SECTION 2. 49.45 (6m) (ag) 3r. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6m) (ag) 3r. Flat-rate payment for all costs specified under par. (am) 1. a. and 2.
SECTION 3. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. a. The department shall establish standards for payment of allowable direct care costs under par. (am) 1. bm., for facilities that do not primarily serve the developmentally disabled, that take into account direct care costs for a sample of all of those facilities in this state and separate standards for payment of allowable direct care costs, for facilities that primarily serve the developmentally disabled, that take into account direct care costs for a sample of all of those facilities in this state. The standards shall be adjusted by the department for regional labor cost variations. For facilities in Douglas, Pierce, and St. Croix counties, the department shall perform the adjustment by use of the wage index that is used by the federal department of health and human services for hospital reimbursement under 42 USC 1395 to 1395ggg.
SECTION 4. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. b. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 5. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. c. If a facility has an approved program for provision of service to mentally retarded residents, residents dependent upon ventilators, or residents requiring supplemental skilled care due to complex medical conditions, a supplement to the direct care component of the facility rate under subd. 1. b. may be made to that facility according to a method developed by the department.
SECTION 9121. Nonstatutory provisions; health and family services.
(1) INQUIRIES CONCERNING MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS. Before July 1, 2006, the department of health and family services shall issue inquiries concerning the existence of managed care organizations that have capability to develop the provision of primary, acute, and long-term managed care, on a regional basis, to elderly and disabled Medical Assistance recipients. The department of health and family services shall consult with the department of administration in connection with the inquiries issued under this subsection and the responses received.
SECTION 9421. Effective dates; health and family services.
(1) DIRECT CARE NURSING HOME REIMBURSEMENT. The treatment of section 49.45 (6m) (ag) 3m. and 3r. and (ar) 1. a., b., and c. of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2006.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hummert, BB0318 - Prevailing wage records
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
employment
Under current law, certain laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on a state or local project of public works must be paid at the rate paid for a majority of the hours worked in the person's trade or occupation in the county in which the project is located (prevailing wage law). Current law requires each contractor, subcontractor, and contractor's or subcontractor's agent performing work on a project that is subject to the prevailing wage law to keep records indicating the name and trade or occupation of every person performing work that is subject to the prevailing wage law and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by each of those persons and the actual wages paid for those hours worked. This bill requires a contractor, subcontractor, or agent performing work on a project that is subject to the prevailing wage law, other than a state highway project, to submit, on a weekly basis, to the contracting local governmental unit or state agency authorizing the work a certified record indicating for the preceding week the name and trade or occupation of every person performing work that is subject to the prevailing wage law and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by each of those persons and the actual wages paid for those hours worked.
For further information see the state and local 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. 66.0903 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0903 (10) (a) Each contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent performing work on a project that is subject to this section shall keep full and accurate records clearly indicating the name and trade or occupation of every person performing the work described in sub. (4) and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by each of those persons and the actual wages paid for the hours worked. By no later than the end of the week following a week in which a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent performs work on a project that is subject to this section, the contractor, subcontractor, or agent shall submit to the contracting local governmental unit a certified record of the information specified in the preceding sentence for that preceding week.
SECTION 2. 103.49 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49 (5) (a) Each contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent performing work on a project that is subject to this section shall keep full and accurate records clearly indicating the name and trade or occupation of every person performing the work described in sub. (2m) and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by each of those persons and the actual wages paid for the hours worked. By no later than the end of the week following a week in which a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent performs work on a project that is subject to this section, the contractor, subcontractor, or agent shall submit to the state agency authorizing the work a certified record of the information specified in the preceding sentence for that preceding week.
SECTION 9354. Initial applicability; workforce development.
(1) PREVAILING WAGE RECORDS. The treatment of sections 66.0903 (10) (a) and 103.49 (5) (a) of the statutes first applies to work performed on the effective date of this subsection, except that, if that worked is performed under a contract that contains provisions that are inconsistent with those sections, the treatment of those sections first applies to work performed on the day on which that contract expires or is extended, modified, or renewed.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hummert, BB0321 - Administration of school-to-work and work-based learning programs
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
employment
Under current law, the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Board is required to provide a school-to-work program that includes a school-to-work program for children-at-risk in Milwaukee County and a work-based learning program under which the WTCS Board awards grants to tribal colleges for programs that provide occupational training and work-base learning experiences to youths and adults. This bill transfers administration of those programs to the Governor's Work-Based Learning Board.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.143 (1) (kj) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.143 (1) (kj) Gaming economic development and diversification; grants and loans. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants and loans under ss. 560.137 and 560.138, for the grants under s. 560.139 (1) (a) and (2), for the grants under 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9110 (2k), (11pk), and (11zx), and for transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.292 (1) 20.445 (7) (kd) of the amount in the schedule under s. 20.292 (1) 20.445 (7) (kd). Of the amounts in the schedule, $500,000 shall be allocated in each fiscal year for the grants under s. 560.137 (3m). All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 6j. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each odd-numbered year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm).
SECTION 2. 20.292 (1) (ef) of the statutes is renumbered 20.445 (7) (ef) and amended to read:
20.445 (7) (ef) School-to-work programs for children at risk. The amounts in the schedule for grants to nonprofit organizations under s. 38.40 106.13 (4m).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 20.292 (1) (kd) of the statutes is renumbered 20.445 (7) (kd).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 4. 20.445 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 20.445 (7) (b) and amended to read:
20.445 (7) (b) Local youth apprenticeship grants. The Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for local youth apprenticeship grants under s. 106.13 (3m).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 5. 20.445 (7) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
20.445 (7) (a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the governor's work-based learning board under s. 106.12.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 6. 20.445 (7) (em) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (7) (em) (title) Youth apprenticeship On-the-job training grants for employers.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 7. 38.40 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 8. 38.40 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 9. 38.40 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 10. 38.40 (1m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (1) (b).
SECTION 11. 38.40 (1m) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (1) (c).
SECTION 12. 38.40 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 13. 38.40 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 14. 38.40 (4m) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 15. 38.40 (4m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (4m) (a) and amended to read:
106.13 (4m) (a) The board may approve an innovative school-to-work program provided by a nonprofit organization for children at risk, as defined in s. 118.153 (1) (a), in a county having a population of 500,000 or more to assist those children at risk in acquiring employability skills and occupational-specific competencies before leaving high school. If the board approves a program under this paragraph, the board may award a grant, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) 20.445 (7) (ef), to the nonprofit organization providing the program and the nonprofit organization shall use the funds received under the grant to provide the program.
SECTION 16. 38.40 (4m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (4m) (b).
SECTION 17. 38.40 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 18. 106.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.12 (2) EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. The board shall plan, coordinate, administer, and implement the youth apprenticeship program, school-to-work, and work-based learning programs under s. 106.13 (1) and such other employment and education programs as the governor may by executive order assign to the board. Notwithstanding any limitations placed on the use of state employment and education funds under this section or s. 106.13 or under an executive order assigning an employment and education program to the board, the board may issue a general or special order waiving any of those limitations on finding that the waiver will promote the coordination of employment and education services.
SECTION 19. 106.13 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
106.13 (1) (intro.) The department board shall provide a all of the following programs:
(a) A youth apprenticeship program that includes the grant programs under subs. (3m) and (4).
SECTION 20. 106.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.13 (2) The council on workforce investment established under 29 USC 2821, the technical college system board, and the department of public instruction shall assist the board in providing the youth apprenticeship program, the school-to-work program, and the work-based learning program under sub. (1).
SECTION 21. 106.13 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.13 (2m) The board shall approve occupations and maintain a list of approved occupations for the youth apprenticeship program and shall approve statewide skill standards for the school-to-work program. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (7) (a), the board shall develop curricula for youth apprenticeship programs for occupations approved under this subsection.
SECTION 22. 106.13 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.13 (3m) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (e) (7) (b), the board shall award grants to applying local partnerships for the implementation and coordination of local youth apprenticeship programs. A local partnership shall include in its grant application the identity of each public agency, nonprofit organization, individual, and other person who is a participant in the local partnership, a plan to accomplish the implementation and coordination activities specified in subds. 1. to 6., and the identity of a fiscal agent who shall be responsible for receiving, managing, and accounting for the grant moneys received under this paragraph. Subject to par. (c), a local partnership that is awarded a grant under this paragraph may use the grant moneys awarded for any of the following implementation and coordination activities:
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Walker, BB0330 - Variable rate obligations for environmental improvement program
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Environment
Water quality
Under the Clean Water Fund Program, this state provides loans for projects for controlling water pollution and, under the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program, this state provides loans for projects for the construction or modification of public water systems. The interest rate on loans under the programs is set at a percentage of the market interest rate. This bill provides that if the state issues variable rate revenue obligations for the programs, the market interest rate is the interest rate that would have been paid if the state had issued fixed-rate obligations, as determined by DOA.
For further information see the local 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. 281.58 (1) (cg) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (1) (cg) "Market interest rate" means the interest at the effective rate of a revenue obligation issued by the state to fund a project loan or a portion of a project loan under the clean water fund program has the meaning given in s. 281.59 (1) (b).
SECTION 2. 281.59 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (1) (b) "Market interest rate" means the interest at the effective interest rate of a on a fixed-rate revenue obligation issued by the state to fund a loan or a portion of a loan for a project under the clean water fund program made under this section or, for a variable rate obligation, the effective interest rate that the department of administration determines would have been paid if the variable rate obligation had been sold at a fixed rate.
SECTION 3. 281.61 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
