AB75-SSA1,552,1310
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(4) (b) 1. A county, other than a county with a population of 500,000 or
11more, or an Indian tribe that is selected to participate in the program under this
12section shall
select persons who are first-time parents and offer all pregnant women
13in the county or the reservation of the tribe who are eligible for
medical assistance 14Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49
and shall offer each of those persons an
15opportunity to undergo an assessment through use of a risk assessment instrument
16to determine whether the
parent person assessed presents risk factors
for poor birth
17outcomes or for perpetrating child abuse or neglect. Persons who
are selected and
18who agree to be assessed shall be assessed during the prenatal period
, if possible, or
19as close to the time of the child's birth as possible. The risk assessment instrument
20shall be developed by the department and shall be based on risk assessment
21instruments developed by the department for similar programs that are in operation.
22The department need not promulgate as rules under ch. 227 the risk assessment
23instrument developed under this subdivision. A person who is assessed to be at risk
24of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting his or her child shall be offered
25home visitation program services
that shall be commenced during the prenatal
1period. Home visitation program services may be provided to a family with a child
2identified as being at risk of child abuse or neglect until the identified child reaches
33 years of age.
If a family has been receiving home visitation program services
4continuously for not less than 12 months, those services may continue to be provided
5to the family until the identified child reaches 3 years of age, regardless of whether
6the child continues to be eligible for Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49. 7If risk factors for child abuse or neglect with respect to the identified child continue
8to be present when the child reaches 3 years of age, home visitation program services
9may be provided until the identified child reaches 5 years of age. Home visitation
10program services may not be provided to a person unless the person gives his or her
11written informed consent to receiving those services or, if the person is a child, unless
12the child's parent, guardian or legal custodian gives his or her written informed
13consent for the child to receive those services.
AB75-SSA1,552,1916
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(4) (b) 3. A county or Indian tribe that is providing home visitation
17program services under subd. 1.
or 2. shall provide to a person receiving those
18services the information relating to shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies
19required under s. 253.15 (6).
AB75-SSA1,553,1521
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(5) Selection of counties and Indian tribes. The department shall
22provide competitive application procedures for selecting counties and Indian tribes
23for participation in the program under this section. The department shall establish
24a method for ranking applicants for selection based on the quality of their
25applications. In ranking the applications submitted by counties, the department
1shall give favorable consideration to a county that has indicated under sub. (6) (d)
22. that it is willing to use a portion of any moneys distributed to the county under s.
348.565 (2) (a) to provide case management services to a
medical assistance Medical
4Assistance beneficiary under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who is a case or who is a member
5of a family that is a case and that has explained under sub. (6) (d) 2. how the county
6plans to use that portion of those moneys to promote the provision of those services
7for the case by using a wraparound process so as to provide those services in a
8flexible, comprehensive and individualized manner in order to reduce the necessity
9for court-ordered services. The department shall also provide application
10requirements and procedures for the renewal of a grant awarded under this section.
11The application procedures and the renewal application requirements and
12procedures shall be clear and understandable to the applicants. The department
13need not promulgate as rules under ch. 227 the application procedures, the renewal
14application requirements or procedures
, or the method for ranking applicants
15established under this subsection.
AB75-SSA1,553,2017
48.983
(6) (a) 1. Information on how the applicant's home visitation program
18is comprehensive and incorporates practice standards that have been developed for
19home visitation programs by entities concerned with the prevention of
poor birth
20outcomes and child abuse and neglect and that are acceptable to the department.
AB75-SSA1,554,222
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(6) (a) 2. Documentation that the application was developed through
23collaboration among public and private organizations that provide services to
24children
and families, especially children who are at risk of child abuse or neglect
and
25families that are at risk of poor birth outcomes, or that are otherwise interested in
1child welfare and a description of how that collaboration effort will support a
2comprehensive home visitation program.
AB75-SSA1,554,74
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(6) (a) 3. An identification of existing
poor birth outcome and child abuse
5and neglect prevention services that are available to residents of the county or
6reservation of the Indian tribe and a description of how those services and any
7additional needed services will support a comprehensive home visitation program.
AB75-SSA1,554,129
48.983
(6) (a) 4. An explanation of how the home visitation program will build
10on existing
poor birth outcome and child abuse and neglect prevention programs,
11including programs that provide support to families, and how the home visitation
12program will coordinate with those programs.
AB75-SSA1,554,1714
48.983
(6) (a) 5. An explanation of how the applicant, in collaboration with local
15prenatal care coordination providers, will implement strategies aimed at achieving
16healthy birth outcomes, as determined by performance measures prescribed by the
17department of health services, in the county or reservation of the Indian tribe.
AB75-SSA1,555,419
48.983
(6) (b) 1. `Flexible fund for home visitation programs.' The applicant
20demonstrates in the application that the applicant has established, or has plans to
21establish, if selected, a fund from which payments totaling not
more than $1,000 less
22than $250 per calendar year may be made for appropriate expenses of each family
23that is participating in the home visitation program under sub. (4) (b) 1. or that is
24receiving home visitation services under s. 49.45 (44). The payments shall be
25authorized by an individual designated by the applicant. If an applicant makes a
1payment to or on behalf of a family under this subdivision, one-half of the payment
2shall be from grant moneys received under this section and one-half of the payment
3shall be from moneys provided by the applicant from sources other than grant
4moneys received under this section.
AB75-SSA1,555,196
48.983
(6) (b) 2. `Flexible fund for cases.' The applicant demonstrates in the
7grant application that the applicant has established, or has plans to establish, if
8selected, a fund from which payments totaling not
more than $500 less than $250 for
9each case may be made for appropriate expenses related to the case. The payments
10shall be authorized by an individual designated by the applicant. If an applicant
11makes a payment to or on behalf of a person under this subdivision, one-half of the
12payment shall be from grant moneys received under this section and one-half of the
13payment shall be from moneys provided by the applicant from sources other than
14grant moneys received under this section. The applicant shall demonstrate in the
15grant application that it has established, or has plans to establish, if selected,
16procedures to encourage, when appropriate, a person to whom or on whose behalf
17payments are made under this subdivision to make a contribution to the fund
18described in this subdivision up to the amount of payments made to or on behalf of
19the person when the person's financial situation permits such a contribution.
AB75-SSA1,556,421
48.983
(6) (d) 2. The applicant indicates in the grant application whether the
22applicant is willing to use a portion of any moneys distributed to the applicant under
23s. 48.565 (2) (a) to provide case management services to a
medical assistance Medical
24Assistance beneficiary under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who is a case or who is a member
25of a family that is a case. If the applicant is so willing, the applicant shall explain
1how the applicant plans to use that portion of those moneys to promote the provision
2of those services for the case by using a wraparound process so as to provide those
3services in a flexible, comprehensive and individualized manner in order to reduce
4the necessity for court-ordered services.
AB75-SSA1,556,136
48.983
(6) (f)
Reinvestment of Medical Assistance reimbursement. The
7applicant agrees to reinvest in the program under this section a portion of the
8reimbursement received by the applicant under the Medical Assistance program
9under subch. IV of ch. 49. The department and the applicant shall negotiate the
10amount of that reinvestment based on the applicant's administrative costs for billing
11the Medical Assistance program for reimbursement for services provided under this
12section and the ratio of Medical Assistance reimbursement received for those
13services to the amount billed to the Medical Assistance program for those services.
AB75-SSA1,556,2315
48.983
(6g) (a) Except as permitted or required under s. 48.981 (2), no person
16may use or disclose any information concerning any individual who is selected for an
17assessment under sub. (4) (b), including an individual who declines to undergo the
18assessment, or concerning any individual who is offered services under a home
19visitation program funded under this section, including an individual who declines
20to receive those services, unless the use or disclosure is connected with the
21administration of the home visitation program or the administration of the
medical
22assistance Medical Assistance program under ss. 49.43 to 49.497 or unless the
23individual has given his or her written informed consent to the use or disclosure.
AB75-SSA1,557,2
148.983
(7) (a) 1. The number of
poor birth outcomes and substantiated reports
2of child abuse and neglect.
AB75-SSA1,557,84
48.986
(4) A county may use the funds distributed under this section to fund
5additional foster parents
, treatment foster parents, and subsidized guardians or
6interim caretakers to care for abused and neglected children and to fund additional
7staff positions to provide services related to child abuse and neglect and to unborn
8child abuse.
AB75-SSA1,557,1210
49.001
(5p) "Relief block grant" means a block grant awarded to a county or
11tribal governing body under s. 49.025,
2009 stats., s. 49.027
or, 2009 stats., or s. 1249.029
, 2009 stats.
AB75-SSA1,557,2523
49.133
(1) The person has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that the
24department or county department under s. 46.215, 46.22
, or 46.23 determines
25substantially relates to the care of children
or to the operation of a business.
AB75-SSA1,558,52
49.133
(4) The department or county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or
346.23 reasonably suspects that the person has intentionally and egregiously violated
4any provision under the program under which the payments are made or any rule
5related to the program.
AB75-SSA1,558,87
49.136
(1) (m) "Parent" means a parent, guardian, foster parent,
treatment
8foster parent, legal custodian
, or a person acting in the place of a parent.
AB75-SSA1,558,13
1049.139 Emergency shelter funding. From the appropriation account under
11s. 20.437 (2) (f), the department shall provide $50,000 annually, beginning on
12October 1, 2009, to the Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley to provide services to
13homeless individuals and families.
AB75-SSA1,558,2215
49.141
(1) (s) "Wisconsin
works
Works group" means an individual who is a
16custodial parent, all dependent children with respect to whom the individual is a
17custodial parent
, and all dependent children with respect to whom the individual's
18dependent child is a custodial parent. "Wisconsin
works Works group" includes any
19nonmarital coparent or any spouse of the individual who resides in the same
20household as the individual and any dependent children with respect to whom the
21spouse or nonmarital coparent is a custodial parent.
"Wisconsin works group" does
22not include any person who is receiving benefits under s. 49.027 (3) (b).
AB75-SSA1,559,1024
49.143
(2) (b) Establish a children's services network. The children's services
25network shall provide information about community resources available to the
1dependent children in a Wisconsin works group, including charitable food and
2clothing centers; subsidized and low-income housing; transportation subsidies; the
3state supplemental food program for women, infants and children under s.
49.17 4253.06; and child care programs. In a county having a population of 500,000 or more,
5a children's services network shall, in addition, provide a forum for those persons
6who are interested in the delivery of child welfare services and other services to
7children and families in the geographical area under sub. (6) served by that
8children's services network to communicate with and make recommendations to the
9providers of those services in that geographical area with respect to the delivery of
10those services in that area.
AB75-SSA1,559,1512
49.143
(2) (em) Determine eligibility for
and administer child care assistance
13under s. 49.155
and refer eligible families to county departments under s. 46.215,
1446.22 or 46.23 for child care services, if the department contracts with the Wisconsin
15Works agency to do so.
AB75-SSA1, s. 1150
16Section
1150. 49.145 (2) (n) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,559,2317
49.145
(2) (n) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 4.,
beginning on the date
18on which the individual has attained the age of 18, the total number of months in
19which the individual or any adult member of the individual's Wisconsin
works Works 20group has
participated in, or has received benefits under, received assistance under 21any of the following or any combination of the following does not exceed
60 months 22the federal time limit established under 42 USC 608 (a) (7), whether or not
23consecutive:
AB75-SSA1, s. 1151
24Section
1151. 49.145 (2) (n) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,560,3
149.145
(2) (n) 1. a. The job opportunities and basic skills program under s.
249.193, 1997 stats. Active participation on or after October 1, 1996, in the job
3opportunities and basic skills program counts toward the
60-month time limit.
AB75-SSA1, s. 1153
5Section
1153. 49.145 (2) (n) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,560,126
49.145
(2) (n) 4. (intro.) In calculating the number of months under
subds. subd. 71.
and 2., a Wisconsin
works Works agency shall exclude, to the extent permitted
8under federal law, any month during which any adult in the Wisconsin
works Works 9group participated in any activity listed under subd. 1. a. to c. while living on a
10federally recognized American Indian reservation, in an Alaskan Native village or,
11in Indian country, as defined in
18 USC 1151, occupied by an Indian tribe, if, during
12that month, all of the following applied:
AB75-SSA1,561,914
49.145
(2) (s) The individual assigns to the state any right of the individual or
15of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other
16person
, including any right to amounts accruing during the time that any
assistance,
17as defined in 45 CFR 260.31, under Wisconsin Works
benefit is paid to the individual.
18If a minor who is a beneficiary of any
assistance under Wisconsin Works
benefit is
19also the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order that includes support for
20one or more children not receiving
a benefit under Wisconsin Works that assistance,
21any support payment made under the judgment or order is assigned to the state
22during the period that the minor is a beneficiary of
the Wisconsin Works benefit that
23assistance in the amount that is the proportionate share of the minor receiving the
24benefit under Wisconsin Works assistance, except as otherwise ordered by the court
25on the motion of a party. Amounts assigned to the state under this paragraph remain
1assigned to the state until the amount due to the federal government has been
2recovered. No amount of support that begins to accrue after the individual ceases
3to receive
benefits assistance under Wisconsin Works may be considered assigned to
4this state. Except as provided in s. 49.1455, any money that is received by the
5department in a month under an assignment to the state under this paragraph for
6an individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin Works and that is not the
7federal share of support shall be paid to the individual applying for or participating
8in Wisconsin Works. The department shall pay the federal share of support assigned
9under this paragraph as required under federal law or waiver.
AB75-SSA1, s. 1155c
10Section 1155c. 49.145 (2) (s) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
11.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,562,612
49.145
(2) (s) The individual assigns to the state any right of the individual or
13of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other
14person accruing during the time that any assistance, as defined in
45 CFR 260.31,
15under Wisconsin Works is paid to the individual. If a minor who is a beneficiary of
16any assistance under Wisconsin Works is also the beneficiary of support under a
17judgment or order that includes support for one or more children not receiving that
18assistance, any support payment made under the judgment or order is assigned to
19the state during the period that the minor is a beneficiary of that assistance in the
20amount that is the proportionate share of the minor receiving the assistance, except
21as otherwise ordered by the court on the motion of a party. Amounts assigned to the
22state under this paragraph remain assigned to the state until the amount due to the
23federal government has been recovered. No amount of support that begins to accrue
24after the individual ceases to receive assistance under Wisconsin Works may be
25considered assigned to this state. Except as provided in s. 49.1455,
any 75 percent
1of all money that is received by the department in a month under an assignment to
2the state under this paragraph for an individual applying for or participating in
3Wisconsin Works
and that is not the federal share of support shall be paid to the
4individual applying for or participating in Wisconsin Works. The department shall
5pay the federal share of support assigned under this paragraph as required under
6federal law or waiver.
AB75-SSA1,562,14
849.1452 Payment of support arrears. If an individual who formerly
9participated in, but is no longer participating in, Wisconsin Works assigned to the
10state under s. 49.145 (2) (s) his or her right or the right of any dependent child of the
11individual to support or maintenance from any other person, the department shall
12pay to the individual all money in support or maintenance arrears that is collected
13by the department after the individual's participation ceased and that accrued while
14the individual was participating in Wisconsin Works.
AB75-SSA1,563,217
49.147
(4) (as)
Required hours. Except as provided in pars. (at) and (av) and
18sub. (5m), a Wisconsin
works Works agency shall require a participant placed in a
19community service job program to work in a community service job for the number
20of hours determined by the Wisconsin
works Works agency to be appropriate for the
21participant at the time of application or review,
but not to exceed 30 hours per week.
22Except as provided in pars. (at) and (av), a Wisconsin works agency may require a
23participant placed in the community service job program to participate in education
24or training activities for not more than 10 hours per week except that the Wisconsin
1Works agency may not require a participant under this subsection to spend more
2than 40 hours per week in combined activities under this subsection.
AB75-SSA1,563,114
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(4) (av)
Education for 18-year-old and 19-year-old students. A
5Wisconsin
works Works agency shall permit a participant under this subsection who
6has not attained the age of 20 and who has not obtained a high school diploma or a
7declaration of equivalency of high school graduation to attend high school or, at the
8option of the participant, to enroll in a course of study meeting the standards
9established under s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high
10school graduation to satisfy, in whole or in part, the
required hours of participation
11requirement under par. (as).
AB75-SSA1, s. 1162
13Section
1162. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5)
14(b) (intro.).
AB75-SSA1, s. 1163
15Section
1163. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b)
161m.
AB75-SSA1, s. 1164
17Section
1164. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b)
182m.
AB75-SSA1, s. 1165
19Section
1165. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. d. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b)
203.
AB75-SSA1, s. 1166
21Section
1166. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. e. of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5) (b)
224.
AB75-SSA1,564,8
149.147
(5) (bs)
Required hours. Except as provided in par. (bt) and sub. (5m),
2a Wisconsin
works Works agency may require a participant placed in a transitional
3placement to engage in activities under par. (b)
1. for up to 28 hours per week. Except
4as provided in sub. (5m), a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed
5in a transitional placement to participate in education or training activities under
6par. (bm) for not more than 12 hours per week 1m. to 4. The Wisconsin Works agency
7may not require a participant under this subsection to spend more than 40 hours per
8week in combined activities under this subsection.
AB75-SSA1, s. 1170
9Section
1170. 49.147 (5m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,564,1310
49.147
(5m) (a) (intro.) To the extent permitted under
42 USC 607, and except
11as provided in par. (bL), a participant under sub. (4)
(b) or (5) may participate in a
12technical college education program as part of a community service job placement or
13transitional placement if all of the following requirements are met:
AB75-SSA1,564,2315
49.148
(1) (c)
Transitional placements. For a participant in a transitional
16placement under s. 49.147 (5) or in a transitional placement and in technical college
17education under s. 49.147 (5m), a grant of $628, paid monthly by the Wisconsin
works 18Works agency. For every hour that the participant fails to participate in any required
19activity without good cause, including any activity under s. 49.147 (5) (b)
1. a. to e. 201m. to 4., the grant amount shall be reduced by $5.15. Good cause shall be
21determined by the financial and employment planner in accordance with rules
22promulgated by the department. Good cause shall include required court
23appearances for a victim of domestic abuse.
AB75-SSA1, s. 1174
24Section
1174. 49.148 (1m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,564,2525
49.148
(1m) (title)
Custodial parent of infant; unmarried, pregnant woman.
