AB150-engrossed,956,224
49.193
(5) (b) 2. If a work supplementation component has been established in
25an area where the development zone
, development opportunity zone or enterprise
1development zone is located, provide information about how the work
2supplementation component is administered.
AB150-engrossed,956,74
49.193
(5) (b) 3. With the department of development and the local governing
5body
administering the development zone of the area, help employers in the
6development zone
, development opportunity zone or enterprise development zone to
7participate in the work supplementation component.
AB150-engrossed,956,159
49.193
(8) (bm) Beginning on January 1, 1994, a county department under s.
1046.215, 46.22 or 46.23 that receives funds to pay or reimburse child care costs under
11this subsection or under s.
49.50 (6e) (a) 49.191 (1) (a) may, with the approval of the
12department, use those funds to pay or reimburse child care costs under s.
49.50 (6e)
13(b), (6g) or (7) (e) 49.191 (1) (b) or (2) or 49.26 (1) (e). The department shall approve
14or disapprove of this use of funds under criteria established to maximize state and
15federal funding available for child care.
AB150-engrossed,956,1917
49.193
(8) (c) The department may only pay child care costs under this
18subsection if the child care is provided by a child care provider
, as defined in s. 49.50
19(1).
AB150-engrossed,957,221
49.193
(9) Notice concerning sanctions. Following conciliation and before
22imposing a sanction on a person receiving aid under s. 49.19 who fails without good
23cause to participate in the program under this section or to accept employment or
24who terminates employment or reduces earnings without good cause, the county
25department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 shall notify the person in writing of the
1reason for the proposed sanction. The notice shall inform the person of the right to
2appeal under s.
49.50 (8) 49.21 (1).
AB150-engrossed,957,134
49.193
(10m) Work-first program. The department shall select Kenosha
5county and additional counties in which to pilot the work-first program under this
6subsection. The work-first program shall be conducted as part of the job
7opportunities and basic skills program under this section and shall be funded from
8s.
20.435 (4) (df) 20.445 (3) (df). The work-first program shall seek to increase the
9amount of job opportunities and basic skills program services provided to recipients
10of aid to families with dependent children and to minimize the time between the date
11on which a person in a pilot county first applies for aid to families with dependent
12children under s. 49.19 and the date on which the person begins to participate in the
13job opportunities and basic skills program under this section.
AB150-engrossed,957,1715
49.195
(3) Notwithstanding s.
49.41
49.96, the department shall promptly
16recover all overpayments made under s. 49.19 and shall promulgate rules
17establishing policies and procedures to administer this subsection.
AB150-engrossed,958,519
49.197
(1m) Fraud investigation. From the appropriations under s.
20.435 (4)
20(de), (L), (n) and (nL) 20.445 (3) (de), (L), (n) and (nL), the department shall establish
21a program to investigate suspected fraudulent activity on the part of recipients of
22medical assistance under
ss. 49.46 to 49.47 subch. IV, aid to families with dependent
23children under s. 49.19 and the food stamp program under
7 USC 2011 to
2029. The
24department's activities under this subsection may include, but are not limited to,
25comparisons of information provided to the department by an applicant and
1information provided by the applicant to other federal, state and local agencies,
2development of an advisory welfare investigation prosecution standard and
3provision of funds to county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 to
4encourage activities to detect fraud. The department shall cooperate with district
5attorneys regarding fraud prosecutions.
AB150-engrossed,958,117
49.197
(3) State error reduction activities. The department shall conduct
8activities to reduce payment errors in medical assistance under
ss. 49.43 to 49.47 9subch. IV, aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19 and the food stamp
10program under
7 USC 2011 to
2029. The department shall fund the activities under
11this section from the appropriation under s.
20.435 (4) (L) 20.445 (3) (L).
AB150-engrossed,958,2013
49.197
(4) County and tribal error reduction. The department shall provide
14funds from the appropriations under s.
20.435 (4) (de), (L) and (Lm) 20.445 (3) (de),
15(L) and (Lm) and federal matching funds from the appropriations under s.
20.435 (4)
16(n) and (nL) 20.445 (3) (n) and (nL) to counties and governing bodies of federally
17recognized American Indian tribes administering medical assistance under
ss. 49.43
18to 49.47 subch. IV, aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19 or the food
19stamp program under
7 USC 2011 to
2029 to offset administrative costs of reducing
20payment errors in those programs.
AB150-engrossed,959,222
49.20
(3) Payment. Aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation
23under s.
20.435 (4) (d) 20.445 (3) (d) and shall be in an amount equal to that to which
24the person would be entitled under s. 49.19 if he or she were 17 years of age, except
25that if the person's family became ineligible for aid under s. 49.19 on the person's 18th
1birthday, the amount paid shall equal the amount of aid granted to a single person
2under s. 49.19.
AB150-engrossed,959,4
449.21 (title)
Aid to families with dependent children hearings.
AB150-engrossed,959,86
49.25
(8) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4)
(ci) (c), the department
7shall provide funds to pilot counties for assistance in establishing paternity and
8obtaining child support.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2896b
9Section 2896b. 49.25 (8) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
10.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB150-engrossed,959,1311
49.25
(8) (a) From the appropriation under s.
20.435 20.566 (4) (c), the
12department
of revenue shall provide funds to pilot counties for assistance in
13establishing paternity and obtaining child support.
AB150-engrossed,959,1715
49.25
(8) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4)
(ci) (c), the department
16shall provide funds to Milwaukee county to fund an additional family court
17commissioner.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2898b
18Section 2898b. 49.25 (8) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
19.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB150-engrossed,959,2220
49.25
(8) (b) From the appropriation under s.
20.435 20.566 (4) (c), the
21department
of revenue shall provide funds to Milwaukee county to fund an
22additional family court commissioner.
AB150-engrossed,959,2524
49.26
(1) (a) 1. "Habitual truant" means a pupil who is absent from school
25without an acceptable excuse under ss. 118.15 and 118.16 for any of the following:
AB150-engrossed,960,2
1a. Part or all of 5 or more days out of 10 consecutive days on which school is held
2during a school semester.
AB150-engrossed,960,33
b. Part or all of 10 or more days on which school is held during a school semester.
AB150-engrossed,960,75
49.26
(1) (ge) An individual who is subject to this paragraph fails to meet the
6school attendance requirement if the individual meets at least one of the following
7conditions:
AB150-engrossed,960,88
1. The individual is either not enrolled in school or is a habitual truant.
AB150-engrossed,960,109
2. During the immediately preceding semester, the individual was either not
10enrolled in school or was a habitual truant.
AB150-engrossed,960,1212
49.26
(1) (gm) 1. Monitor on a monthly basis the individual's school attendance.
AB150-engrossed,960,1614
49.26
(1) (h) 1. am. The individual is not enrolled in school or has more than
152 absences without an acceptable excuse under ss. 118.15 and 118.16 in any calendar
16month.
AB150-engrossed,960,2017
as. The individual has failed to request a hearing under s. 49.21 (1) or has failed
18to show good cause for the absences or nonenrollment under subd. 1. am. in a hearing
19under s. 49.21 (1). The department shall determine by rule the criteria for good
20cause.
AB150-engrossed,960,2322
49.26
(1) (h) 1m. a. The county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23
23complies with par. (gm) 1.
AB150-engrossed,960,2524
b. The individual is not enrolled in school or has more than 2 absences without
25an acceptable excuse under ss. 118.15 and 118.16 in any calendar month.
AB150-engrossed,961,4
1c. The individual has failed to request a hearing under s. 49.21 (1) or has failed
2to show good cause for the absences or nonenrollment under subd. 1m. b. at a hearing
3under s. 49.21 (1). The department shall determine by rule the criteria for good
4cause.
AB150-engrossed,961,216
49.27
(2) Waiver; applicability. The department shall request a waiver from
7the secretaries of the federal department of health and human services and the
8federal department of agriculture to conduct a work-not-welfare pilot program as
9part of the aid to families with dependent children program under s. 49.19, the food
10stamp program under
7 USC 2011 to
2029 and the medical assistance program under
11ss. 49.45 to 49.47 subch. IV. If the department receives the federal waivers and if
12sufficient funds are available, the department shall pilot the program, beginning on
13January 1, 1995, in one or more pilot counties selected by the department. If a pilot
14county is a county in which a demonstration project under s. 49.19 (11m) is being
15conducted or a county selected for participation in the parental responsibility pilot
16program under s. 49.25, the department shall promulgate rules regarding the
17relationship between the work-not-welfare pilot program and the other
18demonstration or pilot programs operating in the pilot counties. These rules shall
19provide that a person may not be required to participate in more than one of these
20demonstration or pilot programs at a time. Subsections (3) to (11) apply only while
21the waiver is in effect and the department is conducting the program.
AB150-engrossed,962,223
49.27
(4) (a) 2. The portion of the benefit amount calculated under par. (c) 1.
24for the work-not-welfare group equals $0
, for a reason other than a sanction
under
25sub. (5) (f),
an adult caretaker in the work-not-welfare group has earned income and
1the work-not-welfare group elects to apply for food coupons under
42 USC 2011 to
22029 in lieu of a cash benefit determined under this subsection.
AB150-engrossed,962,94
49.27
(4) (c) 1. e. The portion of the benefit amount calculated under this
5subdivision is based on the average income of the work-not-welfare group,
6estimated prospectively for a 6-month period, except that for the first 2 months for
7which benefits calculated under this paragraph are paid the portion of the benefit
8amount calculated under this subdivision is based on the estimated
average income
9for those first 2 months.
AB150-engrossed,962,1211
49.27
(4) (d) 2. b. A person in the work-not-welfare group is sanctioned under
12sub. (5) (f) or s.
49.12, 49.123 (2), 49.127, 49.19 (4) (h) 2.
or, 49.29, 49.49
or 49.95.
AB150-engrossed,962,1614
49.27
(4) (d) 2. c. A person in the work-not-welfare group obtains a new source
15of unsubsidized employment
or experiences an increase or a decrease in
16unsubsidized employment of 10 or more hours per week.
AB150-engrossed,962,2018
49.27
(4) (d) 2. em. The work-not-welfare group experiences an increase or
19decrease in child care expenses of more than $50 per month or a change in the
20maximum allowable child care disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (a) 4s.
AB150-engrossed,962,2422
49.27
(4) (d) 2. f. The combined equity value of all of a work-not-welfare group's
23assets exceeds the limitation in s. 49.19 (4) (bm)
, except as permitted under s. 49.19
24(4) (bu) or (by).
AB150-engrossed,963,3
149.27
(4) (g) 1. a. The person receives
or has been determined to be eligible for 2a supplemental security income payment under
42 USC 1381 to
1383c or a
3supplemental payment under s. 49.177 for the month.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2906
4Section
2906
. 49.27 (4) (g) 1. a. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin
5Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB150-engrossed,963,86
49.27
(4) (g) 1. a. The person receives or has been determined to be eligible for
7a supplemental security income payment under
42 USC 1381 to
1383c or a
8supplemental payment under s.
49.177 49.77 for the month.
AB150-engrossed,963,1110
49.27
(4) (g) 1. c. The person is required to attend school as part of the learnfare
11program under s.
49.50 (7) 49.26.
AB150-engrossed,963,1413
49.27
(5) (c) 1. The person is ill, incapacitated or of an advanced age within the
14meaning of
7 42 USC 602 (a) (19) (C) (i).
AB150-engrossed,963,1816
49.27
(5) (c) 3. The person receives a supplemental security income payment
17under
42 USC 1381 to
1383c or a supplemental payment under s.
49.177 49.77 for
18that month.
AB150-engrossed,963,2120
49.27
(5) (c) 5. The person is required to attend school as part of the learnfare
21program under s.
49.50 (7) 49.26.
AB150-engrossed,964,823
49.27
(5) (f)
Sanctions. If, after the first month for which a work-not-welfare
24group receives cash benefits determined under sub. (4), a person in the
25work-not-welfare group fails to meet the employment and training requirements
1under this subsection in a month, the work-not-welfare group may be sanctioned by
2reducing, or by not paying, the benefit amount determined under sub. (4) for that
3month. For purposes of the maximum number of monthly benefit payments
4permitted under sub. (4) (e), a work-not-welfare group shall be considered to have
5received a monthly benefit in a month in which, as a result of sanctions under this
6paragraph, a reduced monthly benefit or no monthly benefit is paid. The notice
7requirement under s. 49.193 (9) and the fair hearing and review provisions under s.
849.50 (8) 49.21 (1) apply to a sanction imposed under this paragraph.
AB150-engrossed,964,2010
49.27
(6) (c)
Benefits. A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 shall
11provide assistance in paying the child care costs of a work-not-welfare group that
12is eligible to receive benefits under this paragraph if the child care is provided by a
13child care provider, as defined in s. 46.98 (1) (am). The formula for determining the
14amount of assistance shall be the same as the formula established by the department
15under s.
49.50 (6g) 49.191 (2). The rates for child care services under this paragraph
16shall be determined under s. 46.98 (4) (d), or, if a higher rate is established under s.
1746.98 (4) (e) and if the child care services meet the quality standards established
18under s. 46.98 (4) (e), the rates for child care services under this paragraph that meet
19those standards shall be determined under s. 46.98 (4) (e). The department shall
20promulgate rules for the disbursement of funds under this paragraph.
AB150-engrossed,964,2422
49.27
(10) (e)
Child support assistance. From the appropriation under s. 20.435
23(4)
(ci) (c), the department may provide funds to pilot counties for assistance in
24establishing paternity and obtaining child support.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2915b
1Section 2915b. 49.27 (10) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB150-engrossed,965,53
49.27
(10) (e)
Child support assistance. From the appropriation under s.
20.435 420.566 (4) (c), the department
of revenue may provide funds to pilot counties for
5assistance in establishing paternity and obtaining child support.
AB150-engrossed,965,87
49.27
(11) (c) Issue food coupons in administering the food stamp program
8under s. 46.215 (1) (k) or 46.22 (1) (b)
5. 2. d. without regard to sub. (4) (c) 2.
AB150-engrossed,965,1410
49.27
(11) (g) Administer the job opportunities and basic skills program under
11s. 49.193 and the food stamp employment and training program under s. 49.124
(1m) 12without regard to any of the provisions in sub. (5), including the
13hours-of-participation requirement under sub. (5) (d) and the sanctions provisions
14under sub. (5) (f).
AB150-engrossed,965,19
1649.275 Cooperation with federal government. The department may
17cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public
18assistance under this subchapter and in other matters of mutual concern under this
19subchapter pertaining to public welfare.