AB40-ASA1,571,1616 49.161 (1) (title) Trial employment match program jobs overpayments.
AB40-ASA1,1022 17Section 1022. 49.163 of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,571,19 1849.163 Transform Milwaukee Jobs program. (1) Definitions. In this
19section:
AB40-ASA1,571,2020 (a) "Wisconsin Works" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (p).
AB40-ASA1,571,2221 (b) "Wisconsin Works employment position" has the meaning given in s. 49.141
22(1) (r).
AB40-ASA1,571,25 23(2) Eligibility for program. (a) The department shall establish a Transform
24Milwaukee Jobs program in Milwaukee County. To be eligible to participate in the
25program, an individual must satisfy all of the following criteria:
AB40-ASA1,572,1
11. Be at least 18 years of age.
AB40-ASA1,572,42 2. If over 24 years of age, be a biological or adoptive parent of a child under 18
3years of age whose parental rights to the child have not been terminated or be a
4relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of age.
AB40-ASA1,572,65 3. Have an annual household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty
6line.
AB40-ASA1,572,77 4. Be unemployed for at least 4 weeks.
AB40-ASA1,572,88 5. Be ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
AB40-ASA1,572,99 6. Not be participating in a Wisconsin Works employment position.
AB40-ASA1,572,1310 (b) For purposes of par. (a) 3., the household income of an individual
11transitioning from foster care to independent living shall be based on the individual's
12own income over a period determined by the department and shall not include the
13household income of the individual's foster parents.
AB40-ASA1,572,1514 (c) The department may establish additional eligibility criteria consistent with
15its mission and the funding available.
AB40-ASA1,572,17 16(3) Program description. (a) The program under this section shall include all
17of the following features and requirements:
AB40-ASA1,572,1918 1. An individual may participate in the program for a maximum of 1,040 hours
19actually worked.
AB40-ASA1,572,2320 2. The department shall determine and specify in a contract whether a
21contractor under sub. (4) or an employer is the individual's employer of record. The
22employer of record shall pay the individual for hours actually worked at not less than
23the federal or state minimum wage that applies to the individual.
AB40-ASA1,573,224 3. The department may reimburse an employer, or a contractor under sub. (4),
25that employs an individual participating in the program for a minimum of 20 hours

1per week at a location in this state for any of the following costs that are attributable
2to the employment of the individual under the program:
AB40-ASA1,573,53 a. A wage subsidy equal to the amount of wages that the employer or contractor
4pays to the individual for hours actually worked, not to exceed 40 hours per week at
5the federal or state minimum wage that applies to the individual.
AB40-ASA1,573,66 b. Federal social security and Medicare taxes.
AB40-ASA1,573,77 c. State and federal unemployment contributions or taxes, if any.
AB40-ASA1,573,88 d. Worker's compensation insurance premiums, if any.
AB40-ASA1,573,129 4. An employer, or, subject to the approval of the department, a contractor
10under sub. (4), that employs an individual participating in the program may pay the
11individual an amount that exceeds any wage subsidy paid to the employer or
12contractor by the department under subd. 3. a.
AB40-ASA1,573,1413 5. The employment of an individual under this section may not do any of the
14following:
AB40-ASA1,573,1715 a. Have the effect of filling a vacancy created by an employer terminating a
16regular employee or otherwise reducing its work force for the purpose of hiring an
17individual under this section.
AB40-ASA1,573,1918 b. Fill a position when any other person is on layoff or strike from the same or
19a substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.
AB40-ASA1,573,2120 c. Fill a position when any other person is engaged in a labor dispute regarding
21the same or a substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.
AB40-ASA1,573,2322 (b) The department may set priorities for the program consistent with its
23mission and available funding.
AB40-ASA1,574,4 24(4) Contract for administration. The department may contract with any
25person to administer the program under this section, including a Wisconsin Works

1agency; county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23; local workforce
2development board established under 29 USC 2832; or community action agency
3under s. 49.265. The department, or the agency or agencies with which the
4department contracts under this subsection, shall do all of the following:
AB40-ASA1,574,55 (a) Determine the eligibility of applicants for the program.
AB40-ASA1,574,86 (b) Provide, or identify employers to provide, jobs for individuals transitioning
7to unsubsidized employment from unemployment, underemployment, limited work
8history, foster care, or other circumstances identified by the department.
