AB100: Bill Text Engrossed

AB100-engrossed, s. 872s Section 872s. 46.283 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,455,5 46.283 (2) (b) (intro.) After June 30, 2001, the department shall contract with the entities specified under s. 46.281 (1) (d) 1. and may, if the applicable review conditions under s. 48.281 (1) (e) 2. are satisfied, in addition to contracting with these entities and subject to approval of necessary funding, contract to operate a resource center with counties, family care districts, or the governing body of a tribe or band or the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., under a joint application of any of these, or with a private nonprofit organization if the department determines that the organization has no significant connection to an entity that operates a care management organization and if any of the following applies:

AB100-engrossed, s. 877 Section 877. 46.286 (1) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,455,10 46.286 (1) (a) 2. b. Home and community-based waiver programs under 42 USC 1396n (c), including community integration program a community integration program under s. 46.275, 46.277, or 46.278 and the Community Opportunities and Recovery Program under s. 46.2785.

AB100-engrossed, s. 878 Section 878. 46.286 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,455,17 46.286 (3) (d) The department shall determine the date, which shall not be later than January 1, 2006 2008, on which par. (a) shall first apply to persons who are not eligible for medical assistance under ch. 49. Before the date determined by the department, persons who are not eligible for medical assistance may receive the family care benefit within the limits of state funds appropriated for this purpose and available federal funds.

AB100-engrossed, s. 878m Section 878m. 46.2895 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,455,24 46.2895 (1) (a) (intro.) After considering recommendations of the local long-term care council under s. 46.282 (3) (a) 1., a A county board of supervisors may create a special purpose district that is termed a "family care district", that is a local unit of government, that is separate and distinct from, and independent of, the state and the county, and that has the powers and duties specified in this section, if the county board does all of the following:

AB100-engrossed, s. 879 Section 879. 46.40 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,456,6 46.40 (1) (a) Within the limits of available federal funds and of the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b) and (o), the department shall distribute funds for community social, mental health, developmental disabilities, and alcohol and other drug abuse services and for services under ss. 46.51, 46.87, 46.985, and 51.421 to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, and 51.437 and to county aging units, as provided in subs. (2), (2m), and (7) to (9).

AB100-engrossed, s. 880 Section 880. 46.48 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,456,8 46.48 (11m) Female offender reintegration program. (a) In this subsection:

AB100-engrossed,456,9 1. "Offender" has the meaning given in s. 304.16 (2) (i).

AB100-engrossed,456,10 2. "Prisoner" has the meaning given in s. 301.01 (2).

AB100-engrossed,456,15 (b) The department shall award not more than $83,800 in fiscal year 2005-06 and not more than $106,400 in fiscal year 2006-07 as a grant to an organization or a group of organizations to provide services for female prisoners and offenders from Milwaukee County and their children, if the prisoners or offenders have been convicted of nonviolent crimes.

AB100-engrossed,456,18 (c) The grant awardee under par. (b) shall provide at least all of the following for up to 6 months before a prisoner's release from prison and up to 2 years after release:

AB100-engrossed,456,21 1. Screening, assessment, and treatment, including mental health and permanency services, for the prisoners or offenders to assist in their reintegration into the community.

AB100-engrossed,456,23 2. At-risk assessments for all dependent children of female prisoners or offenders who receive services under subd. 1., and comprehensive support services.

AB100-engrossed, s. 883 Section 883. 46.495 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,457,5 46.495 (1) (am) The department shall reimburse each county from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b) and (o) for social services as approved by the department under ss. 46.215 (1), (2) (c) 1., and (3) and 46.22 (1) (b) 1. d. and (e) 3. a. except that no reimbursement may be made for the administration of or aid granted under s. 49.02.

AB100-engrossed, s. 884 Section 884. 46.495 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,458,2 46.495 (1) (d) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b) and (o), the department shall distribute the funding for social services, including funding for foster care or, treatment foster care, or subsidized guardianship care of a child on whose behalf aid is received under s. 46.261, to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 as provided under s. 46.40. County matching funds are required for the distributions under s. 46.40 (2), (8), and (9) (b). Each county's required match for the distribution under s. 46.40 (2) shall be specified in a schedule established annually by the department of health and family services. Each county's required match for the distribution under s. 46.40 (8) for a year equals 9.89% of the total of the county's distributions under s. 46.40 (8) for that year for which matching funds are required plus the amount the county was required by s. 46.26 (2) (c), 1985 stats., to spend for juvenile delinquency-related services from its distribution for 1987. Each county's required match for the distribution under s. 46.40 (9) (b) for a year equals 9.89% of that county's amounts described in s. 46.40 (9) (a) (intro.) for that year. Matching funds may be from county tax levies, federal and state revenue sharing funds, or private donations to the county that meet the requirements specified in s. 51.423 (5). Private donations may not exceed 25% of the total county match. If the county match is less than the amount required to generate the full amount of state and federal funds distributed for this period, the decrease in the amount of state and federal funds equals the difference between the required and the actual amount of county matching funds.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 46.495 (1) (d). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: LRB-0084/2, LRB-0295/1, and LRB-0746/3.

AB100-engrossed, s. 885 Section 885. 46.51 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,458,8 46.51 (4) A county may use the funds distributed under this section to fund additional foster parents and, treatment foster parents, and subsidized guardians or interim caretakers to care for abused and neglected children and to fund additional staff positions to provide services related to child abuse and neglect and to unborn child abuse.

AB100-engrossed, s. 889 Section 889. 46.515 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,459,4 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.

AB100-engrossed, s. 895 Section 895. 46.52 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,459,17 46.52 Systems change grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall distribute funds to each grant recipient under this section so as to permit initial phasing in of recovery-oriented system changes, prevention and early intervention strategies, and consumer and family involvement for individuals with mental illness. At least 10% of the funds distributed shall be for children with mental illness. The department shall eliminate the funding for a recipient at the end of a period of not more than 3 years in order to provide funding to benefit another recipient. The department shall require that community services that are developed under this section are continued, following termination of funding under this section, by use of savings made available from incorporating recovery, prevention and early intervention strategies, and consumer and family involvement in the services.

AB100-engrossed, s. 896 Section 896. 46.75 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,459,22 46.75 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (5) (dn), the department shall award grants to agencies to operate food distribution programs that qualify for participation in the emergency food assistance program under P.L. 98-8, as amended.

AB100-engrossed, s. 897 Section 897. 46.77 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,460,3 46.77 Food distribution administration. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (5) (dn), the department shall allocate funds to eligible recipient agencies, as defined in the emergency food assistance act, P.L. 98-8, section 201A, as amended, for the storage, transportation and distribution of commodities provided under the hunger prevention act of 1988, P.L. 100-435, as amended.

AB100-engrossed, s. 897p Section 897p. 46.81 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,460,11 46.81 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (dh), the department shall allocate $2,298,400 in each fiscal year and from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (kz) the department shall allocate $600,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 to aging units to provide benefit specialist services for older individuals. The department shall ensure that each aging unit receives funds and shall take into account the proportion of the state's population of low-income older individuals who reside in a county.

AB100-engrossed, s. 897r Section 897r. 46.81 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,460,20 46.81 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (dh), the department shall allocate $2,298,400 in each fiscal year and from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (kz) the department shall allocate $600,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 to aging units to provide benefit specialist services for older individuals. The department shall ensure that each aging unit receives funds and shall take into account the proportion of the state's population of low-income older individuals who reside in a county.

AB100-engrossed, s. 898 Section 898. 46.95 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,461,2 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.

AB100-engrossed, s. 898c Section 898c. 46.95 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-engrossed, s. 898e Section 898e. 46.95 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 46.95 (2) (d) and amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,461,11 46.95 (2) (d) Not more than 33 1/3% of the 30% of an organization's operating budget not funded by grants under this section may consist of the value of An organization that receives a grant under this section shall provide matching funds or in-kind contributions that are equal to 25 percent of the amount of the grant. The department shall establish guidelines regarding which contributions qualify as in-kind contributions.

AB100-engrossed, s. 899 Section 899. 46.95 (2) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,461,14 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:

AB100-engrossed, s. 900 Section 900. 46.95 (2) (f) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,461,20 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.

AB100-engrossed, s. 901 Section 901. 46.95 (2) (f) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,462,2 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.

AB100-engrossed, s. 902 Section 902. 46.95 (2) (f) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,462,7 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.

AB100-engrossed, s. 903 Section 903. 46.95 (2) (f) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,462,12 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.

AB100-engrossed, s. 904 Section 904. 46.95 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-engrossed, s. 905 Section 905. 46.972 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,462,15 46.972 (title) Services Primary health for homeless individuals.

AB100-engrossed, s. 906 Section 906. 46.972 (2) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-engrossed, s. 907 Section 907. 46.972 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 46.972.

AB100-engrossed, s. 908 Section 908. 46.972 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 560.9811 and amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,462,21 560.9811 Mental health services. (1) In this subsection section, "chronic mental illness" has the meaning given in s. 51.01 (3g).

AB100-engrossed,463,4 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (ce) 20.143 (2) (fr), the department may not allocate award more than $45,000 in each fiscal year to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing certain mental health services to homeless individuals with chronic mental illness. Entities that receive funds allocated awarded by the department under this subsection shall provide the mental health services required under 42 USC 290cc-24. The amount that the department allocates awards to an applying entity may not exceed 50% of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 290cc-23.

AB100-engrossed, s. 909 Section 909. 46.977 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,463,15 46.977 (2) (a) Annually, prior to April 30, an organization may apply to From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (cg), the department for a grant may under this section, based on the criteria under par. (c), award grants to applying organizations for the purpose of recruiting, training, monitoring and assisting guardians for persons determined to be incompetent under ch. 880. By June 30, the department shall determine which organizations will receive a grant during the following fiscal year based on the criteria under par. (c). No grant may be awarded paid unless the applicant awardee provides matching funds equal to 10% of the amount of the award. The department shall make grants under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (cg).

AB100-engrossed, s. 910 Section 910. 46.977 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,463,18 46.977 (2) (b) (intro.) Organizations awarded grants under this section par. (a) shall do all of the following:

AB100-engrossed, s. 911 Section 911. 46.977 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-engrossed, s. 912 Section 912. 46.977 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,463,22 46.977 (2) (b) 2. Provide training for recruited guardians and technical assistance on their duties guardianship issues.

AB100-engrossed, s. 913 Section 913. 46.977 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-engrossed, s. 914 Section 914. 46.977 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,464,2 46.977 (2) (b) 4. Provide technical assistance to recruited guardians in performing their duties.

AB100-engrossed, s. 915 Section 915. 46.977 (2) (c) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 46.977 (2) (c) and amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,464,8 46.977 (2) (c) In reviewing applications for grants, the department shall consider all of the following: The the extent to which the proposed program will effectively recruit, train, monitor and assist guardians for persons determined to be incompetent under ch. 880.

AB100-engrossed, s. 916 Section 916. 46.977 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-engrossed, s. 917 Section 917. 46.985 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,464,19 46.985 (2) (a) 4. Procedures for coordinating the family support program and the use of its funds, throughout this state and in each service area, with other publicly funded programs including the community options program under s. 46.27; the community integration program a community integration program under ss. 46.275, 46.277, and 46.278; the Community Opportunity and Recovery Program under s. 46.2785; the social services, mental health, and developmental disabilities programs under ss. 46.495, 51.42, and 51.437; the independent living center program under s. 46.96; and the medical assistance Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49.

AB100-engrossed, s. 918 Section 918. 46.99 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,465,2 46.99 (2) (a) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), (km) and (nL), the department shall distribute $2,125,200 in each fiscal year to applying nonprofit corporations and public agencies operating in a county having a population of 500,000 or more and $1,199,300 in each fiscal year to applying county departments under s. 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 operating in counties other than a county having a population of 500,000 or more to provide programs to accomplish all of the following:

AB100-engrossed, s. 919 Section 919. 46.995 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,465,8 46.995 (1m) Tribal adolescent services allocations allocation. From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (km), the department may allocate $195,000 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department may allocate $15,000 $210,000 in each fiscal year to provide the grants specified in subs. (2), (3) (b), and (4m) (b).

AB100-engrossed, s. 920 Section 920. 46.995 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,465,18 46.995 (2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. From the allocations allocation under sub. (1m), the department may provide a grant annually in the amount of $85,000 to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide services for adolescent parents which shall emphasize high school graduation and vocational preparation, training, and experience and may be structured so as to strengthen the adolescent parent's capacity to fulfill parental responsibilities by developing social skills and increasing parenting skills. The tribe or band seeking to receive a grant to provide these services shall develop a proposed service plan that is approved by the department.

AB100-engrossed, s. 921 Section 921. 46.995 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,466,2 46.995 (3) (b) From the allocations allocation under sub. (1m), the department may provide a grant annually in the amount of $65,000 to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide to high-risk adolescents pregnancy and parenthood prevention services which shall be structured so as to increase development of decision-making and communications skills, promote graduation from high school, and expand career and other options and which may address needs of adolescents with respect to pregnancy prevention.

AB100-engrossed, s. 922 Section 922. 46.995 (4m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,466,10 46.995 (4m) (b) (intro.) From the allocations allocation under sub. (1m), the department may provide a grant annually in the amount of $60,000 to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band for the provision of information to members of the tribe or band in order to increase community knowledge about problems of adolescents and information to and activities for adolescents, particularly female adolescents, in order to enable the adolescents to develop skills with respect to all of the following:

AB100-engrossed, s. 924 Section 924. 48.33 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,466,17 48.33 (4) Other out-of-home placements. (intro.) A report recommending placement of an adult expectant mother outside of her home shall be in writing. A report recommending placement of a child in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth or, in the home of a relative other than a parent, or in the home of a guardian under s. 48.977 (2) shall be in writing and shall include all of the following:

AB100-engrossed, s. 925 Section 925. 48.345 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,466,21 48.345 (3) (c) A foster home or treatment foster home licensed under s. 48.62 or, a group home licensed under s. 48.625 , or in the home of a guardian under s. 48.977 (2).