AB50: Bill Text

AB50,518,19 (a) Wonderschool, Inc., or a successor organization, at $4,500,000, to do any of the following:

AB50,518,22 1. Increase the child care workforce in this state by launching an online software platform that is linked to the department’s website to connect child care providers with child care workers and a pool of substitute child care workers.

AB50,518,23 2. Build child care capacity in this state.

AB50,519,2 (b) Wisconsin Early Childhood Association, Inc., at $5,500,000, to provide any of the following for child care providers or prospective child care providers:

AB50,519,5 1. Assistance with licensing under s. 48.65 and certification under s. 48.651, prioritizing locations with a high need for child care services and child care providers that serve infants and toddlers.

AB50,519,7 2. Coaching services and other support services, including for substitute child care workers.

AB50,519,8 3. Tax education assistance for family child care centers.

AB50,940 Section 940. 49.1337 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,519,13 49.1337 Child care water safety grant program. From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (ej), each fiscal year the department shall award a grant to Community Water Services, Inc., for the purpose of helping child care providers to access safe drinking water.

AB50,941 Section 941. 49.1385 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,519,17 49.1385 Grants for services for homeless and runaway youth. The department may award not more than $400,000 $2,872,800 in each fiscal year in grants to support programs that provide services for homeless and runaway youth.

AB50,942 Section 942. 49.141 (1) (j) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,519,19 49.141 (1) (j) 1. A biological natural parent.

AB50,943 Section 943. 49.141 (1) (j) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,944 Section 944. 49.148 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,520,13 49.148 (4) (a) A Wisconsin works Works agency shall require a participant in a community service job or transitional placement who, after August 22, 1996, was convicted in any state or federal court of a felony that had as an element possession, use or distribution of a controlled substance to submit to a test for use of a controlled substance as a condition of continued eligibility. If the test results are positive, the Wisconsin works Works agency shall decrease the presanction benefit amount for that participant by not more than 15 percent for not fewer than 12 months, or for the remainder of the participant’s period of participation in a community service job or transitional placement, if less than 12 months. If, at the end of 12 months, the individual is still a participant in a community service job or transitional placement and submits to another test for use of a controlled substance and if the results of the test are negative, the Wisconsin works Works agency shall discontinue the reduction under this paragraph. In this subsection, “controlled substance” does not include tetrahydrocannabinols in any form, including tetrahydrocannabinols contained in marijuana, obtained from marijuana, or chemically synthesized.

AB50,945 Section 945. 49.155 (1g) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,946 Section 946. 49.155 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,520,24 49.155 (1m) Eligibility. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (3g) and subject to sub. (1s), the department shall determine, contract with a county department or agency to determine, or contract with a county department or agency to share determination of the eligibility of individuals residing in a particular geographic region or who are members of a particular Indian tribal unit for child care subsidies under this section. Under this section, and subject to sub. (2), an individual may receive a subsidy for child care for a child who has not attained the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled, who has not attained the age of 19, if the individual meets all of the following conditions:

AB50,947 Section 947. 49.155 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,521,14 49.155 (1m) (a) (intro.) Subject to sub. (2), the individual is a parent of a child who meets the requirement under s. 49.145 (2) (c) and who is under the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled, is under the age of 19; or is a relative an individual who, under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n) or 48.62, is providing care and maintenance for a child who meets the requirement under s. 49.145 (2) (c) and who is under the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled, is under the age of 19; and child care services for that child are needed in order for the individual to participate in an approved activity. An individual who is eligible to receive a child care subsidy under this subsection shall remain eligible for that subsidy for a period of 3 months after the individual permanently ceases participation in the approved activity or until the department or the county department or agency redetermines the individual’s eligibility, whichever is earlier. In this paragraph, “approved activity” means any of the following:

AB50,948 Section 948. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1d. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,522,2 49.155 (1m) (c) 1d. a. Notwithstanding sub. (5) (b), if If the individual is already receiving a child care subsidy under this section and the gross income of the individual’s family exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual’s family, the individual’s copayment amount under sub. (5) increases by $1 for every $3 by which the individual’s family’s gross income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual’s family. Beginning in fiscal year 2024-25, to the extent that the individual’s family’s gross income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual’s family, the individual’s copayment amount under sub. (5) increases by $1 for every $5 individual may still receive a child care subsidy under this section unless the condition in subd. 1d. b. is met.

AB50,949 Section 949. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1d. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,522,7 49.155 (1m) (c) 1d. b. Notwithstanding subd. 1d. a., if If the gross income of an individual’s family exceeds 85 percent of the state median income for a family the size of the individual’s family, the individual is not eligible to receive a child care subsidy under this section.

AB50,950 Section 950. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,522,16 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. If the individual is a foster parent of the child or a subsidized guardian or interim caretaker of the child under s. 48.623, the child’s biological natural or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child’s biological natural or adoptive family, the department or county department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.

AB50,951 Section 951. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,523,2 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. If the individual is a relative of the child, is providing care for the child under a court order, and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n) on behalf of the child, the child’s biological natural or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child’s biological natural or adoptive family, the department or county department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.

AB50,952 Section 952. 49.155 (1m) (cm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,523,6 49.155 (1m) (cm) 3. A relative of the child An individual who is providing care for the child under a court order and receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n) on behalf of the child.

AB50,953 Section 953. 49.155 (1s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,523,11 49.155 (1s) Presumptive eligibility. (a) The department may find an individual presumptively eligible for a child care subsidy while the department determines the individual’s actual eligibility under sub. (1m) if all the following conditions are met:

AB50,523,13 1. The individual submits to the department a report establishing that the individual meets the conditions under sub. (1m).

AB50,523,15 2. The department is able to plausibly assume that the individual meets the conditions under sub. (1m) based on the report under subd. 1.

AB50,523,18 (b) Upon finding an individual presumptively eligible for child care subsidies under this subsection, the department shall immediately begin issuing benefits to the individual under sub. (3m).

AB50,523,20 (c) An individual may be presumptively eligible for child care subsidies under this subsection for no more than 3 months.

AB50,523,24 (d) If the department determines that an individual found presumptively eligible for child care subsidies under this subsection is actually ineligible for child care subsidies under sub. (1m), the department shall immediately discontinue issuing benefits to the individual under sub. (3m).

AB50,954 Section 954. 49.155 (6) (e) 2., 3. and 5. of the statutes are repealed.

AB50,955 Section 955. 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,524,6 49.163 (2) (am) 2. If over 25 years of age, be a biological natural or adoptive parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of age.

AB50,956 Section 956. 49.163 (2) (am) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,957 Section 957. 49.163 (2) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,524,10 49.163 (2) (am) 5. Be ineligible Have not filed for unemployment insurance benefits or have filed but is not eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

AB50,958 Section 958. 49.1632 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,524,17 49.1632 Expanded Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program. From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (fn), the department shall establish programs identical to the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program under s. 49.163 except that an individual is not required to satisfy the eligibility criteria under s. 49.163 (2) (am) 2. and 3. in order to participate.

AB50,959 Section 959. 49.1635 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,960 Section 960. 49.1635 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,961 Section 961. 49.1635 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,962 Section 962. 49.1635 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,963 Section 963. 49.1635 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (1m) and amended to read:

AB50,525,4 49.1635 (1m) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (j), the department shall make a grant of $500,000 $4,500,000 in each fiscal year to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for distribution of annual awards of not more than $75,000 per year per program to programs that provide legal services to persons who are eligible under par. (b) 2. sub. (2m) (b) if all of the following apply:

AB50,525,8 (a) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., submits a plan to the department detailing the proposed use of the grant; the proposed use of the grant conforms to the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m); and the secretary of the department, or his or her designee, approves the plan.

AB50,525,12 (b) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., enters into an agreement with the department that specifies the conditions for the use of the grant proceeds, and the conditions conform to the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m) and include training, reporting, and auditing requirements.

AB50,525,15 (c) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., agrees in writing to submit to the department the reports required under par. (c) sub. (3m) by the times required under par. (c) sub. (3m).

AB50,964 Section 964. 49.1635 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (2m), and 49.1635 (2m) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB50,525,21 49.1635 (2m) (a) Subject to subd. 3. par. (c), the grant may be used only to provide legal services in civil matters related to eviction, domestic abuse, or sexual abuse, or to restraining orders or injunctions for individuals at risk under s. 813.123.

AB50,965 Section 965. 49.1635 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (3m) and amended to read:

AB50,526,9 49.1635 (3m) For each fiscal year in which the department makes a grant under this subsection section, Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall submit to the department, within 3 months after spending the full amount of that grant, a report detailing how the grant proceeds were used. The department may not make a grant in a subsequent fiscal year unless Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., submits the report under this paragraph subsection within the time required and the department determines that the grant proceeds were used in accordance with the approved plan under par. (a) 1. sub. (1m) (a), the agreement under par. (a) 2. sub. (1m) (b), and the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m).

AB50,966 Section 966. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,526,14 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $37,000,000 $26,806,500 in fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26 and $34,000,000 $26,987,700 in fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such benefits, $28,000,000. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such benefits, $29,000,000 2026-27.

AB50,967 Section 967. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,526,19 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $54,009,700 $58,892,400 in fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26 and $57,071,200 $59,071,200 in each fiscal year thereafter 2026-27.

AB50,968 Section 968. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,526,24 49.175 (1) (f) Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (7) (kg).

AB50,969 Section 969. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,527,7 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and the collection of public assistance overpayments, $17,231,100 $25,258,600 in fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26 and $17,482,300 $25,707,800 in fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such purposes, $19,015,300. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such purposes, $19,424,300 2026-27.

AB50,970 Section 970. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,527,12 49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138 and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or weatherization assistance programs, $6,000,000 $10,414,400 in each fiscal year 2025-26 and $10,141,300 in fiscal year 2026-27.

AB50,971 Section 971. 49.175 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,527,17 49.175 (1) (j) Grants for providing civil legal services. For the grants under s. 49.1635 (5) to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for distribution to programs that provide civil legal services to low-income families, $500,000 $4,500,000 in each fiscal year.

AB50,972 Section 972. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,527,21 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program under s. 49.163, $9,500,000 $12,475,000 in each fiscal year.

AB50,973 Section 973. 49.175 (1) (Lm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,528,2 49.175 (1) (Lm) Jobs for America’s Graduates. For grants to the Jobs for America’s Graduates-Wisconsin to fund programs that improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., in each fiscal year, $1,000,000 $2,000,000.

AB50,974 Section 974. 49.175 (1) (Lp) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,975 Section 975. 49.175 (1) (ms) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,528,7 49.175 (1) (ms) Child support debt reduction. For the child support debt reduction program for noncustodial parents under s. 49.226, $3,472,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $6,944,000 in fiscal year 2026-27.

AB50,976 Section 976. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,528,13 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155 or 49.257, $376,700,400 $438,582,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26 and $383,900,400 $459,111,600 in fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such direct child care services, $368,834,800. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such direct child care services, $428,779,700 2026-27.

AB50,977 Section 977. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,528,20 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing activities, $42,117,800 $52,983,800 in fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26 and $41,803,100 $53,723,400 in fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such programs and activities, $45,796,000. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such programs and activities, $45,570,300 2026-27.

AB50,978 Section 978. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,529,2 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in ss. 49.133, 49.155 (1g) and 49.257, $16,683,700 $49,446,300 in each fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such activities, $28,518,700. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such activities, $46,018,700.

AB50,979 Section 979. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,529,8 49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of supplemental security income, $18,564,700 $19,262,100 in each fiscal year 2021-22 and $18,145,000 in fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such payments, $9,699,900. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such payments, $10,990,400.

AB50,980 Section 980. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,529,18 49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $28,727,100 $45,686,700 in fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26 and $31,441,800 $53,125,600 in fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such payments, $31,719,200. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such payments, $35,661,000 2026-27.

AB50,981 Section 981. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read: