Amendment ASA2-AB68

AB68-ASA2,170 Section 170 . 29.191 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,275,19 29.191 (1) (c) Reporting requirement. No later than November 15 of each odd-numbered year, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a report identifying how the money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps is used for habitat projects. The report shall account for money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps that is awarded or obligated to each habitat project, expenditures made for each habitat project during the preceding fiscal biennium, and any money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps that remained unobligated at the end of the preceding fiscal biennium.

AB68-ASA2,171 Section 171 . 29.563 (2) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,275,21 29.563 (2) (e) 3. Waterfowl: $6.75 $11.75.

AB68-ASA2,172 Section 172. 30.52 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,276,6 30.52 (1m) (ar) Supplemental fees. In addition to the applicable fee under sub. (3), each when an agent appointed under par. (a) 3. who accepts an application to renew certification or registration documents in person , or the department accepts an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated system, the agent or the department shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal certification or registration documents or a renewal temporary operating receipt under par. (ag) 1. or 2. The agent or the department shall retain the entire amount of each issuance and transaction fee the agent or the department collects.

AB68-ASA2,173 Section 173. 30.52 (3) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,276,9 30.52 (3) (k) Use of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under par. (j) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).

AB68-ASA2,174 Section 174. 30.537 (4) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,276,12 30.537 (4) (g) All fees remitted to or collected by the department under pars. (a), (c), and (d) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).

AB68-ASA2,175 Section 175. 31.385 (2) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,276,16 31.385 (2) (ad) Notwithstanding par. (a), beginning with financial assistance provided in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial assistance for a dam safety project may not exceed $1,000,000 and shall be awarded in the following amounts:

AB68-ASA2,276,18 1. An amount equal to 50 percent of project costs for the first $1,000,000 in project costs.

AB68-ASA2,276,19 2. An amount equal to 25 percent of project costs in excess of $1,000,000.

AB68-ASA2,176 Section 176. 36.60 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,276,25 36.60 (2) (a) 2. The board may repay, on behalf of a physician or dentist who agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, up to $100,000 in educational loans obtained by the physician or dentist from a public or private lending institution for education in an accredited school of medicine or dentistry or for postgraduate medical or dental training.

AB68-ASA2,177 Section 177. 36.60 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,277,5 36.60 (4m) Loan repayment; rural physicians and dentists. (intro.) If a physician or dentist agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, principal and interest due on the loan, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the board at the following rate:

AB68-ASA2,178 Section 178. 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,277,8 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. “Revenue" means the sum of the tax levy, property tax relief aid under sub. subs. (4) and (5), and payments received under s. 79.096.

AB68-ASA2,179 Section 179. 38.16 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,277,12 38.16 (5) Annually on the 3rd Friday in February, the board shall distribute to each district board, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (dp), the amount determined as follows:

AB68-ASA2,277,15 (a) For the payment in 2022, divide the amount of the district's distribution under sub. (4) (b) in 2022 by the total amount of distributions to all districts under sub. (4) (b) in 2022, and multiply the quotient by $29,000,000.

AB68-ASA2,277,19 (b) For the payment in 2023 and annually thereafter, divide the amount of the district's distribution under sub. (4) (b) in the same year by the total amount of distributions to all districts under sub. (4) (b) in that year, and multiply the quotient by $43,000,000.

AB68-ASA2,180 Section 180 . 39.395 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,277,24 39.395 Nurse educators. (1) In this section, “institution of higher education” means an institution or college campus within the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college within the technical college system, or a private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in this state.

AB68-ASA2,278,2 (2) Subject to sub. (3), the board shall establish a program that provides all of the following:

AB68-ASA2,278,5 (a) Fellowships for students who enroll in doctor of nursing practice, doctor of philosophy in nursing, or master of science in nursing degree programs in an institution of higher education.

AB68-ASA2,278,7 (b) Postdoctoral fellowships to recruit faculty for nursing programs in an institution of higher education.

AB68-ASA2,278,9 (c) Educational loan repayment assistance to recruit and retain faculty for nursing programs in an institution of higher education.

AB68-ASA2,278,13 (3) The program established under sub. (2) shall require individuals who receive fellowships under sub. (2) (a) or (b) or assistance under sub. (2) (c) to make a commitment to teach for at least 3 consecutive years in a nursing program at an institution of higher education.

AB68-ASA2,278,15 (4) Costs associated with the program established under sub. (2) shall be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (co).

AB68-ASA2,181 Section 181. 45.41 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,279,2 45.41 (2) (am) Upon application the department may make a payment to any state veterans organization that establishes that it, or its national organization, or both, has maintained a full-time service office at the regional office for 5 consecutive years out of the 10-year period immediately preceding the application. Any payment shall be calculated based on the total amount of all salaries and travel expenses under sub. (3) paid during the previous fiscal year by the state veterans organization to employees engaged in veterans claims service and stationed at the regional office. The department shall pay an amount equal to 50 percent of all salaries and travel expenses under sub. (3) or $100,000 $175,000, whichever is less, to a recipient under this paragraph.

AB68-ASA2,182 Section 182 . 45.48 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,279,9 45.48 (1m) The department shall expend at least $100,000 annually under sub. (1) to promote suicide prevention and awareness by providing outreach, mental health services, and support to individuals who are members of a traditionally underserved population, including minority groups and individuals who reside in rural areas of the state. The department may enter into contracts to provide services under this subsection.

AB68-ASA2,183 Section 183. 45.50 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,279,17 45.50 (12) Natural disaster or state of emergency. If the governor issues an executive order under s. 323.10 declaring a state of emergency, the department may expend moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (ks) to pay any necessary costs to prepare for or respond to the emergency at a veterans home. The department may expend moneys under this subsection only after all funds allocated by the federal government to veterans homes in this state for purposes of responding to the emergency have been exhausted.

AB68-ASA2,184 Section 184 . 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,280,7 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015, is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. The grant shall be $8,500 $9,350 for a county with a population of less than 20,000, $10,000 $11,000 for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $11,500 $12,650 for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $13,000 $14,300 for a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.

AB68-ASA2,185 Section 185 . 45.82 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,280,10 45.82 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (2), an eligible county with a part-time county veterans service officer shall be eligible for an annual grant not exceeding $500 $550.

AB68-ASA2,186 Section 186 . 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,280,20 45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may make annual grants in an amount not to exceed $15,000 $16,500 per grant under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

AB68-ASA2,187 Section 187. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,281,6 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) or (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $3,224,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $5,429,000 in fiscal year 2020-21, for reimburse the department of health services for the cost of providing services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center at a per person daily cost specified by the department of health services. The department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.

AB68-ASA2,188 Section 188 . 46.248 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,281,10 46.248 Reach Out and Read Wisconsin grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (dx), the department shall distribute moneys to Reach Out and Read, Inc., for the early literacy program known as Reach Out and Read Wisconsin.

AB68-ASA2,189 Section 189 . 46.248 of the statutes, as created by 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB68-ASA2,190 Section 190. 46.40 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,281,17 46.40 (8) Alzheimer's family and caregiver support allocation. Subject to sub. (9), for services to persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers under s. 46.87, the department shall distribute not more than $2,558,900 $2,808,900 in each fiscal year.

AB68-ASA2,191 Section 191. 46.535 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,281,23 46.535 Crisis intervention training grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (cd), the department shall award grants in the total amount of $250,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal biennium for mental health crisis intervention team training for law enforcement agencies, as described in s. 165.77 (1) (c), and correctional officers, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (a).

AB68-ASA2,192 Section 192. 48.233 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,282,2 48.233 (2) This section does not apply to a proceeding commenced under s. 48.13 after June 30, 2021 2023.

AB68-ASA2,193 Section 193. 48.233 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,282,12 48.233 (3) The state public defender may promulgate rules necessary to implement the pilot program established under sub. (1). The state public defender may promulgate the rules under this subsection as emergency rules under s. 227.24. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the state public defender is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until June 30, 2021 2023.

AB68-ASA2,194 Section 194. 48.233 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,282,18 48.233 (4) By January 1, 2021, and by January 1, 2023, the department and the state public defender shall each submit a report to the joint committee on finance, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), regarding costs and data from implementing the pilot program under sub. (1).

AB68-ASA2,195 Section 195 . 48.48 (21) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,282,21 48.48 (21) To provide training for staff, including contractors, of a child welfare agency or a congregate care facility, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (ao).

AB68-ASA2,196 Section 196. 48.526 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,283,2 48.526 (7) Allocations of funds. (intro.) Within the limits of the availability of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and (o), the department shall allocate funds for community youth and family aids for the period beginning on July 1, 2019 2021, and ending on June 30, 2021 2023, as provided in this subsection to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 as follows:

AB68-ASA2,197 Section 197. 48.526 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,283,7 48.526 (7) (a) For community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $45,383,600 $47,740,750 for the last 6 months of 2019, $90,767,200 2021, $95,481,500 for 2020 2022, and $45,383,600 $47,740,750 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023.

AB68-ASA2,198 Section 198. 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,283,12 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $2,000,000 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $4,000,000 for 2020 2022, and $2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each of the following factors weighted equally:

AB68-ASA2,199 Section 199. 48.526 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,283,19 48.526 (7) (bm) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $6,250,000 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $12,500,000 for 2020 2022, and $6,250,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each county's proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth during the most recent 3-year period for which that information is available.

AB68-ASA2,200 Section 200. 48.526 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,284,3 48.526 (7) (c) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $1,053,200 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $2,106,500 for 2020 2022, and $1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each of the factors specified in par. (b) 1. to 3. weighted equally, except that no county may receive an allocation under this paragraph that is less than 93 percent nor more than 115 percent of the amount that the county would have received under this paragraph if the allocation had been distributed only on the basis of the factor specified in par. (b) 3.

AB68-ASA2,201 Section 201. 48.526 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,284,9 48.526 (7) (e) For emergencies related to community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $125,000 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $250,000 for 2020 2022, and $125,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023. A county is eligible for payments under this paragraph only if it has a population of not more than 45,000.

AB68-ASA2,202 Section 202. 48.526 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,284,21 48.526 (7) (h) For counties that are purchasing community supervision services under s. 938.533 (2), $1,062,400 in the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $2,124,800 in 2020 2022, and $1,062,400 in the first 6 months of 2021 2023 for the provision of community supervision services for juveniles from that county. In distributing funds to counties under this paragraph, the department shall distribute to each county the full amount of the charges for the services purchased by that county, except that if the amounts available under this paragraph are insufficient to distribute that full amount, the department shall distribute those available amounts to each county that purchases community supervision services based on the ratio that the charges to that county for those services bear to the total charges to all counties that purchase those services.

AB68-ASA2,203 Section 203. 48.526 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,285,2 48.526 (8) Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment. From the amount of the allocations specified in sub. (7) (a), the department shall allocate $666,700 in the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $1,333,400 in 2020 2022, and $666,700 in the first 6 months of 2021 2023 for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs.

AB68-ASA2,204 Section 204. 48.563 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,285,7 48.563 (2) County allocation. For children and family services under s. 48.569 (1) (d), the department shall distribute not more than $80,125,200 $101,154,200 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $101,145,500 $101,162,800 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.

AB68-ASA2,205 Section 205 . 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,285,16 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md), (me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department shall make payments in the amount of $254 $300 per month beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, to a kinship care relative who is providing care and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met:

AB68-ASA2,206 Section 206 . 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,286,2 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md), (me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department shall make monthly payments for each child in the amount of $254 $300 per month beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, to a long-term kinship care relative who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following conditions are met:

AB68-ASA2,207 Section 207. 48.62 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,286,17 48.62 (4) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided according to the rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, the rates are $254 $300 for care and maintenance provided for a child of any age by a foster home that is certified to provide level one care, as defined in the rules promulgated under sub. (8) (a) and, for care and maintenance provided by a foster home that is certified to provide care at a level of care that is higher than level one care, $420 for a child under 5 years of age; $460 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $522 for a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $545 for a child 15 years of age or over. In addition to these grants for basic maintenance, the department, county department, or licensed child welfare agency shall make supplemental payments for foster care to a foster home that is receiving an age-related rate under this subsection that are commensurate with the level of care that the foster home is certified to provide and the needs of the child who is placed in the foster home according to the rules promulgated by the department under sub. (8) (c).

AB68-ASA2,208 Section 208 . 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,286,21 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $31,110,000 $37,000,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $31,732,200 $34,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.

AB68-ASA2,209 Section 209 . 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,287,2 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $50,000,000 $54,009,700 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $50,000,000 $57,071,200 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.