49.155(6d)(b) (b) If the department intends to take any of the actions under par. (a), the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a report that sets out its plan for implementing the cost-saving measures.

49.155(6g)(a)1.1. In this paragraph, "department" means the department or the county department or agency determining and authorizing the amount of child care for which an individual may receive a subsidy under this section.

49.155(6g)(a)2. 2. Except as provided in subd. 3., the department shall authorize no more than 12 hours of child care per day per child.

49.155(6g)(a)3. 3. The department may authorize more than 12 hours, not exceeding 16 hours, of child care per day for a child whose parent provides written documentation of work or transportation requirements that exceed 12 hours in a day.

49.155(6g)(a)4. 4. If the authorized hours of child care per day for a child will be reduced from more than 12 to 12 or less because the child's parent does not provide the written documentation required under subd. 3., the department shall provide to the child's parent who is receiving the subsidy under this section and to the child's child care provider 4 weeks' notice of the reduction in authorized hours before actually reducing the child's authorized hours.

49.155(6g)(am) (am) If payment to a child care provider is based on authorized hours of child care, the department shall do all of the following with respect to establishing and adjusting the number of authorized hours per child:

49.155(6g)(am)1. 1. The department shall track a child's hourly usage of child care authorizations over a 6-week period.

49.155(6g)(am)2. 2. If the child's hourly usage tracked under subd. 1. is less than 60 percent of the authorized hours of child care, the department shall reduce the authorized hours of child care for the child to 90 percent of the maximum number of hours of child care that the child attended during that 6-week period.

49.155(6g)(am)3. 3. The department shall provide written notice of the proposed adjustment under subd. 2. to the child's parent who is receiving the subsidy under this section, the child's child care provider, and the applicable county department or agency.

49.155(6g)(am)4. 4. The department shall provide a grace period after the number of authorized hours are reduced under subd. 2., during which time the child care subsidy amount paid to the child care provider for the child shall remain the same as before the reduction in authorized hours was made.

49.155(6g)(b)1. 1. One week per year of vacation time for the child's child care provider.

49.155(6g)(b)2. 2. One week per year of sick time for the child's child care provider.

49.155(6g)(b)3. 3. Two weeks per year of vacation time for the child's parent who is receiving the subsidy under this section with the child.

49.155(6m)(a) (a) Maintain a written record of the daily hours of attendance of each child for whom the provider is providing care under this section, including the actual arrival and departure times for each child.

49.155(6m)(b) (b) Retain the written daily attendance records under par. (a) for each child for at least 3 years after the child's last day of attendance, regardless of whether the child care provider is still receiving or eligible to receive payments under this section.

49.155(7)(a)1.1. If a child care provider is convicted of a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (c) 3m., or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.685 (1) (ag) 1. a. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (bm), of the child care provider is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime on or after his or her 12th birthday, the department or the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall refuse to allow payment to the child care provider for any child care provided under this section beginning on the date of the conviction or delinquency adjudication.

49.155(7)(a)2. 2. If a child care provider is the subject of a pending criminal charge alleging that the person has committed a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (c) 3m., or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.685 (1) (ag) 1. a. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (bm), of the child care provider is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a serious crime on or after his or her 12th birthday, the department or the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall immediately suspend payment to the child care provider for any child care provided under this section until the department obtains information regarding the final disposition of the charge or delinquency petition indicating that the person is not ineligible to receive such a payment.

49.155(7)(b) (b) The department or the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 may refuse to allow payment to a child care provider for child care provided under this section if any of the following applies to the child care provider or to a caregiver specified in s. 48.685 (1) (ag) 1. a. or nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (bm), of the child care provider:

49.155(7)(b)1. 1. The person has been convicted of or adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 12th birthday for committing an offense that is not a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (c) 3m., but the department, county department, agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2), or school board determines under s. 48.685 (5m) that the offense substantially relates to the care of children or the department or county department determines that the offense substantially relates to the operation of a business.

49.155(7)(b)2. 2. The person is a caregiver specified in s. 48.685 (1) (ag) 1. a. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (bm), and is the subject of a pending criminal charge that the department, county department, agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2), or school board determines substantially relates to the care of children.

49.155(7)(b)3. 3. The person has been determined under s. 48.981 to have abused or neglected a child.

49.155(7)(b)4. 4. The department or county department reasonably suspects that the person has violated any provision under the program under this section or any rule promulgated under this section.