SB21,683,94 48.366 (3) (d) If the agency that enters into a voluntary agreement under this
5subsection is the department or a county department, the voluntary agreement shall
6also specifically state that the department or the county department has placement
7and care responsibility for the person who is the subject of the agreement as required
8under 42 USC 672 (a) (2) and has primary responsibility for providing services to the
9person.
SB21,1658 10Section 1658. 48.366 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,683,1411 48.366 (3g) Appeal procedures. (a) Any person who is aggrieved by the failure
12of an agency to enter into a transition-to-independent-living agreement under sub.
13(3) or by an agency's termination of such an agreement has the right to a contested
14case hearing under ch. 227.
SB21,1659 15Section 1659. 48.366 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,683,1916 48.366 (4) (a) Rules permitting a foster home, group home, or residential care
17center for children and youth to provide care for persons who agree to continue in
18out-of-home care under an extension of an order described in sub. (1) (a) or a
19voluntary agreement under sub. (3).
SB21,1660 20Section 1660. 48.38 (1) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,683,2221 48.38 (1) (ad) "Child" includes a person 18 years of age or over for whom a
22permanency plan is required under sub. (2).
SB21,1661 23Section 1661. 48.38 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,684,3
148.38 (2) (d) The child was placed under a voluntary agreement between the
2agency and the child's parent under s. 48.63 (1) (a) or (5) (b) or under a voluntary
3transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3)
.
SB21,1662 4Section 1662. 48.38 (4) (fg) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,684,85 48.38 (4) (fg) 5. As provided in par. (fm), placement in some other planned
6permanent living arrangement that includes an appropriate, enduring relationship
7with an adult, including sustaining care or long-term foster care, but not including
8independent living
, or the goal of transitioning the child to independence.
SB21,1663 9Section 1663. 48.38 (4) (fg) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,1664 10Section 1664. 48.38 (4) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,684,2111 48.38 (4) (fm) If the agency determines that there is a compelling reason why
12it currently would not be in the best interests of the child to return the child to his
13or her home or to place the child for adoption, with a guardian, or with a fit and
14willing relative as the permanency goal for the child, the permanency goal of placing
15the child in some other planned permanent living arrangement or of transitioning
16the child to independence as
described in par. (fg) 5. If the agency makes that
17determination, the plan shall include the efforts made to achieve that permanency
18goal, including, if appropriate, through an out-of-state placement, a statement of
19that compelling reason, and, notwithstanding that compelling reason, a concurrent
20plan under s. 48.355 (2b) towards achieving a goal under par. (fg) 1. to 4. as a
21concurrent permanency goal in addition to the permanency goal under par. (fg) 5.
SB21,1665 22Section 1665. 48.38 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,685,923 48.38 (5) (a) Except as provided in s. 48.63 (5) (d), the court or a panel appointed
24under par. (ag) shall review the permanency plan for each child for whom a
25permanency plan is required under sub. (2)
in the manner provided in this subsection

1not later than 6 months after the date on which the child was first removed from his
2or her home and every 6 months after a previous review under this subsection for as
3long as the child is placed outside the home, except that for the review that is
4required to be conducted not later than 12 months after the child was first removed
5from his or her home and the reviews that are required to be conducted every 12
6months after that review the court shall hold a hearing under sub. (5m) to review the
7permanency plan, which hearing may be instead of or in addition to the review under
8this subsection. The 6-month and 12-month periods referred to in this paragraph
9include trial reunifications under s. 48.358.
SB21,1666 10Section 1666. 48.38 (5) (c) 6. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,685,1411 48.38 (5) (c) 6. d. Being placed in some other planned permanent living
12arrangement that includes an appropriate, enduring relationship with an adult,
13including sustaining care or long-term foster care, but not including independent
14living
, or transitioning to independence.
SB21,1667 15Section 1667. 48.38 (5) (c) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,685,2316 48.38 (5) (c) 9. If the child is the subject of an order that terminates as provided
17in s. 48.355 (4) (b) 4., 48.357 (6) (a) 4. or 48.365 (5) (b) 4. or of a voluntary
18transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3)
, the
19appropriateness of the transition-to-independent-living plan developed under s.
