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AB68,717,52 48.526 (7) (a) For community youth and family aids under this section,
3amounts not to exceed $45,383,600 $48,396,000 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021,
4$90,767,200 $100,893,000 for 2020 2022, and $45,383,600 $52,497,100 for the first
56 months of 2021 2023.
AB68,905 6Section 905. 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,717,107 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall
8allocate $2,000,000 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $4,000,000 for 2020 2022, and
9$2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each of the
10following factors weighted equally:
AB68,906 11Section 906. 48.526 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,717,1712 48.526 (7) (bm) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall
13allocate $6,250,000 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $12,500,000 for 2020 2022,
14and $6,250,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each county's
15proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile
16correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth during
17the most recent 3-year period for which that information is available.
AB68,907 18Section 907. 48.526 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,718,219 48.526 (7) (c) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate
20$1,053,200 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $2,106,500 for 2020 2022, and
21$1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each of the factors
22specified in par. (b) 1. to 3. weighted equally, except that no county may receive an
23allocation under this paragraph that is less than 93 percent nor more than 115
24percent of the amount that the county would have received under this paragraph if

1the allocation had been distributed only on the basis of the factor specified in par. (b)
23.
AB68,908 3Section 908 . 48.526 (7) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,718,104 48.526 (7) (d) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate
5an amount not to exceed $2,663,800 for the last 6 months of 2021, $9,428,600 for
62022, and $6,764,900 for the first 6 months of 2023 for costs incurred by a county for
7the care and maintenance of a juvenile placed under the supervision of a county
8department or the department of corrections in a juvenile detention facility under
9s. 938.22 (2) (d) 1., a juvenile correctional facility, or a secured residential care center
10for children and youth.
AB68,909 11Section 909 . 48.526 (7) (d) of the statutes, as created by 2021 Wisconsin Act
12.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB68,718,1913 48.526 (7) (d) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate
14an amount not to exceed $2,663,800 for the last 6 months of 2021, $9,428,600 for
152022, and $6,764,900 for the first 6 months of 2023 for costs incurred by a county for
16the care and maintenance of a juvenile placed under the supervision of a county
17department or the department of corrections in a juvenile detention facility under
18s. 938.22 (2) (d) 1.,
a juvenile correctional facility, or a secured residential care center
19for children and youth.
AB68,910 20Section 910. 48.526 (7) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,911 21Section 911. 48.526 (7) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,912 22Section 912. 48.526 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,913 23Section 913. 48.5275 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,719,3 2448.5275 Seventeen-year-old juvenile justice aids. Notwithstanding s.
2548.526, from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (cL), beginning on January 1,

12022, the department shall reimburse counties for the costs under s. 48.526 (2) (c)
2associated with juveniles who were alleged to have violated a state or federal
3criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance at age 17.
AB68,914 4Section 914. 48.528 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68,719,7 548.528 Youth justice system improvements program. From the
6appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cm), (cn), and (kp), in each fiscal year the
7department may expend funds for the following purposes:
AB68,719,12 8(1) To fund programs that enhance diversion, prevention, or early intervention
9to reduce the number of justice-involved youth or promote successful outcomes for
10all youth. To determine eligibility for a payment under this subsection, the
11department shall require a county or other provider to submit a plan for the
12expenditure of the payment.
AB68,719,14 13(2) To address emergencies related to community youth and family aids under
14s. 48.526.
AB68,719,15 15(3) To fund activities required of the department under s. 48.526 (1).
AB68,915 16Section 915. 48.53 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,719,21 1748.53 Grants to support foster parents and children. From the
18appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (bg), the department shall distribute
19grants to counties, nonprofit organizations, or tribes for the purpose of supporting
20foster parents and providing normalcy for children in out-of-home care, including
21for the purpose of sibling reconnection.
AB68,916 22Section 916. 48.545 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,917 23Section 917. 48.551 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,720,3 2448.551 Adoption recruitment services for children with special needs.
25From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.437 (1) (cx) and (mx), the department

1shall provide $300,000 annually to the Wendy's Wonderful Kids program at the
2Children's Hospital of Wisconsin to recruit adoptive placements for children with
3special needs in a county with a population of 750,000 or more.
AB68,918 4Section 918. 48.563 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,720,85 48.563 (2) County allocation. For children and family services under s. 48.569
6(1) (d), the department shall distribute not more than $80,125,200 $106,389,600 in
7fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $101,145,500 $111,868,900 in fiscal year 2020-21
82022-23.
AB68,919 9Section 919. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,720,1710 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
11(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
12than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
13under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
14to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
15more, the department shall make payments in the amount of $254 $300 per month
16beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, to a kinship care relative who is providing care
17and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met:
AB68,920 18Section 920. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,721,219 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
20(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
21than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
22under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
23to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
24more, the department shall make monthly payments for each child in the amount of
25$254 $300 per month beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, to a long-term kinship care

1relative who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following
2conditions are met:
AB68,921 3Section 921. 48.62 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,721,214 48.62 (4) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided according to the
5rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, the rates are
6$254 $300 for care and maintenance provided for a child of any age by a foster home
7that is certified to provide level one care, as defined in the rules promulgated under
8sub. (8) (a) and, for care and maintenance provided by a foster home that is certified
9to provide care at a level of care that is higher than level one care, $420 $431 for a
10child under 5 years of age; $460 $472 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $522 $535 for
11a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $545 $559 for a child 15 years of age or over.
12Beginning on January 1, 2023, the rates for care and maintenance provided by a
13foster home that is certified to provide care at a level of care that is higher than level
14one care are $442 for a child under 5 years of age; $484 for a child 5 to 11 years of age;
15$548 for a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $573 for a child 15 years of age or over.
In
16addition to these grants for basic maintenance, the department, county department,
17or licensed child welfare agency shall make supplemental payments for foster care
18to a foster home that is receiving an age-related rate under this subsection that are
19commensurate with the level of care that the foster home is certified to provide and
20the needs of the child who is placed in the foster home according to the rules
21promulgated by the department under sub. (8) (c).
AB68,922 22Section 922 . 48.63 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,722,623 48.63 (3) (b) 4. Before a child may be placed under subd. 1., the department,
24county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
25adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who

1is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
2finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
3has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
4department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
5parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any alleged or
6presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
AB68,923 7Section 923 . 48.63 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,722,138 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
9may coerce a birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the
10child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the
11transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the
12child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise
13his or her parental rights to the child.
AB68,924 14Section 924 . 48.66 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,722,2115 48.66 (1) (b) Except as provided in s. 48.715 (6), the department of corrections
16may license a child welfare agency to operate a secured residential care center for
17children and youth for holding in secure custody juveniles who have been convicted
18under s. 938.183 or adjudicated delinquent under s. 938.183 or 938.34 (4d), (4h), or
19(4m) and referred to the child welfare agency by the court, the tribal court, the county
20department, or the department of corrections and to provide supervision, care, and
21maintenance for those juveniles.
AB68,925 22Section 925 . 48.66 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
23(this act), is amended to read:
AB68,723,524 48.66 (1) (b) Except as provided in s. 48.715 (6), the department of corrections
25may license a child welfare agency to operate a secured residential care center for

1children and youth for holding in secure custody juveniles who have been convicted
2under s. 938.183 or adjudicated delinquent under s. 938.183 or 938.34 (4d) or (4m)
3and referred to the child welfare agency by the court, the tribal court, the county
4department, or the department of corrections and to provide supervision, care, and
5maintenance for those juveniles.
AB68,926 6Section 926 . 48.675 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,723,14 748.675 Qualified residential treatment programs. (1) The department
8may certify a residential care center for children and youth, group home, or shelter
9care facility to operate a qualified residential treatment program if it determines
10that the program meets the requirements of 42 USC 672 (k) (4) and any other
11requirements established by the department under this section. A residential care
12center for children and youth, group home, or shelter care facility certified under this
13section shall comply with all other requirements applicable to the residential care
14center for children and youth, group home, or shelter care facility.
AB68,723,17 15(2) The department may promulgate rules for the establishment, certification,
16operation, and monitoring of, and the placement of a child in, a qualified residential
17treatment program under sub. (1).
AB68,927 18Section 927. 48.685 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,723,2319 48.685 (1) (bm) “Nonclient resident" means a person, including a person who
20is under 18 years of age, but not under 10 12 years of age, who resides, or is expected
21to reside, at an entity or with a caregiver specified in par. (ag) 1. am., who is not a
22client of the entity or caregiver, and who has, or is expected to have, regular, direct
23contact with clients of the entity or caregiver.
AB68,928 24Section 928. 48.686 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,724,3
148.686 (1) (bm) “Household member" means a person who is age 10 12 or older,
2who resides, or is expected to reside, at a child care program, and who is not a client
3of the child care program or caregiver.
AB68,929 4Section 929. 48.715 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,724,75 48.715 (8) The department may deny, suspend, restrict, refuse to renew, or
6otherwise withhold a certification under s. 48.675 based on a failure to comply with
7certification requirements established by administrative rule under that section.
AB68,930 8Section 930. 48.73 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,724,17 948.73 Inspection of licensees and school district child care programs.
10The department may visit and inspect each child welfare agency, foster home, group
11home, and child care center licensed by the department and each entity certified by
12the department under s. 48.675
, and for that purpose shall be given unrestricted
13access to the premises described in the license or certification. The department may
14visit and inspect each child care program established or contracted for under s.
15120.13 (14) that receives payment under s. 49.155 for the child care provided, and for
16that purpose shall be given unrestricted access to the premises used for the child care
17program.
AB68,931 18Section 931 . 48.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,724,2019 48.82 (1) (a) A husband and wife Spouses jointly, or either the husband or wife
20if
the other spouse is of a parent of the minor.
AB68,932 21Section 932 . 48.837 (1r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,725,522 48.837 (1r) (d) Before a child may be placed under par. (a), the department,
23county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
24adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
25is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the

1finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
2has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
3department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
4parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any alleged or
5presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
AB68,933 6Section 933 . 48.837 (1r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,725,127 48.837 (1r) (e) Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
8may coerce a birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the
9child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the
10transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the
11child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise
12his or her parental rights to the child.
AB68,934 13Section 934 . 48.837 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,726,214 48.837 (6) (b) At the beginning of the hearing held under sub. (2), the court shall
15review the report that is submitted under s. 48.913 (6). The court shall determine
16whether any payments or the conditions specified in any agreement to make
17payments are coercive to the any birth parent of the child or to an alleged or
18presumed father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making
19any payment to or on behalf of the a birth parent of the child, an, alleged or presumed
20father parent of the child , or the child conditional in any part upon transfer or
21surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of the
22adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of coercion,
23the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3) or amend the agreement
24to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment. Upon a
25finding that payments which that are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have been

1made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the district
2attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1).
AB68,935 3Section 935 . 48.837 (6) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,726,74 48.837 (6) (br) At the hearing on the petition under sub. (2), the court shall
5determine whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any alleged or presumed
6father parent of the child in violation of sub. (1r) (e). Upon a finding of coercion, the
7court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3).
AB68,936 8Section 936 . 48.913 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,726,109 48.913 (1) (a) Preadoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an
10alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
AB68,937 11Section 937 . 48.913 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,726,1312 48.913 (1) (b) Post-adoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an
13alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
AB68,938 14Section 938 . 48.913 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,726,1715 48.913 (1) (h) Legal and other services received by a birth parent of the child,
16an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child in connection with the
17adoption.
AB68,939 18Section 939 . 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,726,2519 48.913 (2) Payment of expenses when birth parent is residing in another
20state.
(intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the proposed adoptive parents of a child or
21a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents of a child may pay for an
22expense of a birth parent of the child or an alleged or presumed father parent of the
23child if the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent was residing in
24another state when the payment was made and when the expense was incurred and
25if all of the following apply:
AB68,940
1Section 940. 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,727,42 48.913 (2) (b) The state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed
3father parent was residing when the payment was made permits the payment of that
4expense by the proposed adoptive parents of the child.
AB68,941 5Section 941 . 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,727,136 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) A listing of all payments made under this subsection, a
7copy of the statutory provisions of the state in which the birth parent or the alleged
8or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that permit
9those payments to be made by the proposed adoptive parents of the child, and a copy
10of all orders entered in the state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed
11father parent was residing when the payments were made that relate to the payment
12of expenses of the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent by the
13proposed adoptive parents of the child is submitted to the court as follows:
AB68,942 14Section 942 . 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,727,2115 48.913 (3) Method of payment. Any payment under sub. (1) or (2) shall be made
16directly to the provider of a good or service except that a payment under sub. (1) or
17(2) may be made to a birth parent of the child or to an alleged or presumed father
18parent of the child as reimbursement of an amount previously paid by the birth
19parent or by the alleged or presumed father parent if documentation is provided
20showing that the birth parent or alleged or presumed father parent has made the
21previous payment.
AB68,943 22Section 943 . 48.913 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,728,223 48.913 (4) Other payments prohibited. The proposed adoptive parents of a
24child or a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents may not make any

1payments to or on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father
2parent of the child, or the child except as provided in subs. (1) and (2).
AB68,944 3Section 944 . 48.913 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,728,184 48.913 (7) Report to the court; contents required. The report required under
5sub. (6) shall include a list of all transfers of anything of value made or agreed to be
6made by the proposed adoptive parents or by a person acting on their behalf to a birth
7parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child,
8on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the
9child, or the child, or to any other person in connection with the pregnancy, the birth
10of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the
11adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents. The report shall be itemized
12and shall show the goods or services for which payment was made or agreed to be
13made. The report shall include the dates of each payment, the names and addresses
14of each attorney, doctor, hospital, agency, or other person or organization receiving
15any payment from the proposed adoptive parents or a person acting on behalf of the
16proposed adoptive parents in connection with the pregnancy, the birth of the child,
17the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the adoption of the
18child by the proposed adoptive parents.
AB68,945 19Section 945 . 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,728,2320 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. Any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental
21interest under s. 48.025, who is alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the
22child, or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to
23the child
or other information presented to the court, be the father parent of the child.
AB68,946 24Section 946 . 48.9795 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,729,5
148.9795 (1) (b) “Party" means the person petitioning for the appointment of a
2guardian for a child or any interested person other than a person who is alleged to
3the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements
4of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to
5the court, be the father parent of the child.
AB68,947 6Section 947. 48.981 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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