.685 and pay the fee specified in this section. The
2county shall certify the following categories of day care providers:
SB55-SSA1, s. 1651m 3Section 1651m. 48.981 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,584,104 48.981 (3) (a) Referral of report. 1. A person required to report under sub. (2)
5shall immediately inform, by telephone or personally, the county department or, in
6a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department or a licensed child
7welfare agency under contract with the department or the sheriff or city, village, or
8town police department of the facts and circumstances contributing to a suspicion of
9child abuse or neglect or of unborn child abuse or to a belief that abuse or neglect will
10occur.
SB55-SSA1,584,16 112. The sheriff or police department shall within 12 hours, exclusive of
12Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, refer to the county department or, in a county
13having a population of 500,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare
14agency under contract with the department all cases reported to it. The county
15department, department, or licensed child welfare agency may require that a
16subsequent report be made in writing. Each
SB55-SSA1,584,24 173. A county department, the department, or a licensed child welfare agency
18under contract with the department shall within 12 hours, exclusive of Saturdays,
19Sundays, or legal holidays, refer to the sheriff or police department all cases of
20suspected or threatened abuse, as defined in s. 48.02 (1) (b) to (f), reported to it. For
21cases of suspected or threatened abuse, as defined in s. 48.02 (1) (a), (am), or (gm),
22or neglect, each
county department, the department, and a licensed child welfare
23agency under contract with the department shall adopt a written policy specifying
24the kinds of reports it will routinely report to local law enforcement authorities.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1651p 25Section 1651p. 48.981 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-SSA1,585,4
148.981 (3) (a) 4. If the report is of suspected or threatened abuse, as defined in
2s. 48.02 (1) (b) to (f), the sheriff or police department and the county department,
3department, or licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department
4shall coordinate the planning and execution of the investigation of the report.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1651r 5Section 1651r. 48.981 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,585,126 48.981 (3) (b) 3. If the police or other law enforcement officials determine sheriff
7or police department determines
that criminal action is necessary, they the sheriff
8or police department
shall refer the case to the district attorney for criminal
9prosecution. Each sheriff and police department shall adopt a written policy
10specifying the kinds of reports of suspected or threatened abuse, as defined in s. 48.02
11(1) (b) to (f), that the sheriff or police department will routinely refer to the district
12attorney for criminal prosecution.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1651v 13Section 1651v. 48.981 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,586,914 48.981 (8) (a) The department, the county departments , and a licensed child
15welfare agency under contract with the department in a county having a population
16of 500,000 or more to the extent feasible shall conduct continuing education and
17training programs for staff of the department, the county departments, a licensed
18child welfare agency agencies under contract with the department or a county
19department, law enforcement agencies, and the tribal social services departments,
20persons and officials required to report, the general public, and others as
21appropriate. The programs shall be designed to encourage reporting of child abuse
22and neglect and of unborn child abuse, to encourage self-reporting and voluntary
23acceptance of services and to improve communication, cooperation, and coordination
24in the identification, prevention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and of
25unborn child abuse. Programs provided for staff of the department, county

1departments, and licensed child welfare agencies under contract with county
2departments or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department
3whose responsibilities include the investigation or treatment of child abuse or
4neglect shall also be designed to provide information on means of recognizing and
5appropriately responding to domestic abuse, as defined in s. 46.95 (1) (a). The
6department, the county departments, and a licensed child welfare agency under
7contract with the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more
8shall develop public information programs about child abuse and neglect and about
9unborn child abuse.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1652d 10Section 1652d. 48.982 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,586,1711 48.982 (2) (d) Solicit and accept contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests for
12the children's trust fund or for any other purpose for which a contribution, grant, gift,
13or bequest is made and received. Moneys received under this paragraph, other than
14moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6., may be credited to the appropriation
15accounts under s. 20.433 (1) (i), or (q) or (r). Interest earned on moneys received
16under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6. may be credited to the appropriation accounts account
17under s. 20.433 (1) (q) or (r).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1653 18Section 1653. 48.982 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,586,2219 48.982 (2m) Donation uses. (intro.) If money is accepted by the board for the
20children's trust fund or for any other purpose under sub. (2) (d) and appropriated
21under s. 20.433 (1) (q) or (r), the board shall use the money in accordance with the
22wishes of the donor to do any of the following:
SB55-SSA1, s. 1654 23Section 1654. 48.982 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,587,324 48.982 (3) Staff and salaries. The board shall determine the qualifications of
25and appoint, in the classified service, an executive director and staff. The salaries

1of the executive director and staff and all actual and necessary operating expenses
2of the board shall be paid from the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (g), (i), (k), (m),
3and (r) (q).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1655 4Section 1655. 48.982 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,587,75 48.982 (5) Statewide projects. From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (i)
6and (r) (q), the board shall administer any statewide project for which it has accepted
7money under sub. (2m) (c).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656 8Section 1656. 48.982 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,587,139 48.982 (6) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (b), (h), (i), (k), (ma),
10and (q), the board shall award grants to organizations in accordance with the
11request-for-proposal procedures developed under sub. (2) (a). No organization may
12receive a grant or grants under this subsection totaling more than $150,000 in any
13year.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tym 14Section 1656tym. 49.124 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (title).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ta 15Section 1656ta. 49.124 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (1)
16(intro.).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tb 17Section 1656tb. 49.124 (1) (ag) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (1) (a).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tc 18Section 1656tc. 49.124 (1) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (1) (b).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656td 19Section 1656td. 49.124 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (1) (c).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tf 20Section 1656tf. 49.124 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (1) (d).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tg 21Section 1656tg. 49.124 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (1) (e).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656th 22Section 1656th. 49.124 (1) (df) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (1) (f).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ti 23Section 1656ti. 49.124 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13 (1) (b).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tj 24Section 1656tj. 49.124 (1g) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (2)
25(title).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tjk
1Section 1656tjk. 49.124 (1g) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (2) (a), and
249.79 (2) (a) 1. and 5. (intro.), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,588,113 49.79 (2) (a) 1. The individual is a custodial parent of a child who is under the
4age of 18 and who has an absent parent, or the individual lives with and exercises
5parental control over a child who is under the age of 18 and who has an absent parent,
6and the individual does not fully cooperate in good faith with efforts directed at
7establishing the paternity of the child, if necessary, establishing or enforcing a
8support order, if appropriate, or obtaining other payments or property, if any, to
9which that individual or the child may have rights. This paragraph subdivision does
10not apply if the individual has good cause for refusing to cooperate, as determined
11by the department in accordance with federal law and regulations.
SB55-SSA1,588,1412 5. (intro.) The individual is obligated by court order to provide child support
13payments and is delinquent in making those court-ordered payments. This
14paragraph subdivision does not apply if any of the following applies:
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tjm 15Section 1656tjm. 49.124 (1m) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13
16(title).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tjn 17Section 1656tjn. 49.124 (1m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13 (2) (a)
18and amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,589,219 49.13 (2) (a) The department shall contract with the department of health and
20family services as provided under s. 49.79 (10) to
administer an employment and
21training program for recipients under the food stamp program. The department may
22contract subcontract with a Wisconsin works agency to administer the employment
23and training program under this subsection. Except as provided in pars. (b) and
24(bm), the department may require able individuals who are 18 to 60 years of age who

1are not participants in a Wisconsin works employment position to participate in the
2employment and training program under this subsection.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tk 3Section 1656tk. 49.124 (1m) (b) to (d) of the statutes are renumbered 49.13
4(2) (b) to (d).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tL 5Section 1656tL. 49.124 (1n) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13 (3)
6(intro.) and amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,589,107 49.13 (3) Ineligibility for noncompliance with work requirements. (intro.)
8An individual who fails to comply with the work requirements under sub. (1m) (2)
9(a) without good cause is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program under
10this section s. 49.79 as follows:
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tm 11Section 1656tm. 49.124 (1n) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13 (3) (a) and
12amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,589,1513 49.13 (3) (a) For the first occurrence of noncompliance, one month, or until the
14person complies with the work requirements under sub. (1m) (2) (a), whichever is
15later.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tn 16Section 1656tn. 49.124 (1n) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13 (3) (b) and
17amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,589,2018 49.13 (3) (b) For the 2nd occurrence of noncompliance, 3 months, or until the
19person complies with the work requirements under sub. (1m) (2) (a), whichever is
20later.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tp 21Section 1656tp. 49.124 (1n) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13 (3) (c) and
22amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,589,2523 49.13 (3) (c) For the 3rd and subsequent occurrences of noncompliance, 6
24months, or until the person complies with the work requirements under sub. (1m)
25(2) (a), whichever is later.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tq
1Section 1656tq. 49.124 (1p) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tr 2Section 1656tr. 49.124 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act
3.... (this act), is renumbered 49.79 (3).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656trg 4Section 1656trg. 49.124 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,590,85 49.124 (2) (a) A county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or
6Wisconsin works agency
is liable for all food stamp coupons lost, misappropriated,
7or destroyed while under the county's, or tribe's or Wisconsin works agency's direct
8control, except as provided in par. (b).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656trm 9Section 1656trm. 49.124 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,590,1310 49.124 (2) (b) A county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or
11Wisconsin works agency
is not liable for food stamp coupons lost in natural disasters
12if it provides evidence acceptable to the department that the coupons were destroyed
13and not redeemed.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656trs 14Section 1656trs. 49.124 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,590,1915 49.124 (2) (c) A county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or
16Wisconsin works agency
is liable for food stamp coupons mailed to residents of the
17county, or members of the tribe or participants in the Wisconsin works program and
18lost in the mail due to incorrect information submitted to the department by the
19county, or tribe or Wisconsin works agency.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ts 20Section 1656ts. 49.124 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (4) and
21amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,591,222 49.79 (4) Deductions from county income maintenance payments. The
23department shall withhold the value of food stamp losses for which a county or
24federally recognized American Indian tribe is liable under sub. (2) (3) from the
25payment to the county or tribe under s. 20.445 (3) (dz) and (nL) income maintenance

