AB100-engrossed,764,144 3. Provide appropriate protection and services for children in its care, including
5providing services for children and their families in their own homes, placing the
6children in licensed foster homes, licensed treatment foster homes or licensed group
7homes in this state or another state within a reasonable proximity to the agency with
8legal custody or contracting for services for them by licensed child welfare agencies,
9except that the department may not purchase the educational component of private
10day treatment programs unless the department, the school board as defined in s.
11115.001 (7) and the state superintendent of public instruction all determine that an
12appropriate public education program is not available. Disputes between the
13department and the school district shall be resolved by the state superintendent of
14public instruction.
AB100-engrossed,764,1615 4. Provide for the moral and religious training of children in its care according
16to the religious belief of the child or of his or her parents.
AB100-engrossed,764,1917 5. Place children in a county children's home in the county, to accept
18guardianship of children when appointed by the court and to place children under
19its guardianship for adoption.
AB100-engrossed,764,2020 6. Provide services to the court under s. 48.06.
AB100-engrossed,764,2221 7. Contract with any parent or guardian or other person for the care and
22maintenance of any child.
AB100-engrossed,764,2323 8. License foster homes or treatment foster homes in accordance with s. 48.75.
AB100-engrossed,764,2524 9. Use in the media a picture or description of a child in its guardianship for
25the purpose of finding adoptive parents for that child.
AB100-engrossed,765,1
110. Administer kinship care as provided in s. 48.57 (3m) and (3p).
AB100-engrossed,765,42 11. Contract with the county department under s. 46.215, 51.42 or 51.437 or
3with a licensed child welfare agency to provide any of the services that the
4department is authorized to provide under this chapter.
AB100-engrossed,765,75 (b) In performing the functions specified in par. (a), the department may avail
6itself of the cooperation of any individual or private agency or organization interested
7in the social welfare of children in the county.
AB100-engrossed,765,108 (c) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (cx), (gx), (kw) and (mx), the
9department may provide funding for the maintenance of any child who meets all of
10the following criteria:
AB100-engrossed,765,1111 1. Is 18 years of age or older.
AB100-engrossed,765,1312 2. Is enrolled in and regularly attending a secondary education classroom
13program leading to a high school diploma.
AB100-engrossed,765,1514 3. Received funding under s. 20.435 (3) (cx) or 46.495 (1) (d) immediately prior
15to his or her 18th birthday.
AB100-engrossed,765,1716 4. Is living in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home or child caring
17institution.
AB100-engrossed,765,2018 (d) The funding provided for the maintenance of a child under par. (c) shall be
19in an amount equal to that which the child would receive under s. 20.435 (3) (cx), (gx),
20(kw) and (mx) or 46.495 (1) (d) if the child were 17 years of age.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1595j 21Section 1595j. 48.551 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,765,2522 48.551 (2) (a) Training persons who provide counseling to adolescents
23including school counselors, county employes providing child welfare services under
24s. 48.56 and family planning clinic employes of a clinic providing family planning
25services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b)
.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1595k
1Section 1595k. 48.551 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100-engrossed,766,63 48.551 (2) (a) Training persons who provide counseling to adolescents
4including school counselors, county or department employes providing child welfare
5services under s. 48.56 or 48.561 and employes of a clinic providing family planning
6services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1596 7Section 1596. Subchapter XII (title) of chapter 48 [precedes 48.56] of the
8statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,766,1110 SUBCHAPTER XII
11COUNTY CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
AB100-engrossed, s. 1597 12Section 1597. 48.56 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,766,14 1348.56 (title) County child Child welfare services in counties having
14populations of less than 500,000
.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1598 15Section 1598. 48.56 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,766,1716 48.56 (1) Each county having a population of less than 500,000 shall provide
17child welfare services through its county department.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1599 18Section 1599. 48.561 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,766,21 1948.561 Child welfare services in a county having a population of
20500,000 or more. (1)
Beginning on January 1, 1998, the department shall provide
21child welfare services in a county having a population of 500,000 or more.
AB100-engrossed,766,25 22(2) Beginning on January 1, 1998, the department shall employ personnel in
23a county having a population of 500,000 or more who devote all of their time directly
24or indirectly to child welfare services. Whenever possible, these personnel shall be
25social workers certified under ch. 457.
AB100-engrossed,767,3
1(3) (a) A county having a population of 500,000 or more shall contribute
2$31,280,700 in state fiscal year 1997-98 for the provision of child welfare services in
3that county by the department.
AB100-engrossed,767,224 (b) The department of administration and a county having a population of
5500,000 or more shall consult to determine the method by which the state will collect
6the amount specified in par. (a). If the department of administration and a county
7having a population of 500,000 or more reach an agreement as to that method and
8if that agreement calls for deducting all or part of that amount from any state
9payment due that county under s. 79.03, 79.04, 79.058, 79.06 or 79.08 or for adding
10a special charge to the amount of taxes apportioned to and levied on that county
11under s. 70.60, the department of administration shall notify the department of
12revenue, by September 15, 1997, or within 30 days after the effective date of this
13paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], whichever is later, of the amount to be deducted
14from those state payments due or to be added as that special charge. If the
15department of administration and a county having a population of 500,000 or more
16do not reach an agreement as to that method by September 15, 1997, or within 30
17days after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], whichever is
18later, the department of administration shall determine that method without the
19agreement of that county. On or after January 1, 1998, the department of
20administration shall credit all amounts collected under this paragraph to the
21appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (kw) and shall notify the county from which
22those amounts are collected of that collection.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1600d 23Section 1600d. 48.561 (1), (2) and (3) of the statutes, as created by 1997
24Wisconsin Act .... (this act), are amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,768,2
148.561 (1) Beginning on January 1, 1998, the The department shall provide
2child welfare services in a county having a population of 500,000 or more.
AB100-engrossed,768,6 3(2) Beginning on January 1, 1998, the The department shall employ personnel
4in a county having a population of 500,000 or more who devote all of their time
5directly or indirectly to child welfare services. Whenever possible, these personnel
6shall be social workers certified under ch. 457.
AB100-engrossed,768,9 7(3) (a) A county having a population of 500,000 or more shall contribute
8$31,280,700 $62,561,400 in each state fiscal year 1997-98 for the provision of child
9welfare services in that county by the department.
AB100-engrossed,769,310 (b) The department of administration and a county having a population of
11500,000 or more shall consult to determine the method by which the state will collect
12the amount specified in par. (a). If the department of administration and a county
13having a population of 500,000 or more reach an agreement as to that method and
14if that agreement calls for deducting all or part of that amount from any state
15payment due that county under s. 79.03, 79.04, 79.058, 79.06 or 79.08 or for adding
16a special charge to the amount of taxes apportioned to and levied on that county
17under s. 70.60, the department of administration shall notify the department of
18revenue, by September 15, 1997, or within 30 days after the effective date of this
19paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], whichever is later
of each year, of the amount to
20be deducted from those state payments due or to be added as that special charge. If
21the department of administration and a county having a population of 500,000 or
22more do not reach an agreement as to that method by September 15, 1997, or within
2330 days after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], whichever
24is later
of each year, the department of administration shall determine that method
25without the agreement of that county. On or after January 1, 1998, the The

1department of administration shall credit all amounts collected under this
2paragraph to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (kw) and shall notify the
3county from which those amounts are collected of that collection.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1601 4Section 1601. 48.57 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,769,6 548.57 (title) Powers and duties of department and county departments
6providing child welfare services.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1602 7Section 1602. 48.57 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,769,138 48.57 (1) (intro.) Each county department shall administer and expend such
9amounts as may be necessary out of any moneys which may be appropriated for child
10welfare purposes by the county board of supervisors or by the legislature, which may
11be
donated by individuals or private organizations. It or which may be otherwise
12provided. The department shall have the authority specified in s. 48.48 (17). A
13county department
shall have the authority:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1603 14Section 1603. 48.57 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,770,215 48.57 (1) (c) To provide appropriate protection and services for children in its
16care, including providing services for children and their families in their own homes,
17placing the children in licensed foster homes, licensed treatment foster homes or
18licensed group homes in this state or another state within a reasonable proximity to
19the agency with legal custody or contracting for services for them by licensed child
20welfare agencies, except that the county department shall not purchase the
21educational component of private day treatment programs unless the county
22department, the school board as defined in s. 115.001 (7) and the department of
23education
state superintendent of public instruction all determine that an
24appropriate public education program is not available. Disputes between the county

1department and the school district shall be resolved by the department of education
2state superintendent of public instruction.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1604 3Section 1604. 48.57 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,770,84 48.57 (1) (e) If a county department in a county with a population of 500,000
5or more and if contracted to do so by the department, to place children in a county
6children's home in the county under policies adopted by the county board of
7supervisors, to accept guardianship of children when appointed by the court and to
8place children under its guardianship for adoption.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1605 9Section 1605. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1995
10Wisconsin Act 289
, section 70g, is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,770,1511 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o)
12(3) (cz) and (kc), the department shall reimburse counties for payments made under
13this subsection. A county department shall make payments in the amount of $215
14per month to a kinship care relative who is providing care and maintenance for a
15child if all of the following conditions are met:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1606 16Section 1606. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1997
17Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100-engrossed,770,2418 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (cz) and
19(kc), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less than
20500,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments under
21this subsection in a county having a population of 500,000 or more. A county
22department and, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department
23shall make payments in the amount of $215 per month to a kinship care relative who
24is providing care and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1607 25Section 1607. 48.57 (3m) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,771,5
148.57 (3m) (am) 1. The kinship care relative applies to the county department
2or department for payments under this subsection and the county department or
3department
determines that there is a need for the child to be placed with the kinship
4care relative and that the placement with the kinship care relative is in the best
5interests of the child.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1608 6Section 1608. 48.57 (3m) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,771,107 48.57 (3m) (am) 2. The county department or department determines that the
8child meets one or more of the criteria specified in s. 48.13 or 938.13 or that the child
9would be at risk of meeting one or more of those criteria if the child were to remain
10in his or her home.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1609 11Section 1609. 48.57 (3m) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,771,1912 48.57 (3m) (am) 4. The county department or department conducts a
13background investigation under sub. (3p) of the kinship care relative, the employes
14and prospective employes of the kinship care relative who have or would have
15regular contact with the child for whom the payments would be made and any other
16adult resident of the kinship care relative's home to determine if the kinship care
17relative, employe, prospective employe or adult resident has any arrests or
18convictions that could adversely affect the child or the kinship care relative's ability
19to care for the child.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1610 20Section 1610. 48.57 (3m) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,771,2321 48.57 (3m) (am) 5. The kinship care relative cooperates with the county
22department or department in the application process, including applying for other
23forms of assistance for which the kinship care relative may be eligible.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1611 24Section 1611. 48.57 (3m) (am) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,772,3
148.57 (3m) (am) 6. The child for whom the kinship care relative is providing
2care and maintenance is not receiving supplemental security income under 42 USC
31381
to 1383c or state supplemental payments under s. 49.77.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1612 4Section 1612. 48.57 (3m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,772,85 48.57 (3m) (b) 1. The county department or, in a county having a population
6of 500,000 or more, the department
shall refer to the attorney responsible for support
7enforcement under s. 59.458 (1) 59.53 (6) (a) the name of the parent or parents of a
8child for whom a payment is made under par. (am).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1613 9Section 1613. 48.57 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,772,1310 48.57 (3m) (c) The county department or, in a county having a population of
11500,000 or more, the department
shall require the parent or parents of a child for
12whom a payment is made under par. (am) to initiate or continue health care
13insurance coverage for the child.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1614 14Section 1614. 48.57 (3m) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
15289
, section 70g, is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,772,2216 48.57 (3m) (d) A county department or, in a county having a population of
17500,000 or more, the department
shall review a placement of a child for which the
18county department or department makes payments under par. (am) not less than
19every 12 months after the county department or department begins making those
20payments to determine whether the conditions specified in par. (am) continue to
21exist. If those conditions do not continue to exist, the county department or
22department
shall discontinue making those payments.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1614g 23Section 1614g. 48.57 (3m) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,773,424 48.57 (3m) (f) Any person whose application for payments under par. (am) is
25not acted on promptly or is denied on the grounds that a condition specified in par.

1(am) 1., 2., 5. or 6. has not been met and any person whose payments under par. (am)
2are discontinued under par. (d) may petition the department under par. (g) for a
3review of that action or failure to act. Review is unavailable if the action or failure
4to act arose more than 45 days before submission of the petition for review.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1614h 5Section 1614h. 48.57 (3m) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,773,206 48.57 (3m) (g) 1. Upon receipt of a timely petition under par. (f) the department
7shall give the applicant or recipient reasonable notice and an opportunity for a fair
8hearing. The department may make such additional investigation as it considers
9necessary. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the applicant or recipient and to
10the county department or subunit of the department whose action or failure to act
11is the subject of the petition. That county department or subunit of the department
12may be represented at the hearing. The department shall render its decision as soon
13as possible after the hearing and shall send a certified copy of its decision to the
14applicant or recipient and to the county department or subunit of the department
15whose action or failure to act is the subject of the petition. The decision of the
16department shall have the same effect as an order of the county department or
17subunit of the department whose action or failure to act is the subject of the petition.
18The decision shall be final, but may be revoked or modified as altered conditions may
19require. The department shall deny a petition for review or shall refuse to grant
20relief if any of the following applies:
AB100-engrossed,773,2121 a. The petitioner withdraws the petition in writing.
AB100-engrossed,773,2422 b. The sole issue in the petition concerns an automatic payment adjustment or
23change that affects an entire class of recipients and is the result of a change in state
24law.
AB100-engrossed,774,3
1c. The petitioner abandons the petition. Abandonment occurs if the petitioner
2fails to appear in person or by a representative at a scheduled hearing without good
3cause, as determined by the department.
AB100-engrossed,774,134 2. If a recipient requests a hearing within 10 days after the date of notice that
5his or her payments under par. (am) are being discontinued, those payments may not
6be discontinued until a decision is rendered after the hearing but payments made
7pending the hearing decision may be recovered by the department if the contested
8action or failure to act is upheld. The department shall promptly notify the county
9department of the county in which the recipient resides or, if the recipient resides in
10a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the subunit of the department
11administering of the kinship care program in that county that the recipient has
12requested a hearing. Payments under par. (am) shall be discontinued if any of the
13following applies:
AB100-engrossed,774,1514 a. The recipient is contesting a state law or a change in state law and not the
15determination of the payment made on the recipient's behalf.
AB100-engrossed,774,1816 b. The recipient is notified of a change in his or her payments under par. (am)
17while the hearing decision is pending but the recipient fails to request a hearing on
18the change.
AB100-engrossed,774,2019 3. The recipient shall be promptly informed in writing if his or her payments
20under par. (am) are to be discontinued pending the hearing decision.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1615 21Section 1615. 48.57 (3p) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,774,2522 48.57 (3p) (b) 1. After receipt of an application for payments under sub. (3m),
23the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
24department of health and family services
, with the assistance of the department of
25justice, shall conduct a background investigation of the applicant.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1616
1Section 1616. 48.57 (3p) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,775,72 48.57 (3p) (b) 2. The county department or, in a county having a population of
3500,000 or more, the department of health and family services
, with the assistance
4of the department of justice, may conduct a background investigation of any person
5who is receiving payments under sub. (3m) at the time of review under sub. (3m) (d)
6or at any other time that the county department or department of health and family
7services
considers to be appropriate.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1617 8Section 1617. 48.57 (3p) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,775,159 48.57 (3p) (c) 1. After receipt of an application for payments under sub. (3m),
10the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
11department of health and family services
, with the assistance of the department of
12justice, shall, in addition to the investigation under par. (b), conduct a background
13investigation of all employes and prospective employes of the applicant who have or
14would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made
15and of each adult resident.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1618 16Section 1618. 48.57 (3p) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,775,2417 48.57 (3p) (c) 2. The county department or, in a county having a population of
18500,000 or more, the department of health and family services
, with the assistance
19of the department of justice, may conduct a background investigation of any of the
20employes or prospective employes of any person who is receiving payments under
21sub. (3m) who have or would have regular contact with the child for whom those
22payments are being made and of each adult resident at the time of review under sub.
23(3m) (d) or at any other time that the county department or department of health and
24family services
considers to be appropriate.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1619 25Section 1619. 48.57 (3p) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,776,8
148.57 (3p) (c) 3. Before a person that who is receiving payments under sub. (3m)
2may employ any person in a position in which that person would have regular contact
3with the child for whom those payments are being made or permit any person to be
4an adult resident, the county department or, in a county having a population of
5500,000 or more, the department of health and family services
, with the assistance
6of the department of justice, shall conduct a background investigation of the
7prospective employe or prospective adult resident unless that person has already
8been investigated under subd. 1. or 2.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1620 9Section 1620. 48.57 (3p) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,776,2110 48.57 (3p) (d) If the person being investigated under par. (b) or (c) is a
11nonresident, or at any time within the 5 years preceding the date of the application
12has been a nonresident, or if the county department or, in a county having a
13population of 500,000 or more, the department of health and family services

14determines that the person's employment, licensing or state court records provide a
15reasonable basis for further investigation, the county department or department of
16health and family services
shall require the person to be photographed and
17fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete set of the person's
18fingerprints. The department of justice may provide for the submission of the
19fingerprint cards to the federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying
20the identity of the person fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal
21arrest and conviction.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1621 22Section 1621. 48.57 (3p) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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