health and human services
Children
Under current law, the appropriations to DCF for child abuse and neglect prevention grants and technical assistance and training are listed in the appropriation schedule and text under the economic support program of DCF. This bill moves those appropriations to the children and family services program of DCF. The bill also repeals various appropriations of federal moneys that are listed in the appropriation schedule and text under the general administration program of DCF and distinguishes the remaining appropriations of federal moneys under that program from similar appropriations listed under the children and family services and economic support programs of DCF. Similarly, the bill distinguishes the gifts and grants and fees for administrative services appropriations of DCF that are listed under those three programs. The bill also combines two appropriations that are redundant of each other into one appropriation and eliminates language in another appropriation that refers to a lapse that does not occur.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.437 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants, donations, and burial trusts for the execution of the department's functions relating to children and family services consistent with the purpose of the gifts, grants, donations or trusts, to carry out the purposes for which made and received.
SECTION 2. 20.437 (1) (jb) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (jb) Fees for administrative services. All moneys received from fees charged for providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, printed materials, and publications relating to children and family services, for the purpose of providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, printed materials, and publications relating to children and family services.
SECTION 3. 20.437 (2) (ab) of the statutes is renumbered 20.437 (1) (ab).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 4. 20.437 (2) (ac) of the statutes is renumbered 20.437 (1) (ac).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 5. 20.437 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (2) (i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants, donations, and burial trusts for the execution of the department's functions consistent with the purpose of the gift, grant, donation or trust relating to economic support, to carry out the purposes for which made and received.
SECTION 6. 20.437 (2) (jb) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (2) (jb) Fees for administrative services. All moneys received from fees charged for filing statements of economic interest under s. 49.143 (1) (ac), for providing worker's compensation coverage for persons participating in employment and training programs under ch. 49, and for providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, worker's compensation coverage for persons participating in employment and training programs under ch. 49, printed materials, and publications relating to economic support, for the purposes of filing statements of economic interest under s. 49.143 (1) (ac), providing worker's compensation coverage for persons participating in employment and training programs under ch. 49, and providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, worker's compensation coverage for persons participating in employment and training programs under ch. 49, printed materials, and publications relating to economic support.
SECTION 7. 20.437 (2) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 8. 20.437 (2) (ma) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (2) (ma) Federal project activities and administration. All moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for specific limited term projects, to be expended as aids to individuals or organizations or as local assistance for the purposes specified, and all moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for the state those projects and their administration of specific limited term projects, to be expended for the purposes specified.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 9. 20.437 (2) (nL) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (2) (nL) Child support local assistance; federal funds. All moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for continuing programs, except for federal child support incentive payments retained by the department under s. 49.24 (2) (c), to be expended as local assistance for the purposes specified, except that the following amounts shall lapse from this appropriation to the general fund: in each calendar year, 55% of the federal moneys made available to support prosecution of welfare fraud in this state, as determined by the secretary of administration.
SECTION 10. 20.437 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (3) (i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants, donations, and burial trusts for the execution of the department's functions consistent with the purpose of the gift, grant, donation, or trust that are not immediately identifiable with a specific program, to carry out the purposes for which made and received.
SECTION 11. 20.437 (3) (jb) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (3) (jb) Fees for administrative services. All moneys received from fees charged for providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, printed materials, and publications that are not immediately identifiable with a specific program, for the purpose of providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, printed materials, and publications that are not immediately identifiable with a specific program.
SECTION 12. 20.437 (3) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 13. 20.437 (3) (ma) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 14. 20.437 (3) (mb) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 15. 20.437 (3) (mc) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (3) (mc) Federal block grant operations. All block grant moneys received from the federal government for the state administration of federal block grants, except as otherwise appropriated under this section, to be expended for the purposes specified for which received.
SECTION 16. 20.437 (3) (md) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (3) (md) Federal block grant aids. All block grant moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies, except as otherwise appropriated under this section, to be expended as aids to individuals or organizations or for local assistance.
SECTION 17. 20.437 (3) (me) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 18. 20.437 (3) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (3) (n) Federal program operations project activities. All moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for the state administration of continuing programs for specific projects, except as otherwise appropriated under this section, to be expended for the purposes specified for which received.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 19. 20.437 (3) (na) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 20. 20.437 (3) (nL) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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LRB-0292LRB-0292/1
GMM:jld:rs
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Stinebrink, BB0074 - Subsidized guardianship payments
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Children
Under current law, a county department of human services or social services (county department) or, in Milwaukee County, DCF may provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments to a person who is appointed as the guardian of a child in need of protection or services; was the licensed foster parent or treatment foster parent of the child before that appointment; has passed a home inspection and criminal background investigation; and has entered into a subsidized guardianship agreement with the county department or DCF. Currently, DCF is required to make those payments in Milwaukee County from moneys appropriated for Milwaukee child welfare services. This bill requires DCF to make those payments in Milwaukee County from moneys appropriated for state foster care and adoption services.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.437 (1) (dd) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (dd) State foster care, guardianship, and adoption services. The amounts in the schedule for foster care, treatment foster care, institutional child care, and subsidized adoptions under ss. 48.48 (12) and 48.52, for the cost of care for children under s. 49.19 (10) (d), for the cost of subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.62 (5), for the cost of the foster care monitoring system, for the cost of providing, or contracting with private adoption agencies to assist the department in providing, services to children with special needs who are under the guardianship of the department to prepare those children for adoption, and for the cost of providing postadoption services to children with special needs who have been adopted.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.437 (1) (pd) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (pd) Federal aid; state foster care, guardianship, and adoption services. All federal moneys received for meeting the costs of providing foster care, treatment foster care, institutional child care, and subsidized adoptions under ss. 48.48 (12) and 48.52, the cost of care for children under s. 49.19 (10) (d), the cost of subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.62 (5), the cost of providing, or contracting with private adoption agencies to assist the department in providing, services to children with special needs who are under the guardianship of the department to prepare those children for adoption, and the cost of providing postadoption services to children with special needs who have been adopted. Disbursements for foster care under s. 49.32 (2) and for the purposes described under s. 48.627 may be made from this appropriation.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 48.48 (17) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.48 (17) (c) 4. Is living in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth, or subsidized guardianship home under s. 48.62 (5).
SECTION 4. 48.62 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.62 (5) (d) The department shall request from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services a waiver of the requirements under 42 USC 670 to 679a that would authorize the state to receive federal foster care and adoption assistance reimbursement under 42 USC 670 to 679a for the costs of providing care for a child who is in the care of a guardian who was licensed as the child's foster parent or treatment foster parent before the guardianship appointment and who has entered into a subsidized guardianship agreement with the county department or department. If the waiver is approved for a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department shall provide the monthly payments under par. (a) from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cx), (gx), (kw), and (mx) (dd) and (pd). If the waiver is approved for any other county, the department shall determine which counties are authorized to provide monthly payments under par. (a) or (b), and the county departments of those counties shall provide those payments from moneys received under s. 48.569 (1) (d).
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LRB-0294LRB-0294/1
GMM:jld:jf
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rhodes, BB0234 - Wisconsin higher education grant maximum amount
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Other educational and cultural agencies
Under current law, Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) awards Wisconsin higher education grants (WHEG grants) to undergraduates enrolled at least half time at nonprofit public institutions of higher education or tribally controlled colleges in this state. Currently, a WHEG grant may not exceed $3,000 for an academic year. This bill permits HEAB to establish the maximum amount of a WHEG grant, but prohibits HEAB from increasing that maximum amount unless HEAB determines that as many students will be awarded WHEG grants in the current academic year as in the previous academic year.
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. 39.435 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.435 (3) The board shall establish the maximum amount of a grant awarded under sub. (1). The board may not establish a maximum amount that exceeds the maximum amount in the previous academic year unless the board determines, to the best of its ability, that in doing so the board will award grants under sub. (1) in the current academic year to at least as many students as the board awarded grants to under sub. (1) in the previous academic year. Grants under sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the amount of the minimum grant. Grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed $3,000 during any one academic year. The board shall, by rule, establish a reporting system to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other rules the board deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the program.
SECTION 9323. Initial applicability; Higher Educational Aids Board.
(1) WISCONSIN HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS. The treatment of section 39.435 (3) of the statutes first applies to Wisconsin higher education grants awarded by the higher educational aids board for the 2009-10 academic year.
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LRB-0295LRB-0295/3
GMM:kjf:md
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rhodes, BB0235 - Remission of fees for veterans and dependents
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Other educational and cultural agencies
Current law requires the Board of Regents of the UW System (Board of Regents) and each technical college district board (district board) to grant full remission of all academic fees charged for up to 128 credits or eight semesters, whichever is longer, to certain veterans who are residents of this state for veterans benefits purposes and to the spouse, unremarried surviving spouse, and children (dependents) of a veteran who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into service and who either: 1) while a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes; or 2) incurred at least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating. In the case of a veteran enrolled in the UW System, "academic fees" includes nonresident tuition.
This bill directs the Board of Regents and a district board granting a remission of academic fees to require a veteran or a dependent of a veteran to apply to the payment of those academic fees all educational assistance to which that person is entitled under the federal Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-252), commonly referred to as the "New GI Bill," which provides educational assistance for members of the U.S. armed forces who serve after September 11, 2001. This requirement applies notwithstanding the fact that the veteran or dependent may be entitled to educational assistance under the federal Montgomery GI Bill Act of 1984 or the federal Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (collectively referred to as the "Old GI Bill") as well as under the New GI Bill. For a veteran or dependent who is entitled to educational assistance under both the Old GI Bill and the New GI Bill, if the amount of educational assistance, other than educational assistance for tuition, to which the veteran or dependent is entitled under the Old GI Bill is greater than the amount of educational assistance, other than educational assistance for tuition, to which the veteran or dependent is entitled under the New GI Bill, the Higher Educational Aids Board must reimburse the veteran or dependent for the difference in those amounts of educational assistance.
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. 20.235 (1) (fz) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.235 (1) (fz) Remission of fees and reimbursement for veterans and dependents. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to reimburse the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards under s. 39.50 for fee remissions made under ss. 36.27 (3n) (b) or (3p) (b) and 38.24 (7) (b) or (8) (b) and to reimburse veterans and dependents as provided in ss. 36.27 (3n) (bm) or (3p) (bm) and 38.24 (7) (bm) or (8) (bm).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1. to 3. and par. (bm), the board shall grant full remission of academic fees and segregated fees for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 38 USC 3319, to any resident student who is also any of the following:
SECTION 3. 36.27 (3n) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
36.27 (3n) (bm) Before the Board of Regents may grant a remission of academic fees and segregated fees under par. (b), the Board of Regents shall require the resident student to apply to the payment of those fees all educational assistance to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3319. This requirement applies notwithstanding the fact that the resident student may be entitled to educational assistance under 38 USC 3500 to 3566 as well as under 38 USC 3319. For a resident student who is entitled to educational assistance under both 38 USC 3500 to 3566 and 38 USC 3319, if the amount of educational assistance, not including educational assistance for tuition, to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3500 to 3566 is greater than the amount of educational assistance, not including educational assistance for tuition, to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3319, as determined by the higher educational aids board, the higher educational aids board shall reimburse the resident student for the difference in those amounts of educational assistance, as calculated by the higher educational aids board. The higher educational aids board shall make that determination and calculation in consultation with the Board of Regents.
