Wisconsin Legislature: Children

DNA evidence connected to certain felonies: time limit for commencing prosecution revised; reconciliation of 2005 WisActs 60 and 276 - Act 203

Landlord required to change locks if tenant requests it and provides a copy of an injunction or criminal complaint re domestic abuse; exception, rental agreement, civil damages, and lock changed by tenant provisions - Act 117

Reckless bodily harm to a child: penalty revised; JRCCP report - Act 308

TROs and injunctions re domestic abuse, child abuse, adult at risk, or harassment: petition law revisions - Act 262

Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) jurisdictional provisions and minimum standards for Indian child custody proceedings incorporated into Children's Code provisions re CHIPS, TPR, adoption, and the Juvenile Justice Code re JIPS - Act 94

Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; creates an Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children - Act 339

Permanency planning for children in out-of-home care, right to be heard in proceedings involving children in out-of-home care, notice to relatives when child is removed from home, placement with siblings re foster home or adoption, plan for transition to independent living, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, TPR filing requirements, reasonable efforts to achieve goals of permanency plan, informal disposition, confidentiality of records; effective date changed re paying support of maintenance arrears to certain public assistance recipients - Act 79

Chaperoning a sex offender: individual required to sign agreement notifying, in writing, any other person with whom the individual has a child of his or her intent to chaperone a sex offender; Corr.Dept civil liability immunity - Act 257

Child abuse or neglect cases: public disclosure of certain information required re child fatality or near fatality, suicide, egregious abuse or neglect, or sexual abuse by caregiver; exceptions and report provision - Act 78

Child advocacy centers: funding reduced [Sec. 157d, s, 9101 (10)] - Act 28

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry provision; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment provision; fraudulent W-2 activity reporting requirements; ineligibility for Wisconsin Shares child care subsidies and use of recovered funds to detect fraud - Act 76

Child placed in the home of a relative: granting the relative the same procedural rights as a foster parent re notice of intent to remove the child and review of decisions and orders involving placement and care - Act 81

Child welfare alternative response pilot program created in five counties; evaluation report required [Sec. 1097, 1098, 1100] - Act 28

Child welfare provider rate regulation re treatment foster homes; emergency rules and JLC study provisions [Sec. 1274-1286, 3314, 3315, 9108 (2), 9308 (3), 9408 (5)] [9108 (2) — partial veto] - Act 28

Child welfare provider revisions re surplus revenue and rates for out-of-home care; performance-based contracting system established; DCF to certify need for new group home or increasing capacity at an existing one, emergency rules provision - Act 335

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re required judicial findings and orders when child is placed outside the home, TPR warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, confidentiality of social services records, changing ``day care" to ``child care", and definition of ``neglect" - Act 185

Corr.Dept rates for juvenile alternate care services revised [Sec. 2675, 2677] - Act 28

Graduated foster care licensing system created to license foster home care, treatment foster home care, kinship care, and long-term kinship care based on graduated levels of care; provisions re rule-making, DCF report, notice to LRB of effective dates, and JCF approval of plan [for section numbers and partial veto, see entry under ``Children and Families, Department of"] - Act 28

Human growth and development instruction: school board may offer if it provides medically accurate information and addresses specified topics including marriage and parental responsibilities, the sex offender registry, and criminal penalties for crimes against children; notification required if not offered; instruction by volunteer health care provider, definitions, and State Superintendent duties - Act 134

Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) jurisdictional provisions and minimum standards for Indian child custody proceedings incorporated into Children's Code provisions re CHIPS, TPR, adoption, and the Juvenile Justice Code re JIPS - Act 94

Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; creates an Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children - Act 339

Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council: annual report and public hearing requirements; DCF duties - Act 337

Permanency planning for children in out-of-home care, right to be heard in proceedings involving children in out-of-home care, notice to relatives when child is removed from home, placement with siblings re foster home or adoption, plan for transition to independent living, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, TPR filing requirements, reasonable efforts to achieve goals of permanency plan, informal disposition, confidentiality of records; effective date changed re paying support of maintenance arrears to certain public assistance recipients - Act 79

Proof of financial responsibility requirement re motor vehicle accident: liability release executed by a parent or guardian ad litem on behalf of a minor is acceptable (remedial legislation) - Act 242

Tribal gaming receipts appropriation re high-cost out-of-home placements of Indian children by tribal courts [Sec. 478j, 586t, 979v] - Act 28

Birth to 3 Program: DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law; counties to pay nonfederal share; reimbursement by MA program [Sec. 363, 438, 912, 1316, 1317, 1324, 1325] - Act 28

Integrated service programs for children with severe disabilities expanded to cover children and their families involved in two or more systems of care, name changed to ``initiatives to provide coordinated services for children and families"; definitions, Indian tribes, and funding provisions - Act 334

Appropriations reorganized [Sec. 475, 476, 481, 482, 491, 492, 495-509, 511-513] - Act 28

Bills of rights for foster children and for foster parents created; requirements cited [Sec. 1051n, o, 9108 (6f), 9408 (5f)] [vetoed] - AB-75

Brighter Futures program: annual funding for Diverse and Resilient, Inc. [Sec. 989f] - Act 28

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program grants from DCF to counties and Indian tribes revised - Act 82

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program revisions; expansion re home visitation program services [Sec. 1102-1127, 2547, 2549, 2550, 9108 (6)] - Act 28

Child abuse or neglect cases: public disclosure of certain information required re child fatality or near fatality, suicide, egregious abuse or neglect, or sexual abuse by caregiver; exceptions and report provision - Act 78

Child care allocations, kinship care funding, allocation for public assistance program fraud and error reduction, and W-2 cash benefits allocation and state agency contract and administration services; funding for Milwaukee and statewide child welfare information systems reduced [Sec. 477, 478, 497, 996, 999, 1193-1200c, 1228-1232, 1238-1241, 1243-1250, 9408 (4)] - Act 28

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry provision; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment provision; fraudulent W-2 activity reporting requirements; ineligibility for Wisconsin Shares child care subsidies and use of recovered funds to detect fraud - Act 76

Child care providers under W-2 child care subsidy program: personal liability of officers, directors, and employees of a corporation or LLC for penalties - Act 77

Child care quality rating system: DCF required to provide; review, plan, and Internet provision [Sec. 1057, 9108 (7f)] - Act 28

Child care search database: DCF to make available specific description of violations and steps taken to remedy violations [Sec. 1056t] - Act 28

Child care subsidies and cost savings options; authorized hours provision [Sec. 1214, 1214a] [1214a — partial veto] - Act 28

Child care subsidies and local administration revisions; Milwaukee County to be administered differently [for section numbers, see entry under ``Day care"] - Act 28

Child or juvenile taken into custody: notice to relatives and disclosure of information to facilitate a relationship or placement; parent to provide names of relatives re potential placement; permanency planning; exception to confidentiality requirements [Sec. 919p, 921h, 958p, 1086f, 1101c, 3290n, p, 3292h, 3327p, 3339j] [vetoed] - AB-75

Child placed in the home of a relative: granting the relative the same procedural rights as a foster parent re notice of intent to remove the child and review of decisions and orders involving placement and care - Act 81

Child safety alarm required in certain vehicles used to transport children to and from a child care provider; DCF duties, emergency rule, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - Act 19

Child safety alarms in child care vehicles: certain effective dates re 2009 WisAct 19 modified [Sec. 3416g-j] - Act 28

Child support distribution change and pass-through; SSI and caretaker supplement [Sec. 1155c, 1156, 1369c, 1370, 1371, 9308 (8d), (9), 9322 (7), 9408 (13d), (14), 9422 (12)] - Act 28

Child support distribution changes for pre-assistance arrearages [Sec. 997, 1000, 1155, 1369, 9108 (1), 9408 (1)] - Act 28

Child support enforcement activities: federal and state funding; matching requirements [Sec. 482c, 1268b-k, 9108 (8c)] - Act 28

Child support statements of account [Sec. 3211p] - Act 28

Child welfare alternative response pilot program created in five counties; evaluation report required [Sec. 1097, 1098, 1100] - Act 28

Child welfare provider rate regulation re treatment foster homes; emergency rules and JLC study provisions [Sec. 1274-1286, 3314, 3315, 9108 (2), 9308 (3), 9408 (5)] [9108 (2) — partial veto] - Act 28

Child welfare provider revisions re surplus revenue and rates for out-of-home care; performance-based contracting system established; DCF to certify need for new group home or increasing capacity at an existing one, emergency rules provision - Act 335

Children receiving MA and who have health insurance coverage: funding re incentive payments to local child support agencies [Sec. 487p, 1268p, 1377] - Act 28

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re required judicial findings and orders when child is placed outside the home, TPR warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, confidentiality of social services records, changing ``day care" to ``child care", and definition of ``neglect" - Act 185

Community action agency program: income eligibility threshold increased until set date - Act 11

DCF funding re AFDC, Milwaukee child welfare, and TANF; ombudsman and LAB audit provisions [Sec. 1233, 1234, 9108 (8u), 9131 (2f), 9208 (1), 9408 (12), (13)] [9108 (8u), 9131 (2f) — vetoed] - Act 28

Electronic records of the juvenile court and electronic records maintained by DCF in the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System: transfer provisions created; CCAP, Director of State Courts, confidentiality, and forfeiture provisions - Act 338

Emergency assistance to needy persons under certain circumstances: DCF to establish maximum amount granted and publish them in the Administrative Register if not established by rule; energy crisis added to list of circumstances - Act 45

Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley: annual funding for services to homeless individuals and families [Sec. 488d, 1140g] - Act 28

Federal economic stimulus funds: DCF appropriation created [Sec. 510] - Act 28

Foster and treatment foster parents: training requirements created; DCF prohibited from promulgating rules as emergency rules [Sec. 1062, 9108 (5), 9408 (11] [9108 (5) — partial veto] - Act 28

Foster and treatment foster parents: training requirements revised, kinship care relatives provision - Act 336

Foster care and kinship care revisions re monthly rates, payments, certification, licensing, and levels of care - Act 71

Fraud by W-2 participants: notification to DCF and DHS of date program established and amounts recovered; use of moneys set [Sec. 489, 494, 1257-1262, 1263-1265, 1266, 9308 (2), (2f)] - Act 28

Graduated foster care licensing system created to license foster home care, treatment foster home care, kinship care, and long-term kinship care based on graduated levels of care; provisions re rule-making, DCF report, notice to LRB of effective dates, and JCF approval of plan [Sec. 316, 471, 472, 474, 480, 834, 835, 839, 900, 902, 910, 913-919, 920, 921, 922-958, 959-970, 971-978, 980-983, 985-989, 989s-995, 1003-1013, 1015, 1018-1022, 1023-1051, 1058-1061, 1062b-1066, 1068- 1070, 1072d, 1074d, 1076, 1078d, 1080d-1084, 1086, 1087- 1096, 1099, 1101, 1128, 1130, 1139, 1192, 1205, 1206, 1242b, 1251-1256, 1271, 1273, 1276g-1277, 1278g, 1287-1289, 1318, 1320, 1334, 1383, 1384, 1413, 1451, 1452, 1454, 1455, 1458, 1459, 2169, 2173, 2306-2308, 2432, 2451, 2531, 2543, 2670, 2671, 2676, 2678-2680, 2692, 2917, 3141-3145, 3209, 3221, 3227, 3273-3280, 3287-3290, 3291, 3292, 3293-3313, 3316-3327, 3328-3334, 3336-3339, 3340-3349, 3352, 3353, 3359, 3387, 9108 (3), 9408 (6)] [9108 (3) — partial veto] - Act 28

Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; creates an Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children - Act 339

Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council: annual report and public hearing requirements; DCF duties - Act 337

Milwaukee County enrollment services unit established in DHS re administration of income maintenance and state supplemental payment programs; DCF may contract with DHS to administer child care subsidy program in Milwaukee County; county civil service employees and collective bargaining agreement provisions; JSCRS appendix report - Act 15

Permanency planning for children in out-of-home care, right to be heard in proceedings involving children in out-of-home care, notice to relatives when child is removed from home, placement with siblings re foster home or adoption, plan for transition to independent living, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, TPR filing requirements, reasonable efforts to achieve goals of permanency plan, informal disposition, confidentiality of records; effective date changed re paying support of maintenance arrears to certain public assistance recipients - Act 79

Refugee assistance services transferred from DWD to DCF [Sec. 522, 9156 (1)] - Act 28

Skills enhancement grants created, DCF to award to community action agencies - Act 265

Subsidized guardianship payments [Sec. 473, 479, 984, 1017] - Act 28

Subsidized private sector employment position program created as part of W-2; provisions re hours per week, monthly grant, and federal waiver [Sec. 1161c, 1172c, 1173c] [1173c — partial veto] - Act 28

TANF and W-2 appropriation revisions [Sec. 43-45, 9208 (1), (2)] - Act 2

Transitional jobs demonstration project and trial job program expanded re TANF Emergency Fund; DCF report to JCF required; DWD duties - Act 333

Transitional jobs for low-income adults: DCF to conduct demonstration project; job allocation specified [Sec. 1216k] - Act 28

Traveling sales crews: regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - Act 3

Tribal gaming receipts appropriation re high-cost out-of-home placements of Indian children by tribal courts [Sec. 478j, 586t, 979v] - Act 28

WIC and emergency food assistance program transferred from DCF to DHS; electronic benefit transfer for all DHS benefits permitted [Sec. 485, 488, 490, 829, 1144, 1217-1220, 1376, 2480, 3237-3239, 3392, 9122 (1)] - Act 28

Wisconsin Shares child care program integrity, child attendance monitoring system, and payment distribution [Sec. 1138d, f, 1213f, 1214b-k, 1230, 1239, 9108 (9k)] [1138f, 1214f — partial veto] - Act 28

Wisconsin Works program streamlined; sanctions for refusing to participate in employment program; emergency rules provision [Sec. 486, 1157-1161, 1162-1170, 1173, 1183, 1185-1190, 9308 (4), 9408 (7)] - Act 28

Assistant DA positions in certain counties: OJA to fund [Sec. 9113 (1)-(5)] - Act 28