49.175 (1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. subs. (2)
and (3), within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (a), (cm), (dz), (k), (kx), (L), (mc), (md), (me), and (s) and (3) (kp), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:
55,1746
Section
1746. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $82,014,000 $83,000,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16 and
$72,696,000 $83,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
55,1747
Section
1747. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $57,586,500 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $58,336,500 $58,336,500 in each fiscal year 2014-15.
55,1748
Section
1748. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and the collection of public assistance overpayments, $12,697,100 $15,080,200 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16 and $12,812,700 $15,295,800 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
55,1749
Section
1749. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138 and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or weatherization assistance programs, $7,500,000 $8,500,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $8,400,000 in each fiscal year 2016-17.
55,1749m
Section 1749m. 49.175 (1) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (j) Grants for providing civil legal services. For the grants under 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9106 (2q), to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for distribution to programs that provide civil legal services to low-income families, $500,000 in each fiscal year.
55,1750
Section
1750. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program under s. 49.163, $3,750,000 $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16 and $5,000,000 $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
55,1750g
Section 1750g. 49.175 (1) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175
(1) (L)
Adult literacy grants. For grants to qualified applicants under s. 49.169 to provide literacy training to adults who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq., $41,600 in each fiscal year.
55,1751
Section
1751. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (n) Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community connectors to interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect families with formal and informal community support, $360,300 in fiscal year 2016-17.
55,1752
Section
1752. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155, $271,400,200 $262,064,700 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16 and $274,734,000 $280,719,700 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
55,1753
Section
1753. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing activities, $29,719,000 $35,244,600 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16 and $31,799,500 $33,248,300 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
55,1754
Section
1754. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g), $13,095,800 $15,492,700 in each fiscal year.
55,1755
Section
1755. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of supplemental security income, $33,688,000 $31,338,200 in each fiscal year.
55,1756
Section
1756. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $20,335,200 $21,222,700 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16 and $20,774,400 $21,435,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
55,1757
Section
1757. 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $7,711,100 $3,647,200 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $5,392,700 in fiscal year 2016-17.
55,1758
Section
1758. 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 or more, $1,489,600 $1,389,600 in each fiscal year.
55,1758m
Section 1758m. 49.175 (1) (v) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175
(1) (v)
General education development. For general education development testing and preparation for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq., $127,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $115,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.
55,1759
Section
1759. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175
(1) (z)
Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role models,
$1,250,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $1,100,000 $1,175,000 in
each fiscal year
2014-15. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the grants
for fiscal year 2013-14 includes
$25,000 for the greater Wisconsin Rapids Area Boys and Girls Club to fund the Cranberry Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program and, if the program provides $125,000 in matching funds, $125,000 funds for the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program
in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $75,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.
55,1759m
Section 1759m. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $62,500,000 $67,600,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $69,700,000 in each fiscal year 2016-17.
55,1760
Section
1760. 49.175 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (3) Limit on certain funds. Moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (3) (kp) for the allocations specified in sub. (1) shall be limited to $4,730,300 and may be expended only for obligations incurred between October 1, 2015, and September 30, 2016.
55,1761
Section
1761. 49.195 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.195 (title) Recovery of aid to families with dependent children and, Wisconsin works Works benefits, and overpayments of emergency assistance
.
55,1762
Section
1762. 49.195 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.195 (3) A county, tribal governing body, Wisconsin works Works agency, or the department shall determine whether an overpayment has been made under s. 49.19 49.138, 49.148, 49.155
or, 49.157, or 49.19 and, if so, the amount of the overpayment. The county, tribal governing body, Wisconsin works Works agency, or department shall provide notice of the overpayment to the liable person. The department shall give that person an opportunity for a review following the procedure specified under s. 49.152, if the person received the overpayment under s. 49.141 to 49.161, and for a hearing under ch. 227. Notwithstanding s. 49.96, the department shall promptly recover all overpayments made under s. 49.19 49.138, 49.148, 49.155
or, 49.157, or 49.19 that have not already been received under s. 49.138 (5), 49.161, or 49.19 (17) or received as a setoff under s. 71.93 and shall promulgate rules establishing policies and procedures to administer this subsection. The rules shall include notification procedures similar to those established for child support collections.
55,1762m
Section 1762m. 49.22 (13) of the statutes is created to read:
49.22 (13) (a) Subject to par. (b), the department may terminate child and spousal support enforcement services if there is no longer a current support or maintenance order and either of the following applies:
1. Any support or maintenance arrearages total less than $500.
2. Any support or maintenance arrearages are considered unenforceable by a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) because no support or maintenance payments have been collected for 3 years and all administrative and legal remedies for collection of arrearages have been attempted or are determined to be ineffective because the payer is unable to pay, the payer has no known income or assets, and there is no reasonable prospect that the payer will be able to pay in the foreseeable future.
(b) The department shall, not less than 60 days prior to terminating child or spousal support services, notify the individual who receives the services, or the initiating state in an interstate enforcement action, of its intent to terminate services. If the individual or the state provides information to the department in response to the notification that could result in an effective enforcement action, the department may not terminate services.
(c) An individual or the initiating state in an interstate enforcement action may request the department to resume child or spousal support enforcement services terminated under this subsection if there is a change of circumstances that could result in an effective enforcement action and the individual or the state completes a new application for services and pays any applicable fee to the department for its services.
55,1763
Section
1763. 49.26 (1) (gm) 1. d. of the statutes is created to read:
49.26 (1) (gm) 1. d. A child whose Wisconsin Works group includes a participant under s. 49.147 (3), (4), or (5) who has been unable to participate in activities required under s. 49.147 (3), (4), or (5) due to the child's school-related problems.
55,1764
Section
1764. 49.275 of the statutes is amended to read:
49.275 Cooperation with federal government. The department may cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public assistance under this subchapter and, child welfare under ch. 48, and community-based juvenile delinquency-related services under ch. 938 and in other matters of mutual concern under this subchapter pertaining to public welfare and under ch. 48 pertaining to, child welfare, and juvenile delinquency under this subchapter and chs. 48 and 938.
55,1765
Section
1765. 49.32 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.32 (1) (a) Except as provided in s. 49.345 (14) (b) and (c), the department shall establish a uniform system of fees for services provided or purchased under this subchapter and ch. 48, and community-based juvenile delinquency-related services under ch. 938, purchased or provided by the department, or by a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, except as provided in s. 49.22 (6) and except when, as determined by the department, a fee is administratively unfeasible or would significantly prevent accomplishing the purpose of the service. A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall apply the fees that it collects under this program to cover the cost of those services. The department shall report to the joint committee on finance no later than March 1 of each year on the number of children placed for adoption by the department during the previous year and the costs to the state for services relating to such adoptions.
55,1766
Section
1766. 49.32 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.32 (1) (b) Except as provided in s. 49.345 (14) (b) and (c), any person receiving services purchased or provided or purchased under par. (a) or the spouse of the person and, in the case of a minor, the parents of the person, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, shall be liable for the services in the amount of the fee established under par. (a).
55,1767
Section
1767. 49.32 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.32 (2) (b) The department may make social services payments and payments for community-based juvenile delinquency-related services directly to recipients, vendors, or providers in accordance with law and rules of the department on behalf of the counties which that have contracts to have such
those payments made on their behalf.
55,1767m
Section 1767m. 49.32 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
49.32 (6m) Milwaukee parental choice program research. (a) In this subsection, "qualified independent researcher" means a faculty member of a university who satisfies all of the following:
1. The faculty member has an approved protocol from an institutional review board for human subjects research to work with data containing personal information for the purposes of evaluating the program under s. 119.23.
2. The faculty member has received from the state and properly managed data containing personal information for the purposes of evaluating the program under s. 119.23 before the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].
(b) The department shall permit a qualified independent researcher to have access to any database maintained by the department for the purpose of cross-matching information contained in any such database with a database that both is in the possession of the qualified independent researcher and contains information regarding pupils participating in the program under s. 119.23. The department may charge a fee to the qualified independent researcher for the information that does not exceed the cost incurred by the department to provide the information.
55,1768
Section
1768. 49.325 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.325 (1) (a) Each county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall submit its final budget for services purchased or directly provided or purchased under this subchapter or ch. 48 and for community-based juvenile delinquency-related services purchased or directly provided under ch. 938 to the department by December 31 annually.
55,1769
Section
1769. 49.325 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.325 (2) Assessment of needs. Before developing and submitting a proposed budget for services purchased or directly provided or purchased under this subchapter or ch. 48 and for community-based juvenile delinquency-related services purchased or directly provided under ch. 938 to the county executive or county administrator or the county board, the county departments listed in sub. (1) shall assess needs and inventory resources and services, using an open public participation process.
