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(1m) (c) (intro.) For purposes of the time limits under ss. 49.145 (2) (n)
7and 49.147 (3) (c), (4) (b), and (5) (b) 2., all of the following apply:
SB1, s. 1419c
8Section 1419c. 49.148 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
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(1m) (c) 3. Receipt of a grant under this subsection by a participant
10under par. (a) 2. does not constitute participation in a Wisconsin Works employment
11position.
SB1, s. 1419g
12Section 1419g. 49.152 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.152
(1) Petition for review. Any individual whose application for any
14component of Wisconsin
works Works is not acted upon by the Wisconsin
works 15Works agency with reasonable promptness after the filing of the application, as
16defined by the department by rule, or is denied in whole or in part, whose benefit is
17modified or canceled, or who believes that the benefit was calculated incorrectly or
18that the employment position in which the individual was placed
or providing case
19management services under s. 49.147 (2) (bm) in lieu of placement in a Wisconsin
20Works employment position is inappropriate, may petition the Wisconsin
works 21Works agency for a review of such action. Review is unavailable if the action by the
22Wisconsin
works Works agency occurred more than 45 days prior to submission of
23the petition for review.
SB1, s. 1419k
24Section 1419k. 49.152 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.152
(3) (a) If, following review under sub. (2), the Wisconsin
works Works 2agency or the department determines that an individual, whose application for a
3Wisconsin
works Works employment position was denied based on eligibility, was in
4fact eligible, or that the individual was placed in an inappropriate Wisconsin
works 5Works employment position
or inappropriately provided case management services
6under s. 49.147 (2) (bm) in lieu of placement in a Wisconsin Works employment
7position, the Wisconsin
works Works agency shall place the individual in the first
8available Wisconsin
works Works employment position that is appropriate for that
9individual, as determined by the Wisconsin
works
Works agency or the department.
10An individual who is placed in a Wisconsin
works
Works employment position under
11this paragraph is eligible for the benefit for that position under s. 49.148 beginning
12on the date on which the individual begins participation under s. 49.147.
SB1, s. 1420f
13Section 1420f. 49.155 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1) Definitions. (intro.) In this section
, except as otherwise provided:
SB1, s. 1420m
15Section 1420m. 49.155 (1g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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49.155
(1g) Distribution of funds. Within the limits of the availability of the
17federal child care and development block grant funds received under
42 USC 9858,
18the department shall do all of the following:
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(a) Subject to sub. (1j), spend no more than the minimum amount required
20under
42 USC 9858 on programs to improve the quality and availability of child care.
21From the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (cm), (kx), (mc), and (md), the
22department shall allocate and distribute funding in each fiscal year for all of the
23following:
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1. A child care scholarship and bonus program, in the amount of at least
25$3,475,000 per fiscal year.
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12. Grants under s. 49.134 (2) for child day care resource and referral services,
2in the amount of at least $1,225,000 per fiscal year.
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3. A transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (kx) for child care
4licensing activities, in the amount of at least $4,800,600 per fiscal year.
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4. Grants under s. 49.137 (4m).
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5. Contracts under s. 49.137 (4) for training and technical assistance.
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6. The department's share of the costs for the Child Care Information Center
8operated by the division for libraries, technology, and community learning in the
9department of public instruction.
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(b) Subject to sub. (1j), from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (cm), (kx),
11and (mc), distribute $1,765,600 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $1,600,300 in fiscal year
122008-09 for administration of the department's office of child care.
SB1, s. 1420n
13Section 1420n. 49.155 (1g) (a) (intro.) and 3. and (b) of the statutes, as affected
14by 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), are amended to read:
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49.155
(1g) (a) (intro.) Subject to sub. (1j), spend no more than the minimum
16amount required under
42 USC 9858 on programs to improve the quality and
17availability of child care. From the appropriations under s.
20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (cm),
18(kx), (mc), and (md), the department shall allocate and distribute funding in each
19fiscal year for all of the following:
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3. A transfer to the appropriation account under s.
20.435 (3) 20.437 (1) (kx) for
21child care licensing activities, in the amount of at least $4,800,600 per fiscal year.
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(b) Subject to sub. (1j), from the appropriations under s.
20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) 23(cm), (kx), and (mc), distribute $1,765,600 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $1,600,300 in
24fiscal year 2008-09 for administration of the department's office of child care.
SB1, s. 1425
25Section
1425. 49.155 (1m) (a) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.155
(1m) (a) 3m. Participate in a job search or work experience component
2of the food stamp employment and training program under s.
49.13 49.79 (9).
SB1, s. 1433r
3Section 1433r. 49.159 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) Other custodial parents. A custodial parent in a Wisconsin
works 5Works group in which the other custodial parent is a participant in a Wisconsin
6works Works employment position
or is receiving case management services under
7s. 49.147 (2) (bm) is eligible for employment training and job search assistance
8services provided by the Wisconsin
works Works agency.
SB1, s. 1433t
9Section 1433t. 49.159 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(4) Pregnant women. A pregnant woman whose pregnancy is medically
11verified
, who would be eligible under s. 49.145 except that she is not a custodial
12parent of a dependent child
, and who does not satisfy the requirements under s.
1349.148 (1m) (a) 2. is eligible for employment training and job search assistance
14services provided by the Wisconsin
works Works agency.
SB1, s. 1434
15Section
1434. 49.1635 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.1635
(1) To the extent permitted under federal law and subject to sub. (2),
17from the appropriation under s.
20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (md) the department may
18distribute funds to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation in an amount up to the
19amount received by the foundation from private donations, but not to exceed
20$100,000 in a fiscal year. Except as provided in sub. (4), funds distributed under this
21subsection may be used only for the provision of legal services to individuals who are
22eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq. and
23whose incomes are at or below 200% of the poverty line.
SB1, s. 1435
24Section
1435. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.175
(1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), within
2the limits of the appropriations under s.
20.445 (3)
20.437 (2) (a), (cm), (dz), (k), (kx),
3(L), (mc), (md), (me), and (s), the department shall allocate the following amounts for
4the following purposes:
SB1, s. 1436
5Section
1436. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (a)
Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
7$59,184,700 $44,390,300 in fiscal year
2005-06 2007-08 and
$51,930,000 8$44,035,900 in fiscal year
2006-07
2008-09.
SB1, s. 1437
9Section
1437. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (b)
Wisconsin Works administration. For administration of
11Wisconsin Works performed under contracts under s. 49.143,
$18,999,900 12$10,701,100 in fiscal year
2005-06
2007-08 and
$16,834,100 $10,701,100 in fiscal
13year
2006-07 2008-09.
SB1, s. 1438
14Section
1438. 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 1439
15Section
1439. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (f)
Wisconsin Works ancillary services. For program services under
17Wisconsin Works provided under contracts under s. 49.143,
$49,534,800 $38,471,500 18in fiscal year
2005-06 2007-08 and
$43,463,000 $38,471,500 in fiscal year
2006-07 192008-09.
SB1, s. 1440
20Section
1440. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (g)
State administration of public assistance programs. For state
22administration of public assistance programs,
$16,060,000 $16,670,100 in
each 23fiscal year
2007-08 and $16,868,500 in fiscal year 2008-09.
SB1, s. 1441
24Section
1441. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.175
(1) (i)
Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138,
2$4,500,000 $6,000,000 in each fiscal year.
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49.175
(1) (p)
Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s.
649.155,
$310,332,100 $340,601,800 in fiscal year
2005-06 2007-08 and
7$343,432,100 $355,352,000 in fiscal year
2006-07 2008-09.
SB1, s. 1443c
8Section 1443c. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (q)
Indirect child
Child care services state administration. For
10indirect administration of child care services under s. 49.155 (1g)
, $9,926,700 (b),
11$1,765,600 in fiscal year
2005-06 2007-08 and
$9,929,000 $1,600,300 in fiscal year
122006-07 2008-09.
SB1, s. 1444
13Section
1444. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (qm)
Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality
15improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g)
(d), $3,378,500 (a), $5,311,000 in
16each fiscal year.
SB1, s. 1444c
17Section 1444c. 49.175 (1) (qs) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.175
(1) (qs)
Child care licensing. For child care licensing, at least $4,800,600
19in each fiscal year.
SB1, s. 1445
20Section
1445. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 1447b
21Section 1447b. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (z)
Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the
23Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that
24improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive
1temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq.,
$300,000 2$350,000 in each fiscal year.
SB1, s. 1448
3Section
1448. 49.175 (1) (ze) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (ze) (title)
Programs administered by the department of health and
5family services relating to children and families.
SB1, s. 1449
6Section
1449. 49.175 (1) (ze) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (ze) 1. `Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance.' For the
8kinship care and long-term kinship care programs under s. 48.57 (3m), (3n), and
9(3p),
$23,034,200 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $22,686,300 $23,579,800 in
each fiscal
10year
2006-07.
SB1, s. 1450
11Section
1450. 49.175 (1) (ze) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (ze) 2. `Children of recipients of supplemental security income.' For
13payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of
14recipients of supplemental security income,
$30,444,000 $30,094,700 in fiscal year
152005-06 2007-08 and
$30,394,000 $30,094,700 in fiscal year
2006-07 2008-09.
SB1, s. 1451
16Section
1451. 49.175 (1) (ze) 10m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (ze) 10m. `Safety
and out-of-home placement services.' For services
18provided in counties having a population of 500,000 or more to ensure the safety of
19children who the department of health and family services determines may remain
20at home if appropriate services are provided
, $5,707,200 and for ongoing services
21provided in those counties to families with children placed in out-of-home care,
22$5,631,300 in each fiscal year.
SB1, s. 1452
23Section
1452
. 49.175 (1) (ze) 10m. of the statutes, as affected by 2007
24Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
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149.175
(1) (ze) 10m. `Safety and out-of-home placement services.' For services
2provided in counties having a population of 500,000 or more to ensure the safety of
3children who the department
of health and family services determines may remain
4at home if appropriate services are provided, and for ongoing services provided in
5those counties to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $5,631,300 in
6each fiscal year.
SB1, s. 1453
7Section
1453. 49.175 (1) (ze) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (ze) 12. `Milwaukee and statewide child welfare administration.' For
9the costs associated with the Milwaukee child welfare information system and the
10Wisconsin statewide automated child welfare information system,
$1,310,800 11$1,510,500 in fiscal year
2005-06
2007-08 and
$1,317,700 $1,532,100 in fiscal year
122006-07 2008-09.
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49.175
(1) (zh)
Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of
16moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (md) to the appropriation
17account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit,
$55,232,000 18$21,125,400 in fiscal year
2005-06 and $25,232,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 2007-08
19and $6,664,200 in fiscal year 2008-09.
SB1, s. 1455
20Section
1455
. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act
21.... (this act), is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (zh)
Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of
23moneys from the appropriation account under s.
20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (md) to the
24appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit,
25$21,125,400 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $6,664,200 in fiscal year 2008-09.
SB1, s. 1456
1Section
1456. 49.175 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(2) (c) If the amounts of federal block grant moneys that are required
3to be credited to the appropriation accounts under s.
20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (mc) and
4(md) are less than the amounts appropriated under s.
20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (mc) and
5(md), the department shall submit a plan to the secretary of administration for
6reducing the amounts of moneys allocated under sub. (1). If the secretary of
7administration approves the plan, the amounts of moneys required to be allocated
8under sub. (1) may be reduced as proposed by the department and the department
9shall allocate the moneys as specified in the plan.
SB1, s. 1459
10Section
1459. 49.19 (1) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.19
(1) (a) 2. b. Is living in a foster home or treatment foster home licensed
12under s. 48.62 if a license is required under that section, in a foster home or treatment
13foster home located within the boundaries of a federally recognized American Indian
14reservation in this state and licensed by the tribal governing body of the reservation,
15in a group home licensed under s. 48.625, or in a residential care center for children
16and youth licensed under s. 48.60, and has been placed in the foster home, treatment
17foster home, group home, or center by a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22
, 18or 46.23, by the department
of health and family services, by the department of
19corrections, or by a federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body in
20this state under an agreement with a county department.
SB1, s. 1460
21Section
1460. 49.19 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(10) (a) Aid under this section may also be granted to a nonrelative who
23cares for a child dependent upon the public for proper support in a foster home or
24treatment foster home having a license under s. 48.62, in a foster home or treatment
25foster home located within the boundaries of a federally recognized American Indian
1reservation in this state and licensed by the tribal governing body of the reservation
2or in a group home licensed under s. 48.625, regardless of the cause or prospective
3period of dependency. The state shall reimburse counties pursuant to the procedure
4under s.
46.495 48.569 (2) and the percentage rate of participation set forth in s.
546.495 48.569 (1) (d) for aid granted under this subsection except that if the child does
6not have legal settlement in the granting county, state reimbursement shall be at
7100%. The county department under s. 46.215 or 46.22 shall determine the legal
8settlement of the child. A child under one year of age shall be eligible for aid under
9this subsection irrespective of any other residence requirement for eligibility within
10this section.
SB1, s. 1461
11Section
1461. 49.19 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(10) (d) Aid may also be paid under this section to a licensed foster home,
13treatment foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth
14by the state when the child is in the custody or guardianship of the state, when the
15child is a ward of an American Indian tribal court in this state and the placement is
16made under an agreement between the department and the tribal governing body,
17or when the child was part of the state's direct service case load and was removed
18from the home of a relative specified in sub. (1) (a) as a result of a judicial
19determination that continuance in the home of a relative would be contrary to the
20child's welfare for any reason and the child is placed by the department
of health and
21family services or the department of corrections.
SB1, s. 1462
22Section
1462. 49.19 (11) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(11) (a) 1. a. Except as provided in subs. (11m) and (11s), monthly
24payments made under s.
20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (dz) and (md) to persons or to families
25with dependent children shall be based on family size and shall be at 80% of the total
1of the allowances under subds. 2. and 4. plus the following standards of assistance
2beginning on September 1, 1987:
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SB1, s. 1463
3Section
1463. 49.19 (11s) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(11s) (d) From the appropriation under s.
20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (a), the
5department may award grants to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and
646.23 for providing education services relating to family planning, as defined in s.
7253.07 (1) (a), to persons who are subject to par. (b).
SB1, s. 1464
8Section
1464. 49.195 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3r) From the appropriation under s.
20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (L) the
10department may contract with or employ a collection agency or other person to
11enforce a repayment obligation of a person who is found liable under sub. (3) who is
12delinquent in making repayments.
SB1, s. 1465
13Section
1465. 49.197 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1m) Fraud investigation. From the appropriations under s.
20.445 (3) 1520.437 (2) (dz), (kx), (L), (md), (n), and (nL), the department shall establish a program
16to investigate suspected fraudulent activity on the part of recipients of aid to families
17with dependent children under s. 49.19, on the part of participants in the Wisconsin
18Works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, and, if the department of health and
1family services contracts with the department under sub. (5), on the part of recipients
2of medical assistance under subch. IV, food stamp benefits under the food stamp
3program under
7 USC 2011 to
2036, supplemental security income payments under
4s. 49.77, payments for the support of children of supplemental security income
5recipients under s. 49.775, and health care benefits under the Badger Care health
6care program under s. 49.665. The department's activities under this subsection may
7include, but are not limited to, comparisons of information provided to the
8department by an applicant and information provided by the applicant to other
9federal, state, and local agencies, development of an advisory welfare investigation
10prosecution standard, and provision of funds to county departments under ss.
1146.215, 46.22, and 46.23 and to Wisconsin Works agencies to encourage activities to
12detect fraud. The department shall cooperate with district attorneys regarding
13fraud prosecutions.
SB1, s. 1465m
14Section 1465m. 49.197 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
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(2) Fraud investigation by counties and tribal governing bodies. (a)
16In this subsection, "tribal governing body" means an elected governing body of a
17federally recognized American Indian tribe.