SB44, s. 1183 6Section 1183. 46.997 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,553,237 46.997 (2) (b) The department of health and family services shall award the
8grants under par. (a) on a competitive basis and according to request-for-proposal
9procedures that the department of health and family services shall prescribe in
10consultation with the department of workforce development, the adolescent
11pregnancy prevention and pregnancy services board,
local health departments, as
12defined in s. 250.01 (4), and other providers of services to eligible persons. Those
13request-for-proposal procedures shall include a requirement that a private agency
14that applies for a grant under par. (a) include in its grant application proof that the
15private agency has the cultural competency to provide services under the grant to
16persons and families in the various cultures in the private agency's target population
17and that cultural competency is incorporated in the private agency's policies,
18administration, and practices. In awarding the grants under par. (a), the
19department of health and family services shall consider the need for those grants to
20be distributed both on a statewide basis and in the areas of the state with the greatest
21need for 2nd-chance homes and the need to provide placements for children who are
22voluntarily placed in a 2nd-chance home as well as for children who are placed in
23a 2nd-chance home by court order.
SB44, s. 1184 24Section 1184. 47.02 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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147.02 (6) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (5) (bm) (a), provide
2financial aid to any person with a disability who is receiving vocational
3rehabilitation training and who has no other source of aid.
SB44, s. 1185 4Section 1185. 47.03 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,554,115 47.03 (4) (b) The department may charge a portion of the expenses of its
6supervised business enterprise program to the net proceeds of each business
7operating under the program. The department shall establish the procedure for
8setting these charges by rule, with the participation of a committee of blind vendors
9established under 20 USC 107b-1. The department shall deposit the moneys from
10the charges made under this paragraph in the appropriations appropriation
11accounts
under ss. 20.435 (7) (kd) and s. 20.445 (5) (h) and (he).
SB44, s. 1186 12Section 1186. 47.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,554,2113 47.03 (7) If the department decides that a business under sub. (4) would not
14be feasible and profitable in any state building, the department may contract with
15vending machine operators to install vending machines in the building, giving
16preference to blind operators of vending machines. The department may, under the
17procedures established as required under sub. (4) (b), charge the net proceeds of each
18business operating under this subsection. The department shall deposit the moneys
19from the charges made under this subsection in the appropriations appropriation
20account
under s. 20.445 (5) (h) and (hd) and shall disburse the proceeds to provide
21services to blind persons under sub. (4) in accordance with 20 USC 107 to 107f.
SB44, s. 1187 22Section 1187. 47.03 (11) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,555,223 47.03 (11) (e) The department shall distribute at least $218,600 from the
24appropriations in s. 20.445 (5) (bm) (a) and (na) (n) in each fiscal year for homecraft

1services relating to the marketing and distribution of homecraft products for each
2client who participates in the homecraft program.
SB44, s. 1188 3Section 1188. 48.275 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,555,124 48.275 (2) (d) 1. In a county having a population of less than 500,000,
5reimbursement payments shall be made to the clerk of courts of the county where the
6proceedings took place. Each payment shall be transmitted to the county treasurer,
7who shall deposit 25% of the amount paid for state-provided counsel in the county
8treasury and transmit the remainder to the state treasurer secretary of
9administration
. Payments transmitted to the state treasurer secretary of
10administration
shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the
11appropriation account under s. 20.550 (1) (L). The county treasurer shall deposit
12100% of the amount paid for county-provided counsel in the county treasury.
SB44,555,1813 2. In a county having a population of 500,000 or more, reimbursement
14payments shall be made to the clerk of courts of the county where the proceedings
15took place. Each payment shall be transmitted to the state treasurer secretary of
16administration
, who shall deposit the amount paid in the general fund and credit
1725% of the amount paid to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (gx) and the
18remainder to the appropriation account under s. 20.550 (1) (L).
