AB75, s. 1116
5Section
1116. 48.983 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,602,96
48.983
(6) (a) 1. Information on how the applicant's home visitation program
7is comprehensive and incorporates practice standards that have been developed for
8home visitation programs by entities concerned with the prevention of
poor birth
9outcomes and child abuse and neglect and that are acceptable to the department.
AB75, s. 1117
10Section
1117. 48.983 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,602,1611
48.983
(6) (a) 2. Documentation that the application was developed through
12collaboration among public and private organizations that provide services to
13children
and families, especially children who are at risk of child abuse or neglect
and
14families that are at risk of poor birth outcomes, or that are otherwise interested in
15child welfare and a description of how that collaboration effort will support a
16comprehensive home visitation program.
AB75, s. 1118
17Section
1118. 48.983 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,602,2118
48.983
(6) (a) 3. An identification of existing
poor birth outcome and child abuse
19and neglect prevention services that are available to residents of the county or
20reservation of the Indian tribe and a description of how those services and any
21additional needed services will support a comprehensive home visitation program.
AB75, s. 1119
22Section
1119. 48.983 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,603,223
48.983
(6) (a) 4. An explanation of how the home visitation program will build
24on existing
poor birth outcome and child abuse and neglect prevention programs,
1including programs that provide support to families, and how the home visitation
2program will coordinate with those programs.
AB75, s. 1120
3Section
1120. 48.983 (6) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,603,74
48.983
(6) (a) 5. An explanation of how the applicant, in collaboration with local
5prenatal care coordination providers, will implement strategies aimed at achieving
6healthy birth outcomes, as determined by performance measures prescribed by the
7department of health services, in the county or reservation of the Indian tribe.
AB75, s. 1121
8Section
1121. 48.983 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,603,199
48.983
(6) (b) 1. `Flexible fund for home visitation programs.' The applicant
10demonstrates in the application that the applicant has established, or has plans to
11establish, if selected, a fund from which payments totaling not
more than $1,000 less
12than $250 per calendar year may be made for appropriate expenses of each family
13that is participating in the home visitation program under sub. (4) (b) 1. or that is
14receiving home visitation services under s. 49.45 (44). The payments shall be
15authorized by an individual designated by the applicant. If an applicant makes a
16payment to or on behalf of a family under this subdivision, one-half of the payment
17shall be from grant moneys received under this section and one-half of the payment
18shall be from moneys provided by the applicant from sources other than grant
19moneys received under this section.
AB75, s. 1122
20Section
1122. 48.983 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,604,921
48.983
(6) (b) 2. `Flexible fund for cases.' The applicant demonstrates in the
22grant application that the applicant has established, or has plans to establish, if
23selected, a fund from which payments totaling not
more than $500 less than $250 for
24each case may be made for appropriate expenses related to the case. The payments
25shall be authorized by an individual designated by the applicant. If an applicant
1makes a payment to or on behalf of a person under this subdivision, one-half of the
2payment shall be from grant moneys received under this section and one-half of the
3payment shall be from moneys provided by the applicant from sources other than
4grant moneys received under this section. The applicant shall demonstrate in the
5grant application that it has established, or has plans to establish, if selected,
6procedures to encourage, when appropriate, a person to whom or on whose behalf
7payments are made under this subdivision to make a contribution to the fund
8described in this subdivision up to the amount of payments made to or on behalf of
9the person when the person's financial situation permits such a contribution.
AB75, s. 1123
10Section
1123. 48.983 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,604,1611
48.983
(6) (c)
Case management benefit. The applicant
, other than a county
12with a population of 500,000 or more, states in the grant application that it has
13elected, or, if selected, that it will elect, under s. 49.45 (25) (b), to make the case
14management benefit under s. 49.45 (25) available to the category of beneficiaries
15under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who are children and who are members of families
16receiving home visitation program services under sub. (4) (b) 1.
AB75, s. 1124
17Section
1124. 48.983 (6) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,605,218
48.983
(6) (d) 2. The applicant indicates in the grant application whether the
19applicant is willing to use a portion of any moneys distributed to the applicant under
20s. 48.565 (2) (a) to provide case management services to a
medical assistance Medical
21Assistance beneficiary under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who is a case or who is a member
22of a family that is a case. If the applicant is so willing, the applicant shall explain
23how the applicant plans to use that portion of those moneys to promote the provision
24of those services for the case by using a wraparound process so as to provide those
1services in a flexible, comprehensive and individualized manner in order to reduce
2the necessity for court-ordered services.
AB75, s. 1125
3Section
1125. 48.983 (6) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,605,114
48.983
(6) (f)
Reinvestment of Medical Assistance reimbursement. The
5applicant agrees to reinvest in the program under this section a portion of the
6reimbursement received by the applicant under the Medical Assistance program
7under subch. IV of ch. 49. The department and the applicant shall negotiate the
8amount of that reinvestment based on the applicant's administrative costs for billing
9the Medical Assistance program for reimbursement for services provided under this
10section and the ratio of Medical Assistance reimbursement received for those
11services to the amount billed to the Medical Assistance program for those services.
AB75, s. 1126
12Section
1126. 48.983 (6g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,605,2113
48.983
(6g) (a) Except as permitted or required under s. 48.981 (2), no person
14may use or disclose any information concerning any individual who is selected for an
15assessment under sub. (4) (b), including an individual who declines to undergo the
16assessment, or concerning any individual who is offered services under a home
17visitation program funded under this section, including an individual who declines
18to receive those services, unless the use or disclosure is connected with the
19administration of the home visitation program or the administration of the
medical
20assistance Medical Assistance program under ss. 49.43 to 49.497 or unless the
21individual has given his or her written informed consent to the use or disclosure.
AB75, s. 1127
22Section
1127. 48.983 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,605,2423
48.983
(7) (a) 1. The number of
poor birth outcomes and substantiated reports
24of child abuse and neglect.
AB75, s. 1128
25Section
1128. 48.986 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,606,5
148.986
(4) A county may use the funds distributed under this section to fund
2additional foster parents
, treatment foster parents, and subsidized guardians or
3interim caretakers to care for abused and neglected children and to fund additional
4staff positions to provide services related to child abuse and neglect and to unborn
5child abuse.
AB75, s. 1129
6Section
1129. 49.001 (5p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,606,97
49.001
(5p) "Relief block grant" means a block grant awarded to a county or
8tribal governing body under s. 49.025,
2009 stats., s. 49.027
or, 2009 stats., or s. 949.029
, 2009 stats.
AB75, s. 1130
10Section
1130. 49.001 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1131
11Section
1131. 49.002 of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1133
13Section
1133. 49.015 of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1135
15Section
1135. 49.025 of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1136
16Section
1136. 49.027 of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1137
17Section
1137. 49.029 of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1138
18Section
1138. 49.031 of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1139
19Section
1139. 49.136 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,606,2120
49.136
(1) (m) "Parent" means a parent, guardian, foster parent,
treatment
21foster parent, legal custodian
, or a person acting in the place of a parent.
AB75, s. 1140
22Section
1140. 49.138 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,607,1123
49.138
(1m) (intro.) The department shall implement a program of emergency
24assistance to needy persons in cases of fire, flood, natural disaster, homelessness or
25impending homelessness, or energy crisis. The department shall establish the
1maximum amount of aid to be granted
, except for cases of energy crisis, per family
2member based on the funding available under s. 20.437 (2) (dz) and (md). The
3department need not establish the
maximum amount by rule under ch. 227. The
4department shall publish
the maximum
amount and annual changes to it amounts 5in the Wisconsin administrative register
if the department does not establish the
6amounts by rule. Emergency assistance provided to needy persons under this section
7may only be provided to a needy person once in a 12-month period. Emergency
8assistance provided to needy persons under this section in cases of homelessness or
9impending homelessness may be used only to obtain or retain a permanent living
10accommodation. For the purposes of this section, a family is considered to be
11homeless, or to be facing impending homelessness, if any of the following applies:
AB75, s. 1141
12Section
1141. 49.141 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,607,2013
49.141
(1) (s) "Wisconsin
works
Works group" means an individual who is a
14custodial parent, all dependent children with respect to whom the individual is a
15custodial parent
, and all dependent children with respect to whom the individual's
16dependent child is a custodial parent. "Wisconsin
works Works group" includes any
17nonmarital coparent or any spouse of the individual who resides in the same
18household as the individual and any dependent children with respect to whom the
19spouse or nonmarital coparent is a custodial parent.
"Wisconsin works group" does
20not include any person who is receiving benefits under s. 49.027 (3) (b).
AB75, s. 1142
21Section
1142. 49.143 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1143
22Section
1143. 49.143 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,608,623
49.143
(2) (am) Provide information and services aimed at connecting
24Wisconsin Works applicants and participants with their communities and the
25resources available, including job creation, employer and job connections,
1mentorships, child care services and providers, the local workforce investment
2board, charitable food and clothing centers, subsidized and low-income housing, and
3transportation subsidies. The contract shall include a description of the information
4and services the Wisconsin Works agency will provide in fulfillment of the
5requirement under this paragraph and how the the information and services will be
6provided to applicants and participants.
AB75, s. 1144
7Section
1144. 49.143 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,608,198
49.143
(2) (b) Establish a children's services network. The children's services
9network shall provide information about community resources available to the
10dependent children in a Wisconsin works group, including charitable food and
11clothing centers; subsidized and low-income housing; transportation subsidies; the
12state supplemental food program for women, infants and children under s.
49.17 13253.06; and child care programs. In a county having a population of 500,000 or more,
14a children's services network shall, in addition, provide a forum for those persons
15who are interested in the delivery of child welfare services and other services to
16children and families in the geographical area under sub. (6) served by that
17children's services network to communicate with and make recommendations to the
18providers of those services in that geographical area with respect to the delivery of
19those services in that area.
AB75, s. 1145
20Section
1145. 49.143 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
21.... (this act), is repealed.
AB75, s. 1146
22Section
1146. 49.143 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,609,423
49.143
(2) (bm) Provide information and services aimed at connecting youth
24and their parents with schools, career development services, and workforce
25development programs, including the Youth Apprenticeship Program under s.
1106.13 and the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program under s. 39.437. The contract
2shall include a description of the information and services the Wisconsin Works
3agency will provide in fulfillment of the requirement under this paragraph and how
4the information and services will be provided to applicants and participants.
AB75, s. 1147
5Section
1147. 49.143 (2) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,609,96
49.143
(2) (em) Determine eligibility for
and administer child care assistance
7under s. 49.155
and refer eligible families to county departments under s. 46.215,
846.22 or 46.23 for child care services, if the department contracts with the Wisconsin
9Works agency to do so.
AB75, s. 1148
10Section
1148. 49.143 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,609,1711
49.143
(2m) Nutrition outreach. (intro.) A Wisconsin
works Works agency
12may establish a nutrition outreach program
with the community steering committee
13established under sub. (2) (a). The Wisconsin works agency and community steering
14committee and may coordinate with local food pantries and food banks and other
15interested parties to increase the supply of food available. Under the outreach
16program, the Wisconsin
works Works agency may do anything that it determines
17would best effect the desired outcome of the program, including any of the following:
AB75, s. 1149
18Section
1149. 49.143 (2m) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,609,2019
49.143
(2m) (f) (intro.) Establish a
subcommittee of the community steering 20committee that includes qualified aliens and that may do any of the following:
AB75, s. 1150
21Section
1150. 49.145 (2) (n) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,610,322
49.145
(2) (n) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 4.,
beginning on the date
23on which the individual has attained the age of 18, the total number of months in
24which the individual or any adult member of the individual's Wisconsin
works Works 25group has
participated in, or has received benefits under, received assistance under
1any of the following or any combination of the following does not exceed
60 months 2the federal time limit established under 42 USC 608 (a) (7), whether or not
3consecutive:
AB75, s. 1151
4Section
1151. 49.145 (2) (n) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,610,75
49.145
(2) (n) 1. a. The job opportunities and basic skills program under s.
649.193, 1997 stats. Active participation on or after October 1, 1996, in the job
7opportunities and basic skills program counts toward the
60-month time limit.
AB75, s. 1152
8Section
1152. 49.145 (2) (n) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1153
9Section
1153. 49.145 (2) (n) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,610,1610
49.145
(2) (n) 4. (intro.) In calculating the number of months under
subds. subd. 111.
and 2., a Wisconsin
works Works agency shall exclude, to the extent permitted
12under federal law, any month during which any adult in the Wisconsin
works Works 13group participated in any activity listed under subd. 1. a. to c. while living on a
14federally recognized American Indian reservation, in an Alaskan Native village or,
15in Indian country, as defined in
18 USC 1151, occupied by an Indian tribe, if, during
16that month, all of the following applied:
AB75, s. 1154
17Section
1154. 49.145 (2) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,611,1218
49.145
(2) (s) The individual assigns to the state any right of the individual or
19of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other
20person, including any right to amounts accruing during the time that any Wisconsin
21Works benefit is paid to the individual. If a minor who is a beneficiary of any
22Wisconsin Works benefit is also the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order
23that includes support for one or more children not receiving a benefit under
24Wisconsin Works, any support payment made under the judgment or order is
25assigned to the state during the period that the minor is a beneficiary of the
1Wisconsin Works benefit in the amount that is the proportionate share of the minor
2receiving the benefit under Wisconsin Works, except as otherwise ordered by the
3court on the motion of a party. Amounts assigned to the state under this paragraph
4remain assigned to the state until the amount due to the federal government has
5been recovered. No amount of support that begins to accrue after the individual
6ceases to receive benefits under Wisconsin Works may be considered assigned to this
7state. Except as provided in s. 49.1455,
any money that is 75 percent of all money 8received by the department in a month under an assignment to the state under this
9paragraph for an individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin Works
and
10that is not the federal share of support shall be paid to the individual applying for
11or participating in Wisconsin Works. The department shall pay the federal share of
12support assigned under this paragraph as required under federal law or waiver.
AB75, s. 1155
13Section
1155
. 49.145 (2) (s) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
14.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB75,612,1015
49.145
(2) (s) The individual assigns to the state any right of the individual or
16of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other
17person
, including any right to amounts accruing during the time that any
assistance,
18as defined in 45 CFR 260.31, under Wisconsin Works
benefit is paid to the individual.
19If a minor who is a beneficiary of any
assistance under Wisconsin Works
benefit is
20also the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order that includes support for
21one or more children not receiving
a benefit under Wisconsin Works that assistance,
22any support payment made under the judgment or order is assigned to the state
23during the period that the minor is a beneficiary of
the Wisconsin Works benefit that
24assistance in the amount that is the proportionate share of the minor receiving the
25benefit under Wisconsin Works assistance, except as otherwise ordered by the court
1on the motion of a party. Amounts assigned to the state under this paragraph remain
2assigned to the state until the amount due to the federal government has been
3recovered. No amount of support that begins to accrue after the individual ceases
4to receive
benefits assistance under Wisconsin Works may be considered assigned to
5this state. Except as provided in s. 49.1455, 75 percent of all money received by the
6department in a month under an assignment to the state under this paragraph for
7an individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin Works shall be paid to the
8individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin Works. The department shall
9pay the federal share of support assigned under this paragraph as required under
10federal law or waiver.
AB75, s. 1156
11Section
1156. 49.1452 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,612,18
1249.1452 Payment of support arrears. If an individual who formerly
13participated in, but is no longer participating in, Wisconsin Works assigned to the
14state under s. 49.145 (2) (s) his or her right or the right of any dependent child of the
15individual to support or maintenance from any other person, the department shall
16pay to the individual all money in support or maintenance arrears that is collected
17by the department after the individual's participation ceased and that accrued while
18the individual was participating in Wisconsin Works.
AB75, s. 1157
19Section
1157. 49.147 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1158
20Section
1158. 49.147 (4) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,613,521
49.147
(4) (as)
Required hours. Except as provided in pars. (at) and (av) and
22sub. (5m), a Wisconsin
works Works agency shall require a participant placed in a
23community service job program to work in a community service job for the number
24of hours determined by the Wisconsin
works Works agency to be appropriate for the
25participant at the time of application or review,
but not to exceed 30 hours per week.
1Except as provided in pars. (at) and (av), a Wisconsin works agency may require a
2participant placed in the community service job program to participate in education
3or training activities for not more than 10 hours per week except that the Wisconsin
4Works agency may not require a participant under this subsection to spend more
5than 40 hours per week in combined activities under this subsection.
AB75, s. 1159
6Section
1159. 49.147 (4) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,613,127
49.147
(4) (at)
Motivational training. A Wisconsin
works Works agency may
8require a participant, during the first 2 weeks of participation under this subsection,
9to participate in an assessment and motivational training program
identified by the
10community steering committee under s. 49.143 (2) (a) 10. The Wisconsin
works 11Works agency may require not more than 40 hours of participation per week under
12this paragraph in lieu of the participation requirement under par. (as).
AB75, s. 1160
13Section
1160. 49.147 (4) (av) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,613,2114
49.147
(4) (av)
Education for 18-year-old and 19-year-old students. A
15Wisconsin
works Works agency shall permit a participant under this subsection who
16has not attained the age of 20 and who has not obtained a high school diploma or a
17declaration of equivalency of high school graduation to attend high school or, at the
18option of the participant, to enroll in a course of study meeting the standards
19established under s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high
20school graduation to satisfy, in whole or in part, the
required hours of participation
21requirement under par. (as).
AB75, s. 1161
22Section
1161. 49.147 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1162
23Section
1162. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5)
24(b) (intro.).
AB75, s. 1163
1Section
1163. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b)
21m.
AB75, s. 1164
3Section
1164. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b)
42m.
AB75, s. 1165
5Section
1165. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. d. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b)
63.
AB75, s. 1166
7Section
1166. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. e. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b)
84.
AB75, s. 1167
9Section
1167. 49.147 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 1168
10Section
1168. 49.147 (5) (bs) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,614,1811
49.147
(5) (bs)
Required hours. Except as provided in par. (bt) and sub. (5m),
12a Wisconsin
works Works agency may require a participant placed in a transitional
13placement to engage in activities under par. (b) 1.
for up to 28 hours per week. Except
14as provided in sub. (5m), a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed
15in a transitional placement to participate in education or training activities under
16par. (bm) for not more than 12 hours per week. The Wisconsin Works agency may
17not require a participant under this subsection to spend more than 40 hours per week
18in combined activities under this subsection.
AB75, s. 1169
19Section
1169. 49.147 (5) (bt) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,614,2520
49.147
(5) (bt)
Motivational training. A Wisconsin
works Works agency may
21require a participant, during the first 2 weeks of participation under this subsection,
22to participate in an assessment and motivational training program
identified by the
23community steering committee under s. 49.143 (2) (a) 10. The Wisconsin
works 24Works agency may require not more than 40 hours of participation per week under
25this paragraph in lieu of the participation requirement under par. (bs).