LRB-1456/P1
EHS:cdc
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Bork, BB0489 - Foster care youth drivers licensing
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Public assistance
Foster care youth driver's licensing
This bill requires DCF to establish or contract for a driver education program for individuals who are 15 years of age or older and in out-of-home care. The bill requires the program to assist those individuals with identifying and enrolling in an appropriate driver education course and obtaining an operator's license. The bill authorizes DCF to pay, for any individual in the program, any fees required to enroll in a driver education course or to obtain an operator's license.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 48.481 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
48.481 (4) Driver education program. The department shall establish or contract for a driver education program for individuals who are 15 years of age or older and in out-of-home care. The program shall provide assistance with identifying and enrolling in an appropriate driver education course and obtaining an operator's license. From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (a), the department may pay all of the following expenses that apply to an individual in the program:
(a) Fees required to enroll in a driver education course.
(b) Fees required to obtain an operator's license under ch. 343.
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