AB43,716,1916 48.837 (6) (br) At the hearing on the petition under sub. (2), the court shall
17determine whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any alleged or presumed
18father parent of the child in violation of sub. (1r) (e). Upon a finding of coercion, the
19court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3).
AB43,1005 20Section 1005 . 48.913 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,716,2221 48.913 (1) (a) Preadoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an
22alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
AB43,1006 23Section 1006 . 48.913 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,716,2524 48.913 (1) (b) Post-adoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an
25alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
AB43,1007
1Section 1007. 48.913 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,717,42 48.913 (1) (h) Legal and other services received by a birth parent of the child,
3an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child in connection with the
4adoption.
AB43,1008 5Section 1008 . 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,717,126 48.913 (2) Payment of expenses when birth parent is residing in another
7state.
(intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the proposed adoptive parents of a child or
8a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents of a child may pay for an
9expense of a birth parent of the child or an alleged or presumed father parent of the
10child if the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent was residing in
11another state when the payment was made and when the expense was incurred and
12if all of the following apply:
AB43,1009 13Section 1009 . 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,717,1614 48.913 (2) (b) The state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed
15father parent was residing when the payment was made permits the payment of that
16expense by the proposed adoptive parents of the child.
AB43,1010 17Section 1010 . 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,717,2518 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) A listing of all payments made under this subsection, a
19copy of the statutory provisions of the state in which the birth parent or the alleged
20or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that permit
21those payments to be made by the proposed adoptive parents of the child, and a copy
22of all orders entered in the state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed
23father parent was residing when the payments were made that relate to the payment
24of expenses of the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent by the
25proposed adoptive parents of the child is submitted to the court as follows:
AB43,1011
1Section 1011. 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,718,82 48.913 (3) Method of payment. Any payment under sub. (1) or (2) shall be made
3directly to the provider of a good or service except that a payment under sub. (1) or
4(2) may be made to a birth parent of the child or to an alleged or presumed father
5parent of the child as reimbursement of an amount previously paid by the birth
6parent or by the alleged or presumed father parent if documentation is provided
7showing that the birth parent or alleged or presumed father parent has made the
8previous payment.
AB43,1012 9Section 1012 . 48.913 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,718,1310 48.913 (4) Other payments prohibited. The proposed adoptive parents of a
11child or a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents may not make any
12payments to or on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father
13parent of the child, or the child except as provided in subs. (1) and (2).
AB43,1013 14Section 1013 . 48.913 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,719,415 48.913 (7) Report to the court; contents required. The report required under
16sub. (6) shall include a list of all transfers of anything of value made or agreed to be
17made by the proposed adoptive parents or by a person acting on their behalf to a birth
18parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child,
19on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the
20child, or the child, or to any other person in connection with the pregnancy, the birth
21of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the
22adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents. The report shall be itemized
23and shall show the goods or services for which payment was made or agreed to be
24made. The report shall include the dates of each payment, the names and addresses
25of each attorney, doctor, hospital, agency, or other person or organization receiving

1any payment from the proposed adoptive parents or a person acting on behalf of the
2proposed adoptive parents in connection with the pregnancy, the birth of the child,
3the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the adoption of the
4child by the proposed adoptive parents.
AB43,1014 5Section 1014. 48.977 (3r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,719,226 48.977 (3r) (a) Guardian. Subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623
7(1) may not be made to a guardian of a child unless a subsidized guardianship
8agreement under s. 48.623 (2) is entered into before the guardianship order is
9granted and the court either terminates any order specified in sub. (2) (a) or
10dismisses any proceeding in which the child has been adjudicated in need of
11protection or services as specified in sub. (2) (a). If a child's permanency plan calls
12for placement of the child in the home of a guardian and the provision of monthly
13subsidized guardianship payments to the guardian, the petitioner under sub. (4) (a)
14shall include in the petition under sub. (4) (b) a statement of the determinations
15made under s. 48.623 (1) and a request for the court to include in the court's findings
16under sub. (4) (d) a finding confirming those determinations. If the court confirms
17those determinations, appoints a guardian for the child under sub. (2), and either
18terminates any order specified in sub. (2) (a) or dismisses any proceeding in which
19the child is adjudicated to be in need of protection or services as specified in sub. (2)
20(a), the county department or, as provided in s. 48.623 (3) (a), an Indian tribe or the
21department shall provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments to the
22guardian under s. 48.623 (1).
AB43,1015 23Section 1015. 48.977 (3r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,720,1224 48.977 (3r) (b) Successor guardian. Subsidized guardianship payments under
25s. 48.623 (6) (bm) may not be made to a successor guardian of a child unless the court

1makes a finding confirming that the successor guardian is named as a prospective
2successor guardian of the child in a subsidized guardianship agreement or amended
3subsidized guardianship agreement under s. 48.623 (2) that was entered into before
4the death or incapacity of the guardian and that the conditions specified in s. 48.623
5(6) (bm) have been met, appoints the successor guardian to assume the duty and
6authority of guardianship as provided in sub. (5m), and either terminates any order
7specified in sub. (2) (a) or dismisses any proceeding in which the child has been
8adjudicated in need of protection or services as specified in sub. (2) (a). If the court
9makes that finding and appointment and either terminates such an order or
10dismisses such a proceeding, the county department or, as provided in s. 48.623 (3)
11(a), an Indian tribe or the department shall provide monthly subsidized
12guardianship payments to the successor guardian under s. 48.623 (6) (bm).
AB43,1016 13Section 1016 . 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,720,1714 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. Any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental
15interest under s. 48.025, who is alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the
16child, or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to
17the child
or other information presented to the court, be the father parent of the child.
AB43,1017 18Section 1017 . 48.9795 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,720,2319 48.9795 (1) (b) “Party" means the person petitioning for the appointment of a
20guardian for a child or any interested person other than a person who is alleged to
21the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements
22of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to
23the court, be the father parent of the child.
AB43,1018 24Section 1018. 49.132 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,721,3
149.132 Child care partnership grant program. (1) In this section,
2“business" means any organization or enterprise operated for profit or a nonprofit
3corporation. “Business” does not include a governmental entity.
AB43,721,8 4(2) The department may establish a grant program to award funding to
5businesses that provide or wish to provide child care services for their employees.
6A grant awarded under this program may be used to reserve child care placements
7for local business employees, pay child care tuition, and other costs related to child
8care.
AB43,721,10 9(3) A business awarded a grant under this section shall provide matching funds
10equal to 25 percent or more of the amount awarded.
AB43,721,12 11(4) The department may promulgate rules to administer this section, including
12to determine eligibility for a grant.
AB43,1019 13Section 1019. 49.133 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,721,19 1449.133 Child care quality improvement program. (1) The department
15may establish a program under which it may, from the appropriation under s. 20.437
16(2) (c) and under s. 49.175 (1) (qm), make monthly payments and monthly per-child
17payments to child care providers certified under s. 48.651, child care centers licensed
18under s. 48.65, and child care programs established or contracted for by a school
19board under s. 120.13 (14).
AB43,721,22 20(2) The department may promulgate rules to implement the program under
21this section, including establishing eligibility requirements and payment amounts
22and setting requirements for how recipients may use the payments.
AB43,1020 23Section 1020 . 49.1385 of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1021 24Section 1021 . 49.141 (1) (j) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,721,2525 49.141 (1) (j) 1. A biological natural parent.
AB43,1022
1Section 1022. 49.141 (1) (j) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1023 2Section 1023 . 49.148 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,722,173 49.148 (4) (a) A Wisconsin works Works agency shall require a participant in
4a community service job or transitional placement who, after August 22, 1996, was
5convicted in any state or federal court of a felony that had as an element possession,
6use or distribution of a controlled substance to submit to a test for use of a controlled
7substance as a condition of continued eligibility. If the test results are positive, the
8Wisconsin works Works agency shall decrease the presanction benefit amount for
9that participant by not more than 15 percent for not fewer than 12 months, or for the
10remainder of the participant's period of participation in a community service job or
11transitional placement, if less than 12 months. If, at the end of 12 months, the
12individual is still a participant in a community service job or transitional placement
13and submits to another test for use of a controlled substance and if the results of the
14test are negative, the Wisconsin works Works agency shall discontinue the reduction
15under this paragraph. In this subsection, “controlled substance” does not include
16tetrahydrocannabinols in any form, including tetrahydrocannabinols contained in
17marijuana, obtained from marijuana, or chemically synthesized.
AB43,1024 18Section 1024. 49.155 (1m) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,722,2419 49.155 (1m) (a) 1m. b. The individual has not yet attained the age of 18 years
20and the individual resides with his or her custodial parent or with a kinship care
21relative provider under s. 48.57 (3m) or with a long-term kinship care relative
22provider under s. 48.57 (3n) or is in a foster home licensed under s. 48.62, a subsidized
23guardianship home under s. 48.623, a group home, or an independent living
24arrangement supervised by an adult.
AB43,1025 25Section 1025 . 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,723,8
149.155 (1m) (c) 1g. If the individual is a foster parent of the child or a subsidized
2guardian or interim caretaker of the child under s. 48.623, the child's biological
3natural or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200 percent of the
4poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological natural or
5adoptive family, the department or county department or agency determining
6eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by
7the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income
8described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
AB43,1026 9Section 1026 . 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,723,1710 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. If the individual is a relative of the child, is providing care
11for the child under a court order, and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or
12(3n) on behalf of the child, the child's biological natural or adoptive family has a gross
13income that is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line. In calculating the gross
14income of the child's biological natural or adoptive family, the department or county
15department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered child or
16family support payments received by the individual, if those support payments
17exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
AB43,1027 18Section 1027 . 49.155 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1028 19Section 1028. 49.155 (6) (e) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,723,2220 49.155 (6) (e) 3. (intro.) The department may modify a child care provider's
21maximum payment rate under subd. 2. pars. (a) to (c) on the basis of the provider's
22quality rating, as described in the quality rating plan, in the following manner:
AB43,1029 23Section 1029 . 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,724,224 49.163 (2) (am) 2. If over 25 years of age, be a biological natural or adoptive
25parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not

1been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of
2age.
AB43,1030 3Section 1030. 49.163 (2) (am) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1031 4Section 1031. 49.163 (2) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,724,65 49.163 (2) (am) 5. Be ineligible Have not filed for unemployment insurance
6benefits or have filed but is not eligible
to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
AB43,1032 7Section 1032. 49.1635 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1033 8Section 1033. 49.1635 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1034 9Section 1034. 49.1635 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1035 10Section 1035. 49.1635 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1036 11Section 1036. 49.1635 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (1m) and
12amended to read:
AB43,724,1713 49.1635 (1m) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (j), the department shall
14make a grant of $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year to Wisconsin Trust Account
15Foundation, Inc., for distribution of annual awards of not more than $75,000 per year
16per program
to programs that provide legal services to persons who are eligible under
17par. (b) 2. sub. (2m) (b) if all of the following apply:
AB43,724,2118 (a) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., submits a plan to the
19department detailing the proposed use of the grant; the proposed use of the grant
20conforms to the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m); and the secretary of the
21department, or his or her designee, approves the plan.
AB43,724,2522 (b) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., enters into an agreement with
23the department that specifies the conditions for the use of the grant proceeds, and
24the conditions conform to the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m) and include
25training, reporting, and auditing requirements.
AB43,725,3
1(c) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., agrees in writing to submit to the
2department the reports required under par. (c) sub. (3m) by the times required under
3par. (c) sub. (3m).
AB43,1037 4Section 1037. 49.1635 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (2m), and
549.1635 (2m) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB43,725,86 49.1635 (2m) (a) Subject to subd. 3. par. (c), the grant may be used only to
7provide legal services in civil matters related to eviction, domestic abuse, or sexual
8abuse, or to restraining orders or injunctions for individuals at risk under s. 813.123.
AB43,1038 9Section 1038. 49.1635 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (3m) and
10amended to read:
AB43,725,1911 49.1635 (3m) For each fiscal year in which the department makes a grant
12under this subsection section, Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall
13submit to the department, within 3 months after spending the full amount of that
14grant, a report detailing how the grant proceeds were used. The department may not
15make a grant in a subsequent fiscal year unless Wisconsin Trust Account
16Foundation, Inc., submits the report under this paragraph subsection within the
17time required and the department determines that the grant proceeds were used in
18accordance with the approved plan under par. (a) 1. sub. (1m) (a), the agreement
19under par. (a) 2. sub. (1m) (b), and the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m).
AB43,1039 20Section 1039. 49.166 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,726,2 2149.166 Living independently through financial empowerment. From
22the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (ce), the department may allocate no more than
23$14,000,000 in each fiscal year to establish and administer the living independently
24through financial empowerment program. Under that program, the department
25may provide short-term assistance to individuals who are survivors of domestic

1abuse. The department may contract with a Wisconsin works agency to administer
2the program under this section.
AB43,1040 3Section 1040. 49.170 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,726,6 449.170 Boys and Girls Clubs of Wisconsin. From the appropriation account
5under s. 20.437 (2) (er), the department shall provide funding annually to the Boys
6and Girls Clubs of Wisconsin.
AB43,1041 7Section 1041. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,726,148 49.175 (1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) In this section, with respect to any
9of the following that fund a contract for services, “allocate” means to designate an
10amount of money equal to the amount under the contract that the department is
11obligated to pay.
Except as provided in sub. (2), within the limits of the
12appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (a), (cm), (dz), (k), (kx), (L), (mc), (md), (me), and
13(s) and (3) (kp), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following
14purposes:
AB43,1042 15Section 1042. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,726,1816 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
17$37,000,000 $30,717,200 in fiscal year 2021-22 2023-24 and $34,000,000
18$32,913,100 in fiscal year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1043 19Section 1043. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,726,2320 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts
21with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s.
2249.147 (6), $54,009,700 $52,580,300 in fiscal year 2021-22 2023-24 and $57,071,200
23$59,854,900 in fiscal year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1044 24Section 1044. 49.175 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,727,4
149.175 (1) (d) Families and Schools Together. For the families and schools
2together program in 5 Milwaukee elementary schools to be chosen by the
3department, $250,000 in each fiscal year and an additional $250,000 in each fiscal
4year for this purpose to be distributed only if the recipient provides matching funds
.
AB43,1045 5Section 1045. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,727,96 49.175 (1) (f) Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter
7facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys
8allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under
9s. 20.505 (7) (kg).
AB43,1046 10Section 1046. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,727,1411 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and
12overpayment collections.
For state administration of public assistance programs and
13the collection of public assistance overpayments, $17,231,100 $19,160,100 in fiscal
14year 2021-22 2023-24 and $17,482,300 $19,569,100 in fiscal year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1047 15Section 1047. 49.175 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,727,1916 49.175 (1) (j) Grants for providing civil legal services. For the grants under s.
1749.1635 (5) to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for distribution to
18programs that provide civil legal services to low-income families, $500,000
19$1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
AB43,1048 20Section 1048. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,727,2321 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For
22contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional
23Jobs program under s. 49.163, $9,500,000 $11,200,000 in each fiscal year.
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