2048.385; the extent of compliance with that plan by the child, the child's guardian, if
21any, the agency primarily responsible for providing services under that plan, and any
22other service providers; and the progress of the child toward making the transition
23to independent living.
SB21,1668 24Section 1668. 48.38 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,686,7
148.38 (5m) (a) The court shall hold a hearing to review the permanency plan
2and to make the determinations specified in sub. (5) (c) for each child for whom a
3permanency plan is required under sub. (2)
no later than 12 months after the date
4on which the child was first removed from the home and every 12 months after a
5previous hearing under this subsection for as long as the child is placed outside the
6home. The 12-month periods referred to in this paragraph include trial
7reunifications under s. 48.358.
SB21,1669 8Section 1669. 48.385 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,686,24 948.385 Plan for transition to independent living. During the 90 days
10immediately before a child who is placed in a foster home, group home, or residential
11care center for children and youth, in the home of a relative other than a parent, or
12in a supervised independent living arrangement attains 18 years of age or, if the child
13is placed in such a placement under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, or 48.365 that
14terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) after the child attains 18 years of age or under a
15voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) that
16terminates under s. 48.366 (3) (a) after the child attains 18 years of age
, during the
1790 days immediately before the termination of the order or agreement, the agency
18primarily responsible for providing services to the child under the order or
19agreement
shall provide the child with assistance and support in developing a plan
20for making the transition from out-of-home care to independent living. The
21transition plan shall be personalized at the direction of the child, shall be as detailed
22as the child directs, and shall include specific options for obtaining housing, health
23care, education, mentoring and continuing support services, and workforce support
24and employment services.
SB21,1670 25Section 1670. 48.47 (7g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,687,18
148.47 (7g) Statewide automated child welfare information system. Establish
2a statewide automated child welfare information system. Notwithstanding ss.
346.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78 (2) (a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30,
451.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c), 938.396 (1) (a) and
5(2), and 938.78 (2) (a), the department may enter the content of any record kept or
6information received by the department into the statewide automated child welfare
7information system, and a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, the
8department, or any other organization that has entered into an information sharing
9and access agreement with the department or any of those county departments and
10that has been approved for access to the statewide automated child welfare
11information system by the department may have access to information that is
12maintained in that system, if necessary to enable the county department,
13department, or organization to perform its duties under this chapter, ch. 46, 51, 55,
14or 938, or 42 USC 670 to 679b or to coordinate the delivery of services under this
15chapter, ch. 46, 51, 55, or 938, or 42 USC 670 to 679b. The department may also
16transfer information that is maintained in the system to a court under s. 48.396 (3)
17(bm), and the court and the director of state courts may allow access to that
18information as provided in s. 48.396 (3) (c) 2.
SB21,1671 19Section 1671. 48.47 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,687,2320 48.47 (10) Delinquent juveniles. Subject to s. 301.03 (9) and (10), execute the
21laws relating to the detention, reformation, and correction of delinquent juveniles
22and promote the enforcement of laws for the protection of those juveniles by doing
23all of the following:
SB21,688,224 (a) Cooperating with courts, the department of corrections, county
25departments, licensed child welfare agencies, and institutions in providing

1community-based programming, including in-home programming and intensive
2supervision, for delinquent juveniles.
SB21,688,53 (b) Establishing and enforcing standards for the development and delivery of
4services provided by the department under ch. 938 in regard to juveniles who have
5been adjudicated delinquent.
SB21,1672 6Section 1672. 48.48 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,688,157 48.48 (1) To promote the enforcement of the laws relating to nonmarital
8children, delinquent juveniles, children and juveniles in need of protection or
9services, including developmentally disabled children , and unborn children in need
10of protection or services and to take the initiative in all matters involving the
11interests of those children, juveniles, and unborn children when adequate provision
12for those interests is not made. This duty shall be discharged in cooperation with the
13courts, the department of corrections, county departments, licensed child welfare
14agencies and with, parents, expectant mothers, and other individuals interested in
15the welfare of children, juveniles, and unborn children.
SB21,1673 16Section 1673. 48.48 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,688,2317 48.48 (4) In order to discharge more effectively its responsibilities under this
18chapter and other relevant provisions of the statutes, to study causes and methods
19of prevention and treatment of problems among children and families , delinquency,
20and related social problems. The department may utilize all powers provided by the
21statutes, including the authority to accept grants of money or property from federal,
22state, or private sources, and enlist the cooperation of other appropriate agencies and
23state departments.
SB21,1674 24Section 1674. 48.48 (8p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,689,9
148.48 (8p) To reimburse tribes and county departments, from the
2appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (kz), for unexpected or unusually high-cost
3out-of-home care placements of Indian children by tribal courts, other than
4placements to which sub. (8r) applies,
and for subsidized guardianship payments
5under s. 48.623 (1) or (6) for guardianships of Indian children ordered by tribal
6courts. In this subsection, "unusually high-cost out-of-home care placements"
7means the amount by which the cost to a tribe or to a county department of
8out-of-home care placements of Indian children by tribal courts, other than
9placements to which sub. (8r) applies,
exceeds $50,000 in a fiscal year.
SB21,1675 10Section 1675. 48.48 (19) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,689,1611 48.48 (19) To purchase or provide treatment and services for children who are
12the victims of trafficking, as defined in s. 940.302 (1) (d), for purposes of a commercial
13sex act, as defined in s. 940.302 (1) (a). Within the availability of funding under s.
1420.437 (1) (e), the department shall ensure that that treatment and those services
15are available to children in all geographic areas of the state, including both urban
16and rural communities.
SB21,1676 17Section 1676. 48.526 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,689,18 1848.526 (title) Community youth and family aids.
SB21,1677 19Section 1677. 48.526 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,690,220 48.526 (1) Procedures. The department shall develop procedures for the
21implementation of this section and standards for the development and delivery of
22community-based juvenile delinquency-related services, as defined in s. 46.011 (1c),
23and shall provide consultation and technical assistance to aid counties in the
24implementation and delivery of those services. The department shall establish

1information systems and monitoring and evaluation procedures to report
2periodically to the governor and legislature on the statewide impact of this section.
SB21,1678 3Section 1678. 48.526 (7) (h) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
4.... (this act), sections 4291 and 4292, is amended to read:
SB21,690,215 48.526 (7) (h) For counties that are participating in the corrective sanctions
6program
purchasing community supervision services under s. 938.533 (2),
7$1,062,400 in the last 6 months of 2015 2017, $2,124,800 in 2016 2018, and
8$1,062,400 in the first 6 months of 2017 2019 for the provision of corrective sanctions
9community supervision services for juveniles from that county. In distributing funds
10to counties under this paragraph, the department shall determine a county's
11distribution by dividing the amount allocated under this paragraph by the number
12of slots authorized for the program under s. 938.533 (2) and multiplying the quotient
13by the number of slots allocated to that county by agreement between the
14department and the county. The department may transfer funds among counties as
15necessary to distribute funds based on the number of slots allocated to each county

16distribute to each county the full amount of the charges for the services purchased
17by that county, except that if the amounts available under this paragraph are
18insufficient to distribute that full amount, the department shall distribute those
19available amounts to each county that purchases community supervision services
20based on the ratio that the charges to that county for those services bear to the total
21charges to all counties that purchase those services
.
SB21,1679 22Section 1679. 48.563 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,690,2523 48.563 (2) Basic county allocation. For children and family services under
24s. 48.569 (1) (d), the department shall distribute not more than $66,475,500
25$68,264,800 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $68,327,900 in fiscal year 2016-17.
SB21,1680
1Section 1680. 48.569 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,691,92 48.569 (2) (a) The county treasurer and each director of a county department
3shall monthly certify under oath to the department, in the manner the department
4prescribes, the claim of the county for state reimbursement under this section, and
5if the department approves the claim it shall certify to the department of
6administration for reimbursement to the county for amounts due under this section
7and payment claimed to be made to the counties monthly. The department may make
8advance payments prior to the beginning of each month equal to one-twelfth of the
9contracted amount.
SB21,1681 10Section 1681. 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 48.57 (3m) (a)
111. (intro.) and amended to read:
SB21,691,1312 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. (intro.) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age;. "Child"
13also includes
a person 18 years of age or over, but if any of the following applies:
SB21,691,18 14a. The person is under 19 years of age, who is a full-time student in good
15academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent,
16and who is reasonably expected to complete his or her program of study and be
17granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma; or a person 18 years of age
18or over, but
.
SB21,692,2 19b. The person is under 21 years of age, who is a full-time student in good
20academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent if,
21an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the person, and
22the person is placed in the home of the kinship care relative under an order under
23s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates under s.
2448.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years of age or under a

1voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or
2938.366 (3)
.
SB21,1682 3Section 1682. 48.57 (3m) (ar) of the statutes is renumbered 48.57 (3m) (i) 1.
4and amended to read:
SB21,692,105 48.57 (3m) (i) 1. The department shall promulgate rules Rules to provide
6assessment criteria for determining whether a kinship care relative who is providing
7care and maintenance for a child is eligible to receive payments under par. (am). The
8rules shall also provide that any criteria established under the rules shall first apply
9to applications for payments under par. (am) received, and to reviews under par. (d)
10conducted, on the effective date of those rules.
SB21,1683 11Section 1683. 48.57 (3m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,692,1612 48.57 (3m) (b) 1. The county department or, in a county having a population
13of 500,000 or more, the department shall refer to the attorney responsible for support
14enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) the name of the parent or parents of a child for
15whom a payment is made under par. (am). This subdivision does not apply to a child
1618 years of age or over for whom a payment is made under par. (am).
SB21,1684 17Section 1684. 48.57 (3m) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,692,1918 48.57 (3m) (i) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this
19subsection. Those rules shall include all of the following:
SB21,692,2120 2. Rules governing the provision of kinship care payments for the care and
21maintenance of a child after the child attains 18 years of age.
SB21,1685 22Section 1685. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 48.57 (3n) (a) 1.
23(intro.) and amended to read:
SB21,692,2524 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. (intro.) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age;. "Child"
25also includes
a person 18 years of age or over, but if any of the following applies:
SB21,693,5
1a. The person is under 19 years of age, who is a full-time student in good
2academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent,
3and who is reasonably expected to complete his or her program of study and be
4granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma; or a person 18 years of age
5or over, but
.
SB21,693,13 6b. The person is under 21 years of age, who is a full-time student in good
7academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent if,
8an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the person, and
9the person is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative under an
10order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates
11under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years of age or
12under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3)
13or 938.366 (3)
.
SB21,1686 14Section 1686. 48.57 (3n) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,693,1915 48.57 (3n) (b) 1. The county department or, in a county having a population of
16500,000 or more, the department shall refer to the attorney responsible for support
17enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) the name of the parent or parents of a child for
18whom a payment is made under par. (am). This subdivision does not apply to a child
1918 years of age or over for whom a payment is made under par. (am).
SB21,1687 20Section 1687. 48.57 (3n) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,693,2421 48.57 (3n) (i) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this
22subsection. Those rules shall include rules governing the provision of long-term
23kinship care payments for the care and maintenance of a child after the child attains
2418 years of age.
SB21,1688 25Section 1688. 48.599 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 48.599 (1r).
SB21,1689
1Section 1689. 48.599 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,694,122 48.599 (1g) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age. For purposes of the
3authority to provide care and maintenance for a child placed in a residential care
4center for children and youth operated by a child welfare agency and of counting the
5number of children for whom a child welfare agency may provide such care and
6maintenance, "child" also includes a person 18 years of age or over, but under 21
7years of age, who is placed in a residential care center for children and youth operated
8by a child welfare agency under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355,
9938.357, or 938.365 that terminates after the person attains 18 years of age, under
10a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or
11938.366 (3), or under the placement and care responsibility of another state under
1242 USC 675 (8) (B) (iv).
SB21,1690 13Section 1690. 48.619 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.619 and
14amended to read:
SB21,694,24 1548.619 Definition. In this subchapter, "child" means a person under 18 years
16of age. For purposes of the authority to provide care and maintenance for a child and
17of
counting the number of children for whom a foster home or group home may
18provide care and maintenance, "child" also includes a person 18 years of age or over,
19but under 21 years of age,
who resides in the foster home or group home, if any of the
20following applies:
under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357,
21or 938.365 that terminates after the person attains 18 years of age, under a voluntary
22transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3), or
23under the placement and care responsibility of another state under 42 USC 675 (8)
24(B) (iv).
