AB100-engrossed,867,23 2149.15 Wisconsin works; 2-parent families. (1) Definition. In this section,
22"other parent" means a parent who is not a participant in a Wisconsin works
23employment position.
AB100-engrossed,868,9 24(2) Requirements for nonparticipant parent. (a) If a participant in a
25Wisconsin works employment position resides with the other parent of a dependent

1child with respect to whom the participant is a custodial parent, the other parent
2shall participate in activities described under sub. (3) if the Wisconsin works group
3receives federally funded child care assistance on behalf of the dependent child. The
4other parent shall participate in activities described under sub. (3) for a number of
5hours per week that is at least equal to the difference between 55 hours and the sum
6of the number of hours that the participant in the Wisconsin works employment
7position participates in the Wisconsin works employment position and the number
8of hours that the participant in the Wisconsin works employment position
9participates in any activity described in sub. (3) during that week.
AB100-engrossed,868,1210 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the other parent is disabled, as defined by
11the department, or is caring for a severely disabled child, as defined by the
12department.
AB100-engrossed,868,15 13(3) Prescribed work activities. An individual who is subject to the work
14requirement under sub. (2) may satisfy the requirement only by participating in any
15of the following activities:
AB100-engrossed,868,1616 (a) Unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (a).
AB100-engrossed,868,1717 (b) Subsidized employment, as defined by the department.
AB100-engrossed,868,1918 (c) If sufficient private sector employment is not available, work experience, as
19defined by the department.
AB100-engrossed,868,2020 (d) On-the-job training, as defined by the department.
AB100-engrossed,868,2121 (e) A community service program, as defined by the department.
AB100-engrossed,869,9 22(4) Grant. An individual who satisfies the requirement under sub. (2) by
23participating in any of the activities under sub. (3) (b) to (e) shall receive a monthly
24grant of $555, paid by the Wisconsin works agency. For every hour that the
25individual fails to participate for the required hours under sub. (2) without good

1cause and for every hour that the individual participates in an activity under sub.
2(3) (a) to satisfy the requirement under sub. (2), the grant amount shall be reduced
3by $4.25. Good cause shall be determined by the financial and employment planner
4in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. Good cause shall include
5required court appearances for a victim of domestic violence. If the individual is
6required under sub. (2) to work fewer than 30 hours per week, the grant amount shall
7be reduced by an amount equal to the product of $4.25 and the difference between
830 and the number of hours that the individual is required to participate under sub.
9(2).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1820d 10Section 1820d. 49.151 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,869,2311 49.151 (1) Refusal to participate. (intro.) A participant who refuses to
12participate 3 times in any Wisconsin works employment position component is
13ineligible to participate in that component. A participant is also ineligible to
14participate in that Wisconsin works employment position component if an individual
15in the participant's Wisconsin works group is subject to the work requirement under
16s. 49.15 (2) and refuses 3 times to participate as required.
A participant whom the
17Wisconsin works agency has determined is ineligible under this section for a
18particular Wisconsin works employment position component may be eligible to
19participate in any other Wisconsin works employment position component in which
20the participant has not refused to participate 3 times. A participant refuses to
21participate in a Wisconsin works employment position component if the
participant
22does
or an individual who is subject to the work requirement under s. 49.15 (2)
23demonstrates a refusal to participate if
any of the following applies:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1820e 24Section 1820e. 49.151 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,870,4
149.151 (1) (a) Expresses The participant, or an individual who is in the
2participant's Wisconsin works group and who is subject to the work requirement
3under s. 49.15 (2), expresses
verbally or in writing to a Wisconsin works agency that
4he or she refuses to participate.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1820f 5Section 1820f. 49.151 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,870,126 49.151 (1) (b) Fails The participant, or an individual who is in the participant's
7Wisconsin works group and who is subject to the work requirement under s. 49.15
8(2), fails, without good cause, as determined by the Wisconsin works agency,
to
9appear for an interview with a prospective employer or, if the participant is in a
10Wisconsin works transitional placement, the participant fails to appear for an
11assigned activity, including an activity under s. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. a. to e., without good
12cause, as determined by the Wisconsin works agency.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1820g 13Section 1820g. 49.151 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,870,1714 49.151 (1) (c) Voluntarily The participant, or an individual who is in the
15participant's Wisconsin works group and who is subject to the work requirement
16under s. 49.15 (2), voluntarily
leaves appropriate employment or training without
17good cause, as determined by the Wisconsin works agency.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1820h 18Section 1820h. 49.151 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,870,2119 49.151 (1) (d) Loses The participant, or an individual who is in the participant's
20Wisconsin works group and who is subject to the work requirement under s. 49.15
21(2), loses
employment as a result of being discharged for cause.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1820j 22Section 1820j. 49.151 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,871,223 49.151 (1) (e) Demonstrates The participant, or an individual who is in the
24participant's Wisconsin works group and who is subject to the work requirement
25under s. 49.15 (2), demonstrates
through other behavior or action, as specified by the

