SB21,1735 21Section 1735. 49.155 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,707,422 49.155 (1m) Eligibility. (intro.) Except as provided in s. 49.155 (3g), the
23department shall determine, contract with a county department or agency to
24determine, or contract with a county department or agency to share determination
25of
the eligibility of individuals residing in a particular geographic region or who are

1members of a particular Indian tribal unit for child care subsidies under this section.
2Under this section, an individual may receive a subsidy for child care for a child who
3has not attained the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled, who has not attained the age
4of 19, if the individual meets all of the following conditions:
SB21,1736 5Section 1736. 49.155 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,707,126 49.155 (3) Child care local administration. (intro.) Except as provided in sub.
7(3g), the a county department or agency with which the department contracts under
8sub. (1m) to determine eligibility in a particular geographic region or for a particular
9Indian tribal unit shall administer child care assistance in that geographic region or
10for that tribal unit. For the administration of child care assistance under this
11section, the department may require the county department or agency to do all of the
12following:
SB21,1737 13Section 1737. 49.155 (3m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,707,2014 49.155 (3m) (am) If the department contracts with a county department or
15agency under sub. (1m), the department shall allocate funds for the eligibility
16determination function under the contract. When allocating these funds, the
17department may consider trends in applications, a county department's or agency's
18past eligibility determination expenditures, the respective portions of the eligibility
19determination function to be performed by the department and the county
20department or agency, and any other factor determined by the department.
SB21,1738 21Section 1738. 49.155 (3m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,708,622 49.155 (3m) (b) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3., the department shall, to the
23extent practicable, allocate funds to a contract entered into under sub. (1m) for the
24administration of the program under sub. (3) in the same proportion as the
25geographic region's or Indian tribal unit's proportionate share of all statewide

1subsidy authorizations and eligibility redeterminations under sub. (3) (e)
funding
2allocated under par. (am) for eligibility determination functions during the contract
3period or, if the department elects, in the same proportion as the geographic region's
4or Indian tribal unit's proportionate share of all children for whom a subsidy was
5provided under this section
in the most recent 12-month period for which applicable
6statistics are available
before the start of the contract period.
SB21,1739 7Section 1739. 49.159 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,708,138 49.159 (1) (a) (intro.) An individual who would be eligible under s. 49.145
9except that the individual is the noncustodial parent of a dependent child is eligible
10for services and benefits under par. (b) if the individual is subject to a child support
11order, the individual satisfies all of the requirements related to substance abuse
12screening, testing, and treatment under s. 49.162 that apply to the individual,
and
13any of the following applies to the custodial parent of the dependent child:
SB21,1740 14Section 1740. 49.162 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,708,16 1549.162 Substance abuse screening and testing for certain work
16experience programs.
(1) In this section:
SB21,708,1817 (a) "Administering agency" means the department or an agency with which the
18department contracts to administer a program.
SB21,708,1919 (b) "Controlled substance" has the meaning given in s. 961.01 (4).
SB21,708,2020 (c) "Program" means any of the following:
SB21,708,2121 1. Services and benefits under s. 49.159 (1) (b).
SB21,708,2322 2. The Transform Milwaukee Jobs program or the Transitional Jobs program
23under s. 49.163.
SB21,708,2424 3. A work experience and job training program under s. 49.36.
SB21,709,9
1(2) In order to participate in a program, an individual shall complete a
2controlled substance abuse screening questionnaire. If, on the basis of answers to
3the questionnaire, the administrating agency determines that there is a reasonable
4suspicion that an individual who is otherwise eligible for a program is abusing a
5controlled substance, the administrating agency shall require the individual to
6undergo a test for the use of a controlled substance. If the individual refuses to
7submit to a test, the individual is not eligible to participate in a program until the
8individual complies with the requirement to undergo a test for the use of a controlled
9substance.
SB21,709,15 10(3) If an individual who undergoes a test under sub. (2) tests negative for the
11use of a controlled substance, or tests positive for the use of a controlled substance
12but presents evidence satisfactory to the administering agency that the individual
13possesses a valid prescription for each controlled substance for which the individual
14tests positive, the individual will have satisfactorily completed the substance abuse
15testing requirements under this section.
SB21,709,22 16(4) (a) If an individual who undergoes a test under sub. (2) tests positive for the
17use of a controlled substance without presenting evidence of a valid prescription as
18described in sub. (3), the administrating agency shall require the individual to
19participate in substance abuse treatment to remain eligible to participate in a
20program. If the individual refuses to participate in substance abuse treatment, the
21individual is not eligible to participate in a program until the individual complies
22with the requirement to participate in substance abuse treatment.
SB21,710,1223 (b) During the time that an individual is receiving substance abuse treatment
24under par. (a), the administrating agency shall require the individual to undergo
25random testing for the use of a controlled substance. For the individual to remain

1eligible for a program, the individual must cooperate with the testing and the results
2of the tests must be negative or, if any results are positive, the individual must
3present evidence of a valid prescription as described in sub. (3). If the results of any
4test during treatment are positive for the use of a controlled substance and the
5individual does not present evidence of a valid prescription for the controlled
6substance, the individual shall have the opportunity to begin the treatment again
7one time, as determined by the administering agency. If the individual begins the
8substance abuse treatment again, he or she shall remain eligible for a program as
9long as the results of all tests for the use of a controlled substance during the
10subsequent treatment are negative for the use of a controlled substance or, if any
11results are positive, the individual presents evidence of a valid prescription for the
12controlled substance.
SB21,710,1713 (c) If an individual receiving treatment under par. (b) completes treatment and,
14at the conclusion of the treatment, tests negative for the use of a controlled substance
15or presents evidence of a valid prescription for any controlled substance for which the
16individual tests positive, the individual will have satisfactorily completed the
17substance abuse testing requirements under this section.
SB21,710,20 18(5) The department shall manage the costs and reinvest the savings under this
19section, and shall work with the administering agency, if different from the
20department, to manage the costs and reinvest the savings.
SB21,1741 21Section 1741. 49.163 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,711,522 49.163 (2) (a) The department shall establish a Transform Milwaukee Jobs
23program in Milwaukee County and, if funding is available, may establish a
24Transitional Jobs program outside of Milwaukee County. To the extent of available
25funds, the department shall conduct the Transitional Jobs program, if established,

1in one or more geographic areas in the state that are not in Milwaukee County. In
2selecting the geographic area or areas in which to conduct the Transitional Jobs
3program, the department shall give priority to those areas with relatively high rates
4of unemployment and childhood poverty and to other areas with special needs that
5the department determines should be given priority
.
SB21,1742 6Section 1742. 49.163 (2) (am) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,711,87 49.163 (2) (am) 7. Satisfy all of the requirements related to substance abuse
8screening, testing, and treatment under s. 49.162 that apply to the individual.
SB21,1743 9Section 1743. 49.163 (3) (a) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,711,1410 49.163 (3) (a) 3. a. A wage subsidy that is equal to the an amount of wages that
11negotiated between the department and the employer or contractor pays to the
12individual
, that is paid for hours each hour the individual actually worked, not to
13exceed 40 hours per week at, and that is not more than the federal or state minimum
14wage that applies to the individual.
SB21,1744 15Section 1744. 49.163 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,711,2016 49.163 (3) (a) 4. An employer, or, subject to the approval of the department, a
17contractor under sub. (4), that employs an individual participating in the program
18may pay the individual an amount that exceeds any wage subsidy paid to the
19employer or contractor by the department under subd. 3. a., except that the employer
20or contractor must pay the individual at least minimum wage.
SB21,1745 21Section 1745. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,711,2522 49.175 (1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. subs. (2)
23and (3), within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (a), (cm), (dz), (k),
24(kx), (L), (mc), (md), (me), and (s) and (3) (kp), the department shall allocate the
25following amounts for the following purposes:
SB21,1746
1Section 1746. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,712,42 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
3$82,014,000 $89,796,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16 and $72,696,000
4$88,796,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
SB21,1747 5Section 1747. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,712,96 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts
7with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s.
849.147 (6), $57,586,500 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $58,336,500 $58,336,500 in each
9fiscal year 2014-15.
SB21,1748 10Section 1748. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,712,1411 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and
12overpayment collections.
For state administration of public assistance programs and
13the collection of public assistance overpayments, $12,697,100 $14,834,100 in fiscal
14year 2013-14 2015-16 and $12,812,700 $14,967,700 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
SB21,1749 15Section 1749. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,712,1916 49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138
17and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or
18weatherization assistance programs, $7,500,000 $8,500,000 in fiscal year 2015-16
19and $8,400,000
in each fiscal year 2016-17.
SB21,1750 20Section 1750. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,712,2421 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For
22contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional
23Jobs program under s. 49.163, $3,750,000 $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16
24and $5,000,000 $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
SB21,1751 25Section 1751. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,713,4
149.175 (1) (n) Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community
2connectors to interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect
3families with formal and informal community support, $360,300 in fiscal year
42016-17.
SB21,1752 5Section 1752. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,713,86 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s.
749.155, $271,400,200 $267,945,900 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16 and
8$274,734,000 $286,777,400 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
SB21,1753 9Section 1753. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,713,1310 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state
11administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing
12activities, $29,719,000 $34,244,600 in fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16 and $31,799,500
13$33,248,300 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
SB21,1754 14Section 1754. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,713,1715 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality
16improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g), $13,095,800 $15,492,700 in each
17fiscal year.
SB21,1755 18Section 1755. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,713,2219 49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For
20payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of
21recipients of supplemental security income, $33,688,000 $31,338,200 in each fiscal
22year.
SB21,1756 23Section 1756. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,714,524 49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship
25care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am),

1for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements
2under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration
3of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of
4the reservations of those tribes, $20,335,200 $21,222,700 in fiscal year 2013-14
52015-16 and $20,774,400 $21,435,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 2016-17.
SB21,1757 6Section 1757. 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,714,117 49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided
8to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may
9remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to
10families with children placed in out-of-home care, $7,711,100 $3,647,200 in each
11fiscal year 2015-16 and $5,392,700 in fiscal year 2016-17.
SB21,1758 12Section 1758. 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,714,1513 49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect
14in counties having a population of 500,000 or more, $1,489,600 $1,389,600 in each
15fiscal year.
SB21,1759 16Section 1759. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,715,717 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the
18Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that
19improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive
20temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study
21habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and
22role models, $1,250,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $1,100,000 $1,100,000 in each
23fiscal year 2014-15. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the
24grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the
25grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations

1specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the grants for fiscal year 2013-14
2includes $25,000 for the greater Wisconsin Rapids Area Boys and Girls Club to fund
3the Cranberry Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program and, if
4the program provides $125,000 in matching funds, $125,000 for the Green Bay Boys
5and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program, to be used only for activities
6for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may
7be used.
SB21,1760 8Section 1760. 49.175 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,715,129 49.175 (3) Limit on certain funds. Moneys from the appropriation account
10under s. 20.437 (3) (kp) for the allocations specified in sub. (1) shall be limited to
11$4,730,300 and may be expended only for obligations incurred between October 1,
122015, and September 30, 2016.
SB21,1761 13Section 1761. 49.195 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,715,16 1449.195 (title) Recovery of aid to families with dependent children and,
15Wisconsin
works Works benefits, and overpayments of emergency
16assistance
.
SB21,1762 17Section 1762. 49.195 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,716,618 49.195 (3) A county, tribal governing body, Wisconsin works Works agency, or
19the department shall determine whether an overpayment has been made under s.
2049.19 49.138, 49.148, 49.155 or, 49.157, or 49.19 and, if so, the amount of the
21overpayment. The county, tribal governing body, Wisconsin works Works agency, or
22department shall provide notice of the overpayment to the liable person. The
23department shall give that person an opportunity for a review following the
24procedure specified under s. 49.152, if the person received the overpayment under
25s. 49.141 to 49.161, and for a hearing under ch. 227. Notwithstanding s. 49.96, the

1department shall promptly recover all overpayments made under s. 49.19 49.138,
249.148, 49.155 or, 49.157, or 49.19 that have not already been received under s.
349.138 (5), 49.161, or 49.19 (17) or received as a setoff under s. 71.93 and shall
4promulgate rules establishing policies and procedures to administer this subsection.
5The rules shall include notification procedures similar to those established for child
6support collections.
SB21,1763 7Section 1763. 49.26 (1) (gm) 1. d. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,716,108 49.26 (1) (gm) 1. d. A child whose Wisconsin Works group includes a participant
9under s. 49.147 (3), (4), or (5) who has been unable to participate in activities required
10under s. 49.147 (3), (4), or (5) due to the child's school-related problems.
SB21,1764 11Section 1764. 49.275 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,716,18 1249.275 Cooperation with federal government. The department may
13cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public
14assistance under this subchapter and, child welfare under ch. 48, and
15community-based juvenile delinquency-related services under ch. 938
and in other
16matters of mutual concern under this subchapter pertaining to public welfare and
17under ch. 48 pertaining to
, child welfare, and juvenile delinquency under this
18subchapter and chs. 48 and 938
.
SB21,1765 19Section 1765. 49.32 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,717,620 49.32 (1) (a) Except as provided in s. 49.345 (14) (b) and (c), the department
21shall establish a uniform system of fees for services provided or purchased under this
22subchapter and ch. 48, and community-based juvenile delinquency-related services
23under ch. 938, purchased or provided
by the department, or by a county department
24under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, except as provided in s. 49.22 (6) and except when,
25as determined by the department, a fee is administratively unfeasible or would

1significantly prevent accomplishing the purpose of the service. A county department
2under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall apply the fees that it collects under this program
3to cover the cost of those services. The department shall report to the joint committee
4on finance no later than March 1 of each year on the number of children placed for
5adoption by the department during the previous year and the costs to the state for
6services relating to such adoptions.
SB21,1766 7Section 1766. 49.32 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,717,158 49.32 (1) (b) Except as provided in s. 49.345 (14) (b) and (c), any person
9receiving services purchased or provided or purchased under par. (a) or the spouse
10of the person and, in the case of a minor, the parents of the person, and, in the case
11of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds
12for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the
13resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought
14the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, shall be liable for the services in
15the amount of the fee established under par. (a).
SB21,1767 16Section 1767. 49.32 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,717,2117 49.32 (2) (b) The department may make social services payments and
18payments for community-based juvenile delinquency-related services
directly to
19recipients, vendors, or providers in accordance with law and rules of the department
20on behalf of the counties which that have contracts to have such those payments
21made on their behalf.
SB21,1768 22Section 1768. 49.325 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,718,223 49.325 (1) (a) Each county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall
24submit its final budget for services purchased or directly provided or purchased
25under this subchapter or ch. 48 and for community-based juvenile

1delinquency-related services purchased or directly provided under ch. 938
to the
2department by December 31 annually.
SB21,1769 3Section 1769. 49.325 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,718,104 49.325 (2) Assessment of needs. Before developing and submitting a proposed
5budget for services purchased or directly provided or purchased under this
6subchapter or ch. 48 and for community-based juvenile delinquency-related
7services purchased or directly provided under ch. 938
to the county executive or
8county administrator or the county board, the county departments listed in sub. (1)
9shall assess needs and inventory resources and services, using an open public
10participation process.
SB21,1770 11Section 1770. 49.325 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,719,312 49.325 (2g) (a) The department shall annually submit to the county board of
13supervisors in a county with a single-county department or the county boards of
14supervisors in counties with a multicounty department a proposed written contract
15containing the allocation of funds for services purchased or directly provided or
16purchased
under this subchapter or ch. 48, for community-based juvenile
17delinquency-related services purchased or directly provided under ch. 938,
and for
18such administrative requirements as necessary. The contract as approved may
19contain conditions of participation consistent with federal and state law. The
20contract may also include provisions necessary to ensure uniform cost accounting of
21services. Any changes to the proposed contract shall be mutually agreed upon. The
22county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or the
23county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department shall
24approve the contract before January 1 of the year in which it takes effect unless the
25department grants an extension. The county board of supervisors in a county with

1a single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a
2multicounty department may designate an agent to approve addenda to any contract
3after the contract has been approved.
SB21,1771 4Section 1771. 49.325 (2g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,719,105 49.325 (2g) (b) The department may not approve contracts for amounts in
6excess of available revenues. The county board of supervisors in a county with a
7single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a
8multicounty department may appropriate funds for community-based juvenile
9delinquency-related services.
Actual expenditure of county funds shall be reported
10in compliance with procedures developed by the department.
SB21,1772 11Section 1772. 49.325 (2g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,719,1612 49.325 (2g) (c) The joint committee on finance may require the department to
13submit contracts between county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23
14and providers of services under this subchapter or ch. 48 or of community-based
15juvenile delinquency-related services under ch. 938
to the committee for review and
16approval.
SB21,1773 17Section 1773. 49.325 (2r) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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