AB75: Bill Text

AB75, s. 1115 Section 1115. 48.983 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,602,4 48.983 (6) (a) Home visitation program criteria. (intro.) The part of an application, other than a renewal application, submitted by a county , other than a county with a population of 500,000 or more, or an Indian tribe that relates to home visitation programs shall include all of the following:

AB75, s. 1116 Section 1116. 48.983 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,602,9 48.983 (6) (a) 1. Information on how the applicant's home visitation program is comprehensive and incorporates practice standards that have been developed for home visitation programs by entities concerned with the prevention of poor birth outcomes and child abuse and neglect and that are acceptable to the department.

AB75, s. 1117 Section 1117. 48.983 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,602,16 48.983 (6) (a) 2. Documentation that the application was developed through collaboration among public and private organizations that provide services to children and families, especially children who are at risk of child abuse or neglect and families that are at risk of poor birth outcomes, or that are otherwise interested in child welfare and a description of how that collaboration effort will support a comprehensive home visitation program.

AB75, s. 1118 Section 1118. 48.983 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,602,21 48.983 (6) (a) 3. An identification of existing poor birth outcome and child abuse and neglect prevention services that are available to residents of the county or reservation of the Indian tribe and a description of how those services and any additional needed services will support a comprehensive home visitation program.

AB75, s. 1119 Section 1119. 48.983 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,603,2 48.983 (6) (a) 4. An explanation of how the home visitation program will build on existing poor birth outcome and child abuse and neglect prevention programs, including programs that provide support to families, and how the home visitation program will coordinate with those programs.

AB75, s. 1120 Section 1120. 48.983 (6) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB75,603,7 48.983 (6) (a) 5. An explanation of how the applicant, in collaboration with local prenatal care coordination providers, will implement strategies aimed at achieving healthy birth outcomes, as determined by performance measures prescribed by the department of health services, in the county or reservation of the Indian tribe.

AB75, s. 1121 Section 1121. 48.983 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,603,19 48.983 (6) (b) 1. `Flexible fund for home visitation programs.' The applicant demonstrates in the application that the applicant has established, or has plans to establish, if selected, a fund from which payments totaling not more than $1,000 less than $250 per calendar year may be made for appropriate expenses of each family that is participating in the home visitation program under sub. (4) (b) 1. or that is receiving home visitation services under s. 49.45 (44). The payments shall be authorized by an individual designated by the applicant. If an applicant makes a payment to or on behalf of a family under this subdivision, one-half of the payment shall be from grant moneys received under this section and one-half of the payment shall be from moneys provided by the applicant from sources other than grant moneys received under this section.

AB75, s. 1122 Section 1122. 48.983 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,604,9 48.983 (6) (b) 2. `Flexible fund for cases.' The applicant demonstrates in the grant application that the applicant has established, or has plans to establish, if selected, a fund from which payments totaling not more than $500 less than $250 for each case may be made for appropriate expenses related to the case. The payments shall be authorized by an individual designated by the applicant. If an applicant makes a payment to or on behalf of a person under this subdivision, one-half of the payment shall be from grant moneys received under this section and one-half of the payment shall be from moneys provided by the applicant from sources other than grant moneys received under this section. The applicant shall demonstrate in the grant application that it has established, or has plans to establish, if selected, procedures to encourage, when appropriate, a person to whom or on whose behalf payments are made under this subdivision to make a contribution to the fund described in this subdivision up to the amount of payments made to or on behalf of the person when the person's financial situation permits such a contribution.

AB75, s. 1123 Section 1123. 48.983 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,604,16 48.983 (6) (c) Case management benefit. The applicant, other than a county with a population of 500,000 or more, states in the grant application that it has elected, or, if selected, that it will elect, under s. 49.45 (25) (b), to make the case management benefit under s. 49.45 (25) available to the category of beneficiaries under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who are children and who are members of families receiving home visitation program services under sub. (4) (b) 1.

AB75, s. 1124 Section 1124. 48.983 (6) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,605,2 48.983 (6) (d) 2. The applicant indicates in the grant application whether the applicant is willing to use a portion of any moneys distributed to the applicant under s. 48.565 (2) (a) to provide case management services to a medical assistance Medical Assistance beneficiary under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who is a case or who is a member of a family that is a case. If the applicant is so willing, the applicant shall explain how the applicant plans to use that portion of those moneys to promote the provision of those services for the case by using a wraparound process so as to provide those services in a flexible, comprehensive and individualized manner in order to reduce the necessity for court-ordered services.

AB75, s. 1125 Section 1125. 48.983 (6) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75,605,11 48.983 (6) (f) Reinvestment of Medical Assistance reimbursement. The applicant agrees to reinvest in the program under this section a portion of the reimbursement received by the applicant under the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49. The department and the applicant shall negotiate the amount of that reinvestment based on the applicant's administrative costs for billing the Medical Assistance program for reimbursement for services provided under this section and the ratio of Medical Assistance reimbursement received for those services to the amount billed to the Medical Assistance program for those services.

AB75, s. 1126 Section 1126. 48.983 (6g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,605,21 48.983 (6g) (a) Except as permitted or required under s. 48.981 (2), no person may use or disclose any information concerning any individual who is selected for an assessment under sub. (4) (b), including an individual who declines to undergo the assessment, or concerning any individual who is offered services under a home visitation program funded under this section, including an individual who declines to receive those services, unless the use or disclosure is connected with the administration of the home visitation program or the administration of the medical assistance Medical Assistance program under ss. 49.43 to 49.497 or unless the individual has given his or her written informed consent to the use or disclosure.

AB75, s. 1127 Section 1127. 48.983 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,605,24 48.983 (7) (a) 1. The number of poor birth outcomes and substantiated reports of child abuse and neglect.

AB75, s. 1128 Section 1128. 48.986 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,606,5 48.986 (4) A county may use the funds distributed under this section to fund additional foster parents, treatment foster parents, and subsidized guardians or interim caretakers to care for abused and neglected children and to fund additional staff positions to provide services related to child abuse and neglect and to unborn child abuse.

AB75, s. 1129 Section 1129. 49.001 (5p) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,606,9 49.001 (5p) "Relief block grant" means a block grant awarded to a county or tribal governing body under s. 49.025, 2009 stats., s. 49.027 or, 2009 stats., or s. 49.029, 2009 stats.

AB75, s. 1130 Section 1130. 49.001 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1131 Section 1131. 49.002 of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1132 Section 1132. 49.01 of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1133 Section 1133. 49.015 of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1134 Section 1134. 49.02 of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1135 Section 1135. 49.025 of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1136 Section 1136. 49.027 of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1137 Section 1137. 49.029 of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1138 Section 1138. 49.031 of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1139 Section 1139. 49.136 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,606,21 49.136 (1) (m) "Parent" means a parent, guardian, foster parent, treatment foster parent, legal custodian, or a person acting in the place of a parent.

AB75, s. 1140 Section 1140. 49.138 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,607,11 49.138 (1m) (intro.) The department shall implement a program of emergency assistance to needy persons in cases of fire, flood, natural disaster, homelessness or impending homelessness, or energy crisis. The department shall establish the maximum amount of aid to be granted, except for cases of energy crisis, per family member based on the funding available under s. 20.437 (2) (dz) and (md). The department need not establish the maximum amount by rule under ch. 227. The department shall publish the maximum amount and annual changes to it amounts in the Wisconsin administrative register if the department does not establish the amounts by rule. Emergency assistance provided to needy persons under this section may only be provided to a needy person once in a 12-month period. Emergency assistance provided to needy persons under this section in cases of homelessness or impending homelessness may be used only to obtain or retain a permanent living accommodation. For the purposes of this section, a family is considered to be homeless, or to be facing impending homelessness, if any of the following applies:

AB75, s. 1141 Section 1141. 49.141 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,607,20 49.141 (1) (s) "Wisconsin works Works group" means an individual who is a custodial parent, all dependent children with respect to whom the individual is a custodial parent, and all dependent children with respect to whom the individual's dependent child is a custodial parent. "Wisconsin works Works group" includes any nonmarital coparent or any spouse of the individual who resides in the same household as the individual and any dependent children with respect to whom the spouse or nonmarital coparent is a custodial parent. "Wisconsin works group" does not include any person who is receiving benefits under s. 49.027 (3) (b).

AB75, s. 1142 Section 1142. 49.143 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1143 Section 1143. 49.143 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75,608,6 49.143 (2) (am) Provide information and services aimed at connecting Wisconsin Works applicants and participants with their communities and the resources available, including job creation, employer and job connections, mentorships, child care services and providers, the local workforce investment board, charitable food and clothing centers, subsidized and low-income housing, and transportation subsidies. The contract shall include a description of the information and services the Wisconsin Works agency will provide in fulfillment of the requirement under this paragraph and how the the information and services will be provided to applicants and participants.

AB75, s. 1144 Section 1144. 49.143 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,608,19 49.143 (2) (b) Establish a children's services network. The children's services network shall provide information about community resources available to the dependent children in a Wisconsin works group, including charitable food and clothing centers; subsidized and low-income housing; transportation subsidies; the state supplemental food program for women, infants and children under s. 49.17 253.06; and child care programs. In a county having a population of 500,000 or more, a children's services network shall, in addition, provide a forum for those persons who are interested in the delivery of child welfare services and other services to children and families in the geographical area under sub. (6) served by that children's services network to communicate with and make recommendations to the providers of those services in that geographical area with respect to the delivery of those services in that area.

AB75, s. 1145 Section 1145. 49.143 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB75, s. 1146 Section 1146. 49.143 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75,609,4 49.143 (2) (bm) Provide information and services aimed at connecting youth and their parents with schools, career development services, and workforce development programs, including the Youth Apprenticeship Program under s. 106.13 and the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program under s. 39.437. The contract shall include a description of the information and services the Wisconsin Works agency will provide in fulfillment of the requirement under this paragraph and how the information and services will be provided to applicants and participants.

AB75, s. 1147 Section 1147. 49.143 (2) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,609,9 49.143 (2) (em) Determine eligibility for and administer child care assistance under s. 49.155 and refer eligible families to county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 for child care services, if the department contracts with the Wisconsin Works agency to do so.

AB75, s. 1148 Section 1148. 49.143 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,609,17 49.143 (2m) Nutrition outreach. (intro.) A Wisconsin works Works agency may establish a nutrition outreach program with the community steering committee established under sub. (2) (a). The Wisconsin works agency and community steering committee and may coordinate with local food pantries and food banks and other interested parties to increase the supply of food available. Under the outreach program, the Wisconsin works Works agency may do anything that it determines would best effect the desired outcome of the program, including any of the following:

AB75, s. 1149 Section 1149. 49.143 (2m) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,609,20 49.143 (2m) (f) (intro.) Establish a subcommittee of the community steering committee that includes qualified aliens and that may do any of the following:

AB75, s. 1150 Section 1150. 49.145 (2) (n) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,610,3 49.145 (2) (n) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 4., beginning on the date on which the individual has attained the age of 18, the total number of months in which the individual or any adult member of the individual's Wisconsin works Works group has participated in, or has received benefits under, received assistance under any of the following or any combination of the following does not exceed 60 months the federal time limit established under 42 USC 608 (a) (7), whether or not consecutive:

AB75, s. 1151 Section 1151. 49.145 (2) (n) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,610,7 49.145 (2) (n) 1. a. The job opportunities and basic skills program under s. 49.193, 1997 stats. Active participation on or after October 1, 1996, in the job opportunities and basic skills program counts toward the 60-month time limit.

AB75, s. 1152 Section 1152. 49.145 (2) (n) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1153 Section 1153. 49.145 (2) (n) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,610,16 49.145 (2) (n) 4. (intro.) In calculating the number of months under subds. subd. 1. and 2., a Wisconsin works Works agency shall exclude, to the extent permitted under federal law, any month during which any adult in the Wisconsin works Works group participated in any activity listed under subd. 1. a. to c. while living on a federally recognized American Indian reservation, in an Alaskan Native village or, in Indian country, as defined in 18 USC 1151, occupied by an Indian tribe, if, during that month, all of the following applied:

AB75, s. 1154 Section 1154. 49.145 (2) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,611,12 49.145 (2) (s) The individual assigns to the state any right of the individual or of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other person, including any right to amounts accruing during the time that any Wisconsin Works benefit is paid to the individual. If a minor who is a beneficiary of any Wisconsin Works benefit is also the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order that includes support for one or more children not receiving a benefit under Wisconsin Works, any support payment made under the judgment or order is assigned to the state during the period that the minor is a beneficiary of the Wisconsin Works benefit in the amount that is the proportionate share of the minor receiving the benefit under Wisconsin Works, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the motion of a party. Amounts assigned to the state under this paragraph remain assigned to the state until the amount due to the federal government has been recovered. No amount of support that begins to accrue after the individual ceases to receive benefits under Wisconsin Works may be considered assigned to this state. Except as provided in s. 49.1455, any money that is 75 percent of all money received by the department in a month under an assignment to the state under this paragraph for an individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin Works and that is not the federal share of support shall be paid to the individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin Works. The department shall pay the federal share of support assigned under this paragraph as required under federal law or waiver.

AB75, s. 1155 Section 1155 . 49.145 (2) (s) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB75,612,10 49.145 (2) (s) The individual assigns to the state any right of the individual or of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other person, including any right to amounts accruing during the time that any assistance, as defined in 45 CFR 260.31, under Wisconsin Works benefit is paid to the individual. If a minor who is a beneficiary of any assistance under Wisconsin Works benefit is also the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order that includes support for one or more children not receiving a benefit under Wisconsin Works that assistance, any support payment made under the judgment or order is assigned to the state during the period that the minor is a beneficiary of the Wisconsin Works benefit that assistance in the amount that is the proportionate share of the minor receiving the benefit under Wisconsin Works assistance, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the motion of a party. Amounts assigned to the state under this paragraph remain assigned to the state until the amount due to the federal government has been recovered. No amount of support that begins to accrue after the individual ceases to receive benefits assistance under Wisconsin Works may be considered assigned to this state. Except as provided in s. 49.1455, 75 percent of all money received by the department in a month under an assignment to the state under this paragraph for an individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin Works shall be paid to the individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin Works. The department shall pay the federal share of support assigned under this paragraph as required under federal law or waiver.

AB75, s. 1156 Section 1156. 49.1452 of the statutes is created to read:

AB75,612,18 49.1452 Payment of support arrears. If an individual who formerly participated in, but is no longer participating in, Wisconsin Works assigned to the state under s. 49.145 (2) (s) his or her right or the right of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other person, the department shall pay to the individual all money in support or maintenance arrears that is collected by the department after the individual's participation ceased and that accrued while the individual was participating in Wisconsin Works.

AB75, s. 1157 Section 1157. 49.147 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1158 Section 1158. 49.147 (4) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,613,5 49.147 (4) (as) Required hours. Except as provided in pars. (at) and (av) and sub. (5m), a Wisconsin works Works agency shall require a participant placed in a community service job program to work in a community service job for the number of hours determined by the Wisconsin works Works agency to be appropriate for the participant at the time of application or review, but not to exceed 30 hours per week. Except as provided in pars. (at) and (av), a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in the community service job program to participate in education or training activities for not more than 10 hours per week except that the Wisconsin Works agency may not require a participant under this subsection to spend more than 40 hours per week in combined activities under this subsection.

AB75, s. 1159 Section 1159. 49.147 (4) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,613,12 49.147 (4) (at) Motivational training. A Wisconsin works Works agency may require a participant, during the first 2 weeks of participation under this subsection, to participate in an assessment and motivational training program identified by the community steering committee under s. 49.143 (2) (a) 10. The Wisconsin works Works agency may require not more than 40 hours of participation per week under this paragraph in lieu of the participation requirement under par. (as).

AB75, s. 1160 Section 1160. 49.147 (4) (av) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,613,21 49.147 (4) (av) Education for 18-year-old and 19-year-old students. A Wisconsin works Works agency shall permit a participant under this subsection who has not attained the age of 20 and who has not obtained a high school diploma or a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation to attend high school or, at the option of the participant, to enroll in a course of study meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation to satisfy, in whole or in part, the required hours of participation requirement under par. (as).

AB75, s. 1161 Section 1161. 49.147 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1162 Section 1162. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b) (intro.).

AB75, s. 1163 Section 1163. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b) 1m.

AB75, s. 1164 Section 1164. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b) 2m.

AB75, s. 1165 Section 1165. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. d. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b) 3.

AB75, s. 1166 Section 1166. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. e. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b) 4.

AB75, s. 1167 Section 1167. 49.147 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 1168 Section 1168. 49.147 (5) (bs) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,614,18 49.147 (5) (bs) Required hours. Except as provided in par. (bt) and sub. (5m), a Wisconsin works Works agency may require a participant placed in a transitional placement to engage in activities under par. (b) 1. for up to 28 hours per week. Except as provided in sub. (5m), a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in a transitional placement to participate in education or training activities under par. (bm) for not more than 12 hours per week. The Wisconsin Works agency may not require a participant under this subsection to spend more than 40 hours per week in combined activities under this subsection.