Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
employment
Under current law, DWD collects an annual assessment from each worker's compensation insurer and self-insured employer doing business in this state and uses those assessments for the administration of the worker's compensation program. This bill requires DWD to use a portion of those assessments to conduct a study of injuries to health care workers caused by lifting; develop and distribute to health care facilities, providers, and workers informational materials that promote a lift-free working environment for health care workers; and distribute grants to health care facilities and providers to assist in the implementation of a lift-free working environment for health care workers.
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 (1) (ha) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (ha) Worker's compensation operations. The amounts in the schedule for the administration of the worker's compensation program by the department. All moneys received under ss. 102.28 (2) (b) and 102.75 for the department's activities and not appropriated under par. (hp) or (hr) shall be credited to this appropriation. From this appropriation, an amount not to exceed $5,000 may be expended each fiscal year for payment of expenses for travel and research by the council on worker's compensation.
SECTION 2. 20.445 (1) (hr) of the statutes is created to read:
20.445 (1) (hr) Health care worker injury prevention. From the moneys received under ss. 102.28 (2) (b) and 102.75, the amounts in the schedule for the health care worker injury prevention activities specified under s. 102.77.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 102.77 of the statutes is created to read:
102.77 Health care worker injury prevention. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Health care facility" has the meaning given in s. 146.997 (1) (c).
(b) "Health care provider" has the meaning given in s. 146.997 (1) (d).
(c) "Health care worker" means an employee of a health care facility or of a health care provider.
(2) STUDY, EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, AND GRANTS. From the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (hr), the department shall do all of the following:
(a) Conduct a study of injuries to health care workers caused by lifting.
(b) Develop and distribute to health care facilities, health care providers, and health care workers informational materials that promote a lift-free working environment for health care workers.
(c) Distribute grants to health care facilities and health care providers to assist in the implementation of a lift-free working environment for the health care workers of those health care facilities and health care providers. The department shall require a grant recipient to provide matching funds in an amount determined by the department.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz, BB0385 - Transfer of Community Intervention Program to Office of Justice Assistance
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
correctional system
Juvenile correctional system
Current law, requires DOC, under the Community Intervention Program, to distribute $3,750,000 in each year to counties for early intervention services for juvenile first offenders and for intensive community-based intervention services for seriously chronic juvenile offenders. This bill transfers administration of the Community Intervention Program to the Office of Justice Assistance in DOA.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.410 (3) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 20.505 (6) (f) and amended to read:
20.505 (6) (f) Community intervention program. The amounts in the schedule for the community intervention program under s. 301.263 16.964 (11).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 20.410 (3) (f). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: LRB-1624/1 and LRB-1670/3.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 301.263 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 3. 301.263 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 16.964 (11) (a) and amended to read:
16.964 (11) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (f) 20.505 (6) (f), the department office shall distribute $3,750,000 in each year to counties for early intervention services for first offenders and for intensive community-based intervention services for seriously chronic offenders.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 301.263 (1). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: LRB-1624/1 and LRB-1670/3.
SECTION 4. 301.263 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 16.964 (11) (b) and amended to read:
16.964 (11) (b) To determine eligibility for a payment under sub. (1) par. (a), the department office shall require a county to submit a plan for the expenditure of that payment that ensures that the county targets the programs to be funded under that payment appropriately.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 301.263 (2). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: LRB-1624/1 and LRB-1670/3.
SECTION 5. 301.263 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 16.964 (11) (c) and amended to read:
16.964 (11) (c) The department office shall distribute 33% of the amounts distributed under sub. (1) par. (a) based on each county's proportion of the violent Part I juvenile arrests reported statewide under the uniform crime reporting system of the office of justice assistance in the department of administration, during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available. The department office shall distribute 33% of the amounts distributed under sub. (1) par. (a) based on each county's proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a secured correctional facility, a secured child caring institution, or a secured group home during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available. The department office shall distribute 34% of the amounts distributed under sub. (1) par. (a) based on each county's proportion of the total Part I juvenile arrests reported statewide under the uniform crime reporting system of the office of justice assistance, during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 301.263 (3). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: LRB-1624/1 and LRB-1670/3.
SECTION 9109. Nonstatutory provisions; corrections.
(1) COMMUNITY INTERVENTION PROGRAM TRANSFER.
(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of corrections primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of corrections that is primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration.
(c) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of corrections on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of corrections with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.
(d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of corrections in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.
(e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of corrections in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the department of corrections in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rhodes, BB0389 - Replacement of TANF with GPR for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board
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, $340,000 in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant moneys are transferred from DWD to the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board (CANPB) in each fiscal year. This bill eliminates that transfer and instead appropriates general purpose revenues to the CANPB for grants to organizations for the establishment of child abuse and neglect prevention programs, early childhood family education centers, and right from the start projects.
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. 20.433 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
20.433 (1) (b) Grants to organizations. The amounts in the schedule to be used for grants to organizations under s. 48.982 (4), (6), and (7).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 48.982 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.982 (4) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (b), (h), (i), (k), (m), and (q), the board shall award grants to organizations in accordance with the plan developed under sub. (2) (a). In each of the first 2 fiscal years in which grants are awarded, no organization may receive a grant or grants totaling more than $30,000.
SECTION 3. 48.982 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.982 (6) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (b), (h), (i), (k), (ma), and (q), the board shall award grants to organizations in accordance with the request-for-proposal procedures developed under sub. (2) (a). No organization may receive a grant or grants under this subsection totaling more than $150,000 in any year.
SECTION 4. 48.982 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.982 (7) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (b), (h), (i), (k), and (q), the board shall award grants to organizations in accordance with the plan developed under sub. (2) (a).
SECTION 5. 49.175 (1) (zn) of the statutes is repealed.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rhodes, BB0411 - Replace TANF with GPR for Brighter Futures and Tribal adolescent services and domestic abuse services grants
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
Public assistance
Under current law, DHFS uses general purpose revenue (GPR) and federal moneys received under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program for providing grants to organizations that provide various types of domestic abuse services; for providing grants to nonprofit corporations and county departments of human services or social services for programs to prevent and reduce youth violence, the incidence of youth alcohol and other drug abuse, and the incidence of nonmarital pregnancy; and for providing grants to American Indian tribes and bands for providing services related to vocational preparation and reducing high school dropout rates, pregnancy prevention, and developing skills to increase economic self-sufficiency. This bill maintains the funding level for these programs but replaces the TANF funding with funding from GPR.
Other health and human services
Under the Domestic Abuse Grants Program in current law, DHFS provides grants to organizations that provide various types of domestic abuse services, such as shelter facilities and victim counseling. In addition to providing general grant authority, current law directs DHFS to provide grants in specific amounts to specific organizations, such as a grant in each fiscal year to the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence for the cost of a staff person to provide assistance in obtaining legal services. The bill provides that under the program DHFS must provide a grant of $563,500 in each fiscal year to the Refugee Family Strengthening Project for providing domestic abuse services to the refugee population, including the cost of hiring bilingual staff persons, especially those who speak Hmong.
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. 20.435 (3) (km) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 2. 46.95 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.95 (2) (a) The secretary shall make grants from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (cd), and (hh) and (km) to organizations for the provision of any of the services specified in sub. (1) (d). Grants may be made to organizations which have provided those domestic abuse services in the past or to organizations which propose to provide those services in the future. No grant may be made to fund services for child or unborn child abuse or abuse of elderly persons.
SECTION 3. 46.95 (2) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.95 (2) (f) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (cd), and (hh) and (km), the department shall do all of the following:
SECTION 4. 46.95 (2) (f) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
46.95 (2) (f) 10. Award a grant of $563,500 in each fiscal year to the Refugee Family Strengthening Project for providing domestic abuse services to the refugee population. Funding may be used to hire bilingual staff persons, especially those who speak Hmong.
SECTION 5. 46.95 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 6. 46.99 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: