For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
retirement and group health insurance
This bill creates gifts and grants appropriations and an appropriation for the expenditure of federal moneys for DETF.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.515 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.515 (1) (gm) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts and grants to carry out the purposes for which made.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.515 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
20.515 (1) (m) Federal aid. All moneys received as federal aid, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54, for operations and benefit programs under ch. 40.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 20.515 (1) (sr) of the statutes is created to read:
20.515 (1) (sr) Gifts and grants; public employee trust fund. All moneys received from gifts and grants that are required to be deposited in the public employee trust fund to carry out the purposes for which made.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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LRB-0282LRB-0282/1
RAC:wlj:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Olsen-Hasek, BB0067 - Reference to head of OSER
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
State employment
The bill corrects two references to the position of the former secretary of employment relations. This position was abolished in 2003 Wisconsin Act 33 and the duties of the position were assigned to the director of the Office of State Employment Relations.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.916 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.916 (8) (a) The director of the office of state employment relations shall recommend to the joint committee on employment relations uniform travel schedule amounts for travel by state officers and employees whose compensation is established under s. 20.923 or 230.12. Such amounts shall include maximum permitted amounts for meal and lodging costs, other allowable travel expenses under sub. (9) (d), and porterage tips, except as authorized under s. 16.53 (12) (c). In lieu of the maximum permitted amounts for expenses under sub. (9) (b), (c), and (d), the secretary director may recommend to the committee a per diem amount and method of reimbursement for any or all expenses under sub. (9) (b), (c), and (d).
SECTION 2. 230.12 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
230.12 (7m) PAY ADJUSTMENT FILING REQUIREMENTS. Except as provided in the rules of the director and in the compensation plan, pay increases shall be made only on the dates prescribed under sub. (8). Appointing authorities shall at such times each year as specified by the secretary director file with the director and with the secretary of administration a list of employees showing their then existing pay rates and their proposed new pay rates.
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LRB-0284LRB-0284/2
PJK:jld:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rhodes, BB0047 - Domestic abuse program funding
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 provides grants to nonprofit corporations, public agencies, and American Indian tribes or bands that provide various types of domestic abuse services, such as shelter facilities and counseling. Some of the grants must be awarded in specified amounts to specified organizations. To allow DHFS more flexibility in awarding grant amounts, this bill eliminates the specific amounts that must be awarded to organizations to enhance support services, to organizations for domestic abuse services for individuals who are members of underserved populations, and to the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence for a staff person to assist in obtaining legal services.
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. 46.95 (2) (f) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.95 (2) (f) 7. Award a grant of $25,000 grants in each fiscal year to each of 30 organizations to enhance support services. Funding may be used for such purposes as case management; children's programming; assisting victims of domestic abuse to find employment; and training in and activities promoting self-sufficiency.
SECTION 2. 46.95 (2) (f) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.95 (2) (f) 8. Award $200,000 in grants in each fiscal year to organizations for domestic abuse services for individuals who are members of underserved populations, including racial minority group members and individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities. A grant to an organization may not exceed $60,000.
SECTION 3. 46.95 (2) (f) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.95 (2) (f) 9. Award a grant of $25,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and a grant of $50,000 in each fiscal year thereafter to the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence for toward the cost of a staff person to provide assistance in obtaining legal services to domestic abuse victims.
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GMM:wlj:jf
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rhodes, BB0011 - Home visiting services
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 administers a child abuse and neglect prevention program under which DHFS awards grants to counties and Indian tribes that offer voluntary home visitation services to first-time parents who are eligible for Medical Assistance. Current law requires DHFS to determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county or an Indian tribe in excess of the statutory minimum grant amount of $10,000 based on the number of births that are funded by Medical Assistance in that county or the reservation of that Indian tribe in proportion to the number of those births in all of the counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded. Currently, no more than six rural counties, three urban counties, and two Indian tribes may be selected to participate in the program.
This bill requires DHFS to determine the amount of a grant in excess of the statutory minimum based simply on the number of births that are funded by Medical Assistance in a county or a reservation of an Indian tribe without regard to the number of those births in other counties and reservations. The bill also eliminates the caps on the number of counties and Indian tribes that may be selected to participate in the program.
In addition, the bill directs DHFS to award grants to applying county departments of human services or social services (county departments), local health departments, Indian tribes, private nonprofit agencies, and local partnerships consisting of two or more county departments, local health departments, Indian tribes, and private nonprofit agencies (organizations) for the provision to all first-time parents in the community served by the organization of one-time, voluntary home visits. The purposes of the home visits are to provide those parents with basic information regarding infant health and nutrition, the care, safety, and development of infants, and emergency services for infants; to identify the needs of those parents; and to provide those parents with referrals to programs, services, and other resources that may meet those needs. Any information concerning an individual who is offered a home visit or provided with a referral under this bill is confidential, unless disclosure of the information is required or permitted under the child abuse and neglect reporting law, the use or disclosure of the information is connected to the administration of the program, or the individual consents to the use or disclosure of the information.
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 (3) (de) of the statutes is renumbered 20.435 (5) (ab).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.435 (3) (df) of the statutes is renumbered 20.435 (1) (ac).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 20.435 (5) (ab) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
20.435 (5) (ab) Child abuse and neglect prevention and universal home visitation grants. The amounts in the schedule for child abuse and neglect prevention grants under s. 46.515 and for universal home visitation grants under s. 46.516.
SECTION 4. 46.515 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 5. 46.515 (1) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 6. 46.515 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.515 (2) FUNDS PROVIDED. If a county or Indian tribe applies and is selected by the department under sub. (5) to participate in the program under this section, the department shall award, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (de) (5) (ab), a grant annually to be used only for the purposes specified in sub. (4) (a) and (am). The minimum amount of a grant is $10,000. The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county, other than a county with a population of 500,000 or more, or Indian tribe in excess of the minimum amount based on the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county or the reservation of that Indian tribe in proportion to the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this section. The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county with a population of 500,000 or more in excess of the minimum amount based on 60% of the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county in proportion to the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this section.
SECTION 7. 46.515 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
46.515 (2) FUNDS PROVIDED. If a county or Indian tribe applies and is selected by the department under sub. (5) to participate in the program under this section, the department shall award, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (ab), a grant annually to be used only for the purposes specified in sub. (4) (a) and (am). The minimum amount of a grant is $10,000. The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county, other than a county with a population of 500,000 or more, or Indian tribe in excess of the minimum amount based on the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county or the reservation of that Indian tribe in proportion to the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this section. The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county with a population of 500,000 or more in excess of the minimum amount based on 60% of the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county in proportion to the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this section.
SECTION 8. 46.515 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 9. 46.515 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 10. 46.515 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 46.515 (3) and amended to read:
46.515 (3) JOINT APPLICATION PERMITTED. Two or more counties and Indian tribes may submit a joint application to the department. Each county or Indian tribe in a joint application shall be counted as a separate county or Indian tribe for the purpose of limiting the number of counties and Indian tribes selected in each state fiscal biennium.
SECTION 11. 46.516 of the statutes is created to read:
46.516 Universal home visitation services. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "County department" means a county department of human services or social services under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23.
(b) "Indian tribe" means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.
(c) "Local health department" has the meaning given in s. 250.01 (4).
(d) "Local partnership" means any combination of 2 or more county departments, local health departments, Indian tribes, and private nonprofit agencies that have agreed to implement jointly a program of universal home visitation services under this section.
(e) "Organization" means a county department, local health department, Indian tribe, private nonprofit agency, or local partnership.
(f) "Private nonprofit agency" means a nonstock corporation organized under ch. 181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17).
(2) AWARDING OF GRANTS. From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (ab), the department shall award grants to applying organizations for the provision of the home visitation services specified in sub. (3) (a). The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded to an organization based on the number of first-time births in the community served by the organization. The department shall provide competitive application procedures for selecting organizations to receive grants under this subsection and shall establish a method for ranking applicants based on the quality of their applications. The department shall require a grant recipient to provide matching funds or in-kind contributions as determined by the department and shall ensure that a grant recipient does not use any grant moneys awarded to supplant any other moneys used by the grant recipient at the time of the awarding of the grant to provide home visitation services.
(3) PURPOSES OF GRANTS. (a) Universal home visitation services. An organization that receives a grant under sub. (2) shall use the grant moneys awarded to provide a one-time visit to all first-time parents in the community served by the organization for the purposes of providing those parents with basic information regarding infant health and nutrition, the care, safety, and development of infants, and emergency services for infants; identifying the needs of those parents; and providing those parents with referrals to programs, services, and other resources that may meet those needs. An organization may visit a first-time parent only if the parent or, if the parent is a child, his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian consents to the visit. No person who is required or permitted to report suspected or threatened abuse or neglect under s. 48.981 (2) may make or threaten to make such a report based on a refusal of a person to receive a home visit under this paragraph.
(b) Start-up costs and capacity building. In the first year in which a grant under sub. (2) is awarded to an organization, the organization may use a portion of the grant to pay for start-up costs and capacity building related to the provision of home visitation services by the organization. The department shall determine the maximum amount of a grant that an organization may use to pay for those start-up costs and that capacity building.
(4) CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Nondisclosure of information; exceptions. No person may use or disclose any information concerning an individual who is offered home visitation services under sub. (3) (a), including an individual who declines to receive those services, or concerning an individual who is provided with a referral under sub. (3) (a), including an individual who declines the referral, unless disclosure of the information is required or permitted under s. 48.981 (2), the use or disclosure of the information is connected to the administration of the program under this section, or the individual has given his or her written informed consent to the use or disclosure of the information.
(b) Explanation of confidentiality requirements. An organization that receives a grant under sub. (2) shall provide or shall designate an individual or entity to provide an explanation of the confidentiality requirements under par. (a) to each individual who is offered home visitation services under sub. (3) (a) by the organization.
(5) NOTIFICATION OF PARENT PRIOR TO MAKING ABUSE OR NEGLECT REPORT. If a person who is providing home visitation services under sub. (3) (a) determines that he or she is required or permitted to make a report under s. 48.981 (2) about a child in a family to which the person is providing those services, the person shall, prior to making the report under s. 48.981 (2), make a reasonable effort to notify the child's parent that a report under s. 48.981 (2) will be made and to encourage the parent to contact a county department under s. 46.22 or 46.23 or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department to request assistance. The notification requirements under this subsection do not affect the reporting requirements under s. 48.981 (2).
