AB557,15,1716 48.40 (1m) “Kinship care relative provider" means a person receiving
17payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) for providing care and maintenance for a child.
AB557,34 18Section 34 . 48.427 (3m) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,15,2219 48.427 (3m) (a) 5. A relative with whom the child resides, if the relative has
20filed a petition to adopt the child or if the relative is a kinship care relative provider
21or is receiving payments under s. 48.62 (4) for providing care and maintenance for
22the child.
AB557,35 23Section 35 . 48.43 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,16,424 48.43 (5) (b) 1. The court shall hold a hearing to review the permanency plan
25within 30 days after receiving a report under par. (a). At least 10 days before the date

1of the hearing, the court shall provide notice of the time, place, and purpose of the
2hearing to the agency that prepared the report, the child's guardian, the child, and
3the child's foster parent, the operator of the facility in which the child is living, or the
4relative or like-kin with whom the child is living.
AB557,36 5Section 36 . 48.43 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,16,136 48.43 (5) (b) 3. The court shall give a foster parent, operator of a facility, or
7relative or like-kin who is notified of a hearing under subd. 1. a right to be heard at
8the hearing by permitting the foster parent, operator, or relative or like-kin to make
9a written or oral statement during the hearing, or to submit a written statement
10prior to the hearing, relevant to the issues to be determined at the hearing. The foster
11parent, operator of a facility, or relative or like-kin does not become a party to the
12proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving that notice
13and right to be heard.
AB557,37 14Section 37 . 48.43 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,16,2015 48.43 (5m) Either the court or the agency that prepared the permanency plan
16shall furnish a copy of the original plan and each revised plan to the child, if he or
17she is 12 years of age or over, to the child's guardian, to the child's foster parent, the
18operator of the facility in which the child is living, or the relative or like-kin with
19whom the child is living, and, if the order under sub. (1) involuntarily terminated
20parental rights to an Indian child, to the Indian child's tribe.
AB557,38 21Section 38 . 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,17,422 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time
23student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
24equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the
25person, and the person is placed in the home of the kinship care relative provider

1under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that
2terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years
3of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s.
448.366 (3) or 938.366 (3).
AB557,39 5Section 39 . 48.57 (3m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,17,76 48.57 (3m) (a) 2. “Kinship care relative provider" means a relative other than
7a parent, an extended family member, as defined in s. 48.028 (2) (am), or like-kin.
AB557,40 8Section 40 . 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by Wisconsin
9Act 19, is amended to read:
AB557,17,1710 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
11(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
12than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
13under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
14to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
15more, the department shall make payments per month in the amount of $375
16beginning on January 1, 2024, to a kinship care relative provider who is providing
17care and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met:
AB557,41 18Section 41 . 48.57 (3m) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,17,2319 48.57 (3m) (am) 1. The kinship care relative provider applies to the county
20department or department for payments under this subsection and, if the child is
21placed in the home of the kinship care relative provider under a court order, other
22than a court order under s. 48.9795 or ch. 54, 2017 stats., for a license to operate a
23foster home.
AB557,42 24Section 42 . 48.57 (3m) (am) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,18,4
148.57 (3m) (am) 1m. The county department or department determines that
2there is a need for the child to be placed with the kinship care relative provider and
3that the placement with the kinship care relative provider is in the best interests of
4the child.
AB557,43 5Section 43 . 48.57 (3m) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,18,136 48.57 (3m) (am) 4. The county department or department conducts a
7background investigation under sub. (3p) of the kinship care relative provider, any
8employee and prospective employee of the kinship care relative provider who has or
9would have regular contact with the child for whom the payments would be made and
10any other adult resident of the kinship care relative's provider's home to determine
11if the kinship care relative provider, employee, prospective employee or adult
12resident has any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the
13kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for the child.
AB557,44 14Section 44 . 48.57 (3m) (am) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,18,2115 48.57 (3m) (am) 4m. Subject to sub. (3p) (fm) 1. and 2., the kinship care relative
16provider states that he or she does not have any arrests or convictions that could
17adversely affect the child or the kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for
18the child and that no adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p) (a), and no employee or
19prospective employee of the kinship care relative provider who would have regular
20contact with the child has any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the
21child or the kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for the child.
AB557,45 22Section 45 . 48.57 (3m) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,18,2523 48.57 (3m) (am) 5. The kinship care relative provider cooperates with the
24county department or department in the application process, including applying for
25other forms of assistance for which the child may be eligible.
AB557,46
1Section 46. 48.57 (3m) (am) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,19,32 48.57 (3m) (am) 5m. The kinship care relative provider is not receiving
3payments under sub. (3n) with respect to the child.
AB557,47 4Section 47 . 48.57 (3m) (am) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,19,75 48.57 (3m) (am) 6. The child for whom the kinship care relative provider is
6providing care and maintenance is not receiving supplemental security income
7under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c or state supplemental payments under s. 49.77.
AB557,48 8Section 48 . 48.57 (3m) (ap) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,19,199 48.57 (3m) (ap) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3., the county department or, in a
10county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may make payments
11under par. (am) to a kinship care relative provider who is providing care and
12maintenance for a child who is placed in the home of the kinship care relative
13provider under a court order for no more than 60 days after the date on which the
14county department or department received under par. (am) 1. the completed
15application of the kinship care relative provider for a license to operate a foster home
16or, if the application is approved or denied or the kinship care relative provider is
17otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those 60 days, until the
18date on which the application is approved or denied or the kinship care relative
19provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure.
AB557,49 20Section 49 . 48.57 (3m) (ap) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,20,621 48.57 (3m) (ap) 2. If the application specified in subd. 1. is not approved or
22denied or the kinship care relative provider is not otherwise determined to be
23ineligible for licensure within 60 days after the date on which the county department
24or department received the completed application for any reason other than an act
25or omission of the kinship care relative provider, the county department or

