SB21: Bill Text

SB21,1458 Section 1458. 45.51 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,614,7 45.51 (2) (a) 3. A spouse, or surviving spouse, or parent of a person under subd. 1. or 2 or a parent of a person who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces.

SB21,1459 Section 1459. 45.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.60 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21,614,13 45.60 (1) (a) (intro.) The department shall administer a program to coordinate the provision of military funeral honors in this state to deceased veterans and to deceased persons who have served under honorable conditions in any national guard or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces. all of the following:

SB21,1460 Section 1460. 45.60 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,614,15 45.60 (1) (a) 1. Military personnel on active duty.

SB21,1461 Section 1461. 45.60 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,614,18 45.60 (1) (a) 2. Former military members who served on active duty and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

SB21,1462 Section 1462. 45.60 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,614,20 45.60 (1) (a) 3. Members of the selective service.

SB21,1463 Section 1463. 45.60 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,614,24 45.60 (1) (a) 4. Former members of the selected reserve and national guard who served at least one term of enlistment or period of initial obligated service and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

SB21,1464 Section 1464. 45.60 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,615,2 45.60 (1) (a) 5. Former members of the selected reserve or national guard who were discharged due to a service-connected disability.

SB21,1465 Section 1465. 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,615,16 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this section and employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after August 9, 1989, is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the division bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations department of administration, or is appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. The grant shall be $8,500 for a county with a population of less than 20,000, $10,000 for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $11,500 for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $13,000 for a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.

SB21,1466 Section 1466. 46.011 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.011 (1e).

SB21,1467 Section 1467. 46.011 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,615,21 46.011 (1c) "Community-based juvenile delinquency-related services" means juvenile delinquency-related services provided under ch. 938 other than juvenile correctional services.

SB21,1468 Section 1468. 46.011 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,616,2 46.011 (1p) "Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a juvenile who is being held in a juvenile detention facility or who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), (4m), or (4n) (a), or 938.357 (4).

SB21,1469 Section 1469. 46.011 (1p) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,616,8 46.011 (1p) "Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a juvenile who is being held in a juvenile detention facility or who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), (4m), or (4n) (a), or 938.357 (4).

SB21,1470 Section 1470. 46.03 (18) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,616,19 46.03 (18) (a) Except as provided in s. 46.10 (14) (b) and (c), the department shall establish a uniform system of fees for services provided or purchased by the department, or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42, or 51.437, except for services provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49; community-based juvenile delinquency-related services; juvenile correctional services; services provided to courts; and outreach, information, and referral services; or when, as determined by the department, a fee is administratively unfeasible or would significantly prevent accomplishing the purpose of the service. A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42, or 51.437 shall apply the fees that it collects under this program to cover the cost of those services.

SB21,1471 Section 1471. 46.03 (20) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,617,2 46.03 (20) (a) Except for payments provided under ch. 48 or subch. III of ch. 49, the The department may make payments directly to recipients of public assistance or to such persons authorized to receive such those payments in accordance with law and rules of the department on behalf of the counties. Except for payments provided under ch. 48 or subch. III of ch. 49, the The department may charge the counties for the cost of operating public assistance systems which that make such those payments.

SB21,1472 Section 1472. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,617,12 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $2,707,100 $2,929,200 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16 and $2,772,800 $2,997,600 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17, for services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.

SB21,1473 Section 1473. 46.10 (14) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,617,22 46.10 (14) (e) 1. An order issued under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 48.357 (5m) (a) or 48.363 (2) for support determined under this subsection constitutes an assignment of all commissions, earnings, salaries, wages, pension benefits, income continuation insurance benefits under s. 40.62, duty disability benefits under s. 40.65, benefits under ch. 102 or 108 and other money due or to be due in the future to the county department under s. 46.22 or 46.23 in the county where the order was entered or to the department, depending upon the placement of the child as specified by rules promulgated under subd. 5. The assignment shall be for an amount sufficient to ensure payment under the order.

SB21,1474 Section 1474. 46.206 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,618,8 46.206 (1) (a) The department shall supervise the administration of social services, except as for social services provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and except for, community-based juvenile delinquency-related services, and juvenile correctional services. The department shall submit to the federal authorities state plans for the administration of social services, except as for social services provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and except for, community-based juvenile delinquency-related services, and juvenile correctional services, in such form and containing such information as the federal authorities require, and shall comply with all requirements prescribed to ensure their correctness.

SB21,1475 Section 1475. 46.206 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,618,13 46.206 (2) The county administration of all laws relating to social services, except with respect to the programs under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and to juvenile delinquency-related programs, shall be vested in the officers and agencies designated in the statutes.

SB21,1476 Section 1476. 46.21 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,619,7 46.21 (2m) (c) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), and 253.07 (3) (c), a subunit of a county department of human services or tribal agency acting under this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of human services or tribal agency, with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), a care management organization, or a long-term care district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of human services or tribal agency or with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), a care management organization, or a long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of human services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information under this paragraph shall document that a request for information was received and what information was provided.

SB21,1477 Section 1477 . 46.21 (2m) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,620,2 46.21 (2m) (c) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), and 253.07 (3) (c), a subunit of a county department of human services or tribal agency acting under this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of human services or tribal agency, with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), or a care management organization, or a long-term care district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of human services or tribal agency or with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), or a care management organization, or a long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of human services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information under this paragraph shall document that a request for information was received and what information was provided.

SB21,1478 Section 1478. 46.215 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,620,10 46.215 (1) (d) To make investigations that relate to services under subchs. IV and V of ch. 49 upon request by the department of health services, to make investigations that relate to juvenile delinquency-related correctional services at the request of the department of corrections, and to make investigations that relate to programs under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 or to community-based juvenile delinquency-related services upon request by the department of children and families.

SB21,1479 Section 1479. 46.215 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,620,14 46.215 (1) (r) If authorized under s. 46.283 (1) (a) 1., to apply to the department of health services to operate a resource center under s. 46.283 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.283 (2), to operate the resource center.

SB21,1480 Section 1480. 46.215 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,620,19 46.215 (1) (s) If authorized under s. 46.284 (1) (a) 1., to apply to the department of health services to operate a care management organization under s. 46.284 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.284 (2), to operate the care management organization and, if appropriate, place funds in a risk reserve.

SB21,1481 Section 1481. 46.215 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,621,13 46.215 (1m) Exchange of information; long-term care. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c), and 938.78 (2) (a), a subunit of a county department of social services or tribal agency acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of social services or tribal agency, with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), a care management organization, or a long-term care district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of social services or tribal agency or with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), a care management organization, or a long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of social services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information under this subsection shall document that a request for information was received and what information was provided.

SB21,1482 Section 1482 . 46.215 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,622,8 46.215 (1m) Exchange of information; long-term care. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c), and 938.78 (2) (a), a subunit of a county department of social services or tribal agency acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of social services or tribal agency, with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), or a care management organization, or a long-term care district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of social services or tribal agency or with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), or a care management organization, or a long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of social services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information under this subsection shall document that a request for information was received and what information was provided.

SB21,1483 Section 1483. 46.215 (1p) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,622,16 46.215 (1p) Exchange of information; statewide automated child welfare information system. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78 (2) (a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c), 938.396 (1) (a) and (2), and 938.78 (2) (a), a county department under this section may enter the content of any record kept or information received by that county department into the statewide automated child welfare information system established under s. 48.47 (7g).

SB21,1484 Section 1484. 46.215 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,623,3 46.215 (2) (a) 1. In order to ensure the availability of a full range of care and services, the county department of social services may contract, either directly or through the department of health services, with public or voluntary agencies or others to purchase, in full or in part, care and services, except as provided under subch. III of ch. 49 and s. 301.08 (2), which and except for community-based juvenile delinquency-related services, that the county department of social services is authorized by any statute to furnish in any manner. This That care and these those services may be purchased from the department of health services if the department of health services has staff to furnish the that care and those services. If the county department of social services has adequate staff, it may sell the that care and those services directly to another county or state agency.

SB21,1485 Section 1485. 46.215 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,623,14 46.215 (2) (a) 2. In order to ensure the availability of a full range of care and services, the county department of social services may contract, either directly or through the department of children and families, with public or voluntary agencies, or others to purchase, in full or in part, care and services under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 which and community-based juvenile delinquency-related services that the county department of social services is authorized to furnish. This That care and these those services may be purchased from the department of children and families if the department of children and families has staff to furnish the that care and those services. If the county department of social services has adequate staff, it may sell the that care and those services directly to another county or state agency.

SB21,1486 Section 1486. 46.215 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,623,25 46.215 (2) (a) 3. In order to ensure the availability of a full range of care and services, the county department of social services may contract, either directly or through the department of corrections, with public or voluntary agencies , or others to purchase, in full or in part, juvenile delinquency-related care and services which correctional services that the county department of social services is authorized by any statute to furnish in any manner. Such That care and those services may be purchased from the department of corrections if the department of corrections has staff to furnish the that care and those services. If the county department of social services has adequate staff, it may sell the that care and those services directly to another county or state agency.

SB21,1487 Section 1487. 46.215 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,624,13 46.215 (2) (c) 1. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 46.036, plans and contracts for the purchase of care and services to be purchased, except for care and services under subch. III of ch. 49 or s. 301.08 (2) and community-based juvenile delinquency-related services. The department of health services may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 46.036 and if state or federal funds are available for such those purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of health services to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of health services may not make any payments to a county for programs included in a contract under review by the committee. The department of health services shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o), as appropriate, under s. 46.495.

SB21,1488 Section 1488. 46.215 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,624,24 46.215 (2) (c) 2. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 49.34, plans and contracts for the purchase of care and services to be purchased under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and of community-based juvenile delinquency-related services. The department of children and families may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 49.34 and if state or federal funds are available for such those purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of children and families to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of children and families may not make any payments to a county for programs included in a contract under review by the committee.

SB21,1489 Section 1489. 46.215 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,625,12 46.215 (2) (c) 3. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for juvenile delinquency-related care and services to be purchased the purchase of juvenile correctional services. The department of corrections may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 301.08 (2) and if state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of corrections to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of corrections children and families may not make any payments under s. 48.526 to a county for programs included in a contract under review by the committee. The department of corrections children and families shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.410 (3) (cd) and (ko) 20.437 (1) (cj) and (o) as appropriate.

SB21,1490 Section 1490. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,625,17 46.22 (1) (b) 1. b. To make investigations which that relate to welfare services, except as for welfare services provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49, community-based juvenile delinquency-related services, and juvenile correctional services, upon request by the department of health services.

SB21,1491 Section 1491. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. j. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,625,22 46.22 (1) (b) 1. j. If authorized under s. 46.283 (1) (a) 1., to apply to the department of health services to operate a resource center under s. 46.283 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.283 (2), to operate the resource center.

SB21,1492 Section 1492. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. k. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,626,3 46.22 (1) (b) 1. k. If authorized under s. 46.284 (1) (a) 1., to apply to the department of health services to operate a care management organization under s. 46.284 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.284 (2), to operate the care management organization and, if appropriate, place funds in a risk reserve.

SB21,1493 Section 1493. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,626,6 46.22 (1) (b) 2. a. To administer community-based juvenile delinquency-related services under s. 48.526.

SB21,1494 Section 1494. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,626,11 46.22 (1) (b) 2. c. To make investigations as provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and investigations relating to community-based juvenile delinquency-related services upon request by the department of children and families.

SB21,1495 Section 1495. 46.22 (1) (b) 5m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,626,14 46.22 (1) (b) 5m. a. To administer juvenile delinquency-related correctional services under s. 301.26.

SB21,1496 Section 1496. 46.22 (1) (b) 5m. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,626,18 46.22 (1) (b) 5m. c. To make investigations relating to juvenile delinquency-related correctional services upon request by the department of corrections.

SB21,1497 Section 1497. 46.22 (1) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,627,12 46.22 (1) (dm) Exchange of information; long-term care. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c), and 938.78 (2) (a), a subunit of a county department of social services or tribal agency acting under this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of social services or tribal agency, with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), a care management organization, or a long-term care district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of social services or tribal agency or with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), a care management organization, or a long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of social services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information under this paragraph shall document that a request for information was received and what information was provided.

SB21,1498 Section 1498 . 46.22 (1) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,628,7 46.22 (1) (dm) Exchange of information; long-term care. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c), and 938.78 (2) (a), a subunit of a county department of social services or tribal agency acting under this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of social services or tribal agency, with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), or a care management organization, or a long-term care district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of social services or tribal agency or with a resource center or other contracted entity under s. 46.283 (2), or a care management organization, or a long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of social services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information under this paragraph shall document that a request for information was received and what information was provided.

SB21,1499 Section 1499. 46.22 (1) (dp) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,628,15 46.22 (1) (dp) Exchange of information; statewide automated child welfare information system. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78 (2) (a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c), 938.396 (1) (a) and (2), and 938.78 (2) (a), a county department under this section may enter the content of any record kept or information received by that county department into the statewide automated child welfare information system established under s. 48.47 (7g).

SB21,1500 Section 1500. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,629,3 46.22 (1) (e) 3. a. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 46.036, plans and contracts for the purchase of care and services, except for care and services provided under ch. 48, subch. III of ch. 49, and s. 301.08 (2), to be purchased and community-based juvenile delinquency-related services. The department of health services may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 46.036 and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for such those purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of health services to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of health services may not make any payments to a county for programs included in the contract that is under review by the committee. The department of health services shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o) according to s. 46.495.

SB21,1501 Section 1501. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,629,14 46.22 (1) (e) 3. b. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 49.34, plans and contracts for the purchase of care and services under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 to be purchased and of community-based juvenile delinquency-related services. The department of children and families may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 49.34 and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of children and families to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of children and families may not make any payments to a county for programs included in the contract that is under review by the committee.

SB21,1502 Section 1502. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read: