AB75: Bill Text

AB75, s. 886 Section 886. 46.29 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 887 Section 887. 46.29 (1) (fm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 888 Section 888. 46.295 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,519,17 46.295 (1) The department may, on the request of any hearing-impaired person, city, village, town, or county or private agency, provide funds from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (6) (7) (d) and (hs) and (7) (d) to reimburse interpreters for hearing-impaired persons for the provision of interpreter services.

AB75, s. 889 Section 889. 46.40 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,519,22 46.40 (2m) (a) Prevention and treatment of substance abuse. For prevention and treatment of substance abuse under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35, the department shall distribute not more than $13,975,500 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $9,735,700 in each fiscal year thereafter.

AB75, s. 890 Section 890. 46.40 (9) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 46.40 (9) (d) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB75,520,3 46.40 (9) (d) 1. (intro.) The From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (b), the department may decrease a county's allocation under sub. (2) by the any of the following amounts:

AB75,520,5 a. The amount of any payment adjustments under s. 49.45 (52) made for that county from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (b).

AB75,520,9 2. The total amount of the decrease for a county under this paragraph subdivision during any fiscal year may not exceed that part of the county's allocation under sub. (2) that derives from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (b) for that fiscal year.

AB75, s. 891 Section 891. 46.40 (9) (d) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB75,520,13 46.40 (9) (d) 1. b. The amount by which the department determines a county failed to comply with the maintenance-of-effort requirement under s. 49.45 (30g) (c) 3.

AB75, s. 892 Section 892. 46.48 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,520,17 46.48 (1) General. From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (5) (bc) and (7) (bc), the department shall distribute award grants for community programs as provided in this section.

AB75, s. 893 Section 893. 46.48 (9) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 894 Section 894. 46.48 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75,520,23 46.48 (9m) Quality home care. The department shall award a grant to the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority for the purpose of providing services to recipients and providers of home care under s. 46.2898 and ch. 52 and may award grants to counties to facilitate transition to procedures established under s. 46.2898.

AB75, s. 895 Section 895. 46.48 (11m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 896 Section 896. 46.48 (30) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,521,9 46.48 (30) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (bc), the department shall distribute grants on a competitive basis to county departments of social services and to private nonprofit organizations, as defined in s. 103.21 (2), for the provision of alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services in counties with a population of 500,000 or more. Grants distributed under this subsection may be used only to provide treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse to individuals who are eligible for federal temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et. seq. and who have a family income of not more than 200% of the poverty line, as defined in s. 49.001 (5).

AB75, s. 897 Section 897. 46.485 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,521,16 46.485 (2g) (intro.) From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (gp), the department may in each fiscal year transfer funds to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (kb) (5) (kc) for distribution under this section and from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (mb) the department may not distribute more than $1,330,500 in each fiscal year to applying counties in this state that meet all of the following requirements, as determined by the department:

AB75, s. 898 Section 898. 46.485 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,521,23 46.485 (3r) Funds from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (kb) (5) (kc) that the department does not distribute to a county before 24 months after June 30 of the fiscal year in which the department allocated the funds to the county under sub. (2g) lapse to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (b). A county may at any time expend funds that the department distributes to the county, consistent with the requirements under sub. (3m).

AB75, s. 899 Section 899. 46.495 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,522,5 46.495 (1) (am) The department shall reimburse each county from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o) for social services as approved by the department under ss. 46.215 (1), (2) (c) 1., and (3) and 46.22 (1) (b) 1. d. and (e) 3. a. except that no reimbursement may be made for the administration of or aid granted under s. 49.02, 2009 stats.

AB75, s. 900 Section 900. 46.56 (8) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,522,13 46.56 (8) (L) In providing integrated services under this section, the service coordination agency and the designated service providers shall include in the integrated service plan all individuals who are active in the care of the child with severe disabilities, including members of the child's family, foster parents, treatment foster parents and other individuals who by close and continued association with the child have come to occupy significant roles in the care and treatment of the child with severe disabilities.

AB75, s. 901 Section 901. 46.56 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,522,19 46.56 (15) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (co), the department shall make available funds to implement programs under this section. The funds may be used to pay for the intake, assessment, case planning and service coordination provided under sub. (8) and for expanding the capacity of the county to provide community-based care and treatment for children with severe disabilities.

AB75, s. 902 Section 902. 46.56 (15) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,522,25 46.56 (15) (b) 4. Submit a description of the existing services in the county for children with severe disabilities, an assessment of any gaps in services, and a plan for using the funds under this program or from other funding sources to develop or expand any needed community-based services such as in-home treatment, treatment foster care, day treatment, respite care , or crisis services.

