* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2007-08 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

An Act to repeal 48.983 (1) (i) and (j) and 48.983 (3) (title) and (a); to renumber and amend 48.983 (3) (b); to amend 48.983 (1) (b) 1. c., 48.983 (2), 48.983 (4) (a) 4m., 48.983 (4) (am), 48.983 (4) (b) 1., 48.983 (4) (b) 3., 48.983 (5), 48.983 (6) (intro.), 48.983 (6) (a) (intro.), 48.983 (6) (a) 1., 48.983 (6) (a) 3., 48.983 (6) (a) 6., 48.983 (6) (b) 4., 48.983 (6) (c), 48.983 (6g) (b) and 48.983 (8); to repeal and recreate 48.983 (7) (c); and to create 48.983 (1) (gm), 48.983 (6) (g) and 48.983 (7) (ag) and (ar) of the statutes; relating to: child abuse and neglect prevention grants.

48.983 (1) (b) 1. c. A family that includes a person who has contacted a county department, a private agency, 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, a private agency, or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department requesting assistance to prevent poor birth outcomes or 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.

48.983 (1) (gm) "Private agency" means an organization operated for profit or a nonstock corporation organized under ch. 181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17).

48.983 (2) Funds provided. If a county, private agency, 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. 20.437 (1) (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 county, private agency, or Indian tribe shall agree to match at least 25 percent of the grant amount annually in funds or in-kind contributions. 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 private agency, or Indian tribe in excess of the minimum amount based on the need of the county, private agency, or Indian tribe for a grant, as determined by a formula that the department shall promulgate by rule. That formula shall determine that need based on the number of births that are funded by Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county, the area in which that private agency is providing services, or the reservation of that Indian tribe and on the rate of poor birth outcomes, including infant mortality, premature births, low birth weights, and racial or ethnic disproportionality in the rates of those outcomes, in that county, the area in which that private agency is providing services, or the reservation of that Indian tribe. 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 the need of the county for a grant, as determined by a formula that the department shall promulgate by rule. That formula shall determine that need based on 60% of the number of births that are funded by Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county and on the rate of poor birth outcomes, including infant mortality, premature births, low birth weights, and racial or ethnic disproportionality in the rates of those outcomes, in that county.

48.983 (3) Joint application permitted. Two Any combination of 2 or more counties and, private agencies, or Indian tribes may submit a joint application to the department. Each county or Indian tribe in a joint application shall be counted as a separate county or Indian tribe for the purpose of limiting the number of counties and Indian tribes selected in each state fiscal biennium.

48.983 (4) (a) 4m. Other than in a county with a population of 500,000 or more, to To reimburse a case management provider under s. 49.45 (25) (b) for the amount of the allowable charges under the Medical Assistance program that is not provided by the federal government for case management services provided to a Medical Assistance beneficiary described in s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who is a child and who is a member of a family that receives home visitation program services under par. (b) 1.