AB100-engrossed,876,22 221. Section 49.145 (2) (c) to, (f) and (g) and.
AB100-engrossed,876,25 233. Section 49.145 (3) (a), except that an individual may be eligible for a child
24care subsidy under this section regardless of the number of days the individual has
25resided in this state prior to applying for the child care subsidy
.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1848
1Section 1848. 49.155 (1m) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,877,22 49.155 (1m) (b) 2. Section 49.145 (2) (s).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1850 3Section 1850. 49.155 (1m) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,877,44 49.155 (1m) (c) (intro.) Any of the following applies:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1849 5Section 1849. 49.155 (1m) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 (1m) (c) 1.
6and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,877,137 49.155 (1m) (c) 1. The gross income of the individual's family is at or below
8165% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family or, for an
9individual who is already receiving a child care subsidy under this section, the gross
10income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for a family
11the size of the individual's family
. In calculating the gross income of the family, the
12Wisconsin works agency shall include income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. to
133.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1850m 14Section 1850m. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,877,2115 49.155 (1m) (c) 1m. The individual was eligible under s. 49.132 (4) (a) for aid
16under s. 49.132 and received aid under s. 49.132 on September 30, 1997, but lost aid
17solely because of the application of s. 49.132 (6), and the gross income of the
18individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the
19individual's family. This subdivision does not apply to an individual whose family's
20gross income at any time on or after September 30, 1997, is more than 200% of the
21poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1851 22Section 1851. 49.155 (1m) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,878,423 49.155 (1m) (c) 2. The individual was eligible under s. 49.132 (4) (am) for aid
24under s. 49.132 and received aid under s. 49.132 on or after May 10, 1996, but lost
25eligibility solely because of increased income, and the gross income of the individual's

1family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's
2family. This subdivision does not apply to an individual whose family's gross income
3increased to more than 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the
4individual's family.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1852 5Section 1852. 49.155 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,878,126 49.155 (1m) (c) 3. The individual was eligible for a child care subsidy under s.
749.191 (2) on or after May 10, 1996, and received a child care subsidy on or after May
810, 1996, but lost the subsidy solely because of increased income, and the gross
9income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for a family
10the size of the individual's family. This subdivision does not apply to an individual
11whose family's gross income increased to more than 200% of the poverty line for a
12family the size of the individual's family.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1853 13Section 1853. 49.155 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,878,1814 49.155 (3m) Distribution of child care funds to counties and certain child
15care providers.
(a) The department shall reimburse child care providers or shall
16distribute funds to county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 for child care
17services provided under this section and to private nonprofit agencies that provide
18child care for children of migrant workers.
AB100-engrossed,878,2119 (b) Not more than 5%, or $20,000, whichever is greater, of the funds distributed
20under par. (a) may be used for the costs of administering the program under this
21section.
AB100-engrossed,879,322 (c) From the funds distributed under par. (a), a county may provide child care
23services itself, purchase child care services from a child care provider, provide
24vouchers to an eligible parent for the payment of child care services provided by a
25child care provider, reimburse an eligible parent for payments made by the parent

1to a child care provider for child care services, adopt, with the approval of the
2department, any other arrangement that the county considers appropriate or use
3any combination of these methods to provide child care.
AB100-engrossed,879,64 (d) No funds distributed under par. (a) may be used to provide care for a child
5by a person who resides with the child, unless the county determines that the care
6is necessary because of a special health condition of the child.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1854 7Section 1854. 49.155 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,879,148 49.155 (6) (a) The department Subject to review and approval by the
9department, each county
shall establish the maximum reimbursement rate that a
10county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 may pay
for licensed child care
11services provided under this section. The department A county shall set the rate so
12that at least 75% of the number of places for children within the licensed capacity of
13all child care providers in each that county or in a multicounty area determined by
14the department
can be purchased at or below that maximum rate.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1855 15Section 1855. 49.155 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,879,2116 49.155 (6) (b) The department Subject to review and approval by the
17department, each county
shall set a maximum reimbursement rate that a county
18department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 may pay
for Level I certified family day
19care providers for services provided to eligible individuals under this section. The
20maximum rate set under this paragraph may not exceed 75% of the rate established
21under par. (a).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1856 22Section 1856. 49.155 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,880,323 49.155 (6) (c) The department Subject to review and approval by the
24department, each county
shall set a maximum reimbursement rate that a county
25department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 may pay
for Level II certified family day

