AB100: Bill Text

AB100, s. 1496 Section 1496. 46.48 (15) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1497 Section 1497. 46.48 (16) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1498 Section 1498. 46.48 (16) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,692,18 46.48 (16) (a) The department shall distribute not more than $37,500 $18,700 in each fiscal year as grants to private, nonprofit organizations to recruit African American foster parents, including African American prospective adoptive parents, in communities that have a high percentage of African American children and a high percentage of children in out-of-home placements. The department shall review applications submitted under this paragraph and determine the number of grants that will be awarded, which of the applicants will receive grants and the amount of each grant. A private, nonprofit organization receiving a grant under this paragraph shall cooperate and coordinate its activities under the grant with the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 serving the area from which the private, nonprofit organization recruits African American foster parents.

AB100, s. 1499 Section 1499. 46.48 (16) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB100, s. 1500 Section 1500. 46.48 (16) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1501 Section 1501. 46.485 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,693,3 46.485 (2g) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (b), the department may in each fiscal year transfer funds to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (7) (kb) for distribution under this section and from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (mb) the department shall may not distribute more than $240,000 in each fiscal year to applying counties in this state that meet all of the following requirements, as determined by the department:

AB100, s. 1502 Section 1502. 46.485 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,693,7 46.485 (3r) Funds that a county does not encumber before 24 months after June 30 of the fiscal year in which the funds were distributed under sub. (2g) lapse to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (b).

AB100, s. 1503 Section 1503. 46.49 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,693,25 46.49 (1) Subject to ss. 46.40 (1) (b) and (c) and 46.48 (15) (b), if the department receives unanticipated federal community mental health services block grant funds under 42 USC 300x to 300x-9, federal prevention and treatment of substance abuse block grant funds under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35, or foster care and adoption assistance payments under 42 USC 670 to 679a and it proposes to allocate the unanticipated funds so that an allocation limit in s. 46.40 is exceeded, the department shall submit a plan for the proposed allocation to the secretary of administration. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit it to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding any allocation limits under s. 46.40. If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding s. 46.40, only with the approval of the committee.

AB100, s. 1504 Section 1504. 46.49 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,694,19 46.49 (1) Subject to s. 46.40 (1) (b) and (c), if the department receives unanticipated federal community mental health services block grant funds under 42 USC 300x to 300x-9, federal prevention and treatment of substance abuse block grant funds under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35, or foster care and adoption assistance payments under 42 USC 670 to 679a and it proposes to allocate the unanticipated funds so that an allocation limit in s. 46.40 is exceeded, the department shall submit a plan for the proposed allocation to the secretary of administration. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit it to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding any allocation limits under s. 46.40. If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding s. 46.40, only with the approval of the committee.

AB100, s. 1505 Section 1505. 46.495 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,694,25 46.495 (1) (am) The department shall reimburse each county from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (nL) and (7) (b) , (kw) and (o) for social services as approved by the department under ss. 46.215 (1), (2) (c) 1. and (3) and 46.22 (1) (b) 1. d. and (e) 3. a. except that no reimbursement may be made for the administration of or aid granted under s. 49.02.

AB100, s. 1506 Section 1506. 46.495 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 404, section 72, is amended to read:

AB100,695,18 46.495 (1) (d) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (nL) and (7) (b), (kw) and (o), the department shall distribute the funding for social services, including funding for foster care or treatment foster care of a child on whose behalf aid is received under s. 46.261, to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 as provided under s. 46.40. County matching funds are required for the distributions under s. 46.40 (2) and (8). Each county's required match for a year equals 9.89% of the total of the county's distributions for that year for which matching funds are required plus the amount the county was required by s. 46.26 (2) (c), 1985 stats., to spend for juvenile delinquency-related services from its distribution for 1987. Matching funds may be from county tax levies, federal and state revenue sharing funds or private donations to the county that meet the requirements specified in s. 51.423 (5). Private donations may not exceed 25% of the total county match. If the county match is less than the amount required to generate the full amount of state and federal funds distributed for this period, the decrease in the amount of state and federal funds equals the difference between the required and the actual amount of county matching funds.

AB100, s. 1507 Section 1507. 46.52 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,696,6 46.52 Systems change grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall may not distribute more than $350,000 in each fiscal year to counties to assist in relocating individuals with mental illness from institutional or residential care to less restrictive and more cost-effective community settings and services. The department shall distribute funds to each recipient under this section so as to permit initial phasing in of community services for individuals with mental illness who are relocated or diverted from institutional or residential care and shall eliminate the funding at the end of a period of not more than 5 years in order to provide funding to another county. The department shall require that the community services that are developed under this section are continued, following termination of a county's funding under this section, by use of funding made available to the county from reduced institutional and residential care utilization.

