SB1,785,1715 49.857 (1) (f) "Subpoena or warrant" means a subpoena or warrant issued by
16the department of workforce development or a child support agency and relating to
17paternity or support proceedings.
SB1, s. 1722 18Section 1722. 49.857 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,786,219 49.857 (2) (a) The department of workforce development shall establish a
20system, in accordance with federal law, under which a licensing authority is
21requested, and a licensing agency or credentialing board is required, to restrict,
22limit, suspend, withhold, deny, refuse to grant or issue, or refuse to renew or
23revalidate a license in a timely manner upon certification by and in cooperation with
24the department of workforce development, if the individual holding or applying for

1the license is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of support or fails to
2comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant.
SB1, s. 1723 3Section 1723. 49.857 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,786,84 49.857 (2) (b) (intro.) Under the system, the department of workforce
5development
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with a licensing
6authority, if the licensing authority agrees, and with a licensing agency. A
7memorandum of understanding under this paragraph shall address at least all of the
8following:
SB1, s. 1724 9Section 1724. 49.857 (2) (b) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,786,1110 49.857 (2) (b) 2. (intro.) Procedures that the department of workforce
11development
shall use for doing all of the following:
SB1, s. 1725 12Section 1725. 49.857 (2) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,786,2013 49.857 (2) (b) 2. a. Certifying to the licensing authority or licensing agency a
14delinquency in support or a failure to comply with a subpoena or warrant. The
15memorandum of understanding with the department of regulation and licensing
16shall include procedures for the department of regulation and licensing to notify a
17credentialing board that a certification of delinquency in support or failure to comply
18with a subpoena or warrant has been made by the department of workforce
19development
children and families with respect to an individual who holds or applied
20for a credential granted by the credentialing board.
SB1, s. 1726 21Section 1726. 49.857 (2) (b) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,787,1122 49.857 (2) (b) 3. c. Issuing or reinstating a license if the department of
23workforce development children and families notifies the licensing authority or
24licensing agency that an individual who was delinquent in making court-ordered
25payments of support has paid the delinquent support or made satisfactory

1alternative payment arrangements or that an individual who failed to comply with
2a subpoena or warrant has satisfied the requirements under the subpoena or
3warrant. The memorandum of understanding with the department of regulation
4and licensing shall include procedures for the department of regulation and licensing
5to direct a credentialing board to grant or reinstate a credential if the department
6of workforce development children and families notifies the department of
7regulation and licensing that an individual who holds or applied for a credential
8granted by the credentialing board has paid the delinquent support or made
9satisfactory alternative payment arrangements or that an individual who failed to
10comply with a subpoena or warrant has satisfied the requirements under the
11subpoena or warrant.
SB1, s. 1727 12Section 1727. 49.857 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,787,1613 49.857 (2) (b) 5. Procedures for safeguarding the confidentiality of information
14about an individual, including social security numbers obtained by the department
15of workforce development, the licensing authority, the licensing agency, or a
16credentialing board.
SB1, s. 1728 17Section 1728. 49.857 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,787,2318 49.857 (3) (a) (intro.) Before the department of workforce development certifies
19to a licensing authority or a licensing agency under the system established under
20sub. (2) that an individual is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of
21support, the department of workforce development or a child support agency shall
22provide notice to the individual by regular mail. The notice shall inform the
23individual of all of the following:
SB1, s. 1729 24Section 1729. 49.857 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,788,5
149.857 (3) (a) 4. That the certification will not be made if the individual pays
2the delinquent amount in full or makes satisfactory alternative payment
3arrangements with the department of workforce development or a child support
4agency. The notice shall inform the individual of how he or she may pay the
5delinquent amount or make satisfactory alternative payment arrangements.
SB1, s. 1730 6Section 1730. 49.857 (3) (ac) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,788,137 49.857 (3) (ac) 1. If an individual timely requests a hearing under par. (a) 5.,
8the court shall schedule a hearing within 10 business days after receiving the
9request. A circuit court commissioner may conduct the hearing. The only issues at
10the hearing shall be whether the individual is delinquent in making court-ordered
11payments of support and whether any alternative payment arrangement offered by
12the department of workforce development or the county child support agency is
13reasonable.
SB1, s. 1731 14Section 1731. 49.857 (3) (ac) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,788,2015 49.857 (3) (ac) 2. If at a hearing under subd. 1. the court or circuit court
16commissioner finds that the individual does not owe delinquent support, or if within
1720 business days after receiving a notice under par. (a) the individual pays the
18delinquent amount in full or makes satisfactory alternative payment arrangements,
19the department of workforce development may not place the individual's name on a
20certification list.
SB1, s. 1732 21Section 1732. 49.857 (3) (ac) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,789,322 49.857 (3) (ac) 3. If at a hearing under subd. 1. the court or circuit court
23commissioner makes a written determination that alternative payment
24arrangements proposed by the department of workforce development or a child
25support agency are not reasonable, the court or circuit court commissioner may order

