AB40-ASA1, s. 1489m Section 1489m. 49.78 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,613,24 49.78 (2) (title) Contracts with multicounty consortia.

AB40-ASA1, s. 1490m Section 1490m. 49.78 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.78 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,614,10 49.78 (2) (a) Annually, for the income maintenance program functions, if any, that the department delegates to a county or tribal governing body beginning with contracts for 2012, the department and county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall enter into a contract, and the department and tribal governing body may enter into a contract, for reimbursement of the county department or tribal governing body for the reasonable cost of administering with each multicounty consortium to administer income maintenance programs in the multicounty consortium's geographical area.

AB40-ASA1, s. 1491m Section 1491m. 49.78 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,614,12 49.78 (2) (b) A contract under par. (a) shall provide all of the following:

AB40-ASA1,614,14 1. That the multicounty consortia shall be responsible for all of the following administrative functions related to income maintenance programs:

AB40-ASA1,614,15 a. Operating and maintaining a call center.

AB40-ASA1,614,16 b. Conducting application processing and eligibility determinations.

AB40-ASA1,614,17 c. Conducting ongoing case management.

AB40-ASA1,614,18 d. Providing lobby services.

AB40-ASA1,614,20 2. That the department and multicounty consortia shall cooperate to provide the following administrative functions related to the income maintenance programs:

AB40-ASA1,614,21 a. Conducting subrogation and benefit recovery efforts.

AB40-ASA1,614,22 b. Participating in fair hearings.

AB40-ASA1,614,23 c. Conducting fraud prevention and identification activities.

AB40-ASA1,614,25 3. That the department will reimburse a multicounty consortium for services provided under the contract on a risk-adjusted case load basis.

AB40-ASA1, s. 1492m Section 1492m. 49.78 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,615,6 49.78 (2m) Administration by a tribal governing body. (a) A tribal governing body may administer income maintenance programs by electing to have the department administer the tribe's income maintenance programs or by providing the required administrative services and entering into a contract with the department for reimbursement under par. (b).

AB40-ASA1,615,11 (b) Annually, for the income maintenance administrative program functions, if any, that the department delegates to a tribal governing body, the department and tribal governing body may enter into a contract, for reimbursement of the tribal governing body for the reasonable cost of administering income maintenance programs.

AB40-ASA1,615,16 (c) The amount of each reimbursement paid under a contract entered into par. (b) shall be calculated using a formula based on workload within the limits of state and federal funds. The department may adjust reimbursement amounts determined under the contract for workload changes and computer network activities performed by a tribal governing body.

AB40-ASA1, s. 1493m Section 1493m. 49.78 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,615,20 49.78 (2r) Departmental administrative functions. The department shall perform all of the following administrative functions related to income maintenance programs:

AB40-ASA1,615,21 (a) Providing income maintenance worker training.

AB40-ASA1,615,22 (b) Performing 2nd-party reviews.

AB40-ASA1,615,23 (c) Administering the funeral expenses program under s. 49.785.

AB40-ASA1,615,25 (d) Providing information technology and licenses for call centers that are operated by multicounty consortia.

AB40-ASA1,616,2 (e) Maintaining the client assistance reemployment and economic support system.

AB40-ASA1,616,4 (f) Contracting with multicounty consortia under sub. (2), including establishing performance requirements.

AB40-ASA1,616,6 (g) Contracting with tribal governing bodies under sub. (2m), including establishing performance requirements.