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).
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.
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