SB30,435,1311 48.685 (1) (am) (intro.) “Client" means a person who receives direct care or
12treatment services from an entity or from a caregiver specified in par. (ag) 1. am. or
13from a child care program under s. 48.686 (1) (aj), including all of the following:
SB30,790 14Section 790 . 48.685 (1) (am) 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are created to read:
SB30,435,1615 48.685 (1) (am) 1. An adopted child for whom adoption assistance payments are
16being made under s. 48.975.
SB30,435,1817 2. A child for whom subsidized guardianship payments are being made under
18s. 48.623.
SB30,435,2119 3. A person who is 18 to 21 years old, is receiving independent living services
20under 42 USC 677 (a), is no longer placed in out-of-home care, and is residing in the
21foster home in which he or she was previously placed.
SB30,791 22Section 791 . 48.685 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,436,823 48.685 (1) (b) “Entity" means a child welfare agency that is licensed under s.
2448.60 to provide care and maintenance for children, to place children for adoption,
25or to license foster homes; a foster home that is licensed under s. 48.62; an interim

1caretaker to whom subsidized guardianship payments are made under s. 48.623 (6);
2a person who is proposed to be named as a successor guardian in a successor
3subsidized guardianship agreement under s. 48.623 (2); a group home that is
4licensed under s. 48.625; a shelter care facility that is licensed under s. 938.22; a
5child care center that is licensed under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under
6s. 120.13 (14); a child care provider that is certified under s. 48.651;
an organization
7that facilitates delegations of the care and custody of children under s. 48.979; or a
8temporary employment agency that provides caregivers to another entity.
SB30,792 9Section 792 . 48.685 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,436,1410 48.685 (1) (bm) “Nonclient resident" means a person, including a person who
11is under 18 years of age, but not under 10 years of age,
who resides, or is expected
12to reside, at an entity or with a caregiver specified in par. (ag) 1. am., who is not a
13client of the entity or caregiver, and who has, or is expected to have, regular, direct
14contact with clients of the entity or caregiver.
SB30,793 15Section 793 . 48.685 (1) (c) 3m. of the statutes is repealed.
SB30,794 16Section 794 . 48.685 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,436,1917 48.685 (1) (c) 4. A violation of the law of any other state or United States
18jurisdiction that would be a violation listed in subd. 1., 2., or 3., or 3m. if committed
19in this state.
SB30,795 20Section 795 . 48.685 (2) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,437,221 48.685 (2) (am) (intro.) The department, a county department, an agency
22contracted with under s. 48.651 (2),
or a child welfare agency, or a school board shall
23obtain all of the following with respect to a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. b.,
24or a nonclient resident of an entity, and a person under 18 years of age, but not under
2512 years of age, who is a caregiver of a child care center that is licensed under s. 48.65

1or established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14) or of a child care provider that
2is certified under s. 48.651
:
SB30,796 3Section 796 . 48.685 (2) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,437,174 48.685 (2) (am) 5. Information maintained by the department of health services
5under this section and under ss. 48.623 (6) (am) 2. and (bm) 5., 48.651 (2m), 48.75
6(1m), and 48.979 (1) (b), and 120.13 (14) regarding any denial to the person of a
7license, or continuation or renewal of a license , certification, or a contract to operate
8an entity, or of payments under s. 48.623 (6) for operating an entity, for a reason
9specified in sub. (4m) (a) 1. to 5. and regarding any denial to the person of
10employment at, a contract with, or permission to reside at an entity or of permission
11to reside with a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. for a reason specified in sub.
12(4m) (b) 1. to 5. If the information obtained under this subdivision indicates that the
13person has been denied a license, or continuation or renewal of a license,
14certification, a contract, payments, employment, a contract, or permission to reside
15as described in this subdivision, the department, a county department, an agency
16contracted with under s. 48.651 (2),
or a child welfare agency, or a school board need
17not obtain the information specified in subds. 1. to 4.
SB30,797 18Section 797 . 48.685 (2) (ar) of the statutes is repealed.
SB30,798 19Section 798 . 48.685 (2) (b) 1. (intro.), a., b., c. and d. of the statutes are
20renumbered 48.685 (2) (b) (intro.), 1m., 2m., 3m. and 4m.
SB30,799 21Section 799 . 48.685 (2) (b) 1. e. of the statutes is renumbered 48.685 (2) (b) 5m.
22and amended to read:
SB30,438,1023 48.685 (2) (b) 5m. Information maintained by the department of health services
24under this section and under ss. 48.623 (6) (am) 2. and (bm) 5., 48.651 (2m), 48.75
25(1m), and 48.979 (1) (b), and 120.13 (14) regarding any denial to the person of a

1license, or continuation or renewal of a license, certification, or a contract to operate
2an entity, or of payments under s. 48.623 (6) for operating an entity, for a reason
3specified in sub. (4m) (a) 1. to 5. and regarding any denial to the person of
4employment at, a contract with, or permission to reside at an entity or of permission
5to reside with a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. for a reason specified in sub.
6(4m) (b) 1. to 5. If the information obtained under this subd. 1. e. subdivision
7indicates that the person has been denied a license, continuation or renewal of a
8license, certification, a contract, payments, employment, or permission to reside as
9described in this subd. 1. e. subdivision, the entity need not obtain the information
10specified in subd. 1. a. to d. subds. 1m. to 4m.
SB30,800 11Section 800 . 48.685 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB30,801 12Section 801 . 48.685 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB30,802 13Section 802 . 48.685 (2) (bb) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,439,714 48.685 (2) (bb) If information obtained under par. (am) or (b) 1. indicates a
15charge of a serious crime, but does not completely and clearly indicate the final
16disposition of the charge, the department, county department, agency contracted
17with under s. 48.651 (2),
child welfare agency, school board, or entity shall make
18every reasonable effort to contact the clerk of courts to determine the final disposition
19of the charge. If a background information form under sub. (6) (a) or (am) indicates
20a charge or a conviction of a serious crime, but information obtained under par. (am)
21or (b) 1. does not indicate such a charge or conviction, the department, county
22department, agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2), child welfare agency, school
23board,
or entity shall make every reasonable effort to contact the clerk of courts to
24obtain a copy of the criminal complaint and the final disposition of the complaint.
25If information obtained under par. (am) or (b) 1., a background information form

1under sub. (6) (a) or (am), or any other information indicates a conviction of a
2violation of s. 940.19 (1), 940.195, 940.20, 941.30, 942.08, 947.01 (1), or 947.013
3obtained not more than 5 years before the date on which that information was
4obtained, the department, county department, agency contracted with under s.
548.651 (2),
child welfare agency, school board, or entity shall make every reasonable
6effort to contact the clerk of courts to obtain a copy of the criminal complaint and
7judgment of conviction relating to that violation.
SB30,803 8Section 803 . 48.685 (2) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,439,259 48.685 (2) (bd) Notwithstanding pars. (am) and (b) 1., the department, a county
10department, an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2), or a child welfare agency,
11or a school board
is not required to obtain the information specified in par. (am) 1.
12to 5., and an entity is not required to obtain the information specified in par. (b) 1.
13a. to e.
1m. to 5m., with respect to a person under 18 years of age whose background
14information form under sub. (6) (am) indicates that the person is not ineligible to be
15employed at, contracted with, or permitted to reside at an entity or permitted to
16reside with a caregiver specified under sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. of the entity for a reason
17specified in sub. (4m) (b) 1. to 5. and with respect to whom the department, county
18department, contracted agency, child welfare agency, school board, or entity
19otherwise has no reason to believe that the person is ineligible to be employed,
20contracted with, or permitted to reside at an entity for any of those reasons. This
21paragraph does not preclude the department, a county department, an agency
22contracted with under s. 48.651 (2),
or a child welfare agency, or a school board from
23obtaining, at its discretion, the information specified in par. (am) 1. to 5. with respect
24to a person described in this paragraph who is a nonclient resident or a prospective
25nonclient resident of an entity.
SB30,804
1Section 804. 48.685 (2) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,440,102 48.685 (2) (bg) If an entity employs or contracts with a caregiver for whom,
3within the last year, the information required under par. (b) 1. a. to c. and e. 1m. to
43m. and 5m.
has already been obtained by another entity, the entity may obtain that
5information from that other entity, which shall provide the information, if possible,
6to the requesting entity. If an entity cannot obtain the information required under
7par. (b) 1. a. to c. and e. 1m. to 3m. and 5m. from another entity or if an entity has
8reasonable grounds to believe that any information obtained from another entity is
9no longer accurate, the entity shall obtain that information from the sources
10specified in par. (b) 1. a. to c. and e. 1m. to 3m. and 5m.
SB30,805 11Section 805 . 48.685 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,441,412 48.685 (2) (bm) If the person who is the subject of the search under par. (am),
13(ar),
or (b) 1. is not a resident of this state, or if at any time within the 3 5 years
14preceding the date of the search that person has not been a resident of this state, or
15if the department, county department, agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2),
16child welfare agency, school board, or entity determines that the person's
17employment, licensing, or state court records provide a reasonable basis for further
18investigation, the department, county department, contracted agency, child welfare
19agency, school board, or entity shall make a good faith effort to obtain from any state
20or other United States jurisdiction in which the person is a resident or was a resident
21within the 3 years preceding the date of the search information that is equivalent to
22the information specified in par. (am) 1., (ar), or (b) 1. a. 1m. The department, county
23department, contracted agency, child welfare agency, school board, or entity may
24require the person to be fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete
25set of the person's fingerprints, or by other technologies approved by law enforcement