AB40-ASA1,574,99 (c) Conduct job orientation activities.
AB40-ASA1,574,1110 (d) Provide employment services, as specified by the department, for program
11participants.
AB40-ASA1,574,1312 (e) Maintain and update participant demographic, eligibility, and employment
13records in the manner required by the department.
AB40-ASA1,574,17 14(5) Recovery of overpayments. (a) The department may recover from any
15individual participating, or who has participated, in the program under this section
16any overpayment resulting from a misrepresentation by the individual as to any
17criterion for eligibility under sub. (2) (a).
AB40-ASA1,574,2018 (b) The department shall recover from a contractor under sub. (4) any
19overpayment resulting from the failure of the contractor to comply with the terms
20of the contract or to meet performance standards established by the department.
AB40-ASA1,574,23 21(6) Rules not required. Notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), the department need
22not promulgate regulations, standards, or policies related to implementing or
23administering the program under this section as rules under ch. 227.
AB40-ASA1,1023 24Section 1023. 49.165 (1) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,575,3
149.165 (1) (d) (intro.) "Organization" means a nonprofit corporation, or a public
2agency or a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band that provides or
3proposes to provide any of the following domestic abuse services:
AB40-ASA1,1024 4Section 1024. 49.173 of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1025 5Section 1025. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,575,86 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
7$74,650,100 $82,014,000 in fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14 and $72,131,500
8$72,696,000 in fiscal year 2012-13 2014-15.
AB40-ASA1,1026 9Section 1026. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,575,1410 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works administration agency contracts; job access
11loans
. For administration of Wisconsin Works performed under contracts with
12Wisconsin Works agencies
under s. 49.143, $10,107,200 and for job access loans
13under s. 49.147 (6), $57,586,500
in fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14 and $10,107,200
14$58,336,500 in fiscal year 2012-13 2014-15.
AB40-ASA1,1027 15Section 1027. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1028 16Section 1028. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,575,2017 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and
18overpayment collections.
For state administration of public assistance programs and
19the collection of public assistance overpayments, $12,918,900 $12,697,100 in fiscal
20year 2013-14 and $12,812,700
in each fiscal year 2014-15.
AB40-ASA1,1029 21Section 1029. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,575,2522 49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138
23and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or
24weatherization assistance programs, $6,200,000 in fiscal year 2011-12 and
25$6,000,000
$7,500,000 in each fiscal year 2012-13.
AB40-ASA1,1030
1Section 1030. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,576,42 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee Jobs program. For contract costs under
3the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program under s. 49.163, $3,750,000 in fiscal year
42013-14 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15.
AB40-ASA1,1031 5Section 1031. 49.175 (1) (L) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1032 6Section 1032. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,576,97 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s.
849.155, $301,631,000 $271,400,200 in fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14 and $298,523,500
9$274,734,000 in fiscal year 2012-13 2014-15.
AB40-ASA1,1033 10Section 1033. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,576,1511 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and child care licensing
12activities.
For state administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and the
13allocation under s. 49.155 (1g) (c)
for child care licensing activities, $19,702,100
14$29,719,000 in fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14 and $19,783,800 $31,799,500 in fiscal
15year 2012-13 2014-15.
AB40-ASA1,1034 16Section 1034. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,576,1917 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality
18improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g), $13,486,700 in fiscal year 2011-12
19and $13,169,400
$13,095,800 in each fiscal year 2012-13.
AB40-ASA1,1035 20Section 1035. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,576,2421 49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For
22payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of
23recipients of supplemental security income, $31,232,200 $33,688,000 in each fiscal
24year.
AB40-ASA1,1036 25Section 1036. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,577,8
149.175 (1) (s) Kinship care, and long-term kinship care , and foster care
2assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57
3(3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments,
4and for agreements under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for
5the administration of
the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs under
6s. 48.57 (3m), (3n), and (3p) and for foster care for relatives under s. 48.62,
7$21,375,800
within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $20,335,200
8in each fiscal year 2013-14 and $20,774,400 in fiscal year 2014-15.
AB40-ASA1,1037 9Section 1037. 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,577,1410 49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided
11in counties having a population of 500,000 or more to ensure the safety of children
12who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate
13services are provided, and for ongoing services provided in those counties to families
14with children placed in out-of-home care, $6,350,300 $7,711,100 in each fiscal year.
AB40-ASA1,1038 15Section 1038. 49.175 (1) (v) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1038m 16Section 1038m. 49.175 (1) (w) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,577,2117 49.175 (1) (w) Wisconsin Community Services. For a grant to Wisconsin
18Community Services for the community building workshop facilitator training to
19provide services that are targeted to individuals in the city of Milwaukee who are
20eligible for funds under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block
21grant program under 42 USC 601 et seq., $400,000 in each fiscal year.
AB40-ASA1,1039 22Section 1039. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,578,1323 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the
24Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that
25improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive

1temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $350,000 focusing
2on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career
3options and role models, $1,250,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $1,100,000
in each
4fiscal year 2014-15. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the
5grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the
6grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations
7specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the grants for fiscal year 2013-14
8includes $25,000 for the greater Wisconsin Rapids Area Boys and Girls Club to fund
9the Cranberry Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program and, if
10the program provides $125,000 in matching funds, $125,000 for the Green Bay Boys
11and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program, to be used only for activities
12for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may
13be used
.
AB40-ASA1,1040 14Section 1040. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,578,1815 49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of
16moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation
17account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $43,664,200
18$62,500,000 in each fiscal year.
AB40-ASA1,1040g 19Section 1040g. 49.19 (5) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1041 20Section 1041. 49.26 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,578,2421 49.26 (1) (g) (intro.) An individual who is a dependent child in a Wisconsin
22Works group that includes a participant under s. 49.147 (3), (3m), (4), or (5) or who
23is a recipient of aid under s. 49.19 is subject to the school attendance requirement
24under par. (ge) if all of the following apply:
AB40-ASA1,1042 25Section 1042. 49.26 (1) (h) 1s. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,579,4
149.26 (1) (h) 1s. b. An individual who is a dependent child in a Wisconsin Works
2group that includes a participant under s. 49.147 (3), (3m), (4), or (5) and who fails
3to meet the school attendance requirement under par. (ge) is subject to a monthly
4sanction.
AB40-ASA1,1043 5Section 1043. 49.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,579,146 49.36 (2) The department may contract with any county, tribal governing body,
7or Wisconsin Works agency to administer a work experience and job training
8program for parents who are not custodial parents and who fail to pay child support
9or to meet their children's needs for support as a result of unemployment or
10underemployment. The program may provide the kinds of work experience and job
11training services available from the program under s. 49.193, 1997 stats., or s. 49.147
12(3), (3m), or (4). The program may also include job search and job orientation
13activities. The department shall fund the program from the appropriations under
14s. 20.437 (2) (dz) and (k).
AB40-ASA1,1043p 15Section 1043p. 49.45 (2) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,579,1816 49.45 (2) (a) 2m. Beginning on January 1, 2014, employ at least one full-time
17equivalent, certified medical coder to improve payment accuracy for all services
18provided under the Medical Assistance program.
AB40-ASA1,1043s 19Section 1043s. 49.45 (2m) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,579,2320 49.45 (2m) (f) 3. An updated projection of the total Medical Assistance program
21benefit expenditures during the fiscal biennium and an analysis of how these
22projected expenditures compare to the funding provided in the 2011-13 most recent
23biennial budget act.
AB40-ASA1,1043t 24Section 1043t. 49.45 (2n) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,580,5
149.45 (2n) Report on Medical Assistance program changes and finances. (a)
2In this subsection, "Medical Assistance program" includes any program operated
3under this subchapter, demonstration program operated under 42 USC 1315, and
4program operated under a waiver of federal law relating to medical assistance that
5is granted by the federal department of health and human services.
AB40-ASA1,580,86 (b) Before January 1, 2015, and every 90 days thereafter, the department shall
7submit to the joint committee on finance a report that contains all of the following
8information:
AB40-ASA1,580,119 1. An updated description of any Medical Assistance program changes
10implemented by the department, including any amendments to the Medical
11Assistance state plan.
AB40-ASA1,580,1312 2. An updated estimate of the projected savings associated with any changes
13described under subd. 1.
AB40-ASA1,580,1614 3. An updated projection of the total Medical Assistance program benefit
15expenditures during the fiscal biennium and an analysis of how these projected
16expenditures compare to the funding provided in the most recent biennial budget act.
AB40-ASA1,1044 17Section 1044. 49.45 (4m) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 49.45 (4m) (a)
183. (intro.) and amended to read:
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