LRB-0279LRB-0279/2
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Olsen-Hasek, BB0064 - Litigation costs funding
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
REtirement and group insurance
Currently, the Employee Trust Funds Board may appoint outside legal counsel with the approval of the governor. This bill provides that the cost of such counsel is to be paid from moneys deposited in the public employee trust fund that are not otherwise appropriated for DETF operations.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.515 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.515 (1) (r) Benefit and coverage payments. All moneys credited to the public employee trust fund for payment from the appropriate accounts and reserves of the fund of the benefits, contributions, insurance premiums, and refunds authorized by ch. 40 for the respective benefit plans and of the costs of legal counsel employed or selected under s. 40.03 (1) (c). Estimated disbursements under this paragraph shall not be included in the schedule under s. 20.005.
SECTION 2. 40.04 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.04 (2) (d) The costs of investing the assets of the benefit plans and retirement systems, including all costs due to s. 40.03 (1) (n), and the costs of legal counsel employed or selected under s. 40.03 (1) (c) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.515 (1) (r) and charged directly against the appropriate investment income or reserve accounts of the benefit plan or retirement system receiving the services.
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LRB-0280LRB-0280/1
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Olsen-Hasek, BB0065 - DETF offices
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
retirement and group health insurance
Current law requires DETF to maintain an office in Milwaukee. This bill eliminates this requirement.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 15.16 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 2. 40.03 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.03 (2) (b) Shall employ and select administrative, clerical or other employees as required for the administration of this chapter and establish the internal organization of the department, but the department shall always maintain an office in Milwaukee.
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LRB-0281LRB-0281/2
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Olsen-Hasek, BB0066 - Gifts and grants
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
retirement and group health insurance
This bill creates gifts and grants appropriations and an appropriation for the expenditure of federal moneys for DETF.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.515 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.515 (1) (gm) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts and grants to carry out the purposes for which made.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.515 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
20.515 (1) (m) Federal aid. All moneys received as federal aid, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54, for operations and benefit programs under ch. 40.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 20.515 (1) (sr) of the statutes is created to read:
20.515 (1) (sr) Gifts and grants; public employee trust fund. All moneys received from gifts and grants that are required to be deposited in the public employee trust fund to carry out the purposes for which made.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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LRB-0282LRB-0282/1
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Olsen-Hasek, BB0067 - Reference to head of OSER
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
State employment
The bill corrects two references to the position of the former secretary of employment relations. This position was abolished in 2003 Wisconsin Act 33 and the duties of the position were assigned to the director of the Office of State Employment Relations.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.916 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.916 (8) (a) The director of the office of state employment relations shall recommend to the joint committee on employment relations uniform travel schedule amounts for travel by state officers and employees whose compensation is established under s. 20.923 or 230.12. Such amounts shall include maximum permitted amounts for meal and lodging costs, other allowable travel expenses under sub. (9) (d), and porterage tips, except as authorized under s. 16.53 (12) (c). In lieu of the maximum permitted amounts for expenses under sub. (9) (b), (c), and (d), the secretary director may recommend to the committee a per diem amount and method of reimbursement for any or all expenses under sub. (9) (b), (c), and (d).
SECTION 2. 230.12 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
230.12 (7m) PAY ADJUSTMENT FILING REQUIREMENTS. Except as provided in the rules of the director and in the compensation plan, pay increases shall be made only on the dates prescribed under sub. (8). Appointing authorities shall at such times each year as specified by the secretary director file with the director and with the secretary of administration a list of employees showing their then existing pay rates and their proposed new pay rates.
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LRB-0284LRB-0284/2
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rhodes, BB0047 - Domestic abuse program funding
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Health and human services
Other health and human services
Under current law, DHFS provides grants to nonprofit corporations, public agencies, and American Indian tribes or bands that provide various types of domestic abuse services, such as shelter facilities and counseling. Some of the grants must be awarded in specified amounts to specified organizations. To allow DHFS more flexibility in awarding grant amounts, this bill eliminates the specific amounts that must be awarded to organizations to enhance support services, to organizations for domestic abuse services for individuals who are members of underserved populations, and to the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence for a staff person to assist in obtaining legal services.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 46.95 (2) (f) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.95 (2) (f) 7. Award a grant of $25,000 grants in each fiscal year to each of 30 organizations to enhance support services. Funding may be used for such purposes as case management; children's programming; assisting victims of domestic abuse to find employment; and training in and activities promoting self-sufficiency.
SECTION 2. 46.95 (2) (f) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.95 (2) (f) 8. Award $200,000 in grants in each fiscal year to organizations for domestic abuse services for individuals who are members of underserved populations, including racial minority group members and individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities. A grant to an organization may not exceed $60,000.
SECTION 3. 46.95 (2) (f) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.95 (2) (f) 9. Award a grant of $25,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and a grant of $50,000 in each fiscal year thereafter to the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence for toward the cost of a staff person to provide assistance in obtaining legal services to domestic abuse victims.
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LRB-0292LRB-0292/6
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rhodes, BB0011 - Home visiting services
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Children
Under current law, DHFS administers a child abuse and neglect prevention program under which DHFS awards grants to counties and Indian tribes that offer voluntary home visitation services to first-time parents who are eligible for Medical Assistance. Current law requires DHFS to determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county or an Indian tribe in excess of the statutory minimum grant amount of $10,000 based on the number of births that are funded by Medical Assistance in that county or the reservation of that Indian tribe in proportion to the number of those births in all of the counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded. Currently, no more than six rural counties, three urban counties, and two Indian tribes may be selected to participate in the program.
This bill requires DHFS to determine the amount of a grant in excess of the statutory minimum based simply on the number of births that are funded by Medical Assistance in a county or a reservation of an Indian tribe without regard to the number of those births in other counties and reservations. The bill also eliminates the caps on the number of counties and Indian tribes that may be selected to participate in the program.
In addition, the bill directs DHFS to award grants to applying county departments of human services or social services (county departments), local health departments, Indian tribes, private nonprofit agencies, and local partnerships consisting of two or more county departments, local health departments, Indian tribes, and private nonprofit agencies (organizations) for the provision to all first-time parents in the community served by the organization of one-time, voluntary home visits. The purposes of the home visits are to provide those parents with basic information regarding infant health and nutrition, the care, safety, and development of infants, and emergency services for infants; to identify the needs of those parents; and to provide those parents with referrals to programs, services, and other resources that may meet those needs. Any information concerning an individual who is offered a home visit or provided with a referral under this bill is confidential, unless disclosure of the information is required or permitted under the child abuse and neglect reporting law, the use or disclosure of the information is connected to the administration of the program, or the individual consents to the use or disclosure of the information.
