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SB70-SSA2-SA1,232,1313 c. Unplanned school closures of 5 consecutive days or more.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,232,1514 (at) The department shall determine the amount of emergency payments under
15par. (ar) based on available funding.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,455 16Section 455. 48.57 (3m) (ap) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,233,217 48.57 (3m) (ap) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3., the county department or, in a
18county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may make payments
19under par. (am) to a kinship care relative provider who is providing care and
20maintenance for a child who is placed in the home of the kinship care relative
21provider under a court order for no more than 60 days after the date on which the
22county department or department received under par. (am) 1. the completed
23application of the kinship care relative provider for a license to operate a foster home
24or, if the application is approved or denied or the kinship care relative provider is
25otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those 60 days, until the

1date on which the application is approved or denied or the kinship care relative
2provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,456 3Section 456. 48.57 (3m) (ap) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,233,144 48.57 (3m) (ap) 2. If the application specified in subd. 1. is not approved or
5denied or the kinship care relative provider is not otherwise determined to be
6ineligible for licensure within 60 days after the date on which the county department
7or department received the completed application for any reason other than an act
8or omission of the kinship care relative provider, the county department or
9department may make payments under par. (am) for 4 months after the date on
10which the county department or department received the completed application or,
11if the application is approved or denied or the kinship care relative provider is
12otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those 4 months, until the
13date on which the application is approved or denied or the kinship care relative
14provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,457 15Section 457. 48.57 (3m) (ap) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,234,716 48.57 (3m) (ap) 3. Notwithstanding that an application of a kinship care
17relative provider specified in subd. 1. is denied or the kinship care relative provider
18is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure, the county department or, in
19a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may make
20payments under par. (am) to the kinship care relative provider for as long as the
21conditions specified in par. (am) 1. to 6. continue to apply if the county department
22or department submits to the court information relating to the background
23investigation specified in par. (am) 4., an assessment of the safety of the kinship care
24relative's provider's home and the ability of the kinship care relative provider to care
25for the child, and a recommendation that the child remain in the home of the kinship

1care relative provider and the court, after considering that information, assessment,
2and recommendation, orders the child to remain in the kinship care relative's
3provider's home. If the court does not order the child to remain in the kinship care
4relative's provider's home, the court shall order the county department or
5department to request a change in placement under s. 48.357 (1) (am) or 938.357 (1)
6(am). Any person specified in s. 48.357 (2m) (a) or 938.357 (2m) (a) may also request
7a change in placement.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,458 8Section 458. 48.57 (3m) (as) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,234,139 48.57 (3m) (as) From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (es), a county
10department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department
11may provide flexible support, in the form of additional payments or services, to a
12kinship care provider who qualifies under rules promulgated by the department
13under par. (i) 3.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,459 14Section 459. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,234,2415 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. When any kinship care relative provider of a child applies for
16or receives payments under this subsection, any right of the child or the child's parent
17to support or maintenance from any other person accruing during the time that
18payments are made under this subsection is assigned to the state. If a child who is
19the beneficiary of a payment under this subsection is also the beneficiary of support
20under a judgment or order that includes support for one or more children who are not
21the beneficiaries of payments under this subsection, any support payment made
22under the judgment or order is assigned to the state in the amount that is the
23proportionate share of the child who is the beneficiary of the payment made under
24this subsection, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the motion of a party.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,460 25Section 460. 48.57 (3m) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,235,3
148.57 (3m) (cm) A kinship care relative provider who receives a payment under
2par. (am) for providing care and maintenance for a child is not eligible to receive a
3payment under sub. (3n) or s. 48.62 (4) or 48.623 (1) or (6) for that child.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,461 4Section 461. 48.57 (3m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,235,125 48.57 (3m) (h) A county department or, in a county having a population of
6750,000 or more, the department may recover an overpayment made under par. (am)
7from a kinship care relative provider who continues to receive payments under par.
8(am) by reducing the amount of the kinship care relative's provider's monthly
9payment. The department may by rule specify other methods for recovering
10overpayments made under par. (am). A county department that recovers an
11overpayment under this paragraph due to the efforts of its officers and employees
12may retain a portion of the amount recovered, as provided by the department by rule.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,462 13Section 462. 48.57 (3m) (i) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,235,1914 48.57 (3m) (i) 1. Rules to provide assessment criteria for determining whether
15a kinship care relative provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child
16is eligible to receive payments under par. (am). The rules shall also provide that any
17criteria established under the rules shall first apply to applications for payments
18under par. (am) received, and to reviews under par. (d) conducted, on the effective
19date of those rules.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,463 20Section 463. 48.57 (3m) (i) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,235,2321 48.57 (3m) (i) 3. Rules governing the provision of flexible support under par.
22(as). Rules promulgated under this subdivision may specify qualifying costs and
23services and eligibility criteria.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,464 24Section 464. 48.57 (3m) (i) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,236,4
148.57 (3m) (i) 4. Rules governing the provision of payments for exceptional
2circumstances to enable siblings or a minor parent and minor children to reside
3together and for initial clothing allowances for a child residing in the home of a
4kinship care provider who is receiving a monthly rate under par. (am).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,465 5Section 465. 48.57 (3m) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,236,76 48.57 (3m) (j) The department may promulgate rules governing the provision
7of emergency payments under par. (ar).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,466 8Section 466. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,236,169 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time
10student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
11equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the
12person, and the person is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative
13provider under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365
14that terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains
1518 years of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement
16under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,467 17Section 467. 48.57 (3n) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,236,2018 48.57 (3n) (a) 2. “Long-term kinship care relative provider" means a relative
19other than a parent, an extended family member, as defined in s. 48.028 (2) (am), or
20like-kin
.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,468 21Section 468. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,237,522 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
23(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
24than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
25under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject

1to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
2more, the department shall make monthly payments for each child in the amount of
3$300 per month beginning on January 1, 2022, to a long-term kinship care relative
4provider who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following
5conditions are met:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,66q 6Section 66q. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,237,187 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
8(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
9than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
10under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
11to par. (ap) and if all of the following conditions are met, beginning on January 1,
122024
, a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more,
13the department shall make monthly payments to a long-term kinship care provider
14who is providing care and maintenance
for each a child in the amount of $300 per
15month beginning on January 1, 2022, to a long-term kinship care provider who is
16providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following conditions are
17met
$441 for a child under 5 years of age; $483 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $548
18for a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $572 for a child 15 years of age or over
:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,469 19Section 469. 48.57 (3n) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,237,2520 48.57 (3n) (am) 1. The long-term kinship care relative provider applies to the
21county department or department for payments under this subsection, provides
22proof that he or she has been appointed as the guardian of the child, and, if the child
23is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative provider under a court
24order, other than a court order under s. 48.9795 or ch. 54, 2017 stats., applies to the
25county department or department for a license to operate a foster home.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,470
1Section 470. 48.57 (3n) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,238,52 48.57 (3n) (am) 2. The county department or department inspects the
3long-term kinship care relative's provider's home, interviews the long-term kinship
4care relative provider and determines that long-term placement with the long-term
5kinship care relative provider is in the best interests of the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,471 6Section 471. 48.57 (3n) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,238,157 48.57 (3n) (am) 4. The county department or department conducts a
8background investigation under sub. (3p) of the long-term kinship care relative
9provider, the employees and prospective employees of the long-term kinship care
10relative provider who have or would have regular contact with the child for whom the
11payments would be made and any other adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p) (a),
12of the long-term kinship care relative's provider's home to determine if the
13long-term kinship care relative provider, employee, prospective employee or adult
