46.46 (1) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (8) (mb), the department shall support costs that are exclusively related to the ongoing and recurring operational costs of augmenting the amount of moneys received under 42 USC 670 to 679a, 42 USC 1395 to 1395ddd, and 42 USC 1396 to 1396v and to any other purpose provided for by the legislature by law or in budget determinations and shall distribute moneys to counties as provided in sub. (1g). In addition, the department may expend moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (8) (mb) as provided in subs. (1m) and sub. (2).
SECTION 297. 46.46 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 48.567 (1m) and amended to read:
48.567 (1m) In addition to expending moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (8) (mb) 20.437 (3) (mp) for the augmentation activities specified in sub. (1), the department may expend moneys received under 42 USC 1396 to 1396v in reimbursement of the cost of providing targeted case management services to children whose care is not eligible for reimbursement under 42 USC 670 to 679a and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (8) (mb) 20.437 (3) (mp) to support the counties' share of implementing the statewide automated child welfare information system under s. 46.22 (1) (c) 8. f. and to provide services to children and families under s. 48.48 (17).
SECTION 298. 46.46 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.46 (2) If the department proposes to use any moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (8) (mb) for any purpose other than the purposes specified in subs. (1), (1g), and (1m) and (1g), the department shall submit a plan for the proposed use of those moneys to the secretary of administration by September 1 of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which those moneys were received. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit the plan to the joint committee on finance by October 1 of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which those moneys were received. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration within 14 working days after the date of submittal of the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan. If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan only with the approval of the committee.
SECTION 299. 46.481 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.481 (intro.) and amended to read:
48.481 Grants for children's community programs. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) 20.437 (1) (bc), the department shall distribute the following grants for children's community programs:
SECTION 300. 46.481 (1) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 48.481 (1) (title).
SECTION 301. 46.481 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 48.481 (1) (a) and amended to read:
48.481 (1) (a) The department shall distribute $497,200 in each fiscal year to counties for the purpose of supplementing payments for the care of an individual who attains age 18 after 1986 and who resided in a foster home, as defined in s. 48.02 (6), or a treatment foster home, as defined in s. 48.02 (17q), for at least 2 years immediately prior to attaining age 18 and, for at least 2 years, received exceptional foster care or treatment foster care payments in order to avoid institutionalization, as provided under rules promulgated by the department, so that the individual may live in a family home or other noninstitutional situation after attaining age 18. No county may use funds provided under this paragraph to replace funds previously used by the county for this purpose.
SECTION 302. 46.481 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 48.481 (1) (b).
SECTION 303. 46.481 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 48.481 (3).
SECTION 304. 46.49 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.49 (title) Allocation of federal funds for community aids and child welfare.
SECTION 305. 46.49 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.49 (1) Subject to s. 46.40 (1) (b) and (c), if If the department receives unanticipated federal community mental health services block grant funds under 42 USC 300x to 300x-9, or federal prevention and treatment of substance abuse block grant funds under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35, or foster care and adoption assistance payments under 42 USC 670 to 679a and it if the department proposes to allocate the unanticipated funds so that an allocation limit in s. 46.40 is exceeded, the department shall submit a plan for the proposed allocation to the secretary of administration. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit it to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding any allocation limits under s. 46.40. If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding s. 46.40, only with the approval of the committee.
SECTION 306. 46.495 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.495 (1) (d) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o), the department shall distribute the funding for social services, including funding for foster care, 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.
SECTION 307. 46.51 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 48.986 (title).
SECTION 308. 46.51 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 48.986 (1) and amended to read:
48.986 (1) From the amounts distributed under s. 46.40 48.563 (1) for services for children and families, the department shall distribute funds to eligible counties for services related to child abuse and neglect and to unborn child abuse, including child abuse and neglect and unborn child abuse prevention, investigation, and treatment.
SECTION 309. 46.51 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 48.986 (3).
SECTION 310. 46.51 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 48.986 (4).
SECTION 311. 46.51 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 48.986 (5).
SECTION 312. 46.515 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (title).
SECTION 313. 46.515 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (intro.).
SECTION 314. 46.515 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 315. 46.515 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) (intro.).
SECTION 316. 46.515 (1) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) 1. (intro.).
SECTION 317. 46.515 (1) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) 1. a.
SECTION 318. 46.515 (1) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) 1. b.
SECTION 319. 46.515 (1) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) 1. c. and amended to read:
48.983 (1) (b) 1. c. A family that includes a person who has contacted a county department, as defined in s. 48.02 (2g), or an Indian tribe that has been awarded a grant under this section or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more that has been awarded a grant under this section, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department requesting assistance to prevent abuse or neglect of a child in the person's family and with respect to which an individual responding to the request has determined that all of the conditions in subd. 2. exist.
SECTION 320. 46.515 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) 2.
SECTION 321. 46.515 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 322. 46.515 (1) (cm) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (cm).
SECTION 323. 46.515 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (d).
SECTION 324. 46.515 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (e).
SECTION 325. 46.515 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (f).
SECTION 326. 46.515 (1) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (g).
SECTION 327. 46.515 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (h).
SECTION 328. 46.515 (1) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (i).
SECTION 329. 46.515 (1) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (j).
SECTION 330. 46.515 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (2) and amended to read:
48.983 (2) FUNDS PROVIDED. If a county or Indian tribe applies and is selected by the department under sub. (5) to participate in the program under this section, the department shall award, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) 20.437 (2) (ab), a grant annually to be used only for the purposes specified in sub. (4) (a) and (am). The minimum amount of a grant is $10,000. The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county, other than a county with a population of 500,000 or more, or Indian tribe in excess of the minimum amount based on the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county or the reservation of that Indian tribe in proportion to the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this section. The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county with a population of 500,000 or more in excess of the minimum amount based on 60% of the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county in proportion to the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this section.
SECTION 331. 46.515 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (3).
SECTION 332. 46.515 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (4).
SECTION 333. 46.515 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (5) and amended to read:
48.983 (5) SELECTION OF COUNTIES AND INDIAN TRIBES. The department shall provide competitive application procedures for selecting counties and Indian tribes for participation in the program under this section. The department shall establish a method for ranking applicants for selection based on the quality of their applications. In ranking the applications submitted by counties, the department shall give favorable consideration to a county that has indicated under sub. (6) (d) 2. that it is willing to use a portion of any moneys distributed to the county under s. 46.45 48.565 (2) (a) to provide case management services to a medical assistance beneficiary under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who is a case or who is a member of a family that is a case and that has explained under sub. (6) (d) 2. how the county plans to use that portion of those moneys to promote the provision of those services for the case by using a wraparound process so as to provide those services in a flexible, comprehensive and individualized manner in order to reduce the necessity for court-ordered services. The department shall also provide application requirements and procedures for the renewal of a grant awarded under this section. The application procedures and the renewal application requirements and procedures shall be clear and understandable to the applicants. The department need not promulgate as rules under ch. 227 the application procedures, the renewal application requirements or procedures or the method for ranking applicants established under this subsection.
SECTION 334. 46.515 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6) (intro.).
SECTION 335. 46.515 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6) (a).
SECTION 336. 46.515 (6) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6) (b).
SECTION 337. 46.515 (6) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6) (c).
SECTION 338. 46.515 (6) (d) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6) (d) (title).
SECTION 339. 46.515 (6) (d) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6) (d) 1.
SECTION 340. 46.515 (6) (d) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6) (d) 2. and amended to read:
48.983 (6) (d) 2. The applicant indicates in the grant application whether the applicant is willing to use a portion of any moneys distributed to the applicant under s. 46.45 48.565 (2) (a) to provide case management services to a medical assistance beneficiary under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who is a case or who is a member of a family that is a case. If the applicant is so willing, the applicant shall explain how the applicant plans to use that portion of those moneys to promote the provision of those services for the case by using a wraparound process so as to provide those services in a flexible, comprehensive and individualized manner in order to reduce the necessity for court-ordered services.
SECTION 341. 46.515 (6) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6) (e).
SECTION 342. 46.515 (6g) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6g).
SECTION 343. 46.515 (6m) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6m) and amended to read:
48.983 (6m) NOTIFICATION OF PARENT PRIOR TO MAKING ABUSE OR NEGLECT REPORT. If a person who is providing services under a home visitation program under sub. (4) (b) 1. determines that he or she is required or permitted to make a report under s. 48.981 (2) about a child in a family to which the person is providing those services, the person shall, prior to making the report under s. 48.981 (2), make a reasonable effort to notify the child's parent that a report under s. 48.981 (2) will be made and to encourage the parent to contact a county department under s. 46.22 or 46.23 to request assistance. The notification requirements under this subsection do not affect the reporting requirements under s. 48.981 (2).
SECTION 344. 46.515 (6r) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (6r).
SECTION 345. 46.515 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (7).
SECTION 346. 46.515 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (8).
SECTION 347. 46.75 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.171 (title).
SECTION 348. 46.75 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.171 (1).
SECTION 349. 46.75 (2) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.171 (2) (title).
SECTION 350. 46.75 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.171 (2) (a) and amended to read:
49.171 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) 20.437 (2) (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.
SECTION 351. 46.75 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.171 (2) (b).
SECTION 352. 46.75 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 49.171 (3).
SECTION 353. 46.76 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.172 (intro.).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 46.76 (intro.). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0242 and -1261.
SECTION 354. 46.76 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.172 (1).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 46.76 (1). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0242 and -1261.
SECTION 355. 46.76 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.172 (2).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 46.76 (2). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0242 and -1261.
SECTION 356. 46.766 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 357. 46.77 of the statutes is renumbered 49.1715 and amended to read:
49.1715 Food distribution administration. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) 20.437 (2) (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.
SECTION 358. 46.95 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.165 (title).
SECTION 359. 46.95 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.165 (1).
SECTION 360. 46.95 (2) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.165 (2) (title).
SECTION 361. 46.95 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.165 (2) (a) and amended to read:
49.165 (2) (a) The secretary shall make grants from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (3) 20.437 (1) (cd) and (hh) and in each fiscal year $950,000 from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) 20.437 (1) (ky) 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.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 46.95 (2) (a). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -1261 and -1508.
SECTION 362. 46.95 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.165 (2) (b).
SECTION 363. 46.95 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.165 (2) (c).
SECTION 364. 46.95 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 49.165 (2) (d).
SECTION 365. 46.95 (2) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 49.165 (2) (e).
SECTION 366. 46.95 (2) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.165 (2) (f) (intro.) and amended to read:
49.165 (2) (f) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) 20.437 (1) (cd) and (hh), the department shall do all of the following:
SECTION 367. 46.95 (2) (f) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.165 (2) (f) 1.
