1997 Wisconsin Act 27

27,1474 Section 1474 . 46.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.28 (3) The department may authorize the authority to issue revenue bonds under s. 234.70 234.61 to finance any residential facility it approves under sub. (2).

27,1475 Section 1475 . 46.28 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.28 (4) The department may charge sponsors for administrative costs and expenses it incurs in exercising its powers and duties under this section and under s. 234.70 234.61.

27,1476 Section 1476 . 46.29 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.29 (3) (a) The secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction.

27,1477 Section 1477 . 46.30 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.30 (4) (a) The department shall distribute the federal community services block grant funds received under 42 USC 9903 and deposited in the appropriations under s. 20.435 (6) (3) (mc) and (7) (md).

27,1478c Section 1478c. 46.35 of the statutes is repealed.

27,1479 Section 1479 . 46.40 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.40 (1) (a) Within the limits of available federal funds and of the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b), (kw) and (o), the department shall distribute funds for community social, mental health, developmental disabilities and alcohol and other drug abuse services and for services under ss. 46.51, 46.87, 46.985 and 51.421 to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 and 51.437 and to county aging units, as provided in subs. (2), (2m) and (7) to (8).

27,1480 Section 1480 . 46.40 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.40 (1) (b) Notwithstanding s. 46.49, if the department receives any federal moneys under 42 USC 670 to 679a in reimbursement of moneys allocated under par. (a) for the provision of foster care, the department shall distribute those federal moneys for services and projects to assist children and families and for the purposes specified in s. 46.46.

27,1481 Section 1481 . 46.40 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.40 (1) (c) The Milwaukee County department of social services shall report to the department in a manner specified by the department on all children under the supervision of the Milwaukee County department of social services who are placed in foster homes and whose foster parents receive funding for child care from the amounts distributed under par. (a) so that the department may claim federal foster care and adoption assistance reimbursement under 42 USC 670 to 679a for the amounts expended by the Milwaukee County department of social services for the provision of child care for those children. Notwithstanding s. 46.49, if the department receives any federal moneys under 42 USC 67 670 to 679a in reimbursement of the amounts expended by the Milwaukee County department of social services for the provision of child care for children in foster care in 1996 and 1997, the department shall distribute those federal moneys to the Milwaukee County department of social services for the provision of child care for children in foster care.

27,1482 Section 1482 . 46.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.40 (2) Basic county allocation. For social services under s. 46.495 (1) (d) and services under s. 51.423 (2), the department shall distribute not more than $292,368,400 $285,081,000 for fiscal year 1995-96 1997‐98 and $291,349,200 $284,948,500 for fiscal year 1996-97 1998-99.

27,1483 Section 1483 . 46.40 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.40 (2m) (a) Prevention and treatment of substance abuse. For prevention and treatment of substance abuse under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35, the department shall distribute not more than $11,087,200 $9,702,400 in fiscal year 1995-96 1997-98 and not more than $11,285,200 $8,641,100 in fiscal year 1996-97 1998-99.

27,1484 Section 1484 . 46.40 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.40 (2m) (b) Community mental health services. For community mental health services under 42 USC 300x to 300x-9, the department shall distribute not more than $2,513,400 in each fiscal year 1995-96 and not more than $2,513,400 in fiscal year 1996-97.

27,1484g Section 1484g. 46.40 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

46.40 (3) Tribal child care. For child care services under 42 USC 9858, the department shall distribute not more than $412,800 in each fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (b) to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands. A tribe or band that receives funding under this subsection shall use that funding to provide child care for an eligible child, as defined in 42 USC 9858n (4).

27,1485 Section 1485 . 46.40 (14m) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.40 (14m) County community aids budgets. Before December 1 of each year, each county department under ss. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 and 51.437 and each tribal governing body shall submit to the department a proposed budget for the expenditure of funds allocated under this section, distributed under s. 46.45 (2) (a) or carried forward under s. 46.45 (3) (a). The proposed budget shall be submitted on a form developed by the department and approved by the department of administration.

27,1486 Section 1486 . 46.45 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

46.45 (2) (a) If on December 31 of any year there remains unspent or unencumbered in the allocation under s. 46.40 (2) an amount that exceeds the amount received under 42 USC 670 to 679a and allocated under s. 46.40 (2) in that year, the department shall carry forward the excess moneys and distribute not less than 50% of the excess moneys to counties having a population of less than 500,000 for services and projects to assist children and families, notwithstanding the percentage limit specified in sub. (3) (a). A county shall use not less than 50% of the moneys distributed to the county under this subsection for services for children who are at risk of abuse or neglect to prevent the need for child abuse and neglect intervention services.

(b) A county may not use any moneys distributed under par. (a) to supplant any other moneys expended by the county for services and projects to assist children and families in a base year determined by the department.

(c) The department shall credit to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (8) (mb) any moneys carried forward under par. (a), but not distributed to counties, and may expend those moneys as provided in s. 46.46.

27,1486m Section 1486m. 46.46 of the statutes is created to read:

46.46 Expenditure of income augmentation services receipts. (1) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (8) (mb), the department shall support costs that are exclusively related to the operational costs of augmenting the amount of moneys received under 42 USC 670 to 679a, 42 USC 1395 to 1395ddd and 42 USC 1396 to 1396v. In addition, the department may expend moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (8) (mb) as provided in sub. (2).

(2) If the department proposes to use any moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (8) (mb) for any purpose other than the purpose specified in sub. (1), the department shall submit a plan for the proposed use of those moneys to the secretary of administration. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit the plan to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration within 14 working days after the date of submittal of the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan. If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan only with the approval of the committee.

27,1488 Section 1488 . 46.48 (15) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

27,1489 Section 1489 . 46.48 (15) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

27,1490 Section 1490 . 46.48 (15) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

46.48 (15) (a) 1. For recruiting, training and licensing new foster parents and treatment foster parents for children in Milwaukee county and for providing ongoing family reunification services for children and families in Milwaukee county, $750,000 $375,000 in each fiscal year.

27,1491 Section 1491 . 46.48 (15) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

27,1492 Section 1492 . 46.48 (15) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

46.48 (15) (a) 2. For purchasing foster parent and treatment foster parent training from a private or educational agency, $150,000 $75,000 in each fiscal year.

27,1493 Section 1493 . 46.48 (15) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

27,1494 Section 1494 . 46.48 (15) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

46.48 (15) (a) 3. For enhancing Milwaukee county's capacity to assess the needs of children who are in long-term foster or treatment foster care and children who are new to foster or treatment foster care, for recruiting and investigating proposed adoptive parents and for prosecuting adoption petitions, $130,000 $65,000 in each fiscal year.

27,1495 Section 1495 . 46.48 (15) (a) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

27,1496 Section 1496 . 46.48 (15) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

27,1497 Section 1497 . 46.48 (16) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

27,1498 Section 1498 . 46.48 (16) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.48 (16) (a) The department shall distribute not more than $37,500 $18,700 in each fiscal year as grants to private, nonprofit organizations to recruit African American foster parents, including African American prospective adoptive parents, in communities that have a high percentage of African American children and a high percentage of children in out-of-home placements. The department shall review applications submitted under this paragraph and determine the number of grants that will be awarded, which of the applicants will receive grants and the amount of each grant. A private, nonprofit organization receiving a grant under this paragraph shall cooperate and coordinate its activities under the grant with the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 serving the area from which the private, nonprofit organization recruits African American foster parents.

27,1499 Section 1499 . 46.48 (16) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

27,1500 Section 1500 . 46.48 (16) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

27,1500m Section 1500m. 46.48 (27) of the statutes is created to read:

46.48 (27) Grants to runaway programs. The department shall distribute $100,000 in each fiscal year as grants to programs that provide services for runaways.

27,1500p Section 1500p. 46.48 (28) of the statutes is created to read:

46.48 (28) Grants for court-appointed special advocates. The department shall distribute $50,000 in each fiscal year as grants to court-appointed special advocate programs that are recognized by a county board, by a county department under s. 46.22 or 46.23 or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, by the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department to perform advocacy services in proceedings under s. 48.13.

27,1500s Section 1500s. 46.48 (29) of the statutes is created to read:

46.48 (29) ARC Community Services, Inc. The department shall distribute $87,500 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $175,000 in fiscal year 1998-99 to ARC Community Services, Inc., for a program to provide substance abuse day treatment services for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.

27,1501 Section 1501 . 46.485 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.485 (2g) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (b), the department may in each fiscal year transfer funds to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (7) (kb) for distribution under this section and from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (mb) the department shall may not distribute $240,000 more than $1,330,500 in each fiscal year to applying counties in this state that meet all of the following requirements, as determined by the department:

27,1502 Section 1502 . 46.485 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.485 (3r) Funds that a county does not encumber before 24 months after June 30 of the fiscal year in which the funds were distributed under sub. (2g) lapse to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (b).

27,1503 Section 1503 . 46.49 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.49 (1) Subject to ss. 46.40 (1) (b) and (c) and 46.48 (15) (b), if the department receives unanticipated federal community mental health services block grant funds under 42 USC 300x to 300x-9, federal prevention and treatment of substance abuse block grant funds under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35, or foster care and adoption assistance payments under 42 USC 670 to 679a and it proposes to allocate the unanticipated funds so that an allocation limit in s. 46.40 is exceeded, the department shall submit a plan for the proposed allocation to the secretary of administration. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit it to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding any allocation limits under s. 46.40. If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding s. 46.40, only with the approval of the committee.

27,1504 Section 1504 . 46.49 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

46.49 (1) Subject to s. 46.40 (1) (b) and (c), if the department receives unanticipated federal community mental health services block grant funds under 42 USC 300x to 300x-9, federal prevention and treatment of substance abuse block grant funds under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35, or foster care and adoption assistance payments under 42 USC 670 to 679a and it proposes to allocate the unanticipated funds so that an allocation limit in s. 46.40 is exceeded, the department shall submit a plan for the proposed allocation to the secretary of administration. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit it to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding any allocation limits under s. 46.40. If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding s. 46.40, only with the approval of the committee.

27,1505 Section 1505 . 46.495 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.495 (1) (am) The department shall reimburse each county from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b), (kw) and (o) for social services as approved by the department under ss. 46.215 (1), (2) (c) 1. and (3) and 46.22 (1) (b) 1. d. and (e) 3. a. except that no reimbursement may be made for the administration of or aid granted under s. 49.02.

27,1506 Section 1506 . 46.495 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 404, section 72, is amended to read:

46.495 (1) (d) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b), (kw) and (o), the department shall distribute the funding for social services, including funding for foster care or treatment foster care of a child on whose behalf aid is received under s. 46.261, to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 as provided under s. 46.40. County matching funds are required for the distributions under s. 46.40 (2) and (8). Each county's required match for a year equals 9.89% of the total of the county's distributions for that year for which matching funds are required plus the amount the county was required by s. 46.26 (2) (c), 1985 stats., to spend for juvenile delinquency-related services from its distribution for 1987. Matching funds may be from county tax levies, federal and state revenue sharing funds or private donations to the county that meet the requirements specified in s. 51.423 (5). Private donations may not exceed 25% of the total county match. If the county match is less than the amount required to generate the full amount of state and federal funds distributed for this period, the decrease in the amount of state and federal funds equals the difference between the required and the actual amount of county matching funds.

27,1507 Section 1507 . 46.52 of the statutes is amended to read:

46.52 Systems change grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall may not distribute more than $350,000 in each fiscal year to counties to assist in relocating individuals with mental illness from institutional or residential care to less restrictive and more cost-effective community settings and services. The department shall distribute funds to each recipient under this section so as to permit initial phasing in of community services for individuals with mental illness who are relocated or diverted from institutional or residential care and shall eliminate the funding at the end of a period of not more than 5 years in order to provide funding to another county. The department shall require that the community services that are developed under this section are continued, following termination of a county's funding under this section, by use of funding made available to the county from reduced institutional and residential care utilization.

27,1508 Section 1508 . 46.53 of the statutes is amended to read:

46.53 Mental health treatment provider training. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall may not distribute more than $182,000 in each fiscal year to provide training for mental health treatment professionals on new mental health treatment approaches in working with special populations, including seriously mentally ill individuals and children with serious emotional disturbances, and on the use of new mental health treatment medications.

27,1509 Section 1509 . 46.54 of the statutes is amended to read:

46.54 Consumer and family self-help and peer-support programs. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall may not distribute $180,000 more than $480,000 in each fiscal year to increase support for mental health family support projects, employment projects operated by consumers of mental health services, mental health crisis intervention and drop-in projects and public mental health information activities.

27,1513 Section 1513 . 46.56 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.56 (15) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (7) (co), the department shall make available funds to implement programs. The funds may be used to pay for the intake, assessment, case planning and service coordination provided under sub. (8) and for expanding the capacity of the county to provide community-based care and treatment for children with severe disabilities.

27,1513tj Section 1513tj. 46.705 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

46.705 (2) This section does not apply after June 30, 1999.

27,1514 Section 1514 . 46.715 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.715 (1m), and 46.715 (1m) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

46.715 (1m) (intro.) Within the limits of the availability of federal funds, the department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (mb) (3) (md), the department may not award not more than $1,200,000 in each fiscal year to fund programs to limit violence and abuse of controlled substances and controlled substance analogs in neighborhoods, including funding for the creation of Wisconsin against drug environments centers and for the use of neighborhood organizers, culturally representative alcohol and other drug abuse trainers, community speakers and persons to monitor certain court actions, as grants to any of the following applying entities:

27,1515 Section 1515 . 46.715 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

46.715 (1) In this section, “nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 560.20 (1) (d).

27,1516 Section 1516 . 46.715 (1m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

46.715 (1m) (d) A community-based nonprofit organization.

27,1519 Section 1519 . 46.75 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.75 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (3) (dn), the department shall award grants to agencies to operate food distribution programs that qualify for participation in the emergency food assistance program under P.L. 98-8, as amended.

27,1519m Section 1519m. 46.76 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.76 (title) Board on Department duties relating to hunger prevention. (intro.) The board on hunger department shall do all of the following:

27,1520 Section 1520 . 46.76 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.76 (2) Advise the department, the department of education public instruction and any other relevant state agency on the use of state and federal resources and on the provision and administration of programs for hunger prevention.