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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:
AB68,729,217 48.981 (1) (b) “Community placement" means probation; extended supervision;
8parole; aftercare; conditional transfer into the community under s. 51.35 (1);
9conditional transfer or discharge under s. 51.37 (9); placement in a Type 2 residential
10care center for children and youth or a Type 2 juvenile correctional facility
11authorized under s. 938.539 (5);
conditional release under s. 971.17; supervised
12release under s. 980.06 or 980.08; participation in the community residential
13confinement program under s. 301.046, the intensive sanctions program under s.
14301.048, community supervision under s. 938.533, the intensive supervision
15program under s. 938.534, or the serious juvenile offender program under s. 938.538;
16or any other placement of an adult or juvenile offender in the community under the
17custody or supervision of the department of corrections, the department of health
18services, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 or any
19other person under contract with the department of corrections, the department of
20health services or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437
21to exercise custody or supervision over the offender.
AB68,948 22Section 948 . 49.11 (1c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,730,223 49.11 (1c) “Community-based juvenile delinquency-related services" means
24juvenile delinquency-related services provided under ch. 938 other than services

1provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections
2under s. 938.183, 938.34 (2), (4h), (4m), (4n), or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).
AB68,949 3Section 949 . 49.11 (1c) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 8 and
42021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68,730,85 49.11 (1c) “Community-based juvenile delinquency-related services" means
6juvenile delinquency-related services provided under ch. 938 other than services
7provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections
8under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4m) or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).
AB68,950 9Section 950. 49.133 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,730,18 1049.133 Child care quality improvement program. (1) The department
11may establish a program under which it may, from the appropriation under s. 20.437
12(2) (c) and under s. 49.175 (1) (qm), make monthly payments and monthly per-child
13payments to child care providers certified under s. 48.651, child care centers licensed
14under s. 48.65, and child care programs established or contracted for by a school
15board under s. 120.13 (14). Of the amounts from the appropriation under s. 20.437
16(2) (c), the department may award 10 percent to child care providers, child care
17centers, and child care programs located in child care deserts, as defined by the
18department.
AB68,730,21 19(2) The department may promulgate rules to implement the program under
20this section, including establishing eligibility requirements and payment amounts
21and setting requirements for how recipients may use the payments.
AB68,951 22Section 951. 49.138 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,730,24 2349.138 (title) Emergency assistance for needy families with needy
24children
.
AB68,952 25Section 952. 49.138 (1d) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,731,1
149.138 (1d) (am) “Family” means one of the following:
AB68,731,32 1. An individual who has attained the age of 18 years but has not yet attained
3the age of 25 years.
AB68,731,64 2. One or more dependent children and a qualified caretaker relative, as
5defined by the department, with whom the child is living or was living at the time
6the emergency occurred.
AB68,953 7Section 953. 49.138 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,731,208 49.138 (1m) (intro.) The department shall implement a program of emergency
9assistance to needy persons in cases of fire, flood, natural disaster, homelessness or
10impending homelessness, or energy crisis. The department shall establish the
11maximum amounts of aid to be granted. The department need not establish the
12maximum amounts by rule under ch. 227. The department shall publish the
13maximum amounts in the Wisconsin administrative register if the department does
14not establish the maximum amounts by rule. Emergency assistance provided to
15needy persons under this section may only be provided to a needy person once in a
1612-month 6-month period. Emergency assistance provided to needy persons under
17this section in cases of homelessness or impending homelessness may be used only
18to obtain or retain a permanent living accommodation. For the purposes of this
19section, a family is considered to be homeless, or to be facing impending
20homelessness, if any of the following applies:
AB68,954 21Section 954. 49.138 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,731,2522 49.138 (1m) (c) A member of the family was a victim of domestic abuse, as
23defined in s. 968.075 (1) (a)
. Evidence specified under rules promulgated under s.
2449.1473 (1) (a) as sufficient to establish that an individual is or has been a victim of
25domestic abuse is also sufficient for purposes of this paragraph
.
AB68,955
1Section 955. 49.138 (1m) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,732,52 49.138 (1m) (f) During a national emergency declared by the U.S. president
3under 50 USC 1621 or a state of emergency declared by the governor under s. 323.10,
4the family is delinquent on a rent payment, a mortgage payment, or a property tax
5payment.
AB68,956 6Section 956. 49.1385 of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, is
7repealed.
AB68,957 8Section 957 . 49.141 (1) (j) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,732,99 49.141 (1) (j) 1. A biological natural parent.
AB68,958 10Section 958 . 49.141 (1) (j) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,959 11Section 959 . 49.148 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,733,212 49.148 (4) (a) A Wisconsin works Works agency shall require a participant in
13a community service job or transitional placement who, after August 22, 1996, was
14convicted in any state or federal court of a felony that had as an element possession,
15use or distribution of a controlled substance to submit to a test for use of a controlled
16substance as a condition of continued eligibility. If the test results are positive, the
17Wisconsin works Works agency shall decrease the presanction benefit amount for
18that participant by not more than 15 percent for not fewer than 12 months, or for the
19remainder of the participant's period of participation in a community service job or
20transitional placement, if less than 12 months. If, at the end of 12 months, the
21individual is still a participant in a community service job or transitional placement
22and submits to another test for use of a controlled substance and if the results of the
23test are negative, the Wisconsin works Works agency shall discontinue the reduction
24under this paragraph. In this subsection, “controlled substance” does not include

1tetrahydrocannabinols in any form, including tetrahydrocannabinols contained in
2marijuana, obtained from marijuana, or chemically synthesized.
AB68,960 3Section 960 . 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,733,114 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. If the individual is a foster parent of the child or a subsidized
5guardian or interim caretaker of the child under s. 48.623, the child's biological
6natural or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200 percent of the
7poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological natural or
8adoptive family, the department or county department or agency determining
9eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by
10the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income
11described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
AB68,961 12Section 961 . 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,733,2013 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. If the individual is a relative of the child, is providing care
14for the child under a court order, and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or
15(3n) on behalf of the child, the child's biological natural or adoptive family has a gross
16income that is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line. In calculating the gross
17income of the child's biological natural or adoptive family, the department or county
18department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered child or
19family support payments received by the individual, if those support payments
20exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
AB68,962 21Section 962 . 49.155 (6) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,963 22Section 963 . 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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