(b) The maximum amount that any veteran may receive under this subsection per occurrence during a consecutive 12-month period may not exceed $2,000.
(2) HEALTH CARE. (a) The department may provide health care aid to a veteran for dental care, including dentures; vision care, including eyeglass frames and lenses; and hearing care, including hearing aids.
(b) The maximum amount that may be paid under this subsection for any consecutive 12-month period may not exceed $2,500 for dental care, $500 for vision care, and $1,500 per ear for hearing care.
(c) The department may not provide health care aid under this subsection unless the aid recipient's health care provider agrees to accept, as full payment for the health care provided, the amount of the payment, the amount of the recipient's health insurance or other 3rd-party payments, if any, and the amount that the department determines the veteran is capable of paying. The department may not pay health care aid under this subsection if the liquid assets of the veteran are in excess of $1,000.
(3) LIMITATIONS. The total cumulative amount that any veteran may receive under this section may not exceed $5,000.
(4) APPROPRIATIONS. The department may make payments under this section from the appropriation in s. 20.485 (2) (vm). Nothing in this section empowers the department to incur any state debt.
(5) JOINT FINANCE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING. The department may submit a request to the joint committee on finance for supplemental funds from the veterans trust fund to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (2) (vm) to provide payments under this section. The joint committee on finance may, from the appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (u), supplement the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vm) in an amount equal to the amount that the department expects to expend under this section. Notwithstanding s. 13.101 (3) (a), the committee is not required to find that an emergency exists.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Olsen-Hasek, BB0107 - Eliminating role of Educational Approval Board in certifying massage therapists and bodyworkers
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
veterans and military affairs
Under current law, both DRL and the Educational Approval Board (EAB) make determinations regarding a person's eligibility for certification as a massage therapist or bodyworker. The EAB is a board attached to DVA. The EAB's duties are limited to certain persons who are not required to satisfy the examination and education requirements that other applicants must satisfy. Current law allows such a person to be certified if the EAB determines that the person has education, training, and experience that are substantially equivalent to the education that other applicants must satisfy.
This bill transfers the EAB's duties described above to DRL. As a result, under the bill, DRL makes determinations for all persons who apply for certification as a massage therapist or bodyworker.
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. 20.165 (1) (km) of the statutes is created to read:
20.165 (1) (km) Transitional certifications of massage therapists and bodyworkers. All moneys transferred under 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9253 (1), for the department to make determinations regarding applications for massage therapist and bodyworker certification transferred to the department under 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9153 (1) (b).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.485 (5) (h) 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.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 20.485 (5) (h). This SECTION has been affected by LRB-1510.
SECTION 3. 460.05 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
460.05 (3) The department shall grant a certificate as a massage therapist or bodyworker to a person who satisfies the requirements specified in sub. (1) (a) to (d), (g), and (h) and who includes with the application specified in sub. (1) (c) all of the following:
(a) Evidence satisfactory to the department that, during the 2-year period after March 1, 2003, the person was actively engaged in the practice of massage therapy or bodywork.
(b) An attestation that the person only recently became aware of the requirements of this chapter.
SECTION 4. 2001 Wisconsin Act 74, section 23 (5) is repealed.
SECTION 9153. Nonstatutory provisions; veterans affairs.
(1) MASSAGE THERAPISTS AND BODYWORKERS.
(a) Definitions. In this SECTION:
1. "Board" means the educational approval board.
2. "Department" means the department of regulation and licensing.
(b) Transfer of transitional duties. Any application received by the board under 2001 Wisconsin Act 74, section 23 (5) (a) that is pending with the board on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the board with respect to the pending application are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department.
SECTION 9253. Appropriation changes; veterans affairs.
(1) MASSAGE THERAPISTS AND BODYWORKERS. The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section 20.485 (5) (h), 2003 stats., is transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.165 (1) (km) of the statutes, as created by this act.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath, BB0113 - Cash assistance under W-2 for pregnant woman with no other children
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, a person who meets the eligibility requirements for the Wisconsin Works (W-2) program and who is the custodial parent of a child who is 12 weeks old or less may receive a monthly grant of $673 and may not be required to work in a W-2 employment position. Current law also provides generally that receiving a monthly grant as the custodial parent of an infant counts toward the time limits that apply to how long an individual may receive certain benefits only if the child was born more than ten months after the date on which the individual was first determined to be eligible for W-2.
