For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Higher education
This bill requires DOA annually to lapse from three UW System appropriations the amount of money equal to the amount spent from a DOJ appropriation for legal advice regarding UW's public broadcasting.
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. 20.285 (2) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
20.285 (2) (j) Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (2) (c), annually, there shall lapse from the appropriation accounts under ss. 20.285 (1) (a), (h), and (j) an amount equal to the amount spent during that fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (b) for legal advice regarding public broadcasting by the University of Wisconsin System, as determined by the secretary of administration.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB0364 - Nonresident tuition remission for undocumented aliens
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Higher education
Generally, current law allows a UW System student who has been a bona fide Wisconsin resident for the 12 months preceding the beginning of a semester or session for which the student registers to pay resident, as opposed to nonresident, tuition.
This bill allows an alien who is not a legal permanent resident of the United States to pay resident, as opposed to nonresident, tuition if: 1) he or she graduated from a Wisconsin high school or received a high school graduation equivalency from Wisconsin; 2) was continuously present in Wisconsin for at least three years following the first day of attending a Wisconsin high school; and 3) enrolls in a UW System institution and provides the institution with an affidavit stating that he or she has filed or will file an application for permanent residency with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.
The bill also provides that such persons are to be considered residents of this state for purposes of admission to and payment of fees at a technical college.
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. 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:
36.27 (2) (cr) A person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States is entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if that person meets all of the following requirements:
1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a high school graduation equivalency from this state.
2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least three years following the first day of attending a high school in this state.
3. The person enrolls in an institution and provides that institution with an affidavit stating that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.
SECTION 2. 38.22 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
38.22 (6) (e) Any person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States if that person meets all of the following requirements:
1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a high school graduation equivalency from this state.
2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least three years following the first day of attending a high school in this state.
3. The person enrolls in a district school and provides the district board with an affidavit stating that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.
SECTION 9346. Initial applicability; technical college system.
(1) TUITION EXEMPTION FOR ALIENS. The treatment of section 38.22 (6) (e) of the statutes first applies to persons who enroll for the semester or session following the effective date of this subsection.
SECTION 9352. Initial applicability; University of Wisconsin System.
(1) TUITION EXEMPTION FOR ALIENS. The treatment of section 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes first applies to persons who enroll for the semester or session following the effective date of this subsection.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath, BB0369 - Quality rating and tiered reimbursement systems for child care providers
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Children
Under current law, DHFS may license a person to operate a day care center, a county department of human services or social services (county department) may certify a day care provider for reimbursement under the Wisconsin Works (W-2) program, and a school board may establish or contract for the provision of day care programs for children. This bill requires DWD to provide a child care quality rating system that rates the quality of the child care provided by a child care provider that is licensed by DHFS, certified by a county department, or established or contracted for by a school board and to make the rating information provided under that system available to parents, guardians, and legal custodians of children who are recipients, or prospective recipients, of care and supervision from a child care provider, including making that information available on DWD's Internet site.
Wisconsin Works
Under current law, a child care subsidy is available under the W-2 program, which is administered by DWD, to an individual who needs child care to maintain employment or pursue basic or technical college education. Under this child care subsidy program, DWD reimburses child care providers directly and distributes funds to county departments and American Indian tribal governing bodies for child care services provided to children of migrant workers and to children of W-2 participants. Under the statutes county departments are required to set maximum reimbursement rates for child care providers that provide child care services under the child care subsidy program. This bill provides that DWD may establish a tiered reimbursement system for the child care subsidy program. Under such a system, a child care provider would be reimbursed at a rate that is based on the child care quality rating system established by DWD under the bill that rates the quality of the child care provided by a child care provider. The amount paid to a child care provider under the tiered reimbursement system may exceed the maximum reimbursement rate set by the county department.
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. 49.155 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
49.155 (6) (e) The department may establish a tiered reimbursement system under which the department reimburses a child care provider for child care services provided under this section at a rate that is based on the child care provider's quality rating under the rating system established under s. 48.982 (5). Notwithstanding pars. (a), (b), and (c), the rate at which a child care provider is reimbursed under a system established under this paragraph may exceed the maximum reimbursement rate established under par. (a), (b), or (c).
SECTION 2. 49.982 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
49.982 (5) The department shall provide a child care quality rating system that rates the quality of the child care provided by a child care provider that is licensed under s. 49.98, certified under s. 49.156, or established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14). The department shall make the rating information provided under that system available to the parents, guardians, and legal custodians of children who are recipients, or prospective recipients, of care and supervision from a child care provider that is licensed under s. 49.98, certified under s. 49.156, or established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14), including making that information available on the department's Internet site.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath, BB0370 - Appropriation for child support transfers
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Health and human services
Other health and human services
Under current law, general program operations for the program under which child support obligations are established, modified, and enforced may be paid from various appropriation accounts, including appropriation accounts containing federal moneys, general purpose revenue, and moneys from fees. This bill adds another appropriation account from which general program operations of the state's child support program may be paid: an appropriation account containing moneys assigned to the state by current or former public assistance recipients and transferred from the support collections trust fund, which contains child support paid by persons with child support obligations, delinquent child support collections, moneys received from DOR that were withheld from state income tax refunds owed to persons with delinquent child support obligations, and moneys received under judgments and orders in actions affecting the family.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.445 (3) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (3) (k) Child support transfers. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under par. (r), to be expended under the Wisconsin works Works program under subch. III of ch. 49 and under the work experience program for noncustodial parents under s. 49.36, to be distributed as child support incentive payments as provided in s. 49.24, for costs associated with receiving and disbursing support and support-related payments, including any contract costs, for administering the program under s. 49.22 and all other purposes specified in s. 49.22, and for the support of dependent children in accordance with applicable federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and state rules.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 20.445 (3) (k). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0474 and -1523
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath, BB0372 - Sharing health insurance data
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Health and human services
Other health and human services
Under current law, DHFS may request from health insurers information to enable DHFS to identify medical assistance beneficiaries who are eligible, or who would be eligible as dependents, for health insurance coverage. An insurer that receives a request must provide the information within a certain period of time. Under the bill, DHFS must provide any information that it receives from a health insurer to DWD for purposes of DWD's program related to child and spousal support, paternity establishment, and medical support liability. DWD may allow county and tribal child support agencies access to the information, subject to use and disclosure restrictions under current law, and must consult with DHFS regarding procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of the information.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 49.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.22 (1) There is created a child and spousal support and establishment of paternity and medical liability support liability program in the department. The purpose of this program is to establish paternity when possible, to establish or modify support obligations, to enforce support obligations owed by parents to their children and maintenance obligations owed to spouses or former spouses with whom the children reside in this state or owed in other states if the support order was issued in this state or owed in other states if the parent, spouse, or former spouse resides in this state, to locate persons who are alleged to have taken their child in violation of s. 948.31 or of similar laws in other states, and to locate and value property of any person having a support duty. To accomplish the objectives of this program and of other assistance programs under this chapter, county and state agencies will cooperate with one another to implement a child and spousal support and paternity establishment and medical support liability program in accordance with state and federal laws, regulations, and rules and to assure proper distribution of benefits of all assistance programs authorized under this chapter.
SECTION 2. 49.475 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
49.475 (6) SHARING INFORMATION. The department of health and family services shall provide to the department of workforce development, for purposes of the medical support liability program under s. 49.22, any information that the department of health and family services receives under this section. The department of workforce development may allow a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) or a tribal child support agency access to the information, subject to the use and disclosure restrictions under s. 49.83, and shall consult with the department of health and family services regarding procedures and methods to adequately safeguard the confidentiality of the information provided under this subsection.
SECTION 3. 49.855 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.855 (6) If the state implements the child and spousal support and establishment of paternity and medical support liability program under ss. 49.22 and 59.53 (5), the state may act under this section in place of the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).
SECTION 4. 59.40 (2) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