AB75, s. 903 Section 903. 46.70 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,523,6 46.70 Delivery of services to American Indians. To facilitate the delivery of accessible, available and culturally appropriate social services and mental hygiene services to American Indians by county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42 or 51.437, the department may fund federally recognized tribal governing bodies in this state from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (kL).

AB75, s. 904 Section 904. 46.71 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,523,14 46.71 (1) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (km), and department shall, for the development of new drug abuse prevention, treatment and education programs that are culturally specific with respect to American Indians or to supplement like existing programs, allocate a total of not more than $500,000 in each fiscal year to all the elected governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands that submit to the department plans, approved by the department, that do all of the following:

AB75, s. 905 Section 905. 46.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,523,18 46.71 (2) The amount of funds allocated by the department under sub. (1) may not exceed the amounts appropriated under the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (km).

AB75, s. 906 Section 906. 46.86 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,524,2 46.86 (6) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department may award up to $1,369,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 and up to $1,330,800 in fiscal year 2002-03 and in each fiscal year thereafter, and from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (6) (5) (gb), the department may award not more than $231,300 in fiscal year 2001-02 and not more than $319,500 in fiscal year 2002-03 and in each fiscal year thereafter, as grants to counties and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that do all of the following:

AB75, s. 907 Section 907. 46.96 (1) (ap) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,524,5 46.96 (1) (ap) "Independent living services" has the meaning given under 29 USC 706 (30) 29 USC 705 (18).

AB75, s. 908 Section 908. 46.96 (1) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,524,8 46.96 (1) (at) "Individual with a disability" has the meaning given under 29 USC 706 (8) (B) 29 USC 705 (20).

AB75, s. 909 Section 909. 46.972 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,524,17 46.972 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (1) (ce), the department shall allocate award up to $125,000 in each fiscal year as grants to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing primary health services and any other services that may be funded by the program under 42 USC 256 to homeless individuals. Entities that receive funds allocated awarded by the department under this paragraph shall provide the primary health services as required under 42 USC 256 (f). The department may allocate award to an applying entity up to 100% of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 256 (e).

AB75, s. 910 Section 910. 46.985 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,524,21 46.985 (1) (f) "Parent" means a parent, guardian, legal custodian, or a person acting in the place of a parent, but does not include a foster parent , treatment foster parent or any other paid care provider.

AB75, s. 911 Section 911. 46.986 of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 912 Section 912. 46.99 of the statutes is created to read:

AB75,524,25 46.99 Medical assistance waiver for Birth to 3 participants. (1) In this section, "medical assistance" means the program under subch. IV of ch. 49.

AB75,525,5 (2) The department shall request from the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human services a waiver under 42 USC 1396n (c) that authorizes the provision of home or community-based services under medical assistance to children who are eligible for medical assistance and receive early intervention services under s. 51.44.

AB75,525,10 (3) If the waiver requested under sub. (2) is granted, counties shall provide the nonfederal share of costs for medical assistance services provided under the waiver. Counties may use moneys appropriated under s. 20.435 (7) (bt) and distributed to counties under s. 51.44 (3) (a) to provide the nonfederal share of medical assistance costs.

AB75,525,17 (4) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (o), the department shall distribute to counties that provide services under this section the amount of federal moneys received by the state as the federal share of medical assistance for those services, minus the amount transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (im) for the department's costs of administering this section. Counties shall use moneys distributed under this section to provide services under this section or s. 51.44.

AB75, s. 913 Section 913. 48.01 (1) (gg) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,525,21 48.01 (1) (gg) To promote the adoption of children into safe and stable families rather than allowing children to remain in the impermanence of foster or treatment foster care.

AB75, s. 914 Section 914. 48.02 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,526,2 48.02 (6) "Foster home" means any facility that is operated by a person required to be licensed by s. 48.62 (1) (a) and that provides care and maintenance for no more than 4 children or, if necessary to enable a sibling group to remain together, for no more than 6 children or, if the department promulgates rules permitting a different number of children, for the number of children permitted under those rules.

AB75, s. 915 Section 915. 48.02 (17q) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75, s. 916 Section 916. 48.195 (2) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,526,6 48.195 (2) (d) 5. The child's foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other person having physical custody of the child.

AB75, s. 917 Section 917. 48.207 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,526,9 48.207 (1) (c) A licensed foster home or a licensed treatment foster home provided if the placement does not violate the conditions of the license.

AB75, s. 918 Section 918. 48.207 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,526,14 48.207 (1) (f) The home of a person not a relative, if the placement does not exceed 30 days, though the placement may be extended for an additional 30 days for cause by the court, and if the person has not had a foster home or treatment foster home license under s. 48.62 refused, revoked, or suspended within the last 2 years.

AB75, s. 919 Section 919. 48.207 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,526,19 48.207 (3) A child taken into custody under s. 48.981 may be held in a hospital, foster home, treatment foster home, relative's home , or other appropriate medical or child welfare facility which that is not used primarily for the detention of delinquent children.

