AB64: Bill Text

AB64,885 Section 885. 49.162 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,481,13 49.162 (1) (e) “Wisconsin Works" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (p).

AB64,886 Section 886. 49.162 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,481,16 49.162 (1) (f) “Wisconsin Works employment position" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (r).

AB64,887 Section 887. 49.162 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,481,19 49.162 (1) (g) “Wisconsin Works group” has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (s).

AB64,888 Section 888. 49.162 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.162 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB64,482,9 49.162 (2) (a) Beginning on the effective date of the rules promulgated under sub. (7), or on the effective date of the emergency rules promulgated under 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9106 (2c), whichever is earlier, Except as provided in sub. (2m), in order to participate in a program, an individual who applies to participate in a program or who registers for a program under sub. (1) (c) 3., and, with respect to an individual applying for a program under sub. (1) (c) 4., all of the individual's group members shall complete a controlled substance abuse screening questionnaire. If, on the basis of answers to the questionnaire the screening results, the administering agency determines that there is a reasonable suspicion that an individual who is otherwise eligible for a program or any of the individual's group members is abusing a controlled substance, the administering agency shall require the individual or group member to undergo a test for the use of a controlled substance. If

AB64,482,13 (b) Except as provided in sub. (4m), if the individual or group member refuses to submit to a test under par. (a), the individual is not eligible to participate in a program until the individual or group member complies with the requirement to undergo a test for the use of a controlled substance.

AB64,889 Section 889. 49.162 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,482,16 49.162 (2m) (a) The screening and testing requirements under sub. (2) do not apply to an individual if the individual is any of the following:

AB64,482,17 1. A custodial parent of a child who is 8 weeks old or less.

AB64,482,19 2. A woman who is in a pregnancy that is medically verified and that is shown by medical documentation to be at risk.

AB64,482,22 3. A participant in a Wisconsin Works employment position who moves to an unsubsidized employment position and receives case management services under s. 49.1475.

AB64,482,23 4. A dependent child.

AB64,482,25 (b) The screening and testing requirements under sub. (2) do not apply to a group member if the group member is any of the following:

AB64,483,1 1. A custodial parent of a child who is 8 weeks old or less.

AB64,483,3 2. A woman who is in a pregnancy that is medically verified and that is shown by medical documentation to be at risk.

AB64,483,5 3. Specified as exempt from the screening and testing requirements by department rule.

AB64,890 Section 890 . 49.162 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,483,13 49.162 (3) If an individual or group member who undergoes a test under sub. (2) tests negative for the use of a controlled substance, or tests positive for the use of a controlled substance but presents evidence satisfactory to the administering agency that the individual or group member possesses a valid prescription for each controlled substance for which the individual or group member tests positive, the individual or group member will have satisfactorily completed the substance abuse testing requirements under this section.

AB64,891 Section 891 . 49.162 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,483,22 49.162 (4) (a) If an individual or group member who undergoes a test under sub. (2) tests positive for the use of a controlled substance without presenting evidence of a valid prescription as described in sub. (3), the administering agency shall require the individual or group member to participate in substance abuse treatment to remain eligible to participate in a program. If the individual or group member refuses to participate in substance abuse treatment, the individual is not eligible to participate in a program until the individual or group member complies with the requirement to participate in substance abuse treatment.

AB64,892 Section 892. 49.162 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,484,16 49.162 (4) (b) During the time that an individual or group member is receiving substance abuse treatment under par. (a), the administering agency shall require the individual or group member to undergo random testing for the use of a controlled substance. For Except as provided in sub. (4m), for the individual to remain eligible for a program, the individual or his or her group member must cooperate with the testing and the results of the tests must be negative or, if any results are positive, the individual or group member must present evidence of a valid prescription as described in sub. (3). If the results of any test during treatment are positive for the use of a controlled substance and the individual or group member does not present evidence of a valid prescription for the controlled substance, the individual or group member shall have the opportunity to begin the treatment again one time, as determined by the administering agency. If Except as provided in sub. (4m), if the individual or group member begins the substance abuse treatment again, he or she shall remain the individual remains eligible for a program as long as the results of all tests for the use of a controlled substance during the subsequent treatment are negative for the use of a controlled substance or, if any results are positive, the individual or group member presents evidence of a valid prescription for the controlled substance.

AB64,893 Section 893 . 49.162 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,484,23 49.162 (4) (c) If an individual or group member receiving treatment under par. (b) completes treatment and, at the conclusion of the treatment, tests negative for the use of a controlled substance or presents evidence of a valid prescription for any controlled substance for which the individual or group member tests positive, the individual or group member will have satisfactorily completed the substance abuse testing requirements under this section.

AB64,894 Section 894. 49.162 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,485,9 49.162 (4m) (a) If an individual applying for a community service job under s. 49.147 (4) or a transitional placement under s. 49.147 (5) or his or her group member undergoes a test under sub. (2), tests positive for the use of a controlled substance without presenting evidence of a valid prescription as described in sub. (3), and refuses to participate in substance abuse treatment under sub. (4) (a) or if the individual or his or her group member fails to cooperate with the testing or treatment requirements under sub. (4) (b), the individual remains eligible only for the monthly grant portion of the community service job or transitional placement under s. 49.148 (1) (b) or (c) and only to the extent described in par. (b).

AB64,485,14 (b) 1. In determining the monthly grant for which an individual is eligible under par. (a), the department shall reduce the amount that would otherwise have been established under s. 49.148 (1) (b) or (c) by an amount that reflects the fact that the monthly grant is to be used exclusively for the benefit of the individual's dependent children and not for the benefit of the individual.

AB64,485,19 2. If an individual is eligible for a monthly grant under the circumstances described in par. (a), the department shall pay the monthly grant through a protective payee structure, under which the monthly grant is paid to a protective payee who is not the individual and who holds the money and uses it exclusively for the benefit of the individual's dependent children.

AB64,485,21 3. An individual's partial eligibility under par. (a) ends on the earlier of the following dates:

AB64,485,23 a. The date on which the individual again becomes eligible for full participation in a Wisconsin Works employment position.

AB64,486,3 b. Twelve months after the date on which the individual or his or her group member meets the circumstances described under par. (a), as determined by the department.

AB64,895 Section 895 . 49.162 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,486,7 49.162 (7) The department shall promulgate rules to implement the substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment requirements under this section and the monthly grant eligibility and protective payee structure under sub. (4m).

AB64,896 Section 896. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,486,11 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $83,000,000 $54,173,300 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $83,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

AB64,897 Section 897. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,486,15 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $58,336,500 $55,000,000 in each fiscal year.

AB64,898 Section 898. 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,486,19 49.175 (1) (c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement payments to individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64,899 Section 899. 49.175 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,486,23 49.175 (1) (d) Families and Schools Together. For the families and schools together program in 5 Milwaukee elementary schools to be chosen by the department, $250,000 in each fiscal year.

AB64,900 Section 900. 49.175 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,487,3 49.175 (1) (e) Text message-based intervention for early education. For a pilot program for a text message-based intervention for early education under s. 48.535, $35,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $60,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64,901 Section 901. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,487,7 49.175 (1) (f) Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (7) (kg).

AB64,902 Section 902. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,487,12 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and the collection of public assistance overpayments, $15,080,200 $15,987,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $15,295,800 $15,902,900 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,903 Section 903. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,487,17 49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138 and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or weatherization assistance programs, $8,500,000 $7,000,000 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $8,400,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

AB64,904 Section 904. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,487,22 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program under s. 49.163, $6,000,000 $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $7,000,000 $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,905 Section 905. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,488,2 49.175 (1) (n) Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community connectors to interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect families with formal and informal community support, $360,300 in fiscal year 2016-17 2017-18 and $560,300 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64,906 Section 906. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,488,6 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155, $262,064,700 $289,215,200 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $280,719,700 $308,167,800 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,907 Section 907. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,488,11 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing activities, $35,244,600 $36,189,400 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $33,248,300 $36,030,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,908 Section 908. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,488,15 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g), $15,492,700 $15,652,700 in each fiscal year.

AB64,909 Section 909. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,488,20 49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of supplemental security income, $31,338,200 $27,339,100 in each fiscal year.

AB64,910 Section 910. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,489,3 49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $21,222,700 $22,012,100 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $21,435,000 $22,741,200 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,911 Section 911. 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,489,13 49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $3,647,200 $6,282,500 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $5,392,700 $7,314,300 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19. To receive funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the amount received that is equal to the percentage the county is required to match for a distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d).

AB64,912 Section 912. 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,489,17 49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, $1,389,600, $5,289,600 in each fiscal year.

AB64,913 Section 913. 49.175 (1) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,489,22 49.175 (1) (v) General education development. For general education development testing and preparation for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $127,000 $115,000 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $115,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

AB64,914 Section 914. 49.175 (1) (x) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,490,6 49.175 (1) (x) Public messaging campaign. For a public messaging campaign carried out by the department to promote the importance of the success sequence, the involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, and the implications of teenage pregnancy, $400,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $600,000 in fiscal year 2018-19. In this paragraph, “success sequence” refers to the idea that economic success is more likely if an individual follows 3 norms: graduating high school; maintaining a full-time job or having a partner who does; and having children while married and after age 21, if the decision is made to become parents.

AB64,915 Section 915 . 49.175 (1) (xm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,490,9 49.175 (1) (xm) Academic career planning. For the development of academic career planning materials under s. 115.28 (59) (am), $50,000 in fiscal year 2017-18.

AB64,916 Section 916. 49.175 (1) (y) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,490,13 49.175 (1) (y) Offender reentry demonstration project. For the offender reentry demonstration project under s. 49.37 (1), $187,500 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64,917 Section 917. 49.175 (1) (ym) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,490,17 49.175 (1) (ym) Early absenteeism pilot program. For grants to schools to reduce chronic absenteeism in early grades under s. 49.1377, $500,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64,918 Section 918. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,491,11 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role models, $1,175,000 $1,275,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the grants includes funds for the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $75,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used. The total amount of the grants also includes funds for the Milwaukee Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $100,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.

AB64,919 Section 919. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,491,17 49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $67,600,000 $69,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $82,700,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $69,700,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,920 Section 920 . 49.22 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,492,2 49.22 (2r) The department or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) may, to the extent permitted under federal law, disclose information obtained under sub. (2m) to the department of revenue for the purposes of locating persons, or the assets of persons, who have failed to file tax returns, who have underreported their taxable income or who are delinquent taxpayers, identifying fraudulent tax returns, helping the department of revenue verify the payment of court-ordered child support payments as described under s. 71.07 (9e) (aq) 6., or providing information for tax-related prosecutions.