SB21,1691 25Section 1691. 48.619 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,1692
1Section 1692. 48.619 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,1693 2Section 1693. 48.623 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,695,53 48.623 (1m) Duration of eligibility. Subsidized guardianship payments
4under sub. (1) or (6) may be continued after the child attains 18 years of age if any
5of the following applies:
SB21,695,86 (a) The child is under 19 years of age, is a full-time student at a secondary
7school or its vocational or technical equivalent, and is reasonably expected to
8complete the program before reaching 19 years of age.
SB21,695,169 (b) The child is under 21 years of age, is a full-time student at a secondary
10school or its vocational or technical equivalent, has a mental or physical disability
11that warrants the continuation of those payments as determined by the county
12department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department,
13is not eligible for social security disability insurance under 42 USC 401 to 433 or
14supplemental security income under 42 USC 1381 to 1385 based on disability, and
15otherwise lacks adequate resources to continue in secondary school or its vocational
16or technical equivalent.
SB21,695,2117 (c) The child is under 21 years of age, is a full-time student at a secondary
18school or its vocational or technical equivalent, an individualized education program
19under s. 115.787 is in effect for the child, and the subsidized guardianship agreement
20for the child became effective on or after the date on which the child attained 16 years
21of age.
SB21,1694 22Section 1694. 48.623 (7) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,695,2423 48.623 (7) (d) Rules governing the provision of subsidized guardianship
24payments for the care of a child after the child attains 18 years of age.
SB21,1695 25Section 1695. 48.685 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,696,20
148.685 (6) (a) The Except as provided in this paragraph, the department shall
2require any person who applies for issuance, continuation, or renewal of a license to
3operate an entity, the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more,
4a county department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) shall require
5any child care provider who applies for initial certification under s. 48.651 or for
6renewal of that certification,
a county department or a child welfare agency shall
7require any person who applies for issuance or renewal of a license to operate a foster
8home under s. 48.62, and the department in a county having a population of 750,000
9or more or a county department shall require any person who applies for subsidized
10guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (6), and a school board shall require any
11person who proposes to contract with the school board under s. 120.13 (14) or to
12renew a contract under that subsection,
to complete a background information form
13that is provided by the department. The department shall require any person who
14applies for issuance, but not continuation, of a license to operate a child care center
15under s. 48.65, a school board shall require any person who proposes to contract, but
16not renew a contract, with the school board under s. 120.13 (14), and the department
17in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county department, or an
18agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) shall require any child care provider who
19applies for initial certification, but not renewal of that certification, under s. 48.651
20to complete a background information form that is provided by the department.
SB21,1696 21Section 1696. 48.685 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,697,522 48.685 (6) (am) Except as provided in this paragraph, every 4 years an entity
23shall require all of its caregivers and all nonclient residents of the entity or of a
24caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. of the entity to complete a background
25information form that is provided to the entity by the department. Every year a A

1child care center that is licensed under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under
2s. 120.13 (14) or a child care provider that is certified under s. 48.651 is exempt from
3the 4-year requirement, but
shall require all of its caregivers and any new caregiver
4or
nonclient residents resident to complete a background information form that is
5provided to the child care center or child care provider by the department.
SB21,1697 6Section 1697. 48.975 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 48.975 (3m) (intro.)
7and amended to read:
SB21,697,108 48.975 (3m) Duration. (intro.) The adoption assistance may be continued after
9the adoptee reaches the age of 18 if that adoptee is a full-time high school student.
10attains 18 years of age if any of the following applies:
SB21,1698 11Section 1698. 48.975 (3m) (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:
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