Amendment AA121-ASA1-AB75

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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 121, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2009 ASSEMBLY BILL 75

June 11, 2009 - Offered by Representatives Vos, Huebsch, Honadel, Gunderson, Vukmir, Knodl, Kramer, LeMahieu, Kleefisch, Nass, Zipperer, Gottlieb, Strachota, Gundrum and Suder.

AB75-ASA1-AA121,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

AB75-ASA1-AA121,1,2 1. Page 371, line 10: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA121,1,3 " Section 639k. 20.865 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA121,2,7 20.865 (4) (a) General purpose revenue funds general program supplementation. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to be used to supplement appropriations of the general fund which prove insufficient because of unforeseen emergencies or which prove insufficient to accomplish the purposes for which made, to be used for the grant program under s. 49.156, to be used to make loans to appropriations from the general or any segregated fund as provided in s. 13.101 (4m) and miscellaneous expense of the joint committee on finance not to exceed $250. All loans from this appropriation when repaid shall be credited to this appropriation if repaid during the biennium in which the loan is made. All loans from this appropriation not repaid during the biennium in which the loan is made shall be general purpose revenues-earned. The governor may under this paragraph allot sums not in excess of $1,000 to any department or agency when necessary, without a meeting of the joint committee on finance. All allotments made under this paragraph by the governor shall be certified by him or her to the department of administration, and expenditures therefrom shall be shown in the state budget report as an additional cost of the state agency to which such allotments were made.".

AB75-ASA1-AA121,2,8 2. Page 577, line 6: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA121,2,9 " Section 1212r. 49.155 (3j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA121,2,12 49.155 (3j) Eligibility verification measures. Every county department or agency that determines the eligibility of individuals for child care subsidies under this section shall do all of the following:

AB75-ASA1-AA121,2,15 (a) Electronically verify the gross income of the family of every individual receiving a child care subsidy at least once every calendar quarter, using available databases of the department of workforce development.

AB75-ASA1-AA121,2,17 (b) Verify the eligibility of an applicant for a child care subsidy before any child care subsidy is provided on behalf of the applicant.

AB75-ASA1-AA121,2,22 (c) Provide to each employee administering the program under this section at least 20 hours of training on employment verification information and on the importance of consistently recording eligibility-related information in the electronic case file of an individual applying for or receiving a child care subsidy under this section.".

AB75-ASA1-AA121,2,23 3. Page 581, line 1: before that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA121,2,24 " Section 1215k. 49.156 of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA121,3,7 49.156 Grants for program integrity implementation. The department shall establish a competitive grant program under which the department shall award grants, from the appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (a), to counties for implementing program integrity measures for the program under s. 49.155. The department may award up to $1,000,000 in grants under this section. The department shall promulgate rules relating to the specifications and criteria for awarding a grant under this section.".

AB75-ASA1-AA121,3,8 (End)