14resident has any arrests or convictions that are likely to adversely affect the child or
15the long-term kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,472 16Section 472. 48.57 (3n) (am) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,238,2517 48.57 (3n) (am) 4m. Subject to sub. (3p) (fm) 1m. and 2m., the long-term
18kinship care relative provider states that he or she does not have any arrests or
19convictions that could adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care
20relative's provider's ability to care for the child and that, to the best of the long-term
21kinship care relative's provider's knowledge, no adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p)
22(a), and no employee or prospective employee of the long-term kinship care relative
23provider who would have regular contact with the child has any arrests or
24convictions that could adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care
25relative's provider's ability to care for the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,473
1Section 473. 48.57 (3n) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,239,42 48.57 (3n) (am) 5. The long-term kinship care relative provider cooperates
3with the county department or department in the application process, including
4applying for other forms of assistance for which the child may be eligible.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,474 5Section 474. 48.57 (3n) (am) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,239,76 48.57 (3n) (am) 5m. The long-term kinship care relative provider is not
7receiving payments under sub. (3m) with respect to the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,475 8Section 475. 48.57 (3n) (am) 5r. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,239,119 48.57 (3n) (am) 5r. The child for whom the long-term kinship care relative
10provider is providing care and maintenance is not receiving supplemental security
11income under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c or state supplemental payments under s. 49.77.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,476 12Section 476. 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,239,1813 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. (intro.) The long-term kinship care relative provider and the
14county department or department enter into a written agreement under which the
15long-term kinship care relative provider agrees to provide care and maintenance for
16the child and the county department or department agrees, subject to sub. (3p) (hm),
17to make monthly payments to the long-term kinship care relative provider at the
18rate specified in sub. (3m) (am) (intro.) until the earliest of the following:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,477 19Section 477. 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,239,2220 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. c. The date on which the child is placed outside the long-term
21kinship care relative's provider's home under a court order or under a voluntary
22agreement under s. 48.63 (1) (a) or (b) or (5) (b).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,478 23Section 478. 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,239,2524 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. d. The date on which the child ceases to reside with the
25long-term kinship care relative provider.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,479
1Section 479. 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,240,32 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. e. The date on which the long-term kinship care's care
3provider's
guardianship under s. 48.977 terminates.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,480 4Section 480. 48.57 (3n) (an) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,240,125 48.57 (3n) (an) In addition to the monthly payments for long-term kinship care
6under par. (am), the department or, with the department's approval, the county
7department may make payments for exceptional circumstances to enable siblings or
8a minor parent and minor children to reside together and for initial clothing
9allowances to a long-term kinship care provider who is providing care and
10maintenance for a child residing in the home of the long-term kinship care provider
11who is receiving a monthly rate under par. (am), commensurate with the needs of the
12child, according to the rules promulgated by the department under par. (i) 2.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,481 13Section 481. 48.57 (3n) (ap) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,240,2414 48.57 (3n) (ap) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3., the county department or, in a
15county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may make payments
16under par. (am) to a long-term kinship care relative provider who is providing care
17and maintenance for a child who is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care
18relative provider for no more than 60 days after the date on which the county
19department or department received under par. (am) 1. the completed application of
20the long-term kinship care relative provider for a license to operate a foster home or,
21if the application is approved or denied or the long-term kinship care relative
22provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those 60 days,
23until the date on which the application is approved or denied or the long-term
24kinship care relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,482 25Section 482. 48.57 (3n) (ap) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,241,12
148.57 (3n) (ap) 2. If the application specified in subd. 1. is not approved or
2denied or the long-term kinship care relative provider is not otherwise determined
3to be ineligible for licensure within 60 days after the date on which the county
4department or department received the completed application for any reason other
5than an act or omission of the long-term kinship care relative provider, the county
6department or department may make payments under par. (am) for 4 months after
7the date on which the county department or department received the completed
8application or, if the application is approved or denied or the long-term kinship care
9relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those
104 months, until the date on which the application is approved or denied or the
11long-term kinship care relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for
12licensure.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,483 13Section 483. 48.57 (3n) (ap) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,242,814 48.57 (3n) (ap) 3. Notwithstanding that an application of a long-term kinship
15care relative provider specified in subd. 1. is denied or the long-term kinship care
16relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure, the county
17department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department
18may make payments under par. (am) to the long-term kinship care relative provider
19until an event specified in par. (am) 6. a. to f. occurs if the county department or
20department submits to the court information relating to the background
21investigation specified in par. (am) 4., an assessment of the safety of the long-term
22kinship care relative's provider's home and the ability of the long-term kinship care
23relative provider to care for the child, and a recommendation that the child remain
24in the home of the long-term kinship care relative provider and the court, after
25considering that information, assessment, and recommendation, orders the child to

1remain in the long-term kinship care relative's provider's home. If the court does not
2order the child to remain in the kinship care relative's provider's home, the court
3shall order the county department or department to request a change in placement
4under s. 48.357 (1) (am) or 938.357 (1) (am) or to request a termination of the
5guardianship order under s. 48.977 (7). Any person specified in s. 48.357 (2m) (a) or
6938.357 (2m) (a) may also request a change in placement and any person who is
7authorized to file a petition for the appointment of a guardian for the child may also
8request a termination of the guardianship order.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,484 9Section 484. 48.57 (3n) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,242,1910 48.57 (3n) (b) 2. When any long-term kinship care relative provider of a child
11applies for or receives payments under this subsection, any right of the child or the
12child's parent to support or maintenance from any other person accruing during the
13time that payments are made under this subsection is assigned to the state. If a child
14is the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order that includes support for one
15or more children who are not the beneficiaries of payments under this subsection,
16any support payment made under the judgment or order is assigned to the state in
17the amount that is the proportionate share of the child who is the beneficiary of the
18payment made under this subsection, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the
19motion of a party.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,485 20Section 485. 48.57 (3n) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,242,2321 48.57 (3n) (cm) A long-term kinship care relative provider who receives a
22payment under par. (am) for providing care and maintenance for a child is not eligible
23to receive a payment under sub. (3m) or s. 48.62 (4) or 48.623 (1) or (6) for that child.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,486 24Section 486. 48.57 (3n) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,243,8
148.57 (3n) (h) A county department or, in a county having a population of
2750,000 or more, the department may recover an overpayment made under par. (am)
3from a long-term kinship care relative provider who continues to receive payments
4under par. (am) by reducing the amount of the long-term kinship care relative's
5provider's monthly payment. The department may by rule specify other methods for
6recovering overpayments made under par. (am). A county department that recovers
7an overpayment under this paragraph due to the efforts of its officers and employees
8may retain a portion of the amount recovered, as provided by the department by rule.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,487 9Section 487. 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,243,1910 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. (intro.) The director of the county department, the person
11designated by the governing body of an Indian tribe or, in a county having a
12population of 750,000 or more, the person designated by the secretary shall review
13the denial of payments or the prohibition on employment or being an adult resident
14to determine if the conviction record on which the denial or prohibition is based
15includes any arrests, convictions, or penalties that are likely to adversely affect the
16child or the ability of the kinship care relative provider to care for the child. In
17reviewing the denial or prohibition, the director of the county department, the person
18designated by the governing body of the Indian tribe or the person designated by the
19secretary shall consider all of the following factors:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,488 20Section 488. 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,243,2221 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. b. The nature of the violation or penalty and how that violation
22or penalty affects the ability of the kinship care relative provider to care for the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,489 23Section 489. 48.57 (3p) (h) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,244,1024 48.57 (3p) (h) 4. If the director of the county department, the person designated
25by the governing body of the Indian tribe or, in a county having a population of

1750,000 or more, the person designated by the secretary determines that the
2conviction record on which the denial of payments or the prohibition on employment
3or being an adult resident is based does not include any arrests, convictions, or
4penalties that are likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the kinship care
5relative provider to care for the child, the director of the county department, the
6person designated by the governing body of the Indian tribe, or the person designated
7by the secretary may approve the making of payments under sub. (3m) or may permit
8a person receiving payments under sub. (3m) to employ a person in a position in
9which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom payments are
10being made or permit a person to be an adult resident.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,490 11Section 490. 48.57 (3n) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 48.57 (3n) (i) (intro.)
12and amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,244,1413 48.57 (3n) (i) (intro.) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this
14subsection. Those rules shall include rules all of the following:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,244,16 151. Rules governing the provision of long-term kinship care payments for the
16care and maintenance of a child after the child attains 18 years of age.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,491 17Section 491. 48.57 (3n) (i) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,244,2118 48.57 (3n) (i) 2. Rules governing the provision of payments for exceptional
19circumstances to enable siblings or a minor parent and minor children to reside
20together and for initial clothing allowances for children residing in a home of a
21long-term kinship care provider who is receiving a monthly rate under par. (am).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,492 22Section 492. 48.60 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,244,2523 48.60 (2) (a) A relative or like-kin, guardian, or person delegated care and
24custody of a child under s. 48.979 who provides care and maintenance for such
25children.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,493
1Section 493. 48.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,245,162 48.62 (2) A relative or like-kin, a guardian of a child, or a person delegated care
3and custody of a child under s. 48.979 who provides care and maintenance for the
4child is not required to obtain the license specified in this section. The department,
5county department, or licensed child welfare agency as provided in s. 48.75 may issue
6a license to operate a foster home to a relative or like-kin who has no duty of support
7under s. 49.90 (1) (a) and who requests a license to operate a foster home for a specific
8child who is either placed by court order or who is the subject of a voluntary
9placement agreement under s. 48.63. The department, a county department, or a
10licensed child welfare agency may, at the request of a guardian appointed under s.
1148.977, 48.978, or 48.9795, ch. 54, 2017 stats., or ch. 880, 2003 stats., license the
12guardian's home as a foster home for the guardian's minor ward who is living in the
13home and who is placed in the home by court order. Relatives and like-kin with no
14duty of support and guardians appointed under s. 48.977, 48.978, or 48.9795, ch. 54,
152017 stats., or ch. 880, 2003 stats., who are licensed to operate foster homes are
16subject to the department's licensing rules.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,494 17Section 494. 48.62 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,246,618 48.62 (4) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided according to the
19rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1, 2022, the rates are $300
20for care and maintenance provided for a child of any age by a foster home that is
21certified to provide level one care, as defined in the rules promulgated under sub. (8)
22(a) and
2024, for care and maintenance provided by a foster home that is certified to
23provide care at a any level of care that is higher than level one care, $420 $441 for
24a child under 5 years of age; $460 $483 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $522 $548 for
25a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $545 $572 for a child 15 years of age or over. In

1addition to these grants for basic maintenance, the department, county department,
2or licensed child welfare agency shall make supplemental payments for foster care
3to a foster home that is receiving an age-related rate under this subsection that are
4commensurate with the level of care that the foster home is certified to provide and
5the needs of the child who is placed in the foster home according to the rules
6promulgated by the department under sub. (8) (c).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,495 7Section 495. 48.64 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,246,128 48.64 (1) Definition. In this section, “agency" means the department, the
9department of corrections, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, or
10a licensed child welfare agency authorized to place children in foster homes, group
11homes, or shelter care facilities approved under s. 938.22 (2) (c) or, in the homes of
12relatives other than a parent, or in the homes of like-kin.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,496 13Section 496. 48.64 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,247,1014 48.64 (1m) Out-of-home care agreements. If an agency places a child in a
15foster home or group home or in the home of a relative other than a parent or in the
16home of like-kin
under a court order or places a child in a foster home, group home,
17or shelter care facility approved under s. 938.22 (2) (c) under a voluntary agreement
18under s. 48.63, the agency shall enter into a written agreement with the head of the
19home or facility. The agreement shall provide that the agency shall have access at
20all times to the child and the home or facility, and that the child will be released to
21the agency whenever, in the opinion of the agency placing the child or the
22department, the best interests of the child require release to the agency. If a child
23has been in a foster home or group home or in the home of a relative other than a
24parent or in the home of like-kin for 6 months or more, the agency shall give the head
25of the home written notice of intent to remove the child, stating the reasons for the

1removal. The child may not be removed from a foster home, group home, or home of
2a relative other than a parent or the home of like-kin before completion of the
3hearing under sub. (4) (a) or (c), if requested, or 30 days after the receipt of the notice,
4whichever is later, unless the safety of the child requires it or, in a case in which the
5reason for removal is to place the child for adoption under s. 48.833, unless all of the
6persons who have the right to request a hearing under sub. (4) (a) or (c) sign written
7waivers of objection to the proposed removal. If the safety of the child requires earlier
8removal, s. 48.19 applies. If an agency removes a child from an adoptive placement,
9the head of the home shall have no claim against the placing agency for the expense
10of care, clothing, or medical treatment.
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