1for the individual an alternative payment arrangement. If the court or circuit court
2commissioner orders an alternative payment arrangement, the department of
3workforce development
may not place the individual's name on a certification list.
SB1, s. 1733 4Section 1733. 49.857 (3) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,789,115 49.857 (3) (am) (intro.) If an individual, after receiving notice under par. (a),
6does not timely request a hearing or pay the delinquent amount of support or make
7satisfactory alternative payment arrangements, the department of workforce
8development
shall place the individual's name on a certification list. Thereafter, the
9department of workforce development or a child support agency shall provide a 2nd
10notice to the individual by regular mail that informs the individual of all of the
11following:
SB1, s. 1734 12Section 1734. 49.857 (3) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,789,1713 49.857 (3) (am) 4. That the certification will not be made if the individual pays
14the delinquent amount in full or makes satisfactory alternative payment
15arrangements with the department of workforce development or a child support
16agency. The notice shall inform the individual of how he or she may pay the
17delinquent amount or make satisfactory alternative payment arrangements.
SB1, s. 1735 18Section 1735. 49.857 (3) (ar) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,789,2519 49.857 (3) (ar) 1. If an individual timely requests a hearing under par. (am) 5.,
20the court shall schedule a hearing within 10 business days after receiving the
21request. A circuit court commissioner may conduct the hearing. The only issues at
22the hearing shall be whether the individual is delinquent in making court-ordered
23payments of support and whether any alternative payment arrangement offered by
24the department of workforce development or the county child support agency is
25reasonable.
SB1, s. 1736
1Section 1736. 49.857 (3) (ar) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,790,72 49.857 (3) (ar) 2. If at a hearing under subd. 1. the court or circuit court
3commissioner finds that the individual does not owe delinquent support, or if within
420 business days after receiving a notice under par. (am) the individual pays the
5delinquent amount in full or makes satisfactory alternative payment arrangements,
6the department of workforce development shall remove the individual's name from
7the certification list.
SB1, s. 1737 8Section 1737. 49.857 (3) (ar) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,790,159 49.857 (3) (ar) 3. If at a hearing under subd. 1. the court or circuit court
10commissioner makes a written determination that alternative payment
11arrangements proposed by the department of workforce development or a child
12support agency are not reasonable, the court or circuit court commissioner may order
13for the individual an alternative payment arrangement. If the court or circuit court
14commissioner orders an alternative payment arrangement, the department of
15workforce development
may not place the individual's name on a certification list.
SB1, s. 1738 16Section 1738. 49.857 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,790,2517 49.857 (3) (b) (intro.) Any subpoena or warrant shall include notice to the
18individual of the effect that a failure to comply with the subpoena or warrant may
19have on any license that the individual holds or for which the individual applies. If
20the individual fails to comply, before the department of workforce development
21certifies to a licensing authority or a licensing agency under the system established
22under sub. (2) that an individual has failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant,
23the department of workforce development or a child support agency shall provide
24notice to the individual by regular mail. The notice shall inform the individual of all
25of the following:
SB1, s. 1739
1Section 1739. 49.857 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,791,42 49.857 (3) (bm) If an individual, after receiving notice under par. (b), does not
3satisfy the requirements under the subpoena or warrant, the department of
4workforce development
shall place the individual's name on a certification list.
SB1, s. 1740 5Section 1740. 49.857 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,791,126 49.857 (3) (c) (intro.) If the department of workforce development children and
7families
provides a certification list to a licensing authority, a licensing agency or,
8with respect to a credential granted by a credentialing board, the department of
9regulation and licensing, upon receipt of the list the licensing authority if the
10licensing authority agrees, the licensing agency or, with respect to a credential
11granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing shall
12do all of the following:
SB1, s. 1741 13Section 1741. 49.857 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,791,2514 49.857 (3) (d) 1. Subject to sub. (2) (d), if an individual who, on the basis of
15delinquent support, is denied a license or whose license, on the basis of delinquent
16support, is restricted, limited, suspended, or refused renewal or revalidation under
17a memorandum of understanding entered into under sub. (2) (b) pays the delinquent
18amount of support in full or makes satisfactory alternative payment arrangements,
19the department of workforce development children and families shall immediately
20notify the licensing authority or licensing agency to issue or reinstate the individual's
21license as provided in the memorandum of understanding. If the individual held or
22applied for a credential granted by a credentialing board, the department of
23regulation and licensing shall, upon notice by the department of workforce
24development
children and families, notify the credentialing board to grant or
25reinstate the individual's credential.
SB1, s. 1742
1Section 1742. 49.857 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,792,132 49.857 (3) (d) 2. Subject to sub. (2) (d), if an individual who, on the basis of a
3failure to comply with a subpoena or warrant, is denied a license or whose license,
4on the basis of a failure to comply with a subpoena or warrant, is restricted, limited,
5suspended, or refused renewal or revalidation under a memorandum of
6understanding entered into under sub. (2) (b) satisfies the requirements under the
7subpoena or warrant, the department of workforce development children and
8families
shall immediately notify the licensing authority or licensing agency to issue
9or reinstate the individual's license as provided in the memorandum of
10understanding. If the individual held or applied for a credential granted by a
11credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing shall, upon notice
12by the department of workforce development children and families, notify the
13credentialing board to grant or reinstate the individual's credential.
SB1, s. 1743 14Section 1743. 49.857 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,792,2115 49.857 (4) Each licensing agency shall enter into a memorandum of
16understanding with the department of workforce development children and families
17under sub. (2) (b) and shall cooperate with the department of workforce development
18children and families in its administration of s. 49.22. The department of regulation
19and licensing shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department
20of workforce development children and families on behalf of a credentialing board
21with respect to a credential granted by the credentialing board.
SB1, s. 1744 22Section 1744. 49.858 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.858 (1) (intro.) and
23amended to read:
SB1,792,2424 49.858 (1) (intro.) In this section, "support":
SB1,792,25 25(b) "Support" has the meaning given in s. 49.857 (1) (g).
SB1, s. 1745
1Section 1745. 49.858 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,793,22 49.858 (1) (a) "Department" means the department of children and families.
SB1, s. 1746 3Section 1746. 49.858 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,793,64 49.858 (2) Rules. (intro.) For the procedures under this subchapter for the
5administrative enforcement of support obligations, the department of workforce
6development
shall promulgate rules related to all of the following:
SB1, s. 1747 7Section 1747. 49.858 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,793,138 49.858 (3) Review of circuit court commissioner decisions. If a circuit court
9commissioner conducts a hearing in any administrative support enforcement
10proceeding under s. 49.852, 49.856 or 49.857, the department of workforce
11development
or the obligor may, within 15 business days after the date that the
12circuit court commissioner makes his or her decision, request review of the decision
13by the court with jurisdiction over the matter.
SB1, s. 1748 14Section 1748. 49.86 of the statutes is renumbered 49.86 (2) and amended to
15read:
SB1,794,216 49.86 (2) Withdrawal or disbursement of moneys deposited in a public
17depository, as defined in s. 34.01 (5), to the credit of the department of workforce
18development
or any of its divisions or agencies shall be by check, share draft, or other
19draft signed by the secretary of workforce development or by one or more persons in
20the department of workforce development designated by written authorization of the
21secretary of workforce development. Such checks, share drafts, and other drafts
22shall be signed personally or by use of a mechanical device adopted by the secretary
23of workforce development or his or her designees for affixing a facsimile signature.
24Any public depository shall be fully warranted and protected in making payment on
25any check, share draft, or other draft bearing such facsimile signature

1notwithstanding that the facsimile may have been placed thereon without the
2authority of the secretary of workforce development or his or her designees.
SB1, s. 1749 3Section 1749. 49.86 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,794,44 49.86 (1) In this section:
SB1,794,55 (a) "Department" means the department of children and families.
SB1,794,66 (b) "Secretary" means the secretary of children and families.
SB1, s. 1750 7Section 1750. 49.89 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,794,228 49.89 (2) Subrogation. The department of health and family services, the
9department of workforce development children and families, a county, or an elected
10tribal governing body that provides any public assistance under this chapter or
11under s. 253.05 as a result of the occurrence of an injury, sickness , or death that
12creates a claim or cause of action, whether in tort or contract, on the part of a public
13assistance recipient or beneficiary or the estate of a recipient or beneficiary against
14a 3rd party, including an insurer, is subrogated to the rights of the recipient,
15beneficiary or estate and may make a claim or maintain an action or intervene in a
16claim or action by the recipient, beneficiary, or estate against the 3rd party.
17Subrogation under this subsection because of the provision of medical assistance
18under subch. IV constitutes a lien, equal to the amount of the medical assistance
19provided as a result of the injury, sickness, or death that gave rise to the claim. The
20lien is on any payment resulting from a judgment or settlement that may be due the
21obligor. A lien under this subsection continues until it is released and discharged by
22the department of health and family services.
SB1, s. 1751 23Section 1751. 49.89 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,795,224 49.89 (6) Departments' duties and powers. The department of health and
25family services and the department of workforce development children and families