1department may make payments under par. (am) for 4 months after the date on
2which the county department or department received the completed application or,
3if the application is approved or denied or the kinship care relative provider is
4otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those 4 months, until the
5date on which the application is approved or denied or the kinship care relative
6provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure.
AB557,50 7Section 50 . 48.57 (3m) (ap) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,20,248 48.57 (3m) (ap) 3. Notwithstanding that an application of a kinship care
9relative provider specified in subd. 1. is denied or the kinship care relative provider
10is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure, the county department or, in
11a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may make
12payments under par. (am) to the kinship care relative provider for as long as the
13conditions specified in par. (am) 1. to 6. continue to apply if the county department
14or department submits to the court information relating to the background
15investigation specified in par. (am) 4., an assessment of the safety of the kinship care
16relative's provider's home and the ability of the kinship care relative provider to care
17for the child, and a recommendation that the child remain in the home of the kinship
18care relative provider and the court, after considering that information, assessment,
19and recommendation, orders the child to remain in the kinship care relative's
20provider's home. If the court does not order the child to remain in the kinship care
21relative's provider's home, the court shall order the county department or
22department to request a change in placement under s. 48.357 (1) (am) or 938.357 (1)
23(am). Any person specified in s. 48.357 (2m) (a) or 938.357 (2m) (a) may also request
24a change in placement.
AB557,51 25Section 51 . 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,21,10
148.57 (3m) (b) 2. When any kinship care relative provider of a child applies for
2or receives payments under this subsection, any right of the child or the child's parent
3to support or maintenance from any other person accruing during the time that
4payments are made under this subsection is assigned to the state. If a child who is
5the beneficiary of a payment under this subsection is also the beneficiary of support
6under a judgment or order that includes support for one or more children who are not
7the beneficiaries of payments under this subsection, any support payment made
8under the judgment or order is assigned to the state in the amount that is the
9proportionate share of the child who is the beneficiary of the payment made under
10this subsection, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the motion of a party.
AB557,52 11Section 52 . 48.57 (3m) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,21,1412 48.57 (3m) (cm) A kinship care relative provider who receives a payment under
13par. (am) for providing care and maintenance for a child is not eligible to receive a
14payment under sub. (3n) or s. 48.62 (4) or 48.623 (1) or (6) for that child.
AB557,53 15Section 53 . 48.57 (3m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,21,2316 48.57 (3m) (h) A county department or, in a county having a population of
17750,000 or more, the department may recover an overpayment made under par. (am)
18from a kinship care relative provider who continues to receive payments under par.
19(am) by reducing the amount of the kinship care relative's provider's monthly
20payment. The department may by rule specify other methods for recovering
21overpayments made under par. (am). A county department that recovers an
22overpayment under this paragraph due to the efforts of its officers and employees
23may retain a portion of the amount recovered, as provided by the department by rule.
AB557,54 24Section 54 . 48.57 (3m) (i) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,22,6
148.57 (3m) (i) 1. Rules to provide assessment criteria for determining whether
2a kinship care relative provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child
3is eligible to receive payments under par. (am). The rules shall also provide that any
4criteria established under the rules shall first apply to applications for payments
5under par. (am) received, and to reviews under par. (d) conducted, on the effective
6date of those rules.
AB557,55 7Section 55 . 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,22,158 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time
9student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
10equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the
11person, and the person is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative
12provider under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365
13that terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains
1418 years of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement
15under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3).
AB557,56 16Section 56 . 48.57 (3n) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,22,1917 48.57 (3n) (a) 2. “Long-term kinship care relative provider" means a relative
18other than a parent, an extended family member, as defined in s. 48.028 (2) (am), or
19like-kin
.
AB557,57 20Section 57 . 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by Wisconsin
21Act 19, is amended to read:
AB557,23,522 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
23(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
24than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
25under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject

1to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
2more, the department shall make monthly payments for each child per month in the
3amount of $375 beginning on January 1, 2024, to a long-term kinship care relative
4provider who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following
5conditions are met:
AB557,58 6Section 58 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,23,127 48.57 (3n) (am) 1. The long-term kinship care relative provider applies to the
8county department or department for payments under this subsection, provides
9proof that he or she has been appointed as the guardian of the child, and, if the child
10is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative provider under a court
11order, other than a court order under s. 48.9795 or ch. 54, 2017 stats., applies to the
12county department or department for a license to operate a foster home.
AB557,59 13Section 59 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,23,1714 48.57 (3n) (am) 2. The county department or department inspects the
15long-term kinship care relative's provider's home, interviews the long-term kinship
16care relative provider and determines that long-term placement with the long-term
17kinship care relative provider is in the best interests of the child.
AB557,60 18Section 60 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,24,219 48.57 (3n) (am) 4. The county department or department conducts a
20background investigation under sub. (3p) of the long-term kinship care relative
21provider, the employees and prospective employees of the long-term kinship care
22relative provider who have or would have regular contact with the child for whom the
23payments would be made and any other adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p) (a),
24of the long-term kinship care relative's provider's home to determine if the
25long-term kinship care relative provider, employee, prospective employee or adult

1resident has any arrests or convictions that are likely to adversely affect the child or
2the long-term kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for the child.
AB557,61 3Section 61 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,24,124 48.57 (3n) (am) 4m. Subject to sub. (3p) (fm) 1m. and 2m., the long-term
5kinship care relative provider states that he or she does not have any arrests or
6convictions that could adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care
7relative's provider's ability to care for the child and that, to the best of the long-term
8kinship care relative's provider's knowledge, no adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p)
9(a), and no employee or prospective employee of the long-term kinship care relative
10provider who would have regular contact with the child has any arrests or
11convictions that could adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care
12relative's provider's ability to care for the child.
AB557,62 13Section 62 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,24,1614 48.57 (3n) (am) 5. The long-term kinship care relative provider cooperates
15with the county department or department in the application process, including
16applying for other forms of assistance for which the child may be eligible.
AB557,63 17Section 63 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,24,1918 48.57 (3n) (am) 5m. The long-term kinship care relative provider is not
19receiving payments under sub. (3m) with respect to the child.
AB557,64 20Section 64 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 5r. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,24,2321 48.57 (3n) (am) 5r. The child for whom the long-term kinship care relative
22provider is providing care and maintenance is not receiving supplemental security
23income under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c or state supplemental payments under s. 49.77.
AB557,65 24Section 65 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,25,6
148.57 (3n) (am) 6. (intro.) The long-term kinship care relative provider and the
2county department or department enter into a written agreement under which the
3long-term kinship care relative provider agrees to provide care and maintenance for
4the child and the county department or department agrees, subject to sub. (3p) (hm),
5to make monthly payments to the long-term kinship care relative provider at the
6rate specified in sub. (3m) (am) (intro.) until the earliest of the following:
AB557,66 7Section 66 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,25,108 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. c. The date on which the child is placed outside the long-term
9kinship care relative's provider's home under a court order or under a voluntary
10agreement under s. 48.63 (1) (a) or (b) or (5) (b).
AB557,67 11Section 67 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,25,1312 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. d. The date on which the child ceases to reside with the
13long-term kinship care relative provider.
AB557,68 14Section 68 . 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,25,1615 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. e. The date on which the long-term kinship care's care
16provider's
guardianship under s. 48.977 terminates.
AB557,69 17Section 69 . 48.57 (3n) (ap) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,26,318 48.57 (3n) (ap) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3., the county department or, in a
19county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may make payments
20under par. (am) to a long-term kinship care relative provider who is providing care
21and maintenance for a child who is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care
22relative provider for no more than 60 days after the date on which the county
23department or department received under par. (am) 1. the completed application of
24the long-term kinship care relative provider for a license to operate a foster home or,
25if the application is approved or denied or the long-term kinship care relative

1provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those 60 days,
2until the date on which the application is approved or denied or the long-term
3kinship care relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure.
AB557,70 4Section 70 . 48.57 (3n) (ap) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,26,165 48.57 (3n) (ap) 2. If the application specified in subd. 1. is not approved or
6denied or the long-term kinship care relative provider is not otherwise determined
7to be ineligible for licensure within 60 days after the date on which the county
8department or department received the completed application for any reason other
9than an act or omission of the long-term kinship care relative provider, the county
10department or department may make payments under par. (am) for 4 months after
11the date on which the county department or department received the completed
12application or, if the application is approved or denied or the long-term kinship care
13relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those
144 months, until the date on which the application is approved or denied or the
15long-term kinship care relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for
16licensure.
AB557,71 17Section 71 . 48.57 (3n) (ap) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,27,1218 48.57 (3n) (ap) 3. Notwithstanding that an application of a long-term kinship
19care relative provider specified in subd. 1. is denied or the long-term kinship care
20relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure, the county
21department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department
22may make payments under par. (am) to the long-term kinship care relative provider
23until an event specified in par. (am) 6. a. to f. occurs if the county department or
24department submits to the court information relating to the background
25investigation specified in par. (am) 4., an assessment of the safety of the long-term

1kinship care relative's provider's home and the ability of the long-term kinship care
2relative provider to care for the child, and a recommendation that the child remain
3in the home of the long-term kinship care relative provider and the court, after
4considering that information, assessment, and recommendation, orders the child to
5remain in the long-term kinship care relative's provider's home. If the court does not
6order the child to remain in the kinship care relative's provider's home, the court
7shall order the county department or department to request a change in placement
8under s. 48.357 (1) (am) or 938.357 (1) (am) or to request a termination of the
9guardianship order under s. 48.977 (7). Any person specified in s. 48.357 (2m) (a) or
10938.357 (2m) (a) may also request a change in placement and any person who is
11authorized to file a petition for the appointment of a guardian for the child may also
12request a termination of the guardianship order.
AB557,72 13Section 72 . 48.57 (3n) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,27,2314 48.57 (3n) (b) 2. When any long-term kinship care relative provider of a child
15applies for or receives payments under this subsection, any right of the child or the
16child's parent to support or maintenance from any other person accruing during the
17time that payments are made under this subsection is assigned to the state. If a child
18is the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order that includes support for one
19or more children who are not the beneficiaries of payments under this subsection,
20any support payment made under the judgment or order is assigned to the state in
21the amount that is the proportionate share of the child who is the beneficiary of the
22payment made under this subsection, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the
23motion of a party.
AB557,73 24Section 73 . 48.57 (3n) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,28,3
148.57 (3n) (cm) A long-term kinship care relative provider who receives a
2payment under par. (am) for providing care and maintenance for a child is not eligible
3to receive a payment under sub. (3m) or s. 48.62 (4) or 48.623 (1) or (6) for that child.
AB557,74 4Section 74 . 48.57 (3n) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,28,125 48.57 (3n) (h) A county department or, in a county having a population of
6750,000 or more, the department may recover an overpayment made under par. (am)
7from a long-term kinship care relative provider who continues to receive payments
8under par. (am) by reducing the amount of the long-term kinship care relative's
9provider's monthly payment. The department may by rule specify other methods for
10recovering overpayments made under par. (am). A county department that recovers
11an overpayment under this paragraph due to the efforts of its officers and employees
12may retain a portion of the amount recovered, as provided by the department by rule.
AB557,75 13Section 75 . 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,28,2314 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. (intro.) The director of the county department, the person
15designated by the governing body of an Indian tribe or, in a county having a
16population of 750,000 or more, the person designated by the secretary shall review
17the denial of payments or the prohibition on employment or being an adult resident
18to determine if the conviction record on which the denial or prohibition is based
19includes any arrests, convictions, or penalties that are likely to adversely affect the
20child or the ability of the kinship care relative provider to care for the child. In
21reviewing the denial or prohibition, the director of the county department, the person
22designated by the governing body of the Indian tribe or the person designated by the
23secretary shall consider all of the following factors:
AB557,76 24Section 76 . 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,29,2
148.57 (3p) (h) 3. b. The nature of the violation or penalty and how that violation
2or penalty affects the ability of the kinship care relative provider to care for the child.
AB557,77 3Section 77 . 48.57 (3p) (h) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,29,154 48.57 (3p) (h) 4. If the director of the county department, the person designated
5by the governing body of the Indian tribe or, in a county having a population of
6750,000 or more, the person designated by the secretary determines that the
7conviction record on which the denial of payments or the prohibition on employment
8or being an adult resident is based does not include any arrests, convictions, or
9penalties that are likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the kinship care
10relative provider to care for the child, the director of the county department, the
11person designated by the governing body of the Indian tribe, or the person designated
12by the secretary may approve the making of payments under sub. (3m) or may permit
13a person receiving payments under sub. (3m) to employ a person in a position in
14which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom payments are
15being made or permit a person to be an adult resident.
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