LRB-1934/P1
EAW:kjf
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rice, BB0329 - TANF reallocation approval
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. TANF reallocations
Under current law, DCF is directed to allocate in each fiscal year specific amounts of money, including federal moneys received under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, for various public assistance programs (commonly known as the TANF schedule). Under current law, DCF may reallocate funds that are allocated for one purpose in the TANF schedule for any other purpose in the TANF schedule through passive review by JCF. Also under current law, if the TANF moneys received from the federal government are less than the amounts appropriated for the purposes under the TANF schedule, DCF is required to create a plan for reducing the amounts of moneys allocated under the TANF schedule and to carry it out subject to passive review by JCF. This bill replaces passive review by JCF with a requirement that the secretary of administration approve a reallocation or a plan to reduce the moneys allocated under TANF.
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. 49.175 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (2) (a) The department may not reallocate funds that are allocated under a paragraph under sub. (1) for any purpose specified in a paragraph under sub. (1) unless the department first notifies the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposed reallocation. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed reallocation, the department may make the proposed reallocation. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed reallocation, the department may make the proposed reallocation only upon approval of the committee if the secretary of administration approves the reallocation.
Section
2. 49.175 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (2) (c) If the amounts of federal block grant moneys that are required to be credited to the appropriation accounts under s. 20.437 (2) (mc) and (md) are less than the amounts appropriated under s. 20.437 (2) (mc) and (md), the department shall submit a plan to the joint committee on finance secretary of administration for reducing the amounts of moneys allocated under sub. (1). If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date the department submits the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed reduction plan, If the secretary of administration approves the plan, the amounts of moneys required to be allocated under sub. (1) may be reduced as proposed by the department and the department shall allocate the moneys as specified in the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date the department submits the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed reduction plan, the department may allocate the moneys as specified in the plan only upon approval of the committee.
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