LRB-0699/P2
EHS:ahe
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Bork, BB0055 - Foster care youth driver's licensing program
For 2019-2021 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Public Assistance
1. Foster care youth driver's licensing
This bill requires DCF to establish or contract for a driver education program for individuals who are 15 years of age or older and in out-of-home care. The bill requires the program to provide assistance with identifying and enrolling in an appropriate driver education course, obtaining an operator's license, and obtaining motor vehicle liability insurance. The bill authorizes DCF to pay, for any individual in the program, any fees required to enroll in a driver education course or to obtain an operator's license and the cost of motor vehicle liability insurance on the vehicle owned or used by the individual during the program and after the individual obtains an operator's license.
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. 48.481 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
48.481 (4) Driver education program. The department shall establish or contract for a driver education program for individuals who are 15 years of age or older and in out-of-home care. The program shall provide assistance with identifying and enrolling in an appropriate driver education course, obtaining an operator's license, and obtaining motor vehicle liability insurance. From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (a), the department may pay all of the following expenses that apply to an individual in the program:
(a) Fees required to enroll in a driver education course.
(b) Fees required to obtain an operator's license under ch. 343.
(c) The cost of motor vehicle liability insurance for the motor vehicle owned or used by the individual while participating in the program and after obtaining an operator's license, including any increase in the cost of motor vehicle liability insurance on a motor vehicle owned by an out-of-home care provider and used by the individual.
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