AB75, s. 920 Section 920. 48.21 (5) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,526,25 48.21 (5) (d) 2. If a hearing is held under subd. 1., at least 10 days before the date of the hearing the court shall notify the child, any parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, and any foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing.

AB75, s. 921 Section 921. 48.21 (5) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,527,11 48.21 (5) (d) 3. The court shall give a foster parent , treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who is notified of a hearing under subd. 2. an opportunity to be heard at the hearing by permitting the foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian to make a written or oral statement during the hearing, or to submit a written statement prior to the hearing, relevant to the issues to be determined at the hearing. A foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian who receives a notice of a hearing under subd. 2. and an opportunity to be heard under this subdivision does not become a party to the proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving that notice and opportunity to be heard.

AB75, s. 922 Section 922. 48.27 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,528,2 48.27 (3) (a) 1. If the petition that was filed relates to facts concerning a situation under s. 48.13 or a situation under s. 48.133 involving an expectant mother who is a child, the court shall also notify, under s. 48.273, the child, any parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, any foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child, the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem, if applicable, and any person specified in par. (b), (d), or (e), if applicable, of all hearings involving the child except hearings on motions for which notice need only be provided to the child and his or her counsel. When parents who are entitled to notice have the same place of residence, notice to one shall constitute notice to the other. The first notice to any interested party, foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) shall be written and may have a copy of the petition attached to it. Thereafter, notice of hearings may be given by telephone at least 72 hours before the time of the hearing. The person giving telephone notice shall place in the case file a signed statement of the time notice was given and the person to whom he or she spoke.

AB75, s. 923 Section 923. 48.27 (3) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,528,13 48.27 (3) (a) 1m. The court shall give a foster parent , treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who is notified of a hearing under subd. 1. an opportunity to be heard at the hearing by permitting the foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian to make a written or oral statement during the hearing, or to submit a written statement prior to the hearing, relevant to the issues to be determined at the hearing. A foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who receives a notice of a hearing under subd. 1. and an opportunity to be heard under this subdivision does not become a party to the proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving that notice and opportunity to be heard.

AB75, s. 924 Section 924. 48.27 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,528,21 48.27 (3) (a) 2. Failure to give notice under subd. 1. to a foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) does not deprive the court of jurisdiction in the action or proceeding. If a foster parent , treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) is not given notice of a hearing under subd. 1., that person may request a rehearing on the matter during the pendency of an order resulting from the hearing. If the request is made, the court shall order a rehearing.

AB75, s. 925 Section 925. 48.27 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,529,4 48.27 (6) When a proceeding is initiated under s. 48.14, all interested parties shall receive notice and appropriate summons shall be issued in a manner specified by the court, consistent with applicable governing statutes. In addition, if the child who is the subject of the proceeding is in the care of a foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), the court shall give the foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian notice and an opportunity to be heard as provided in sub. (3) (a).

AB75, s. 926 Section 926. 48.299 (1) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,529,18 48.299 (1) (ag) In a proceeding other than a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), if a public hearing is not held, only the parties and their counsel or guardian ad litem, the court-appointed special advocate for the child, the child's foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), witnesses, and other persons requested by a party and approved by the court may be present, except that the court may exclude a foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) from any portion of the hearing if that portion of the hearing deals with sensitive personal information of the child or the child's family or if the court determines that excluding the foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian would be in the best interests of the child. Except in a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), any other person the court finds to have a proper interest in the case or in the work of the court, including a member of the bar, may be admitted by the court.

AB75, s. 927 Section 927. 48.299 (1) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,529,24 48.299 (1) (ar) All hearings under s. 48.375 (7) shall be held in chambers, unless a public fact-finding hearing is demanded by the child through her counsel. In a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), the child's foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) may be present if requested by a party and approved by the court.

AB75, s. 928 Section 928. 48.32 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,530,5 48.32 (1) (c) 2. If a hearing is held under subd. 1., at least 10 days before the date of the hearing the court shall notify the child, any parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, and any foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing.

AB75, s. 929 Section 929. 48.32 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75,530,16 48.32 (1) (c) 3. The court shall give a foster parent , treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who is notified of a hearing under subd. 2. an opportunity to be heard at the hearing by permitting the foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian to make a written or oral statement during the hearing, or to submit a written statement prior to the hearing, relevant to the issues to be determined at the hearing. A foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian who receives a notice of a hearing under subd. 2. and an opportunity to be heard under this subdivision does not become a party to the proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving that notice and opportunity to be heard.

AB75, s. 930 Section 930. 48.33 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: