Wisconsin Legislature: Children and Families, Department of

Aversive interventions in schools regulated; implementation of positive behavioral interventions; definitions and DPI duties; local educational agency to prepare a behavioral intervention plan for child with a disability, conditions set - AB682

Aversive interventions in schools regulated; implementation of positive behavioral interventions; definitions and DPI duties; local educational agency to prepare a behavioral intervention plan for child with a disability, conditions set - SB468

Birth to 3 Program: DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law; counties to pay nonfederal share; reimbursement by MA program [Sec. 363, 438, 912, 1316, 1317, 1324, 1325] - AB75

Integrated service programs for children with severe disabilities expanded to cover children and their families involved in two or more systems of care, name changed to ``initiatives to provide coordinated services for children and families"; definitions, Indian tribes, and funding provisions - AB296

Integrated service programs for children with severe disabilities expanded to cover children and their families involved in two or more systems of care, name changed to ``initiatives to provide coordinated services for children and families"; definitions, Indian tribes, and funding provisions - SB210

Reading specialist and special education teacher: supplementary examination in reading development, language methods, and phonemic awareness required for license issuance or renewal; DPI duties set - AB583

Adoption records may be disclosed to determine availability of placing a child with adoptive parent of the child's sibling - SB411

Appropriations reorganized [Sec. 475, 476, 481, 482, 491, 492, 495, 496, 499, 501, 502, 504-509, 511-513] - AB75

Bills of rights for foster children and for foster parents created; requirements cited [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1051n, o, 9108 (6f), 9408 (5f)] - AB75

Biometric fingerprint identification system re child care attendance under Wisconsin Shares, DCF duties - AB845

Biometric fingerprint identification system re child care attendance under Wisconsin Shares, DCF duties - SB592

Birth certificate fees increased; annual funding to DCF for foster care public information and to DHS for maternal and child health activities [Sec. 327, 1504, 1505, 1508, 9422 (5); original bill only] - AB75

Brighter Futures program: annual funding for the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools, Inc. [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 989f; deleted by Senate; Conf.Amdt.1: restored, recipient changed to Diverse and Resilient, Inc.] - AB75

Caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider: report requirements for suspected drug activity or child abuse or neglect; sheriff duties, confidentiality, and civil and criminal liability immunity - AB695

Caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider: report requirements for suspected drug activity or child abuse or neglect; sheriff duties, confidentiality, and civil and criminal liability immunity - SB500

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board renamed the Family Policy Board, membership and duties revised; DCF provisions - AB825

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board renamed the Family Policy Board, membership and duties revised; DCF provisions - SB571

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program grants from DCF to counties and Indian tribes revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, CANPB provision removed] - AB297

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program grants from DCF to counties and Indian tribes revised - SB211

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program revisions; expansion re home visitation program services; matching funds requirement [Sec. 1102-1127, 2547, 2549, 2550, 9108 (6); Enrolled AB-75: certain restrictions reinstated, matching requirement removed, 1106d, 1110d, 1111d; deletes 1104-1110, 1115] - AB75

Child abuse or neglect cases: public disclosure of certain information required re child fatality or near fatality, suicide, egregious abuse or neglect, or sexual abuse by caregiver; exceptions and report provision - AB428

Child abuse or neglect cases: public disclosure of certain information required re child fatality or near fatality, suicide, egregious abuse or neglect, or sexual abuse by caregiver; exceptions and report provision [S.Amdts 1 and 3: report requirements revised] - SB299

Child abuse or neglect resulting in the child dying or placed in serious or critical condition: requiring certain information be disclosed to the legislature and made available to the public; DCF duties; report and exception provisions - SB79

Child care allocations, kinship care funding, allocation for public assistance program fraud and error reduction; funding for Milwaukee and statewide child welfare information systems removed [Sec. 477, 478, 497, 996, 999, 1193-1200, 1228-1232, 1237-1241, 1243-1250, 9408 (4); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, W-2 cash benefits allocation and agency contact administration and services, 1195b, 1200c, 1228g, i; deletes 1195, 1231, 1237] - AB75

