Amendment ASA2-AB50

AB50-ASA2,145 Section 145. 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,263,2 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 $21,700 per grant annual grants under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

AB50-ASA2,146 Section 146. 46.533 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,263,7 46.533 Suicide and crisis lifeline; grants. (1) In this section, “national crisis hotline” means the telephone or text access number “988,” or its successor, that is maintained under the federally administered program under 42 USC 290bb- 36c.

AB50-ASA2,263,10 (2) The department shall award grants to organizations that provide crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals who contact the national crisis hotline from anywhere within this state.

AB50-ASA2,147 Section 147. 46.548 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,263,14 46.548 Regional referral hospital support payment; Waukesha County. (1) Definition. In this section, “eligible hospital” means a hospital that meets all of the following criteria:

AB50-ASA2,263,15 (a) The hospital is located in Waukesha County.

AB50-ASA2,263,16 (b) The hospital is certified under s. 50.35.

AB50-ASA2,263,17 (c) The hospital has 300 or more licensed acute care beds.

AB50-ASA2,263,18 (d) The hospital is privately owned and operated as a nonprofit.

AB50-ASA2,263,20 (e) The hospital serves as a regional referral center providing tertiary-level care to residents of multiple counties.

AB50-ASA2,263,22 (f) The hospital provides specialized services in at least 3 of the following areas:

AB50-ASA2,263,23 1. Cardiology.

AB50-ASA2,263,24 2. Oncology.

AB50-ASA2,264,1 3. Orthopedic surgery.

AB50-ASA2,264,2 4. Obstetrics with neonatal intensive care.

AB50-ASA2,264,3 5. Behavioral health.

AB50-ASA2,264,7 (2) State supplemental payment. Beginning in fiscal year 2025-26 and annually thereafter, the department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (be), make a payment in the amount appropriated under s. 20.435 (1) (be) for the fiscal year in which the payment is made to each eligible hospital under this section.

AB50-ASA2,264,9 (3) Use of funds. A hospital receiving a payment under this section may use the funds for any of the following expenses:

AB50-ASA2,264,10 (a) Staffing and equipment for specialty services with high regional demand.

AB50-ASA2,264,11 (b) Capital upgrades that expand access to intensive or specialty care.

AB50-ASA2,264,13 (c) Support for complex patient discharge planning and community care coordination.

AB50-ASA2,264,15 (d) Programs that improve outcomes for patients with dementia, chronic disease, or behavioral health conditions.

AB50-ASA2,264,18 (4) Reporting requirements. Each hospital receiving a payment under this section shall submit an annual report to the department that includes all of the following information:

AB50-ASA2,264,19 (a) A summary of how funds were used.

AB50-ASA2,264,21 (b) The number and type of patients served through services supported by the use of funds under sub. (3).

AB50-ASA2,264,23 (c) An attestation that funds were not used to supplant other public or private reimbursements.

AB50-ASA2,148 Section 148. 46.68 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,265,4 46.68 Trauma care hospital supplement grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (bf), the department shall award grants to support hospitals that satisfy the criteria established by the American College of Surgeons for classification as a Level I adult trauma center.

AB50-ASA2,149 Section 149. 48.526 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,265,11 48.526 (7) Allocations of funds. (intro.) Within the limits of the availability of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj), (o), and (q), the department shall allocate funds for community youth and family aids for the period beginning on July 1, 2021 2025, and ending on June 30, 2023 and for the 2023 fiscal biennium 2027, as provided in this subsection to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 as follows:

AB50-ASA2,150 Section 150. 48.526 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,265,15 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 2023 2025, $95,481,500 for 2024 2026, and $47,740,750 for the first 6 months of 2025 2027.

AB50-ASA2,151 Section 151. 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,265,20 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $2,000,000 for the last 6 months of 2023 2025, $4,000,000 for 2024 2026, and $2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2025 2027 to counties based on each of the following factors weighted equally:

AB50-ASA2,152 Section 152. 48.526 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,266,3 48.526 (7) (bm) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $6,250,000 for the last 6 months of 2023 2025, $12,500,000 for 2024 2026, and $6,250,000 for the first 6 months of 2025 2027 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.

AB50-ASA2,153 Section 153. 48.526 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,266,12 48.526 (7) (c) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $1,053,200 for the last 6 months of 2023 2025, $2,106,500 for 2024 2026, and $1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2025 2027 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.

AB50-ASA2,154 Section 154. 48.526 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,266,18 48.526 (7) (e) For emergencies related to community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $125,000 for the last 6 months of 2023 2025, $250,000 for 2024 2026, and $125,000 for the first 6 months of 2025 2027. A county is eligible for payments under this paragraph only if it has a population of not more than 45,000.

AB50-ASA2,155 Section 155. 48.526 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,267,6 48.526 (7) (h) For counties that are purchasing community supervision services under s. 938.533 (2), $1,062,400 in the last 6 months of 2023 2025, $2,124,800 in 2024 2026, and $1,062,400 in the first 6 months of 2025 2027 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.

AB50-ASA2,156 Section 156. 48.526 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,267,11 48.526 (8) Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment. From the amount of the allocations specified in sub. (7) (a), the department shall allocate $666,700 in the last 6 months of 2023 2025, $1,333,400 in 2024 2026, and $666,700 in the first 6 months of 2025 2027 for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs.

AB50-ASA2,157 Section 157. 48.563 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,267,17 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 2025- 26, the department shall distribute $101,551,400 $102,178,600. In fiscal year 2024-25 2026-27, the department shall distribute $101,939,600 $102,417,600.

AB50-ASA2,158 Section 158. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,268,2 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 per month in the amount of $375 $384 beginning on January 1, 2024 2026, to a kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met:

AB50-ASA2,159 Section 159. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,268,12 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 per month in the amount of $375 $384 beginning on January 1, 2024 2026, to a long-term kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following conditions are met:

AB50-ASA2,160 Section 160. 48.62 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,268,20 48.62 (4) (a) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided according to the rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1, 2024 2026, the rates 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 $384 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, the rates are all of the following:

AB50-ASA2,268,21 1. $441 $452 for a child under 5 years of age.

AB50-ASA2,268,22 2. $483 $495 for a child 5 to 11 years of age.

AB50-ASA2,268,23 3. $548 $562 for a child 12 to 14 years of age.

AB50-ASA2,268,24 4. $572 $586 for a child 15 years of age or over.

AB50-ASA2,161 Section 161. 48.65 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,269,13 48.65 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (c), before the department may issue a license under sub. (1) to a child care center that provides care and supervision for 4 to 8 children or 4 to 12 children, the child care center must pay to the department a biennial fee of $60.50. Except as provided in par. (c), before the department may issue a license under sub. (1) to a child care center that provides care and supervision for 9 13 or more children, the child care center must pay to the department a biennial fee of $30.25, plus a biennial fee of $16.94 per child, based on the number of children that the child care center is licensed to serve. A child care center that wishes to continue a license issued under sub. (1) shall pay the applicable fee under this paragraph by the continuation date of the license. A new child care center shall pay the applicable fee under this paragraph no later than 30 days before the opening of the child care center.

AB50-ASA2,162 Section 162. 48.65 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,269,15 48.65 (4) (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB50-ASA2,269,17 1. “Assistant child care teacher” means a child care worker who works under the supervision of a child care teacher.

AB50-ASA2,269,21 2. “Child care teacher” means a child care worker who plans, implements, and supervises the daily activities for a designated group of children at a child care center licensed under this section and who meets the qualifications under s. DCF 251.05 (3) (f), Wis. Adm. Code.

AB50-ASA2,269,23 3. “Full-day center” means a child care center licensed under this section that accepts children for 5 or more consecutive hours.

AB50-ASA2,270,2 4. “School-age program” means a program in a child care center licensed under this section that serves only school-age children before and after school, on days on which there is no school, and during the summer break.

AB50-ASA2,270,6 5. “School-age program leader” means a person who plans, implements, and supervises the daily activities for a designated group of school-age children, communicates with families, works with the community, and coordinates staff in a school-age program at a child care center licensed under this section.

AB50-ASA2,270,9 (b) Requirements for assistant child care teachers. A child care center licensed under this section may hire an individual to be an assistant child care teacher if the individual meets all of the following requirements:

AB50-ASA2,270,10 1. The individual is at least 16 years old.

AB50-ASA2,270,12 2. The individual has satisfactorily completed at least one of the following within 6 months after assuming the position:

AB50-ASA2,270,13 a. Two credits in early childhood education or its equivalent.

AB50-ASA2,270,14 b. One non-credit, department-approved course in early childhood education.

AB50-ASA2,270,16 c. An assistant child care teacher training program approved by the department of public instruction.

AB50-ASA2,270,20 (c) Sole supervision by assistant child care teachers. An assistant child care teacher who has completed the training required under par. (b) 2. and is at least 18 years old may provide sole supervision to a group of children in the following instances and for the following amounts of time:

AB50-ASA2,270,23 1. In a full-day center, if there is a child care teacher on the premises, for opening and closing hours, not to exceed the first 2 hours and the last 2 hours of center operation, and during the center’s designated naptime, not to exceed 2 hours.

AB50-ASA2,271,2 2. In a school-age program, if there is a school-age program leader or child care teacher on the premises, for no more than 45 minutes.

AB50-ASA2,163 Section 163. 48.67 of the statutes is renumbered 48.67 (1m), and 48.67 (1m) (a) and (d) 1. (intro.), 2. and 3., as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,271,15 48.67 (1m) (a) That all child care center licensees, and all employees and volunteers of a child care center, who provide care and supervision for children under one year of age receive, before the date on which the license is issued or the employment or volunteer work commences, whichever is applicable, training in the most current medically accepted methods of preventing sudden infant death syndrome. The rules shall provide that any training in those methods that a licensee has obtained in connection with military service, as defined in s. 111.32 (12g), counts toward satisfying the training requirement under this subsection paragraph if the licensee demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the training obtained in that connection is substantially equivalent to the training required under this subsection paragraph.

AB50-ASA2,271,22 (d) 1. (intro.) That all foster parents successfully complete training in the care and support needs of children who are placed in foster care that has been approved by the department. The training shall be completed on an ongoing basis, as determined by the department. The department shall promulgate rules prescribing the training that is required under this subsection paragraph and shall monitor compliance with this subsection paragraph according to those rules. The training shall include training in all of the following:

AB50-ASA2,271,24 2. The training under par. (a) subd. 1. shall be available to a kinship care provider, as defined in s. 48.40 (1m), upon request of the kinship care provider.

AB50-ASA2,272,2 3. For a foster parent receiving an initial license, the training under par. (a) subd. 1. shall be completed before the first child is placed with the foster parent.

AB50-ASA2,164 Section 164. 48.67 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,272,5 48.67 (1b) In this section, “provider” means an individual who provides care and supervision for children in a child care center licensed under s. 48.65 (1).

AB50-ASA2,165 Section 165. 48.67 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,272,9 48.67 (2m) (a) In the rules promulgated under sub. (1m), the department shall establish a category of child care centers licensed under s. 48.65 (1) that provide care and supervision for 4 to 12 children.

AB50-ASA2,272,13 (b) The department shall regulate a child care center described in par. (a) in the same way that it regulates a child care center that is licensed to provide care and supervision for 4 to 8 children, including the maximum number of children per provider, except for all of the following:

AB50-ASA2,272,16 1. The department shall prohibit a child care center described in par. (a) from authorizing more than 2 providers to provide care and supervision for children at one time.

AB50-ASA2,272,19 2. The department may regulate a child care center described in par. (a) differently than a child care center that provides care and supervision for 4 to 8 children to the extent necessary to safely accommodate a larger group of children.

AB50-ASA2,166 Section 166. 49.132 of the statutes is created to read: