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23Section
1110. 46.765 of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1111
24Section
1111. 46.81 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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146.81
(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7)
(dj) (dh), the department
2shall allocate $2,298,400 in each fiscal year to aging units to provide benefit
3specialist services for older individuals. The department shall ensure that each
4aging unit receives funds and shall take into account the proportion of the state's
5population of low-income older individuals who reside in a county.
SB45, s. 1112
6Section
1112. 46.81 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.81
(5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7)
(dj) (dh) the department
8shall allocate $182,500 in each fiscal year to area agencies on aging. Each area
9agency on aging shall use the funds for training, supervision and legal back-up
10services for benefit specialists within its area.
SB45, s. 1113
11Section
1113. 46.82 (3) (a) 19. of the statutes is created to read:
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46.82
(3) (a) 19. If an aging unit under sub. (1) (a) 1. or 2. and if authorized
13under s. 46.283 (1) (a) 1., apply to the department to operate a resource center under
14s. 46.283 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.283 (2), operate
15the resource center.
SB45, s. 1114
16Section
1114. 46.82 (3) (a) 20. of the statutes is created to read:
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46.82
(3) (a) 20. If an aging unit under sub. (1) (a) 1. or 2. and if authorized
18under s. 46.284 (1) (a) 1., apply to the department to operate a care management
19organization under s. 46.284 and, if the department contracts with the county under
20s. 46.284 (2), operate the care management organization and, if appropriate, place
21funds in a risk reserve.
SB45, s. 1115
22Section
1115. 46.856 of the statutes is renumbered 46.856 (2), and 46.856 (2)
23(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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146.856
(2) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (bg), the
2department shall award a grant to at least one
public agency or private nonprofit
3organization
, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), to do all of the following:
SB45, s. 1116
4Section
1116. 46.856 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
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46.856
(1) In this section:
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(a) "Private nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19).
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(b) "Public agency" means a county, city, village, town or school district or an
8agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town or school district.
SB45, s. 1117
9Section
1117. 46.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.86
(1) From the appropriation
under s. 20.435 (7) (cp) and (md), the
11department may award funds and from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md)
12the department may award not more than $125,500 in each fiscal year as grants to
13counties and private nonprofit entities for treatment for pregnant women and
14mothers with alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs; mothers who have
15alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs and dependent children up to the age
16of 5 years; and the dependent children up to the age of 5 years of those mothers. The
17grants shall be awarded in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal
18procedures. The grants shall be used to establish community-based programs,
19residential family-centered treatment programs or home-based treatment
20programs. The program under a grant must include alcohol and other drug abuse
21treatment services, parent education, support services for the children of the women
22who are enrolled in the program, vocational assistance and housing assistance. Any
23program funded under this subsection must also provide follow-up aftercare
24services to each woman and her children for at least 2 years after the date on which
25a woman has left the program.
SB45, s. 1118
1Section
1118. 46.86 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.86
(5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department may
3not distribute more than
$35,000 $235,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to
the ARC
4community services center Community Services, Inc., for women and children in
5Dane
county, to address a projected operation deficit of the center; County, to provide
6additional funding for
staff of the center and transportation and meal expenses for
7chemically dependent women who receive services from the center
; and to provide
8additional funding for staff of the center.
SB45, s. 1119
9Section
1119. 46.86 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
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46.86
(6) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department
11may award not more than $1,167,900 in each fiscal year as grants to counties and
12private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse
13treatment programs that do all of the following:
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1. Meet special needs of women with problems resulting from alcohol or other
15drug abuse.
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2. Emphasize parent education, vocational and housing assistance and
17coordination with other community programs and with treatment under intensive
18care.
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(b) The department shall do all of the following with respect to the grants under
20par. (a):
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1. Award the grants in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal
22procedures.
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2. Ensure that the grants are distributed in both urban and rural communities.
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3. Evaluate the programs under the grants by use of client-outcome
25measurements that the department develops.
SB45, s. 1120
1Section
1120. 46.93 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.93
(2) Purpose; allocation. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.434
3(1)
(b) (ky), the board shall award not more than $439,300 in each
of fiscal
years
41997-98 and 1998-99 year for grants to organizations to provide adolescent
5pregnancy prevention programs or pregnancy services that include health care,
6education, counseling and vocational training. Types of services and programs that
7are eligible for grants include all of the following:
SB45, s. 1121
8Section
1121. 46.985 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.985
(7) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b), (kw)
, (kz) and
10(o), the department shall allocate to county departments funds for the
11administration and implementation of the program.
SB45, s. 1122
12Section
1122. 46.99 of the statutes is created to read:
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1346.99 Brighter futures initiative. (1)
Definition. In this section
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(a) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized
15under ch. 181.
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(b) "Public agency" means a county, city, village, town or school district or an
17agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town or school district.
