1. At least once each calendar quarter, the department shall provide to the financial institution, in the manner specified in the agreement under par. (b) 2., information regarding applicants for and recipients of food stamp program benefits and other individuals. The information shall include names and social security or other taxpayer identification numbers.
2. Based on the information received under subd. 1., the financial institution shall take actions necessary to determine whether any applicant for or recipient of food stamp program benefits or other individual has an ownership interest in an account maintained at the financial institution. If the financial institution determines that an applicant, recipient, or other individual has an ownership interest in an account at the financial institution, the financial institution shall provide the department with a notice containing the applicant's, recipient's, or other individual's name, address of record, social security number or other taxpayer identification number, and account information. The account information shall include the account number, the account type, the nature of the ownership interest in the account, and the balance of the account at the time that the record match is made. The notice under this subdivision shall be provided in the manner specified in the agreement under par. (b) 2. and, to the extent feasible, by an electronic data exchange.
(d) State matching option. If a financial institution with which the department has an agreement under par. (b) elects the state matching option under this paragraph, all of the following apply:
1. At least once each calendar quarter, the financial institution shall provide the department with information concerning all accounts maintained at the financial institution. For each account maintained at the financial institution, the financial institution shall notify the department of the name and social security number or other tax identification number of each person having an ownership interest in the account, together with a description of each person's interest. The information required under this subdivision shall be provided in the manner specified in the agreement under par. (b) 2. and, to the extent feasible, by an electronic data exchange.
2. The department shall take actions necessary to determine whether any applicant for or recipient of food stamp program benefits or other individual has an ownership interest in an account maintained at the financial institution providing information under subd. 1. Upon the request of the department, the financial institution shall provide to the department, for each applicant, recipient, or other individual who matches information provided by the financial institution under subd. 1., the address of record, the account number and account type, and the balance of the account.
(e) Use of information by financial institution; penalty. A financial institution participating in the financial record matching program under this subsection, and the employees, agents, officers, and directors of the financial institution, may use information received from the department under par. (c) only for the purpose of matching records and may use information provided by the department in requesting additional information under par. (d) only for the purpose of providing the additional information. Neither the financial institution nor any employee, agent, officer, or director of the financial institution may disclose or retain information received from the department concerning applicants for or recipients of food stamp program benefits or other individuals. Any person who violates this paragraph may be fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than 10 days or more than one year or both.
(f) Use of information by department. The department may use information provided by a financial institution under this subsection only for matching records under par. (d), for administering the financial record matching program under this subsection, and for determining eligibility or continued eligibility under this subchapter. The department may not disclose or retain information received from a financial institution under this subsection concerning account holders who are not applicants for or recipients of food stamp program benefits or other individuals.
(g) Financial institution liability. A financial institution is not liable to any person for disclosing information to the department under this subsection or for any other action that the financial institution takes in good faith to comply with this subsection.
59,961
Section 961
. 49.79 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
49.79
(6m) Eligibility denial; child support noncompliance. (a) In this subsection, what constitutes a refusal to cooperate is determined by the department in accordance with
7 USC 2015 (l) and (m) and any federal regulations promulgated under
7 USC 2015 (l) and (m).
(b) An individual is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program in a month in which any of the following is true:
1. The individual satisfies all of the following:
a. The individual is a custodial parent of or lives with and exercises parental control over a child who is under the age of 18 and who has an absent parent.
b. The individual refuses to cooperate fully, in good faith, with efforts directed at establishing or enforcing any support order or obtaining any other payments or property to which that individual or the child may have rights.
c. The individual does not have good cause for refusing to cooperate, as determined by the department in accordance with
7 USC 2015 (l) (2) and any federal regulations promulgated under
7 USC 2015 (l) (2).
2. The individual is a noncustodial parent of a child under the age of 18 and the individual refuses to cooperate in providing or obtaining support for the child.
59,962
Section 962
. 49.79 (6q) of the statutes is created to read:
49.79
(6q) Eligibility denial; paternity. (a) In this subsection, the department shall determine what constitutes a refusal to cooperate in accordance with
7 USC 2015 (l) and (m) and any federal regulations promulgated under
7 USC 2015 (l) and (m).
(b) An individual is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program in a month in which any of the following is true:
1. The individual satisfies all of the following:
a. The individual is a custodial parent of or lives with and exercises parental control over a child who is under the age of 18 and who has an absent parent.
b. The individual refuses to cooperate fully, in good faith, with applicable efforts directed at establishing the paternity of the child.
c. The individual does not have good cause for refusing to cooperate, as determined by the department in accordance with
7 USC 2015 (l) (2) and any federal regulations promulgated under
7 USC 2015 (l) (2).
2. The individual is one of the following and refuses to cooperate fully, in good faith, with efforts directed at establishing the paternity of the child:
a. Alleged to be the father under s. 767.80 of a child under the age of 18.
b. A noncustodial parent of a child under the age of 18 for whom paternity has not been established.
59,963
Section 963
. 49.79 (6t) of the statutes is created to read:
49.79 (6t) Eligibility denial; delinquent support. An individual is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program in a month in which the individual is obligated by court order to provide support payments and is delinquent in making those court-ordered payments, unless any of the following is true:
(a) The delinquency balance equals less than 3 months of the court-ordered support payment amount.
(b) A court or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) is allowing the individual to delay the child support payments.
(c) The individual is complying with a payment plan approved by a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) to provide support for the child of the individual.
(d) The individual is participating in an employment and training program, as determined by the department.
59,963b
Section 963b. 49.79 (6u) of the statutes is created to read:
49.79 (6u) Implementation of paternity and child support requirements. (a) The department may not implement sub. (6m), (6q), or (6t) unless all of the following are satisfied with respect to that subsection:
1. The department of children and families determines that the requirement of the subsection as it pertains to child support and paternity order establishment and compliance is able to be implemented in a way that is substantially state budget neutral in regard to child support fees.
2. The department of health services or the department of children and families has obtained any necessary approval from the federal government to implement the subsection in a budget-neutral manner in regard to child support fees.
3. The department of health services and the department of children and families have notified the governor and the joint committee on finance that the subsection may be implemented in a budget-neutral manner in regard to child support fees and that all necessary federal approval is obtained.
(b) If the criteria under par. (a) for sub. (6m), (6q), or (6t) are satisfied to be implemented, the applicable subsection takes effect on the first day of the 6th month beginning after the date that the department of children and families has made the notification to the governor and the joint committee on finance under par. (a) 3.
59,964
Section 964
. 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 with county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23, multicounty consortia, local workforce development boards established under
29 USC 2832, tribal governing bodies, or other organizations to carry out the administrative functions. A county department, multicounty consortium, local workforce development board, tribal governing body, or other organization 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
, or a subset of those individuals to the extent allowed by the federal government, who are not participants in a Wisconsin Works employment position to participate in the employment and training program under this subsection.
59,964d
Section 964d. 49.79 (9) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
49.79 (9) (e) The department shall ensure that all applicants for and recipients of the food stamp program are provided information about the employment and training program under this subsection at least once every 6 months and that all able-bodied adults without dependents are referred to the employment and training program under this subsection regardless of whether they are required to comply with a work requirement.
59,965
Section 965
. 49.79 (10) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.79 (10) (title) Eligibility and work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents
.
59,966
Section 966
. 49.79 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.79
(10) (a) 1. The department shall require an able-bodied adult
without dependents who is participating in the food stamp program to fulfill the work requirement defined under
7 CFR 273.24 (a) (1).
59,967
Section 967
. 49.79 (10) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.79 (10) (a) 2. If an able-bodied adult without dependents does not fulfill the work requirement, the department may limit the eligibility of the able-bodied adult's eligibility adult without dependents for food stamps to no more than 3 months during a 3-year period.
59,968
Section 968
. 49.79 (10) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.79 (10) (a) 3. The department may exempt up to 15 percent of the able-bodied adults without dependents who are participating in the food stamp program from the time limit under subd. 2.
59,968g
Section 968g. 49.79 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
49.79 (11) Treatment of inactive accounts; expungement of unused benefits. (a) If, for a period of 6 months or longer, an individual or household that is receiving benefits under this section through an electronic benefit transfer system uses no benefits that have been posted to the individual's or household's benefit account, the department shall remove all benefits from the account electronically and store them offline. The benefits being stored offline shall be made available to the individual or household again within 48 hours after a request by the individual or a member of the household to restore the benefits or upon reapplication by the individual or household for benefits under this section, whichever is applicable. The department shall attempt to notify the individual or household before benefits are removed from the account under this paragraph and shall describe the steps that the individual or household must take to get the benefits returned to the account.
(b) The department shall expunge any benefits that have not been used after a period of one year, regardless of whether either of the following applies:
1. The benefits have been removed from an inactive benefit account under par. (a) and are being stored offline.
2. The benefits are still posted to an active account.
(c) The department shall seek any necessary approval from the U.S. department of agriculture to implement this subsection. If the U.S. department of agriculture disapproves, the department may not implement this subsection.
59,969n
Section 969n. 50.14 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
50.14 (1) (am) “Institution for mental diseases” has the meaning given in s. 49.43 (6m).
59,969p
Section 969p. 50.14 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
50.14 (2) (intro.) For Except as provided under sub. (2d), for the privilege of doing business in this state, there is imposed on all licensed beds of a facility an assessment in the following amount per calendar month per licensed bed of the facility:
59,969r
Section 969r. 50.14 (2d) of the statutes is created to read:
50.14 (2d) (a) The department shall request approval from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services for the state to allow an exemption from the assessment described under sub. (2) for county government-owned institutions for mental diseases and facilities that are state licensed but not certified to participate in the Medicaid or Medicare programs.
