SB82-SSA1, s. 13 8Section 13. 48.57 (3n) (am) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,10,179 48.57 (3n) (am) 4m. Subject to sub. (3p) (fm) 1m. and 2m., the long-term
10kinship care relative states that he or she does not have any arrests or convictions
11that could are likely to adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care
12relative's ability to care for the child and that, to the best of the long-term kinship
13care relative's knowledge, no adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p) (a), and no
14employee or prospective employee of the long-term kinship care relative who would
15have regular contact with the child has any arrests or convictions that could are
16likely to
adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care relative's ability to
17care for the child.
SB82-SSA1, s. 14 18Section 14 . 48.57 (3n) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 48.57 (3n) (d) (intro.)
19and amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,11,1420 48.57 (3n) (d) (intro.) The county department or, in a county having a
21population of 500,000 or more, the department shall, at least once every 12 months
22after the county department or department begins making payments under this
23subsection, determine whether the conditions specified in par. (am) 1. to 5r. continue
24to exist and
whether any of the events specified in par. (am) 6. a. to f. have has
25occurred. If any such events have event specified in par. (am) 6. a. to f. has occurred,

1the county department or department shall discontinue making those payments
2immediately upon providing written notice of the discontinuation to the long-term
3kinship care relative, except that the county department or department may not
4discontinue making those payments on the grounds that the long-term kinship care
5relative is no longer providing care and maintenance for the child if the child is
6outside the home of the long-term kinship care relative for 90 days or less with the
7intent of returning to the home and if the county department or department has
8approved that absence from the home. If any of the conditions specified in par. (am)
91. to 5r. do not continue to exist, the county department or department shall
10discontinue making those payments after providing the long-term kinship care
11relative whose payments are being discontinued with written notice of that
12discontinuation not less than 10 days before the date on which those payments are
13to be discontinued. The notice shall advise the long-term kinship care relative of all
14of the following:
SB82-SSA1, s. 15 15Section 15 . 48.57 (3n) (d) 1. to 3. of the statutes are created to read:
SB82-SSA1,11,2016 48.57 (3n) (d) 1. That, if the payments are being discontinued on the grounds
17that an event specified in par. (am) 6. a. to f. has occurred, the long-term kinship care
18relative may petition the department under par. (g) for a review of that
19discontinuation by submitting a petition for review within 45 days after the date of
20the notice of discontinuation.
SB82-SSA1,11,2521 2. That, if the payments are being discontinued on the grounds that a condition
22specified in par. (am) 1. to 5r. does not continue to exist, the long-term kinship care
23relative may petition the department under par. (g) for a review of that
24discontinuation by submitting a petition for review within 45 days after the date on
25which those payments are discontinued.
SB82-SSA1,12,6
13. That, if the long-term kinship care relative submits a petition for review
2under par. (g) within the time limit specified in par. (g) 2., the long-term kinship care
3relative's payments may not be discontinued, except as provided in par. (g) 2. a. or
4b., until a final decision is rendered on the petition for review, but that payments
5made pending the decision may be recovered by the county department or
6department if the discontinuation is upheld.
SB82-SSA1, s. 16 7Section 16. 48.57 (3n) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,12,158 48.57 (3n) (f) Any person whose application for payments under par. (am) is not
9acted on promptly within 45 days after receipt of a completed application or is denied
10on the grounds that a condition specified in par. (am) 1., 2., 5., 5m., or 5r. has not been
11met and any person whose payments under par. (am) are discontinued under par. (d)
12may petition the department under par. (g) for a review of that action or failure to
13act, denial, or discontinuation. Review is unavailable if the action or failure to act,
14denial, or discontinuation
arose more than 45 days before submission of the petition
15for review.
SB82-SSA1, s. 17 16Section 17. 48.57 (3n) (g) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,13,817 48.57 (3n) (g) 1. (intro.) Upon receipt of a timely petition under par. (f) the
18department shall give the applicant or recipient reasonable notice and an
19opportunity for a fair hearing. The department may make such additional
20investigation as it considers necessary. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the
21applicant or recipient and to the county department or subunit of the department
22whose action or failure to act, denial, or discontinuation is the subject of the petition.
23That county department or subunit of the department may be represented at the
24hearing. The department shall render its decision as soon as possible after the
25hearing
no later than 30 days after receipt of the petition under par. (f) and shall send

1a certified copy of its decision to the applicant or recipient and to the county
2department or subunit of the department whose action or failure to act, denial, or
3discontinuation
is the subject of the petition. The decision of the department shall
4have the same effect as an order of the county department or subunit of the
5department whose action or failure to act, denial, or discontinuation is the subject
6of the petition. The decision shall be final, but may be revoked or modified as altered
7conditions may require. The department shall deny a petition for review or shall
8refuse to grant relief if any of the following applies:
SB82-SSA1, s. 18 9Section 18 . 48.57 (3n) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,13,2510 48.57 (3n) (g) 2. If a recipient whose payments under par. (am) are being
11discontinued on the grounds that an event specified in par. (am) 6. a. to f. has occurred

12requests a hearing within 10 days after the date of notice that his or her payments
13under par. (am) are being discontinued or if a recipient whose payments under par.
14(am) are being discontinued on the grounds that a condition specified in par. (am) 1.
15to 5r. does not continue to exist requests a hearing before the date on which his or
16her payments under par. (am) are to be discontinued
, those payments may not be
17discontinued, except as provided in subd. 2. a. or b., until a decision is rendered after
18the hearing, but payments made pending the hearing decision may be recovered by
19the county department or department if the contested action or failure to act
20discontinuation is upheld. The department shall promptly notify the county
21department of the county in which the recipient resides or, if the recipient resides in
22a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the subunit of the department
23administering of the long-term kinship care program in that county that the
24recipient has requested a hearing. Payments under par. (am) shall be discontinued
25pending a hearing decision if any of the following applies:
SB82-SSA1, s. 19
1Section 19. 48.57 (3p) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 48.57 (3p) (a) (intro.)
2and amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,14,33 48.57 (3p) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, "adult resident":
SB82-SSA1,14,8 41. Adult resident" means a person 18 years of age or over who lives at the home
5of a person who has applied for or is receiving payments under sub. (3m) or (3n) with
6the intent of making that home his or her home or who lives for more than 30 days
7cumulative in any 6-month period at the home of a person who has applied for or is
8receiving payments under sub. (3m) or (3n).
SB82-SSA1, s. 20 9Section 20. 48.57 (3p) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB82-SSA1,14,1210 48.57 (3p) (a) 2. "Arrest" means an arrest for a violation for which the person
11arrested, if convicted, would be disqualified from receiving payments under sub.
12(3m) for a reason specified in par. (g) 1., 2., or 3.
SB82-SSA1, s. 21 13Section 21 . 48.57 (3p) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,14,2514 48.57 (3p) (d) If the person being investigated under par. (b) or (c) is a
15nonresident, or at any time within the 5 years preceding the date of the application
16has been a nonresident, or if the county department or, in a county having a
17population of 500,000 or more, the department of health and family services
18determines that the person's employment, licensing, or state court records provide
19a reasonable basis for further investigation, the county department or department
20of health and family services shall require the person to be fingerprinted on 2
21fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete set of the person's fingerprints. The
22department of justice may provide for the submission of the fingerprint cards to the
23federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the person
24fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrest and conviction
25arrests and convictions.
SB82-SSA1, s. 22
1Section 22. 48.57 (3p) (e) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,15,52 48.57 (3p) (e) 4. Information regarding the conviction record of the person
3person's record of arrests and convictions under the law of this state or any other
4state or under federal law. This information shall be provided on a notarized
5background verification form that the department shall provide by rule.