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18(2) Awarding of grants. (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (eg)
19and (nL), the department, beginning on January 1, 2001, shall distribute $1,250,600
20in each fiscal year to applying nonprofit corporations and public agencies operating
21in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, $1,109,300 in each fiscal year to
22applying county departments under s. 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 operating in
23counties other than a county having a population of 500,000 or more and $7,500 in
24each fiscal year to applying federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in
25this state to provide programs to accomplish all of the following:
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11. Prevent and reduce the incidence of youth violence and other delinquent
2behavior.
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2. Prevent and reduce the incidence of youth alcohol and other drug use and
4abuse.
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3. Prevent and reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect.
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(b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the department, beginning
7on January 1, 2001, shall distribute $769,500 in each fiscal year to applying
8nonprofit corporations and public agencies operating in a county having a population
9of 500,000 or more, $425,100 in each fiscal year to applying county departments
10under s. 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 operating in counties other than a county
11having a population of 500,000 or more and $172,500 in each fiscal year to applying
12federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state to provide
13programs to accomplish all of the following:
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1. Prevent and reduce the incidence of nonmarital pregnancy and increase the
15use of abstinence as a method of preventing nonmarital pregnancy.
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2. Increase adolescent self-sufficiency by encouraging high school graduation,
17vocational preparedness, improved social and other interpersonal skills and
18responsible decision making.
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(c) A nonprofit corporation, public agency or American Indian tribe or band that
20is applying for a grant under par. (a) or (b) shall provide to the department a proposed
21service plan for the use of the grant moneys. If the department approves the service
22plan, the department may award the grant. The department shall award the grants
23on a competitive basis and for a 3-year period.
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24(3) Outcomes expected. (a) The department shall provide a set of benchmark
25indicators to measure the outcomes that are expected of a program funded under sub.
1(2) (a). Those benchmark indicators shall measure all of the following among youth
2who have participated in a program funded under sub. (2) (a) or (b):
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1. The rate of participation in violent or other delinquent behavior.
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2. The rate of alcohol and other drug use and abuse.
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3. The rate of nonmarital pregnancy and the rate at which abstinence is used
6to prevent nonmarital pregnancy.
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4. The rate of substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect.
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5. The development of self-sufficiency, as indicated by the rate of high school
9graduation, the degree of vocational preparedness, any improvements in social and
10other interpersonal skills and in responsible decision making and any other
11indicators that the department considers important in indicating the development
12of adolescent self-sufficiency.
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6. Any other indicators that the department considers important in indicating
14the development of positive behaviors among adolescents.
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(b) The department shall require a grant recipient under sub. (2) (a) or (b) to
16provide an annual report showing the status of its program participants in terms of
17the benchmark indicators provided under par. (a) and may renew a grant only if the
18recipient shows improvement on those indicators.
SB45, s. 1123
19Section
1123. 46.995 of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this
20act), is repealed.
SB45, s. 1124
21Section
1124. 46.995 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.995
(2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. (intro.) From the
23appropriation
account under s. 20.435 (3)
(eg) (ky), the department may allocate
24$582,100 in each fiscal year to provide a grant annually to a public or private entity
25or to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or
1band to provide services in counties or to a tribe or band for adolescent parents which
2shall emphasize high school graduation and vocational preparation, training and
3experience and may be structured so as to strengthen the adolescent parent's
4capacity to fulfill parental responsibilities by developing social skills and increasing
5parenting skills. The public or private entity seeking to receive a grant to provide
6these services shall develop a proposed service plan that is approved by the
7department. Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the
8department shall rank individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the
9award of grants under this subsection, based on all of the following factors:
SB45, s. 1125
10Section
1125. 46.995 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.995
(3) Adolescent pregnancy prevention services. From the
12appropriation under s. 20.435 (3)
(eg) (ky), the department may allocate $340,000 in
13each fiscal year to provide a grant annually to a public or private entity or to the
14elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to
15provide to high-risk adolescents pregnancy and parenthood prevention services
16which shall be structured so as to increase development of decision-making and
17communications skills, promote graduation from high school and expand career and
18other options and which may address needs of adolescents with respect to pregnancy
19prevention. Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the
20department shall rank individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the
21award of grants under this subsection, based on the factors specified under sub. (2)
22(a) to (d).
SB45, s. 1126
23Section
1126. 46.996 of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this
24act), is repealed.
SB45, s. 1127
25Section
1127. 46.996 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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146.996 Adolescent services. (intro.) From the appropriation
account under
2s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department shall
allocate funds in distribute $62,500 and from
3the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the department shall distribute
4$287,500, for the following
amounts:
SB45, s. 1128
5Section
1128. 46.997 of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this
6act), is repealed.
SB45, s. 1129
7Section
1129. 46.997 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.997
(2) (intro.) From the appropriation
account under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the
9department shall
allocate not more than $210,000
distribute $52,500 and from the
10appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the department shall distribute
11$157,500 in each fiscal year to make grants to applying organizations for the
12provision, on a regional or tribal project basis, of information to communities in order
13to increase community knowledge about problems of adolescents and information to
14and activities for adolescents, particularly female adolescents, in order to enable the
15adolescents to develop skills with respect to all of the following:
SB45, s. 1130
16Section
1130. 48.02 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.02
(6) "Foster home" means any facility that is operated by a person
18required to be licensed by s. 48.62 (1) (a) and that provides care and maintenance for
19no more than 4 children
unless all of the children are siblings or, if necessary to
20enable a sibling group to remain together, for no more than 6 children or, if the
21department promulgates rules permitting a different number of children, for the
22number of children permitted under those rules.
SB45, s. 1131
23Section
1131. 48.02 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.02
(17) "Shelter care facility" means a nonsecure place of temporary care
2and physical custody for children, including a holdover room, licensed by the
3department under s. 48.66 (1)
(a).
SB45, s. 1132
4Section
1132. 48.48 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.48
(9) To license foster homes or treatment foster homes as provided in s.
648.66 (1)
(a) for its own use or for the use of licensed child welfare agencies or, if
7requested to do so, for the use of county departments.
SB45, s. 1133
8Section
1133. 48.48 (9m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.48
(9m) To license shelter care facilities as provided in s. 48.66 (1)
(a).
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10Section
1134. 48.48 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.48
(10) To license child welfare agencies and day care centers as provided
12in s. 48.66 (1)
(a).
SB45, s. 1135
13Section
1135. 48.55 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1448.55 (title)
State adoption information exchange and state adoption
15center.
SB45, s. 1136
16Section
1136. 48.55 of the statutes is renumbered 48.55 (1) and amended to
17read:
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48.55
(1) The department shall establish a state adoption information
19exchange for the purpose of finding adoptive homes for children with special needs
20who do not have permanent homes
. The department shall adopt rules governing the
21adoption information exchange and, from and a state adoption center for the
22purposes of increasing public knowledge of adoption and promoting to adolescents
23and pregnant women the availability of adoption services. From the appropriation
24under s. 20.435 (3) (dg),
the department may provide not more than
$75,000 $125,000
1in each fiscal year as grants to individuals and private agencies
for to provide 2adoption information exchange services
and to operate the state adoption center.
SB45, s. 1137
3Section
1137. 48.551 (title) and (1) of the statutes are repealed.
SB45, s. 1138
4Section
1138. 48.551 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.55 (2) (intro.)
5and amended to read:
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48.55
(2) (intro.) The department shall promulgate rules
governing the
7adoption information exchange and rules specifying the functions of the state
8adoption center
, which. The rules specifying the functions of the state adoption
9center shall include
all of the following:
SB45, s. 1139
10Section
1139. 48.551 (2) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the statutes are renumbered
1148.55 (2) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).
SB45, s. 1140
12Section
1140. 48.561 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.561
(3) (b) The department of administration
and a county having a
14population of 500,000 or more shall consult to determine the method by which the
15state will shall collect the amount specified in par. (a)
. If the department of
16administration and from a county having a population of 500,000 or more
reach an
17agreement as to that method and if that agreement calls for by deducting all or part
18of that amount from any state payment due that county under s.
46.40, 79.03, 79.04,
1979.058, 79.06 or 79.08
or for adding a special charge to the amount of taxes
20apportioned to and levied on that county under s. 70.60, the. The department of
21administration shall notify the department of revenue, by September 15 of each year,
22of the amount to be deducted from
those the state payments due
or to be added as
23that special charge. If the department of administration and a county having a
24population of 500,000 or more do not reach an agreement as to that method by
25September 15 of each year, the department of administration shall determine that
1method without the agreement of that county under s. 79.03, 79.04, 79.058, 79.06 or
279.08. The department of administration shall credit all amounts collected under
3this paragraph to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (kw) and shall notify
4the county from which those amounts are collected of that collection.
SB45, s. 1141
5Section
1141. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.57
(3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (cz) and
7(kc), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less than
8500,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments under
9this subsection in a county having a population of 500,000 or more.
A Subject to par.
10(ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more,
11the department
shall may make payments in the amount of $215 per month to a
12kinship care relative who is providing care and maintenance for a child if all of the
13following conditions are met:
SB45, s. 1142
14Section
1142. 48.57 (3m) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:
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48.57
(3m) (ap) Notwithstanding fulfillment of the conditions of eligibility
16specified in par. (am) 1. to 6., a kinship care relative who is providing care and
17maintenance for a child is not entitled to receive payments under par. (am).
SB45, s. 1143
18Section
1143. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.57
(3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (cz) and
20(kc), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less than
21500,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments under
22this subsection in a county having a population of 500,000 or more.
A Subject to par.
23(ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more,
24the department
shall may make monthly payments for each child in the amount
25specified in sub. (3m) (am) (intro.) to a long-term kinship care relative who is
1providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following conditions are
2met:
SB45, s. 1144
3Section
1144. 48.57 (3n) (ap) of the statutes is created to read: