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:
59.40 (2) (p) Cooperate with the department of workforce development with respect to the child and spousal support and establishment of paternity and medical liability support liability program under ss. 49.22 and 59.53 (5), and provide that department with any information from court records which it requires to administer that program.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath, BB0373 - Job access loan program
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
Wisconsin Works
Under current law, DWD makes job access loans to persons who are eligible for W-2 and who need such loans to obtain or continue employment. The loans are funded with federal moneys received under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, with general purpose revenue required as maintenance of effort, and with job access loan repayments. This bill eliminates the federal moneys and the general purpose revenue as funding for job access loans, leaving only repayments of job access loans for funding more job access loans. The bill also provides that job access loan repayments may be used for administrative costs associated with collecting delinquent job access loan repayments.
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. 20.445 (3) (jL) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (3) (jL) Job access loan repayments. All moneys received from repayments of loans made under s. 49.147 (6), and from the department of revenue under s. 71.93 for delinquent job access loan repayments certified under s. 49.85, for the purpose of making loans under s. 49.147 (6) and for administrative costs associated with collecting delinquent job access loan repayments.
SECTION 2. 49.147 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.147 (6) (c) Distribution and administration. From the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (dz), (jL), and (md), the department shall distribute funds for job access loans to a Wisconsin Works agency, which shall administer the loans in accordance with rules promulgated by the department.
SECTION 3. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is repealed.
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MJL:kjf:jf
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB0363 - Eliminate inactive UW appropriations
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 eliminates five inactive UW System appropriations.
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 (1) (ee) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.285 (1) (fh) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 20.285 (1) (ga) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 4. 20.285 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.285 (1) (i) State laboratory of hygiene. From the All moneys received for or on account of the operation of the state laboratory of hygiene, all moneys not appropriated under par. (ih), to be used for general program operations of the laboratory of hygiene.
SECTION 5. 20.285 (1) (ih) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 6. 20.285 (5) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 7. 36.54 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.54 (2) (b) From the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) (ee), (j), (r) and (rc), the environmental education board shall award grants to corporations and public agencies for the development, dissemination and presentation of environmental education programs. Programs shall be funded on an 18-month basis. The environmental education board may not award a grant unless the grant recipient matches at least 25% of the amount of the grant. Private funds and in-kind contributions may be applied to meet the matching requirement. Grants under this paragraph may not be used to replace funding available from other sources.
SECTION 8. 36.54 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.54 (2) (c) The environmental education board shall promulgate rules establishing the criteria and procedures for the awarding of grants for programs and projects under par. (b). The environmental education board shall use the priorities established under sub. (1) for awarding grants if the amount in the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) (ee), (j), (r) and (rc) in any fiscal year is insufficient to fund all applications under this subsection.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rogers, BB0368 - English for Southeast Asian children; headstart supplement funding
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
Current law directs DWD annually to allocate $100,000 from federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) moneys to the Wausau school district for English training for three-, four-, and five-year-old Southeast Asian children. This bill shifts funding for this purpose to DPI and to general purpose revenue. The bill also eliminates the Head Start supplement from TANF 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. 20.255 (2) (ce) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (2) (ce) English for Southeast Asian children. The amounts in the schedule for aid to the Wausau school district for English instruction for Southeast Asian children under s. 115.28 (35).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.255 (2) (kh) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 49.175 (1) (zj) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 4. 49.175 (1) (zL) of the statutes is renumbered 115.28 (35) and amended to read:
115.28 (35) English for Southeast Asian children. To Annually pay to the school board of the Wausau school district for English training instruction for 3-year-old, 4-year-old and 5-year-old Southeast Asian children, $100,000 in each fiscal year the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ce).
SECTION 5. 115.3615 of the statutes is amended to read:
115.3615 Head start supplement. From the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (eh) and (kh), the state superintendent shall distribute funds to agencies determined by the state superintendent to be eligible for designation as head start agencies under 42 USC 9836 to provide comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social and other services to economically disadvantaged children and their families. The state superintendent shall distribute the funds in a manner consistent with 42 USC 9831 to 9852 except that there is no matching fund requirement. The state superintendent shall give preference in funding under this section to agencies that are receiving federal funds under 42 USC 9831 to 9852 and to agencies that operate full-time or early head start programs. Funds distributed under this section may be used to match available federal funds under 42 USC 9831 to 9852 only if the funds are used to secure additional federal funds for the purposes under this section.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB0362 - Eliminate medical school enrollment cap
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 eliminates an obsolete provision limiting the size of the entering class of the UW Medical School.
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. 36.28 of the statutes is repealed.
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MGD:lmk&cs:ch
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz, BB0387 - Probation for misdemeanors
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