This bill changes the eligibility requirement by increasing the maximum age of the child so that the custodial parent of a child who is 26 weeks old or less may receive the monthly grant. Only if the child is 12 weeks old or less, however, may the custodial parent not be required to work in a W-2 employment position. The bill provides that an unmarried woman who would be eligible for W-2 except that she is not a custodial parent may also receive a monthly grant of $673 and not be required to work in a W-2 employment position if she is in the third trimester of a medically verified pregnancy that is at risk and that renders the woman unable to participate in the workforce. Under the bill, receiving a monthly grant as the custodial parent of an infant counts toward the time limits that apply to how long an individual may receive certain benefits regardless of when the child was born in relation to when the individual was first determined to be eligible for W-2. Receipt of a monthly grant by a pregnant woman does not count toward the time limits.
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. 49.148 (1m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.148 (1m) (title) CUSTODIAL PARENT OF INFANT; UNMARRIED, PREGNANT WOMAN.
SECTION 2. 49.148 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.148 (1m) (a) A custodial parent of a child who is 12 weeks old or less and who meets the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3) may receive a monthly grant of $673 unless another adult member of the custodial parent's Wisconsin works group is participating in, or is eligible to participate in, a Wisconsin works employment position or is employed in unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (c). A Wisconsin works agency may not require a participant under this subsection to participate in any employment positions. Receipt of a grant under this subsection does not constitute participation in a Wisconsin works employment position for purposes of the time limits under s. 49.145 (2) (n) or 49.147 (3) (c) or (d) 7., (4) (b) or (5) (b) 2. if the child is born to the participant not more than 10 months after the date that the participant was first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a Wisconsin works employment position.
SECTION 3. 49.148 (1m) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.148 (1m) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
49.148 (1m) (a) (intro.) A Any of the following may receive a monthly grant of $673:
1. An individual who meets the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3) and who is a custodial parent of a child who is 12 26 weeks old or less and who meets the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3) may receive a monthly grant of $673, unless another adult member of the custodial parent's Wisconsin works Works group is participating in, or is eligible to participate in, a Wisconsin works Works employment position or is employed in unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (c).
(am) A Wisconsin works Works agency may not require a participant under this subsection par. (a) 1. who is a custodial parent of a child who is 12 weeks old or less or a participant under par. (a) 2. to participate in any Wisconsin Works employment positions. Receipt of a grant under this subsection does not constitute participation in a Wisconsin works employment position for purposes of the time limits under s. 49.145 (2) (n) or 49.147 (3) (c) or (d) 7., (4) (b), or (5) (b) 2. if the child is born to the participant not more than 10 months after the date that the participant was first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a Wisconsin works employment position.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 49.148 (1m) (a). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-0333, LRB-0334, and LRB-0335.
SECTION 4. 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
49.148 (1m) (a) 2. An unmarried woman who would be eligible under s. 49.145 except that she is not a custodial parent of a dependent child and who is in the 3rd trimester of a pregnancy that is medically verified and shown by medical documentation to be at risk and that renders the woman unable to participate in the workforce.
SECTION 5. 49.148 (1m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
49.148 (1m) (b) (intro.) For purposes of the time limits under s. 49.145 (2) (n) or 49.147 (3) (c) or (d) 7., (4) (b), or (5) (b) 2., all of the following apply:
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 49.148 (1m) (b) (intro.). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-0334 and LRB-0335.
SECTION 6. 49.148 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.148 (1m) (b) Receipt of a grant under this subsection constitutes participation in a Wisconsin works employment position for purposes of the time limits under ss. 49.145 (2) (n) and 49.147 (3) (c) or (d) 7., (4) (b) or (5) (b) 2. if the child is born to the participant more than 10 months after the date that the participant was first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a Wisconsin works employment position unless the child was conceived as a result of a sexual assault in violation of s. 940.225 (1), (2) or (3) in which the mother did not indicate a freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or of incest in violation of s. 944.06 or 948.06 and that incest or sexual assault has been reported to a physician and to law enforcement authorities.
SECTION 7. 49.148 (1m) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.148 (1m) (b) 1. and amended to read:
49.148 (1m) (b) 1. Receipt of a grant under this subsection by a participant under par. (a) 1. constitutes participation in a Wisconsin works Works employment position for purposes of the time limits under ss. 49.145 (2) (n) and 49.147 (3) (c) or (d) 7., (4) (b), or (5) (b) 2. if the child is born to the participant more than 10 months after the date that the participant was first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a Wisconsin works employment position unless the child was conceived as a result of a sexual assault in violation of s. 940.225 (1), (2), or (3) in which the mother did not indicate a freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or of incest in violation of s. 944.06 or 948.06 and that incest or sexual assault has been reported to a physician and to law enforcement authorities.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 49.148 (1m) (b). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-0333, LRB-0334, and LRB-0335.
SECTION 8. 49.148 (1m) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
49.148 (1m) (b) 2. Receipt of a grant under this subsection by a participant under par. (a) 2. does not constitute participation in a Wisconsin Works employment position.
SECTION 9. 49.159 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.159 (4) PREGNANT WOMEN. A pregnant woman whose pregnancy is medically verified, who would be eligible under s. 49.145 except that she is not a custodial parent of a dependent child, and who does not satisfy the requirements under s. 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. is eligible for employment training and job search assistance services provided by the Wisconsin works Works agency.
SECTION 9354. Initial applicability; workforce development.
(1) GRANTS FOR CUSTODIAL PARENT OF INFANT UNDER WISCONSIN WORKS.
(a) Eligibility. The renumbering and amendment of section 49.148 (1m) (a) (with respect to a custodial parent's eligibility for a grant) of the statutes first applies to individuals who are determined, on the effective date of this paragraph, to be eligible for the Wisconsin Works program under sections 49.141 to 49.161 of the statutes and to be custodial parents of children who are 26 weeks old or less.
(b) Constituting participation in employment position. The renumbering and amendment of section 49.148 (1m) (a) (with respect to receipt of grants not constituting participation in a Wisconsin Works employment position) and (b) of the statutes and the creation of section 49.148 (1m) (b) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes first apply to grants received under section 49.148 (1m) of the statutes on the effective date of this paragraph.
SECTION 9454. Effective dates; workforce development.
(1) ELIGIBILITY OF CUSTODIAL PARENTS AND PREGNANT WOMEN FOR WISCONSIN WORKS BENEFITS. The treatment of sections 49.148 (1m) (title) and 49.159 (4) of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section 49.148 (1m) (a) and (b) of the statutes, the creation of section 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. and (b) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes, and SECTION 9354 (1) of this act take effect on January 1, 2006.
****NOTE: These are reconciled initial applicability and effective date provisions. They have been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-0333 and LRB-0334.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath, BB0117 - W-2 Trial Jobs Plus pilot project
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
The Wisconsin Works (W-2) program under current law provides work experience and benefits for low-income custodial parents who are at least 18 years old, as well as job search assistance to noncustodial parents who are required to pay child support, to minor custodial parents, and to pregnant women who are not custodial parents. Also, an individual who is the parent of a child under the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled, under the age of 19, is eligible for a child care subsidy under the W-2 program if the individual needs child care services to participate in various educational or work activities. The W-2 program, which is funded with federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant moneys, federal child care block grant moneys, and state general purpose revenue, is administered by DWD, which in turn contracts with W-2 agencies to administer the program on the local level.
The work components under W-2, called employment positions, consist of three categories: 1) trial jobs, under which an individual receives at least minimum wage from an employer and the W-2 agency pays a wage subsidy of up to $300 per month to the employer; 2) community service jobs, under which an individual works in a project that serves a useful public purpose or that will generate revenue to wholly or partially offset the project's cost and receives a monthly grant of up to $673 from the W-2 agency; and 3) transitional placements, under which an individual participates in work activities in a community rehabilitation program, a job similar to a community service job, or volunteer activities and receives a monthly grant of up to $628 from the W-2 agency. Employers for all employment positions must meet criteria established by DWD by rule, and all participants in all employment positions must search for unsubsidized employment the entire time that they are participating in any W-2 employment position. Also under current law, DWD is directed to continue the creation and implementation of a subsidized work program.
This bill eliminates the directive to DWD to continue the creation and implementation of a subsidized work program and requires DWD to conduct, from January 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, a pilot project for a trial jobs plus program. The pilot project must be limited to 1,000 participants and must be conducted in at least one of the geographical areas of the state established for administering the W-2 program that is located in Milwaukee County and in at least two of those geographical areas that are not in Milwaukee County. Under the project, a W-2 agency pays a wage subsidy, as well as reimbursing up to 100 percent of federal social security taxes, state and federal unemployment contributions, and worker's compensation insurance premiums, to an employer that employs a project participant and that agrees to make a good faith effort to retain the participant as an unsubsidized employee after the wage subsidy ends if the participant successfully completes participation in the trial job plus. If the employer does not retain the participant, the employer must serve as an employment reference for the participant or provide a written performance evaluation of the participant, including recommendations for improvement. The wage subsidy may not exceed the federal minimum wage for no more than 30 hours of work per week, and any required training activities are counted toward the participant's work hours. An individual may participate in a trial job plus for up to six months, with a possible three-month extension.
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. 49.147 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