Child care provider license, certification, or contract: prohibiting a person convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a drug-related felony from showing he or she has been rehabilitated; employment with a child care provider or residing where child care is provided provisions - AB694

Child care provider license, certification, or contract: prohibiting a person convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a drug-related felony from showing he or she has been rehabilitated; employment with a child care provider or residing where child care is provided provisions - SB499

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry provision; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment provision - AB462

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry provision; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment provision [S.Amdt.3: Wisconsin Shares provisions added re ineligibility for child care subsidies and use of recovered funds to detect fraud; S.Amdt.1 to S.Amdt.3: fraudulent activity in W-2 program reporting requirements] - SB331

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes or having certain TRO or injunction entered against the person; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry and TRO or injunction provisions; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment and TRO or injunction provisions; certain employees required to report to DA any suspected fraud in the W-2 Program, penalty and immunity from liability - AB479

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes or having certain TRO or injunction entered against the person; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry and TRO or injunction provisions; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment and TRO or injunction provisions; certain employees required to report to DA any suspected fraud in the W-2 Program, penalty and immunity from liability - SB333

Child care providers under W-2 child care subsidy program: personal liability of officers, directors, and employees of a corporation or LLC for penalties - AB412

Child care providers under W-2 child care subsidy program: personal liability of officers, directors, and employees of a corporation or LLC for penalties - SB280

Child care quality rating system: DCF required to provide; Internet provision [Sec. 1057, 9108 (7); Enrolled AB-75: review and plan revisions, 9108 (7f); deletes 9108 (7)] - AB75

Child care search database: DCF to make available specific description of violations and steps taken to remedy violations [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1056t] - AB75

Child care subsidies and cost savings options [Sec. 1214, 1215, 9108 (4); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, authorized hours provision added, 1214a; deletes 1215, 9108 (4)] - AB75

Child care subsidy and assistance: local administration revisions; subsidies under W-2 restructured [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Day care''] - AB75

Child or juvenile taken into custody: notice to relatives and disclosure of information to facilitate a relationship or placement; parent to provide names of relatives re potential placement; permanency planning; exception to confidentiality requirements [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 919p, 921h, 958p, 1086f, 1101c, 3290n, p, 3292h, 3327p, 3339j] - AB75

Child placed in the home of a relative: granting the relative the same procedural rights as a foster parent re notice of intent to remove the child and review of decisions and orders involving placement and care [A.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB164

Child placed in the home of a relative: granting the relative the same procedural rights as a foster parent re notice of intent to remove the child and review of decisions and orders involving placement and care - SB122

Child protective services: DCF to establish pilot program under which county department may employ alternative responses; evaluation report required [Sec. 1097, 1098. 1100; Enrolled AB-75: limited to five counties (including Milwaukee County)] - AB75

Child removed from parental custody: county department or DCF required to notify adult relatives of the child; temporary custody hearing, permanency plan, and placement provisions; exception to confidentiality of child abuse and neglect records - SB212

Child safety alarm required in certain vehicles used to transport children to and from a child care provider; DCF duties, emergency rule, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB176

Child safety alarm required in certain vehicles used to transport children to and from a child care provider; DCF duties, emergency rule, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB141

Child safety alarms in child care vehicles: certain effective dates re 2009 WisAct 19 modified [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3416g-j] - AB75

Child support distribution change and pass-through; SSI and caretaker supplement [Sec. 1154, 1156, 1368, 1370, 1371, 9308 (9), 9322 (7), 9408 (14), 9422 (12); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 1155c, 1369c, 9308 (8d), 9408 (13d); deletes 1154, 1368, 9408 (14)] - AB75

Child support distribution changes for pre-assistance arrearages [Sec. 997, 1000, 1155, 1369, 9108 (1), 9408 (1)] - AB75

Child support enforcement activities: federal and state funding; matching requirements [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 482c, 1268b-k, 9108 (8c)] - AB75

Child support statements of account [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3211p] - AB75

Child welfare provider rate regulation re treatment foster homes [Sec. 1274-1286, 3314, 3315, 9108 (2), 9308 (3), 9408 (5); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, emergency rules promulgation, JLC study, 1276g-m, 1278g; deletes 1275] - AB75

