172,182
Section
182. 48.983 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (4) (b) 1. A county, city, private agency, or Indian tribe that is selected to participate in the program under this section shall offer all pregnant women in the county or city, the area in which that private agency is providing services, or the reservation of the tribe who are eligible for Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 an opportunity to undergo an assessment through use of a risk assessment instrument to determine whether the person assessed presents risk factors for poor birth outcomes or for perpetrating child abuse or neglect. Persons who agree to be assessed shall be assessed during the prenatal period. The risk assessment instrument shall be developed by the department and shall be based on risk assessment instruments developed by the department for similar programs that are in operation. The department need not promulgate as rules under ch. 227 the risk assessment instrument developed under this subdivision. A person who is assessed to be at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting his or her child shall be offered home visitation program services that shall be commenced during the prenatal period. Home visitation program services may be provided to a family with a child identified as being at risk of child abuse or neglect until the identified child reaches 3 years of age. If a family has been receiving home visitation program services continuously for not less than 12 months, those services may continue to be provided to the family until the identified child reaches 3 years of age, regardless of whether the child continues to be eligible for Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49. If risk factors for child abuse or neglect with respect to the identified child continue to be present when the child reaches 3 years of age, home visitation program services may be provided until the identified child reaches 5 years of age. Home visitation program services may not be provided to a person unless the person gives his or her written informed consent to receiving those services or, if the person is a child, unless the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian gives his or her written informed consent for the child to receive those services.
172,183
Section
183. 48.983 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (4) (b) 3. A county, city, private agency, or Indian tribe that is providing home visitation program services under subd. 1. shall provide to a person receiving those services the information relating to shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies required under s. 253.15 (6).
172,184
Section
184. 48.983 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (5) Selection of counties,
cities, private agencies, and Indian tribes. The department shall provide competitive application procedures for selecting counties, cities, private agencies, and Indian tribes for participation in the program under this section. The department shall establish a method for ranking applicants for selection based on the quality of their applications. In ranking the applications, the department shall give favorable consideration to a county, city, private agency, or Indian tribe that submits a joint application under sub. (3) and to a county that has indicated under sub. (6) (d) 2. that it is willing to use a portion of any moneys distributed to the county under s. 48.565 (2) (a) to provide case management services to a Medical Assistance beneficiary under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who is a case or who is a member of a family that is a case and that has explained under sub. (6) (d) 2. how the county plans to use that portion of those moneys to promote the provision of those services for the case by using a wraparound process so as to provide those services in a flexible, comprehensive and individualized manner in order to reduce the necessity for court-ordered services. The department shall also provide application requirements and procedures for the renewal of a grant awarded under this section. The application procedures and the renewal application requirements and procedures shall be clear and understandable to the applicants. The department need not promulgate as rules under ch. 227 the application procedures, the renewal application requirements or procedures, or the method for ranking applicants established under this subsection.
172,185
Section
185. 48.983 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (6) Criteria for awarding grants. (intro.) In addition to any other criteria developed by the department, a county, city, private agency, or Indian tribe shall meet all of the following criteria in order to be selected for participation in the program under this section:
172,186
Section
186. 48.983 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (6) (a) (intro.) The part of an application, other than a renewal application, submitted by a county, city, private agency, or Indian tribe that relates to home visitation programs shall include all of the following:
172,187
Section
187. 48.983 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (6) (a) 3. An identification of existing poor birth outcome and child abuse and neglect prevention services that are available to residents of the county or city, the area in which the private agency is providing services, or the reservation of the Indian tribe and a description of how those services and any additional needed services will support a comprehensive home visitation program.
172,188
Section
188. 48.983 (6) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (6) (a) 5. An explanation of how the applicant, in collaboration with local prenatal care coordination providers, will implement strategies aimed at achieving healthy birth outcomes, as determined by performance measures prescribed by the department and the department of health services, in the county, city, or reservation of the Indian tribe.
172,189
Section
189. 48.983 (6) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (6) (b) 4. `Nonentitlement.' No individual is entitled to any payment from a fund established under subd. 1. or 2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a county, city, private agency, or Indian tribe to make a determination described in sub. (1) (b) 2. A determination described in sub. (1) (b) 2. may not be construed to be a determination described in s. 48.981 (3) (c) 4.
172,190
Section
190. 48.983 (6) (d) (title) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 48.983 (6) (d) and amended to read:
48.983 (6) (d) Wraparound process. 1. The applicant demonstrates in the grant application that the payments that will be made from the fund established under par. (b) 2. will promote the provision of services for the case by using a wraparound process so as to provide those services in a flexible, comprehensive and individualized manner in order to reduce the necessity for court-ordered services.
172,191
Section
191. 48.983 (6) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
172,192
Section
192. 48.983 (6) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (6) (g) Private agency applicant. If the applicant is a private agency, the applicant submits documentation with the grant application that demonstrates that the application is supported by a county or city and that a county or city will collaborate with the private agency in providing services.
172,193
Section
193. 48.983 (6g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (6g) (b) A county, city, private agency, or Indian tribe that is selected to participate in the program under this section shall provide or shall designate an individual or entity to provide an explanation of the confidentiality requirements under par. (a) to each individual who is offered an assessment under sub. (4) (b) or who is offered services under the home visitation program of the county, city, private agency, or Indian tribe.
172,194
Section
194. 48.983 (7) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (7) (ag) The department shall evaluate the availability of home visitation programs in the state and determine whether there are gaps in home visitation services in the state. The department shall cooperate with counties, cities, private agencies, and Indian tribes providing home visitation programs to address any gaps in services identified.
172,195
Section
195. 48.983 (7) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (7) (ar) Each county, city, private agency, and Indian tribe providing a home visitation program shall collect and report data to the department, as required by the department. The department shall require each county, city, private agency, and Indian tribe providing a home visitation program to collect data using forms prescribed by the department.
172,196
Section
196. 48.983 (7) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (7) (c) (intro.) Each county, city, private agency, and Indian tribe providing a home visitation program shall develop a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of its program for approval by the department. The plan shall demonstrate how the county, city, private agency, or Indian tribe will use the evaluation of its program to improve the quality and outcomes of the program and to ensure continued compliance with the home visitation program criteria under sub. (6) (a). The plan shall demonstrate how the outcomes will be tracked and measured. Under the plan, the extent to which all of the following outcomes are achieved shall be tracked and measured:
172,197
Section
197. 48.983 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.983 (8) Technical assistance and training. The department shall provide technical assistance and training to counties, cities, private agencies, and Indian tribes that are selected to participate in the program under this section. The training may not be limited to a particular home visitation model. The training shall include training in best practices regarding basic skills, uniform administration of screening and assessment tools, the issues and challenges that families face, and supervision and personnel skills for program managers. The training may also include training on data collection and reporting.
172,198
Section
198. 49.143 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.143 (6) Geographical areas. The department shall determine the geographical area for which a Wisconsin works Works agency will administer Wisconsin works Works. Except for federally recognized American Indian reservations and in counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, no geographical area may be smaller than one county. A geographical area may include more than one county. The department need not establish the geographical areas by rule.
172,199
Section
199. 49.155 (3g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (3g) Child care administration in certain counties. (intro.) In a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more all of the following apply:
172,200
Section
200. 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect in counties having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, $1,489,600 in each fiscal year.
172,201
Section
201. 49.195 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.195 (4) (b) 2. The recovery of benefits due to the efforts of an employee or officer of a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more under the supervision of the department.
172,202
Section
202. 49.34 (5m) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.34
(5m) (em) Notwithstanding par. (b) 1. and 2., a county department under s. 46.215, 51.42, or 51.437 providing client services in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more or a nonstock, nonprofit corporation providing client services in such a county may not retain a surplus generated by a rate-based service or accumulate funds from more than one contract period for a rate-based service from revenues that are used to meet the maintenance-of-effort requirement under the federal temporary assistance for needy families program under
42 USC 601 to
619.
172,203
Section
203. 49.343 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.343 (5) Advisory committee. (intro.) The secretary shall create an advisory committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c) consisting of representatives of purchasers; county departments; the department, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more; tribes; consumers; and a statewide association of private, incorporated family and children's social service agencies representing all groups of providers that are affected by the rate regulation process. The committee shall advise the department on all of the following:
172,204
Section
204. 49.45 (25) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (25) (b) A county, city, village, town or, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department may elect to make case management services under this subsection available in the county, city, village or town to one or more of the categories of beneficiaries under par. (am) through the medical assistance program. A county, city, village, town or, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department that elects to make the services available shall reimburse a case management provider for the amount of the allowable charges for those services under the medical assistance program that is not provided by the federal government.
172,205
Section
205. 49.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.71 (2) In counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, an institution established under sub. (1) shall be governed under s. 46.21 or 59.79 (10), but in all other counties it shall be governed under ss. 46.18, 46.19, and 46.20.
172,206
Section
206. 49.72 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.72 (2) In counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, such institution shall be governed pursuant to s. 46.21, but in all other counties it shall be governed pursuant to ss. 46.18, 46.19, and 46.20.
172,207
Section
207. 49.826 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.826 (1) (a) "County" means a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more.
172,208
Section
208. 49.84 (7) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.84 (7) (c) 3. A child residing in a foster care placement under the care and placement responsibility of a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or, in a county with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, under the care and placement responsibility of the department of children and families.
172,209
Section
209. 49.855 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.855 (4m) (c) Except as provided by order of the court after hearing under par. (b), the department of administration shall continue withholding until the amount certified is recovered in full. The department of administration shall transfer the amounts withheld under this paragraph to the department of children and families or its designee, the department of health services, or the department of corrections, whichever is appropriate. The department of children and families or its designee shall deposit amounts withheld for delinquent child or family support, maintenance, or receiving and disbursing fees or past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses in the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (kp)
(ja).
172,210
Section
210. 253.15 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
253.15 (4) (b) Before an individual may be certified under s. 48.651 as a child care provider of children under 5 years of age, the individual shall receive training relating to shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies that is approved or provided by the certifying department in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, county department, or agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) or that is provided by a nonprofit organization arranged by that department, county department, or contracted agency to provide that training.
172,211
Section
211. 767.41 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.41 (3) (a) If the interest of any child demands it, and if the court finds that neither parent is able to care for the child adequately or that neither parent is fit and proper to have the care and custody of the child, the court may declare the child to be in need of protection or services and transfer legal custody of the child to a relative of the child, as defined in s. 48.02 (15), to a county department, as defined under s. 48.02 (2g), to a licensed child welfare agency, or, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department of children and families. If the court transfers legal custody of a child under this subsection, in its order the court shall notify the parents of any applicable grounds for termination of parental rights under s. 48.415. If the court transfers legal custody under this section to an agency, the court shall also refer the matter to the court intake worker, as defined in s. 48.02 (3), who shall conduct an inquiry under s. 48.24 to determine whether a petition should be filed under s. 48.13.
172,212
Section
212. 767.75 (1f) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.75
(1f) Payment order as assignment of income. A payment order constitutes an assignment of all commissions, earnings, salaries, wages, pension benefits, benefits under ch. 102 or 108, lottery prizes that are payable in installments, and other money due or to be due in the future to the department or its designee. The assignment shall be
for a fixed sum regardless of whether the court-ordered obligation on which the assignment is based is expressed in the court order as a percentage of the payer's income, and shall be for an amount sufficient to ensure payment under the order, obligation, or stipulation and to pay any arrearages due at a periodic rate not to exceed 50% of the amount of support due under the order, obligation, or stipulation so long as the addition of the amount toward arrearages does not leave the party at an income below the poverty line established under
42 USC 9902 (2).
172,213
Section
213. 767.75 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.75 (3m) Assignment of unemployment compensation benefits. Benefits under ch. 108 may be assigned and withheld only in the manner provided in s. 108.13 (4). Any order to withhold benefits under ch. 108 shall be for a fixed sum unless regardless of whether the court-ordered obligation on which the withholding order is based is expressed in the court order as a percentage of the payer's income, in which case an order to withhold benefits under ch. 108 shall be for a percentage of benefits payable. When money is to be withheld from these benefits, no fee may be deducted from the amount withheld and no fine may be levied for failure to withhold the money.
172,214
Section
214. 971.37 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
971.37 (title) Deferred prosecution programs; domestic abuse and child sexual abuse.
172,215
Section
215. 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
971.37 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) The agreement may provide as one of its conditions that a person
an adult covered under sub. (1) (b) or (c) par. (a) 2. or 3. pay the domestic abuse surcharge under s. 973.055 and, if applicable, the global positioning system tracking surcharge under s. 973.057. If the agreement requires the person to pay the global positioning system tracking surcharge under s. 973.057, the agreement shall also require the person to pay the domestic abuse surcharge under s. 973.055. Payments and collections of the domestic abuse surcharge and the global positioning system tracking surcharge under this subdivision are subject to s. 973.055 (2) to (4) or to s. 973.057 (2) and (3), respectively, except as follows:
172,216
Section
216
.
Fiscal changes.
(1) Child Welfare Program Enhancement Plan aids. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of children and families under section 20.437 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2015, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2016-17 is increased by $1,796,500 to increase funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.
172,217
Section
217.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
(1) The treatment of sections 20.435 (8) (mb) and (mm), 20.437 (1) (b), (d), (km), (m), (ma), (mc), (md), (me), (n), and (na), (2) (dz), (ja), (kp), (md), and (pz), and (3) (kp) and (mm), 46.46, 48.563 (1) (b), 48.565 (intro.), (2) (a), (am), (b), and (c), (3), (6), and (8), 48.567, and 49.855 (4m) (c) of the statutes and Section 216 (1
) of this act take effect on July 1, 2015, on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after publication of the 2015-17 biennial budget act, whichever is latest.
(2) The treatment of section 20.437 (1) (da) of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2016.