1agencies. The department of justice may provide for the submission of the
2fingerprint cards or fingerprints by other technologies to the federal bureau of
3investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the person fingerprinted
4and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrests and convictions.
SB30,806 5Section 806 . 48.685 (2) (br) of the statutes is repealed.
SB30,807 6Section 807 . 48.685 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,441,137 48.685 (3) (a) Subject to par. (am), every Every 4 years or at any time within
8that period that the department, a county department, or a child welfare agency
9considers appropriate, the department, county department, or child welfare agency
10shall request the information specified in sub. (2) (am) 1. to 5. for all caregivers
11specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. b. who are licensed, certified, or contracted to operate an
12entity, or who are receiving payments under s. 48.623 (6) (am) for operating an entity,
13and for all persons who are nonclient residents of such a caregiver.
SB30,808 14Section 808 . 48.685 (3) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
SB30,809 15Section 809 . 48.685 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,441,2016 48.685 (3) (b) Subject to par. (bm), every Every 4 years or at any time within
17that period that an entity considers appropriate, the entity shall request the
18information specified in sub. (2) (b) 1. a. to e. 1m. to 5m. for all persons who are
19caregivers specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. a. or am. of the entity and for all nonclient
20residents of a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. of the entity.
SB30,810 21Section 810 . 48.685 (3) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB30,811 22Section 811 . 48.685 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,442,423 48.685 (3m) Notwithstanding subs. (2) (b) 1. and (3) (b), if the department, a
24county department, an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2), or a child welfare
25agency, or a school board has obtained the information required under sub. (2) (am)

1or (3) (a) or (am) with respect to a person who is a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag)
21. b. and that person is also an employee, contractor, or nonclient resident of an
3entity, the entity is not required to obtain the information specified in sub. (2) (b) 1.
4or (3) (b) with respect to that person.
SB30,812 5Section 812 . 48.685 (4m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,442,186 48.685 (4m) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 111.335, and except as provided in
7par. (ad) and sub. (5), the department may not license, or continue or renew the
8license of, a person to operate an entity, the department in a county having a
9population of 750,000 or more, a county department, or an agency contracted with
10under s. 48.651 (2) may not certify a child care provider under s. 48.651,
a county
11department or a child welfare agency may not license, or renew the license of, a foster
12home under s. 48.62, and the department in a county having a population of 750,000
13or more or a county department may not provide subsidized guardianship payments
14to an interim caretaker under s. 48.623 (6) (am) or to a person seeking those
15payments as a successor guardian under s. 48.623 (6) (bm), and a school board may
16not contract with a person under s. 120.13 (14),
if the department, county
17department, contracted agency, or child welfare agency, or school board knows or
18should have known any of the following:
SB30,813 19Section 813 . 48.685 (4m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,443,320 48.685 (4m) (a) 1. That the person has been convicted of a serious crime or, if
21the person is an applicant for issuance or continuation of a license to operate a child
22care center or for initial certification under s. 48.651 or for renewal of that
23certification or if the person is proposing to contract with a school board under s.
24120.13 (14) or to renew a contract under that subsection, that the person has been
25convicted of a serious crime
or adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 12th 10th

1birthday for committing a serious crime or that the person is the subject of a pending
2criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a
3serious crime on or after his or her 12th 10th birthday.
SB30,814 4Section 814 . 48.685 (4m) (ad) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,443,165 48.685 (4m) (ad) The department, a county department, or a child welfare
6agency may license a foster home under s. 48.62; the department may license a child
7care center under s. 48.65; the department in a county having a population of 750,000
8or more, a county department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) may
9certify a child care provider under s. 48.651;
or the department in a county having
10a population of 750,000 or more or a county department may provide subsidized
11guardianship payments to an interim caretaker under s. 48.623 (6) (am) or to a
12person seeking those payments as a successor guardian under s. 48.623 (6) (bm); and
13a school board may contract with a person under s. 120.13 (14)
, conditioned on the
14receipt of the information specified in sub. (2) (am) and (ar) indicating that the person
15is not ineligible to be so licensed, certified, or provided those payments, or contracted
16with
for a reason specified in par. (a) 1. to 5.
SB30,815 17Section 815 . 48.685 (4m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,443,2518 48.685 (4m) (b) 1. That the person has been convicted of a serious crime or, if
19the person is a caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care center that is licensed
20under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14) or of a child care
21provider that is certified under s. 48.651, that the person has been convicted of a
22serious crime
or adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 12th 10th birthday for
23committing a serious crime or that the person is the subject of a pending criminal
24charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a serious
25crime on or after his or her 12th 10th birthday.
SB30,816
1Section 816. 48.685 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,444,152 48.685 (4m) (c) If the background information form completed by a person
3under sub. (6) (am) indicates that the person is not ineligible to be employed or
4contracted with for a reason specified in par. (b) 1. to 5., an entity may employ or
5contract with the person for not more than 60 45 days pending the receipt of the
6information sought under sub. (2) (am) or (b) 1 . If the background information form
7completed by a person under sub. (6) (am) indicates that the person is not ineligible
8to be permitted to reside at an entity or with a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1.
9am. for a reason specified in par. (b) 1. to 5. and if an entity otherwise has no reason
10to believe that the person is ineligible to be permitted to reside at an entity or with
11that caregiver for any of those reasons, the entity may permit the person to reside
12at the entity or with the caregiver for not more than 60 45 days pending receipt of
13the information sought under sub. (2) (am) or (b) 1 . An entity shall provide
14supervision for a person who is employed, contracted with, or permitted to reside as
15permitted under this paragraph.
SB30,817 16Section 817 . 48.685 (4m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB30,444,2017 48.685 (4m) (d) If the department learns that a caregiver or nonclient resident
18is the subject of a pending investigation for a crime or offense that, under this
19subsection or sub. (5), could result in a bar to employment as a caregiver or residence
20at an entity, the department is the entity of the pending investigation.
SB30,818 21Section 818 . 48.685 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,445,1522 48.685 (5) (a) Subject to pars. par. (bm) and (br), the department may license
23to operate an entity, the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or
24more, a county department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) may
25certify under s. 48.651,
a county department or a child welfare agency may license

1to operate a foster home under s. 48.62, the department in a county having a
2population of 750,000 or more or a county department may provide subsidized
3guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (6), and a school board may contract with
4under s. 120.13 (14)
to a person who otherwise may not be so licensed, certified, or
5contracted with or provided those payments for a reason specified in sub. (4m) (a) 1.
6to 5., and an entity may employ, contract with, or permit to reside at the entity or
7permit to reside with a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. of the entity a person
8who otherwise may not be so employed, provided payments, contracted with, or
9permitted to reside at the entity or with that caregiver for a reason specified in sub.
10(4m) (b) 1. to 5., if the person demonstrates to the department, the county
11department, the contracted agency, the or child welfare agency, or the school board
12or, in the case of an entity that is located within the boundaries of a reservation, to
13the person or body designated by the Indian tribe under sub. (5d) (a) 3., by clear and
14convincing evidence and in accordance with procedures established by the
15department by rule or by the tribe that he or she has been rehabilitated.
SB30,819 16Section 819 . 48.685 (5) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,445,2317 48.685 (5) (bm) (intro.) For purposes of licensing a foster home for the
18placement of a child on whose behalf foster care maintenance payments under s.
1948.62 (4) will be provided
or of providing subsidized guardianship payments to an
20interim caretaker under s. 48.623 (6) (am) or to a person seeking those payments as
21a successor guardian under s. 48.623 (6) (bm), no person, including a caregiver or
22nonclient resident under this section,
who has been convicted of any of the following
23offenses may be permitted to demonstrate that he or she has been rehabilitated:
SB30,820 24Section 820 . 48.685 (5) (br) of the statutes is repealed.
SB30,821 25Section 821 . 48.685 (5c) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,446,6
148.685 (5c) (a) Any person who is permitted but fails under sub. (5) (a) to
2demonstrate to the department, an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2), or a
3child welfare agency that he or she has been rehabilitated may appeal to the
4secretary or his or her designee. Any person who is adversely affected by a decision
5of the secretary or his or her designee under this paragraph has a right to a contested
6case hearing under ch. 227.
SB30,822 7Section 822 . 48.685 (5c) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB30,823 8Section 823 . 48.685 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,447,59 48.685 (5m) Notwithstanding s. 111.335, the department may refuse to license
10a person to operate an entity, a county department or a child welfare agency may
11refuse to license a foster home under s. 48.62, the department in a county having a
12population of 750,000 or more or a county department may refuse to provide
13subsidized guardianship payments to a person under s. 48.623 (6), and an entity may
14refuse to employ or contract with a caregiver or permit a nonclient resident to reside
15at the entity or with a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. of the entity if the
16person has been convicted of an offense that is not a serious crime, but that is, in the
17estimation of the department, county department, child welfare agency, or entity,
18substantially related to the care of a client. Notwithstanding s. 111.335, the
19department may refuse to license a person to operate a child care center, the
20department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county
21department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) may refuse to certify
22a child care provider under s. 48.651, a school board may refuse to contract with a
23person under s. 120.13 (14), and a child care center that is licensed under s. 48.65 or
24established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14) or a child care provider that is
25certified under s. 48.651 may refuse to employ or contract with a caregiver or permit

1a nonclient resident to reside at the child care center or child care provider if the
2person has been convicted of or adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 12th
3birthday for an offense that is not a serious crime, but that is, in the estimation of
4the department, county department, contracted agency, school board, child care
5center, or child care provider, substantially related to the care of a client.
SB30,824 6Section 824 . 48.685 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,447,227 48.685 (6) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, the department shall
8require any person who applies for issuance, continuation, or renewal of a license to
9operate an entity, a county department or a child welfare agency shall require any
10person who applies for issuance or renewal of a license to operate a foster home under
11s. 48.62, and the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more or
12a county department shall require any person who applies for subsidized
13guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (6) to complete a background information
14form that is provided by the department. The department shall require any person
15who applies for issuance, but not continuation, of a license to operate a child care
16center under s. 48.65, a school board shall require any person who proposes to
17contract, but not renew a contract, with the school board under s. 120.13 (14), and
18the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county
19department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) shall require any child
20care provider who applies for initial certification, but not renewal of that
21certification, under s. 48.651 to complete a background information form that is
22provided by the department.
SB30,825 23Section 825 . 48.685 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,448,724 48.685 (6) (am) Except as provided in this paragraph, every Every 4 years an
25entity shall require all of its caregivers and all nonclient residents of the entity or of

1a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. of the entity to complete a background
2information form that is provided to the entity by the department. A child care
3center that is licensed under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under s. 120.13
4(14) or a child care provider that is certified under s. 48.651 is exempt from the 4-year
5requirement, but shall require any new caregiver or nonclient resident to complete
6a background information form that is provided to the child care center or child care
7provider by the department.
SB30,826 8Section 826 . 48.685 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,448,159 48.685 (6) (b) 1. For caregivers who are licensed by the department, for persons
10under 18 years of age, but not under 12 years of age, who are caregivers of a child care
11center that is licensed under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under s. 120.13
12(14) or of a child care provider that is certified under s. 48.651,
for persons who are
13nonclient residents of an entity that is licensed by the department, and for other
14persons specified by the department by rule, the entity shall send the background
15information form to the department.
SB30,827 16Section 827 . 48.685 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,448,2217 48.685 (6) (b) 2. For caregivers who are licensed or certified by a county
18department or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2), for persons who are
19nonclient residents of an entity that is licensed or certified by a county department
20or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2), and for other persons specified by
21the department by rule, the entity shall send the background information form to the
22county department or contracted agency.
SB30,828 23Section 828 . 48.685 (6) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB30,829 24Section 829 . 48.685 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB30,449,10
148.685 (8) The department, the department of health services, a county
2department, an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2), or a child welfare agency,
3or a school board
may charge a fee for obtaining the information required under sub.
4(2) (am) or (ar) or (3) (a) or (am), for providing information to an entity to enable the
5entity to comply with sub. (2) (b) 1. or (3) (b), or for obtaining and submitting
6fingerprints under sub. (2) (bm) or (br). The fee may not exceed the reasonable cost
7of obtaining the information or of obtaining and submitting fingerprints. No fee may
8be charged to a nurse aide, as defined in s. 146.40 (1) (d), for obtaining or maintaining
9information or for obtaining and submitting fingerprints if to do so would be
10inconsistent with federal law.
SB30,830 11Section 830 . 48.685 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
SB30,449,1312 48.685 (9) The department may promulgate any rules necessary for the
13administration of this section.
SB30,831 14Section 831 . 48.686 of the statutes is created to read:
SB30,449,16 1548.686 Criminal history and child abuse record search; child care. (1)
16In this section:
SB30,449,1717 (ag) “Caregiver" means any of the following:
SB30,449,1818 1. A person who is any of the following:
SB30,449,1919 a. An employee or independent contractor of a child care program.
SB30,449,2120 b. Involved in the care or supervision of clients of a child care program or has
21unsupervised access to clients of a child care program.
SB30,449,2322 2. A person who has, or is seeking, a license, certification, or contract to operate
23a child care program.
SB30,450,224 (aj) “Child care program” means a child care center that is licensed under s.
2548.65 or established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14), a child care provider that

1is certified under s. 48.651, or a temporary employment agency that provides
2caregivers to another child care program.
SB30,450,53 (am) “Client" means a person who receives direct care from a child care
4program, from an entity under s. 48.685 (1) (b) or from a caregiver specified in s.
548.685 (1) (ag) 1. am., including all of the following:
SB30,450,76 1. An adopted child for whom adoption assistance payments are being made
7under s. 48.975.
SB30,450,98 2. A child for whom subsidized guardianship payments are being made under
9s. 48.623.
SB30,450,1210 3. A person who is 18 to 21 years old, is receiving independent living services
11under 42 USC 677 (a) from an agency, is no longer placed in out-of-home care, and
12is residing in the foster home in which he or she was previously placed.
SB30,450,1513 (ar) “Contractor" means, with respect to a child care program, a person, or that
14person's agent, who provides services to the child care program under an express or
15implied contract or subcontract.
SB30,450,1816 (bm) “Nonclient resident" means a person who is age 10 or older, who resides,
17or is expected to reside, at a child care program, and who is not a client of the child
18care program or caregiver.
SB30,450,2119 (br) “Reservation" means land in this state within the boundaries of a
20reservation of a tribe or within the bureau of Indian affairs service area for the
21Ho-Chunk Nation.
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