SB21,1825
1Section 1825. 49.682 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,735,52 49.682 (4) (a) The department may recover amounts under this section for the
3provision of aid provided under s. 49.68, 49.683, or 49.685 paid on and after
4September 1, 1995, and for the provision of aid provided under s. 49.785 paid on or
5after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date]
.
SB21,1826 6Section 1826. 49.682 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,735,107 49.682 (4) (b) The department may file a claim under sub. (2) (a) only with
8respect to a client who dies after September 1, 1995. The department may file a claim
9under sub. (2) (am) only with respect to a client who dies after the effective date of
10this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].
SB21,1827 11Section 1827. 49.682 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,735,1712 49.682 (5) The department shall promulgate rules establishing standards for
13determining whether the application of this section with respect to a claim under
14sub. (1) (a)
would work an undue hardship in individual cases. If the department
15determines that the application of this section with respect to a claim under sub. (1)
16(a)
would work an undue hardship in a particular case, the department shall waive
17application of this section in that case.
SB21,1828 18Section 1828. 49.688 (2) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,735,2219 49.688 (2) (a) 6. The person applies for and, if eligible, enrolls in Medicare
20under Part D of Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, 42 USC 1395w-101 to
211395w-153, if the secretary of the federal department of health and human services
22approves the condition on eligibility under this subdivision.
SB21,1829 23Section 1829. 49.688 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,736,524 49.688 (2) (b) A person to whom par. (a) 1. to 3. and, 5., and 6. applies, but whose
25annual household income, as determined by the department, exceeds 240% of the

1federal poverty line for a family the size of the persons' eligible family, is eligible to
2purchase a prescription drug at the amounts specified in sub. (5) (a) 4. only during
3the remaining amount of any 12-month period in which the person has first paid the
4annual deductible specified in sub. (3) (b) 2. a. in purchasing prescription drugs at
5the retail price and has then paid the annual deductible specified in sub. (3) (b) 2. b.
SB21,1830 6Section 1830. 49.78 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,736,157 49.78 (5) Personnel examinations. Statewide examinations to ascertain
8qualifications of applicants in any county department administering aid to families
9with dependent children shall be given by the administrator of the division director
10of the bureau
of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment
11relations
department of administration. The office of state employment relations
12department of administration shall be reimbursed for actual expenditures incurred
13in the performance of its functions under this section from the appropriations
14available to the department of children and families for administrative
15expenditures.
SB21,1831 16Section 1831. 49.785 (1m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,736,2117 49.785 (1m) (d) If the recipient, or the recipient's spouse or another person,
18owns a life insurance policy insuring the recipient's life and the face value of the
19policy is more than $3,000, any amount that the department would be obligated to
20pay under sub. (1) shall be reduced by one dollar for every dollar by which the face
21value of the policy exceeds $3,000.
SB21,1832 22Section 1832. 49.785 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,736,2523 49.785 (2) The department shall pursue recovery of any amounts paid under
24sub. (1) from the estate of the recipient and from the estate of any surviving spouse
25of the recipient as provided in s. 49.682.
SB21,1833
1Section 1833. 49.79 (9) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,737,62 49.79 (9) (d) 1. The department shall request from the secretary of the federal
3department of agriculture a waiver to permit the department to screen and, if
4indicated, test, as specified by the department in the waiver request, participants in
5an employment and training program under this subsection for illegal use of a
6controlled substance without presenting evidence of a valid prescription.
SB21,737,117 2. If a waiver under subd. 1. is granted and in effect, the department shall
8screen and, if indicated, test, in a manner approved in the waiver granted by the
9secretary of the federal department of agriculture, participants in an employment
10and training program under this subsection for illegal use of a controlled substance
11without presenting evidence of a valid prescription.
SB21,1834 12Section 1834. 49.849 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,737,1513 49.849 (1) (c) "Nonrecipient surviving spouse" means any person who was
14married to a recipient while the recipient was receiving or when the recipient
15received
public assistance and who survived the recipient.
SB21,1835 16Section 1835. 49.849 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,737,2017 49.849 (1) (e) "Public assistance" means any services provided as a benefit
18under a long-term care program, as defined in s. 49.496 (1) (bk), medical assistance
19under subch. IV, long-term community support services funded under s. 46.27 (7),
20or aid under s. 49.68, 49.683, or 49.685, or 49.785.
SB21,1836 21Section 1836. 49.849 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,738,322 49.849 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. (b), the department may collect from the
23property of a decedent by affidavit under sub. (3) (b) or by lien under sub. (4) (a) an
24amount equal to the medical assistance that is recoverable under s. 49.496 (3) (a), the
25long-term community support services under s. 46.27 that is recoverable under s.

