AB64,485,2322 a. The date on which the individual again becomes eligible for full participation
23in a Wisconsin Works employment position.
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1b. Twelve months after the date on which the individual or his or her group
2member meets the circumstances described under par. (a), as determined by the
3department.
AB64,895 4Section 895 . 49.162 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,486,75 49.162 (7) The department shall promulgate rules to implement the substance
6abuse screening, testing, and treatment requirements under this section and the
7monthly grant eligibility and protective payee structure under sub. (4m)
.
AB64,896 8Section 896. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,486,119 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
10$83,000,000 $54,173,300 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $83,000,000 in fiscal year
112016-17
.
AB64,897 12Section 897. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,486,1513 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts
14with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s.
1549.147 (6), $58,336,500 $55,000,000 in each fiscal year.
AB64,898 16Section 898. 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,486,1917 49.175 (1) (c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement
18payments to individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and
19$2,700,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.
AB64,899 20Section 899. 49.175 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,486,2321 49.175 (1) (d) Families and Schools Together. For the families and schools
22together program in 5 Milwaukee elementary schools to be chosen by the
23department, $250,000 in each fiscal year.
AB64,900 24Section 900. 49.175 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
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149.175 (1) (e) Text message-based intervention for early education. For a pilot
2program for a text message-based intervention for early education under s. 48.535,
3$35,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $60,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.
AB64,901 4Section 901. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,487,75 49.175 (1) (f) Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter
6facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys allocated under
7this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (7) (kg).
AB64,902 8Section 902. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,487,129 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and
10overpayment collections.
For state administration of public assistance programs and
11the collection of public assistance overpayments, $15,080,200 $15,987,000 in fiscal
12year 2015-16 2017-18 and $15,295,800 $15,902,900 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.
AB64,903 13Section 903. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,487,1714 49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138
15and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or
16weatherization assistance programs, $8,500,000 $7,000,000 in each fiscal year
172015-16 and $8,400,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.
AB64,904 18Section 904. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,487,2219 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For
20contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional
21Jobs program under s. 49.163, $6,000,000 $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18
22and $7,000,000 $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.
AB64,905 23Section 905. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,488,224 49.175 (1) (n) Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community
25connectors to interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect

1families with formal and informal community support, $360,300 in fiscal year
22016-17 2017-18 and $560,300 in fiscal year 2018-19.
AB64,906 3Section 906. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,488,64 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s.
549.155, $262,064,700 $289,215,200 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and
6$280,719,700 $308,167,800 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.
AB64,907 7Section 907. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,488,118 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state
9administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing
10activities, $35,244,600 $36,189,400 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $33,248,300
11$36,030,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.
AB64,908 12Section 908. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,488,1513 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality
14improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g), $15,492,700 $15,652,700 in each
15fiscal year.
AB64,909 16Section 909. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,488,2017 49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For
18payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of
19recipients of supplemental security income, $31,338,200 $27,339,100 in each fiscal
20year.
AB64,910 21Section 910. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,489,322 49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship
23care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am),
24for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements
25under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration

1of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of
2the reservations of those tribes, $21,222,700 $22,012,100 in fiscal year 2015-16
32017-18 and $21,435,000 $22,741,200 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.
AB64,911 4Section 911. 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,489,135 49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided
6to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may
7remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to
8families with children placed in out-of-home care, $3,647,200 $6,282,500 in fiscal
9year 2015-16 2017-18 and $5,392,700 $7,314,300 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.
10To receive funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the
11amount received that is equal to the percentage the county is required to match for
12a distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the
13department under s. 48.569 (1) (d)
.
AB64,912 14Section 912. 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,489,1715 49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect
16in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, $1,389,600, $5,289,600 in each
17fiscal year.
AB64,913 18Section 913. 49.175 (1) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,489,2219 49.175 (1) (v) General education development. For general education
20development testing and preparation for individuals who are eligible for temporary
21assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $127,000 $115,000 in each
22fiscal year 2015-16 and $115,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.
AB64,914 23Section 914. 49.175 (1) (x) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,490,624 49.175 (1) (x) Public messaging campaign. For a public messaging campaign
25carried out by the department to promote the importance of the success sequence, the

1involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, and the implications of teenage
2pregnancy, $400,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $600,000 in fiscal year 2018-19. In
3this paragraph, “success sequence” refers to the idea that economic success is more
4likely if an individual follows 3 norms: graduating high school; maintaining a
5full-time job or having a partner who does; and having children while married and
6after age 21, if the decision is made to become parents.
AB64,915 7Section 915 . 49.175 (1) (xm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,490,98 49.175 (1) (xm) Academic career planning. For the development of academic
9career planning materials under s. 115.28 (59) (am), $50,000 in fiscal year 2017-18.
AB64,916 10Section 916. 49.175 (1) (y) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,490,1311 49.175 (1) (y) Offender reentry demonstration project. For the offender reentry
12demonstration project under s. 49.37 (1), $187,500 in fiscal year 2017-18 and
13$250,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.
AB64,917 14Section 917. 49.175 (1) (ym) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,490,1715 49.175 (1) (ym) Early absenteeism pilot program. For grants to schools to
16reduce chronic absenteeism in early grades under s. 49.1377, $500,000 in fiscal year
172018-19.
AB64,918 18Section 918. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,491,1119 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the
20Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that
21improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive
22temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study
23habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and
24role models, $1,175,000 $1,275,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this
25paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs

1that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than
2those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the
3grants includes funds for the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT:
4Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up
5to $75,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal
6Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used. The total
7amount of the grants also includes funds for the Milwaukee Boys and Girls Clubs for
8the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the
9program provides, up to $100,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for
10which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be
11used.
AB64,919 12Section 919. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,491,1713 49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of
14moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation
15account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $67,600,000
16$69,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $82,700,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and
17$69,700,000 in fiscal year 2016-17
2018-19.
AB64,920 18Section 920 . 49.22 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,492,219 49.22 (2r) The department or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5)
20may, to the extent permitted under federal law, disclose information obtained under
21sub. (2m) to the department of revenue for the purposes of locating persons, or the
22assets of persons, who have failed to file tax returns, who have underreported their
23taxable income or who are delinquent taxpayers, identifying fraudulent tax returns,
24helping the department of revenue verify the payment of court-ordered child support

