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:
AB100,482,319 46.977 (2) (a) Annually, prior to April 30, an organization may apply to From
20the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (cg),
the department for a grant may under this
21section, based on the criteria under par. (c), award grants to applying organizations
22for the purpose of recruiting, training, monitoring and assisting guardians for
23persons determined to be incompetent under ch. 880. By June 30, the department
24shall determine which organizations will receive a grant during the following fiscal
25year based on the criteria under par. (c).
No grant may be awarded paid unless the

1applicant awardee provides matching funds equal to 10% of the amount of the award.
2The department shall make grants under this section from the appropriation under
3s. 20.435 (7) (cg).
AB100, s. 910 4Section 910. 46.977 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,482,65 46.977 (2) (b) (intro.) Organizations awarded grants under this section par. (a)
6shall do all of the following:
AB100, s. 911 7Section 911. 46.977 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 912 8Section 912. 46.977 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,482,109 46.977 (2) (b) 2. Provide training for recruited guardians and technical
10assistance
on their duties guardianship issues.
AB100, s. 913 11Section 913. 46.977 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 914 12Section 914. 46.977 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,482,1413 46.977 (2) (b) 4. Provide technical assistance to recruited guardians in
14performing their duties.
AB100, s. 915 15Section 915. 46.977 (2) (c) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated,
16renumbered 46.977 (2) (c) and amended to read:
AB100,482,2017 46.977 (2) (c) In reviewing applications for grants, the department shall
18consider all of the following: The the extent to which the proposed program will
19effectively recruit, train, monitor and assist guardians for persons determined to be
20incompetent under ch. 880.
AB100, s. 916 21Section 916. 46.977 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 917 22Section 917. 46.985 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,483,623 46.985 (2) (a) 4. Procedures for coordinating the family support program and
24the use of its funds, throughout this state and in each service area, with other
25publicly funded programs including the community options program under s. 46.27;

1the community integration program Community Integration Program under ss.
246.275, 46.277, and 46.278; the Community Opportunity and Recovery Program
3under s. 46.2785;
the social services, mental health, and developmental disabilities
4programs under ss. 46.495, 51.42, and 51.437; the independent living center program
5under s. 46.96; and the medical assistance Medical Assistance program under subch.
6IV of ch. 49.
AB100, s. 918 7Section 918. 46.99 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,483,148 46.99 (2) (a) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), (km) and
9(nL), the department shall distribute $2,125,200 in each fiscal year to applying
10nonprofit corporations and public agencies operating in a county having a population
11of 500,000 or more and $1,199,300 in each fiscal year to applying county departments
12under s. 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 operating in counties other than a county
13having a population of 500,000 or more to provide programs to accomplish all of the
14following:
AB100, s. 919 15Section 919. 46.995 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,483,2016 46.995 (1m) Tribal adolescent services allocations allocation. From the
17appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (km), the department may allocate
18$195,000 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under
s. 20.435 (3)
19(eg), the department may allocate $15,000 $210,000 in each fiscal year to provide the
20grants specified in subs. (2), (3) (b), and (4m) (b).
AB100, s. 920 21Section 920. 46.995 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,484,522 46.995 (2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. From the allocations
23allocation under sub. (1m), the department may provide a grant annually in the
24amount of $85,000 to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American
25Indian tribe or band to provide services for adolescent parents which shall emphasize

1high school graduation and vocational preparation, training , and experience and
2may be structured so as to strengthen the adolescent parent's capacity to fulfill
3parental responsibilities by developing social skills and increasing parenting skills.
4The tribe or band seeking to receive a grant to provide these services shall develop
5a proposed service plan that is approved by the department.
AB100, s. 921 6Section 921. 46.995 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,484,137 46.995 (3) (b) From the allocations allocation under sub. (1m), the department
8may provide a grant annually in the amount of $65,000 to the elected governing body
9of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide to high-risk
10adolescents pregnancy and parenthood prevention services which shall be
11structured so as to increase development of decision-making and communications
12skills, promote graduation from high school, and expand career and other options
13and which may address needs of adolescents with respect to pregnancy prevention.
AB100, s. 922 14Section 922. 46.995 (4m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,484,2115 46.995 (4m) (b) (intro.) From the allocations allocation under sub. (1m), the
16department may provide a grant annually in the amount of $60,000 to the elected
17governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band for the
18provision of information to members of the tribe or band in order to increase
19community knowledge about problems of adolescents and information to and
20activities for adolescents, particularly female adolescents, in order to enable the
21adolescents to develop skills with respect to all of the following:
AB100, s. 923 22Section 923. 48.09 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,485,323 48.09 (5) By the district attorney or, if designated by the county board of
24supervisors, by the corporation counsel, in any matter arising under s. 48.13, 48.133
25or 48.977. If the county board transfers this authority to or from the district attorney

1on or after May 11, 1990, the board may do so only if the action is effective on
2September 1 of an odd-numbered year and the board notifies the department of
3administration justice of that change by January 1 of that odd-numbered year.
AB100, s. 924 4Section 924. 48.33 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,485,105 48.33 (4) Other out-of-home placements. (intro.) A report recommending
6placement of an adult expectant mother outside of her home shall be in writing. A
7report recommending placement of a child in a foster home, treatment foster home,
8group home, or residential care center for children and youth or, in the home of a
9relative other than a parent, or in the home of a guardian under s. 48.977 (2) shall
10be in writing and shall include all of the following:
AB100, s. 925 11Section 925. 48.345 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,485,1412 48.345 (3) (c) A foster home or treatment foster home licensed under s. 48.62
13or, a group home licensed under s. 48.625 , or in the home of a guardian under s.
1448.977 (2)
.
AB100, s. 926 15Section 926. 48.356 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,485,2516 48.356 (1) Whenever the court orders a child to be placed outside his or her
17home, orders an expectant mother of an unborn child to be placed outside of her
18home, or denies a parent visitation because the child or unborn child has been
19adjudged to be in need of protection or services under s. 48.345, 48.347, 48.357,
2048.363, or 48.365 or whenever the court appoints a guardian for a child under s.
2148.977 (2)
, the court shall orally inform the parent or parents who appear in court
22or the expectant mother who appears in court of any grounds for termination of
23parental rights under s. 48.415 which that may be applicable and of the conditions
24necessary for the child or expectant mother to be returned to the home or for the
25parent to be granted visitation.
AB100, s. 927
1Section 927. 48.425 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,486,92 48.425 (1) (g) If an agency designated under s. 48.427 (3m) (a) 1. to 4.
3determines that it is unlikely that the child will be adopted, or if adoption would not
4be in the best interests of the child, the report shall include a plan for placing the child
5in a permanent family setting. The plan shall include a recommendation as to the
6agency to be named guardian of the child or, a recommendation that the person
7appointed as the guardian of the child under s. 48.977 (2) continue to be the guardian
8of the child, or a recommendation that a guardian be appointed for the child under
9s. 48.977 (2)
.
AB100, s. 928 10Section 928. 48.427 (3m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,486,1311 48.427 (3m) (intro.) If the rights of both parents or of the only living parent are
12terminated under sub. (3) and if a guardian has not been appointed under s. 48.977,
13the court shall either do one of the following:
AB100, s. 929 14Section 929. 48.427 (3m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,486,1615 48.427 (3m) (c) Appoint a guardian under s. 48.977 and transfer guardianship
16and custody of the child to the guardian.
AB100, s. 930 17Section 930. 48.427 (3p) of the statutes is amended to read:
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