49.78 (11) (a) 1. The department, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, a multicounty consortium, or a tribal governing body may request from any person in this state information it determines appropriate and necessary for determining or verifying eligibility or benefits for a recipient under any income maintenance program. Unless access to the information is prohibited or restricted by law, or unless the person has good cause, as determined by the department in accordance with federal law and regulations, for refusing to cooperate, the person shall make a good faith effort to provide the information within 7 days after receiving a request under this paragraph. The department, county department, multicounty consortium, or tribal governing body, or employees of any of them, may not disclose information obtained under this subdivision for any purpose not connected with the administration of the income maintenance program for which the information was requested.
2. In conjunction with any request for information under subd. 1., including a request made by subpoena under par. (b), the department, county department, multicounty consortium, or tribal governing body shall advise the person of the time by which the information must be provided.
32,1500m
Section 1500m. 49.78 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.78 (11) (b) The department, a county department, a multicounty consortium, or a tribal governing body may issue a subpoena, in substantially the form authorized under s. 885.02, to compel the production of financial information or other documentary evidence for determining or verifying eligibility or benefits for a recipient under any income maintenance program.
32,1501m
Section 1501m. 49.78 (11) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.78 (11) (c) 1. Allowing access to financial or other records by the department, a county department, a multicounty consortium, or a tribal governing body in response to a request under par. (a) or a subpoena described in par. (b).
32,1502m
Section 1502m. 49.78 (11) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.78 (11) (c) 2. Disclosing information from financial or other records to the department, a county department, a multicounty consortium, or a tribal governing body in response to a request under par. (a) or a subpoena described in par. (b).
32,1503m
Section 1503m. 49.78 (11) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.78 (11) (c) 3. Any other action taken in good faith to comply with this subsection or a subpoena described in par. (b) or to comply with a request for information or access to records from the department, a county department, a multicounty consortium, or a tribal governing body for determining or verifying eligibility or benefits for a recipient under any income maintenance program.
32,1504m
Section 1504m. 49.785 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.785 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bn) (br), the department shall reimburse a county or applicable tribal governing body or organization for any amount that the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization is required to pay under sub. (1) if the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization complies with sub. (3). From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bn) (br), the department shall reimburse a county or applicable tribal governing body or organization for cemetery expenses or for funeral and burial expenses for a person described under sub. (1) that the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization is not required to pay under subs. (1) and (1m) only if the department approves the reimbursement due to unusual circumstances and if the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization complies with sub. (3).
32,1505m
Section 1505m. 49.79 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
49.79 (1) (e) "Multicounty consortium" has the meaning given in s. 49.78 (1) (br).
32,1506m
Section 1506m. 49.79 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.79 (3) Liability for lost food coupons. (a) A county, multicounty consortium, or federally recognized American Indian tribe is liable for all food stamp coupons lost, misappropriated, or destroyed while under the county's, consortium's, or tribe's direct control, except as provided in par. (b).
(b) A county, multicounty consortium, or federally recognized American Indian tribe is not liable for food stamp coupons lost in natural disasters if it provides evidence acceptable to the department that the coupons were destroyed and not redeemed.
(c) A county, multicounty consortium, or federally recognized American Indian tribe is liable for food stamp coupons mailed to residents of the county or counties that are in the multicounty consortium or members of the tribe and lost in the mail due to incorrect information submitted to the department by the county or tribe.
32,1507m
Section 1507m. 49.79 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.79 (4) Deductions from county income maintenance payments. The department shall withhold the value of food stamp losses for which a county, multicounty consortium, or federally recognized American Indian tribe is liable under sub. (3) from the payment to the county, multicounty consortium, or tribe under income maintenance contracts under s. 49.78 and reimburse the federal government from the funds withheld.
32,1534
Section
1534. 49.79 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.79 (8) Benefits for qualified aliens. The department shall not provide benefits under this section to a qualified alien who is ineligible for benefits under this section solely because of the application of 9 USC 1612 or 1613 according to a plan approved by the federal department of agriculture. This subsection does not apply, except to the extent that federal food stamp benefits for qualified aliens are restored required by the federal government.
32,1535m
Section 1535m. 49.79 (9) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.79 (9) (a) 1. The department shall administer an employment and training program for recipients under the food stamp program and may contract under s. 49.78 with county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23, multicounty consortia, and with tribal governing bodies to carry out the administrative functions. The department may contract, or a county department, multicounty consortium, or tribal governing body may subcontract, with a Wisconsin Works agency or another provider to administer the employment and training program under this subsection. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., the department may require able individuals who are 18 to 60 years of age who are not participants in a Wisconsin Works employment position to participate in the employment and training program under this subsection.
32,1536g
Section 1536g. 49.793 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.793
(1) The department or a county
or
, a multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br), or an elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band acting on behalf of the department, may recover overpayments that arise from an overissuance of food coupons under the food stamp program administered under s. 46.215 (1) (k) or 46.22 (1) (b) 2. d. Recovery shall be made in accordance with
7 USC 2022.
32,1536m
Section 1536m. 49.793 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.793
(2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a county
, multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br), or governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe may retain a portion of the amount of an overpayment the state is authorized to retain under
7 USC 2025 that is recovered under sub. (1) due to the efforts of an employee or officer of the county
, multicounty consortium, or tribe. The department shall promulgate a rule establishing the portion of the amount of the overpayment that the county
, multicounty consortium, or governing body may retain. This paragraph does not apply to recovery of an overpayment that was made as a result of state, county,
multicounty consortium, or tribal governing body error.
32,1537m
Section 1537m. 49.795 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
49.795 (1) (cm) "Multicounty consortium" has the meaning given in s. 49.78 (1) (br).
32,1538m
Section 1538m. 49.795 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.795 (1) (e) 1. An employee or officer of the federal government, the state, a county, a multicounty consortium, or a federally recognized American Indian tribe acting in the course of official duties in connection with the food stamp program.
32,1539m
Section 1539m. 49.795 (1) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.795 (1) (e) 2. A person acting in the course of duties under a contract with the federal government, the state, a county, a multicounty consortium, or a federally recognized American Indian tribe in connection with the food stamp program.
32,1540m
Section 1540m. 49.795 (8) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.795 (8) (d) 2. The person may apply to the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 multicounty consortium or the federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body or, if the person is a supplier, to the federal department of agriculture for reinstatement following the period of suspension, if the suspension is not permanent.
32,1541m
Section 1541m. 49.797 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.797 (8) County participation; exception. The department may not require a county multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br), or tribal governing body to participate in an electronic benefit transfer system under this section if the costs to the county
multicounty consortium or tribal governing body would be greater than the costs that the county multicounty consortium or tribal governing body would incur in delivering the benefits through a system that is not an electronic benefit transfer system.
32,1544m
Section 1544m. 49.825 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.825 (2) (d) and amended to read:
49.825 (2) (d) The department shall reimburse the county for all approved, allowable costs that exceed the amounts specified in subd. 2. and that are incurred by the county under a contract with the department for the operation of the public assistance programs under par. (a) in the county.
32,1545m
Section 1545m. 49.825 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
32,1545n
Section 1545n. 49.825 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.825 (3) (a) Supervisory personnel in the unit shall be state employees. Nonsupervisory staff performing services under this section for the unit may be a combination of state employees and employees of Milwaukee County. For the performance of services under this section for the unit, the county shall maintain no fewer represented authorized full-time employee positions than the number of represented full-time employee positions that were authorized on February 1, 2009, for performance of the same types of services.
32,1545p
Section 1545p. 49.825 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.825 (4) Treatment of former county employees appointed to state employee positions in the unit before the effective date of this subsection (title) .... [LRB inserts date]. (intro.) All of the following shall apply to an employee who is appointed to a state employee position in the unit after May 29, 2009, and before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], and who, immediately prior to his or her appointment, was a county employee:
32,1545r
Section 1545r. 49.825 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
49.825
(4) (e) Notwithstanding par. (c), beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], an employee who has opted under par. (c) to remain a participating employee in the retirement system established under
chapter 201, laws of 1937, shall remain a participating employee in the retirement system until the employee has vested in all retirement contributions paid by, or on behalf of, the employee. When the employee becomes vested in all of the contributions paid by, or on behalf of, the employee in the retirement system established under
chapter 201, laws of 1937, the employee may no longer be a participating employee in that retirement system and shall immediately become a participating employee in the Wisconsin retirement system.
32,1545t
Section 1545t. 49.825 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
49.825 (5) Treatment of former county employees appointed to state employee positions in the unit on or after the effective date of this subsection (title) .... [LRB inserts date]. (intro.) All of the following shall apply to an employee who is appointed to a state employee position in the unit on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], and who, immediately prior to his or her appointment, was a county employee performing services for the unit:
(a) The employee shall serve any applicable probationary period under s. 230.28, but shall have his or her seniority with the state computed by treating the employee's total service with the county as state service.
(b) Annual leave for the employee shall accrue at the rate provided in s. 230.35 using the employee's state service computed under par. (a).
(c) 1. The employee shall remain a participating employee in the retirement system established under
chapter 201, laws of 1937, until the employee becomes vested in all of the contributions paid by, or on behalf of, the employee in the retirement system. When the employee becomes vested in all of the contributions paid by, or on behalf of, the employee in the retirement system established under
chapter 201, laws of 1937, the employee may no longer be a participating employee in that retirement system and shall immediately become a participating employee in the Wisconsin retirement system.
2. The secretary shall pay, on behalf of the employee, all required employer contributions under the retirement system established under
chapter 201, laws of 1937.
(d) The employee shall have his or her sick leave accrued with the state computed by treating the employee's unused balance of sick leave accrued with the county as sick leave accrued in state service, but not to exceed the amount of sick leave the employee would have accrued in state service for the same period, if the employee is able to provide adequate documentation in accounting for sick leave used during the accrual period with the county. Sick leave that transfers under this paragraph is not subject to a right of conversion, under s. 40.05 (4) or otherwise, upon death or termination of creditable service for payment of health insurance benefits on behalf of the employee or the employee's dependents.
(e) The employee shall not be subject to s. 40.23 (2m) (er) and (3) (b).
32,1555m
Section 1555m. 49.847 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.847 (1) Subject to ss. 49.497 (1) and 49.793 (1), the department of health services, or a county, multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br), or elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band acting on behalf of the department, may recover benefits incorrectly paid under any of the programs administered by the department under this chapter.
32,1556m
Section 1556m. 49.847 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.847 (2) The department, county, multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br), or elected governing body may recover an overpayment from a family or individual who continues to receive benefits under any program administered by the department under this chapter by reducing the family's or individual's benefit amount. Subject to s. 49.793 (1), the department may by rule specify other methods for recovering incorrectly paid benefits.
32,1628
Section
1628. 49.857 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (1) (c) "Credentialing board" means a board, examining board or affiliated credentialing board in the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services that grants a credential.
32,1629
Section
1629. 49.857 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (2) (b) 1. The circumstances under which the licensing authority or the licensing agency must restrict, limit, suspend, withhold, deny, refuse to grant or issue or refuse to renew or revalidate a license and guidelines for determining the appropriate action to take. The memorandum of understanding with the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services shall include the circumstances under which the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services shall direct a credentialing board to restrict, limit, suspend, withhold, deny or refuse to grant a credential and guidelines for determining the appropriate action to take. The guidelines under this subdivision for determining the appropriate action to take shall require the consideration of whether the action is likely to have an adverse effect on public health, safety or welfare or on the environment, and of whether the action is likely to adversely affect individuals other than the individual holding or applying for the license, such as employees of that individual.
32,1630
Section
1630. 49.857 (2) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (2) (b) 2. a. Certifying to the licensing authority or licensing agency a delinquency in support or a failure to comply with a subpoena or warrant. The memorandum of understanding with the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services shall include procedures for the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services to notify a credentialing board that a certification of delinquency in support or failure to comply with a subpoena or warrant has been made by the department of children and families with respect to an individual who holds or applied for a credential granted by the credentialing board.
32,1631
Section
1631. 49.857 (2) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (2) (b) 2. c. Notifying the licensing authority or licensing agency that an individual has paid delinquent support or made satisfactory alternative payment arrangements or satisfied the requirements under a subpoena or warrant. The memorandum of understanding with the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services shall include procedures for the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services to notify a credentialing board that an individual who holds or applied for a credential granted by the credentialing board has paid delinquent support or made satisfactory alternative payment arrangements or satisfied the requirements under a subpoena or warrant.
32,1632
Section
1632. 49.857 (2) (b) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (2) (b) 3. a. Restricting, limiting, suspending, withholding, denying, refusing to grant or issue or refusing to renew or revalidate a license. The memorandum of understanding with the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services shall include procedures for the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services to direct a credentialing board to restrict, limit, suspend, withhold, deny or refuse to grant a credential.
32,1633
Section
1633. 49.857 (2) (b) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (2) (b) 3. c. Issuing or reinstating a license if the department of children and families notifies the licensing authority or licensing agency that an individual who was delinquent in making court-ordered payments of support has paid the delinquent support or made satisfactory alternative payment arrangements or that an individual who failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant has satisfied the requirements under the subpoena or warrant. The memorandum of understanding with the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services shall include procedures for the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services to direct a credentialing board to grant or reinstate a credential if the department of children and families notifies the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services that an individual who holds or applied for a credential granted by the credentialing board has paid the delinquent support or made satisfactory alternative payment arrangements or that an individual who failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant has satisfied the requirements under the subpoena or warrant.
32,1634
Section
1634. 49.857 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (3) (a) 1. That a certification of delinquency in paying support will be made to a licensing authority, a licensing agency or, with respect to a credential granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services.
32,1635
Section
1635. 49.857 (3) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (3) (am) 1. That the individual's name has been placed on a certification list, which will be provided to a licensing authority, a licensing agency or, with respect to a credential granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services.
32,1636
Section
1636. 49.857 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (3) (b) 1. That a certification of the failure to comply with a subpoena or warrant will be made to a licensing authority, a licensing agency or, with respect to a credential granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services.
32,1637
Section
1637. 49.857 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (3) (c) (intro.) If the department of children and families provides a certification list to a licensing authority, a licensing agency or, with respect to a credential granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services, upon receipt of the list the licensing authority if the licensing authority agrees, the licensing agency or, with respect to a credential granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services shall do all of the following:
32,1638
Section
1638. 49.857 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (3) (d) 1. Subject to sub. (2) (d), if an individual who, on the basis of delinquent support, is denied a license or whose license, on the basis of delinquent support, is restricted, limited, suspended, or refused renewal or revalidation under a memorandum of understanding entered into under sub. (2) (b) pays the delinquent amount of support in full or makes satisfactory alternative payment arrangements, the department of children and families shall immediately notify the licensing authority or licensing agency to issue or reinstate the individual's license as provided in the memorandum of understanding. If the individual held or applied for a credential granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services shall, upon notice by the department of children and families, notify the credentialing board to grant or reinstate the individual's credential.
32,1639
Section
1639. 49.857 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (3) (d) 2. Subject to sub. (2) (d), if an individual who, on the basis of a failure to comply with a subpoena or warrant, is denied a license or whose license, on the basis of a failure to comply with a subpoena or warrant, is restricted, limited, suspended, or refused renewal or revalidation under a memorandum of understanding entered into under sub. (2) (b) satisfies the requirements under the subpoena or warrant, the department of children and families shall immediately notify the licensing authority or licensing agency to issue or reinstate the individual's license as provided in the memorandum of understanding. If the individual held or applied for a credential granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services shall, upon notice by the department of children and families, notify the credentialing board to grant or reinstate the individual's credential.
32,1640
Section
1640. 49.857 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.857 (4) Each licensing agency shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of children and families under sub. (2) (b) and shall cooperate with the department of children and families in its administration of s. 49.22. The department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of children and families on behalf of a credentialing board with respect to a credential granted by the credentialing board.
32,1647
Section
1647. 50.01 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
32,1648
Section
1648. 50.01 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
50.01 (1g) (c) A shelter facility as defined under s. 560.9808 16.308 (1) (d).
32,1649
Section
1649. 50.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