1payments as described under s. 71.07 (9e) (aq) 6.,
or providing information for
2tax-related prosecutions.
AB64,921 3Section 921. 49.255 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,492,7 449.255 Case management incentive payments. An individual who
5receives case management services under s. 49.1475 is eligible to receive from the
6department a supplement of $50 per month over a period of 12 months if the
7individual meets the federal work participation requirements under 42 USC 607.
AB64,922 8Section 922. 49.26 (1) (ge) of the statutes is renumbered 49.26 (1) (ge) 1.
9(intro.) and amended to read:
AB64,492,1110 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. (intro.) An individual fails to meet the school attendance
11requirement if the individual meets at least one of the following conditions:
AB64,492,13 12a. The individual is either not enrolled in school or was not enrolled in the
13immediately preceding semester
or is a habitual truant.
AB64,492,15 142. The Wisconsin works Works agency or county department shall verify school
15enrollment and attendance.
AB64,923 16Section 923. 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,492,1817 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. b. During the immediately preceding semester, the individual
18was either not enrolled in school or was a habitual truant.
AB64,924 19Section 924 . 49.37 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,492,23 2049.37 Offender reentry demonstration project. (1) Beginning in fiscal
21year 2017-18, the department of children and families shall establish a 5-year
22offender reentry demonstration project focused on noncustodial fathers in a 1st class
23city.
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1(2) Upon completion of the demonstration project under sub. (1) and by June
230, 2023, the department of children and families shall conduct an evaluation of the
3demonstration project.
AB64,925 4Section 925. 49.45 (8) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,493,65 49.45 (8) (a) 3. “Occupational therapist" has the meaning given in s. 448.96
6464.20 (4).
AB64,926 7Section 926. 49.45 (8) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,493,98 49.45 (8) (a) 5. “Physical therapist" has the meaning given in s. 448.50 464.01
9(3).
AB64,927 10Section 927. 49.45 (23) (g) 1. f. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,493,1211 49.45 (23) (g) 1. f. Provide employment and training services to childless adults
12receiving Medical Assistance under this subsection.
AB64,928 13Section 928. 49.45 (23) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,493,2314 49.45 (23) (g) 2. If the secretary of the federal department of health and human
15services approves the amendment to the waiver under par. (a), in whole or in part,
16the department shall implement the changes to the demonstration project under this
17subsection specified in subd. 1. a. to e. that are approved by the secretary, consistent
18with the approval. If the secretary of the federal department of health and human
19services approves the amendment to the waiver under par. (a), in whole or in part,
20the department shall implement the change to the demonstration project under this
21subsection specified in subd. 1. f. consistent with the approval of the secretary if the
22federal government provides federal financial participation for providing
23employment and training services under subd. 1. f.
AB64,929 24Section 929. 49.45 (54) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,930 25Section 930. 49.45 (54) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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149.45 (54) (c) Special services. From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (b)
2and (o) and (7) (bt), the department may pay the costs of services provided under the
3early intervention program under s. 51.44 that are included in program participant's
4individualized family service plan and that were not authorized for payment under
5the state Medicaid plan or a department policy before July 1, 2017, including any
6services under the early intervention program under s. 51.44 that are delivered by
7a type of provider that becomes certified to provide Medical Assistance service on
8July 1, 2017, or after.
AB64,931 9Section 931. 49.46 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,494,1610 49.46 (1) (em) To the extent approved by the federal government, for the
11purposes of determining financial eligibility and any cost-sharing requirements of
12an individual under par. (a) 6m., 14., or 14m., (d) 2., or (e), the department or its
13designee shall exclude any assets accumulated in a person's independence account,
14as defined in s. 49.472 (1) (c), and any income or assets from retirement benefits
15earned or accumulated from income or employer contributions while employed and
16receiving state-funded benefits under s. 46.27 or medical assistance under s. 49.472.
AB64,932 17Section 932. 49.46 (2) (b) 17. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,494,2018 49.46 (2) (b) 17. Services under s. 49.45 (54) (b) (c) for children participating
19in the early intervention program under s. 51.44, that are provided by a special
20educator
.
AB64,933 21Section 933. 49.47 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,495,822 49.47 (4) (c) 1. Except To the extent approved by the federal government and
23except
as provided in par. (am), eligibility exists if income does not exceed 133 1/3 100
24percent of the maximum aid to families with dependent children payment under s.
2549.19 (11)
poverty line for the applicant's family size or the combined benefit amount

1available under supplemental security income under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c and state
2supplemental aid under s. 49.77 whichever is lower
. In this subdivision “ income"
3includes earned or unearned income that would be included in determining
4eligibility for the individual or family under s. 49.19 or 49.77, or for the aged, blind
5or disabled under 42 USC 1381 to 1385. “Income" does not include earned or
6unearned income which would be excluded in determining eligibility for the
7individual or family under s. 49.19 or 49.77, or for the aged, blind or disabled
8individual under 42 USC 1381 to 1385.
AB64,934 9Section 934. 49.472 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,495,1610 49.472 (3) (a) The individual's family's net income is less than 250 percent of
11the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family. In calculating the net
12income, the department shall apply all of the exclusions specified under 42 USC
131382a
(b) and to the extent approved by the federal government shall exclude
14medical and remedial expenditures and long-term care costs in excess of $500 per
15month that would be incurred by the individual in absence of coverage under the
16medical assistance purchase plan or a Medicaid long-term care program
.
AB64,935 17Section 935. 49.472 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,495,2518 49.472 (3) (b) The individual's assets do not exceed $15,000. In determining
19assets, the department may not include assets that are excluded from the resource
20calculation under 42 USC 1382b (a) or, assets accumulated in an independence
21account, and, to the extent approved by the federal government, assets from
22retirement benefits accumulated from income or employer contributions while
23employed and receiving medical assistance under this section or state-funded
24benefits under s. 46.27
. The department may exclude, in whole or in part, the value
25of a vehicle used by the individual for transportation to paid employment.
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