Wisconsin Legislature: Children and Families, Department of

MA program mental health benefits and reimbursement for certain mental health services revisions re in-home therapy for certain children and telehealth; DHS duties - SB410

Multi-entity initiative authorized re an agreement between a county or tribe and one or more counties or tribes to provide coordinated treatment and services to children in two or more systems of care; DHS duties [Sec. 358, 841-863, 882, 2326] - AB40

Rule-making procedure revised; various DCF rules modified and repealed re child care certification, child care center operations, child welfare agency licensing, public assistance records, and transitional jobs demonstration project [Admin.Code DCF 54.02, 110, 121, 201.02, 202.01, 202.02, 202.04, 202.05, 202.06, 202.065, 202.07, 202.08, 202.09, 203.03, 250.04, 250.07, 251.03, 251.04, 251.07, 251.09, 251.095] - AB677

Rule-making procedure revised; various DPI rules modified and repealed [Admin.Code PI 25.05, 29, 31, 33, 34.35, 42] - AB599

Rule-making procedure revised; various DPI rules modified and repealed [Admin.Code PI 25.05, 29, 31, 33, 34.35, 42] - SB468

Sexual orientation change efforts on minors: mental health provider prohibition and penalties created; JRCCP report - SB481

Shelter care facility: placement of children in under a voluntary agreement permitted; DCF duties - AB674

Shelter care facility: placement of children in under a voluntary agreement permitted; DCF duties - SB532

Spiritual treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment for children: exemptions removed re county department determination of child abuse or neglect, felony physical abuse of a child, and administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody; Christian Science treatment limited to adult patients - AB630

TROs and injunctions for domestic abuse, child abuse, individuals-at-risk, and harassment revisions re stalking, contacting petitioner, essential persons at hearings, confidentiality, guardian ad litem compensation, and ex parte orders with a judge substitution - AB176

TROs and injunctions for domestic abuse, child abuse, individuals-at-risk, and harassment revisions re stalking, contacting petitioner, essential persons at hearings, confidentiality, guardian ad litem compensation, and ex parte orders with a judge substitution - SB161

Victim of abusive conduct: right to be accompanied by a victim advocate provisions created - AB204

Victim of abusive conduct: right to be accompanied by a victim advocate provisions created - SB354

Birth to 3 program early intervention services: federal law references changed [Sec. 1235, 1236] - AB40

Categorical aids for special education increased - AB772

Categorical aids for special education increased - SB559

Out-of-home care for child with an individualized education program (IEP) and who is a full-time student: extending care to age 21 or until the child is granted a high school diploma; conditions and exemptions to emergency rules and rule-making procedures provisions [S.Amdt.1: appropriations added; S.Amdt.2 to S.Amdt.1: appropriations to Corr.Dept, DCF, and JCF modified] - SB451

Out-of-home care for child with an individualized education program (IEP) and who is a full-time student: extending care to age 21 or until the child is granted a high school diploma; conditions and exemptions to emergency rules and rule-making procedures provisions - AB570

Out-of-home care for youths with individualized education programs (IEP): funding provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9124 (1L)] - AB40

Out-of-home placement order of the juvenile court: termination conditions revised; individualized education program (IEP) provision [Sec. 883-889, 921, 923, 925, 927, 928, 2330-2335, 9307 (2), (3); original bill only] - AB40

Private school participating in a parental choice program: certain special education staff required if enrolling a child with a disability; compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, DPI duties - AB773

Private school participating in a parental choice program: certain special education staff required if enrolling a child with a disability; compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, DPI duties - SB554

Special Needs Scholarship Program established; DPI duties and LAB study required [Sec. 238, 1752-1754, 1854, 1870, 1880, 1885, 1887, 1890; original bill only] - AB40

Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils established; LAB duty and study required; DPI to prepare document comparing certain rights under state and federal handicapped education law - AB682

Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils established; LAB duty and study required; DPI to prepare document comparing certain rights under state and federal handicapped education law - SB525

Substitute teaching and paraprofessional staffing services for a special education program: school district, county, and CESA may use state special education aid to contract with a public or private agency to provide - AB348

Substitute teaching and paraprofessional staffing services for a special education program: school district, county, and CESA may use state special education aid to contract with a public or private agency to provide - SB271

Waisman Center's 40th anniversary commended - AJR78

Adoption and TPR: posttermination contact agreement; sharing home study report of adoptive parent and certain requirements eliminated; out-of-home placement disclosure; last-known address of adoptive parent or proposed adoptive parent disclosed re child's sibling; tribal court proceedings for suspension of parental rights or adoption under tribal law or custom; jurisdiction and venue for an adoption petition - AB150

Adoption assistance and subsidized guardianship agreements and payments revisions [Sec. 890, 891, 897, 930-932, 941-944, 9306 (3); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 943] - AB40

CANPB transferred from DCF to DOA [Sec. 41, 42; original bill only] - AB40

Child abuse and neglect appeal: procedures revised and contested case hearing provision [Sec. 945, 9306 (2), 9406 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 936s, u, 938g, h, 945c, 1229q-w, 9406 (2i), deletes 9406 (2)] - AB40

Child abuse and neglect reporting law recodified; persons mandated to report revised and DCF training provisions; ``physical injury" and ``neglect" definitions revised; notification requirements to tribal agent by a county department modified - SB18

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - AB192

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - SB209

Child engaged in prostitution: court permitted to enter into a consent decree or deferred prosecution agreement in lieu of conviction; under the child abuse reporting law the court is required to report suspicion that someone allowed or encouraged the child to engage in prostitution, agency investigation requirements - AB776

Child-related law revisions re minors signing statement acknowledging paternity, representative of deceased respondent in a paternity action, form for a summons in a paternity action correction, delinquent child support and levy by DCF, Wisconsin Shares eligibility determination when the individual is taking basic education or technical college courses, guardian ad litem in unborn child in need of protection or services proceeding, diligent investigation after report of child abuse or neglect, voluntary foster care education program eliminated, crime barring person from showing he or she has been rehabilitated for child care purposes (remedial legislation) - AB566

Child-related law revisions re minors signing statement acknowledging paternity, representative of deceased respondent in a paternity action, form for a summons in a paternity action correction, delinquent child support and levy by DCF, Wisconsin Shares eligibility determination when the individual is taking basic education or technical college courses, guardian ad litem in unborn child in need of protection or services proceeding, diligent investigation after report of child abuse or neglect, voluntary foster care education program eliminated, crime barring person from showing he or she has been rehabilitated for child care purposes (remedial legislation) - SB418

Child welfare and health care records: confidential exchange provisions modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 939w, 945w, 1234q, 1900e-h, 2336f] - AB40

CHIPS proceeding: power of juvenile court to appoint counsel; parent's right to counsel and referral to SPD; elimination of jury trial in CHIPS and TPR proceedings; report required - AB151

Concerns of 5-star child care providers: report and recommendations after meeting with DCF required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9106 (1q)] - AB40

DCF payments to certain child care providers modified; DCF to set policies and procedures to prevent fraud in Wisconsin Shares, LAB audit required and recovery of overpayments provision - AB862

DCF to expand distribution of demonstration project funding re reducing out-of-home care for children in Milwaukee County to other counties [Sec. 370, 819, 820, 872-880, 893, 894, 909-916, 918-920, 933, 934, 2319-2323] - AB40

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB754

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Familes Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - SB546

Domestic abuse grants: funding increased - AB300

Foster Care Continuation Program sum certain funding deleted; Transition to Independent Living Program created [Sec. 895, 896] - AB40

Guardianships of Indian children ordered by tribal courts: DCF may use Indian gaming receipts to reimburse for subsidized payments [Sec. 372, 892] - AB40

Homeless youths: DCF to create a program to provide grants for housing or assistance in finding housing, definition provision - AB840

Inspector General, Office of, created in DCF [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 40m, 9106 (1e)] - AB40

Interest rate on child support arrears: reduced rate pilot program [Sec. 2276-2279; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, extension of lower interest rate after the pilot program requires JCF approval] - AB40

Kinship care: additional funding sources [Sec. 373, 922, 924, 1036; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Modifications to programs for low-income persons including W-2, Wisconsin Shares, FoodShare, low-income energy assistance, low-income housing assistance, EITC, homestead tax credit, local housing authority construction of low-income housing, parental choice programs, school lunch program, and HEAB grants and scholarships; ``means-tested public assistance" definition and use - SB676

Optional incentive program for counties under certain population and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs: DHS and DCF to establish - AB232

Optional incentive program for counties under certain population and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs: DHS and DCF to establish - SB238

Out-of-home care for child with an individualized education program (IEP) and who is a full-time student: extending care to age 21 or until the child is granted a high school diploma; conditions and exemptions to emergency rules and rule-making procedures provisions [S.Amdt.1: appropriations added; S.Amdt.2 to S.Amdt.1: appropriations to Corr.Dept, DCF, and JCF modified] - SB451

Presumption that equalizing physical placement to the highest degree is in the child's best interest; child support changes re determining income, health insurance premiums, revisions to amount, and court orders - AB540

Public assistance programs including W-2, MA, and FoodShare: offenses considered crimes against government and its administration and DOJ or a DA is authorized to prosecute; employees accepting applications required to administer oath to applicant re true and correct information, DCF and DHS duties [S.Amdt.1: administration of oath provision removed] - SB245

Refund setoff hierarchy for state debt collection: Wisconsin child support, family support, and maintenance obligations certified by DCF are collected before any other debt - AB461

Refund setoff hierarchy for state debt collection: Wisconsin child support, family support, and maintenance obligations certified by DCF are collected before any other debt - SB361

Shelter care facility: placement of children in under a voluntary agreement permitted; DCF duties - AB674

Shelter care facility: placement of children in under a voluntary agreement permitted; DCF duties - SB532

Skills enhancement grants to community action agencies: funding increased - AB49

Skills enhancement grants to community action agencies: funding increased - SB25

State agencies to share specified data with DOR for debt collection and state tax purposes; confidentiality provision [Sec. 733, 940, 1218, 1278, 1718, 1721, 2164, 2165] - AB40

Statewide student data system: collaboration of agencies to include DCF and DWD; work force data maintained by DWD incorporated into the system; report to DOA required [Sec. 1739-1743, 9134 (2)] - AB40

TANF block grants and Child Care Development Funds: allocations modified [Sec. 988, 1025-1029, 1031-1035, 1037-1040; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions and additional grants, 1038m] - AB40

Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs replaced with one statewide program called the Transitional Jobs program; annual report and LAB audits required - AB905

Transform Milwaukee Jobs program created [Sec. 989, 1022, 1030] - AB40

Transitional Jobs program established with same provisions as Transform Milwaukee Jobs program but outside Milwaukee County, funding provisions - AB401

Transitional Jobs program established with same provisions as Transform Milwaukee Jobs program but outside Milwaukee County, funding provisions - SB333

Trial Jobs under W-2 replaced with Trial Employment Match Program (TEMP); eliminates real work, real pay employment position; subsidized private sector employment program; and workforce attachment and advancement program [Sec. 954-959, 961, 963-972, 974-978, 982, 987, 1021, 1024, 1041-1043, 1332, 1334-1338, 1384, 1386-1390, 1420, 1422-1426, 1469-1473, 1713, 1992, 2074, 9306 (1), 9406 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 9406 (1L)] - AB40

Tribal family services funding modified [Sec. 369, 371, 898-908, 917, 1023] - AB40

Waking a sleeping child under 2 years of age by a licensed child care provider: exception to DCF rules with parental or guardian consent - AB698

Wisconsin Shares out-of-state provider provisions [Sec. 935, 993] - AB40

Wisconsin Shares program revisions re distribution, maximum rates, copayments, and noncustodial parents [Sec. 374, 375, 936, 951-953, 960, 962, 973, 979-981, 983-986, 990-992, 994-1020, 1217, 9406 (4); A.Sub.Admt.1: further revisions, plan to implement electronic means of delivering W-2 benefits and child care subsidies requires JCF approval, 952m, 9406 (5L)] - AB40

Rule-making procedure revised; various DCF rules modified and repealed re child care certification, child care center operations, child welfare agency licensing, public assistance records, and transitional jobs demonstration project [Admin.Code DCF 54.02, 110, 121, 201.02, 202.01, 202.02, 202.04, 202.05, 202.06, 202.065, 202.07, 202.08, 202.09, 203.03, 250.04, 250.07, 251.03, 251.04, 251.07, 251.09, 251.095] - AB677

Chippewa Valley RTA: authorization to create restored; referendum, sales and use tax, and property tax provisions - SB686

Civil legal services for veterans provided by DVA: pilot program for Milwaukee, Chippewa, Eau Claire, and Dunn counties created, report required - AB922

Highway maps published by DOT to include the location of the Wisconsin Veterans Tribute in the Village of Cadott - AB234

Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls: eligibility of surviving spouse and parents of eligible persons revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 794m] - AB40