Children
Under current law, certain federal revenues are appropriated to DHFS for distribution to counties, as community aids, for social, mental health, developmental disabilities, and alcohol and other drug abuse services. This bill appropriates for distribution to counties, as community aids, all federal Medical Assistance (MA) moneys received in reimbursement of the cost of preventing out-of-home placements of children. The bill also directs DHFS to use those moneys as the first source of moneys used to meet the amount of the community aids allocation that is budgeted from federal funds.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.435 (7) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.435 (7) (o) Federal aid; community aids. All federal moneys received in amounts pursuant to allocation plans developed by the department for the provision or purchase of services authorized under par. (b); all federal moneys received as child welfare funds under 42 USC 620 to 626 as limited under s. 48.985; all federal temporary assistance for needy families moneys received under 42 USC 601 to 619 that are authorized to be used to purchase or provide social services under 42 USC 1397 to 1397e; and all unanticipated federal social services block grant funds received under 42 USC 1397 to 1397e, in accordance with s. 46.49 (2); and all federal moneys received under 42 USC 1396 to 1396v in reimbursement of the cost of preventing out-of-home placements of children, for distribution under s. 46.40. Disbursements from this appropriation may be made directly to counties for social and mental hygiene services under s. 46.03 (20) (b) or 46.031 or directly to counties in accordance with federal requirements for the disbursal of federal funds.
SECTION 2. 46.40 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
46.40 (1) (d) If the department receives any federal moneys under 42 USC 1396 to 1396v in reimbursement of the cost of preventing out-of-home placements of children, the department shall use those moneys as the first source of moneys used to meet the amount of the allocation under sub. (2) that is budgeted from federal funds.
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Blaine - BB0015 Community aids funding
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Children
Under current law, DHFS distributes revenues received under Title IV-B of the federal Social Security Act to counties for the provision of child welfare projects and services, for services to children and families, for services to expectant mothers, and for family-based child welfare services. This bill sets the amount of those revenues that DHFS is required to distribute to counties for those purposes in each fiscal year.
Other health and human services
Under current law, DHFS distributes general purpose revenues and federal revenues, as community aids, to counties to provide social, mental health, developmental disabilities, and alcohol and other drug abuse services. DHFS must distribute community aids in the form of a basic county allocation, together with certain categorical allocations, including an allocation for family support programs for the families of children with disabilities. This bill sets the basic county allocation and the allocation for family support programs for each fiscal year.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 46.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.40 (2) BASIC COUNTY ALLOCATION. Subject to sub. (9), for social services under s. 46.495 (1) (d) and services under s. 51.423 (2), the department shall distribute not more than $244,745,200 for fiscal year 2001-02 and $244,703,400 for fiscal year 2002-03 $242,078,700 in each fiscal year.
SECTION 2. 46.40 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.40 (7) FAMILY SUPPORT ALLOCATION. For family support programs for the families of disabled children under s. 46.985, the department shall distribute not more than $4,589,800 in fiscal year 2001-02 and not more than $5,089,800 in fiscal year 2002-03 and in each fiscal year thereafter.
SECTION 3. 48.985 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.985 (2) COMMUNITY SOCIAL AND MENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (o), the department shall distribute not more than $3,964,400 $3,809,600 in each fiscal year of the moneys received under 42 USC 620 to 626 to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 for the provision or purchase of child welfare projects and services, for services to children and families, for services to the expectant mothers of unborn children, and for family-based child welfare services.
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Jablonsky - BB0020 DHFS funding for competency examinations of criminal defendants
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: funding for competency outpatient mental examinations of criminal defendants that are conducted in jails or locked units.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Other health and human services
Under current law, an appropriation of general purpose revenue in DHFS funds competency examinations of criminal defendants in Milwaukee County. Inpatient competency examinations of criminal defendants are funded under an appropriation of program revenue for mental health institutional operations and charges.
This bill eliminates general purpose revenue funding by DHFS of competency examinations of criminal defendants in Milwaukee County and, instead, limits the DHFS general purpose revenue funding for competency examinations of criminal defendants to those outpatient competency examinations that are for criminal defendants who are in jails or in locked units of facilities.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.435 (2) (bj) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.435 (2) (bj) Competency examinations and conditional and supervised release services. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for outpatient competency examinations in a county with a population of 500,000 or more, conducted in a jail or locked unit under s. 971.14 (2) (am) and for payment by the department of costs for treatment and services for persons released under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) or 980.08 (5), for which the department has contracted with county departments under s. 51.42 (3) (aw) 1. d., with other public agencies, or with private agencies to provide the treatment and services.
SECTION 2. 971.14 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
971.14 (2) (am) Notwithstanding par. (a), if the court orders the defendant to be examined by the department or a department facility, the department shall determine where the examination will be conducted, who will conduct the examination and whether the examination will be conducted on an inpatient or outpatient basis. The department's responsibility for conducting examinations is limited to inpatient examinations and those outpatient examinations that are for defendants in custody in jail or in a locked unit of a facility. Any such outpatient examination shall be conducted in a jail or a locked unit of a facility. In any case under this paragraph in which the department determines that an inpatient examination is necessary, the 15-day period under par. (c) begins upon the arrival of the defendant at the inpatient facility. If an outpatient examination is begun by or through the department, and the department later determines that an inpatient examination is necessary, the sheriff shall transport the defendant to the inpatient facility designated by the department, unless the defendant has been released on bail.
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Jablonsky - BB0022 Eliminate HIRSP administrator requirement
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the administrator of the health insurance risk-sharing plan.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Health and human services
Other health and human services
The health insurance risk-sharing plan (HIRSP) under current law provides major medical health insurance coverage for persons who are covered under Medicare because they are disabled, persons who have tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus, and persons who have been refused coverage, or coverage at an affordable price, in the private health insurance market because of their mental or physical health condition. Also eligible for coverage are persons who currently do not have health insurance coverage, but who were covered under certain types of health insurance coverage for at least 18 months in the past and have exhausted any continuation coverage for which they were eligible.
HIRSP is administered by DHFS, in conjunction with a plan administrator and a board of governors. Current law provides that the plan administrator is the same fiscal agent with which DHFS contracts to administer the Medical Assistance (MA) Program. This bill eliminates the requirement that the plan administrator be the fiscal agent for the MA Program and provides that the plan administrator may be selected by DHFS in a competitive bidding process.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 149.10 (8b) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 2. 149.16 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 3. 149.16 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
149.16 (1m) The plan administrator may be selected by the department in a competitive bidding process.
SECTION 4. 149.16 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
149.16 (4) The If the plan administrator is the fiscal agent under s. 49.45 (2) (b) 2., the plan administrator shall account for costs related to the plan separately from costs related to medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49.
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Jablonsky - BB0073 Eliminate OCI requirement for public official bond
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: elimination of bond requirement.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Insurance
Under current law, OCI is required to procure for the commissioner of insurance and for each employee of OCI a separate public officer's bond providing $100,000 of coverage. This bill eliminates that requirement.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 601.17 of the statutes is repealed.
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath - BB0188, Denial of state-issued grants and loans, CREP
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: denial of Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program payments to person in arrears in child support payments.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Agriculture
Current law authorizes DATCP to participate in the federal Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) under which payments are made to landowners for measures to improve water quality, erosion control, and wildlife habitat. Also under current law, if an individual who has a court-ordered obligation to make periodic payments of child or family support, maintenance, medical expenses of a child, or birth expenses (support) fails to make a payment, the amount of the delinquent support automatically becomes a lien against all of the individual's property. DWD maintains a statewide support lien docket that lists the delinquent individuals and the amount of support that each owes. DWD is required to provide a copy of the lien docket to each county register of deeds and each county child support agency.
This bill prohibits DATCP from making a CREP payment to an individual whose name is included on the statewide support lien docket unless the individual provides to DATCP a copy of a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 93.70 of the statutes is renumbered 93.70 (1).