1care providers for services provided to eligible individuals under this section. The
2maximum rate set under this paragraph may not exceed 50% of the rate established
3under par. (a).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1857 4Section 1857. 49.155 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,880,115 49.155 (6) (d) The department may promulgate rules to establish a system of
6rates for child care programs that exceed the quality of care standards required for
7licensure under s. 48.65 or for certification under s. 48.651 (1) (a)
or a program of
8grants that the department will pay to child care providers that meet the higher
9quality of care standards established by rules promulgated under sub. (1d) (b). If a
10system of rates is established under this paragraph, the rates under that system
11shall be higher than the rates established under pars. (a) to (c)
.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1857f 12Section 1857f. 49.159 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,880,2013 49.159 (2) Minor custodial parents; financial and employment counseling.
14A custodial parent who is under the age of 18 is eligible, regardless of that
15individual's or that individual's parent's income or assets, to meet with a financial
16and employment planner. The financial and employment planner may provide the
17individual with information regarding Wisconsin works eligibility, available child
18care services, employment and financial planning, family planning services, as
19defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b),
community resources, eligibility for food stamps and other
20food and nutrition programs.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1857m 21Section 1857m. 49.161 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,881,422 49.161 (1) (title) Trial jobs and wage-paying community service jobs
23overpayments.
Notwithstanding s. 49.96, the department shall recover an
24overpayment of benefits paid under s. 49.148 (1) (a) and (b) 2. from an individual who
25receives or has received benefits paid under s. 49.148 (1) (a) or (b) 2. The value of the

1benefit liable for recovery under this subsection may not exceed the amount that the
2department paid in wage subsidies with respect to that participant while the
3participant was ineligible to participate. The department shall promulgate rules
4establishing policies and procedures for administrating this subsection.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1857n 5Section 1857n. 49.161 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,881,116 49.161 (2) (title) Community Grant-paying community service jobs and
7transitional placements overpayments.
Except as provided in sub. (3), the
8department shall recover an overpayment of benefits paid under s. 49.148 (1) (b) 1.
9and (c) from an individual who continues to receive benefits under s. 49.148 (1) (b)
101. and (c) by reducing the amount of the individual's benefit payment by no more than
1110%.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1857o 12Section 1857o. 49.170 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,881,17 1349.170 Payments for certain tribal economic support programs. (1)
14Definition. In this section, "tribal economic support program" means an economic
15support program, operated by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band
16in this state, that is funded under P.L. 104-193, section 103, and is not part of the
17Wisconsin works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161.
AB100-engrossed,882,2 18(2) Department plan. The department shall develop a plan for making
19payments, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (dz), to each federally
20recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state that operates a tribal
21economic support program, for the purpose of operating that tribal economic support
22program. As a condition of receiving a payment under this section, the tribal
23economic support program shall meet all requirements specified in the plan. These
24requirements shall be similar to the requirements of the Wisconsin works program

1under ss. 49.141 to 49.161. The plan shall specify the method of determining the
2amount of the payment to be made for each tribal economic support program.
AB100-engrossed,882,7 3(3) Joint committee on finance approval. No later than January 1, 1998, the
4department shall submit the plan under sub. (2) to the cochairpersons of the joint
5committee on finance for review by the joint committee on finance. The department
6may not make a payment under the plan unless the plan is approved by the joint
7committee on finance.
AB100-engrossed,882,10 8(4) Payments. If the joint committee on finance approves the plan submitted
9under sub. (3), the department shall make payments, from the appropriation under
10s. 20.445 (3) (dz), in the manner specified in the plan.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1857p 11Section 1857p. 49.175 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,882,16 1249.175 Public assistance and local assistance funding. (1) Funds
13distribution.
Except as provided in sub. (2), within the limits of the appropriations
14under s. 20.445 (3) (a), (br), (cm), (dc), (dz), (e), (em), (g), (jg), (jL), (L), (Lm), (mc), (md),
15(nL), (pm) and (ps), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the
16following purposes:
AB100-engrossed,882,1817 (a) Aid to families with dependent children. For benefits under s. 49.19,
18$28,400,000 in fiscal year 1997-98.
AB100-engrossed,883,419 (b) Subsidized employment. For payments to Wisconsin works agencies for
20subsidized employment costs, $155,375,100 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $158,678,000
21in fiscal year 1998-99. Amounts allocated under this paragraph shall include
22$20,000,000 in each fiscal year for the purposes set forth under s. 49.143 (2) (ep). The
23department shall establish by rule a method to determine the amount that each
24Wisconsin works agency must allocate for the activities specified in s. 49.143 (2) (ep).
25Any moneys that are allocated by a Wisconsin works agency for the activities

1specified in s. 49.143 (2) (ep) but are not spent by the end of the period specified in
2the contract between the department and the Wisconsin works agency shall be
3returned to the department, which shall add the moneys to the allocation under par.
4(c).
AB100-engrossed,883,75 (bg) Long-term and refugee supplement. For payments to Wisconsin works
6agencies as a supplement for long-term and refugee cases, $8,200,000 in fiscal year
71997-98 and $9,800,000 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,883,108 (bm) Wisconsin works agency office costs. For payments to Wisconsin works
9agencies for office costs, $104,117,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $115,293,800 in
10fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,883,1211 (br) Payments for 2-parent families. For payments under s. 49.15 (4), $735,000
12in fiscal year 1997-98 and $1,100,000 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,883,1613 (c) Wisconsin works agency contingency fund. For contingency payments to
14Wisconsin works agencies for subsidized employment and office costs to be
15distributed under criteria established by the department, $25,000,000 in the
161997-99 fiscal biennium.
AB100-engrossed,883,1817 (d) Job opportunities and basic skills program. For services provided under s.
1849.193, $15,079,800 in fiscal year 1997-98.
AB100-engrossed,883,2019 (e) County income maintenance administration. For county income
20maintenance administration, $6,665,600 in fiscal year 1997-98.
AB100-engrossed,883,2321 (f) State administration of public assistance programs. For state
22administration of public assistance programs, $37,449,500 in fiscal year 1997-98
23and $34,338,100 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,883,2524 (g) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138,
25$3,300,000 in each fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,884,2
1(h) Funeral expenses. For funeral expenses under s. 49.30, $3,300,000 in each
2fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,884,43 (i) Learnfare case management. For case management services for learnfare
4pupils under s. 49.26 (2), $2,619,100 in each fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,884,65 (j) Local learnfare projects. For local projects under the learnfare program
6under s. 49.26, $450,000 in fiscal year 1997-98.
AB100-engrossed,884,87 (k) Children first. For services under the work experience program for
8noncustodial parents under s. 49.36, $1,316,400 in each fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,884,109 (L) County fraud investigations and error reduction. For county fraud
10investigations and error reductions under s. 49.197, $588,000 in each fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,884,1211 (m) Job access loans. For job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $3,645,600 in
12fiscal year 1997-98 and $866,900 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,884,1513 (n) Employment skills advancement grants. For employment skills
14advancement grants under s. 49.185, $833,300 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $1,000,000
15in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,884,1716 (o) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155,
17$155,547,200 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $177,427,200 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,884,2118 (p) Indirect child care services. For indirect child care services under s. 49.131
19(2) (b), $6,002,400 in each fiscal year. Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department may
20not use any funds allocated under this paragraph for any other purpose under this
21subsection.
AB100-engrossed,884,2422 (q) Education, training and support services. In counties having a population
23of 500,000 or more, for the purposes set forth under s. 49.143 (2) (ep), $11,000,000 in
24fiscal year 1997-98 and $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,885,4
1(r) Wisconsin works contracts in certain counties. For contracts with persons
2for oversight of the administrative structure of Wisconsin works, and of Wisconsin
3works agencies, in counties having a population of 500,000 or more, $1,000,000 in
4each fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,885,65 (s) New hope project. For the new hope project under s. 49.37, $1,560,000 in
6fiscal year 1997-98 and $690,000 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,885,117 (t) Transportation assistance. For transportation assistance under s. 49.157,
8$1,000,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 1998-99. The
9department may not distribute the funds under this paragraph unless the joint
10committee on finance supplements the appropriate appropriation from the
11appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (m).
AB100-engrossed,885,1412 (u) Hospital paternity incentives. For hospital paternity incentive payments
13under s. 69.14 (1) (cm), $54,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $144,000 in fiscal year
141998-99.
AB100-engrossed,885,1815 (v) Passports for youth program. For the passports for youth program operated
16by the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, $500,000 in each fiscal year. The
17department may not distribute funds under this paragraph if the passports for youth
18program does not comply with P.L. 104-193, section 103.
AB100-engrossed,885,2119 (w) Transfer of federal funds to the department of health and family services.
20For the transfer of federal funds to the department of health and family services, as
21provided in s. 20.445 (3) (md), for the following purposes, the following amounts:
AB100-engrossed,885,2322 1. `Kinship care assistance.' For the kinship care program under s. 48.57 (3m)
23and (3p), $15,720,400 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $22,116,400 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,886,224 2. `Children of recipients of supplemental security income.' For payments made
25under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of

1supplemental security income, $1,570,700 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $458,800 in
2fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,886,33 3. `Community aids.' For community aids, $31,800,000 in each fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,886,64 4. `Milwaukee County liaison.' For a Milwaukee County child welfare liaison
5funded from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (8) (kx), $104,000 in fiscal year
61997-98 and $108,100 in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB100-engrossed,886,10 7(2) Transfer of funds. (a) With the approval of the secretary of
8administration, the department may use not more than 10% of the amounts required
9to be allocated for a purpose specified in any paragraph under sub. (1) for any other
10purpose specified in any other paragraph under sub. (1) in each fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,886,1211 (b) The department may use more than 10% if all of the following conditions
12are met:
AB100-engrossed,886,1313 1. The secretary of administration approves the transfer.
AB100-engrossed,886,2114 2. The department submits a request for the transfer to the joint committee on
15finance and the joint committee on finance does not, within 14 days after receiving
16the request, schedule a meeting to review the transfer. If, within 14 days after
17receiving the request, the joint committee on finance schedules a meeting to review
18the transfer, the department may not use for another purpose specified under any
19paragraph under sub. (1) more than 10% of the amounts required to allocated for a
20different purpose specified in any other paragraph under sub. (1) unless it is
21approved by the committee, which may modify the proposed transfer.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1857pm 22Section 1857pm. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 1997
23Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,887,224 49.175 (1) Funds distribution. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), within
25the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (a), (br), (cm), (dc), (dz), (e), (em),

1(g), (jg), (jL), (k), (L), (Lm), (mc), (md), (nL), (pm) and (ps), the department shall
2allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1857q 3Section 1857q. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act
4.... (this act), is renumbered 49.175 (1) (b) 1. and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,887,155 49.175 (1) (b) 1. For Except as provided in subd. 2. for payments to Wisconsin
6works agencies for subsidized employment costs, $155,375,100 in fiscal year
71997-98 and $155,678,000 in fiscal year 1998-99. Amounts allocated under this
8paragraph shall include $20,000,000 in each fiscal year for the purposes set forth
9under s. 49.143 (2) (ep). The department shall establish by rule a method to
10determine the amount that each Wisconsin works agency must allocate for the
11activities specified in s. 49.143 (2) (ep). Any moneys that are allocated by a Wisconsin
12works agency for the activities specified in s. 49.143 (2) (ep) but are not spent by the
13end of the period specified in the contract between the department and the Wisconsin
14works agency shall be returned to the department, which shall add the moneys to the
15allocation under par. (c).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1857r 16Section 1857r. 49.175 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,887,2117 49.175 (1) (b) 2. The department of revenue shall determine the amount that
18is required to pay claims approved under s. 71.07 (9e) for participants under s. 49.147
19(4) (c). The department of workforce development shall subtract that amount from
20the allocation in subd. 1. and transfer the amount to the appropriation under s.
2120.835 (2) (k).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1858 22Section 1858. 49.185 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,887,2423 49.185 (1m) Funding. Payments for grants awarded under this section shall
24be made from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (em) and (md).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1858m 25Section 1858m. 49.185 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,888,4
149.185 (5) Applicability. This section applies beginning on the first day of the
26th month beginning after the
date stated in the notice under s. 49.141 (2) (d), or on
3the first day of the first month beginning after the effective date of this subsection
4.... [revisor inserts date], whichever is later
.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1860 5Section 1860. 49.19 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,888,156 49.19 (10) (d) Aid may also be paid under this section to a licensed foster home
7or, treatment foster home, to a group home licensed under s. 48.625 or to a
8child-caring institution by the state when the child is in the custody or guardianship
9of the state, when the child is a ward of an American Indian tribal court in this state
10and the placement is made under an agreement between the department and the
11tribal governing body or when the child was part of the state's direct service case load
12and was removed from the home of a relative specified in sub. (1) (a) as a result of
13a judicial determination that continuance in the home of a relative would be contrary
14to the child's welfare for any reason and the child is placed by the department of
15health and family services or the department of corrections.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1861 16Section 1861. 49.19 (11) (a) 1. a. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,888,2117 49.19 (11) (a) 1. a. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (11m) and (11s), monthly
18payments made under s. 20.445 (3) (d) (dz) and (p) (md) to persons or to families with
19dependent children shall be based on family size and shall be at 80% of the total of
20the allowances under subds. 2. and 4. plus the following standards of assistance
21beginning on September 1, 1987:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1861d 22Section 1861d. 49.19 (11s) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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