48.986 (1) From the amounts distributed under s. 46.40 48.563 (1) for services for children and families, the department shall distribute funds to eligible counties for services related to child abuse and neglect and to unborn child abuse, including child abuse and neglect and unborn child abuse prevention, investigation, and treatment.

20,1129 Section 1129. 46.51 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 48.986 (3).

20,1130 Section 1130. 46.51 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 48.986 (4).

20,1131 Section 1131. 46.51 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 48.986 (5).

20,1133 Section 1133. 46.515 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (title).

20,1134 Section 1134. 46.515 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (intro.).

20,1135 Section 1135. 46.515 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

20,1136 Section 1136. 46.515 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) (intro.).

20,1137 Section 1137. 46.515 (1) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) 1. (intro.).

20,1138 Section 1138. 46.515 (1) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) 1. a.

20,1139 Section 1139. 46.515 (1) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) 1. b.

20,1140 Section 1140. 46.515 (1) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) 1. c. and amended to read:

48.983 (1) (b) 1. c. A family that includes a person who has contacted a county department, as defined in s. 48.02 (2g), or an Indian tribe that has been awarded a grant under this section or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more that has been awarded a grant under this section, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department requesting assistance to prevent abuse or neglect of a child in the person's family and with respect to which an individual responding to the request has determined that all of the conditions in subd. 2. exist.

20,1141 Section 1141. 46.515 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (b) 2.

20,1142 Section 1142. 46.515 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

20,1143 Section 1143. 46.515 (1) (cm) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (cm).

20,1144 Section 1144. 46.515 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (d).

20,1145 Section 1145. 46.515 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (e).

20,1146 Section 1146. 46.515 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (f).

20,1147 Section 1147. 46.515 (1) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (g).

20,1148 Section 1148. 46.515 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (h).

20,1149 Section 1149. 46.515 (1) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (i).

20,1150 Section 1150. 46.515 (1) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (1) (j).

20,1151 Section 1151. 46.515 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (2) and amended to read:

48.983 (2) Funds provided. If a county or Indian tribe applies and is selected by the department under sub. (5) to participate in the program under this section, the department shall award, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) 20.437 (2) (ab), a grant annually to be used only for the purposes specified in sub. (4) (a) and (am). The minimum amount of a grant is $10,000. The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county, other than a county with a population of 500,000 or more, or Indian tribe in excess of the minimum amount based on the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county or the reservation of that Indian tribe in proportion to the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this section. The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded to a county with a population of 500,000 or more in excess of the minimum amount based on 60% of the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county in proportion to the number of births that are funded by medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in all of the counties and the reservations of all of the Indian tribes to which grants are awarded under this section.

20,1152 Section 1152. 46.515 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (3).

20,1153 Section 1153. 46.515 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (4).

20,1154 Section 1154. 46.515 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 48.983 (5) and amended to read:

48.983 (5) Selection of counties and Indian tribes. The department shall provide competitive application procedures for selecting counties and Indian tribes for participation in the program under this section. The department shall establish a method for ranking applicants for selection based on the quality of their applications. In ranking the applications submitted by counties, the department shall give favorable consideration to a county that has indicated under sub. (6) (d) 2. that it is willing to use a portion of any moneys distributed to the county under s. 46.45 48.565 (2) (a) to provide case management services to a medical assistance beneficiary under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who is a case or who is a member of a family that is a case and that has explained under sub. (6) (d) 2. how the county plans to use that portion of those moneys to promote the provision of those services for the case by using a wraparound process so as to provide those services in a flexible, comprehensive and individualized manner in order to reduce the necessity for court-ordered services. The department shall also provide application requirements and procedures for the renewal of a grant awarded under this section. The application procedures and the renewal application requirements and procedures shall be clear and understandable to the applicants. The department need not promulgate as rules under ch. 227 the application procedures, the renewal application requirements or procedures or the method for ranking applicants established under this subsection.