AB100, s. 1508 Section 1508. 46.53 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,696,13 46.53 Mental health treatment provider training. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall may not distribute more than $182,000 in each fiscal year to provide training for mental health treatment professionals on new mental health treatment approaches in working with special populations, including seriously mentally ill individuals and children with serious emotional disturbances, and on the use of new mental health treatment medications.

AB100, s. 1509 Section 1509. 46.54 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,696,20 46.54 Consumer and family self-help and peer-support programs. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall may not distribute more than $180,000 in each fiscal year to increase support for mental health family support projects, employment projects operated by consumers of mental health services, mental health crisis intervention and drop-in projects and public mental health information activities.

AB100, s. 1510 Section 1510. 46.56 (14) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.56 (14) (a) and amended to read:

AB100,697,12 46.56 (14) (a) In order to support the development of a comprehensive system of coordinated care for children with severe disabilities and their families, the department shall establish a statewide advisory committee with representatives of county departments, the department of education public instruction, educational agencies, professionals experienced in the provision of services to children with severe disabilities, families with children with severe disabilities, advocates for such families and their children, the subunit of the department of industry, labor and job development that administers vocational rehabilitation, the technical college system, health care providers, courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938, child welfare officials, and other appropriate persons as selected by the department. The department may use an existing committee for this purpose if it has representatives from the listed groups and is willing to perform the required functions. This committee shall do all of the following: monitor the development of programs throughout the state and support communication and mutual assistance among operating programs as well as those that are being developed.

AB100, s. 1511 Section 1511. 46.56 (14) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.

AB100, s. 1512 Section 1512. 46.56 (14) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,697,22 46.56 (14) (c) (intro.) The department shall evaluate the programs funded under this section. The report of this evaluation shall be submitted to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees on children, in the manner provided in s. 13.172 (3), and shall be broadly disseminated to county departments and school districts. The evaluation shall be completed by January 1, 1992, and all organizations participating in the program shall cooperate with the evaluation. The evaluation shall include information about all of the following:

AB100, s. 1513 Section 1513. 46.56 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,698,3 46.56 (15) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (7) (co), the department shall make available funds to implement programs. The funds may be used to pay for the intake, assessment, case planning and service coordination provided under sub. (8) and for expanding the capacity of the county to provide community-based care and treatment for children with severe disabilities.

AB100, s. 1514 Section 1514. 46.715 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.715 (1m), and 46.715 (1m) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB100,698,14 46.715 (1m) (intro.) Within the limits of the availability of federal funds, the department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (mb) (3) (md), the department may not award not more than $1,200,000 in each fiscal year to fund programs to limit violence and abuse of controlled substances and controlled substance analogs in neighborhoods, including funding for the creation of Wisconsin against drug environments centers and for the use of neighborhood organizers, culturally representative alcohol and other drug abuse trainers, community speakers and persons to monitor certain court actions, as grants to any of the following applying entities:

AB100, s. 1515 Section 1515. 46.715 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,698,17 46.715 (1) In this section, "nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 560.20 (1) (d).

AB100, s. 1516 Section 1516. 46.715 (1m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,698,19 46.715 (1m) (d) A community-based nonprofit organization.

AB100, s. 1517 Section 1517. 46.73 (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,698,22 46.73 (title) Grants to school districts for prevention and intervention programs.

AB100, s. 1518 Section 1518. 46.73 (7) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,698,25 46.73 (7) (f) For grants for youth alcohol and other drug abuse programs under sub. (6), $1,800,000.

AB100, s. 1519 Section 1519. 46.75 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,699,5 46.75 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (3) (dn), the department shall award grants to agencies to operate food distribution programs that qualify for participation in the emergency food assistance program under P.L. 98-8, as amended.

AB100, s. 1520 Section 1520. 46.76 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,699,10 46.76 (2) Advise the department, the department of education public instruction and any other relevant state agency on the use of state and federal resources and on the provision and administration of programs for hunger prevention.

AB100, s. 1521 Section 1521. 46.76 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,699,14 46.76 (5) Submit, by December 31 annually, the plan developed under sub. (4) to the governor, the secretary, the secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction and the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).

AB100, s. 1522 Section 1522. 46.765 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,699,19 46.765 (2) Purpose; amount. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (3) (dr), the department shall provide start-up grants, awarded by the board on hunger, to one or more agencies, but not to exceed $20,000 per grant per year, for any of the following purposes:

AB100, s. 1523 Section 1523. 46.77 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,699,25 46.77 Food distribution administration. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (3) (dn), the department shall allocate funds to eligible recipient agencies, as defined in the emergency food assistance act, P.L. 98-8, section 201A, as amended, for the storage, transportation and distribution of commodities provided under the hunger prevention act of 1988, P.L. 100-435, as amended.

AB100, s. 1524 Section 1524. 46.80 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,700,5 46.80 (2m) (b) May operate the foster grandparent project specified under 42 USC 5011 (a). If the department operates that project, the department shall distribute funds from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (dh) to supplement any federal foster grandparent project funds received under 42 USC 5011 (a).

AB100, s. 1525 Section 1525. 46.86 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,700,16 46.86 (3m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall may not distribute more than $900,000 in each fiscal year to fund a multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team in Milwaukee county for cocaine-abusing women and their children. The multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team must coordinate its activities with other prevention and treatment programs in Milwaukee county for cocaine-abusing women and their children. Residents from other counties may be served by the multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team. The department may carry forward funds distributed under this subsection, but not encumbered by December 31, for distribution for the purpose under this subsection in the following calendar year.

AB100, s. 1526 Section 1526. 46.86 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,700,23 46.86 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall may not distribute more than $35,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to the ARC community services center for women and children in Dane county, to address a projected operation deficit of the center; to provide additional funding for transportation and meal expenses for chemically dependent women who receive services from the center; and to provide additional funding for staff of the center.

AB100, s. 1527 Section 1527. 46.87 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,701,4 46.87 (2) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b), (kw) and (o), the department shall allocate funds to agencies designated under sub. (3) (c), to be used for the administration and implementation of an Alzheimer's family and caregiver support program for persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.

AB100, s. 1528 Section 1528. 46.93 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,701,12 46.93 (2) Purpose; allocation. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.434 (1) (b) 20.435 (3) (eg), the board shall award not more than $566,300 in fiscal year 1995-96 and not more than $439,300 in fiscal year 1996-97 each of fiscal years 1997-98 and1998-99 for grants to organizations to provide adolescent pregnancy prevention programs or pregnancy services that include health care, education, counseling and vocational training. Types of services and programs that are eligible for grants include all of the following:

AB100, s. 1529 Section 1529. 46.93 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,701,16 46.93 (3) Staff and salaries. The salaries of the board staff and all actual and necessary operating expenses of the board shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.434 (1) (a) 20.435 (3) (a).

AB100, s. 1530 Section 1530. 46.935 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1531 Section 1531. 46.95 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,701,24 46.95 (2) (a) The secretary shall make grants from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (1) (3) (cd) and (hh) to organizations for the provision of any of the services specified in sub. (1) (d). Grants may be made to organizations which have provided those domestic abuse services in the past or to organizations which propose to provide those services in the future. No grant may be made to fund services for child abuse or abuse of elderly persons.

AB100, s. 1532 Section 1532. 46.95 (2) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,702,2 46.95 (2) (f) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (1) (3) (cd) and (hh), the department shall do all of the following:

AB100, s. 1533 Section 1533. 46.972 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,702,11 46.972 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (ce), the department shall allocate up to $125,000 in each fiscal year as grants to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing primary health services and any other services that may be funded by the program under 42 USC 256 to homeless individuals. Entities that receive funds allocated by the department under this paragraph shall provide the primary health services as required under 42 USC 256 (f). The department may allocate to an applying entity up to 100% of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 256 (e).

AB100, s. 1534 Section 1534. 46.972 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,702,20 46.972 (3) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (ce), the department shall allocate up to $125,000 may not allocate more than $45,000 in each fiscal year to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing certain mental health services to homeless individuals with chronic mental illness. Entities that receive funds allocated by the department under this subsection shall provide the mental health services required under 42 USC 290cc-24. The amount that the department allocates to an applying entity may not exceed 50% of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 290cc-23.

AB100, s. 1535 Section 1535. 46.974 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1536 Section 1536. 46.985 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,702,25 46.985 (7) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b), (kw) and (o), the department shall allocate to county departments funds for the administration and implementation of the program.

AB100, s. 1537 Section 1537. 46.995 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,703,2 46.995 (1) Definition Definitions. (intro.) In this section, "high-risk:

AB100,703,6 (m) "High-risk adolescent" means a person who is at least 13 years of age but under the age of 20 and who is at risk of becoming an unmarried parent as an adolescent and of incurring long-term economic dependency on public funds and is characterized by one or more of the following:

AB100, s. 1538 Section 1538. 46.995 (1) (a) to (f) of the statutes are renumbered 46.995 (1) (m) 1. to 6.

AB100, s. 1539 Section 1539. 46.995 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,703,11 46.995 (1) (g) "Board" means the adolescent pregnancy prevention and pregnancy services board under s. 15.195 (5).

AB100, s. 1540 Section 1540. 46.995 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,703,25 46.995 (2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department board may allocate $582,100 in each fiscal year to provide a grant annually to a public or private entity or to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide services in counties or to a tribe or band for adolescent parents which shall emphasize high school graduation and vocational preparation, training and experience and may be structured so as to strengthen the adolescent parent's capacity to fulfill parental responsibilities by developing social skills and increasing parenting skills. The public or private entity seeking to receive a grant to provide these services shall develop a proposed service plan that is approved by the department board. Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the department board shall rank individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the award of grants under this subsection, based on all of the following factors:

AB100, s. 1541 Section 1541. 46.995 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: