AB75-ASA1,591,98 49.197 (2) (title) Fraud Local fraud investigation by counties and tribal
9governing bodies
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1259 10Section 1259. 49.197 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.197 (2) (a) (intro.)
11and amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,591,1212 49.197 (2) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, "tribal:
AB75-ASA1,591,14 132. "Tribal governing body" means an elected governing body of a federally
14recognized American Indian tribe.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1260 15Section 1260. 49.197 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,591,1716 49.197 (2) (a) 1. "County department" means a county department under s.
1746.215, 46.22, or 46.23.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1261 18Section 1261. 49.197 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,591,2519 49.197 (2) (b) A If a county department, Wisconsin Works agency, or tribal
20governing body administers the Wisconsin Works program, the county department,
21Wisconsin Works agency, or tribal governing body
may establish a program to
22investigate suspected fraudulent activity on the part of participants in the Wisconsin
23Works program under this subchapter, including persons receiving a child care
24subsidy under s. 49.155, and to recover incorrect payments made or incorrect
25benefits provided as a result of fraudulent activity.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1262
1Section 1262. 49.197 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.197 (2)
2(c) and amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,592,103 49.197 (2) (c) If a A county department, Wisconsin Works agency, or tribal
4governing body that establishes a program under par. (b), the county or tribal
5governing body shall pay to the department all of the following:
shall advise both the
6department and the department of health services of the date on which the program
7was established and, on an ongoing basis, of any amounts recovered as a result of the
8program. A county department, Wisconsin Works agency, or tribal governing body
9may retain any amounts recovered under a program under this subsection and must
10use the moneys retained to pay cash benefits to Wisconsin Works participants.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1262m 11Section 1262m. 49.197 (2) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin
12Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,592,2013 49.197 (2) (c) A county department, Wisconsin Works agency, or tribal
14governing body that establishes a program under par. (b) shall advise both the
15department and the department of health services of the date on which the program
16was established and, on an ongoing basis, of any amounts recovered as a result of the
17program. A Except as provided in par. (cm), a county department, Wisconsin Works
18agency, or tribal governing body may retain any amounts recovered under a program
19under this subsection and must use the moneys retained to pay cash benefits to
20Wisconsin Works participants.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1263 21Section 1263. 49.197 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1264 22Section 1264. 49.197 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1265 23Section 1265. 49.197 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1265m 24Section 1265m. 49.197 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,593,6
149.197 (2) (cm) Any amounts recovered with respect to the child care subsidy
2program under s. 49.155 by a county department in a county having a population of
3500,000 or more as a result of a program under par. (b) or due to the efforts of an
4employee of such a county who is supervised by the department or the department
5of health services under s. 49.825 shall be credited to the appropriation account
6under s. 20.437 (2) (me).
AB75-ASA1, s. 1266 7Section 1266. 49.197 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1267 8Section 1267. 49.22 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,593,179 49.22 (6) The department shall establish, pursuant to federal and state laws,
10rules, and regulations, a uniform system of fees for services provided under this
11section to individuals not receiving aid under s. 48.645, 49.19, 49.47, or 49.471;
12benefits under s. 49.148, 49.155, or 49.79; or foster care maintenance payments
13under 42 USC 670 to 679a; or kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or
14long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3n)
. The system of fees may take
15into account an individual's ability to pay. Any fee paid and collected under this
16subsection may be retained by the county providing the service except for the fee
17specified in 42 USC 653 (e) (2) for federal parent locator services.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268 18Section 1268. 49.22 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,594,319 49.22 (7m) The department may contract with or employ a collection agency
20or other person to enforce a support obligation of a parent who is delinquent in
21making support payments and may contract with or employ an attorney to appear
22in an action in state or federal court to enforce such an the obligation. To pay for the
23department's administrative costs of implementing this subsection, the department
24may charge a fee to counties, use federal matching funds or funds retained by the
25department under s. 49.24 (2) (c), or use up to 30% of this state's share of a collection

1made under this subsection on behalf of a recipient of aid to families with dependent
2children or a recipient of kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or long-term
3kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3n)
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268b 4Section 1268b. 49.24 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,594,65 49.24 (1) (intro.) The department shall provide child support incentive
6payments to counties from one of the following appropriations:
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268c 7Section 1268c. 49.24 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20,
8section 1474d, is renumbered 49.24 (1) (b) and amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,594,139 49.24 (1) (b) From If federal legislation provides for the matching of federal
10funds for federal child support incentive payments at a rate of 66 percent or more,
11from
the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (k), the department shall provide child
12support incentive payments to counties
while the federal legislation is in effect. Total
13payments under this subsection paragraph may not exceed $5,690,000 per year.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268e 14Section 1268e. 49.24 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,594,1615 49.24 (1) (a) Unless par. (b) applies, from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2)
16(bc).
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268f 17Section 1268f. 49.24 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268g 18Section 1268g. 49.24 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,594,2219 49.24 (2) (b) 2. Of the amount of federal child support incentive payments
20awarded to the state for each federal fiscal year after federal fiscal year 2002, the
21amount awarded if that amount is less than $12,340,000, or $12,340,000 plus 30%
22of the amount awarded that exceeds $12,340,000.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268h 23Section 1268h. 49.24 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,594,2524 49.24 (2) (b) 3. All federal matching funds associated with the amounts
25distributed under subds. 1. and subd. 2.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268i
1Section 1268i. 49.24 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,595,82 49.24 (2) (c) The department may retain 50% of the amount of federal child
3support incentive payments awarded to the state for federal fiscal year 2002 that
4exceeds $12,340,000, and
may retain 70% of the amount of federal child support
5incentive payments awarded to the state for each federal fiscal year after federal
6fiscal year 2002
that exceeds $12,340,000, to be used to pay the costs of the
7department's activities under ss. 49.22 and 49.227 and costs related to receiving and
8disbursing support and support-related payments.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268j 9Section 1268j. 49.24 (2) (dm) of the statutes, as created by 2007 Wisconsin Act
1020
, is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,595,1511 49.24 (2) (dm) If the amount of federal child support incentive payments
12awarded to the state for a federal fiscal year is less than $12,340,000 and the
13department is providing child support incentive payments to counties for that
14federal fiscal year under sub. (1) (b)
, the total of payments distributed to counties
15under par. (b) and sub. (1) for that federal fiscal year may not exceed $12,340,000.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268k 16Section 1268k. 49.24 (4) of the statutes, as created by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20,
17is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1268p 18Section 1268p. 49.25 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,596,2 1949.25 Incentive payments for identifying children with health
20insurance.
From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (e), the department may
21provide incentive payments to county child support agencies under s. 59.53 (5) for
22identifying children who are receiving medical assistance benefits and who have
23health insurance coverage or access to health insurance coverage. The department
24of children and families may disclose to the department of health services
25information that it possesses or obtains that would assist in identifying children with

1medical assistance coverage who have health insurance coverage or access to health
2insurance coverage.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1269 3Section 1269. 49.26 of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1270 4Section 1270. 49.32 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,596,145 49.32 (6) Welfare reform studies. The department shall request proposals
6from persons in this state for studies of the effectiveness of various program changes,
7referred to as welfare reform, to the aid to families with dependent children program,
8including the requirement that certain recipients of aid to families with dependent
9children with children under age 6 participate in training programs, the learnfare
10school attendance requirement under s. 49.26 (1) (g)
and the modification of the
11earned income disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (am). The studies shall evaluate the
12effectiveness of the various efforts, including their cost-effectiveness, in helping
13individuals gain independence through the securing of jobs and providing financial
14incentives and in identifying barriers to independence.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1271 15Section 1271. 49.32 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,597,216 49.32 (9) (a) Each county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23
17administering aid to families with dependent children shall maintain a monthly
18report at its office showing the names of all persons receiving aid to families with
19dependent children together with the amount paid during the preceding month.
20Each Wisconsin Works agency administering Wisconsin Works under ss. 49.141 to
2149.161 shall maintain a monthly report at its office showing the names of all persons
22receiving benefits under s. 49.148 together with the amount paid during the
23preceding month. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize or
24require the disclosure in the report of any information (names, amounts of aid or

1otherwise) pertaining to adoptions, or aid furnished for the care of children in foster
2homes or treatment foster homes under s. 48.645 or 49.19 (10).
AB75-ASA1, s. 1272 3Section 1272. 49.32 (10m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,598,94 49.32 (10m) (a) A county department, relief agency under s. 49.01 (3m), 2009
5stats.,
or Wisconsin works Works agency shall, upon request, and after providing the
6notice to the recipient required by this paragraph, release the current address of a
7recipient of relief under s. 49.01 (3), 2009 stats., aid to families with dependent
8children, or benefits under s. 49.148 to a person, the person's attorney, or an employee
9or agent of that attorney, if the person is a party to a legal action or proceeding in
10which the recipient is a party or a witness, unless the person is a respondent in an
11action commenced by the recipient under s. 813.12, 813.122, 813.123, 813.125, or
12813.127. If the person is a respondent in an action commenced by the recipient under
13s. 813.12, 813.122, 813.123, 813.125, or 813.127, the county department, relief
14agency, or Wisconsin works Works agency may not release the current address of the
15recipient. No county department, relief agency, or Wisconsin works Works agency
16may release an address under this paragraph until 21 days after the address has
17been requested. A person requesting an address under this paragraph shall be
18required to prove his or her identity and his or her participation as a party in a legal
19action or proceeding in which the recipient is a party or a witness by presenting a
20copy of the pleading or a copy of the subpoena for the witness. The person shall also
21be required to sign a statement setting forth his or her name, address , and the
22reasons for making the request and indicating that he or she understands the
23provisions of par. (b) with respect to the use of the information obtained. The
24statement shall be made on a form prescribed by the department and shall be sworn
25and notarized. Within 7 days after an address has been requested under this

1paragraph, the county department, relief agency, or Wisconsin works Works agency
2shall mail to each recipient whose address has been requested a notification of that
3fact on a form prescribed by the department. The form shall also include the date
4on which the address was requested, the name and address of the person who
5requested the disclosure of the address, the reason that the address was requested,
6and a statement that the address will be released to the person who requested the
7address no sooner than 21 days after the date on which the request for the address
8was made. County departments, relief agencies, and Wisconsin works Works
9agencies shall keep a record of each request for an address under this paragraph.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1273 10Section 1273. 49.34 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,598,2011 49.34 (1) All services under this subchapter and ch. 48 purchased by the
12department or by a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall be
13authorized and contracted for under the standards established under this section.
14The department may require the county departments to submit the contracts to the
15department for review and approval. For purchases of $10,000 or less the
16requirement for a written contract may be waived by the department. No contract
17is required for care provided by foster homes or treatment foster homes that are
18required to be licensed under s. 48.62. When the department directly contracts for
19services, it shall follow the procedures in this section in addition to meeting
20purchasing requirements established in s. 16.75.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1274 21Section 1274. 49.343 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,598,23 2249.343 (title) Rates for residential care centers and, group homes, and
23child welfare agencies
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1275 24Section 1275. 49.343 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.343 (1g) and
25amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,599,9
149.343 (1g) Establishment of rates. Subject to sub. (1m), each residential care
2center for children and youth, as defined in s. 48.02 (15d), and each group home, as
3defined in s. 48.02 (7), that is incorporated under ch. 180, 181, 185, or 193
shall
4establish a per client rate for its services and each child welfare agency shall
5establish a per client administrative rate for the administrative portion of its
6treatment foster care services. A residential care center for children and youth and
7a group home
shall charge all purchasers the same rate for the same services and a
8child welfare agency shall charge all purchasers the same administrative rate for the
9same treatment foster care services
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1276 10Section 1276. 49.343 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,599,1111 49.343 (1d) Definitions. In this section:
AB75-ASA1,599,1512 (a) "Administrative rate" means the difference between the rate charged by a
13child welfare agency to a purchaser of treatment foster care services and the rate
14paid by the child welfare agency to a treatment foster parent for the care and
15maintenance of a child.
AB75-ASA1,599,1716 (b) "Child welfare agency" means a child welfare agency that is authorized
17under s. 48.61 (7) to license treatment foster homes.
AB75-ASA1,599,1818 (c) "Group home" has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (7).
AB75-ASA1,599,2019 (d) "Residential care center for children and youth" has the meaning given in
20s. 48.02 (15d).
AB75-ASA1, s. 1276g 21Section 1276g. 49.343 (1d) (a) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin
22Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,600,223 49.343 (1d) (a) "Administrative rate" means the difference between the rate
24charged by a child welfare agency to a purchaser of treatment foster care services and

1the rate paid by the child welfare agency to a treatment foster parent for the care and
2maintenance of a child.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1276j 3Section 1276j. 49.343 (1d) (b) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act
4.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,600,65 49.343 (1d) (b) "Child welfare agency" means a child welfare agency that is
6authorized under s. 48.61 (7) to license treatment foster homes.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1276m 7Section 1276m. 49.343 (1g) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
8.... (this act), section 1275, is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,600,179 49.343 (1g) Establishment of rates. Subject to sub. (1m), each residential care
10center for children and youth and each group home shall establish a per client rate
11for its services and each child welfare agency shall establish a per client
12administrative rate for the administrative portion of its treatment foster care
13services. A residential care center for children and youth and a group home shall
14charge all purchasers the same rate for the same services and a child welfare agency
15shall charge all purchasers the same administrative rate for the same treatment
16foster care services. The department shall determine the levels of care created under
17the rules promulgated under s. 48.62 (8) to which this section applies.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1277 18Section 1277. 49.343 (1g) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
19.... (this act), sections 1275 and 1276m, is repealed and recreated to read:
AB75-ASA1,601,620 49.343 (1g) Establishment of rates. For services provided beginning on
21January 1, 2011, the department shall establish the per client rate that a residential
22care center for children and youth or a group home may charge for its services, and
23the per client administrative rate that a child welfare agency may charge for the
24administrative portion of its foster care services, as provided in this section. In
25establishing rates for a placement specified in s. 938.357 (4) (c) 1. or 2., the

1department shall consult with the department of corrections. A residential care
2center for children and youth and a group home shall charge all purchasers the same
3rate for the same services and a child welfare agency shall charge all purchasers the
4same administrative rate for the same foster care services. The department shall
5determine the levels of care created under the rules promulgated under s. 48.62 (8)
6to which this section applies.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1278 7Section 1278. 49.343 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,602,38 49.343 (1m) Negotiation of rates. Notwithstanding sub. (1) (1g), the
9department, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437, a
10group of those county departments, or the department and one or more of those
11county departments, and a residential care center for children and youth or group
12home, as described in sub. (1), may negotiate a per client rate for the services of that
13residential care center for children and youth or group home, and the department,
14a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437, a group of those
15county departments, or the department and one or more of those county
16departments, and a child welfare agency may negotiate a per client administrative
17rate for the administrative portion of the treatment foster care services of that child
18welfare agency,
if the department, that county department, the county departments
19in that group of county departments, or the department and one or more of those
20county departments, agree to place 75% or more of the residents of that residential
21care center for children and youth or group home or of the treatment foster homes
22operated by that child welfare agency
during the period for which that rate is
23effective. A residential care center for children and youth or group home that
24negotiates a per client rate under this subsection shall charge that rate to all
25purchasers of its services the same rate for the same services and a child welfare

1agency that negotiates a per client administrative rate under this subsection shall
2charge all purchasers of its treatment foster care services the same administrative
3rate for the same treatment foster care services
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1278g 4Section 1278g. 49.343 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
5.... (this act), section 1278, is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,602,256 49.343 (1m) Negotiation of rates. Notwithstanding sub. (1g), the
7department, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437, a
8group of those county departments, or the department and one or more of those
9county departments, and a residential care center for children and youth or group
10home may negotiate a per client rate for the services of that residential care center
11for children and youth or group home, and the department, a county department
12under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437, a group of those county departments,
13or the department and one or more of those county departments, and a child welfare
14agency may negotiate a per client administrative rate for the administrative portion
15of the treatment foster care services of that child welfare agency, if the department,
16that county department, the county departments in that group of county
17departments, or the department and one or more of those county departments, agree
18to place 75% or more of the residents of that residential care center for children and
19youth or group home or of the treatment foster homes operated by that child welfare
20agency during the period for which that rate is effective. A residential care center
21for children and youth or group home that negotiates a per client rate under this
22subsection shall charge all purchasers of its services the same rate for the same
23services and a child welfare agency that negotiates a per client administrative rate
24under this subsection shall charge all purchasers of its treatment foster care services
25the same administrative rate for the same treatment foster care services.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1279
1Section 1279. 49.343 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), sections 1278 and 1278g, is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1280 3Section 1280. 49.343 (2) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,603,44 49.343 (2) (title) Determination of rates.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1281 5Section 1281. 49.343 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.343 (2) (a) and
6amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,603,187 49.343 (2) (a) A By October 1, 2010, and annually after that, a residential care
8center for children and youth or a group home, as described in sub. (1) or (1m), shall
9submit to the department the rate it charges and any change in that rate before a
10charge is made to any purchaser
per client rate that it proposes to charge for services
11provided in the next year and a child welfare agency shall submit to the department
12the proposed per client administrative rate that it proposes to charge for foster care
13services provided in the next year
. The department shall provide forms and
14instructions for the submission of rates and changes in proposed rates under this
15subsection paragraph and a residential care center for children and youth or a , group
16home, or child welfare agency that is required to submit a rate or a change in a
17proposed rate under this subsection paragraph shall submit that rate or change in
18a
proposed rate using those forms and instructions.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1282 19Section 1282. 49.343 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
20.... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB75-ASA1,604,421 49.343 (2) (a) By October 1 annually, a residential care center for children and
22youth or a group home shall submit to the department the per client rate that it
23proposes to charge for services provided in the next year and a child welfare agency
24shall submit to the department the proposed per client administrative rate that it
25proposes to charge for foster care services provided in the next year. The department

1shall provide forms and instructions for the submission of proposed rates under this
2paragraph and a residential care center for children and youth, group home, or child
3welfare agency that is required to submit a proposed rate under this paragraph shall
4submit that proposed rate using those forms and instructions.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1283 5Section 1283. 49.343 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,604,136 49.343 (2) (b) The department shall review a proposed rate submitted under
7par. (a) and audit the residential care center for children and youth, group home, or
8child welfare agency submitting the proposed rate to determine whether the
9proposed rate is appropriate to the level of services to be provided, the qualifications
10of the residential care center for children and youth, group home, or child welfare
11agency to provide those services, and the reasonable and necessary costs of providing
12those services. In reviewing a proposed rate, the department shall consider all of the
13following factors:
AB75-ASA1,604,1614 1. Changes in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city
15average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months ending
16on June 30 of the year in which the proposed rate is submitted.
AB75-ASA1,604,1917 2. Changes in the allowable costs of the residential care center for children and
18youth, group home, or child welfare agency based on current actual cost data or
19documented projections of costs.
AB75-ASA1,604,2120 3. Changes in program utilization that affect the per client rate or per client
21administrative rate.
AB75-ASA1,604,2222 4. Changes in the department's expectations relating to service delivery.
AB75-ASA1,604,2523 5. Changes in service delivery proposed by the residential care center for
24children and youth, group home, or child welfare agency and agreed to by the
25department.
AB75-ASA1,605,2
16. The loss of any source of revenue that had been used to pay expenses,
2resulting in a lower per client rate or per client administrative rate for services.
AB75-ASA1,605,53 7. Changes in any state or federal laws, rules, or regulations that result in any
4change in the cost of providing services, including any changes in the minimum
5wage, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (g).
AB75-ASA1,605,66 8. Competitive factors.
AB75-ASA1,605,87 9. The availability of funding to pay for the services to be provided under the
8proposed rate.
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