SB44, s. 1189 19Section 1189. 48.715 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,556,220 48.715 (3) (a) 3. A person against whom the department has assessed a
21forfeiture shall pay that forfeiture to the department within 10 days after receipt of
22notice of the assessment or, if that person contests that assessment under s. 48.72,
23within 10 days after receipt of the final decision after exhaustion of administrative
24review or, if that person petitions for judicial review under ch. 227, within 10 days
25after receipt of the final decision after exhaustion of judicial review. The department

1shall remit all forfeitures paid under this subdivision to the state treasurer secretary
2of administration
for deposit in the school fund.
SB44, s. 1190 3Section 1190. 48.985 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,556,104 48.985 (2) Community social and mental hygiene services. From the
5appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (o), the department shall distribute not more than
6$3,964,400 $3,809,600 in each fiscal year of the moneys received under 42 USC 620
7to 626 to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 for the provision or
8purchase of child welfare projects and services, for services to children and families,
9for services to the expectant mothers of unborn children, and for family-based child
10welfare services.
SB44, s. 1191 11Section 1191. 49.015 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,556,1912 49.015 (2) Recipients of other aid. Except as provided in sub. (3), an
13individual is not eligible for relief for a month in which the individual has received
14aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19 or supplemental security
15income under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c or has participated in a Wisconsin works Works
16employment position under s. 49.147 (3) to (5), as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (r), or in
17which aid to families with dependent children, supplemental security income
18benefits, or a Wisconsin works Works employment position is immediately available
19to the individual.
SB44, s. 1192 20Section 1192. 49.13 (2) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,557,221 49.13 (2) (cm) The amount of food stamp benefits paid to a recipient who is a
22participant in a Wisconsin works Works employment position under s. 49.147 (4) or
23(5) shall be calculated based on the pre-sanction benefit amount received under s.
2449.148. The amount of food stamp benefits paid to a recipient who is a participant
25in a Wisconsin Works employment position under s. 49.147 (3m) shall be calculated

1based on the participant's gross wages under s. 49.148 (1) (am) and stipend, if any,
2under s. 49.147 (3m) (g), as reduced under s. 49.148 (4), if relevant.
SB44, s. 1193 3Section 1193. 49.136 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,557,104 49.136 (2) (b) The department shall attempt to award grants under this section
5to head start agencies designated under 42 USC 9836, employers that provide or
6wish to provide child care services for their employees, family day care centers, group
7day care centers and day care programs for the children of student parents,
8organizations that provide child care for sick children, and child care providers that
9employ participants or former participants in a Wisconsin works Works employment
10position under s. 49.147 (3) to (5), as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (r).
SB44, s. 1194 11Section 1194. 49.138 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,558,212 49.138 (1m) (intro.) The department shall implement a program of emergency
13assistance to needy persons in cases of fire, flood, natural disaster, homelessness or
14impending homelessness, or energy crisis. The department shall establish the
15maximum amount of aid to be granted, except for cases of energy crisis, per family
16member based on the funding available under s. 20.445 (3) (dc) (dz) and (md). The
17department need not establish the maximum amount by rule under ch. 227. The
18department shall publish the maximum amount and annual changes to it in the
19Wisconsin administrative register. Emergency assistance provided to needy persons
20under this section in cases of fire, flood, natural disaster, or energy crisis may only
21be provided to a needy person once in a 12-month period. Emergency assistance
22provided to needy persons under this section in cases of homelessness or impending
23homelessness may be used only to obtain or retain a permanent living
24accommodation and, except as provided in sub. (2), may only be provided to a needy
25person once in a 36-month period. For the purposes of this section, a family is

1considered to be homeless, or to be facing impending homelessness, if any of the
2following applies:
SB44, s. 1195 3Section 1195. 49.141 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,558,54 49.141 (1) (e) "Job access loan" means a loan administered under s. 49.147 (6)
549.1471.
SB44, s. 1196 6Section 1196. 49.141 (1) (mc) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,558,87 49.141 (1) (mc) "Transitional subsidized private sector job" means a work
8component of Wisconsin Works administered under s. 49.147 (3m).
SB44, s. 1197 9Section 1197. 49.141 (1) (o) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,558,1310 49.141 (1) (o) "Unsubsidized employment" means employment for which the
11department or a Wisconsin Works agency provides no wage subsidy or
12reimbursement to the employer, including self-employment and entrepreneurial
13activities.
SB44, s. 1198 14Section 1198. 49.141 (1) (om) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,558,1515 49.141 (1) (om) "Wages" has the meaning given in s. 109.01 (3).
SB44, s. 1199 16Section 1199. 49.141 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,558,1917 49.141 (4) Nonentitlement. Notwithstanding fulfillment of the eligibility
18requirements for any component of Wisconsin works Works, an individual is not
19entitled to services, employment, or benefits under Wisconsin works Works.
SB44, s. 1200 20Section 1200. 49.141 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,558,2321 49.141 (5) (a) Have the effect of filling a vacancy created by an employer
22terminating a regular employee or otherwise reducing its work force for the purpose
23of hiring an individual under s. 49.147 (3), (4) or (5).
SB44, s. 1201 24Section 1201. 49.143 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.143 (2) (a) 4. Create, and encourage others to create, on-the-job training
2sites for persons who are eligible for trial jobs, transitional subsidized private sector
3jobs,
or community service jobs.
SB44, s. 1202 4Section 1202. 49.143 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,559,75 49.143 (2) (a) 5. Foster and guide the entrepreneurial efforts of participants
6who are eligible for trial jobs, transitional subsidized private sector jobs, or
7community service jobs.
SB44, s. 1203 8Section 1203. 49.143 (2) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,559,139 49.143 (2) (a) 6. Provide mentors, both from its membership and from
10recruitment of members of the community, to provide job-related guidance,
11including assistance in resolving job-related issues and the provision of job leads or
12references, to persons who are eligible for trial jobs, transitional subsidized private
13sector jobs,
or community service jobs.
SB44, s. 1204 14Section 1204. 49.143 (2) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 49.143 (2) (g) and
15amended to read:
SB44,559,1816 49.143 (2) (g) Perform any other tasks specified by the department in the
17contract that the department determines are necessary for the administration of
18Wisconsin works Works.
SB44, s. 1205 19Section 1205. 49.143 (2) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,559,2320 49.143 (2) (fm) Provide to every participant in a transitional subsidized private
21sector job information about and assistance in obtaining any work supports for which
22the participant is eligible, such as child care, health insurance, and income tax
23credits and refunds.
SB44, s. 1206 24Section 1206. 49.143 (3g) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.143 (3g) (a) 4. Wages and benefits earned in unsubsidized employment by
2former participants in Wisconsin works Works employment positions.
SB44, s. 1207 3Section 1207. 49.145 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,560,104 49.145 (1) General eligibility. In order to be eligible for a Wisconsin works
5Works employment positions and position or job access loans loan for any month, an
6individual shall meet the eligibility requirements under subs. (2) and (3). The
7department may promulgate rules establishing additional eligibility criteria and
8specifying how eligibility criteria are to be administered. The department may
9promulgate rules establishing payment and reporting periods as needed to
10administer this subsection.
SB44, s. 1208 11Section 1208. 49.145 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,560,2212 49.145 (2) (i) The individual is not receiving supplemental security income
13under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c or state supplemental payments under s. 49.77 and, if
14the individual is a dependent child, the custodial parent of the individual does not
15receive a payment on behalf of the individual under s. 49.775. The department may
16require an individual who receives a stipend under s. 49.147 (3m) (g) or benefits
17under s. 49.148 and who has applied for supplemental security income under 42 USC
181381
to 1383c to authorize the federal social security administration to reimburse the
19department for the stipend paid to the individual under s. 49.147 (3m) (g) or the
20benefits paid to the individual under s. 49.148 during the period that the individual
21was entitled to supplemental security income benefits to the extent that retroactive
22supplemental security income benefits are made available to the individual.
SB44, s. 1209 23Section 1209. 49.145 (2) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,561,1924 49.145 (2) (s) The individual assigns to the state any right of the individual or
25of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other

1person, including any right to amounts accruing during the time that any Wisconsin
2works Works stipend or benefit is paid to the individual. If a minor who is a
3beneficiary of any Wisconsin works Works stipend or benefit is also the beneficiary
4of support under a judgment or order that includes support for one or more children
5not receiving a benefit who are not beneficiaries under Wisconsin works Works, any
6support payment made under the judgment or order is assigned to the state during
7the period that the minor is a beneficiary of the Wisconsin works Works stipend or
8benefit in the amount that is the proportionate share of the minor receiving the
9benefit
who is the beneficiary under Wisconsin works Works, except as otherwise
10ordered by the court on the motion of a party. Amounts assigned to the state under
11this paragraph remain assigned to the state until the amount due to the federal
12government has been recovered. No amount of support that begins to accrue after
13the individual ceases to receive the stipend or benefits under Wisconsin works Works
14may be considered assigned to this state. Except as provided in s. 49.1455, any money
15received by the department in a month under an assignment to the state under this
16paragraph for an individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin works Works
17shall be paid to the individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin works
18Works. The department shall pay the federal share of support assigned under this
19paragraph as required under federal law or waiver.
SB44, s. 1210 20Section 1210. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,562,421 49.145 (3) (b) 1. All earned and unearned income of the individual, except any
22amount received under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in s. 71.01
23(6), any amount received under s. 71.07 (9e), any payment made by an employer
24under section 3507 of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in s. 71.01 (6), any
25student financial aid received under any federal or state program, any scholarship

1used for tuition and books, any wages received under s. 49.148 (1) (am) or stipend
2received under s. 49.147 (3m) (g),
and any assistance received under s. 49.148. In
3determining the earned and unearned income of the individual, the Wisconsin works
4agency may not include income earned by a dependent child of the individual.
SB44, s. 1211 5Section 1211. 49.146 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,562,6 649.146 (title) Employer criteria and selection.
SB44, s. 1212 7Section 1212. 49.146 of the statutes is renumbered 49.146 (1) and amended
8to read:
SB44,562,149 49.146 (1) Eligibility criteria. The Subject to sub. (2), the department shall
10establish by rule criteria that an employer providing a Wisconsin works Works
11employment position must meet in order to employ a participant under s. 49.147 (3)
12to (5). An employer that does not meet the criteria established under this section
13subsection is ineligible to receive any subsidy or reimbursement of costs for any
14position provided to a participant.
SB44, s. 1213 15Section 1213. 49.146 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,562,2216 49.146 (2) Selection of employers for transitional subsidized jobs. To be
17eligible to employ a participant under s. 49.147 (3m), an employer must be selected
18by the department under this subsection. The department shall request from
19employers proposals for employing participants under s. 49.147 (3m). The
20department shall select, and enter into contracts with, employers that meet the
21criteria established under sub. (1) and that demonstrate the ability to do all of the
22following:
SB44,562,2323 (a) Create useful transitional subsidized private sector jobs.
SB44,562,2424 (b) Provide effective supervision for participants.
SB44,562,2525 (c) Manage payroll, taxes, and other financial matters in a responsible manner.
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1(d) Coordinate closely and cooperatively with a Wisconsin Works agency in
2moving participants employed by the employer under s. 49.147 (3m) into stable
3unsubsidized employment as quickly as possible.
SB44,563,44 (e) Comply in all respects with the Wisconsin Works program.
SB44, s. 1214 5Section 1214. 49.1465 of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,563,16 649.1465 Education and training. (1) Educational needs assessment. A
7Wisconsin Works agency shall conduct an educational needs assessment of each
8individual who applies for a Wisconsin Works employment position. If the individual
9and the Wisconsin Works agency determine that the individual needs, or would
10benefit from, education or training activities, including a course of study meeting the
11standards established under s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of
12equivalency of high school graduation, the Wisconsin Works agency shall include
13education or training activities in any employability plan developed for the
14individual. The Wisconsin Works agency shall pay, or arrange for payment, for the
15education or training services identified in the employability plan to the extent that
16funds are available.
SB44,563,18 17(2) Program and employer coordination. A Wisconsin Works agency shall do
18all of the following:
SB44, s. 1215 19Section 1215. 49.147 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,563,21 2049.147 (title) Wisconsin works Works; work programs and job access
21loans
.
SB44, s. 1216 22Section 1216. 49.147 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1217 23Section 1217. 49.147 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1218 24Section 1218. 49.147 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.147 (2) (a) 1. An individual who applies for a Wisconsin works Works
2employment position may be required by the Wisconsin works Works agency to
3search for unsubsidized employment during the period that his or her application is
4being processed as a condition of eligibility. A Subject to sub. (3m) (f) 2., a participant
5in a Wisconsin works Works employment position shall search for unsubsidized
6employment throughout his or her participation. The department shall define by
7rule satisfactory search efforts for unsubsidized employment.
SB44, s. 1219 8Section 1219. 49.147 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,564,259 49.147 (3) (a) Administration. A Wisconsin works Works agency shall
10administer a trial job program as part of its administration of the Wisconsin works
11Works program to improve the employability of individuals who are not otherwise
12able to obtain unsubsidized employment, as determined by the Wisconsin works
13Works agency, by providing work experience and training to assist them to move
14promptly into unsubsidized employment. In determining an appropriate placement
15for a participant, a Wisconsin works Works agency shall give priority to placement
16under this subsection over placements under subs. (3m), (4), and (5). The Wisconsin
17works Works agency shall pay a wage subsidy to an employer that employs a
18participant under this subsection and agrees to make a good faith effort to retain the
19participant as a permanent unsubsidized employee after the wage subsidy is
20terminated. The wage subsidy may not exceed $300 per month for full-time
21employment of a participant. For less than full-time employment of a participant
22during a month, the wage subsidy may not exceed a dollar amount determined by
23multiplying $300 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of hours
24worked by the participant in the month and the denominator of which is the number
25of hours which would be required for full-time employment in that month.
SB44, s. 1220
1Section 1220. 49.147 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,565,132 49.147 (3m) Transitional subsidized private sector jobs. (a) Administration.
31. A Wisconsin Works agency shall administer a transitional subsidized private
4sector job program as part of its administration of the Wisconsin Works program to
5improve the employability of individuals who are not otherwise able to obtain
6unsubsidized employment, as determined by the Wisconsin Works agency. If a
7Wisconsin Works agency determines for a participant that a placement under sub.
8(3) is inappropriate, or that an appropriate trial job is unavailable, and that a
9placement under either this subsection or sub. (4) is appropriate, the participant
10shall be allowed to choose between a placement under this subsection and a
11placement under sub. (4), to the extent of the availability of appropriate transitional
12subsidized private sector jobs and community service jobs. A placement under this
13subsection shall be given priority over placements under sub. (5).
SB44,565,2014 2. If a participant chooses a placement under this subsection, a Wisconsin
15Works agency shall arrange for a transitional subsidized private sector job, if
16available, to be offered to the participant at a reasonably accessible location with one
17or more employers selected under s. 49.146 (2). Job offers under this subsection shall
18be limited by the number of employers selected under s. 49.146 (2) and the number
19and types of employment positions available with each employer, as provided in the
20employer's contract with the department.
SB44,565,2421 3. An employer that employs a participant under this subsection shall be
22reimbursed by the department for up to 100% of the employer's costs that are
23attributable to employment of the participant, as determined by the department,
24including any of the following:
SB44,565,2525 a. Wages.
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1b. Federal social security taxes.
SB44,566,22 c. State and federal unemployment contributions or taxes, if any.
SB44,566,33 d. Worker's compensation insurance premiums, if any.
SB44,566,44 e. Liability insurance premiums, if any.
SB44,566,65 f. Supervisory costs and other overhead as specified in the employer's contract
6with the department.
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