SB82-SSA1, s. 23 6Section 23. 48.57 (3p) (fm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,15,247 48.57 (3p) (fm) 1. The county department or, in a county having a population
8of 500,000 or more, the department of health and family services may provisionally
9approve the making of payments under sub. (3m) based on the applicant's statement
10under sub. (3m) (am) 4m. The county department or department of health and family
11services may not finally approve the making of payments under sub. (3m) unless the
12county department or department of health and family services receives information
13from the department of justice indicating that the arrest and conviction record of the
14applicant under the law of this state is satisfactory according to the criteria specified
15in par. (g) 1. to 3.
does not include any arrest or conviction that the county department
16or department of health and family services determines is likely to adversely affect
17the child or the ability of the applicant to care for the child
or payment is approved
18under par. (h) 4. The county department or department of health and family services
19may make payments under sub. (3m) conditioned on the receipt of information from
20the federal bureau of investigation indicating that the person's arrest and conviction
21record under the law of any other state or under federal law is satisfactory according
22to the criteria specified in par. (g) 1. to 3
does not include any arrest or conviction that
23the county department or department of health and family services determines is
24likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the applicant to care for the child
.
SB82-SSA1, s. 24 25Section 24. 48.57 (3p) (fm) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,16,24
148.57 (3p) (fm) 1m. The county department or, in a county having a population
2of 500,000 or more, the department of health and family services may not enter into
3the agreement under sub. (3n) (am) 6. unless the county department or department
4of health and family services receives information from the department of justice
5relating to the indicating that the arrest and conviction record of the applicant under
6the law of this state and that record indicates either that the applicant has not been
7arrested or convicted or that the applicant has been arrested or convicted but
does
8not include any arrest or conviction that
the director of the county department or, in
9a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the person designated by the
10secretary of health and family services to review arrest and conviction records under
11this subdivision determines that the conviction record is satisfactory because it does
12not include any arrest or conviction that the director or person designated by the
13secretary determines
is likely to adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship
14care relative's
applicant's ability to care for the child. The county department or, in
15a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department of health and family
16services may make payments under sub. (3n) conditioned on the receipt of
17information from the federal bureau of investigation indicating that the person's
18arrest and conviction record under the law of any other state or under federal law is
19satisfactory because the conviction record
does not include any arrest or conviction
20that the director of the county department or, in a county having a population of
21500,000 or more, the person designated by the secretary of health and family services
22to review arrest and conviction records under this subdivision determines is likely
23to adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care relative's person's ability
24to care for the child.
SB82-SSA1, s. 25 25Section 25. 48.57 (3p) (fm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,18,12
148.57 (3p) (fm) 2. A person receiving payments under sub. (3m) may
2provisionally employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular
3contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or provisionally
4permit a person to be an adult resident if the person receiving those payments states
5to the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
6department of health and family services that the employee or adult resident does
7not have any arrests or convictions that could are likely to adversely affect the child
8or the ability of the person receiving payments to care for the child. A person
9receiving payments under sub. (3m) may not finally employ a person in a position in
10which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom those
11payments are being made or finally permit a person to be an adult resident until the
12county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
13department of health and family services receives information from the department
14of justice indicating that the person's arrest and conviction record under the law of
15this state is satisfactory according to the criteria specified in par. (g) 1. to 3. and the
16county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
17department of health and family services so advises the person receiving payments
18under sub. (3m)
does not include any arrest or conviction that the county department
19or department of health and family services determines is likely to adversely affect
20the child or the ability of the person receiving payments to care for the child
or until
21a decision is made under par. (h) 4. to permit a person who is receiving payments
22under sub. (3m) to employ a person in a position in which that person would have
23regular contact with the child for whom payments are being made or to permit a
the
24person to be so employed or to be an adult resident and the county department or,
25in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department of health and

1family services so advises the person receiving payments under sub. (3m)
. A person
2receiving payments under sub. (3m) may finally employ a person in a position in
3which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom those
4payments are being made or finally permit a person to be an adult resident
5conditioned on the receipt of information from by the county department or, in a
6county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department of health and family
7services that from the federal bureau of investigation indicates indicating that the
8person's arrest and conviction record under the law of any other state or under
9federal law is satisfactory according to the criteria specified in par. (g) 1. to 3 does not
10include any arrest or conviction that the county department or department of health
11and family services determines is likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of
12the person receiving payments to care for the child
.
SB82-SSA1, s. 26 13Section 26 . 48.57 (3p) (fm) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,20,214 48.57 (3p) (fm) 2m. A person receiving payments under sub. (3n) may
15provisionally employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular
16contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or provisionally
17permit a person to be an adult resident if the person receiving those payments states
18to the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
19department of health and family services that, to the best of his or her knowledge,
20the employee or adult resident does not have any arrests or convictions that could
21are likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the person receiving payments
22to care for the child. A person receiving payment under sub. (3n) may not finally
23employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with
24the child for whom those payments are being made or finally permit a person to be
25an adult resident until the county department or, in a county having a population of

1500,000 or more, the department of health and family services receives information
2from the department of justice relating to the person's indicating that the arrest and
3conviction record of the person under the law of this state and that record indicates
4either that the person has not been arrested or convicted or that the person has been
5arrested or convicted but
does not include any arrest or conviction that the director
6of the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
7person designated by the secretary of health and family services to review arrest and
8conviction records under this subdivision determines that the conviction record is
9satisfactory because it does not include any arrest or conviction that
is likely to
10adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care relative's ability of the person
11receiving payments
to care for the child and the county department or department
12of health and family services so advises the person receiving payments under sub.
13(3n)
. A person receiving payments under sub. (3n) may finally employ a person in
14a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom
15those payments are being made or finally permit a person to be an adult resident
16conditioned on the receipt of information from by the county department or, in a
17county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department of health and family
18services that from the federal bureau of investigation indicates indicating that the
19person's arrest and conviction record under the law of any other state or under
20federal law is satisfactory because the conviction record does not include any arrest
21for which a criminal charge is pending or conviction that the director of the county
22department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the person
23designated by the secretary of health and family services to review arrest and
24conviction records under this subdivision determines is likely to adversely affect the

1child or the long-term kinship care relative's ability of the person receiving
2payments
to care for the child.
SB82-SSA1, s. 27 3Section 27. 48.57 (3p) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,20,134 48.57 (3p) (g) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (h), the county department or,
5in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department of health and
6family services may not make payments to a person applying for payments under
7sub. (3m) and a person receiving payments under sub. (3m) may not employ a person
8in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom
9those payments are being made or permit a person to be an adult resident if any of
10the following applies
the person has been convicted or penalized as follows and if the
11county department or the department of health and family services determines that
12the conviction or penalty is likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the
13person applying for or receiving payments to care for the child
:
SB82-SSA1, s. 28 14Section 28 . 48.57 (3p) (h) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,20,2515 48.57 (3p) (h) 1. A person who is denied payments under sub. (3m) for a reason
16specified in par. (g) 1., 2. or 3.
based on the person's conviction record, a person whose
17payments under sub. (3m) are discontinued based on the person's conviction record,

18or a person who is prohibited from employing a person in a position in which that
19person would have regular contact with the child for whom payments under sub.
20(3m) are being made or from permitting a person to be an adult resident for a reason
21specified in par. (g) 1., 2. or 3.
based on the person's conviction record may request
22that the denial or discontinuation of payments or the prohibition on employment or
23being an adult resident be reviewed under subd. 2. Review is unavailable if the
24denial, discontinuation, or prohibition occurred more than 45 days before submission
25of the request for review
.
SB82-SSA1, s. 29
1Section 29. 48.57 (3p) (h) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB82-SSA1,21,82 48.57 (3p) (h) 2m. If a person whose payments under sub. (3m) are being
3discontinued based on the person's conviction record requests a review before the
4date on which those payments are to be discontinued, those payments may not be
5discontinued, except as provided in subd. 2m. a. or b., until a decision is rendered
6after the review but payments made pending the review decision may be recovered
7by the county department or department if the discontinuation is upheld. Payments
8under sub. (3m) shall be discontinued if any of the following applies:
SB82-SSA1,21,109 a. The person is contesting a state law or a change in state law and not the
10determination of the payment made on the person's behalf.
SB82-SSA1,21,1311 b. The person is notified of a change in his or her payments under sub. (3m)
12while the review decision is pending but the person fails to request a review of the
13change.
SB82-SSA1, s. 30 14Section 30 . 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,22,215 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. The director of the county department, the person designated
16by the governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band or, in
17a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the person designated by the
18secretary of health and family services shall review the denial or discontinuation of
19payments or the prohibition on employment or being an adult resident to determine
20if the conviction record on which the denial, discontinuation, or prohibition is based
21includes any arrests, convictions or penalties that are is likely to adversely affect the
22child or the ability of the kinship care relative person to care for the child. In
23reviewing the denial, discontinuation, or prohibition, the director of the county
24department, the person designated by the governing body of the federally recognized

1American Indian tribe or band or the person designated by the secretary of health
2and family services shall consider, but not be limited to, all of the following factors:
SB82-SSA1,22,43 a. The length of time between the date of the arrest, conviction or of the
4imposition of the penalty and the date of the review.
SB82-SSA1,22,65 b. The nature of the violation or penalty and how that violation or penalty
6affects the ability of the kinship care relative petitioner to care for the child.
SB82-SSA1,22,87 c. Whether making an exception to the denial, discontinuation, or prohibition
8would be is in the best interests of the child.
SB82-SSA1, s. 31 9Section 31. 48.57 (3p) (h) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,22,2310 48.57 (3p) (h) 4. If the director of the county department, the person designated
11by the governing body of the federally recognized American Indian tribe or band, or,
12in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the person designated by the
13secretary of health and family services determines that the conviction record on
14which the denial or discontinuation of payments or the prohibition on employment
15or being an adult resident is based does not include any arrests, convictions or
16penalties that are likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the kinship care
17relative
person requesting the review to care for the child, the director of the county
18department, the person designated by the governing body of the federally recognized
19American Indian tribe or band, or the person designated by the secretary of health
20and family services may approve the making of payments under sub. (3m) or may
21permit a person receiving payments under sub. (3m) to employ a person in a position
22in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom payments
23are being made or permit a person to be an adult resident.
SB82-SSA1, s. 32 24Section 32. 48.57 (3p) (h) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,23,2
148.57 (3p) (h) 5. A decision under this paragraph is not subject to review under
2ch. 227 par. (hg).
SB82-SSA1, s. 33 3Section 33. 48.57 (3p) (hg) of the statutes is created to read:
SB82-SSA1,23,94 48.57 (3p) (hg) 1. If on review under par. (h) a denial or discontinuation of
5payments under sub. (3m) or a prohibition on employment or being an adult resident
6is upheld, the person who requested the review may petition the department under
7subd. 2. for a review of that denial, discontinuation, or prohibition. Review is
8unavailable if the denial, discontinuation, or prohibition was upheld more than 45
9days before submission of the petition for review.
SB82-SSA1,23,2410 2. Upon receipt of a timely petition under subd. 1. the department shall give
11the petitioner reasonable notice and an opportunity for a fair hearing. The
12department may make such additional investigation as it considers necessary.
13Notice of the hearing shall be given to the petitioner and to the county department
14or subunit of the department whose denial, discontinuation, or prohibition is the
15subject of the petition. That county department or subunit of the department may
16be represented at the hearing. The department shall render its decision as soon as
17possible after the hearing and shall send a certified copy of its decision to the
18applicant or recipient and to the county department or subunit of the department
19whose denial, discontinuation, or prohibition is the subject of the petition. The
20decision of the department shall have the same effect as an order of the county
21department or subunit of the department whose denial, discontinuation, or
22prohibition is the subject of the petition. The decision shall be final, but may be
23revoked or modified as altered conditions may require. The department shall deny
24a petition for review or shall refuse to grant relief if any of the following applies:
SB82-SSA1,23,2525 a. The petitioner withdraws the petition in writing.
SB82-SSA1,24,2
1b. The sole issue in the petition concerns a change that affects an entire class
2of recipients and is the result of a change in state law.
SB82-SSA1,24,53 c. The petitioner abandons the petition. Abandonment occurs if the petitioner
4fails to appear in person or by a representative at a scheduled hearing without good
5cause, as determined by the department.
SB82-SSA1,24,166 3. If a person whose payments under sub. (3m) are being discontinued based
7on the person's conviction record requests a hearing before the date on which those
8payments are to be discontinued, those payments may not be discontinued, except
9as provided in subd. 3. a. or b., until a decision is rendered after the hearing but
10payments made pending the hearing decision may be recovered by the county
11department or department if the discontinuation is upheld. The department shall
12promptly notify the county department of the county in which the person resides or,
13if the person resides in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the subunit
14of the department administering kinship care in that county that the person has
15requested a hearing. Payments under sub. (3m) shall be discontinued if any of the
16following applies:
SB82-SSA1,24,1817 a. The person is contesting a state law or a change in state law and not the
18determination of the payment made on the person's behalf.
SB82-SSA1,24,2119 b. The person is notified of a change in his or her payments under sub. (3m)
20while the hearing decision is pending but the person fails to request a hearing on the
21change.
SB82-SSA1,24,2422 4. The person requesting the hearing shall be promptly informed in writing if
23his or her payments under sub. (3m) are to be discontinued pending the hearing
24decision.
SB82-SSA1, s. 34 25Section 34 . 48.57 (3p) (hm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,25,10
148.57 (3p) (hm) A county department or, in a county having a population of
2500,000 or more, the department may not make payments to a person under sub. (3n)
3and a person receiving payments under sub. (3n) may not employ a person in a
4position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom
5payments are being made or permit a person to be an adult resident if the director
6of the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
7person designated by the secretary to review arrest and conviction records under this
8paragraph determines that the person has any arrest or conviction that is likely to
9adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care relative's ability of the person
10receiving payments
to care for the child.
SB82-SSA1, s. 35 11Section 35 . 48.57 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB82-SSA1,25,1812 48.57 (3r) If the amounts in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (kc) are
13insufficient to provide payments under sub. (3m) (am) (intro.) or (3n) (am) (intro.) to
14all persons who are eligible to receive those payments, the department may request
15the secretary of administration under s. 16.515 to supplement that appropriation for
16the purpose of increasing funding for those payments. Notwithstanding s. 16.515 (1),
17the secretary of administration may supplement the appropriation under s. 20.435
18(3) (kc) if all of the following occur:
SB82-SSA1,25,2119 (a) The secretary of administration determines that the amounts in the
20appropriation are insufficient to provide payments under sub. (3m) (am) (intro.) or
21(3n) (am) (intro.) to all persons who are eligible to receive those payments.
SB82-SSA1,26,222 (b) The joint committee on finance either does not schedule a meeting for the
23purpose of reviewing the proposed supplementation within 14 working days after the
24secretary of administration notifies the committee of the proposed supplementation

1or, if the committee schedules a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed
2supplementation, the committee approves the proposed supplementation.
SB82-SSA1, s. 36 3Section 36. 48.57 (3t) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,26,144 48.57 (3t) Notwithstanding subs. (3m), (3n), and (3p), the department may
5enter into an agreement with the governing body of a federally recognized American
6Indian tribe or band to allow that governing body to administer the program under
7subs. (3m), (3n), and (3p) within the boundaries of that reservation. Any agreement
8under this subsection relating to the administration of the program under sub. (3m)
9shall specify the person with whom a request for review under sub. (3p) (h) 2. may
10be filed and the person who has been designated by the governing body to conduct
11the review under sub. (3p) (h) 3. and make the determination under sub. (3p) (h) 4.
12Any agreement under this subsection relating to the administration of the program
13under sub. (3n) shall specify who is to make any determination as to whether a an
14arrest and
conviction record is satisfactory.
SB82-SSA1, s. 37 15Section 37 . 48.979 of the statutes is created to read:
SB82-SSA1,26,17 1648.979 Authorization to consent to health services. (1) Definitions. In
17this section:
SB82-SSA1,26,1918 (a) "Caregiver" means an individual 18 years of age or over who resides with
19a child or provides temporary or permanent care and supervision for a child.
SB82-SSA1,26,2020 (b) "Health care facility" has the meaning given in s. 155.01 (6).
SB82-SSA1,26,2121 (c) "Health care provider" has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1).
SB82-SSA1,26,2322 (d) "Health services" means any emergency or nonemergency care, treatment,
23service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or treat a physical or mental condition.
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1(2) Authorizing a caregiver to consent to health services. (a) A parent may
2authorize a caregiver to consent to health services for the parent's child by
3completing a health services consent form.
SB82-SSA1,27,44 (b) A valid health services consent form shall be all of the following:
SB82-SSA1,27,55 1. In writing.
SB82-SSA1,27,76 2. Dated and signed by the parent and the caregiver whom the parent is
7authorizing to consent to health services for the child.
SB82-SSA1,27,88 3. Voluntarily executed.
SB82-SSA1,27,129 (c) A health services consent form under this section shall remain in effect for
10the period of time specified on the form, which period may not exceed one year from
11the date on which the form is executed, unless the form is revoked or otherwise made
12invalid earlier.
SB82-SSA1,27,1513 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to make invalid other instruments
14that are voluntarily executed by a parent authorizing an individual or other entity
15to consent to health services for the parent's child.
SB82-SSA1,27,22 16(3) Effect of health services consent form; form. (a) Unless the health
17services consent form, a guardianship order, or any other court order provides
18otherwise, a caregiver designated in a health services consent form whom a health
19care provider knows is available to consent to health services for a child has priority
20over all other individuals other than a parent who is not currently denied periods of
21physical placement with the child to make health services decisions as provided in
22the health services consent form.
SB82-SSA1,28,623 (b) The department shall prepare the health services consent form and
24accompanying information. The department shall include, in information
25accompanying the form, at least the statutory definitions of the terms used in the

1form. The department shall prepare the form and accompanying information in
2English, Spanish, and other languages spoken by a significant number of state
3residents, as determined by the department. The department shall make the health
4services consent form available at no charge on the Internet. The health services
5consent form prepared by the department shall be in substantially the following
6form:
SB82-SSA1,28,77 HEALTH SERVICES CONSENT
SB82-SSA1,28,11 8Use of form: Use of this form is voluntary, but completion of the form will aid
9the caregiver of a child in ensuring that appropriate and timely health care is
10provided for the child. The form is to be completed by the parent of a child who resides
11with another adult or who is being cared for by another adult.
SB82-SSA1,28,13 12Instructions: If additional space is needed, attach a separate sheet or use
13reverse side of this form.
SB82-SSA1,28,1514 AUTHORIZATION TO CONSENT
15 TO HEALTH SERVICES
SB82-SSA1,28,1916 I, .... (print name of parent), hereby authorize my child's caregiver .... (print
17name of caregiver), who currently resides with or is providing care for (cross out
18"currently resides with or" or "or is providing care for," if inapplicable) my child, ....
19(print name and date of birth of child), to do the following for my child:
SB82-SSA1,28,20 20A. Health Services Consent and Exclusions:
SB82-SSA1,28,2421 Provide consent for emergency and nonemergency health services for my child,
22.... (print name of child), including medical and dental examinations and prescribed
23treatments, including surgery, with the following exceptions: (If there are no
24exceptions, write "none.")
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