1contracts under s. 49.33
and reimburse the federal government from the funds
2withheld.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tt 3Section 1656tt. 49.124 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tu 4Section 1656tu. 49.124 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (5).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tv 5Section 1656tv. 49.124 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (6).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tw 6Section 1656tw. 49.124 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (7).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tx 7Section 1656tx. 49.124 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (8) and
8amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,591,209 49.79 (8) Benefits for qualified aliens. Not later than June 15, 1998, the
10department shall submit a plan to the secretary of the federal department of
11agriculture to provide benefits under this section to a qualified alien who is ineligible
12for benefits under this section solely because of the application of 8 USC 1612 or 1613.
13If the secretary of the federal department of agriculture approves the plan, the
The
14department shall provide benefits under this section beginning on August 1, 1998,
15or on the day that the plan is approved, whichever is later,
to a qualified alien who
16is otherwise eligible for benefits under this section ineligible for benefits under this
17section solely because of the application of 9 USC 1612 or 1613 according to a plan
18approved by the federal department of agriculture
. This subsection does not apply
19to the extent that federal food stamp benefits for qualified aliens are restored by the
20federal government.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ty 21Section 1656ty. 49.125 of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act ....
22(this act), is renumbered 49.793.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tym 23Section 1656tym. 49.125 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,592,424 49.125 (1) The department, or a county , or an elected governing body of a
25federally recognized American Indian tribe or band or a Wisconsin works agency

1acting on behalf of the department, may recover overpayments that arise from an
2overissuance of food coupons under the food stamp program administered under s.
346.215 (1) (k), or 46.22 (1) (b) 2. d. or 49.143 (2) (e). Recovery shall be made in
4accordance with 7 USC 2022.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656tz 5Section 1656tz. 49.127 of the statutes is renumbered 49.795.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656u 6Section 1656u. 49.129 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.797 (title).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ua 7Section 1656ua. 49.129 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.797 (1).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ub 8Section 1656ub. 49.129 (2) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.797 (2)
9(title).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656uc 10Section 1656uc. 49.129 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ud 11Section 1656ud. 49.129 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.797 (2) (a)
12and amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,592,2213 49.797 (2) (a) Except as provided in subd. 2. par. (b) and sub. (8), if the necessary
14authorization under par. (a) is granted,
the department shall begin to implement, no
15later than July 1, 1999, a
administer a statewide program to deliver food stamp
16benefits to recipients of food stamp benefits by an electronic benefit transfer system
17and shall implement the program statewide no later than April 1, 2000. All
18suppliers, as defined in s. 49.127 (1) (d) 49.795 (1) (d), may participate in the delivery
19of food stamp benefits under the electronic benefit transfer system. The department
20shall explore methods by which nontraditional retailers, such as farmers' markets,
21may participate in the delivery of food stamp benefits under the electronic benefit
22transfer system.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ue 23Section 1656ue. 49.129 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 49.797 (2) (b).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656uf 24Section 1656uf. 49.129 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ug
1Section 1656ug. 49.129 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.131 (1) and
2amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,593,63 49.131 (1) The department shall request any necessary authorization from the
4appropriate federal agency to deliver benefits that are administered by the
5department, other than food stamp benefits, to recipients of benefits by an electronic
6benefit transfer system.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656uh 7Section 1656uh. 49.129 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.131 (2) and
8amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,593,129 49.131 (2) If the necessary authorization under par. (a) sub. (1) is granted, and
10except as provided in sub. (8) (3), the department may implement a program to
11deliver by an electronic benefit transfer system any benefit that is administered by
12the department and that the department designates by rule.
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