(b) To the extent approved by the federal department of health and human services under par. (a), the requirements under this section do not apply to a county government-owned institution for mental diseases or a facility that is state licensed but not certified to participate in the
Medicaid or Medicare programs, effective on July 1, 2017, or the date on which the state receives federal approval, whichever is later.
59,971p
Section 971p. 50.38 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
50.38 (3) The department shall establish the percentage that is applicable under sub. (2) (a) and (b) so that the total amount of assessments collected under sub. (2) (a) in a state fiscal year is equal to the amount in the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (xc) for that fiscal year $414,507,300.
59,971r
Section 971r. 50.38 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
50.38 (6) (b) On June 30 of each state fiscal year, the department shall, from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (xc), refund to eligible hospitals, other than critical access hospitals, the difference between the amount in the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for that appropriation and the amount any amounts not expended or encumbered from that appropriation in the fiscal year or transferred under sub. (8).
59,971t
Section 971t. 50.38 (6m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
50.38 (6m) (b) On June 30 of each state fiscal year, the department shall, from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (xe), refund to critical access hospitals any unencumbered moneys in the critical access hospital assessment fund amounts not expended or encumbered from that appropriation in the fiscal year or transferred under sub. (10).
59,971v
Section 971v. 50.38 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
50.38 (8) In each state fiscal year, the secretary of administration shall transfer from the hospital assessment fund to the Medical Assistance trust fund an amount equal to the amount in the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (xc) collected under sub. (2) (a) for that fiscal year minus the state share of payments to hospitals required under s. 49.45 (3) (e) 11., and minus any refunds paid to hospitals from the hospital assessment fund under sub. (6) (a) in that fiscal year.
59,973
Section 973
. 50.49 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
50.49 (6) (a) Except as provided in s. 50.498, the department shall issue a home health agency license if the applicant is fit and qualified, and if the home health agency meets the requirements established by this section. The Except as provided in par. (am), the department, or its designated representatives, shall make such inspections and investigations as are necessary to determine the conditions existing in each case and file written reports. Each licensee shall annually file a report with the department.
59,974
Section 974
. 50.49 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
50.49 (6) (am) In lieu of performing its own inspection or investigation under par. (a), the department may recognize as evidence for purposes of licensure accreditation of the home health agency by an organization that is approved by the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services and that meets any requirements established by the department. The home health agency shall provide the department with a copy of the report by the accreditation organization of each periodic review the organization conducts of the home health agency for the department's use in tracking compliance, investigating complaints, and conducting further surveys.
59,976
Section 976
. 50.92 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
50.92 (4) (b) In lieu of inspecting or investigating a hospice under sub. (3) prior to issuance of a license, the department may accept evidence that a hospice applying for licensure under s. 50.93 has been inspected under and is currently in compliance with the hospice requirements of the joint commission for the accreditation of health organizations as a hospice from an organization that is approved by the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services and that meets any requirements established by the department. A hospice shall provide the department with a copy of the report by the joint commission for the accreditation of health organizations
organization of each periodic review the association organization conducts of the hospice.
59,977
Section 977
. 51.042 of the statutes is created to read:
51.042 Youth crisis stabilization facilities. (1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Crisis” means a situation caused by an individual's apparent mental disorder that results in a high level of stress or anxiety for the individual, persons providing care for the individual, or the public and that is not resolved by the available coping methods of the individual or by the efforts of those providing ordinary care or support for the individual.
(b) “Youth crisis stabilization facility” is a treatment facility with a maximum of 8 beds that admits a minor to prevent or de-escalate the minor's mental health crisis and avoid admission of the minor to a more restrictive setting.
(2) Certification required; exemption. (a) No person may operate a youth crisis stabilization facility without a certification from the department. The department may limit the number of certifications it grants to operate a youth crisis stabilization facility.
(b) A youth crisis stabilization facility that has a certification from the department under this section is not subject to facility regulation under ch. 48.
(3) Admission of minors. A minor may be admitted to a youth crisis stabilization facility under this section by a court order under s. 51.20 (13) (a) 3. or through the procedure under s. 51.13. No person may transport a minor to a youth crisis stabilization facility for detention under s. 51.15.
(4) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement this section.
59,978f
Section 978f. 51.20 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 51.20 (5) (a) and amended to read:
51.20 (5) (a) The hearings which are required to be held under this chapter shall conform to the essentials of due process and fair treatment including the right to an open hearing, the right to request a closed hearing, the right to counsel, the right to present and cross-examine witnesses, the right to remain silent and the right to a jury trial if requested under sub. (11). The parent or guardian of a minor who is the subject of a hearing shall have the right to participate in the hearing and to be represented by counsel. All proceedings under this chapter shall be reported as provided in SCR 71.01.
(b) The court may determine to hold a hearing under this section at the institution at which the individual is detained, whether or not located in the same county as the court with which the petition was filed, unless the individual or his or her attorney objects.
59,978k
Section 978k. 51.20 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
