AB150, s. 2034 4Section 2034. 46.03 (20) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,815,65 46.03 (20) (d) The department shall disburse from state or federal funds or both
6the entire amount and charge the county for its share under s. 49.52 46.495.
AB150, s. 2035 7Section 2035. 46.03 (23) of the statutes is renumbered 49.32 (3) and amended
8to read:
AB150,815,139 49.32 (3) Uniform manual. Adopt The department shall adopt policies and
10procedures and a uniform county policy and procedure manual to minimize
11unnecessary variations between counties in the administration of the aid to families
12with dependent children program. The department shall also require each county
13to use the manual in the administration of the program.
AB150, s. 2036 14Section 2036. 46.03 (35) of the statutes is renumbered 49.32 (4) and amended
15to read:
AB150,815,1716 49.32 (4) Employment of aid recipients. Assist The department shall assist
17state agencies in efforts under s. 230.147 to employ recipients of aid under s. 49.19.
AB150, s. 2037 18Section 2037. 46.03 (36) of the statutes is renumbered 49.32 (5) and amended
19to read:
AB150,815,2520 49.32 (5) Employment and training and education manual. In conjunction
21with the department of industry, labor and human relations, produce
The
22department shall produce
a manual describing employment and training and
23education programs for which recipients of public assistance benefits under ch. 49
24this subchapter may qualify. The department shall distribute the manual, free of
25charge, to each county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23.
AB150, s. 2038
1Section 2038. 46.03 (38) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,816,142 46.03 (38) Welfare reform studies. Request proposals from persons in this
3state for studies of the effectiveness of various program changes, referred to as
4welfare reform, to the aid to families with dependent children program and the
5medical assistance program, including the requirement that certain recipients of aid
6to families with dependent children with children under age 6 participate in training
7programs, the requirement learnfare program under s. 49.50 (7) (g) that certain
8teenage recipients of aid to families with dependent children remain in school
, the
9modification of the earned income disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (am) and the extension
10of medical assistance benefits under ss. 49.46 (1) (co) and 49.47 (4) (am). The studies
11shall evaluate the effectiveness of the various efforts, including their
12cost-effectiveness, in helping individuals gain independence through the securing
13of jobs, the availability of health insurance coverage and providing financial
14incentives and in identifying barriers to independence.
AB150, s. 2039 15Section 2039 . 46.03 (38) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
16(this act), is amended to read:
AB150,817,317 46.03 (38) Welfare reform studies. Request proposals from persons in this
18state for studies of the effectiveness of various program changes, referred to as
19welfare reform, to the aid to families with dependent children program and the
20medical assistance program, including the requirement that certain recipients of aid
21to families with dependent children with children under age 6 participate in training
22programs, the learnfare program under s. 49.50 (7), the modification of the earned
23income disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (am) and the
extension of medical assistance
24benefits under ss. 49.46 (1) (co) and 49.47 (4) (am). The studies shall evaluate the
25effectiveness of the various efforts, including their cost-effectiveness, in helping

