SB21,692,1918 48.57 (3m) (i) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this
19subsection. Those rules shall include all of the following:
SB21,692,2120 2. Rules governing the provision of kinship care payments for the care and
21maintenance of a child after the child attains 18 years of age.
SB21,1685 22Section 1685. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 48.57 (3n) (a) 1.
23(intro.) and amended to read:
SB21,692,2524 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. (intro.) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age;. "Child"
25also includes
a person 18 years of age or over, but if any of the following applies:
SB21,693,5
1a. The person is under 19 years of age, who is a full-time student in good
2academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent,
3and who is reasonably expected to complete his or her program of study and be
4granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma; or a person 18 years of age
5or over, but
.
SB21,693,13 6b. The person is under 21 years of age, who is a full-time student in good
7academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent if,
8an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the person, and
9the person is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative under an
10order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates
11under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years of age or
12under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3)
13or 938.366 (3)
.
SB21,1686 14Section 1686. 48.57 (3n) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,693,1915 48.57 (3n) (b) 1. The county department or, in a county having a population of
16500,000 or more, the department shall refer to the attorney responsible for support
17enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) the name of the parent or parents of a child for
18whom a payment is made under par. (am). This subdivision does not apply to a child
1918 years of age or over for whom a payment is made under par. (am).
SB21,1687 20Section 1687. 48.57 (3n) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,693,2421 48.57 (3n) (i) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this
22subsection. Those rules shall include rules governing the provision of long-term
23kinship care payments for the care and maintenance of a child after the child attains
2418 years of age.
SB21,1688 25Section 1688. 48.599 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 48.599 (1r).
SB21,1689
1Section 1689. 48.599 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,694,122 48.599 (1g) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age. For purposes of the
3authority to provide care and maintenance for a child placed in a residential care
4center for children and youth operated by a child welfare agency and of counting the
5number of children for whom a child welfare agency may provide such care and
6maintenance, "child" also includes a person 18 years of age or over, but under 21
7years of age, who is placed in a residential care center for children and youth operated
8by a child welfare agency under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355,
9938.357, or 938.365 that terminates after the person attains 18 years of age, under
10a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or
11938.366 (3), or under the placement and care responsibility of another state under
1242 USC 675 (8) (B) (iv).
SB21,1690 13Section 1690. 48.619 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.619 and
14amended to read:
SB21,694,24 1548.619 Definition. In this subchapter, "child" means a person under 18 years
16of age. For purposes of the authority to provide care and maintenance for a child and
17of
counting the number of children for whom a foster home or group home may
18provide care and maintenance, "child" also includes a person 18 years of age or over,
19but under 21 years of age,
who resides in the foster home or group home, if any of the
20following applies:
under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357,
21or 938.365 that terminates after the person attains 18 years of age, under a voluntary
22transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3), or
23under the placement and care responsibility of another state under 42 USC 675 (8)
24(B) (iv).
SB21,1691 25Section 1691. 48.619 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,1692
1Section 1692. 48.619 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,1693 2Section 1693. 48.623 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,695,53 48.623 (1m) Duration of eligibility. Subsidized guardianship payments
4under sub. (1) or (6) may be continued after the child attains 18 years of age if any
5of the following applies:
SB21,695,86 (a) The child is under 19 years of age, is a full-time student at a secondary
7school or its vocational or technical equivalent, and is reasonably expected to
8complete the program before reaching 19 years of age.
SB21,695,169 (b) The child is under 21 years of age, is a full-time student at a secondary
10school or its vocational or technical equivalent, has a mental or physical disability
11that warrants the continuation of those payments as determined by the county
12department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department,
13is not eligible for social security disability insurance under 42 USC 401 to 433 or
14supplemental security income under 42 USC 1381 to 1385 based on disability, and
15otherwise lacks adequate resources to continue in secondary school or its vocational
16or technical equivalent.
SB21,695,2117 (c) The child is under 21 years of age, is a full-time student at a secondary
18school or its vocational or technical equivalent, an individualized education program
19under s. 115.787 is in effect for the child, and the subsidized guardianship agreement
20for the child became effective on or after the date on which the child attained 16 years
21of age.
SB21,1694 22Section 1694. 48.623 (7) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,695,2423 48.623 (7) (d) Rules governing the provision of subsidized guardianship
24payments for the care of a child after the child attains 18 years of age.
