Amendment SA1-SSA1-AB75

AB75-SSA1-SA1,28,7 (i) Be informed of decisions regarding a foster child placed in the foster parent's care made by the court or the agency responsible for the care and placement of the foster child.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,28,12 (j) Provide input concerning the case plan of a foster child placed in the foster parent's care and to have that input given full consideration in the same manner as information presented by any other professional member of the child welfare team and to communicate with other professionals who work with the foster child within the context of the child welfare team, including therapists, physicians, and teachers.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,28,16 (k) Be given, in a timely and consistent manner, any information a case worker has regarding a foster child placed in the foster parent's care and the child's family that is pertinent to the care and needs of the foster child and to the making of a case plan for the foster child.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,28,18 (L) Be given clear instruction on the disclosure of information concerning a foster child placed in the foster parent's care and the foster child's family.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,28,22 (m) Be given reasonable written notice of any changes to the permanency plan of a foster child placed in the foster parent's care, plans to remove a foster child from the foster parent's home, and the reasons for removing the foster child, except under circumstances when the foster child is in imminent risk of harm.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,28,24 (n) Be notified in a timely and complete manner of all court hearings and of the rights of the foster parent at the hearing.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,29,3 (o) Be considered as a placement option when a foster child who was formerly placed with the foster parent reenters foster care, if that placement is consistent with the best interest of the child and of any other children in the home.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,29,6 (p) Have timely access to any administrative or judicial appeal processes and to be free from acts of harassment and retaliation by any other party when exercising the right to appeal.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,29,10 (2) The department, county department, or licensed child welfare agency shall provide a foster parent with a written copy of the foster parent's bill of rights in his or her primary language, if possible, when the department, county department, or licensed child welfare agency issues or renews a foster care license.".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,29,11 137. Page 527, line 3: delete "48.658" and substitute "48.659".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,29,12 138. Page 527, line 4: delete "48.658" and substitute " 48.659".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,29,13 139. Page 529, line 2: delete "and treatment foster parents".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,29,14 140. Page 529, line 4: delete "or treatment foster care".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,29,16 141. Page 559, line 16: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 560, line 12.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,29,17 142. Page 563, line 12: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,29,18 " Section 1161c. 49.147 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,30,2 49.147 (4m) Subsidized private sector employment. (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (cm), the department shall establish and administer a subsidized private sector employment program, under which participants shall be paid the benefits under s. 49.148 (1) (d) for work in projects that the department determines would serve a useful public purpose or projects the cost of which is partially or wholly offset by revenue generated from such projects. An individual may participate in a project under this subsection for a maximum of 6 months, with an opportunity for an extension.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,30,4 (b) Subject to par. (cm), the department shall begin operating the program under this subsection only if all of the following occur:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,30,8 1. The secretary structures the subsidized private sector employment program in such a manner that the total cost for a participant in the program under this subsection does not exceed what the total cost would be for the participant in the community service job program administered under sub. (4).

AB75-SSA1-SA1,30,12 2. The secretary determines that the cash flow to a participant in the subsidized private sector employment program under this subsection, including the advance payment of any tax credit, is not less than what the cash flow would be to the participant in the community service job program administered under sub. (4).

AB75-SSA1-SA1,30,17 3. The secretary determines that administering the subsidized private sector employment program in the manner provided under this subsection is permitted under federal law or under a waiver, or an amendment to a waiver, approved by the federal department of health and human services for the operation of Wisconsin Works.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,30,25 (c) 1. If the secretary of children and families determines that a waiver, or an amendment to a waiver, is necessary to administer the subsidized private sector employment program in the manner provided under this subsection, the secretary of children and families shall no later than September 30, 2009, request the waiver or the amendment to the waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services to permit the secretary of children and families to administer the subsidized private sector employment program in the manner provided under this subsection.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,31,5 2. If the secretary determines that administering the subsidized private sector employment program in the manner provided under this subsection would necessitate changes in the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program legislation under 42 USC 601 et seq., the secretary shall pursue the necessary changes to the federal legislation.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,31,7 (cm) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the department may not begin operating the program under this subsection before January 1, 2011.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,31,13 2. If the department determines that a waiver, an amendment to a waiver, or changes in the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program legislation are necessary for administering the subsidized private sector employment program in the manner provided under this section, the department may not begin operating the program under this subsection before the later of the following:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,31,15 a. The waiver or waiver amendment is approved and in effect or the federal legislation changes are adopted and in effect, or both, whichever is applicable.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,31,16 b. January 1, 2011.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,31,18 (d) 1. The department shall promulgate rules for the establishment and administration of the program under this subsection.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,2 2. The department may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 for the establishment and administration of this subsection for the period before the effective date of any permanent rules promulgated under subd. 1., but not to exceed the period authorized under s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2). Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subdivision as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subdivision.".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,3 143. Page 564, line 13: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,4 " Section 1172c. 49.148 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,7 49.148 (1) Benefit and wage levels for participants in employment positions. (intro.) A participant in a Wisconsin works Works employment position shall receive the following wages or benefits:".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,8 144. Page 564, line 23: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,9 " Section 1173c. 49.148 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,12 49.148 (1) (d) Subsidized private sector employment. 1. In this paragraph, "benefits" means compensation in the form of the state or federal minimum wage, whichever is higher.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,15 2. For a participant in subsidized private sector employment under s. 49.147 (4m), a monthly grant of not more than $25, as well as benefits for each hour actually worked in subsidized private sector employment, up to 20 hours per week.".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,16 145. Page 573, line 1: delete lines 1 to 10.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,17 146. Page 578, line 21: delete that line and substitute:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,21 "49.155 (6g) Authorized child care hours. (a) 1. In this paragraph, "department" means the department or the county department or agency determining and authorizing the amount of child care for which an individual may receive a subsidy under this section.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,32,23 2. Except as provided in subd. 3., the department shall authorize no more than 12 hours of child care per day per child.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,3 3. The department may authorize more than 12 hours, not exceeding 16 hours, of child care per day for a child whose parent provides written documentation of work or transportation requirements that exceed 12 hours in a day.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,9 4. If the authorized hours of child care per day for a child will be reduced from more than 12 to 12 or less because the child's parent does not provide the written documentation required under subd. 3., the department shall provide to the child's parent who is receiving the subsidy under this section and to the child's child care provider 4 weeks' notice of the reduction in authorized hours before actually reducing the child's authorized hours.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,10 (am) If".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,12 147. Page 579, line 9: delete "parents" and substitute "parent who is receiving the subsidy under this section".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,13 148. Page 579, line 16: delete "(a)" and substitute "(am)".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,15 149. Page 579, line 19: delete "parents" and substitute "parent who is receiving the subsidy under this section".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,16 150. Page 581, line 6: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,17 " Section 1216k. 49.162 of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,19 49.162 Transitional jobs demonstration project. (1) In this section, "Wisconsin Works" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (p).

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,23 (2) Subject to sub. (3) (b), the department shall conduct a demonstration project, beginning on January 1, 2010, that offers transitional jobs to low-income adults. To be eligible to participate in the demonstration project, an individual must satisfy all of the following criteria:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,24 (a) Be at least 21 but not more than 64 years of age.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,33,25 (b) Be ineligible for Wisconsin Works.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,34,3 (c) Have an annual household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,34,4 (d) Be unemployed for at least 4 weeks.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,34,5 (e) Be ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,34,11 (3) (a) The department shall provide up to 2,500 transitional jobs under the demonstration project. The jobs shall be allocated among Milwaukee County, Dane County, Racine County, Kenosha County, Rock County, Brown County, and other regions of the state, as determined by the department, in the same proportion as the total number of Wisconsin Works participants are allocated among those counties and other regions as of June 30, 2009.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,34,14 (b) The department shall seek federal funds to pay for the cost of operating the demonstration project, and may conduct the project only to the extent that the department obtains federal funds.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,34,16 (c) The department shall promulgate rules for the operation of the demonstration project under this section.".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,34,17 151. Page 596, line 3: delete lines 3 to 14.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,34,18 152. Page 609, line 13: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,34,19 " Section 1292n. 49.45 (6u) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,5 49.45 (6u) (am) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (6m), from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (o), and (w), for reduction of operating deficits, as defined under the methodology used by the department in December 2000, incurred by a facility that is established under s. 49.70 (1) or that is owned and operated by a city, village, or town, and as payment to care management organizations, the department may not shall distribute to these facilities and to care management organizations more than $37,100,000 a total of $40,100,000 in each fiscal year, as determined by the department. The total amount that a county certifies under this subsection may not exceed 100% of otherwise-unreimbursed care. In distributing funds under this subsection, the department shall perform all of the following:".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,6 153. Page 611, line 13: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,7 " Section 1301c. 49.45 (24d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,10 49.45 (24d) Primary care provider; managed care organizations. (a) In this subsection, "managed care organization" includes a health maintenance organization, a limited service health organization, and a preferred provider plan.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,13 (b) In a contract with a managed care organization to provide medical assistance, the department shall require the managed care organization to assign to each enrollee who receives medical assistance a primary care provider.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,16 (c) The managed care organization under contract under par. (b) shall pay to the primary care provider a monthly fee per each patient who is a recipient of medical assistance for care coordination.".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,17 154. Page 618, line 14: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,18 " Section 1313h. 49.45 (43m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,22 49.45 (43m) Case management for children with medically complex conditions. The department shall provide case management services to an individual who is under 19 years of age and who is a recipient of medical assistance and who has a medically complex condition.".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,23 155. Page 619, line 12: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,35,24 " Section 1313p. 49.45 (44g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,36,3 49.45 (44g) Prenatal care coordination; managed care organizations. (a) In this subsection, "managed care organization" includes a health maintenance organization, a limited service health organization, and a preferred provider plan.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,36,7 (b) In a contract with a managed care organization to provide medical assistance, the department shall require the managed care organization to provide or contract with a prenatal care coordination program to serve recipients of medical assistance.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,36,10 (c) The managed care organization under contract under par. (b) shall ensure that each enrollee who is pregnant and who is a recipient of medical assistance is enrolled in the prenatal care coordination program under par. (b).".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,36,11 156. Page 619, line 22: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,36,12 " Section 1315n. 49.45 (50m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,36,15 49.45 (50m) Chronic disease management; managed care organizations. (a) In this subsection, "managed care organization" includes a health maintenance organization, a limited service health organization, and a preferred provider plan.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,36,21 (b) In a contract with a managed care organization to provide medical assistance, the department shall require the managed care organization to provide a chronic disease management and case coordination program for every recipient of medical assistance diagnosed with diabetes, asthma, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, or a primary or secondary behavioral health diagnosis, including substance abuse and depression.".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,36,22 157. Page 626, line 20: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,36,23 " Section 1337n. 49.471 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,37,4 49.471 (4) (d) An individual is eligible to purchase coverage of the benefits described in sub. (11) for himself or herself and for his or her spouse and dependent children, at the full per member per month cost of coverage, if all of the following apply:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,37,6 1. The individual lost his or her employer-sponsored health care coverage as a result of his or her employer's or former employer's bankruptcy.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,37,9 2. After losing his or her employer-sponsored health care coverage, the individual received health care coverage through a voluntary employment benefit association that was established before August 2006.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,37,10 3. The individual is not otherwise eligible for coverage under this section.

AB75-SSA1-SA1,37,11 4. The individual is under 65 years of age.".

AB75-SSA1-SA1,37,12 158. Page 630, line 23: after that line insert:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,37,13 " Section 1353n. 49.471 (11c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1-SA1,37,17 49.471 (11c) Podiatrists' services. Individuals who are eligible for the childless adults demonstration project under s. 49.45 (23) shall have coverage for podiatrists' services under this section in addition to any other benefits for which they have coverage.".