55,1770
Section
1770. 49.325 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.325 (2g) (a) The department shall annually submit to the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department a proposed written contract containing the allocation of funds for services purchased or directly provided or purchased under this subchapter or ch. 48, for community-based juvenile delinquency-related services purchased or directly provided under ch. 938, and for such administrative requirements as necessary. The contract as approved may contain conditions of participation consistent with federal and state law. The contract may also include provisions necessary to ensure uniform cost accounting of services. Any changes to the proposed contract shall be mutually agreed upon. The county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department shall approve the contract before January 1 of the year in which it takes effect unless the department grants an extension. The county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department may designate an agent to approve addenda to any contract after the contract has been approved.
55,1771
Section
1771. 49.325 (2g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.325 (2g) (b) The department may not approve contracts for amounts in excess of available revenues. The county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department may appropriate funds for community-based juvenile delinquency-related services. Actual expenditure of county funds shall be reported in compliance with procedures developed by the department.
55,1772
Section
1772. 49.325 (2g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.325 (2g) (c) The joint committee on finance may require the department to submit contracts between county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 and providers of services under this subchapter or ch. 48 or of community-based juvenile delinquency-related services under ch. 938 to the committee for review and approval.
55,1773
Section
1773. 49.325 (2r) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.325 (2r) (a) 1. For services under this subchapter or ch. 48 or community-based juvenile delinquency-related services under ch. 938 that duplicate or are inconsistent with services being purchased or provided
or purchased by the department or other county departments receiving grants-in-aid or reimbursement from the department.
55,1774
Section
1774. 49.325 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.325 (2r) (a) 2. Inconsistent with state or federal statutes, rules, or regulations, in which case the department may also arrange for the provision of services under this subchapter or ch. 48 or community-based juvenile delinquency-related services under ch. 938 by an alternate agency. The department may not arrange for the provision of those services by an alternate agency unless the joint committee on finance or a review body designated by the committee reviews and approves the department's determination.
55,1775
Section
1775. 49.34 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.34 (1) All services under this subchapter and ch. 48 and all community-based juvenile delinquency-related services under ch. 938 purchased by the department or by a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall be authorized and contracted for under the standards established under this section. The department may require the county departments to submit the contracts to the department for review and approval. For purchases of $10,000 or less the requirement for a written contract may be waived by the department. No contract is required for care provided by foster homes that are required to be licensed under s. 48.62. When the department directly contracts for services, it the department shall follow the procedures in this section in addition to meeting purchasing requirements established in s. 16.75.
55,1776
Section
1776. 49.34 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.34 (2) All services purchased under this subchapter and ch. 48 and all community-based juvenile delinquency-related services purchased under ch. 938 shall meet standards established by the department and other requirements specified by the purchaser in the contract. Based on these standards the department shall establish standards for cost accounting and management information systems that shall monitor the utilization of the services, and document the specific services in meeting the service plan for the client and the objective of the service.
55,1776n
Section 1776n. 49.34 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.34 (3) (a) Purchase of service contracts Contracts under this section shall be written in accordance with rules promulgated and procedures established by the department. Contracts for client services shall show the total dollar amount to be purchased and; shall show for each service the number of clients to be served, number of client service units, the unit rate per client service, and the total dollar amount for each service; shall permit the provider of a rate-based service to generate a surplus of revenue earned under the contract over allowable costs incurred in the contract period; and shall permit a nonprofit corporation that is a provider of a rate-based service or a rate-regulated service to retain from that surplus the amounts specified in sub. (5m) (b), (d), (e), or (em), whichever is applicable. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to guarantee the generation of a surplus by a provider of a rate-based service.
55,1776p
Section 1776p. 49.34 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.34 (3) (c) For proprietary agencies, contracts may include a percentage add-on for profit according to rules promulgated by the department. In calculating profits generated by a rate-regulated service, a proprietary agency may combine revenues in the same manner that a nonprofit corporation is permitted to combine revenues under sub. (5m) (d) 1. and may offset surpluses generated by affiliated providers against deficits generated by such providers in the same manner that a nonprofit corporation is permitted to offset surpluses against deficits under sub. (5m) (d) 2. In calculating profits generated by a rate-based service, a proprietary agency that is a successor provider following a merger, acquisition, consolidation, reorganization, sale, or other transfer may offset surpluses generated by a preexisting provider against deficits generated by such a provider in the same manner that a nonprofit corporation is permitted to offset surpluses against deficits under sub. (5m) (e).
55,1777
Section
1777. 49.34 (3) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
55,1777fb
Section 1777fb. 49.34 (5m) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.34 (5m) (a) 1r.
55,1777fc
Section 1777fc. 49.34 (5m) (a) 1d. of the statutes is created to read:
