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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
March 12, 2010 - Introduced by Representatives Honadel, Gundrum, Gottlieb,
Kleefisch, Nygren, Pridemore, Townsend
and Vos, cosponsored by Senators
Darling, Plale and Hopper. Referred to Committee on Children and
Families.
AB845,1,3 1An Act to amend 49.155 (6m) (a); and to create 49.155 (6p) of the statutes;
2relating to: a biometric fingerprint identification system for enrollment and
3monitoring child care attendance under Wisconsin Shares.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
The Wisconsin Works (W-2) program under current law, which is administered
by the Department of Children and Families (DCF), provides work experience and
benefits for low-income custodial parents who are at least 18 years old. Also, an
individual who is the parent of a child under the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled,
under the age of 19, may receive a child care subsidy under W-2 if the individual
needs child care services to participate in various educational or work activities and
satisfies other eligibility criteria. The child care subsidy program under W-2 is
known as Wisconsin Shares.
Under current law, child care providers who receive a subsidy for providing
child care to children under Wisconsin Shares are required to maintain a written
record of the daily hours of attendance, including arrival and departure times, for
each child for whom the provider provides care. This record must be retained for each
child for at least three years after the child's last day of attendance. Under this bill,
DCF is required to implement, by January 1, 2011, a biometric fingerprint
identification system for initially enrolling and then registering the arrival and
departure each day of each child receiving child care under Wisconsin Shares and for
conducting random attendance inspections at other times. DCF must supply the
necessary software, and each child care provider who provides child care under

Wisconsin Shares must purchase and install the hardware necessary for use of the
system. After the system is implemented, child care providers would no longer be
required to make a written record of a child's daily hours of attendance.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB845, s. 1 1Section 1. 49.155 (6m) (a) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act
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, is amended to read:
AB845,2,53 49.155 (6m) (a) Maintain Subject to sub. (6p) (c), maintain a written record of
4the daily hours of attendance of each child for whom the provider is providing care
5under this section, including the actual arrival and departure times for each child.
AB845, s. 2 6Section 2. 49.155 (6p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB845,2,177 49.155 (6p) Biometric fingerprint ID system. (a) The department shall, by
8January 1, 2011, implement a biometric fingerprint identification system for
9enrolling and monitoring attendance of children for whom care is provided under this
10section. The department shall require each child care provider that provides child
11care under this section to use the biometric fingerprint identification system to
12initially enroll each child for whom the child care provider provides care under this
13section and then to register the arrival and departure each day of each such child for
14whom the child care provider provides care that day. In addition to enrolling children
15and monitoring their daily arrivals and departures, the department shall use the
16biometric fingerprint system to conduct random inspections of children's attendance
17at times other than arrival or departure.
AB845,3,3
1(b) The department shall be responsible for supplying any necessary software.
2Each child care provider shall be required to purchase and install the hardware
3necessary for its use.
AB845,3,74 (c) When the identification system under this subsection has been
5implemented, the department shall advise each child care provider that the provider
6is no longer required to make a daily written record under sub. (6m) (a) of the hours
7of attendance for the children for whom the provider provides care under this section.
AB845,3,88 (End)
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