LRB-2689/1
MDE:amn
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
May 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Tittl,
Conley, C. Anderson, Baldeh,
Behnke, Brandtjen, Emerson, Joers, Mursau, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez,
Palmeri, Schmidt, Stubbs, Subeck and Wichgers, cosponsored by Senators
Jacque and Spreitzer. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and
Long-Term Care.
AB249,1,2
1An Act to amend 49.148 (1m) (title) and 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes;
2relating to: expanding Wisconsin Works eligibility for at-risk pregnancy.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who is not a custodial parent of a dependent child
may be eligible for Wisconsin Works benefits if the person is an unmarried woman
who meets the other eligibility criteria and is in the third trimester of a pregnancy
that is medically verified and is shown by medical documentation to be at risk and
to render the woman unable to participate in the workforce.
This bill extends the criteria for these benefits to any woman who is already the
custodial parent of a dependent child and who is in any stage of a medically verified
and documented at-risk pregnancy.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB249,1
3Section
1. 49.148 (1m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB249,1,44
49.148
(1m) (title)
Custodial parent of infant; unmarried, pregnant woman.
AB249,2
5Section
2. 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB249,2,6
149.148
(1m) (a) 2.
An unmarried A woman who
meets the eligibility
2requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3) or who would be eligible under s. 49.145
3except that she is not a custodial parent of a dependent child and who is in
the 3rd
4trimester of a pregnancy that is medically verified and that is shown by medical
5documentation to be at risk and to render the woman unable to participate in the
6workforce.