1shall enforce their rights under this section and may contract for the recovery of any
2claim or right of indemnity arising under this section.
SB1, s. 1752 3Section 1752. 49.89 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,795,74 49.89 (7) (b) The incentive payment shall be an amount equal to 15% of the
5amount recovered because of benefits paid under s. 49.46, 49.465, 49.468 or, 49.47,
6or 49.471
. The incentive payment shall be taken from the federal share of the sum
7recovered as provided under 42 CFR 433.153 and 433.154.
SB1, s. 1753 8Section 1753. 49.89 (7) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,795,149 49.89 (7) (d) 2. Any county or elected tribal governing body that has made a
10recovery under this section for which it is eligible to receive an incentive payment
11under par. (c) shall report such recovery to the department of workforce development
12children and families within 30 days after the end of the month in which the recovery
13is made in a manner specified by the department of workforce development children
14and families
.
SB1, s. 1756 15Section 1756. 49.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,796,216 49.90 (2) Upon failure of these relatives to provide maintenance the authorities
17or board shall submit to the corporation counsel a report of its findings. Upon receipt
18of the report the corporation counsel shall, within 60 days, apply to the circuit court
19for the county in which the dependent person under sub. (1) (a) 1. or the child of a
20dependent person under sub. (1) (a) 2. resides for an order to compel the
21maintenance. Upon such an application the corporation counsel shall make a
22written report to the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, with a copy
23to the chairperson of the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county
24department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty

1department, and to the department of health and family services or the department
2of workforce development children and families, whichever is appropriate.
SB1, s. 1757 3Section 1757. 49.90 (2g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,796,124 49.90 (2g) In addition to the remedy specified in sub. (2), upon failure of a
5grandparent to provide maintenance under sub. (1) (a) 2., another grandparent who
6is or may be required to provide maintenance under sub. (1) (a) 2., a child of a
7dependent minor or the child's parent may apply to the circuit court for the county
8in which the child resides for an order to compel the provision of maintenance. A
9county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, a county child support agency
10under s. 59.53 (5), or the department of workforce development children and families
11may initiate an action to obtain maintenance of the child by the child's grandparent
12under sub. (1) (a) 2., regardless of whether the child receives public assistance.
SB1, s. 1758 13Section 1758. 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,797,1514 49.90 (4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
15proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
16have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
17reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
18they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
19order: First the husband or wife; then the father and the mother; and then the
20grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order shall specify
21a sum which will be sufficient for the support of the dependent person under sub. (1)
22(a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under sub. (1) (a) 2., to be
23paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until the further order
24of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable wholly to
25maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the person's

1support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the relatives
2to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
3contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
4to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the
5person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
6weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
7by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
8and family services or the department of children and families, whichever is
9appropriate,
and distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under
10this subsection that relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall
11specifically assign responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's
12health care expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon
13application of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the
14court may modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by
15proceedings for contempt.
SB1, s. 1759 16Section 1759. 50.01 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,797,1917 50.01 (1g) (b) A facility or private home that provides care, treatment, and
18services only for victims of domestic abuse, as defined in s. 46.95 49.165 (1) (a), and
19their children.
SB1, s. 1760 20Section 1760. 50.02 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 50.02 (2) (d) (intro.)
21and amended to read:
SB1,797,2522 50.02 (2) (d) (intro.) The department shall promulgate rules that prescribe the
23time periods and the methods of providing information specified in ss. 50.033 (2r) and
24(2s), 50.034 (5m) and (5n), 50.035 (4m) and (4n) and 50.04 (2g) (a) and (2h) (a).
all of
25the following:
SB1, s. 1761
1Section 1761. 50.02 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,798,52 50.02 (2) (d) 1. The method by which community-based residential facilities
3shall make referrals to resource centers or county departments under s. 50.035 (4n)
4and the method by which residential care apartment complexes shall make referrals
5to resource centers under s. 50.034 (5n).
SB1, s. 1762 6Section 1762. 50.02 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,798,97 50.02 (2) (d) 2. The time period for nursing homes to provide information to
8prospective residents under s. 50.04 (2g) (a) and the time period and method by which
9nursing homes shall make referrals to resource centers under s. 50.04 (2h) (a).
SB1, s. 1765 10Section 1765. 50.033 (2r) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 1766 11Section 1766. 50.033 (2s) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 1767 12Section 1767. 50.033 (2t) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 1769 13Section 1769. 50.034 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,798,2214 50.034 (5m) Provision of information required. Subject to sub. (5p), when a
15residential care apartment complex shall, within the time period after inquiry by
16first provides written material regarding the residential care apartment complex to
17a prospective resident that is prescribed by the department by rule, inform, the
18residential care apartment complex shall also provide
the prospective resident of
19information specified by the department concerning the services of a resource center
20under s. 46.283, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, and the availability of a
21functional screening and a financial screen and cost-sharing screening to determine
22the prospective resident's eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1).
SB1, s. 1770 23Section 1770. 50.034 (5n) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,799,624 50.034 (5n) Required referral. (intro.) Subject to sub. (5p), when a residential
25care apartment complex shall, within the time period prescribed by the department

1by rule, refer to a resource center under s. 46.283 a person who is seeking admission,

2first provides written material regarding the residential care apartment complex to
3a prospective resident
who is at least 65 years of age or has developmental disability
4or a physical disability and whose disability or condition is expected to last at least
590 days, the residential care apartment complex shall refer the prospective resident
6to a resource center under s. 46.283,
unless any of the following applies:
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