AB100-engrossed,876,21 49.155 (1m) (b) (intro.) The individual meets the eligibility conditions criteria under s. all of the following:

AB100-engrossed,876,22 1. Section 49.145 (2) (c) to, (f) and (g) and.

AB100-engrossed,876,25 3. Section 49.145 (3) (a), except that an individual may be eligible for a child care subsidy under this section regardless of the number of days the individual has resided in this state prior to applying for the child care subsidy.

AB100-engrossed, s. 1848 Section 1848. 49.155 (1m) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,877,2 49.155 (1m) (b) 2. Section 49.145 (2) (s).

AB100-engrossed, s. 1850 Section 1850. 49.155 (1m) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,877,4 49.155 (1m) (c) (intro.) Any of the following applies:

AB100-engrossed, s. 1849 Section 1849. 49.155 (1m) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 (1m) (c) 1. and amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,877,13 49.155 (1m) (c) 1. The gross income of the individual's family is at or below 165% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family or, for an individual who is already receiving a child care subsidy under this section, the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family. In calculating the gross income of the family, the Wisconsin works agency shall include income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. to 3.

AB100-engrossed, s. 1850m Section 1850m. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,877,21 49.155 (1m) (c) 1m. The individual was eligible under s. 49.132 (4) (a) for aid under s. 49.132 and received aid under s. 49.132 on September 30, 1997, but lost aid solely because of the application of s. 49.132 (6), and the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family. This subdivision does not apply to an individual whose family's gross income at any time on or after September 30, 1997, is more than 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family.

AB100-engrossed, s. 1851 Section 1851. 49.155 (1m) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,878,4 49.155 (1m) (c) 2. The individual was eligible under s. 49.132 (4) (am) for aid under s. 49.132 and received aid under s. 49.132 on or after May 10, 1996, but lost eligibility solely because of increased income, and the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family. This subdivision does not apply to an individual whose family's gross income increased to more than 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family.

AB100-engrossed, s. 1852 Section 1852. 49.155 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,878,12 49.155 (1m) (c) 3. The individual was eligible for a child care subsidy under s. 49.191 (2) on or after May 10, 1996, and received a child care subsidy on or after May 10, 1996, but lost the subsidy solely because of increased income, and the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family. This subdivision does not apply to an individual whose family's gross income increased to more than 200% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family.

AB100-engrossed, s. 1853 Section 1853. 49.155 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,878,18 49.155 (3m) Distribution of child care funds to counties and certain child care providers. (a) The department shall reimburse child care providers or shall distribute funds to county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 for child care services provided under this section and to private nonprofit agencies that provide child care for children of migrant workers.

AB100-engrossed,878,21 (b) Not more than 5%, or $20,000, whichever is greater, of the funds distributed under par. (a) may be used for the costs of administering the program under this section.

AB100-engrossed,879,3 (c) From the funds distributed under par. (a), a county may provide child care services itself, purchase child care services from a child care provider, provide vouchers to an eligible parent for the payment of child care services provided by a child care provider, reimburse an eligible parent for payments made by the parent to a child care provider for child care services, adopt, with the approval of the department, any other arrangement that the county considers appropriate or use any combination of these methods to provide child care.

AB100-engrossed,879,6 (d) No funds distributed under par. (a) may be used to provide care for a child by a person who resides with the child, unless the county determines that the care is necessary because of a special health condition of the child.

AB100-engrossed, s. 1854 Section 1854. 49.155 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,879,14 49.155 (6) (a) The department Subject to review and approval by the department, each county shall establish the maximum reimbursement rate that a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 may pay for licensed child care services provided under this section. The department A county shall set the rate so that at least 75% of the number of places for children within the licensed capacity of all child care providers in each that county or in a multicounty area determined by the department can be purchased at or below that maximum rate.

AB100-engrossed, s. 1855 Section 1855. 49.155 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,879,21 49.155 (6) (b) The department Subject to review and approval by the department, each county shall set a maximum reimbursement rate that a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 may pay for Level I certified family day care providers for services provided to eligible individuals under this section. The maximum rate set under this paragraph may not exceed 75% of the rate established under par. (a).

AB100-engrossed, s. 1856 Section 1856. 49.155 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,880,3 49.155 (6) (c) The department Subject to review and approval by the department, each county shall set a maximum reimbursement rate that a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 may pay for Level II certified family day care providers for services provided to eligible individuals under this section. The maximum rate set under this paragraph may not exceed 50% of the rate established under par. (a).

AB100-engrossed, s. 1857 Section 1857. 49.155 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,880,11 49.155 (6) (d) The department may promulgate rules to establish a system of rates for child care programs that exceed the quality of care standards required for licensure under s. 48.65 or for certification under s. 48.651 (1) (a) or a program of grants that the department will pay to child care providers that meet the higher quality of care standards established by rules promulgated under sub. (1d) (b). If a system of rates is established under this paragraph, the rates under that system shall be higher than the rates established under pars. (a) to (c).

AB100-engrossed, s. 1857f Section 1857f. 49.159 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: