SECTION 9122. Nonstatutory provisions; Higher Educational Aids Board.
(1) WISCONSIN COVENANT SCHOLARS PROGRAM.
(a) Rules. The higher educational aids board shall submit in proposed form the rules required under section 39.437 (5) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 18th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.
(b) Emergency rules. Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the higher educational aids board may promulgate the rules required under section 39.437 (5) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules submitted under paragraph (a), but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the higher educational aids board is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this paragraph as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this paragraph.
SECTION 9322. Initial applicability; Higher Educational Aids Board.
(1) WISCONSIN COVENANT SCHOLARS PROGRAM. The treatment of sections 20.235 (1) (fm) and 39.437 of the statutes first applies to students who enroll in a public or private, nonprofit, accredited, institution of higher education or in a tribally controlled college in this state in the 2011-12 academic year.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz, BB0016 - Allow department to require all sex offender registrants to pay an annual fee
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, DOC may require a person who must register as a sex offender and who is in DOC custody or on probation, parole, or extended supervision to pay an annual fee. This bill permits DOC to require any person who must register as a sex offender to pay the annual fee.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.410 (1) (gd) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.410 (1) (gd) Sex offender management. The amounts in the schedule for the supervision of persons who are on probation, parole, or extended supervision or who are required to register as sex offenders under s. 301.45. All moneys received from sex offenders under s. 301.45 (10) shall be credited to this appropriation account.
SECTION 2. 301.45 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.45 (10) The department may require a person who must register as a sex offender and who is in its custody or on probation, parole, or extended supervision to pay an annual fee to partially offset its costs in monitoring persons who are on probation, parole, or extended supervision or who must register as sex offenders. The department shall establish any such fee by rule, but the fee may not exceed $50.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Jablonsky, BB0021 - Mandated reports; eliminate
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Public assistance
Currently, DHFS must annually report to the legislature concerning compliance by pharmacies and pharmacists that are certified providers of Medical Assistance (MA) with requirements of the Senior Care Program, which provides prescription drug assistance for elderly persons. This bill eliminates this reporting requirement.
Medical Assistance
Currently, DHFS administers several programs under waivers of federal Medicaid laws under which MA recipients who reside in certain institutions or who meet certain levels of care requirements are relocated into their communities and provided home and community-based services and long-term care support services. DHFS must annually report to JCF and the legislature concerning the previous year's impact on state employees of the community integration program for residents of state centers for the developmentally disabled (known as "CIP 1A"). This bill eliminates this reporting requirement.
Currently, DHFS must annually report to the legislature concerning enrollment in and costs of the Badger Care Program. This bill eliminates this reporting requirement.
Children
Currently, DHFS must report annually to JCF on the number of children placed for adoption by DHFS during the previous year and the costs to the state for services relating to the adoptions. This bill eliminates this reporting requirement.
Health
Currently, the Council on Birth Defect Prevention and Surveillance must biennially report to the legislature on the registry of infants or children with birth defects in this state. DHFS must make all of the following reports:
1. To the Board on Aging and Long-Term Care quarterly, on complaints, investigations, enforcement actions, and other matters concerning nursing homes and other facilities, and annually, on implementation of rules for admission, evaluation, and care procedures for short-term care nursing home residents.
2. To the legislature annually on violations by and forfeiture assessments to nursing homes under conditions of substantial probability of death or serious mental or physical harm to nursing home residents.
3. To the legislature annually on rehabilitation and licensure as caregivers or entity operators of persons who have been found to have abused or neglected children or facility clients or to have been convicted of certain serious crimes.
4. To the legislature biennially on the state emergency medical services plan.
5. To the legislature annually on the success of the statewide immunization program to eliminate certain diseases and protect against tetanus.
6. To the legislature annually on the percentage of deliveries in this state that are performed in hospitals with newborn hearing screening programs.
7. To the governor and the legislature annually on grants awarded under the Statewide Tobacco Use Control Program, including donations and grants accepted by DHFS.
This bill eliminates these reporting requirements.
Mental illness, alcoholism, and developmental disabilities
Currently, DHFS must annually report to the legislature on progress toward full implementation of the program of early intervention services for children and families (known as the "Birth to Three Program"). DHFS also must annually report to the governor or the state health planning and development agency on the DHFS activities relating to treatment of alcoholism. This bill eliminates these reporting requirements.
Other health and human services
Under current law, the Council on Physical Disabilities must advise the secretary of health and family services and make recommendations to various state officers on physically disabled persons and must biennially report to the legislature concerning time limitations imposed by city ordinances on parking spaces reserved for physically disabled persons. This bill eliminates these requirements.
Currently, DHFS must annually report to the governor, the superintendent of public instruction, and the legislature on a plan that documents hunger in this state and recommends strategies to address this issue. This bill eliminates this reporting requirement.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 46.03 (18) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.03 (18) (a) Except as provided in s. 46.10 (14) (b) and (c), the department of health and family services shall establish a uniform system of fees for services provided or purchased by the department of health and family services, or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42 or 51.437, except for services provided under subch. III of ch. 49; services relating to adoption; services provided to courts; outreach, information and referral services; or where, as determined by the department of health and family services, a fee is administratively unfeasible or would significantly prevent accomplishing the purpose of the service. A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42 or 51.437 shall apply the fees which it collects under this program to cover the cost of such services. The department of health and family services shall report to the joint committee on finance no later than March 1 of each year on the number of children placed for adoption by the department of health and family services during the previous year and the costs to the state for services relating to such adoptions.
SECTION 2. 46.275 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 3. 46.29 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 4. 46.29 (1) (fm) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 5. 46.76 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 6. 46.76 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 7. 49.665 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 8. 49.688 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.688 (8) The department shall, under methods promulgated by the department by rule, monitor compliance by pharmacies and pharmacists that are certified providers of medical assistance with the requirements of sub. (5) and shall annually report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) concerning the compliance. The report shall include information on any pharmacies or pharmacists that discontinue participation as certified providers of medical assistance and the reasons given for the discontinuance.
SECTION 9. 50.02 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 10. 50.04 (5) (fr) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 11. 50.065 (5d) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
50.065 (5d) (a) 4. The manner in which the tribe will submit information relating to a rehabilitation review to the department so that the department may include that information in its report to the legislature required under sub. (5g).
SECTION 12. 50.065 (5g) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 13. 51.44 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 14. 51.45 (4) (p) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 15. 146.53 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 16. 252.04 (11) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 17. 253.115 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 18. 253.12 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 19. 255.15 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 20. 255.15 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
255.15 (5) FUNDS. The department may accept for any of the purposes under this section any donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services from any person. The department shall include in the report under sub. (4) any donation or grant accepted by the department under this subsection, including the nature, amount and conditions, if any, of the donation or grant and the identity of the donor.
SECTION 21. 346.50 (3m) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
346.50 (3m) (b) 5. The ordinance shall require the city to submit a report by December 31 of each odd-numbered year to the council on physical disabilities under s. 46.29 (1) (fm) on implementation and administration of the ordinance, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of time limitations imposed by the ordinance. With respect to spaces reserved by the city for use by a motor vehicle used by a physically disabled person upon any portion of a street, highway or parking facility, the report shall include the total number of spaces; the total number of spaces in a parking facility and the number of those spaces that are subject to a time limitation, and the duration of any such limitation; and the total number of spaces upon a street or highway and the number of those spaces that are subject to a time limitation, and the duration of any such limitation.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Jablonsky, BB0023 - Audit limit
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Other health and human services
Under current law, each provider of care or services exceeding $25,000 purchased by DHFS or by a county department of social services, human services, developmental disabilities services, or community programs, except a family-operated group home, must provide the purchaser with a certified financial and compliance audit report annually, or if required by federal law, biennially. DHFS may waive this requirement.
This bill changes the audit report requirement so that it applies to care and services that exceed $100,000, or any higher threshold amount determined by DHFS.