SB21,1695 25Section 1695. 48.685 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,696,20
148.685 (6) (a) The Except as provided in this paragraph, the department shall
2require any person who applies for issuance, continuation, or renewal of a license to
3operate an entity, the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more,
4a county department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) shall require
5any child care provider who applies for initial certification under s. 48.651 or for
6renewal of that certification,
a county department or a child welfare agency shall
7require any person who applies for issuance or renewal of a license to operate a foster
8home under s. 48.62, and the department in a county having a population of 750,000
9or more or a county department shall require any person who applies for subsidized
10guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (6), and a school board shall require any
11person who proposes to contract with the school board under s. 120.13 (14) or to
12renew a contract under that subsection,
to complete a background information form
13that is provided by the department. The department shall require any person who
14applies for issuance, but not continuation, of a license to operate a child care center
15under s. 48.65, a school board shall require any person who proposes to contract, but
16not renew a contract, with the school board under s. 120.13 (14), and the department
17in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county department, or an
18agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) shall require any child care provider who
19applies for initial certification, but not renewal of that certification, under s. 48.651
20to complete a background information form that is provided by the department.
SB21,1696 21Section 1696. 48.685 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,697,522 48.685 (6) (am) Except as provided in this paragraph, every 4 years an entity
23shall require all of its caregivers and all nonclient residents of the entity or of a
24caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. of the entity to complete a background
25information form that is provided to the entity by the department. Every year a A

1child care center that is licensed under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under
2s. 120.13 (14) or a child care provider that is certified under s. 48.651 is exempt from
3the 4-year requirement, but
shall require all of its caregivers and any new caregiver
4or
nonclient residents resident to complete a background information form that is
5provided to the child care center or child care provider by the department.
SB21,1697 6Section 1697. 48.975 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 48.975 (3m) (intro.)
7and amended to read:
SB21,697,108 48.975 (3m) Duration. (intro.) The adoption assistance may be continued after
9the adoptee reaches the age of 18 if that adoptee is a full-time high school student.
10attains 18 years of age if any of the following applies:
SB21,1698 11Section 1698. 48.975 (3m) (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:
SB21,697,1412 48.975 (3m) (a) The adoptee is under 19 years of age, is a full-time student at
13a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent, and is reasonably
14expected to complete the program before reaching 19 years of age.
SB21,697,2115 (b) The adoptee is under 21 years of age, is a full-time student at a secondary
16school or its vocational or technical equivalent, has a mental or physical disability
17that warrants the continuation of adoption assistance as determined by the
18department, is not eligible for social security disability insurance under 42 USC 401
19to 433 or supplemental security income under 42 USC 1381 to 1385 based on
20disability, and otherwise lacks adequate resources to continue in secondary school
21or its vocational or technical equivalent.
SB21,698,222 (c) The adoptee is under 21 years of age, is a full-time student at a secondary
23school or its vocational or technical equivalent, an individualized education program
24under s. 115.787 is in effect for the adoptee, and the adoption assistance agreement

1for the adoptee became effective on or after the date on which the adoptee attained
216 years of age.
SB21,1699 3Section 1699. 48.975 (5) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,698,54 48.975 (5) (f) Rules governing the provision of adoption assistance for the care
5of a child after the child attains 18 years of age.
SB21,1700 6Section 1700. 48.981 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,698,227 48.981 (1) (b) "Community placement" means probation; extended supervision;
8parole; aftercare; conditional transfer into the community under s. 51.35 (1);
9conditional transfer or discharge under s. 51.37 (9); placement in a Type 2 residential
10care center for children and youth or a Type 2 juvenile correctional facility
11authorized under s. 938.539 (5); conditional release under s. 971.17; supervised
12release under s. 980.06 or 980.08; participation in the community residential
13confinement program under s. 301.046, the intensive sanctions program under s.
14301.048, the corrective sanctions program community supervision under s. 938.533,
15the intensive supervision program under s. 938.534, or the serious juvenile offender
16program under s. 938.538; or any other placement of an adult or juvenile offender in
17the community under the custody or supervision of the department of corrections, the
18department of health services, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23,
1951.42, or 51.437 or any other person under contract with the department of
20corrections, the department of health services or a county department under s.
2146.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 to exercise custody or supervision over the
22offender.
SB21,1701 23Section 1701. 48.985 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,1702 24Section 1702. 49.11 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.11 (1e).
SB21,1703 25Section 1703. 49.11 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,699,5
149.11 (1c) "Community-based juvenile delinquency-related services" means
2juvenile delinquency-related services provided under ch. 938 other than services
3provided for a juvenile who is being held in a juvenile detention facility or who is
4under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h),
5(4m), or (4n) (a), or 938.357 (4).
SB21,1704 6Section 1704. 49.11 (1c) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act ....
7(this act), is amended to read:
SB21,699,128 49.11 (1c) "Community-based juvenile delinquency-related services" means
9juvenile delinquency-related services provided under ch. 938 other than services
10provided for a juvenile who is being held in a juvenile detention facility or who is
11under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h),
12(4m), or (4n) (a), or 938.357 (4).
SB21,1705 13Section 1705. 49.138 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,699,1814 49.138 (5) (a) The department shall recover from an individual receiving
15emergency assistance under this section an overpayment of the emergency
16assistance if the overpayment resulted from a misrepresentation by the individual
17applying for the assistance with respect to any fact having an effect on the
18individual's eligibility for, or the amount of, the assistance granted.
SB21,699,2319 (b) If an overpayment of emergency assistance provided under this section
20resulted from an error made by a Wisconsin Works agency, the department shall
21recover the overpayment from the Wisconsin Works agency and may do so by
22offsetting the amount from amounts otherwise due the agency under a contract
23under s. 49.143.
SB21,700,224 (c) The department may recover overpayments of emergency assistance under
25par. (a) or (b) in the manners provided in ss. 49.195 (3m) and 49.85. Nothing in this

1paragraph or par. (b) precludes the department from recovering emergency
2assistance overpayments through any other legal means.
SB21,1706 3Section 1706. 49.141 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,700,44 49.141 (1) Definitions. (intro.) As used in ss. 49.141 to 49.161 and 49.26:
SB21,1707 5Section 1707. 49.143 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,700,116 49.143 (2) (a) (intro.) Establish a at least one community steering committee
7within 60 days after the date on which the contract is awarded signed. A Wisconsin
8Works agency must establish as many committees as necessary to allow the
9representation required under subd. 1m. on each committee without exceeding the
10maximum number of members under subd. 1m. All of the following apply to a
11community steering committee created under this paragraph:
SB21,700,22 121m. The Wisconsin works Works agency shall recommend the members of the
13committee to the chief executive officer of each county served by the Wisconsin works
14agency. The chief executive officer of each county shall
appoint the members of the
15committee. The number of members that each chief executive officer appoints to the
16committee shall be in proportion to the population of that officer's county relative to
17the population of each other county served by the Wisconsin works agency, except
18that the chief executive officer of a county that is not a Wisconsin works agency shall
19appoint the director of the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, or his
20or her designee, and one other representative of the county department under s.
2146.215, 46.22 or 46.23. The committee shall consist of at least 12 members, but not
22more than 15 members.
within the following parameters:
SB21,700,24 232m. The members of the committee shall appoint a chairperson who shall be
24a person who represents business interests.
SB21,700,25 254m. The committee shall do all of the following:
SB21,1708
1Section 1708. 49.143 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.143 (2) (a) 4m.
2a.
SB21,1709 3Section 1709. 49.143 (2) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,701,54 49.143 (2) (a) 1m. a. The total number of members on the committee may not
5exceed 20.
SB21,1710 6Section 1710. 49.143 (2) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,701,127 49.143 (2) (a) 1m. b. Each county that the Wisconsin Works agency serves must
8be represented on a committee by a member who is a representative of a county
9department responsible for economic development, of a city department responsible
10for economic development for a city that is in that county, or of the business
11community in that county. The Wisconsin Works agency shall appoint at least one
12representative of business interests as a member of the committee.
SB21,1711 13Section 1711. 49.143 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 49.143 (2) (a) 4m.
14b. and amended to read:
SB21,701,1715 49.143 (2) (a) 4m. b. Identify and encourage employers to provide permanent
16jobs for persons who are eligible for trial employment match program jobs or
17community service jobs
Wisconsin Works.
SB21,1712 18Section 1712. 49.143 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 49.143 (2) (a) 4m.
19c. and amended to read:
SB21,701,2220 49.143 (2) (a) 4m. c. Create, and encourage others to create, subsidized jobs for
21persons who are eligible for trial employment match program jobs or community
22service jobs
Wisconsin Works.
SB21,1713 23Section 1713. 49.143 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 49.143 (2) (a) 4m.
24d. and amended to read:
SB21,702,4
149.143 (2) (a) 4m. d. Create, and encourage others to create, on-the-job
2training sites
work experience opportunities, including supported work experience,
3for persons who are eligible for trial employment match program jobs or community
4service jobs
Wisconsin Works.
SB21,1714 5Section 1714. 49.143 (2) (a) 5. and 6. of the statutes are consolidated,
6renumbered 49.143 (2) (a) 3m. and amended to read:
SB21,702,147 49.143 (2) (a) 3m. Foster The committee may foster and guide the
8entrepreneurial efforts of participants who are eligible for trial employment match
9program jobs or community service jobs. 6. Provide
Wisconsin Works and provide
10mentors, both from its membership and from recruitment of members of the
11community, to provide job-related guidance, including assistance in resolving
12job-related issues and the provision of job leads or references, to persons who are
13eligible for trial employment match program jobs or community service jobs
14Wisconsin Works.
SB21,1715 15Section 1715. 49.143 (2) (a) 7. of the statutes is renumbered 49.143 (2) (a) 4m.
16e. and amended to read:
SB21,702,1917 49.143 (2) (a) 4m. e. Coordinate with the council on workforce investment local
18workforce development boards
established under 29 USC 2821 2832 to ensure
19compatibility of purpose and no duplication of effort.
SB21,1716 20Section 1716. 49.143 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,1717 21Section 1717. 49.143 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,1718 22Section 1718. 49.145 (2) (n) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,703,323 49.145 (2) (n) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 4., beginning on the date
24on which the individual has attained the age of 18, the total number of months in
25which the individual or any adult member of the individual's Wisconsin works Works

1group has participated in, or has received benefits under, any of the following or any
2combination of the following does not exceed 60 48 months, whether or not
3consecutive:
SB21,1719 4Section 1719. 49.145 (2) (n) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,703,75 49.145 (2) (n) 1. a. The job opportunities and basic skills program under s.
649.193, 1997 stats. Active participation on or after October 1, 1996, in the job
7opportunities and basic skills program counts toward the 60-month 48-month limit.
SB21,1720 8Section 1720. 49.145 (2) (n) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,703,149 49.145 (2) (n) 3. A Wisconsin works Works agency may extend the time limit
10under this paragraph only if the Wisconsin works Works agency determines, in
11accordance with rules promulgated by the department, that unusual circumstances
12exist that warrant an extension of the participation period
the individual is
13experiencing hardship or that the individual's family includes an individual who has
14been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty
.
SB21,1721 15Section 1721. 49.147 (3) (ac) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,704,216 49.147 (3) (ac) Employer subsidies and reimbursements. (intro.) The
17Wisconsin Works agency shall pay to an employer that employs a participant under
18this subsection a wage subsidy in an amount that is negotiated between the
19Wisconsin Works agency and the employer but that is not less more than the state
20or federal minimum wage that applies to the participant. The wage subsidy shall be
21paid for each hour that the participant actually works, up to a maximum of 40 hours
22per week. The employer shall pay the participant any difference between the wage
23subsidy amount and the participant's wage and must pay the participant at least
24minimum wage.
In addition to paying the wage subsidy, the Wisconsin Works agency
25may, as negotiated between the Wisconsin Works agency and the employer,

1reimburse the employer for all or a portion of other costs that are attributable to the
2employment of the participant, including any of the following:
SB21,1722 3Section 1722. 49.147 (4) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,704,94 49.147 (4) (at) Motivational training. A Wisconsin works Works agency may
5require a participant, during the first 2 weeks of participation under this subsection,
6to participate in an assessment and motivational training program identified by the
7community steering committee under s. 49.143 (2) (a) 10
. The Wisconsin works
8Works agency may require not more than 40 hours of participation per week under
9this paragraph in lieu of the participation requirement under par. (as).
SB21,1723 10Section 1723. 49.147 (5) (bt) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,704,1611 49.147 (5) (bt) Motivational training. A Wisconsin works Works agency may
12require a participant, during the first 2 weeks of participation under this subsection,
13to participate in an assessment and motivational training program identified by the
14community steering committee under s. 49.143 (2) (a) 10
. The Wisconsin works
15Works agency may require not more than 40 hours of participation per week under
16this paragraph in lieu of the participation requirement under par. (bs).
SB21,1724 17Section 1724. 49.151 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.151 (1m)
18(intro.).
SB21,1725 19Section 1725. 49.151 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,1726 20Section 1726. 49.151 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.151 (1m) (a)
21(intro.) and amended to read:
SB21,704,2522 49.151 (1m) (a) (intro.) The participant, or an individual who is in the
23participant's Wisconsin Works group and who is subject to the work requirement
24under s. 49.15 (2), fails, without good cause, as determined by the Wisconsin Works
25agency, to appear do any of the following:
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