1department by rule, that he or she refuses to participate in a Wisconsin works
2employment position.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1828 3Section 1828. 49.152 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,871,124 49.152 (1) Petition for review. Any individual whose application for any
5component of
Wisconsin works under s. 49.147 (1) to (5) is not acted upon by the
6Wisconsin works agency with reasonable promptness after the filing of the
7application, as defined by the department by rule, or is denied in whole or in part,
8whose benefit is modified or canceled, or who believes that the benefit was calculated
9incorrectly or that the employment position in which the individual was placed is
10inappropriate
, may petition the Wisconsin works agency for a review of such action.
11Review is unavailable if the action by the Wisconsin works agency occurred more
12than 45 days prior to submission of the petition for review.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1829 13Section 1829. 49.152 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,871,2014 49.152 (2) (a) (intro.) Upon a timely petition under sub. (1), the Wisconsin
15works agency shall give the applicant or participant reasonable notice and
16opportunity for a review. The Wisconsin works agency shall render its decision as
17soon as possible after the review and shall send by 1st class mail a certified copy of
18its decision to the last-known address of the applicant or participant. The Wisconsin
19works agency shall deny a petition for a review or shall refuse to grant relief if the
20petitioner does any of the following:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1830 21Section 1830. 49.152 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,871,2422 49.152 (2) (b) 1. Within 15 21 days of receiving after the date on which the
23certified copy of
the decision of the Wisconsin works agency is mailed, the applicant
24or participant petitions the department for a review of that decision.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1831 25Section 1831. 49.152 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,872,3
149.152 (2) (c) 1. Within 15 21 days after receiving the date on which the certified
2copy of
the decision of the Wisconsin works agency is mailed, the applicant petitions
3the department for a review of the decision.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1831g 4Section 1831g. 49.152 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,872,185 49.152 (2) (d) If the department reviews a decision under par. (b) and upon
6receipt of a petition or request under par. (c) the department shall give the applicant
7or participant reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair hearing and shall permit
8the applicant or participant to present evidence and testimony and to be represented
9by counsel at the hearing and to have access to records in preparation for the hearing.
10The department may make any additional investigation that it considers necessary.
11Notice of the hearing shall be given to the applicant or participant and, if
12appropriate, to the county clerk. The Wisconsin works agency may be represented
13at the hearing. The department shall render its decision as soon as possible after the
14hearing and shall send a certified copy of its decision to the applicant or participant,
15the county clerk, if appropriate, and the Wisconsin works agency. The decision of the
16department shall be final, but may be revoked or modified as altered conditions may
17require. The department shall deny a petition for a hearing or shall refuse to grant
18relief if the applicant or participant does any of the following:
AB100-engrossed,872,1919 a. Withdraws the petition in writing.
AB100-engrossed,872,2220 b. Abandons the petition. Abandonment occurs if the applicant or participant
21fails to appear in person or by representative at a scheduled hearing without good
22cause as defined by the department by rule.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1832 23Section 1832. 49.152 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,873,824 49.152 (3) Remedies. (a) If, following review under sub. (2), the Wisconsin
25works agency or the department determines that an individual, whose application

1for a Wisconsin works employment position was denied based on eligibility, was in
2fact eligible, or that the individual was placed in an inappropriate Wisconsin works
3employment position, the Wisconsin works agency shall place the individual in the
4first available Wisconsin works employment position that is appropriate for that
5individual, as determined by the Wisconsin works agency or the department. An
6individual who is placed in a Wisconsin works employment position under this
7paragraph is eligible for the benefit for that position under s. 49.148 beginning on the
8date on which the individual begins participation under s. 49.147.
AB100-engrossed,873,149 (b) If, following review under sub. (2), the Wisconsin works agency or the
10department determines that a participant's benefit was improperly modified or
11canceled, or was calculated incorrectly, the Wisconsin works agency shall restore the
12benefit to the level determined to be appropriate by the Wisconsin works agency or
13by the department retroactive to the date on which the benefit was first improperly
14modified or canceled or incorrectly calculated.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1833c 15Section 1833c. 49.153 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 3, is
16repealed.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1838 17Section 1838. 49.155 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 (1) (am).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1839 18Section 1839. 49.155 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,873,2119 49.155 (1) (c) Notwithstanding s. 49.141 (1) (j), "parent" means a custodial
20parent, guardian, foster parent, treatment foster parent, legal custodian or a person
21acting in the place of a parent.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1840 22Section 1840. 49.155 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,874,223 49.155 (1d) Child care certification rules. (a) The department shall
24promulgate rules establishing standards for the certification of child care providers
25under s. 48.651. In establishing the requirements for certification as a Level II

1certified family day care provider, the department may not include a requirement for
2training for providers.
AB100-engrossed,874,113 (b) The department shall promulgate rules to establish quality of care
4standards for child care providers that are higher than the quality of care standards
5required for licensure under s. 48.65 or for certification under s. 48.651. The
6standards established by rules promulgated under this paragraph shall consist of
7the standards provided for the accreditation of day care centers by the national
8association for the education of young children or any other comparable standards
9that the department may establish, including standards regarding the turnover of
10child care provider staff and the training and benefits provided for child care
11provider staff.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1841 12Section 1841. 49.155 (1g) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,874,1313 49.155 (1g) (title) Distribution of funds.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1842 14Section 1842. 49.155 (1j) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,874,1515 49.155 (1j) (title) Unanticipated federal funds.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1843 16Section 1843. 49.155 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,874,2017 49.155 (1m) (a) (intro.) The individual is a custodial parent of a child who is
18under the age of 13, or is a person who, under s. 48.57 (3m), is providing care and
19maintenance for a child who is under the age of 13, and child care services for that
20child are needed in order for the individual to do any of the following:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1844 21Section 1844. 49.155 (1m) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,875,422 49.155 (1m) (a) 1m. If the individual is under 20 years of age, but is not subject
23to the school attendance requirement under s. 49.26 (1) (ge) and the individual
24resides with his or her custodial parent or with a kinship care relative under s. 48.57
25(3m) or is in a foster home or treatment foster home licensed under s. 48.62, a group

1home or an independent living arrangement supervised by an adult, obtain a high
2school diploma or participate in a course of study meeting the standards established
3by the state superintendent of public instruction for the granting of a declaration of
4equivalency of high school graduation.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1845 5Section 1845. 49.155 (1m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,875,86 49.155 (1m) (a) 3. Work in a Wisconsin works employment position, including
7participation in job search, orientation and training activities under s. 49.147 (2) (a)
8and
in education or training activities under s. 49.147 (3) (am), (4) (am) or (5) (bm).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1845b 9Section 1845b. 49.155 (1m) (a) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin
10Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,875,1411 49.155 (1m) (a) 3. Work in a Wisconsin works employment position, including
12participation in job search, orientation and training activities under s. 49.147 (2) (a)
13and in education or training activities under s. 49.147 (3) (am), (4) (am) (b) 1. a. or
14(5) (bm).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1845m 15Section 1845m. 49.155 (1m) (a) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,875,1716 49.155 (1m) (a) 3m. Participate in a job search or work experience component
17of the food stamp employment and training program under s. 49.124 (1m).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1846 18Section 1846. 49.155 (1m) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,876,319 49.155 (1m) (a) 4. (intro.) Participate in other employment skills training,
20including an English as a 2nd language course, if the Wisconsin works agency
21determines that the course would facilitate the individual's efforts to obtain
22employment; a course of study meeting the standards established by the secretary
23of education
state superintendent of public instruction under s. 115.29 (4) for the
24granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation; a course of study
25at a technical college; or participation in educational courses that provide an

1employment skill, as determined by the department. An individual may receive aid
2under this subdivision for up to one year. An individual may not receive aid under
3this subdivision unless the individual meets at least one of the following conditions:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1846d 4Section 1846d. 49.155 (1m) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1997
5Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100-engrossed,876,176 49.155 (1m) (a) 4. (intro.) Participate in other employment skills training,
7including an English as a 2nd language course, if the Wisconsin works agency
8determines that the course would facilitate the individual's efforts to obtain
9employment; a course of study meeting the standards established by the state
10superintendent of public instruction under s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a
11declaration of equivalency of high school graduation; a course of study at a technical
12college, if the Wisconsin works agency determines that the course would facilitate
13the individual's efforts to obtain or maintain employment; or participation in
14educational courses that provide an employment skill, as determined by the
15department. An individual may receive aid under this subdivision for up to two
16years. An individual may not receive aid under this subdivision unless the
17individual meets at least one of the following conditions:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1847 18Section 1847. 49.155 (1m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 (1m) (b)
19(intro.) and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,876,2120 49.155 (1m) (b) (intro.) The individual meets the eligibility conditions criteria
21under s. all of the following:
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).
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