AB100,468,18 14(3) Contract for administration. If doing so is consistent with the waiver
15received by the department as specified in sub. (2), the department may contract with
16a county or a private agency to administer the waiver program. A private agency
17with which the department contracts shall have the powers and duties of a county
18under this section.
AB100,468,22 19(4) Eligibility. Any medical assistance recipient who has a serious mental
20illness and meets the level of care requirements under s. 49.45 (6m) (i) for
21reimbursement of nursing home care under the Medical Assistance program is
22eligible to participate in the waiver program.
AB100,468,25 23(5) Funding. (a) Medical assistance reimbursement for services a county or
24private agency contracts for or provides under the waiver program shall be made
25from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o).
AB100,469,5
1(b) The department may, from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (o),
2reimburse a county for providing, or contracting to provide, services that cost more
3than the average annual per person rate established by the department, but less
4than the average amount approved by the federal government for the waiver
5program.
AB100, s. 873 6Section 873. 46.283 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,469,117 46.283 (5) Funding. From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b),
8(bm), (gp), (pa), (r), (rg), and (w) and (7) (b), (bd), and (md), the department may
9contract with organizations that meet standards under sub. (3) for performance of
10the duties under sub. (4) and shall distribute funds for services provided by resource
11centers.
AB100, s. 874 12Section 874 . 46.283 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act ....
13(this act), is amended to read:
AB100,469,1814 46.283 (5) Funding. From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b),
15(bm), (gp), (pa), (r), (rg), and (w) and (7) (b), (bd), and (md), the department may
16contract with organizations that meet standards under sub. (3) for performance of
17the duties under sub. (4) and shall distribute funds for services provided by resource
18centers.
AB100, s. 875 19Section 875. 46.284 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,470,220 46.284 (5) (a) From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (g), (gp),
21(im), (o), (r), (rg), and (w) and (7) (b) and (bd), the department shall provide funding
22on a capitated payment basis for the provision of services under this section.
23Notwithstanding s. 46.036 (3) and (5m), a care management organization that is
24under contract with the department may expend the funds, consistent with this

1section, including providing payment, on a capitated basis, to providers of services
2under the family care benefit.
AB100, s. 876 3Section 876 . 46.284 (5) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act
4.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100,470,115 46.284 (5) (a) From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (g), (gp),
6(im), (o), (r), (rg), and (w) and (7) (b) and (bd), the department shall provide funding
7on a capitated payment basis for the provision of services under this section.
8Notwithstanding s. 46.036 (3) and (5m), a care management organization that is
9under contract with the department may expend the funds, consistent with this
10section, including providing payment, on a capitated basis, to providers of services
11under the family care benefit.
AB100, s. 877 12Section 877. 46.286 (1) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,470,1613 46.286 (1) (a) 2. b. Home and community-based waiver programs under 42
14USC 1396n
(c), including community integration program Community Integration
15Program
under s. 46.275, 46.277, or 46.278 and the Community Opportunities and
16Recovery Program under s. 46.2785
.
AB100, s. 878 17Section 878. 46.286 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,470,2318 46.286 (3) (d) The department shall determine the date, which shall not be later
19than January 1, 2006 2008, on which par. (a) shall first apply to persons who are not
20eligible for medical assistance under ch. 49. Before the date determined by the
21department, persons who are not eligible for medical assistance may receive the
22family care benefit within the limits of state funds appropriated for this purpose and
23available federal funds.
AB100, s. 879 24Section 879. 46.40 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,471,6
146.40 (1) (a) Within the limits of available federal funds and of the
2appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b) and (o), the department shall
3distribute funds for community social, mental health, developmental disabilities,
4and alcohol and other drug abuse services and for services under ss. 46.51, 46.87,
546.985, and 51.421 to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, and
651.437 and to county aging units, as provided in subs. (2), (2m), and (7) to (9).
AB100, s. 880 7Section 880. 46.48 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,471,88 46.48 (11m) Female offender reintegration program. (a) In this subsection:
AB100,471,99 1. "Offender" has the meaning given in s. 304.16 (2) (i).
AB100,471,1010 2. "Prisoner" has the meaning given in s. 301.01 (2).
AB100,471,1511 (b) The department shall award not more than $139,100 in fiscal year 2005-06
12and not more than $140,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 as a grant to an organization or
13a group of organizations to provide services for female prisoners and offenders from
14Milwaukee County and their children, if the prisoners or offenders have been
15convicted of nonviolent crimes.
AB100,471,1816 (c) The grant awardee under par. (b) shall provide at least all of the following
17for up to 6 months before a prisoner's release from prison and up to 2 years after
18release:
AB100,471,2119 1. Screening, assessment, and treatment, including mental health and
20permanency services, for the prisoners or offenders to assist in their reintegration
21into the community.
AB100,471,2322 2. At-risk assessments for all dependent children of female prisoners or
23offenders who receive services under subd. 1., and comprehensive support services.
AB100, s. 881 24Section 881. 46.481 of the statutes is renumbered 46.481 (1m).
AB100, s. 882 25Section 882. 46.481 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,472,10
146.481 (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (6) (gb), the department
2shall award not more than $57,500 in fiscal year 2005-06 and not more than
3$229,800 in fiscal year 2006-07 as grants for up to 3 years to counties with
4populations of less than 500,000 and to tribal governing bodies to demonstrate
5collaboration between a county department under s. 46.23 and a tribal agency in a
6county or among county departments under ss. 46.22 and 51.42 and tribal agencies
7in a county for intervention for the mental health and substance abuse screening,
8assessment, and treatment of children who have been abused or neglected and their
9parents for whom the county departments and tribal agencies determine there is a
10need to provide services.
AB100, s. 883 11Section 883. 46.495 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,472,1612 46.495 (1) (am) The department shall reimburse each county from the
13appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b) and (o) for social services as
14approved by the department under ss. 46.215 (1), (2) (c) 1., and (3) and 46.22 (1) (b)
151. d. and (e) 3. a. except that no reimbursement may be made for the administration
16of or aid granted under s. 49.02.
AB100, s. 884 17Section 884. 46.495 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,473,1318 46.495 (1) (d) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b) and
19(o), the department shall distribute the funding for social services, including funding
20for foster care or, treatment foster care, or subsidized guardianship care of a child on
21whose behalf aid is received under s. 46.261, to county departments under ss. 46.215,
2246.22, and 46.23 as provided under s. 46.40. County matching funds are required for
23the distributions under s. 46.40 (2), (8), and (9) (b). Each county's required match for
24the distribution under s. 46.40 (2) shall be specified in a schedule established
25annually by the department of health and family services. Each county's required

1match for the distribution under s. 46.40 (8) for a year equals 9.89% of the total of
2the county's distributions under s. 46.40 (8) for that year for which matching funds
3are required plus the amount the county was required by s. 46.26 (2) (c), 1985 stats.,
4to spend for juvenile delinquency-related services from its distribution for 1987.
5Each county's required match for the distribution under s. 46.40 (9) (b) for a year
6equals 9.89% of that county's amounts described in s. 46.40 (9) (a) (intro.) for that
7year. Matching funds may be from county tax levies, federal and state revenue
8sharing funds, or private donations to the county that meet the requirements
9specified in s. 51.423 (5). Private donations may not exceed 25% of the total county
10match. If the county match is less than the amount required to generate the full
11amount of state and federal funds distributed for this period, the decrease in the
12amount of state and federal funds equals the difference between the required and the
13actual amount of county matching funds.
AB100, s. 885 14Section 885. 46.51 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,473,1915 46.51 (4) A county may use the funds distributed under this section to fund
16additional foster parents and, treatment foster parents, and subsidized guardians
17or interim caretakers
to care for abused and neglected children and to fund
18additional staff positions to provide services related to child abuse and neglect and
19to unborn child abuse.
AB100, s. 886 20Section 886. 46.513 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 887 21Section 887. 46.515 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 888 22Section 888. 46.515 (1) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 889 23Section 889. 46.515 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,474,1624 46.515 (2) Funds provided. If a county or Indian tribe applies and is selected
25by the department under sub. (5) to participate in the program under this section,

1the department shall award, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (de) (5) (ab),
2a grant annually to be used only for the purposes specified in sub. (4) (a) and (am).
3The minimum amount of a grant is $10,000. The department shall determine the
4amount of a grant awarded to a county, other than a county with a population of
5500,000 or more, or Indian tribe in excess of the minimum amount based on the
6number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in
7that county or the reservation of that Indian tribe in proportion to the number of
8births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the
9counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded
10under this section. The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded
11to a county with a population of 500,000 or more in excess of the minimum amount
12based on 60% of the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under
13subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county in proportion to the number of births that are
14funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the
15reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this
16section.
AB100, s. 890 17Section 890 . 46.515 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act ....
18(this act), is amended to read:
AB100,475,1019 46.515 (2) Funds provided. If a county or Indian tribe applies and is selected
20by the department under sub. (5) to participate in the program under this section,
21the department shall award, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (ab), a grant
22annually to be used only for the purposes specified in sub. (4) (a) and (am). The
23minimum amount of a grant is $10,000. The department shall determine the amount
24of a grant awarded to a county, other than a county with a population of 500,000 or
25more,
or Indian tribe in excess of the minimum amount based on the number of births

1that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county or the
2reservation of that Indian tribe in proportion to the number of births that are funded
3by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the
4reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this
5section. The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county
6with a population of 500,000 or more in excess of the minimum amount based on 60%
7of the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch.
849 in that county in proportion to the number of births that are funded by medical
9assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the reservations of all
10of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this section
.
AB100, s. 891 11Section 891. 46.515 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 892 12Section 892. 46.515 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 893 13Section 893. 46.515 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 46.515 (3) and
14amended to read:
AB100,475,1915 46.515 (3) Joint application permitted. Two or more counties and Indian tribes
16may submit a joint application to the department. Each county or Indian tribe in a
17joint application shall be counted as a separate county or Indian tribe for the purpose
18of limiting the number of counties and Indian tribes selected in each state fiscal
19biennium.
AB100, s. 894 20Section 894. 46.516 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,475,22 2146.516 Universal home visitation services. (1) Definitions. In this
22section:
AB100,475,2423 (a) "County department" means a county department of human services or
24social services under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23.
AB100,476,2
1(b) "Indian tribe" means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band
2in this state.
AB100,476,33 (c) "Local health department" has the meaning given in s. 250.01 (4).
AB100,476,74 (d) "Local partnership" means any combination of 2 or more county
5departments, local health departments, Indian tribes, and private nonprofit
6agencies that have agreed to implement jointly a program of universal home
7visitation services under this section.
AB100,476,98 (e) "Organization" means a county department, local health department,
9Indian tribe, private nonprofit agency, or local partnership.
AB100,476,1110 (f) "Private nonprofit agency" means a nonstock corporation organized under
11ch. 181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17).
AB100,476,23 12(2) Awarding of grants. From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5)
13(ab), the department shall award grants to applying organizations for the provision
14of the home visitation services specified in sub. (3) (a). The department shall
15determine the amount of a grant awarded to an organization based on the number
16of first-time births in the community served by the organization. The department
17shall provide competitive application procedures for selecting organizations to
18receive grants under this subsection and shall establish a method for ranking
19applicants based on the quality of their applications. The department shall require
20a grant recipient to provide matching funds or in-kind contributions as determined
21by the department and shall ensure that a grant recipient does not use any grant
22moneys awarded to supplant any other moneys used by the grant recipient at the
23time of the awarding of the grant to provide home visitation services.
AB100,477,10 24(3) Purposes of grants. (a) Universal home visitation services. An
25organization that receives a grant under sub. (2) shall use the grant moneys awarded

1to provide a one-time visit to all first-time parents in the community served by the
2organization for the purposes of providing those parents with basic information
3regarding infant health and nutrition, the care, safety, and development of infants,
4and emergency services for infants; identifying the needs of those parents; and
5providing those parents with referrals to programs, services, and other resources
6that may meet those needs. An organization may visit a first-time parent only if the
7parent or, if the parent is a child, his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian
8consents to the visit. No person who is required or permitted to report suspected or
9threatened abuse or neglect under s. 48.981 (2) may make or threaten to make such
10a report based on a refusal of a person to receive a home visit under this paragraph.
AB100,477,1611 (b) Start-up costs and capacity building. In the first year in which a grant
12under sub. (2) is awarded to an organization, the organization may use a portion of
13the grant to pay for start-up costs and capacity building related to the provision of
14home visitation services by the organization. The department shall determine the
15maximum amount of a grant that an organization may use to pay for those start-up
16costs and that capacity building.
AB100,477,25 17(4) Confidentiality. (a) Nondisclosure of information; exceptions. No person
18may use or disclose any information concerning an individual who is offered home
19visitation services under sub. (3) (a), including an individual who declines to receive
20those services, or concerning an individual who is provided with a referral under sub.
21(3) (a), including an individual who declines the referral, unless disclosure of the
22information is required or permitted under s. 48.981 (2), the use or disclosure of the
23information is connected to the administration of the program under this section, or
24the individual has given his or her written informed consent to the use or disclosure
25of the information.
AB100,478,5
1(b) Explanation of confidentiality requirements. An organization that receives
2a grant under sub. (2) shall provide or shall designate an individual or entity to
3provide an explanation of the confidentiality requirements under par. (a) to each
4individual who is offered home visitation services under sub. (3) (a) by the
5organization.
AB100,478,15 6(5) Notification of parent prior to making abuse or neglect report. If a
7person who is providing home visitation services under sub. (3) (a) determines that
8he or she is required or permitted to make a report under s. 48.981 (2) about a child
9in a family to which the person is providing those services, the person shall, prior to
10making the report under s. 48.981 (2), make a reasonable effort to notify the child's
11parent that a report under s. 48.981 (2) will be made and to encourage the parent to
12contact a county department under s. 46.22 or 46.23 or, in a county having a
13population of 500,000 or more, the department to request assistance. The
14notification requirements under this subsection do not affect the reporting
15requirements under s. 48.981 (2).
AB100,478,19 16(6) Informational materials. Any informational materials about the home
17visitation services provided under sub. (3) (a) that are distributed to a person who
18is offered or who is receiving those services shall state the sources of funding for the
19services.
AB100, s. 895 20Section 895. 46.52 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,479,7 2146.52 Systems change grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7)
22(md), the department shall distribute funds to each grant recipient under this section
23so as to permit initial phasing in of recovery-oriented system changes, prevention
24and early intervention strategies, and consumer and family involvement for
25individuals with mental illness. At least 10% of the funds distributed shall be for

1children with mental illness. The department shall eliminate the funding for a
2recipient at the end of a period of not more than 3 years in order to provide funding
3to benefit another recipient. The department shall require that community services
4that are developed under this section are continued, following termination of funding
5under this section, by use of savings made available from incorporating recovery,
6prevention and early intervention strategies, and consumer and family involvement
7in the services.
AB100, s. 896 8Section 896. 46.75 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,479,129 46.75 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (5) (dn), the
10department shall award grants to agencies to operate food distribution programs
11that qualify for participation in the emergency food assistance program under P.L.
1298-8, as amended.
AB100, s. 897 13Section 897. 46.77 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,479,18 1446.77 Food distribution administration. From the appropriation under s.
1520.435 (3) (5) (dn), the department shall allocate funds to eligible recipient agencies,
16as defined in the emergency food assistance act, P.L. 98-8, section 201A, as amended,
17for the storage, transportation and distribution of commodities provided under the
18hunger prevention act of 1988, P.L. 100-435, as amended.
AB100, s. 898 19Section 898. 46.95 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,479,2520 46.95 (2) (a) The secretary shall make grants from the appropriations under
21s. 20.435 (3) (cd), and (hh) and (km) to organizations for the provision of any of the
22services specified in sub. (1) (d). Grants may be made to organizations which have
23provided those domestic abuse services in the past or to organizations which propose
24to provide those services in the future. No grant may be made to fund services for
25child or unborn child abuse or abuse of elderly persons.
AB100, s. 899
1Section 899. 46.95 (2) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,480,32 46.95 (2) (f) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (cd), and (hh)
3and (km), the department shall do all of the following:
AB100, s. 900 4Section 900. 46.95 (2) (f) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,480,95 46.95 (2) (f) 7. Award a grant of $25,000 grants in each fiscal year to each of
630
organizations to enhance support services. Funding may be used for such
7purposes as case management; children's programming; assisting victims of
8domestic abuse to find employment; and training in and activities promoting
9self-sufficiency.
AB100, s. 901 10Section 901. 46.95 (2) (f) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,480,1511 46.95 (2) (f) 8. Award $200,000 in grants in each fiscal year to organizations
12for domestic abuse services for individuals who are members of underserved
13populations, including racial minority group members and individuals with mental
14illness or developmental disabilities. A grant to an organization may not exceed
15$60,000.
AB100, s. 902 16Section 902. 46.95 (2) (f) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,480,2017 46.95 (2) (f) 9. Award a grant of $25,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and a grant
18of $50,000
in each fiscal year thereafter to the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic
19Violence for toward the cost of a staff person to provide assistance in obtaining legal
20services to domestic abuse victims.
AB100, s. 903 21Section 903. 46.95 (2) (f) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,480,2522 46.95 (2) (f) 10. Award a grant of $563,500 in each fiscal year to the Refugee
23Family Strengthening Project for providing domestic abuse services to the refugee
24population. Funding may be used to hire bilingual staff persons, especially those
25who speak Hmong.
AB100, s. 904
1Section 904. 46.95 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 905 2Section 905. 46.972 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,481,3 346.972 (title) Services Primary health for homeless individuals.
AB100, s. 906 4Section 906. 46.972 (2) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 907 5Section 907. 46.972 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 46.972.
AB100, s. 908 6Section 908. 46.972 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 560.9811 and amended
7to read:
AB100,481,9 8560.9811 Mental health services. (1) In this subsection section, "chronic
9mental illness" has the meaning given in s. 51.01 (3g).
AB100,481,17 10(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (ce) 20.143 (2) (fr), the
11department may not allocate award more than $45,000 in each fiscal year to applying
12public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing certain mental health
13services to homeless individuals with chronic mental illness. Entities that receive
14funds allocated awarded by the department under this subsection shall provide the
15mental health services required under 42 USC 290cc-24. The amount that the
16department allocates awards to an applying entity may not exceed 50% of the
17amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 290cc-23.
AB100, s. 909 18Section 909. 46.977 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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