AB64: Bill Text

AB64,485,23 a. The date on which the individual again becomes eligible for full participation in a Wisconsin Works employment position.

AB64,486,3 b. Twelve months after the date on which the individual or his or her group member meets the circumstances described under par. (a), as determined by the department.

AB64,895 Section 895 . 49.162 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,486,7 49.162 (7) The department shall promulgate rules to implement the substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment requirements under this section and the monthly grant eligibility and protective payee structure under sub. (4m).

AB64,896 Section 896. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,486,11 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $83,000,000 $54,173,300 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $83,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

AB64,897 Section 897. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,486,15 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $58,336,500 $55,000,000 in each fiscal year.

AB64,898 Section 898. 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,486,19 49.175 (1) (c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement payments to individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64,899 Section 899. 49.175 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,486,23 49.175 (1) (d) Families and Schools Together. For the families and schools together program in 5 Milwaukee elementary schools to be chosen by the department, $250,000 in each fiscal year.

AB64,900 Section 900. 49.175 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,487,3 49.175 (1) (e) Text message-based intervention for early education. For a pilot program for a text message-based intervention for early education under s. 48.535, $35,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $60,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64,901 Section 901. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,487,7 49.175 (1) (f) Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (7) (kg).

AB64,902 Section 902. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,487,12 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and the collection of public assistance overpayments, $15,080,200 $15,987,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $15,295,800 $15,902,900 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,903 Section 903. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,487,17 49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138 and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or weatherization assistance programs, $8,500,000 $7,000,000 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $8,400,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

AB64,904 Section 904. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,487,22 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program under s. 49.163, $6,000,000 $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $7,000,000 $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,905 Section 905. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,488,2 49.175 (1) (n) Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community connectors to interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect families with formal and informal community support, $360,300 in fiscal year 2016-17 2017-18 and $560,300 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64,906 Section 906. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,488,6 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155, $262,064,700 $289,215,200 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $280,719,700 $308,167,800 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,907 Section 907. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,488,11 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing activities, $35,244,600 $36,189,400 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $33,248,300 $36,030,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,908 Section 908. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,488,15 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g), $15,492,700 $15,652,700 in each fiscal year.

AB64,909 Section 909. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,488,20 49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of supplemental security income, $31,338,200 $27,339,100 in each fiscal year.

AB64,910 Section 910. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,489,3 49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $21,222,700 $22,012,100 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $21,435,000 $22,741,200 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,911 Section 911. 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,489,13 49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $3,647,200 $6,282,500 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $5,392,700 $7,314,300 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19. To receive funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the amount received that is equal to the percentage the county is required to match for a distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d).

AB64,912 Section 912. 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,489,17 49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, $1,389,600, $5,289,600 in each fiscal year.

AB64,913 Section 913. 49.175 (1) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,489,22 49.175 (1) (v) General education development. For general education development testing and preparation for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $127,000 $115,000 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $115,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

AB64,914 Section 914. 49.175 (1) (x) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,490,6 49.175 (1) (x) Public messaging campaign. For a public messaging campaign carried out by the department to promote the importance of the success sequence, the involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, and the implications of teenage pregnancy, $400,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $600,000 in fiscal year 2018-19. In this paragraph, “success sequence” refers to the idea that economic success is more likely if an individual follows 3 norms: graduating high school; maintaining a full-time job or having a partner who does; and having children while married and after age 21, if the decision is made to become parents.

AB64,915 Section 915 . 49.175 (1) (xm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,490,9 49.175 (1) (xm) Academic career planning. For the development of academic career planning materials under s. 115.28 (59) (am), $50,000 in fiscal year 2017-18.

AB64,916 Section 916. 49.175 (1) (y) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,490,13 49.175 (1) (y) Offender reentry demonstration project. For the offender reentry demonstration project under s. 49.37 (1), $187,500 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64,917 Section 917. 49.175 (1) (ym) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,490,17 49.175 (1) (ym) Early absenteeism pilot program. For grants to schools to reduce chronic absenteeism in early grades under s. 49.1377, $500,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64,918 Section 918. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,491,11 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role models, $1,175,000 $1,275,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the grants includes funds for the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $75,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used. The total amount of the grants also includes funds for the Milwaukee Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $100,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.

AB64,919 Section 919. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,491,17 49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $67,600,000 $69,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $82,700,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $69,700,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64,920 Section 920 . 49.22 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,492,2 49.22 (2r) The department or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) may, to the extent permitted under federal law, disclose information obtained under sub. (2m) to the department of revenue for the purposes of locating persons, or the assets of persons, who have failed to file tax returns, who have underreported their taxable income or who are delinquent taxpayers, identifying fraudulent tax returns, helping the department of revenue verify the payment of court-ordered child support payments as described under s. 71.07 (9e) (aq) 6., or providing information for tax-related prosecutions.

AB64,921 Section 921. 49.255 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,492,7 49.255 Case management incentive payments. An individual who receives case management services under s. 49.1475 is eligible to receive from the department a supplement of $50 per month over a period of 12 months if the individual meets the federal work participation requirements under 42 USC 607.

AB64,922 Section 922. 49.26 (1) (ge) of the statutes is renumbered 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB64,492,11 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. (intro.) An individual fails to meet the school attendance requirement if the individual meets at least one of the following conditions:

AB64,492,13 a. The individual is either not enrolled in school or was not enrolled in the immediately preceding semester or is a habitual truant.

AB64,492,15 2. The Wisconsin works Works agency or county department shall verify school enrollment and attendance.

AB64,923 Section 923. 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,492,18 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. b. During the immediately preceding semester, the individual was either not enrolled in school or was a habitual truant.

AB64,924 Section 924 . 49.37 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,492,23 49.37 Offender reentry demonstration project. (1) Beginning in fiscal year 2017-18, the department of children and families shall establish a 5-year offender reentry demonstration project focused on noncustodial fathers in a 1st class city.

AB64,493,3 (2) Upon completion of the demonstration project under sub. (1) and by June 30, 2023, the department of children and families shall conduct an evaluation of the demonstration project.

AB64,925 Section 925. 49.45 (8) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,493,6 49.45 (8) (a) 3. “Occupational therapist" has the meaning given in s. 448.96 464.20 (4).

AB64,926 Section 926. 49.45 (8) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,493,9 49.45 (8) (a) 5. “Physical therapist" has the meaning given in s. 448.50 464.01 (3).

AB64,927 Section 927. 49.45 (23) (g) 1. f. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,493,12 49.45 (23) (g) 1. f. Provide employment and training services to childless adults receiving Medical Assistance under this subsection.

AB64,928 Section 928. 49.45 (23) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,493,23 49.45 (23) (g) 2. If the secretary of the federal department of health and human services approves the amendment to the waiver under par. (a), in whole or in part, the department shall implement the changes to the demonstration project under this subsection specified in subd. 1. a. to e. that are approved by the secretary, consistent with the approval. If the secretary of the federal department of health and human services approves the amendment to the waiver under par. (a), in whole or in part, the department shall implement the change to the demonstration project under this subsection specified in subd. 1. f. consistent with the approval of the secretary if the federal government provides federal financial participation for providing employment and training services under subd. 1. f.

AB64,929 Section 929. 49.45 (54) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,930 Section 930. 49.45 (54) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,494,8 49.45 (54) (c) Special services. From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o) and (7) (bt), the department may pay the costs of services provided under the early intervention program under s. 51.44 that are included in program participant's individualized family service plan and that were not authorized for payment under the state Medicaid plan or a department policy before July 1, 2017, including any services under the early intervention program under s. 51.44 that are delivered by a type of provider that becomes certified to provide Medical Assistance service on July 1, 2017, or after.

AB64,931 Section 931. 49.46 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,494,16 49.46 (1) (em) To the extent approved by the federal government, for the purposes of determining financial eligibility and any cost-sharing requirements of an individual under par. (a) 6m., 14., or 14m., (d) 2., or (e), the department or its designee shall exclude any assets accumulated in a person's independence account, as defined in s. 49.472 (1) (c), and any income or assets from retirement benefits earned or accumulated from income or employer contributions while employed and receiving state-funded benefits under s. 46.27 or medical assistance under s. 49.472.

AB64,932 Section 932. 49.46 (2) (b) 17. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,494,20 49.46 (2) (b) 17. Services under s. 49.45 (54) (b) (c) for children participating in the early intervention program under s. 51.44, that are provided by a special educator.

AB64,933 Section 933. 49.47 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,495,8 49.47 (4) (c) 1. Except To the extent approved by the federal government and except as provided in par. (am), eligibility exists if income does not exceed 133 1/3 100 percent of the maximum aid to families with dependent children payment under s. 49.19 (11) poverty line for the applicant's family size or the combined benefit amount available under supplemental security income under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c and state supplemental aid under s. 49.77 whichever is lower. In this subdivision “ income" includes earned or unearned income that would be included in determining eligibility for the individual or family under s. 49.19 or 49.77, or for the aged, blind or disabled under 42 USC 1381 to 1385. “Income" does not include earned or unearned income which would be excluded in determining eligibility for the individual or family under s. 49.19 or 49.77, or for the aged, blind or disabled individual under 42 USC 1381 to 1385.

AB64,934 Section 934. 49.472 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,495,16 49.472 (3) (a) The individual's family's net income is less than 250 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family. In calculating the net income, the department shall apply all of the exclusions specified under 42 USC 1382a (b) and to the extent approved by the federal government shall exclude medical and remedial expenditures and long-term care costs in excess of $500 per month that would be incurred by the individual in absence of coverage under the medical assistance purchase plan or a Medicaid long-term care program.

AB64,935 Section 935. 49.472 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,495,25 49.472 (3) (b) The individual's assets do not exceed $15,000. In determining assets, the department may not include assets that are excluded from the resource calculation under 42 USC 1382b (a) or, assets accumulated in an independence account, and, to the extent approved by the federal government, assets from retirement benefits accumulated from income or employer contributions while employed and receiving medical assistance under this section or state-funded benefits under s. 46.27. The department may exclude, in whole or in part, the value of a vehicle used by the individual for transportation to paid employment.