1individuals gain independence through the securing of jobs, the availability of health
2insurance coverage and providing financial incentives and in identifying barriers to
3independence.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 46.03 (38). This Section has been affected by drafts with the
following LRB numbers: -0746/2 and -2153/1.
AB150, s. 2040 4Section 2040. 46.031 (2g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,817,115 46.031 (2g) (b) The department may not approve contracts for amounts in
6excess of available revenues. The county board of supervisors in a county with a
7single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a
8multicounty department may appropriate funds not used to match state funds under
9ss. 49.52 (1) 46.495 (1) (d) and 51.423. Actual expenditure of county funds shall be
10reported in compliance with procedures developed by the department, and shall
11comply with standards guaranteeing quality of care comparable to similar facilities.
AB150, s. 2041 12Section 2041. 46.032 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.33 (title).
AB150, s. 2042 13Section 2042. 46.032 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,817,23 1446.032 Income maintenance administration. County departments under
15ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 shall annually enter into a contract with the department
16detailing the reasonable cost of administering the income maintenance programs
17under ss. 49.046, 49.19, 49.45 to 49.47 and 49.50 (7) and the food stamp program
18under 7 USC 2011 to 2029 when so appointed by the department. Contracts created
19under this section control the distribution of payments under s. 20.435 (4) (de) and
20(nL) in accordance with the reimbursement method established under s. 49.52 (1)
21(ad). The department may reduce its payment to any county under s. 20.435 (4) (de)
22and (nL) if federal reimbursement is withheld due to audits, quality control samples
23or program reviews.
AB150, s. 2043
1Section 2043. 46.032 of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this
2act), is renumbered 49.33 (2) and amended to read:
AB150,818,123 49.33 (2) (title) Contracts. County departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and
446.23 shall annually enter into a contract with the department detailing the
5reasonable cost of administering the income maintenance programs under ss. 49.19,
649.26 (1) and 49.45 to 49.47 and 49.50 (7) and the food stamp program under 7 USC
72011
to 2029 when so appointed by the department. Contracts created under this
8section control the distribution of payments under s. 20.435 (4) 20.445 (3) (de) and
9(nL) in accordance with the reimbursement method established under s. 49.52 (1)
10(ad)
49.33 (8). The department may reduce its payment to any county under s. 20.435
11(4)
20.445 (3) (de) and (nL) if federal reimbursement is withheld due to audits,
12quality control samples or program reviews.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 46.032. This Section has been affected by drafts with the
following LRB numbers: -1701/3 and -2153/1.
AB150, s. 2044 13Section 2044. 46.033 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 2045 14Section 2045. 46.033 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 2046 15Section 2046. 46.033 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,818,1916 46.033 (1) (a) "Income maintenance program" means relief of needy Indian
17persons under s. 49.046,
aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19,
18medical assistance under ss. 49.45 to 49.47 or the food stamp program under 7 USC
192011
to 2029.
AB150, s. 2047 20Section 2047. 46.033 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
21.... (this act), is renumbered 49.33 (1) (b) and amended to read:
AB150,819,3
149.33 (1) (b) "Income maintenance program" means aid to families with
2dependent children under s. 49.19, medical assistance under ss. 49.45 to 49.47 subch.
3IV of ch. 49
or the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2029.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 46.033 (1) (a). This Section has been affected by drafts with
the following LRB numbers: -1701/3 and -2153/1.
AB150, s. 2048 4Section 2048. 46.033 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.33 (1) (c).
AB150, s. 2049 5Section 2049. 46.033 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.33 (3).
AB150, s. 2050 6Section 2050. 46.036 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,819,167 46.036 (1) All care and services purchased by the department or by a county
8department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 shall be authorized and
9contracted for under the standards established under this section. The department
10may require the county departments to submit the contracts to the department for
11review and approval.
For purchases of $10,000 or less the requirement for a written
12contract may be waived by the department. No contract is required for care provided
13by foster homes or treatment foster homes that are required to be licensed under s.
1448.62. When the department directly contracts for services, it shall follow the
15procedures in this section in addition to meeting purchasing requirements
16established in s. 16.75.
AB150, s. 2051 17Section 2051 . 46.036 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
18(this act), is amended to read:
AB150,820,519 46.036 (1) All care and services purchased by the department or by a county
20department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437, except as provided under
21subch. III of ch. 49,
shall be authorized and contracted for under the standards
22established under this section. The department may require the county departments
23to submit the contracts to the department for review and approval. For purchases

1of $10,000 or less the requirement for a written contract may be waived by the
2department. No contract is required for care provided by foster homes or treatment
3foster homes that are required to be licensed under s. 48.62. When the department
4directly contracts for services, it shall follow the procedures in this section in addition
5to meeting purchasing requirements established in s. 16.75.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 46.036 (1). This Section has been affected by drafts with the
following LRB numbers: -0442/1 and -2153/1.
AB150, s. 2052 6Section 2052. 46.041 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,820,137 46.041 (1) (a) Provide for the temporary residence and evaluation of children
8referred from courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. 48, the institutions
9and services under the jurisdiction of the department, university of Wisconsin
10hospital and clinics
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, county
11departments under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, private child welfare agencies, schools
12for the deaf and visually handicapped, and mental health facilities within the state
13at the discretion of the superintendent.
AB150, s. 2053 14Section 2053. 46.049 of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 385,
15is renumbered 301.20 and amended to read:
AB150,821,4 16301.20 Training school for delinquent boys. The department, with the
17approval of the governor, may purchase or accept a gift of land for a suitable site for
18an additional training school for delinquent boys and erect and equip such buildings
19as it deems necessary at such time as funds may be allocated for that purpose by the
20building commission. The training school or other additional facilities for delinquent
21boys financed by the authorized 1965-67 building program shall be located north of
22a line between La Crosse and Manitowoc. The department shall operate and
23maintain the institution for the treatment of delinquent boys who are placed in a

1secured correctional facility under s. 48.34 (4m)
under the supervision of the
2department under s. 48.34 (4g)
. All laws pertaining to the care of children received
3under s. 48.34 shall apply. Officers and employes of the institution are subject to the
4same laws as apply to other facilities described in s. 48.52 48.557.
AB150, s. 2054 5Section 2054. 46.10 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts 479,
6section 8, and 481, section 9, is amended to read:
AB150,822,97 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person,
8including but not limited to a person admitted, committed or placed under s. 975.01,
91977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., and s. 975.17, 1977 stats., and ss. 48.34 (4m),
1048.357 (4) and (5) (e), 48.366, 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45
11(10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.06, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06,
12receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any institution in
13this state including university of Wisconsin hospital and clinics University of
14Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of
15the person's care, maintenance, services and supplies, any person receiving care and
16services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a
17facility established under s. 49.175, and any person receiving treatment and services
18from a public or private agency under s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e), 980.06 (2) (c) or 980.08
19(5) and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse
20of the person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and,
21in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
22including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
23(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
24order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
25the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of

1adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
2be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services and supplies in accordance
3with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse,
4widow or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the
5property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and
6estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The
7department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon
8as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt
9thereof is not a condition of liability.
AB150, s. 2055 10Section 2055 . 46.10 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts 385,
11479 and 481 and 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB150,823,1412 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person,
13including but not limited to a person admitted, committed or placed under s. 975.01,
141977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., and s. 975.17, 1977 stats., and ss. 48.34 (4m),
1548.357 (4) and (5) (e), 48.366, 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45
16(10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.06, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06,
17receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any institution in
18this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state
19is chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services and
20supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department
21established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established under s. 49.175
2249.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private
23agency under s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e), 980.06 (2) (c) or 980.08 (5) and the person's
24property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the
25spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor

1child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their
2homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became
3dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting
4his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a
5foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and
6his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the
7cost of the care, maintenance, services and supplies in accordance with the fee
8schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow or
9minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for
10their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from
11the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department
12shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible
13after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not
14a condition of liability.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 46.10 (2). This Section has been affected by drafts with the
following LRB numbers: -2017/3 and -2153/1.
AB150, s. 2056 15Section 2056. 46.175 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,824,2 1646.175 County institutions: minimum standards. Notwithstanding any
17other provision of law, any county currently operating an institution established
18under s. 49.14, 49.16, 49.171, 49.70, 49.71, 49.72, 51.08 or 51.09 may, by resolution
19of the county board, designate such institution or distinct part of such institution as
20a facility to be operated under s. 50.02, 50.03 or 50.33. Any county institution or part
21thereof, where so designated, shall be required to meet those licensure standards
22established by the department for the type of facility designated by the county. Any

1designation under this section may be made only if such designation will not result
2in any additional cost to the state.
AB150, s. 2057 3Section 2057. 46.18 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,824,134 46.18 (13) Building reserve fund. The county board shall maintain as a
5segregated cash reserve an annual charge of 2% of the original cost of new
6construction or purchase or of the appraised value of existing infirmary structures
7and equipment. If the infirmary or any of its equipment is replaced, any net cost of
8replacement in excess of the original cost is subject to an annual charge of 2%. No
9contributions to the cash reserve in excess of the amount required under this
10subsection may be included in the calculation under s. 49.173 (1) 49.726 (1). The
11county board may from time to time appropriate from such reserve sums to be
12expended solely for the enlargement, modernization or replacement of such
13infirmary and its equipment.
AB150, s. 2058 14Section 2058. 46.206 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,824,22 1546.206 (title) Welfare Social services; supervisory functions of state
16department.
(1) (a) The department shall supervise the administration of social
17services and aid to families with dependent children, including related employment
18and training programs
, except as provided under subch. III of ch. 49. The
19department shall submit to the federal authorities state plans for the administration
20of social services and aid under s. 49.19, except as provided under subch. III of ch.
2149,
in such form and containing such information as the federal authorities require,
22and shall comply with all requirements prescribed to ensure their correctness.
AB150,825,423 (b) All records of the department and all county records relating to social
24services, aid to families with dependent children and aid under s. 49.18, 1971 stats.,
25s. 49.20, 1971 stats., and s. 49.61, 1971 stats., as affected by chapter 90, laws of 1973,


1shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized representatives of
2the federal government. Notwithstanding s. 48.396 (2), all county records relating
3to the administration of such the services and public assistance shall be open to
4inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized representatives of the department.
AB150,825,165 (bm) All records of the department relating to aid provided under s. 49.177,
649.19,
49.46, 49.465, 49.468 or, 49.47 or 49.77 are open to inspection at reasonable
7hours by members of the legislature who require the information contained in the
8records in pursuit of a specific state legislative purpose. All records of any county
9relating to aid provided under s. 49.177, 49.19, 49.46, 49.465, 49.468 or, 49.47 or
1049.77
are open to inspection at reasonable hours by members of the board of
11supervisors of the county or the governing body of a city, village or town located in
12the county who require the information contained in the records in pursuit of a
13specific county or municipal legislative purpose. The right to records access provided
14by this paragraph does not apply if access is prohibited by federal law or regulation
15or if this state is required to prohibit such access as a condition precedent to
16participation in a federal program in which this state participates.
AB150,825,2517 (c) The department may at any time audit all county records relating to the
18administration of such the services and public assistance specified in this section and
19may at any time conduct administrative reviews of county departments under ss.
2046.215 and 46.22. If the department conducts such an audit or administrative review
21in a county, it the department shall furnish a copy of the audit or administrative
22review report to the chairperson of the county board of supervisors and the county
23clerk in a county with a single-county department or to the county boards of
24supervisors and the county clerks in counties with a multicounty department, and
25to the director of the county department under s. 46.21 or 46.22.
AB150,826,3
1(2) The county administration of all laws relating to social services and aid to
2families with dependent children
, except with respect to the programs under subch.
3III of ch. 49,
shall be vested in the officers and agencies designated in the statutes.
AB150, s. 2059 4Section 2059. 46.208 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,826,9 546.208 (title) General Emergency medical relief; functions of state
6department. (1)
All records of the county or tribal governing body relating to the
7administration of general emergency medical relief, if the department reimburses
8the county or tribal governing body under s. 49.035, shall be open to inspection at all
9reasonable hours by authorized representatives of the department.
AB150,826,19 10(2m) The department may at any time audit all records of the general
11emergency medical relief agency relating to the administration of general emergency
12medical
relief, if the department reimburses the county or tribal governing body
13under s. 49.035 and may at any time conduct administrative reviews of a county
14department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23. The department shall furnish a copy of
15the a county audit or administrative review report to the chairperson of the county
16board of supervisors and the county clerk in a county with a single-county
17department or to the county boards of supervisors and the county clerks in counties
18with a multicounty department, and to the county director of the county department
19under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23.
AB150, s. 2060 20Section 2060. 46.21 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,827,221 46.21 (1) (d) "Human services" means the total range of services to people,
22including mental illness treatment, developmental disabilities services, physical
23disabilities services, general emergency medical relief, income maintenance, youth
24probation and parole services, alcohol and drug abuse services, services to children,

1youth and families, family counseling, exceptional educational services for children
2from birth to the age of 3 and manpower services.
AB150, s. 2061 3Section 2061. 46.21 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,827,134 46.21 (2m) (c) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 48.78 (2) (a),
549.45 (4), 49.53 (1m) 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.06 (17) (c), 146.82, 252.11 (7) and
6253.07 (3) (c), any subunit of the county department of human services acting under
7this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without the
8informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department
9of human services or with any person providing services to the client under a
10purchase of services contract with the county department of human services, if
11necessary to enable an employe or service provider to perform his or her duties, or
12to enable the county department of human services to coordinate the delivery of
13services to the client.
AB150, s. 2062 14Section 2062. 46.21 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,827,1715 46.21 (7) Applicability. Except as provided in s. 59.07 (153), this section does
16not apply, with respect to the county hospital under s. 49.16 (2) 49.71 (2), if the county
17board of supervisors acts under s. 59.07 (153).
AB150, s. 2063 18Section 2063. 46.215 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,828,219 46.215 (1)Creation; powers and duties. (intro.) In a county with a population
20of 500,000 or more the administration of welfare services is vested in a county
21department of social services under the jurisdiction of the county board of
22supervisors under s. 46.21 (2m) (b) 1. a. and in conformity with s. 49.50. Any
23reference in any law to a county department of social services under this section
24applies to a county department under s. 46.21 (2m) in its administration under s.
2546.21 (2m) of the powers and duties of the county department of social services. The

1county department of social services shall have the following functions, duties and
2powers, and such other welfare functions as may be delegated to it:
AB150, s. 2064 3Section 2064. 46.215 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,828,74 46.215 (1) (a) To make investigations relating to relief or welfare
5administration and admissions to state and, county and other institutions upon
6request of court, superintendent, district attorney, veterans' service commission or
7any other county official.
AB150, s. 2065 8Section 2065. 46.215 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,828,129 46.215 (1) (d) To make investigations which that relate to welfare services
10under subchs. II, IV and V of ch. 49 upon request by the department of health and
11social services and to make investigations that relate to programs under subch. III
12of ch. 49 upon request by the department of industry, labor and human relations
.
AB150, s. 2066 13Section 2066. 46.215 (1) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,828,1614 46.215 (1) (fm) To administer general emergency medical relief under s. 49.02,
15if the county elects to operate an emergency medical relief program under that
16section
.
AB150, s. 2067 17Section 2067. 46.215 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,828,2118 46.215 (1) (j) To make payments in such manner as the department of health
19and social services
industry, labor and human relations may determine for training
20of recipients, former recipients and potential recipients of aid in programs
21established under ss. 49.193 and 49.50 (7) 49.26 (1).
AB150, s. 2068 22Section 2068. 46.215 (1) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,829,223 46.215 (1) (L) Within the limits of available state and federal funds and of
24county funds appropriated to match state funds, to provide social services for persons
25eligible for or receiving benefits under the supplementary security income program

1under federal Title XVI, the supplemental payments program under s. 49.177 49.77
2or aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19.
AB150, s. 2069 3Section 2069. 46.215 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,829,144 46.215 (1) (n) To collect and transmit information to the department of health
5and social services
administration so that a federal energy assistance payment may
6be made to an eligible household; to collect and transmit information to the
7department of administration so that weatherization services may be made
8available to an eligible household; to receive applications from individuals seeking
9low-income energy assistance under s. 49.80 (4) 16.385 (4) or weatherization
10services under s. 16.39; to provide information on the income eligibility for
11weatherization of a recipient of low-income energy assistance to an entity with
12which the department of administration contracts for provision of weatherization
13under s. 16.39; and to receive a request, determine a correct payment amount, if any,
14and provide payment, if any, for emergency assistance under s. 49.80 (8) 16.385 (8).
AB150, s. 2070 15Section 2070. 46.215 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 46.215 (2) (a) 1. and
16amended to read:
AB150,830,217 46.215 (2) (a) 1. In order to ensure the availability of a full range of care and
18services, the county department of social services may contract, either directly or
19through the department of health and social services, with public or voluntary
20agencies or others to purchase, in full or in part, care and services , except as provided
21under subch. III of ch. 49,
which the county department of social services is
22authorized by any statute to furnish in any manner. Such This care and these
23services may be purchased from the department of health and social services if the
24department of health and social services has staff to furnish the care and services.

1If the county department of social services has adequate staff, it may sell the care and
2services directly to another county or state agency.
AB150, s. 2071 3Section 2071. 46.215 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,830,134 46.215 (2) (a) 2. In order to ensure the availability of a full range of care and
5services, the county department of social services may contract, either directly or
6through the department of industry, labor and human relations, with public or
7voluntary agencies or others to purchase, in full or in part, care and services under
8subch. III of ch. 49 which the county department of social services is authorized to
9furnish. This care and these services may be purchased from the department of
10industry, labor and human relations if the department of industry, labor and human
11relations has staff to furnish the services. If the county department of social services
12has adequate staff, it may sell the care and services directly to another county or
13state agency.
AB150, s. 2072 14Section 2072. 46.215 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,830,2115 46.215 (2) (b) A county department of social services may purchase
16development and training services from the department of health and social services,
17from the department of industry, labor and human relations
or from other county
18agencies when such the services are available. A county department of social
19services may sell such the development and staff training services to another county
20or state agency if it the county department has adequate staff to provide such the
21services.
AB150, s. 2073 22Section 2073. 46.215 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,831,1023 46.215 (2) (c) A county department of social services shall submit to the
24department of health and social services
develop, under the requirements of s.
2546.036,
plans and contracts for care and services to be purchased. The contracts

1shall be developed under s. 46.036. The department of health and social services
2shall may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 46.036
3and if state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on
4finance may require the department of health and social services to submit the
5contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of health and
6social services may not make any payments to a county for programs included in a
7contract under review by the committee. The department of health and social
8services shall reimburse each county for the approved contracts from the
9appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (oo) and (7) (b) and (o) or under s. 20.435 (3) (cd),
10as appropriate, under s. 49.52.
AB150, s. 2074 11Section 2074. 46.215 (2) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
12.... (this act), is renumbered 46.215 (2) (c) 1. and amended to read:
AB150,831,2413 46.215 (2) (c) 1. A county department of social services shall develop, under the
14requirements of s. 46.036, plans and contracts for care and services to be purchased,
15except for care and services under subch. III of ch. 49
. The department of health and
16social services may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with
17s. 46.036 and if state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint
18committee on finance may require the department of health and social services to
19submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of
20health and social services may not make any payments to a county for programs
21included in a contract under review by the committee. The department of health and
22social services shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations
23under s. 20.435 (3) (oo) and (7) (b) and (o) or under s. 20.435 (3) (cd), as appropriate,
24under s. 49.52 46.495.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 46.215 (2) (c) 1. This Section has been affected by drafts with
the following LRB numbers: -0442/1 and -2153/1.
AB150, s. 2075 1Section 2075. 46.215 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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