Amendment SSA1-AB133

AB133-SSA1, s. 983 Section 983. 45.37 (3) (b) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 984 Section 984. 45.37 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 45.37 (3) and amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,551,22 45.37 (3) Nonresident. A veteran who was not a resident of this state at the time of enlistment or induction into service but who is otherwise qualified for membership may be admitted if the veteran has been a resident of this state for any consecutive 5-year period after completing enlistment or induction into service on active duty and before the date of his or her application. If a person applying for a benefit under this subchapter meets that 5-consecutive-year residency requirement, the department may not require the person to reestablish that he or she meets the 5-consecutive-year residency requirement when he or she later applies for any other benefit under this chapter that requires a 5-consecutive-year residency.

AB133-SSA1, s. 984m Section 984m. 45.385 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,552,10 45.385 Veterans residential, treatment and nursing care facilities. Subject to authorization under ss. 13.48 (10) and 20.924 (1), the department of veterans affairs may construct or renovate and operate residential, treatment and nursing care facilities in southeastern Wisconsin and may, to be known as the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Retirement Center. The department may employ such personnel as are necessary for the proper management of the facilities Southern Wisconsin Veterans Retirement Center. The department may acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation lands necessary for the purposes of the facilities Southern Wisconsin Veterans Retirement Center. Title to any properties acquired under this section shall be taken in the name of this state. Every deed of conveyance shall be immediately recorded in the office of the proper register of deeds and filed with the secretary of state.

AB133-SSA1, s. 985 Section 985. 45.396 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,552,15 45.396 (1) (a) "Institution of higher education" means an educational institution meeting the requirements of P.L. 89-329 for institutions covered therein and of P.L. 89-287 for business, trade, technical or vocational schools and full-time post-high school technical colleges has the meaning given in 20 USC 1088 (a).

AB133-SSA1, s. 986 Section 986. 45.396 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,552,22 45.396 (5) Except as provided in sub. (9), the reimbursement may not exceed 50% 65% of the cost of tuition and fees and shall also be limited to a maximum of 50% 65% of the standard cost for a state resident for tuition and fees for an equivalent undergraduate course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison per course and may not be provided to an individual more than 4 times during any consecutive 12-month period.

AB133-SSA1, s. 987 Section 987. 45.396 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,553,4 45.396 (6) (intro.) The department may make a grant to an applicant under this section after the department receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the applicant is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses to an applicant whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b) only if the applicant provides the department with one of the following:

AB133-SSA1, s. 988 Section 988. 45.396 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,553,9 45.396 (6) (b) A statement that the applicant is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, signed by the clerk of circuit court department of workforce development or its designee within 7 working days before the date of the application.

AB133-SSA1, s. 989g Section 989g. 45.397 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 990 Section 990. 45.71 (16) (a) 2m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,553,18 45.71 (16) (a) 2m. a. Has been a resident of this state for any consecutive 5-year period after completing enlistment or induction into service on active duty and before the date of his or her application or death. If a person applying for a benefit under this subchapter meets that 5-consecutive-year residency requirement, the department may not require the person to reestablish that he or she meets the 5-consecutive-year residency requirement when he or she applies for any other benefit under this chapter that requires a 5-consecutive-year residency.

AB133-SSA1, s. 991 Section 991. 45.74 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,553,24 45.74 (6) Delinquent support payments. (intro.) The person is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, as evidenced by a certification under s. 49.855 (7) the appearance of the person's name on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides the department or authorized lender with one of the following:

AB133-SSA1, s. 992 Section 992. 45.74 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,554,4 45.74 (6) (b) A statement that the person is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, signed by the clerk of circuit court department of workforce development or its designee within 7 working days before the date of the application.

AB133-SSA1, s. 993 Section 993. 45.76 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,554,7 45.76 (1) (c) Home improvements. A loan of not more than $15,000 $25,000 to improve a home, including construction of a garage.

AB133-SSA1, s. 994 Section 994. 45.79 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,554,20 45.79 (9) (a) All moneys received from any source for repayment of loans, mortgages or mortgage loan notes funded with proceeds of revenue obligations issued under sub. (6) (c) shall be deposited into one or more separate nonlapsible trust funds in the state treasury or with a trustee as provided in s. 18.56 (9) (j) appointed for that purpose by the authorizing resolution for the revenue obligations. The board may pledge revenues received by the funds to secure revenue obligations issued under sub. (6) (c) and shall have all other powers necessary and convenient to distribute the proceeds of the revenue obligations and loan repayments in accordance with subch. II of ch. 18. Unrestricted balances in the funds may be used to fund additional loans issued under sub. (6) (c) and pay the balances owing on loans after the assumptions of the loans or the closings of the sales of residences under sub. (10) (c).

AB133-SSA1, s. 995 Section 995. 46.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,554,24 46.03 (1) Institutions governed. Maintain and govern the Mendota and the Winnebago mental health institutes; the secure mental health facility established under s. 46.055; and the centers for the developmentally disabled.

AB133-SSA1, s. 996 Section 996. 46.03 (7) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,555,2 46.03 (7) (g) Before July 1, 2005, establish a statewide automated child welfare information system.

AB133-SSA1, s. 997 Section 997. 46.03 (22) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,555,10 46.03 (22) (a) "Community living arrangement" means any of the following facilities licensed or operated, or permitted under the authority of the department: child welfare agencies under s. 48.60, group homes for children under s. 48.02 (7) and community-based residential facilities under s. 50.01; but does not include adult family homes, as defined in s. 50.01, day care centers, nursing homes, general hospitals, special hospitals, prisons and jails. "Community living arrangement" also includes a youth village program as described in s. 118.42.

AB133-SSA1, s. 999m Section 999m. 46.036 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,555,25 46.036 (8) If the department proposes to consolidate contracts into one single contract to cover care or services under more than one program administered by the subunit of the department that is primarily responsible for administering public health, the department shall submit the proposed contract to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. The proposed contract shall detail the programs for which care or services are being contracted, the allocation of funds for each program and outcome performance incentives and disincentives offered under the contract. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary within 14 working days after receiving the proposed contract that the cochairpersons have scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the contract, the department may enter into the contract as proposed. If, within 14 working days after receiving the proposed contract, the cochairpersons notify the secretary that the cochairpersons have scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed contract, the department may not enter into the contract except as approved by the committee.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1000 Section 1000. 46.043 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,556,9 46.043 Additional services of mental health institutes. (1) In addition to inpatient and outpatient services provided at mental health institutes under ss. 51.05 and 51.07, the department may authorize mental health institutes to offer services other than inpatient mental health services when the department determines that community services need to be supplemented. Services that may be offered under this section include mental health outpatient treatment and services, day programming, consultation and services in residential facilities, including group homes, child caring institutions and community-based residential facilities.

AB133-SSA1,556,19 (2) Services under this section may be provided only under contract between the department and a county department under s. 46. 215, 46.22 or 46.23, a school district or another public or private entity within the state to persons referred from those entities, at the discretion of the department. The department shall charge the referring entity all costs associated with providing the services. Unless a referral is made, the department may not offer services under this section to the person who is to receive the services or his or her family. The department may not impose a charge for services under this section upon the person receiving the services or his or her family. The department shall credit any revenues received under this section to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (gk).

AB133-SSA1,556,21 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), services under this section are governed by all of the following:

AB133-SSA1,556,22 1. The terms of the contract between the department and the referring entity.

AB133-SSA1,556,25 2. Subchapter XVI of ch. 48 and ss. 50.03, 50.032, 50.033, 50.034 (1) to (3), 50.035, 50.04, 50.09, 51.04, 51.42 (7) (b) and 51.61. In applying these statutes, the services shall be considered to be provided by a private entity.

AB133-SSA1,557,1 3. Rules promulgated under the statutes specified in subd. 2.

AB133-SSA1,557,4 (b) In the event of a conflict between par. (a) 1. and 2. or 3., the services shall comply with the contractual, statutory or rules provision that is most protective of the service recipient's health, safety, welfare or rights.

AB133-SSA1,557,8 (c) Sections 46.03 (18), 46.10, 51.15 (2), 51.20 (13) (c) 1. and 51.42 (3) (as), other similar provisions in chs. 46 and 51 and zoning or other ordinances or regulations of the county, city, town or village in which the services are provided or the facility is located do not apply to the services under this section.

AB133-SSA1,557,10 (d) The department may not be required, by court order or otherwise, to offer services under this section.

AB133-SSA1,557,16 (4) Services in a residential facility operated by a mental health institute that are authorized by the department under this section shall be provided only in a facility that is situated on the grounds of a mental health institute. The facility may not be considered to be a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), a state treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (15), or a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1001 Section 1001. 46.055 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,557,20 46.055 Secure mental health facility for sexually violent persons. The department shall establish and operate a secure mental health facility for the detention, evaluation and institutional care of persons under ch. 980.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1002d Section 1002d. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,558,6 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $1,273,900 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $1,379,300 in fiscal year 2000-01 and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $3,125,100 $2,489,300 in fiscal year 1997-98 1999-2000 and $3,236,200 $2,489,900 in fiscal year 1998-99 2000-01 for services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health and family services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1002j Section 1002j. 46.058 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,558,18 46.058 (2m) The superintendents of the secure mental health facility established under s. 46.055, the Wisconsin resource center established under s. 46.056 and any secure mental health unit or facility provided by the department of corrections under s. 980.065 (2) shall adopt proper means to prevent escapes of persons detained or committed to the facility, center or unit under ch. 980 and may adopt proper means to pursue and capture persons detained or committed to the facility, center or unit under ch. 980 who have escaped. In adopting means under this subsection to prevent escape and pursue and capture persons who have escaped, a superintendent may delegate to designated staff members of the facility, center or unit the power to use necessary and appropriate force, as defined by the department by rule, to prevent escapes and capture escaped persons.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1003 Section 1003. 46.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,559,21 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person, including but not limited to a person admitted, committed or placed under s. 975.01, 1977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., and s. 975.17, 1977 stats., and ss. 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.06, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established under s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e), 980.06 (2) (c) or 980.08 (5) and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, 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, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1010 Section 1010. 46.21 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,560,8 46.21 (2m) (c) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.06 (17) (c), 146.82, 252.11 (7) and 253.07 (3) (c), any subunit of the county department of human services acting under this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of human services, with a resource center, care management organization or family care district, or with any person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of human services or with a resource center, care management organization or family care district, if necessary to enable an employe or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of human services to coordinate the delivery of services to the client.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1011 Section 1011. 46.215 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,560,13 46.215 (1) (j) To make payments in such manner as the department of workforce development may determine for training of recipients, former recipients and potential recipients of aid in programs established under ss. s. 49.193, 1997 stats., and s. 49.26 (1).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1012 Section 1012. 46.215 (1) (r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,560,18 46.215 (1) (r) If authorized under s. 46.283 (1) (a) 1., to apply to the department of health and family services to operate a resource center under s. 46.283 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.283 (2), to operate the resource center.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1013 Section 1013. 46.215 (1) (s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,560,24 46.215 (1) (s) If authorized under s. 46.284 (1) (a) 1., to apply to the department of health and family services to operate a care management organization under s. 46.284 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.284 (2), to operate the care management organization and, if appropriate, place funds in a risk reserve.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1014p Section 1014p. 46.215 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,561,5 46.215 (1g) Administration of food stamps for participants in by a Wisconsin works agency.. The Wisconsin works agency, as defined in s. 49.001 (9), shall, to the extent permitted by federal law, and subject to s. 49.143 (2) (e), certify eligibility for and distribute, if determined eligible, issue food coupons under s. 49.143 (2) (e) to eligible participants in the Wisconsin works program under subch. III of ch. 49.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1017 Section 1017. 46.215 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,561,18 46.215 (1m) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.06 (17) (c), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), any subunit of the county department of social services acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of social services, with a resource center, care management organization or family care district, or with any person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of social services or with a resource center, care management organization or family care district, if necessary to enable an employe or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of social services to coordinate the delivery of services to the client.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1018 Section 1018. 46.215 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,562,6 46.215 (2) (c) 1. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 46.036, plans and contracts for care and services to be purchased, except for care and services under subch. III of ch. 49 or s. 301.08 (2). The department of health and family services may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 46.036 and if state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of health and family services to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of health and family services may not make any payments to a county for programs included in a contract under review by the committee. The department of health and family services shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b) , (kw) and (o), as appropriate, under s. 46.495.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1019 Section 1019. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. j. of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,562,11 46.22 (1) (b) 1. j. If authorized under s. 46.283 (1) (a) 1., to apply to the department of health and family services to operate a resource center under s. 46.283 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.283 (2), to operate the resource center.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1020 Section 1020. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. k. of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,562,17 46.22 (1) (b) 1. k. If authorized under s. 46.284 (1) (a) 1., to apply to the department of health and family services to operate a care management organization under s. 46.284 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.284 (2), to operate the care management organization and, if appropriate, place funds in a risk reserve.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1021 Section 1021. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1022 Section 1022. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. e. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,562,23 46.22 (1) (b) 2. e. To make payments in such manner as the department of workforce development may determine for training of recipients, former recipients and potential recipients of aid in programs established under ss. 49.193, 1997 stats., and 49.26 (1).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1022m Section 1022m. 46.22 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,563,11 46.22 (1) (c) 2. Subdivision 1. does not authorize the county department of social services to make investigations regarding admission to or release from the Waupun correctional institution, the Columbia correctional institution, the Racine correctional institution, the Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility, the correctional institution authorized under 1997 Wisconsin Act 4, section 4 (1) (a), the correctional institution authorized under s. 301.046 (1), the correctional institution authorized under s. 301.048 (4) (b), the correctional institution authorized under s. 301.16 (1n), the Oshkosh correctional institution, the Green Bay correctional institution, the Dodge correctional institution, the Taycheedah correctional institution state prisons under s. 302.01, county houses of correction, jails, detention homes or reforestation camps.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1023 Section 1023. 46.22 (1) (c) 8. f. of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,563,15 46.22 (1) (c) 8. f. Before July 1, 2005, the county department of social services shall implement the statewide automated child welfare information system established by the department under s. 46.03 (7) (g).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1024 Section 1024. 46.22 (1) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,564,3 46.22 (1) (dm) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.06 (17) (c), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), any subunit of the county department of social services acting under this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of social services, with a resource center, care management organization or family care district, or with any person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of social services or with a resource center, care management organization or family care district, if necessary to enable an employe or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of social services to coordinate the delivery of services to the client.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1025 Section 1025. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,564,16 46.22 (1) (e) 3. a. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 46.036, plans and contracts for care and services, except under subch. III of ch. 49 and s. 301.08 (2), to be purchased. The department of health and family services may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 46.036 and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of health and family services to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of health and family services may not make any payments to a county for programs included in the contract that is under review by the committee. The department of health and family services shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b), (kw) and (o) according to s. 46.495.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1026p Section 1026p. 46.22 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,564,22 46.22 (1g) Administration of food stamps for participants in by a Wisconsin works agency.. The Wisconsin works agency, as defined in s. 49.001 (9), shall, to the extent permitted by federal law, and subject to s. 49.143 (2) (e), certify eligibility for and distribute, if determined eligible, issue food coupons under s. 49.143 (2) (e) to eligible participants in the Wisconsin works program under subch. III of ch. 49.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1029 Section 1029. 46.23 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,565,10 46.23 (3) (e) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.06 (17) (c), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), any subunit of a county department of human services acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of human services, with a resource center, care management organization or family care district, or with any person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of human services or with a resource center, care management organization or family care district, if necessary to enable an employe or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of human services to coordinate the delivery of services to the client.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1030 Section 1030. 46.266 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,565,13 46.266 (1) (d) A person in the facility who has been determined under s. 49.45 (6c) (b) to require active treatment for mental illness.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1030d Section 1030d. 46.266 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,565,21 46.266 (3) The total number of beds in skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities that are funded at any one time under subs. (1) and (2) may not exceed the number of beds available for the persons specified in sub. (1) (a), minus the number of beds reduced under sub. (8) (a), plus the number of beds added for persons who are specified under sub. (1) (c) and (d). The department may redistribute funds for a vacant bed from one county to another county that is seeking to effect the placement of a person in an institution for mental diseases.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1031 Section 1031. 46.27 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read: