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7Section 1656tx. 49.124 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (8) and
8amended to read:
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49.79
(8) Benefits for qualified aliens. Not later than June 15, 1998, the
10department shall submit a plan to the secretary of the federal department of
11agriculture to provide benefits under this section to a qualified alien who is ineligible
12for benefits under this section solely because of the application of 8 USC 1612 or 1613.
13If the secretary of the federal department of agriculture approves the plan, the The 14department shall provide benefits under this section
beginning on August 1, 1998,
15or on the day that the plan is approved, whichever is later, to a qualified alien who
16is
otherwise eligible for benefits under this section
ineligible for benefits under this
17section solely because of the application of 9 USC 1612 or 1613 according to a plan
18approved by the federal department of agriculture. This subsection does not apply
19to the extent that federal food stamp benefits for qualified aliens are restored by the
20federal government.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ty
21Section 1656ty. 49.125 of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act ....
22(this act), is renumbered 49.793.
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49.125
(1) The department
, or a county
, or an elected governing body of a
25federally recognized American Indian tribe or band
or a Wisconsin works agency
1acting on behalf of the department, may recover overpayments that arise from an
2overissuance of food coupons under the food stamp program administered under s.
346.215 (1) (k)
, or 46.22 (1) (b) 2. d.
or 49.143 (2) (e). Recovery shall be made in
4accordance with
7 USC 2022.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656u
6Section 1656u. 49.129 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.797 (title).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ub
8Section 1656ub. 49.129 (2) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.797 (2)
9(title).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ud
11Section 1656ud. 49.129 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.797 (2) (a)
12and amended to read:
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49.797
(2) (a) Except as provided in
subd. 2. par. (b) and sub. (8),
if the necessary
14authorization under par. (a) is granted, the department shall
begin to implement, no
15later than July 1, 1999, a administer a statewide program to deliver food stamp
16benefits to recipients of food stamp benefits by an electronic benefit transfer system
17and shall implement the program statewide no later than April 1, 2000. All
18suppliers, as defined in s.
49.127 (1) (d) 49.795 (1) (d), may participate in the delivery
19of food stamp benefits under the electronic benefit transfer system. The department
20shall explore methods by which nontraditional retailers, such as farmers' markets,
21may participate in the delivery of food stamp benefits under the electronic benefit
22transfer system.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ue
23Section 1656ue. 49.129 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 49.797 (2) (b).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656ug
1Section 1656ug. 49.129 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.131 (1) and
2amended to read:
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49.131
(1) The department shall request any necessary authorization from the
4appropriate federal agency to deliver benefits that are administered by the
5department
, other than food stamp benefits, to recipients of benefits by an electronic
6benefit transfer system.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656uh
7Section 1656uh. 49.129 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.131 (2) and
8amended to read:
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49.131
(2) If the necessary authorization under
par. (a) sub. (1) is granted, and
10except as provided in sub.
(8) (3), the department may implement a program to
11deliver by an electronic benefit transfer system any benefit that is administered by
12the department and that the department designates by rule.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656uj
13Section 1656uj. 49.129 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.797 (4)
14(intro.) and amended to read:
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49.797
(4) Duties; implementation. (intro.) In
implementing administering a
16program to deliver benefits by an electronic benefit transfer system, the department
17shall do all of the following:
SB55-SSA1, s. 1656uu
2Section 1656uu. 49.13 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are created to read:
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49.13
(1) (intro.) In this section:
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(a) "Food stamp program" means the federal food stamp program under
7 USC
52011 to
2036.
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749.131 (title)
Electronic transfer of benefits.
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49.131
(3) The department may not require a county or tribal governing body
10to participate in an electronic benefit transfer system under this section if the costs
11to the county or tribal governing body would be greater than the costs that the county
12or tribal governing body would incur in delivering the benefits through a system that
13is not an electronic benefit transfer system.
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49.137
(4m) Local pass-through grant program. The department shall award
16grants to local governments and tribal governing bodies for programs to improve the
17quality of child care. The department shall promulgate rules to administer the grant
18program, including rules that specify the eligibility criteria and procedures for
19awarding the grants.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1657g
20Section 1657g. 49.143 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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49.143
(1) (a) Except as provided in par. (ar), the department may do any of the
22following:
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1. Award a contract, on the basis of a competitive process approved by the
24secretary of administration, to any person to administer Wisconsin works in a
1geographical area determined by the department under sub. (6). The competitive
2process shall include cost and prior experience criteria.
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2. Contract with a Wisconsin works agency to administer Wisconsin works if
4that agency has met the performance standards established by the department
5under sub. (3), during the immediately preceding contract period.
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49.143
(1) (ag) A contract entered into under par. (a) 2. shall be for a term of
8at least 2 years. A Wisconsin works agency may elect not to enter into a contract
9under par. (a) 2. if the Wisconsin works agency informs the department by the date
10established by the department that the Wisconsin works agency has made that
11election. A Wisconsin works agency that has not met the performance standards
12established by the department under sub. (3) may apply for a contract under the
13competitive process established under par. (a) 1.
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49.143
(1) (ar) If the department changes the geographical areas for which a
17Wisconsin works agency administers Wisconsin works as provided under sub. (6), the
18department shall award contracts on the basis of the competitive process established
19by the department under par. (a) 1. regardless of whether a Wisconsin works agency
20has met the performance standards established by the department under sub. (3)
21and is eligible to contract with the department under par. (a) 2.
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49.143
(1) (ay) A county or tribal governing body that enters into a contract
24under par. (a)
or (am) but elects not to compete for a subsequent contract under par.
25(a)
1. shall provide the notice required under this paragraph at least 6 months prior
1to the expiration of its contract under par. (a)
or (am) 1. A county or tribal governing
2body that elects not to enter into a contract under par.
(am) 1. (a) 2. or to compete for
3a contract under par.
(am) 2. (ag) shall provide the notice required under this
4paragraph by the date established by the department, by rule, under par.
(am) 1. (
ag). 5The notice shall be provided to all employees of the county or tribal governing body
6who may be laid off as a result of the county's or tribal governing body's election not
7to enter into or compete for a contract and to the certified or recognized collective
8bargaining representatives of such employees, if any. The notice shall inform the
9employees and the representatives that the county or tribal governing body is
10making the election not to enter into or compete for a contract; that the employees
11may be laid off as a result of that election; that the employees may wish to consider
12forming a private agency to bid on the contract under par. (a)
1.; that the employees
13may obtain information from the department on the competitive process under par.
14(a)
1. and the contract requirements under this section; and that the employees may
15obtain information from the department on steps that the employees might take to
16organize themselves to form a private agency for the purposes of competing for a
17contract under par. (a)
1. The department shall provide the information specified in
18this paragraph upon the request of any employee or collective bargaining
19representative described in this paragraph.
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49.143
(1) (b) If no acceptable provider in a geographical area is selected under
22par. (a)
or (am), the department shall administer Wisconsin works in that
23geographical area.
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49.143
(2g) Transfer of funding allocations prohibited. Each contract under
3sub. (1) shall prohibit a Wisconsin works agency from using funding that is allocated
4under the contract to pay Wisconsin works benefits under s. 49.148 for any of the
5following:
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(a) Costs of providing direct services to Wisconsin works participants.
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(b) Costs of administering Wisconsin works.
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49.143
(4m) Oversight of Wisconsin works agencies. The department shall
10do all of the following with respect to Wisconsin works agencies that are located in
11counties that have a population of 500,000 or more:
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(a) Monitor each agency's compliance with contracts that are entered into
13under sub. (1).
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(b) Provide technical assistance to each agency.
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(c) Assist in coordinating among the agencies the services that are offered to
16Wisconsin works participants.
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49.143
(6) Geographical areas. The department shall determine the
19geographical area for which a Wisconsin works agency will administer Wisconsin
20works.
Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date],
21the department may not change the number or the boundaries of the geographical
22areas that have been established under this subsection unless the department first
23consults with a county department that is created under s. 46.21 (2m) (a) and holds
24at least one public hearing in each of the geographical areas that would be affected
25by the proposed change. Except for federally recognized American Indian
1reservations and in counties with a population of 500,000 or more, no geographical
2area may be smaller than one county. A geographical area may include more than
3one county. The department need not establish the geographical areas by rule.
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49.155
(1) (d) "Tribal governing body" means an elected governing body of a
6federally recognized American Indian tribe.
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49.155
(1g) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (mc), distribute
9$8,012,500 $44,955,200 in fiscal year
1999-2000 2001-02 and
$7,412,500 10$27,977,500 in fiscal year
2000-01
2002-03 for the purposes of providing technical
11assistance for child care providers
and of, for administering the child care program
12under this section and for grants under s. 49.136 (2) for the start-up and expansion
13of child day care services,
and for child day care start-up and expansion planning,
14for grants under s. 49.134 (2) for child day care resource and referral services, for
15grants under s. 49.137 (3) to assist child care providers in meeting the quality of care
16standards established under sub. (1d),
and for a system of rates or a program of
17grants, as provided under sub. (1d),
to reimburse
for reimbursement of child care
18providers that meet those quality of care standards
and
, for grants under s. 49.137
19(2)
and (4m), for a child care scholarship and bonus program, for safe child care
20activities, for administration of the department's office of child care, and
for contracts
21under s. 49.137 (4) to improve the quality of child day care services in this state.
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49.155
(1g) (c) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (mc), transfer
24$3,596,900 $4,549,500 in fiscal year
1999-2000 2001-02 and
$3,745,200 $4,733,700 25in fiscal year
2000-01 2002-03 to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (kx)
, and
1transfer $20,700 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $27,700 in fiscal year 2000-01 to the
2appropriation under s. 20.435 (8) (kx), for the purpose of day care center licensing
3under s. 48.65.
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(1m) (a) 3m. Participate in a job search or work experience component
6of the food stamp employment and training program under s.
49.124 (1m) 49.13.
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(1m) (bm) If the individual is providing care for a child under a court
9order and is receiving payments on behalf of the child under s. 48.57 (3m)
or (3n), or
10if the individual is a foster parent or treatment foster parent, and child care is needed
11for that child, the individual meets the requirement under s. 49.145 (2) (c).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1666
13Section
1666. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1. (intro.)
The Except as provided in subds. 1g., 1h., 1m., 2., and
153., the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 185% of the poverty line
16for a family the size of the individual's family or, for an individual who is already
17receiving a child care subsidy under this section, the gross income of the individual's
18family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's
19family. In calculating the gross income of the family, the Wisconsin works agency
20shall include income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3., except that, in
21calculating farm and self-employment income, the Wisconsin works agency shall
22include the sum of the following:
SB55-SSA1, s. 1667
23Section
1667. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1g.
The If the individual is a foster parent of the child
and
, the
25child's biological or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200% of the
1poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological or adoptive
2family, the Wisconsin works agency shall include income described under s. 49.145
3(3) (b) 1. and 3.
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(1m) (c) 1h.
The If the individual is a relative of the child, is providing
6care for the child under a court order
, and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m)
7or (3n) on behalf of the child
and, the child's biological or adoptive family has a gross
8income that is at or below 200% of the poverty line. In calculating the gross income
9of the child's biological or adoptive family, the Wisconsin works agency shall include
10income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1669
11Section
1669. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1m.
The If the individual was eligible under s. 49.132 (4) (a),
131995 stats., for aid under s. 49.132, 1995 stats., and received aid under s. 49.132, 1995
14stats., on September 30, 1997, but lost aid solely because of the application of s.
1549.132 (6), 1995 stats.,
and the gross income of the individual's family is at or below
16200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family. This
17subdivision does not apply to an individual whose family's gross income at any time
18on or after September 30, 1997, is more than 200% of the poverty line for a family the
19size of the individual's family.
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49.155
(1m) (c) 2.
The If the individual was eligible under s. 49.132 (4) (am),
221995 stats., for aid under s. 49.132, 1995 stats., and received aid under s. 49.132, 1995
23stats., on or after May 10, 1996, but lost eligibility solely because of increased
24income,
and the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the
25poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family. This subdivision does not
1apply to an individual whose family's gross income increased to more than 200% of
2the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family.