Child welfare provider revisions re surplus revenue and rates for out-of-home care; performance-based contracting system established [A.Amdt.1: DCF to certify need for new group home or increasing capacity at an existing one, emergency rules provision; A.Amdt.2: appropriation added] - AB780

Child welfare provider revisions re surplus revenue and rates for out-of-home care; performance-based contracting system established - SB567

Children receiving MA and who have health insurance coverage: DHS incentive payments for DCF to identify [Sec. 1300, 1377; Enrolled AB-75: funding re incentive payments to local child support agencies, 487p, 1268p, 1377; deletes 1300] - AB75

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re required judicial findings and orders when child is placed outside the home, TPR warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, confidentiality of social services records, changing ``day care" to ``child care", and definition of ``neglect" - AB485

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re required judicial findings and orders when child is placed outside the home, TPR warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, confidentiality of social services records, changing ``day care" to ``child care", and definition of ``neglect" - SB346

Community action agency program: income eligibility threshold increased until set date - AB255

Community action agency program: income eligibility threshold increased until set date - SB189

DCF funding re AFDC, Milwaukee child welfare services, TANF, and federal block grant aids [Sec. 1233, 1234, 9208 (1)-(3), 9408 (12), (13); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, ombudsman and LAB audit provisions, 9108 (8u), 9131 (2f)] - AB75

Electronic records in CCAP and Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System: DCF and Director of State Courts to enter into agreement to allow for the transfer of, confidentiality and penalty provisions - AB550

Electronic records in CCAP and Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System: DCF and Director of State Courts to enter into agreement to allow for the transfer of, confidentiality and penalty provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, transfer of records between DCF and the juvenile court and facilitated by CCAP specified] - SB375

Emergency assistance: DCF to establish amount of aid to be granted; maximum amounts to be published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register if DCF does not set by rule [Sec. 1140, 9308 (1), 9408 (3); original bill only] - AB75

Emergency assistance to needy persons under certain circumstances: DCF to establish maximum amount granted and publish them in the Administrative Register if not established by rule; energy crisis added to list of circumstances - AB374

Emergency assistance to needy persons under certain circumstances: DCF to establish maximum amount granted and publish them in the Administrative Register if not established by rule; energy crisis added to list of circumstances - SB257

Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley: annual funding for services to homeless individuals and families [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 488d, 1140g] - AB75

Federal economic stimulus funds: DCF appropriation created [Sec. 510; Enrolled AB-75: further revisions] - AB75

Foster and treatment foster parents: training requirements created; DCF to promulgate rules [Sec. 1062, 9108 (5), 9408 (11); Enrolled AB-75: DCF prohibited from promulgating rules as emergency rules] - AB75

Foster and treatment foster parents: training requirements revised, kinship care relatives provision - AB823

Foster and treatment foster parents: training requirements revised, kinship care relatives provision - SB569

Foster care and kinship care revisions re monthly rates, payments, licensing, and levels of care - AB510

Foster care and kinship care revisions re monthly rates, payments, licensing, and levels of care [S.Amdt.1: kinship care and foster home certification provisions] - SB361

Foster children and foster parents: DCF to create expectations by rule - AB824

Foster children and foster parents: DCF to create expectations by rule - SB570

Foster parent, treatment foster parent, and other physical custodian of a child: revisions re disclosure of identity, rights in connection with a change in placement proceeding or agency decision to remove the child, and placement for adoption - AB722

Foster parent, treatment foster parent, and other physical custodian of a child: revisions re disclosure of identity, rights in connection with a change in placement proceeding or agency decision to remove the child, and placement for adoption - SB501

Fraud by W-2 participants: notification to DCF and DHS of date program established and amounts recovered; use of moneys set [Sec. 489, 494, 1257-1262, 1263-1265, 1266, 9308 (2); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 9308 (2f)] - AB75

Graduated foster care licensing system created; kinship and long-term kinship care payments re treatment foster homes eliminated [Sec. 316, 471, 472, 474, 480, 500, 834, 835, 839, 900, 902, 910, 913-919, 920, 921, 922-958, 959-970, 971-978, 980-983, 985-989, 990-995, 998, 1001-1013, 1015, 1016, 1018-1022, 1023-1051, 1058-1061, 1063-1066, 1068-1070, 1072, 1074, 1076, 1078, 1080-1084, 1086, 1087-1096, 1099, 1101, 1128, 1130, 1139, 1192, 1205, 1206, 1208, 1211, 1242, 1251-1256, 1267, 1268, 1271, 1273, 1287-1289, 1318-1320, 1334, 1381, 1383, 1384, 1413, 1451, 1452, 1454, 1455, 1458, 1459, 2169, 2173, 2263, 2306-2308, 2432, 2451, 2531, 2543, 2670, 2671, 2676, 2678-2680, 2692, 2917, 3141-3145, 3206-3217, 3221, 3227, 3273-3280, 3287-3290, 3291, 3292, 3293-3313, 3316-3327, 3328-3334, 3336-3339, 3340-3349, 3352, 3353, 3359, 3387, 9108 (3), 9408 (6); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, emergency rules provision, kinship care and treatment foster homes restored, DCF to notify LRB re publication of effective dates in Administrative Register, DCF to submit plan to JCF, 989s, 1062b, 1072d, 1074d, 1078d, 1080d, 1242b, 1276g-m, 1278g; deletes 500, 995, 998, 1001, 1002, 1016, 1019, 1072, 1074, 1078, 1080, 1208, 1211, 1242, 1267, 1268, 1319, 1381, 1413, 2263, 3206-3208, 3210-3217] - AB75

Insurance claim intercept for MA liability or child support obligation: requirements created [Sec. 1380, 3146, 9326 (2); original bill only] - AB75

Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; creates an Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children - AB705

Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; creates an Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children - SB517

Legal Services, Division of, created in DOA; authorized to provide legal services to executive branch agencies, except DOJ and DPI; position of unclassified chief legal advisor created in certain agencies; classified attorney positions in specified agencies deleted [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Attorney"] - AB75

Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council: annual report and public hearing requirements; DCF duties - AB883

Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council: annual report and public hearing requirements; DCF duties - SB644

Milwaukee County enrollment services unit established in DHS re administration of income maintenance and state supplemental payment programs; DCF may contract with DHS to administer child care subsidy program in Milwaukee County; county civil service employees and collective bargaining agreement provisions; JSCRS appendix report - AB194

Milwaukee County enrollment services unit established in DHS re administration of income maintenance and state supplemental payment programs; DCF may contract with DHS to administer child care subsidy program in Milwaukee County; county civil service employees and collective bargaining agreement provisions; JSCRS appendix report - SB161

Permanency planning for children in out-of-home care, right to be heard in proceedings involving children in out-of-home care, notice to relatives when child is removed from home, placement with siblings re foster home or adoption, plan for transition to independent living, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, TPR filing requirements, reasonable efforts to achieve goals of permanency plan, informal disposition, confidentiality of records - AB486

Permanency planning for children in out-of-home care, right to be heard in proceedings involving children in out-of-home care, notice to relatives when child is removed from home, placement with siblings re foster home or adoption, plan for transition to independent living, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, TPR filing requirements, reasonable efforts to achieve goals of permanency plan, informal disposition, confidentiality of records [S.Amdt.1: effective date changed re paying support or maintenance arrears to certain public assistance recipients] - SB347

Physical fitness of pupils to be assessed annually in grades 3-12; guidelines for foods sold a la carte created, soft drink and vending machine provisions; child care quality rating system to apply to all licensed day care centers, nutrition education provision; DCF, DPI, and charter and parochial school provisions - AB620

Physical fitness of pupils to be assessed annually in grades 3-12; guidelines for foods sold a la carte created, soft drink and vending machine provisions; child care quality rating system to apply to all licensed day care centers, nutrition education provision; DCF, DPI, and charter and parochial school provisions - SB313

Posttermination of parental rights contact agreement between adoptive parent or agency and a birth relative of the child: provisions created - AB214