49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs. For state administration of public assistance programs, $16,060,000 $17,577,500 in each fiscal year 2007-08 and $17,807,000 in fiscal year 2008-09.
SECTION 7. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138, $4,500,000 $8,900,000 in each fiscal year 2007-08 and $9,400,000 in fiscal year 2008-09.
SECTION 8. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155, $310,332,100 $314,888,400 in fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08 and $313,432,100 $315,821,900 in fiscal year 2006-07 2008-09.
SECTION 9. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (q) Indirect child care services. For indirect child care services under s. 49.155 (1g), $9,926,700 $7,081,900 in fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08 and $9,929,000 $6,480,200 in fiscal year 2006-07 2008-09.
SECTION 10. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g) (d), $3,378,500 $4,578,500 in each fiscal year.
SECTION 11. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 12. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (s) Grants to Educare Center of Milwaukee. For grants to the Educare Center of Milwaukee, $750,000 in each fiscal year.
SECTION 13. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $300,000 $350,000 in each fiscal year.
SECTION 14. 49.175 (1) (ze) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (ze) 1. 'Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance.' For the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs under s. 48.57 (3m), (3n), and (3p), $23,034,200 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $22,686,300 $23,655,000 in each fiscal year 2006-07.
SECTION 15. 49.175 (1) (ze) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (ze) 2. 'Children of recipients of supplemental security income.' For payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of supplemental security income, $30,444,000 $30,272,400 in fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08 and $30,394,000 $30,272,400 in fiscal year 2006-07 2008-09.
SECTION 16. 49.175 (1) (ze) 10m. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (ze) 10m. 'Safety and out-of-home placement services.' For services provided in counties having a population of 500,000 or more to ensure the safety of children who the department of health and family services determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, $5,707,200 and for ongoing services provided in those counties to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $5,631,300 in each fiscal year.
SECTION 17. 49.175 (1) (ze) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (ze) 12. 'Milwaukee and statewide child welfare administration.' For the costs associated with the Milwaukee child welfare information system and the Wisconsin statewide automated child welfare information system, $1,310,800 $1,510,500 in fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08 and $1,317,700 $1,532,100 in fiscal year 2006-07 2008-09.
SECTION 18. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $55,232,000 $30,616,700 in each fiscal year 2007-08 and $25,004,300 in fiscal year 2008-09.
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LRB-0268LRB-0268/2
PJK:jld:rs
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Pink, BB0009 - Medicaid requirement to enroll in Medicare Part B
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: enrolling in Medicare Part B if eligible as a condition of eligibility for medical assistance.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Health and human services
Medical Assistance
Under current law, DHFS administers the Medical Assistance (MA) program, under which eligible individuals, generally low-income or disabled, receive health care benefits. Some individuals who are eligible for MA are also eligible for Medicare, which is a federal health insurance program for individuals who are, generally, 65 years of age or older or disabled. Medicare Part A covers hospital and related services, and coverage is automatic. Medicare Part B covers outpatient, nursing, and physician services and various other health care services, such as diagnostic tests. Enrollment in Medicare Part B is voluntary, and an enrollee must pay a premium. Current law does not require an individual who is eligible for both MA and Medicare to enroll in Medicare Part B, and DHFS reimburses providers under MA for services that would be covered under Medicare Part B if the individual were enrolled in Medicare Part B.
This bill provides that DHFS may require an individual who is eligible for Medicare and for MA services under a number of eligibility categories to enroll in Medicare Part B as a condition of receiving those MA services. The bill also provides that, if DHFS requires an individual to enroll in Medicare Part B, DHFS must pay the monthly premiums for the coverage under Medicare Part B. Because MA does not pay for benefits to which an individual is entitled under another benefit program, MA would no longer pay for any benefits that are covered under Medicare Part B after the individual enrolls in Medicare Part B.
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. 49.45 (18m) of the statutes is created to read:
49.45 (18m) MEDICARE PART B ENROLLMENT AND PREMIUM PAYMENT. (a) The department may require an individual who is eligible for Medicare Part B under 42 USC 1395j to 1395L and who also is eligible for any of the following medical assistance services under any of the following to enroll in Medicare Part B as a condition of receiving those medical assistance services:
1. Medical assistance services under s. 49.46, 49.47, or 49.472.
2. Health care coverage under the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665.
3. Services under s. 46.27 (11), 46.275, 46.277, 46.278, or 46.2785.
4. Medical assistance services provided as part of a family care benefit, as defined in s. 46.2805 (4).
5. Services provided under a waiver requested under 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9123 (16rs), or 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9124 (8c).
6. Services provided under the program of all-inclusive care for persons aged 55 or older authorized under 42 USC 1396u-4.
7. Services provided under the demonstration program under a federal waiver authorized under 42 USC 1315.
(b) If the department requires an individual specified in par. (a) to enroll in Medicare Part B, the department shall pay the monthly premiums for the coverage under Medicare Part B.
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LRB-0293LRB-0293/2
PJH:wlj:jf
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Jablonsky, BB0018 - Conditional release
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Correctional system
Adult correctional system
Under current law, a person found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease or defect may be institutionalized or may receive supervision in the community under the conditional release program. If a participant in the conditional release program violates a condition of his or her release, or is otherwise deemed unsafe for community living, DHFS may require the person to be detained pending a petition by DHFS to revoke the person's conditional release. Current law requires DHFS to file the petition within 48 hours of the person's detention.
This bill extends the time for DHFS to file a petition for revocation of a person's conditional release from 48 to 72 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 971.17 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
971.17 (3) (e) An order for conditional release places the person in the custody and control of the department of health and family services. A conditionally released person is subject to the conditions set by the court and to the rules of the department of health and family services. Before a person is conditionally released by the court under this subsection, the court shall so notify the municipal police department and county sheriff for the area where the person will be residing. The notification requirement under this paragraph does not apply if a municipal department or county sheriff submits to the court a written statement waiving the right to be notified. If the department of health and family services alleges that a released person has violated any condition or rule, or that the safety of the person or others requires that conditional release be revoked, he or she may be taken into custody under the rules of the department. The department of health and family services shall submit a statement showing probable cause of the detention and a petition to revoke the order for conditional release to the committing court and the regional office of the state public defender responsible for handling cases in the county where the committing court is located within 48 72 hours after the detention, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. The court shall hear the petition within 30 days, unless the hearing or time deadline is waived by the detained person. Pending the revocation hearing, the department of health and family services may detain the person in a jail or in a hospital, center or facility specified by s. 51.15 (2). The state has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that any rule or condition of release has been violated, or that the safety of the person or others requires that conditional release be revoked. If the court determines after hearing that any rule or condition of release has been violated, or that the safety of the person or others requires that conditional release be revoked, it may revoke the order for conditional release and order that the released person be placed in an appropriate institution under s. 51.37 (3) until the expiration of the commitment or until again conditionally released under this section.
SECTION 9309. Initial applicability; Corrections.
(1) REVOCATION OF CONDITIONAL RELEASE. The treatment of section 971.17 (3) (e) of the statutes first applies to persons who are detained on the effective date of this subsection.
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LRB-0304LRB-0304/3
CTS:wlj&kjf:nwn
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Griffin, BB0032 - Streamlining the Wisconsin Development Fund
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
commerce and economic development
Economic development
This bill changes the way the Department of Commerce (department) awards grants and loans from the Wisconsin development fund (WDF). Generally, the department is authorized under current law to make grants and loans from the WDF to businesses and local governments for promoting economic development and creating and retaining jobs.
Under current law, the department may make any of the following from the WDF: 1) a grant to a person for capitalizing a revolving loan fund whose purpose is to promote local or regional economic development; 2) a "rapid response" loan to a person for the purchase of equipment or the purchase, renovation, or construction of a building; 3) a grant to a business group to investigate the reorganization or new incorporation of an existing business as an employee-owned business; 4) a grant to a small business for preparing a proposal for a federal program ("small business" is defined as a business operating for profit with 250 or fewer employees); 5) a grant to fund the preliminary stages of the expansion or start-up of a business that is or will be located in an urban area in this state; 6) grants to the Wisconsin Procurement Institute to further the Institute's efforts to secure federal government contracts and create jobs in the state; 7) a grant or loan to a person or small business for expenses related to the commercialization of a technologically innovative product, process, or service.
Current law also authorizes the department, at the request of the Development Finance Board (board), to make grants and loans from the WDF under the technology development, customized labor training, major economic development, and technology and pollution control and abatement programs. Under the technology development program, the board may award a grant or loan to a business or consortium for technical research intended to result in the development of, the initial commercialization of, or the improvement of an industrial product or process. Under the customized labor training program, the board may award a grant or loan to a business for labor training. Under the major economic development program, the board may award a grant or loan to a major economic development project that is not eligible for technology development or customized labor training grants or loans. "Major economic development project" is defined as a project that is necessary to retain or create a significant number of jobs in a political subdivision, will lead to significant capital investment in the state, or will make a significant contribution to the state's economy. Under the technology and pollution control and abatement program, the board may award a grant or loan to a new or expanding business, a municipality or other public entity, or a nonprofit organization for research into, and development of, products and processes involving certain types of pollution or waste and the marketing of such products and processes.
Under current law, there are specific conditions and limitations that apply to the department's authority to make a grant or loan under the technology development, customized labor training, major economic development, and technology and pollution control and abatement programs. These programs are also subject to a set of conditions and limitations that apply to all four. These conditions and limitations permit the board to award a grant or loan only if it has made certain determinations and considered certain factors. The board must determine that the project serves a public purpose, that the project is not likely to occur without a WDF grant or loan, and that the recipient will contribute at least 25 percent of the cost of the project from funds not provided by the state. The board must consider, among other factors, the extent to which the project will retain or increase employment in this state, the extent to which the project will contribute to the economic growth of this state, the financial soundness of the business, and whether the project will be located in a targeted area. Currently, the board decides whether a project will be located in a targeted area based on a number of considerations including an area's employment rate and median household income.
This bill eliminates the technology development, customized labor training, major economic development, and technology and pollution control and abatement programs, as well as the programs for revolving loan fund capitalization, rapid response loans, employee ownership assistance, urban area early planning, and the Wisconsin Procurement Institute. The bill authorizes the department, at the request of the board, to make a grant or loan of WDF funds to an eligible recipient for eligible activities. The bill defines "eligible recipient" as a governing body or person who is eligible to receive a grant or loan. Under the bill, "eligible activities" means any of the following: capital financing; worker training; entrepreneurial development; providing assistance to technology-based businesses or to businesses at a foreign trade show or event; promoting urban or regional economic development; establishing revolving loan funds; providing working capital; and promoting employee ownership through conducting studies to investigate the reorganization of existing businesses as employee-owned businesses and implementing such studies.
Under the bill, the board is required to consider a number of factors in deciding whether to award a WDF grant or loan, including whether the project serves a public purpose and whether the project might not occur without a WDF grant or loan. Under the bill, the board is not required to make any factual determinations in order to award a grant or loan. The bill eliminates certain factors from the board's consideration of whether a project will be located in a targeted area. The bill also eliminates priority requirements that currently apply to the technology development, customized labor training, and major economic development programs; the board is no longer required to: 1) give priority to grants or loans to recipients who use techniques that reduce or eliminate the use of ozone-depleting substances; 2) give more favorable terms on grants and loans awarded to projects that will be located in targeted areas; 3) give priority to grants or loans to recipients who will give hiring priority to recipients of aid to families with dependent children; or 4) give priority to grants and loans for projects related to brownfields redevelopment.
The bill requires the department to establish procedures and conditions for WDF grants and loans, including a matching requirement of at least 25 percent. The bill also changes the definition of "small business," for purposes of WDF grants for preparing the federal program proposals, to mean a business with fewer than 100 employees.
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. 20.143 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.143 (1) (c) Wisconsin development fund; grants, loans, reimbursements, and assistance. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants under ss. 560.145, 560.16, 560.175, and 560.26 ss. 560.24, subject to s. 560.24 (3), and 560.251; for grants and loans under ss. s. 560.275 (2), 560.62, 560.63, and 560.66; for loans under s. 560.147 and subch. V of ch. 560; for reimbursements under s. 560.167; for providing assistance under s. 560.06; for the costs specified in s. 560.607; for the loan under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9110 (4); for the grants under 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9116 (7gg), 1995 Wisconsin Act 119, section 2 (1), 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9110 (6g), 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9110 (5), and 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9109 (1d) and (2q); and for providing up to $100,000 annually for the continued development of a manufacturing and advanced technology training center in Racine. Of the amounts in the schedule, $50,000 shall be allocated in each of fiscal years 1997-98 and 1998-99 for providing the assistance under s. 560.06 (1). Notwithstanding s. 560.607, of the amounts in the schedule, $125,000 shall be allocated in each of 4 consecutive fiscal years, beginning with fiscal year 1998-99, for grants and loans under s. 560.62 (1) (a).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 20.143 (1) (c). This section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: -0304 and -1307
SECTION 2. 20.143 (1) (ie) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.143 (1) (ie) Wisconsin development fund, repayments. All moneys received in repayment of grants or loans under s. 560.085 (4) (b), 1985 stats., s. ss. 560.126 and 560.147, 2005 stats., s. 560.16, 1995 stats., s. 560.165, 1993 stats., s. ss. 560.251 and 560.275 (2), 2005 stats., s. 560.62, 2005 stats., s. 560.63, 2005 stats., s. 560.66, 2005 stats., subch. V of ch. 560 except s. 560.65,, and 1989 Wisconsin Act 336, section 3015 (1m), 1989 Wisconsin Act 336, section 3015 (2m), 1989 Wisconsin Act 336, section 3015 (3gx), 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9110 (7f), 1997 Wisconsin Act 310, section 2 (2d), and 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9110 (4), to be used for grants and loans under s. ss. 560.126 and 560.275 (2) and subch. V of ch. 560 except s. 560.65, for loans under s. 560.147, for grants under ss. 560.16 and 560.175 s. 560.251, for assistance under s. 560.06 (2), for the loan under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9110 (4), for the grant under 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9110 (7g), for the grants under 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9109 (1d) and (2q), and for reimbursements under s. 560.167.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 20.143 (1) (ie). This section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: -0304, -1307, and -1440.
SECTION 3. 84.185 (1) (ce) of the statutes is amended to read:
84.185 (1) (ce) "Job" has the meaning specified in s. 560.60 (10) 560.17 (1) (bm).
SECTION 4. 84.185 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
84.185 (1) (cm) "Political subdivision" has the meaning specified in s. 560.60 (13) means a county, city, town, or village.