146.27 (7g) (c) 1., or the aid under s. 49.68, 49.683, or, 49.685, or 49.785 that is
2recoverable under s. 49.682 (2) (a) or (am), and that was paid on behalf of the
3decedent or the decedent's spouse, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
SB21,1837 4Section 1837. 49.849 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,738,75 49.849 (2) (a) 1. The decedent died after September 30, 1991, or for the recovery
6of aid under s. 49.785 the decedent died after the effective date of this subdivision
7.... [LRB inserts date]
.
SB21,1838 8Section 1838. 49.849 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,738,119 49.849 (2) (a) 2. The decedent is not survived by a spouse, a child who is under
10age 21, or a child who is disabled, as defined in s. 49.468 (1) (a) 1. This subdivision
11does not apply for the recovery of aid under s. 49.785.
SB21,1839 12Section 1839. 49.849 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,738,1913 49.849 (3) (b) A person who possesses or receives property of a decedent shall
14transmit the property to the department, if the conditions in sub. (2) (a) 1. and, if
15applicable, sub. (2) (a)
2. are satisfied, upon receipt of an affidavit by a person
16designated by the secretary of health services to administer this section showing that
17the department paid on behalf of the decedent or the decedent's spouse recoverable
18benefits specified in sub. (2) (a). Upon transmittal, the person is released from any
19obligation to other creditors or heirs of the decedent.
SB21,1840 20Section 1840. 49.849 (3) (c) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,738,2321 49.849 (3) (c) 5. That the person may request from the department a hardship
22waiver, if the person co-owned the property with the decedent or is a beneficiary of
23the property. This subdivision does not apply for the recovery of aid under s. 49.785.
SB21,1841 24Section 1841. 49.849 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.849 (3) (c) 6. How to request a hardship waiver under subd. 5. This
2subdivision does not apply for the recovery of aid under s. 49.785.
SB21,1842 3Section 1842. 49.849 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,739,64 49.849 (4) (b) (intro.) The Except as provided in par. (bm), the department may
5enforce a lien under par. (a) by foreclosure in the same manner as a mortgage on real
6property, unless any of the following is alive:
SB21,1843 7Section 1843. 49.849 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,739,118 49.849 (4) (bm) The department may enforce a lien under par. (a) for the
9recovery of aid under s. 49.785 by foreclosure in the same manner as a mortgage on
10real property regardless of whether the decedent's spouse or any child of the decedent
11is alive.
SB21,1844 12Section 1844. 49.849 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,739,1813 49.849 (6) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (4) (im), with respect
14to funds collected by the department under sub. (2) related to long-term community
15support services funded under s. 46.27 (7) paid on behalf of the decedent or the
16decedent's spouse, the department shall pay claims under sub. (5) and shall spend
17the remainder of the funds recovered under this section for long-term community
18support services funded under s. 46.27 (7).
SB21,1845 19Section 1845. 49.849 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,739,2520 49.849 (7) Rules for hardship waiver. The department shall promulgate rules
21establishing standards to determine whether the application of this section would
22work an undue hardship in individual cases. If the department determines that the
23application of this section would work an undue hardship in a particular case, the
24department shall waive the application of this section in that case. This subsection
25does not apply with respect to the recovery of aid under s. 49.785.
SB21,1846
1Section 1846. 49.85 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,740,122 49.85 (1) Department notification requirement. If a county department under
3s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or a governing body of a federally recognized American
4Indian tribe or band determines that the department of health services may recover
5an amount under s. 49.497, 49.793, or 49.847, or that the department of children and
6families may recover an amount under s. 49.138 (5), 49.161, or 49.195 (3) or collect
7an amount under s. 49.147 (6) (cm), the county department or governing body shall
8notify the affected department of the determination. If a Wisconsin Works agency
9determines that the department of children and families may recover an amount
10under s. 49.138 (5), 49.161, or 49.195 (3), or collect an amount under s. 49.147 (6) (cm),
11the Wisconsin Works agency shall notify the department of children and families of
12the determination.
SB21,1847 13Section 1847. 49.85 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,740,2214 49.85 (2) (b) At least annually, the department of children and families shall
15certify to the department of revenue the amounts that, based on the notifications
16received under sub. (1) and on other information received by the department of
17children and families, the department of children and families has determined that
18it may recover under ss. 49.138 (5), 49.161, and 49.195 (3) and collect under s. 49.147
19(6) (cm), except that the department of children and families may not certify an
20amount under this subsection unless it has met the notice requirements under sub.
21(3) and unless its determination has either not been appealed or is no longer under
22appeal.
SB21,1848 23Section 1848. 49.85 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,741,324 49.85 (3) (b) 1. Inform the person that the department of children and families
25intends to certify to the department of revenue an amount that the department of

1children and families has determined to be due under s. 49.138 (5), 49.161, or 49.195
2(3) or to be delinquent under a repayment agreement for a loan under s. 49.147 (6),
3for setoff from any state tax refund that may be due the person.
SB21,1849 4Section 1849. 49.854 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.854 (5) (c) 1. and
5amended to read:
SB21,741,126 49.854 (5) (c) 1. Notwithstanding par. (b), if a lien under par. (b) is in favor of
7another state, the notice sent by the department to the financial institution may
8consist of the request from the other state to enforce the lien, a certification by the
9department that any necessary due process requirements were met in the other
10state, a request that the financial institution honor the request from the other state
11by sending the amount specified in the request directly to the other state, and the
12address to which the financial institution shall send the funds.
SB21,741,14 133. Notice and hearing requirements under pars. (d) and (f) do not apply to a lien
14in favor of another state.
SB21,1850 15Section 1850. 49.854 (5) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,741,2416 49.854 (5) (c) 2. If a financial institution receives directly from another state,
17or a child support agency in another state, a notice of levy or request to enforce a lien
18in favor of that other state, along with a certification by the other state that any
19necessary due process requirements were met in the other state, the financial
20institution shall honor the notice of levy or request from the other state by sending
21the amount specified in the notice of levy or request, up to the amount contained in
22the account or accounts minus any financial institution fee under par. (e) and levy
23fee under sub. (11) (a), directly to the other state at the address to which the financial
24institution is directed to send the funds in the notice or request.
SB21,1851 25Section 1851. 49.854 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.854 (5) (e) Financial institution fees. A financial institution may continue
2to collect fees, under the terms of the account agreement, on accounts frozen or levied
3against
under this subsection. In addition to the levy fee authorized under sub. (11)
4(a), a financial institution may collect any early withdrawal penalty incurred under
5the terms of an account as a result of the levy. Financial institution fees authorized
6under this paragraph may be charged to the account immediately prior to the
7remittance of the amount to the department or the other state and may be charged
8even if the amounts in the obligor's accounts are insufficient to pay the total amount
9of support owed and the department's levy costs under sub. (11) (b).
SB21,1852 10Section 1852. 49.855 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.855 (1) (a) and
11amended to read:
SB21,742,1912 49.855 (1) (a) If a person obligated to pay child support, family support,
13maintenance, or the receiving and disbursing fee under s. 767.57 (1e) (a) is
14delinquent in making any of those payments, or owes an outstanding amount that
15has been ordered by the court for past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses,
16upon application under s. 59.53 (5) for cases in which the payee is receiving services
17under s. 49.22 or the state is a real party in interest under s. 767.205 (2),
the
18department of children and families shall certify the delinquent payment or
19outstanding amount to the department of revenue and, at.
SB21,742,24 20(b) At least annually, the department of children and families shall certify to
21the department of revenue delinquent payments of the receiving and disbursing fee
22under s. 767.57 (1e) (a) not certified under par. (a) and
shall provide to the
23department of revenue any certifications of delinquencies or outstanding amounts
24that it receives from another state because the obligor resides in this state.
SB21,1853 25Section 1853 . 49.857 (1) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.857 (1) (d) 4. A certification, license, training permit, registration, approval
2or certificate issued under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11., 252.23 (2), 252.24 (2), 254.176 (1) or (3)
3(a), 254.178 (2) (a), 254.20 (2), (3) or (4), 254.47 (1), 254.64 (1) (a) or (b), 254.71 (2),
4255.08 (2), or 256.15 (5) (a) or (b), (6g) (a), or (8) (a).
SB21,1854 5Section 1854 . 49.857 (1) (d) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
6Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB21,743,107 49.857 (1) (d) 4. A certification, license, training permit, registration, approval
8or certificate issued under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11., 97.33, 97.605 (1) (a) or (b), 97.67 (1),
9254.176 (1) or (3) (a), 254.178 (2) (a), 254.20 (2), (3) or (4), 254.47 (1), 254.64 (1) (a)
10or (b), 254.71 (2),
or 256.15 (5) (a) or (b), (6g) (a), or (8) (a).
SB21,1855 11Section 1855. 49.857 (1) (d) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,743,1212 49.857 (1) (d) 8. A license issued under s. 102.17 (1) (c), 104.07 or 105.05.
SB21,1856 13Section 1856. 49.857 (1) (d) 20. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,743,1514 49.857 (1) (d) 20. A license issued under s. 102.17 (1) (c), 628.04, 628.92 (1),
15632.69 (2), or 633.14 or a temporary license issued under s. 628.09.
SB21,1857 16Section 1857. 50.01 (1g) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,743,1917 50.01 (1g) (i) A facility licensed as a foster home, group home, or residential
18care center for children and youth that provides care and maintenance for persons
19specified in s. 48.599 (1g) or 48.619.
SB21,1858 20Section 1858. 50.034 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,744,321 50.034 (5m) Provision of information required. Subject to sub. (5p), when a
22residential care apartment complex first provides written material regarding the
23residential care apartment complex to a prospective resident, the residential care
24apartment complex shall also provide the prospective resident information specified
25by the department concerning the services of a resource center or other entity under

1s. 46.283, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, and the availability of a functional
2screening and a financial and cost-sharing screening to determine the prospective
3resident's eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1).
SB21,1859 4Section 1859. 50.034 (5n) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,744,115 50.034 (5n) Required referral. (intro.) Subject to sub. (5p), when a residential
6care apartment complex first provides written material regarding the residential
7care apartment complex to a prospective resident who is at least 65 years of age or
8has developmental disability or a physical disability and whose disability or
9condition is expected to last at least 90 days, the residential care apartment complex
10shall refer the prospective resident to a resource center or other entity under s.
1146.283, unless any of the following applies:
SB21,1860 12Section 1860. 50.034 (5n) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,744,1613 50.034 (5n) (a) For a person for whom a screening for functional eligibility
14under s. 46.286 (1) (a) has been performed within the previous 6 months, the referral
15under this subsection need not include performance of an additional functional
16screening under s. 46.283 (4) (g) (3) (o).
SB21,1861 17Section 1861. 50.034 (5n) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,744,2318 50.034 (5n) (d) For a person who seeks admission or is about to be admitted on
19a private pay basis and who waives the requirement for a financial and cost-sharing
20screening under s. 46.283 (4) (g) (3) (o), the referral under this subsection may not
21include performance of a financial and cost-sharing screening under s. 46.283 (4) (g)
22(3) (o), unless the person is expected to become eligible for medical assistance within
236 months.
SB21,1862 24Section 1862. 50.034 (5p) of the statutes is amended to read:
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150.034 (5p) Applicability. Subsections (5m) and (5n) apply only if the secretary
2has certified under s. 46.281 (3) that a resource center or other entity is available for
3the residential care apartment complex and for specified groups of eligible
4individuals that include those persons seeking admission to or the residents of the
5residential care apartment complex.
SB21,1863 6Section 1863. 50.034 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,745,127 50.034 (6) Funding. Funding for supportive, personal or nursing services that
8a person who resides in a residential care apartment complex receives, other than
9private or 3rd-party funding, may be provided only under s. 46.27 (11) (c) 7. or 46.277
10(5) (e), except if the provider of the services is a certified medical assistance provider
11under s. 49.45 or if the funding is provided as a family care benefit under ss. the
12family care program as defined in s.
46.2805 to 46.2895 (4m).
SB21,1864 13Section 1864. 50.035 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,745,2214 50.035 (4m) Provision of information required. Subject to sub. (4p), when a
15community-based residential facility first provides written material regarding the
16community-based residential facility to a prospective resident, the
17community-based residential facility shall also provide the prospective resident
18information specified by the department concerning the services of a resource center
19or other entity under s. 46.283, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, and the
20availability of a functional screening and a financial and cost-sharing screening to
21determine the prospective resident's eligibility for the family care benefit under s.
2246.286 (1).
SB21,1865 23Section 1865. 50.035 (4n) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,746,924 50.035 (4n) Required referral. (intro.) When a community-based residential
25facility first provides written information regarding the community-based

1residential facility to a prospective resident who is at least 65 years of age or has
2developmental disability or a physical disability and whose disability or condition is
3expected to last at least 90 days, the community-based residential facility shall refer
4the individual to a resource center or other entity under s. 46.283 or, if the secretary
5has not certified under s. 46.281 (3) that a resource center or other entity is available
6in the area of the community-based residential facility to serve individuals in an
7eligibility group to which the prospective resident belongs, to the county department
8that administers a program under ss. 46.27 or 46.277, unless any of the following
9applies:
SB21,1866 10Section 1866. 50.035 (4n) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,746,1411 50.035 (4n) (a) For a person for whom a screening for functional eligibility
12under s. 46.286 (1) (a) has been performed within the previous 6 months, the referral
13under this subsection need not include performance of an additional functional
14screening under s. 46.283 (4) (g) (3) (o).
SB21,1867 15Section 1867. 50.035 (4n) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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