2023 Wisconsin Act 19

29.563 (3) (b) 5. Four-day: $23.25 $28.25.

19,229 Section 229. 29.563 (3) (b) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read:

29.563 (3) (b) 5m. One-day: $9.25 $14.25.

19,230 Section 230. 29.563 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

29.563 (4) (b) 1. Sports: $272.25 $292.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's option.

19,231 Section 231. 29.563 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

29.563 (4) (b) 2. Conservation patron: $595.25 $615.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's option.

19,232 Section 232. 31.385 (2) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

31.385 (2) (ag) Of the amounts appropriated under s. ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and 20.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), at least $250,000 shall be used for projects to remove dams. A project to remove a dam may include restoring the stream or river that was dammed.

19,233 Section 233. 31.385 (2) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

31.385 (2) (ar) Of the amounts appropriated under s. ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and 20.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), at least $100,000 shall be used for the removal of abandoned dams. The amounts required to be used under this paragraph are in addition to the amounts required to be used for the removal of dams under par. (ag).

19,234 Section 234 . 31.385 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

31.385 (2) (d) The financial assistance that is provided under this section shall be paid from the appropriations under s. ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and 20.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), except as provided in par. (dm) and in 1991 Wisconsin Act 39, section 9142 (10d).

19,235 Section 235 . 41.21 of the statutes is repealed.

19,236 Section 236. 45.58 of the statutes is amended to read:

45.58 Grants to local governments for fire and emergency medical services. From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (kj), the department may make up to $300,000 in each fiscal biennium up to $600,000 in grants to fire districts, cities, villages, and towns that provide fire and emergency medical services to veterans homes and other facilities for veterans. A fire district, city, village, or town may not expend grant moneys it receives under this section for any purpose other than providing fire and emergency medical services to veterans homes and other facilities for veterans.

19,237 Section 237 . 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

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 A grant for $11,688 shall be $9,350 awarded for a county with a population of less than 20,000, $11,000 a grant for $13,750 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $12,650 a grant for $15,813 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $14,300 a grant for $17,875 shall be awarded 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.

19,239 Section 239 . 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

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 in an amount not to exceed $20,625 per grant annual grants in an amount not to exceed $16,500 per grant under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

19,240 Section 240. 46.056 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.056.

19,241 Section 241 . 46.056 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

19,242 Section 242. 46.215 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

46.215 (2) (c) 3. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for the purchase of juvenile correctional services. The department of corrections may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 301.08 (2) and if state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of corrections to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of children and families may not make any payments under s. 48.526 to a county for programs included in a contract under review by the committee. The department of children and families shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and, (o), and (q) as appropriate.

19,243 Section 243. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for the purchase of juvenile correctional services. The department of corrections may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 301.08 (2) and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for those purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of corrections to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of children and families may not make any payments under s. 48.526 to a county for programs included in the contract that is under review by the committee. The department of children and families shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and, (o), and (q) as appropriate.

19,244 Section 244. 46.281 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

46.281 (5) Reporting. (a) The department shall include all of the following in publicly available financial summaries of the managed care organizations for the family care benefit, the Family Care Partnership program, and the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4:

1. Executive leadership salaries.

2. Amounts retrieved by the state under contractual risk corridors.

(b) The managed care organizations for the family care benefit, the Family Care Partnership program, and the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4 shall track and report to the department the total authorized and total provided care plan hours by service category under the family care ben efit, the Family Care Partnership program, and the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4. By April 1 of each year, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a report containing the total authorized and total provided care plan hours by service category under the family care benefit, the Family Care Partnership program, and the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4.

19,245 Section 245. 46.40 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

46.40 (8) Alzheimer's family and caregiver support allocation. Subject to sub. (9), the department cannot distribute more than $3,058,900 in each fiscal year for services to persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers under s. 46.87, the department shall distribute not more than $2,808,900 in each fiscal year.

19,246 Section 246. 48.233 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.233 (2) This section does not apply to a proceeding commenced after June 2025 under s. 48.13 after June 30, 2023.

19,247 Section 247. 48.233 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

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 2 four years after June 30, 2021.

19,248 Section 248. 48.233 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.233 (4) By January 1, 2021, and by January 1, 2023 2025, 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).

19,249 Section 249 . 48.48 (8r) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.48 (8r) To reimburse county departments and Indian tribes, from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd), (kL), and (pd), for subsidized guardianship payments made under s. 48.623 (1) or (6), including guardianships of Indian children ordered by tribal courts.

19,250 Section 250. 48.526 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.526 (3) (c) Within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and, (o) , and (q), the department shall allocate funds to each county for services under this section.

19,251 Section 251. 48.526 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.526 (3) (e) The department may carry forward $500,000 or 10 percent of its funds allocated under this subsection and not encumbered or carried forward under par. (dm) by counties by December 31, whichever is greater, to the next 2 calendar years. The department may transfer moneys from or within s. 20.437 (1) (cj) or (q) to accomplish this purpose. The department may allocate these transferred moneys to counties with persistently high rates of juvenile arrests for serious offenses during the next 2 calendar years to improve community-based juvenile delinquency-related services, as defined in s. 46.011 (1c). The allocation does not affect a county's base allocation.

19,252 Section 252. 48.526 (3) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.526 (3) (em) The department may carry forward any emergency funds allocated under sub. (7) (e) and not encumbered or carried forward under par. (dm) by December 31 to the next 2 calendar years. The department may transfer moneys from or within s. 20.437 (1) (cj) or (q) to accomplish this purpose. The department may allocate these transferred moneys to counties that are eligible for emergency payments under sub. (7) (e). The allocation does not affect a county's base allocation.

19,253 Section 253. 48.526 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.526 (6) (a) The department shall develop criteria as provided in par. (b) to assist the legislature in allocating funding, excluding funding for base allocations, from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and, (o), and (q) for purposes described in this section.

19,254 Section 254. 48.526 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

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

19,254g Section 254g. 48.526 (7) (a), (b) (intro.), (bm), (c), (e) and (h) and (8) of the statutes are amended to read:

48.526 (7) (a) For community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $47,740,750 for the last 6 months of 2021 2023, $95,481,500 for 2022 2024, and $47,740,750 for the first 6 months of 2023 2025.

(b) (intro.) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $2,000,000 for the last 6 months of 2021 2023, $4,000,000 for 2022 2024, and $2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2023 2025 to counties based on each of the following factors weighted equally:

(bm) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $6,250,000 for the last 6 months of 2021 2023, $12,500,000 for 2022 2024, and $6,250,000 for the first 6 months of 2023 2025 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.

(c) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $1,053,200 for the last 6 months of 2021 2023, $2,106,500 for 2022 2024, and $1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2023 2025 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.

(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 2021 2023, $250,000 for 2022 2024, and $125,000 for the first 6 months of 2023 2025. A county is eligible for payments under this paragraph only if it has a population of not more than 45,000.

(h) For counties that are purchasing community supervision services under s. 938.533 (2), $1,062,400 in the last 6 months of 2021 2023, $2,124,800 in 2022 2024, and $1,062,400 in the first 6 months of 2023 2025 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.

(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 2021 2023, $1,333,400 in 2022 2024, and $666,700 in the first 6 months of 2023 2025 for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs.

19,255 Section 255. 48.563 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.563 (2) County allocation. For children and family services under s. 48.569 (1) (d), the department shall distribute not more than $101,154,200 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $101,162,800 in fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, the department shall distribute $101,551,400. In fiscal year 2024-25, the department shall distribute $101,939,600.

19,256 Section 256. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

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 $300 per month in the amount of $375 beginning on January 1, 2022 2024, to a kinship care relative who is providing care and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met:

19,257 Section 257. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

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 $300 per month in the amount of $375 beginning on January 1, 2022 2024, to a long-term kinship care relative who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following conditions are met:

19,258 Section 258. 48.62 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 48.62 (4) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

48.62 (4) (a) (intro.) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided according to the rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1, 2022 2024, the rates are $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), are $375 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 the rates are all of the following:

1. $441 for a child under 5 years of age; $460.

2. $483 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $522.

3. $548 for a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $545.

4. $572 for a child 15 years of age or over.

(b) In addition to these the grants under par. (a) 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).

19,259 Section 259 . 48.623 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.623 (1) Eligibility. (intro.) A county department or, as provided in sub. (3) (a), an Indian tribe or the department shall provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments in the amount specified in sub. (3) (b) to a guardian of a child under s. 48.977 (2) or under a substantially similar tribal law if the county department, Indian tribe, or department determines that the conditions specified in pars. (a) to (d) have been met. A county department or, as provided in sub. (3) (a), a tribe or the department shall also provide those payments for the care of a sibling of such a child, regardless of whether the sibling meets the conditions specified in par. (a), if the county department, Indian tribe, or department and the guardian agree on the appropriateness of placing the sibling in the home of the guardian. A guardian of a child under s. 48.977 (2) or under a substantially similar tribal law is eligible for monthly subsidized guardianship payments under this subsection if the county department, Indian tribe, or the department, whichever will be providing those payments, determines that all of the following apply:

19,260 Section 260 . 48.623 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

48.623 (1) (b) 3. The guardian is licensed as the child's foster parent and the guardian and all adults residing in the guardian's home meet the requirements specified in s. 48.685 or, for a guardianship of a child ordered by a tribal court in which the background investigation is conducted by the Indian tribe, all adults residing in the guardian's home meet either the requirements specified in s. 48.685 or the background check requirements for foster parent licensing under 42 USC 671 (a) (20).

19,261 Section 261 . 48.623 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.623 (1) (c) An order under s. 48.345, 48.357, 48.363, 48.365, 938.345, 938.357, 938.363, or 938.365 or a tribal court under a substantially similar tribal law placing the child, or continuing the placement of the child, outside of the child's home has been terminated, or any proceeding in which the child has been adjudged to be in need of protection or services specified in s. 48.977 (2) (a) has been dismissed, as provided in s. 48.977 (3r) (a).

19,262 Section 262 . 48.623 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.623 (2) Subsidized guardianship agreement. (intro.) Before a county department, an Indian tribe, or the department may approve the provision of subsidized guardianship payments under sub. (1) to a proposed guardian, the county department, Indian tribe, or department shall negotiate and enter into a written, binding subsidized guardianship agreement with the proposed guardian and provide the proposed guardian with a copy of the agreement. A subsidized guardianship agreement or an amended subsidized guardianship agreement may also name a prospective successor guardian of the child to assume the duty and authority of guardianship on the death or incapacity of the guardian. A successor guardian is eligible for monthly subsidized guardianship payments under this section only if the successor guardian is named as a prospective successor guardian of the child in a subsidized guardianship agreement or amended subsidized guardianship agreement that was entered into before the death or incapacity of the guardian, the conditions specified in sub. (6) (bm) are met, and the court appoints the successor guardian to assume the duty and authority of guardianship as provided in s. 48.977 (5m). A subsidized guardianship agreement shall specify all of the following:

19,263 Section 263 . 48.623 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.623 (2) (c) That the county department, Indian tribe, or department will pay the total cost of the nonrecurring expenses that are associated with obtaining guardianship of the child, not to exceed $2,000.

19,264 Section 264 . 48.623 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.623 (3) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, the county department shall provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) or (6). An Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement with the department under sub. (8) shall provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) or (6) for guardianships of children ordered by the tribal court, or a county department may provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) or (6) for guardianships of children ordered by the tribal court if the county department has entered into an agreement with the governing body of an Indian tribe to provide those payments. The county department or Indian tribe shall provide those payments from moneys received under s. 48.48 (8r). The department shall reimburse county departments and Indian tribes for the cost of subsidized guardianship payments, including payments made by county departments for guardianships of Indian children ordered by tribal courts, from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd), (kL), and (pd). In a county having a population of 750,000 or more or in the circumstances specified in s. 48.43 (7) (a) or 48.485 (1), the department shall provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) or (6). The department shall provide those payments from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cx) and (mx).

19,265 Section 265 . 48.623 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.623 (3) (b) The county department or, as provided in par. (a), an Indian tribe or the department shall determine the initial amount of a monthly payment under sub. (1) or (6) for the care of a child based on the circumstances of the guardian and the needs of the child. That amount may not exceed the amount received under s. 48.62 (4) or a substantially similar tribal law by the guardian of the child for the month immediately preceding the month in which the guardianship order was granted. A guardian or an interim caretaker who receives a monthly payment under sub. (1) or (6) for the care of a child is not eligible to receive a payment under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n) or 48.62 (4) for the care of that child.

19,266 Section 266 . 48.623 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

48.623 (3) (c) 1. If a person who is receiving monthly subsidized guardianship payments under an agreement under sub. (2) believes that there has been a substantial change in circumstances, as defined by the department by rule promulgated under sub. (7) (a), he or she may request that the agreement be amended to increase the amount of those payments. If a request is received under this subdivision, the county department, Indian tribe, or department shall determine whether there has been a substantial change in circumstances and whether there has been a substantiated report of abuse or neglect of the child by the person receiving those payments. If there has been a substantial change in circumstances and if there has been no substantiated report of abuse or neglect of the child by that person, the county department, Indian tribe, or department shall offer to increase the amount of those payments based on criteria established by the department by rule promulgated under sub. (7) (b). If an increased monthly subsidized guardianship payment is agreed to by the person receiving those payments, the county department, Indian tribe, or department shall amend the agreement in writing to specify the increased amount of those payments.

19,267 Section 267 . 48.623 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: