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AB56-ASA1,568 15Section 568 . 48.686 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,329,2516 48.686 (2) (a) The department A licensing entity shall require any person who
17applies for issuance of an initial license approval to operate a child care center under
18s. 48.65, a school board shall require any person who proposes an initial contract with
19the school board under s. 120.13 (14), and the department in a county having a
20population of 750,000 or more, a county department, or an agency contracted with
21under s. 48.651 (2) shall require any child care provider who applies for initial
22certification under s. 48.651
program to submit the information required for a
23background check request under par. (ag). A If the licensing entity is a school board,
24county department, or contracted agency or tribe, the licensing entity shall submit
25the completed background information request to the department.
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1Section 569. 48.686 (2) (ab) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,330,82 48.686 (2) (ab) Each child care program shall submit a request to the
3department for a criminal background check for each potential caregiver,
4noncaregiver employee,
and potential nonclient resident household member prior to
5the date on which an individual becomes a caregiver, noncaregiver employee, or
6nonclient resident household member, and at least once during every 5-year period
7for each existing caregiver, noncaregiver employee, or nonclient resident household
8member
, except if all of the following apply to the individual:
AB56-ASA1,330,129 1. The caregiver, potential caregiver, nonclient resident, or potential nonclient
10resident
individual has received a background check as described in par. (am) while
11employed working or seeking employment by work with another child care program
12within the state within the last 5 years.
AB56-ASA1,330,1513 2. The department provided to the child care program under subd. 1. a
14qualifying background check result for the caregiver, potential caregiver, nonclient
15resident, or potential nonclient resident
individual.
AB56-ASA1,330,1916 3. The caregiver, potential caregiver, nonclient resident, or potential nonclient
17resident is employed by
individual works or resides at a child care program within
18the state or has been separated from employment work or residence at a child care
19program within the state for a period of not more than 180 consecutive days.
AB56-ASA1,570 20Section 570 . 48.686 (2) (ag) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,330,2221 48.686 (2) (ag) 1. b. Any additional information that the department deems
22necessary to perform the criminal background check.
AB56-ASA1,571 23Section 571 . 48.686 (2) (ag) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.686 (2) (ag) 2. A request for a criminal background check is considered
2submitted on the day that the department receives all of the information required
3under subd. 1.
AB56-ASA1,572 4Section 572 . 48.686 (2) (ag) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,331,85 48.686 (2) (ag) 3. The requester of a background check under this paragraph
6shall submit all fees required by the department pursuant to the instructions
7provided by the department, not to exceed the actual cost of conducting the criminal
8background check.
AB56-ASA1,573 9Section 573 . 48.686 (2) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,331,1310 48.686 (2) (am) (intro.) Upon receipt of a request submitted under par. (a) or
11(ab), the department shall obtain all of the following with respect to a caregiver or
12a nonclient resident who is not under 10 years of age the individual who is the subject
13of the request
:
AB56-ASA1,574 14Section 574 . 48.686 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,331,1615 48.686 (2) (am) 1. A fingerprint-based or name-based criminal history search
16from the records maintained by the department of justice.
AB56-ASA1,575 17Section 575 . 48.686 (2) (am) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,331,1918 48.686 (2) (am) 10. A search of the department's criminal background check
19records.
AB56-ASA1,576 20Section 576 . 48.686 (2) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,331,2421 48.686 (2) (ar) After receiving a request under par. (a) or (ab), the department
22shall conduct the criminal background check as expeditiously as possible and shall
23make a good faith effort to complete all components of the criminal background check
24no later than 45 days after the date on which the request was submitted.
AB56-ASA1,577 25Section 577 . 48.686 (2) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.686 (2) (bd) Notwithstanding par. (am), the department is not required to
2obtain the information specified in par. (am) 1. to 10., with respect to a person
3household member under 18 years of age whose background check request under par.
4(ag) indicates that the person household member is not ineligible to be permitted to
5reside at a child care program for a reason specified in sub. (4m) (a) 1. to 8. and with
6respect to whom the department otherwise has no reason to believe that the person
7is ineligible to be permitted to reside at the child care program for any of those
8reasons. This paragraph does not preclude the department from obtaining, at its
9discretion, the information specified in par. (am) 1. to 10. with respect to a person
10household member described in this paragraph who is a nonclient resident or a
11potential nonclient resident of a child care program
.
AB56-ASA1,578 12Section 578 . 48.686 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,332,2013 48.686 (3) (am) Every year or at any time that the department considers
14appropriate, the department may request the information specified in sub. (2) (am)
151. to 5. for all caregivers under sub. (1) (ag) 2., nonclient residents of such a caregiver,
16and caregivers under sub. (1) (ag) 1. who have direct contact with clients. For the
17purposes of this paragraph, “direct contact” means face-to-face physical proximity
18to a client that affords the opportunity to commit abuse or neglect of a client or to
19misappropriate the property of a client
, noncaregiver employees, and household
20members
.
AB56-ASA1,579 21Section 579 . 48.686 (4m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,333,822 48.686 (4m) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 111.335, and except as provided in
23par. (ad) and sub. (5), the department a licensing entity may not license, or continue
24or renew the license of, a person to operate a child care center under s. 48.65, the
25department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county

1department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) may not certify a child
2care provider under s. 48.651, a school board may not contract with a person under
3s. 120.13 (14)
issue an approval to operate a child care program to a person, and a
4child care program may not employ or contract with a caregiver specified in sub. (1)
5(ag) 1.
or noncaregiver employee or permit a household member to reside at the child
6care program
if the department, county department, contracted agency, school
7board,
licensing entity or child care program knows or should have known any of the
8following:
AB56-ASA1,580 9Section 580 . 48.686 (4m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,333,1410 48.686 (4m) (a) 1. That the person has been convicted of a serious crime or
11adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 10th birthday for committing a serious
12crime or that the person is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency
13petition alleging that the person has committed a serious crime on or after his or her
1410th birthday
.
AB56-ASA1,581 15Section 581 . 48.686 (4m) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,333,1716 48.686 (4m) (a) 2. That the person is registered or is required to be registered
17on a state sex offender registry or repository or the national sex offender registry.
AB56-ASA1,582 18Section 582 . 48.686 (4m) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,333,2319 48.686 (4m) (a) 5. That the department has determined the person ineligible
20to be licensed receive an approval to operate a child care center under s. 48.65, to be
21certified
to operate a child care provider under s. 48.651, to contract with a school
22board under s. 120.13 (14)
program, to be employed as a caregiver at by a child care
23program, or to be a nonclient resident at household member of a child care program.
AB56-ASA1,583 24Section 583 . 48.686 (4m) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.686 (4m) (a) 6. That the person has refused to provide information under
2sub. (2) (ag), or that the person refused to participate in, cooperate with, or submit
3required information for the criminal background check described in sub. (2) (am),
4including fingerprints.
AB56-ASA1,584 5Section 584 . 48.686 (4m) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,334,86 48.686 (4m) (a) 7. That the person knowingly made a materially false
7statement in connection with the person's criminal background check described in
8sub. (2).
AB56-ASA1,585 9Section 585 . 48.686 (4m) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,334,1210 48.686 (4m) (a) 8. That the person knowingly omitted material information
11requested in connection with the person's criminal background check conducted
12under sub. (2).
AB56-ASA1,586 13Section 586 . 48.686 (4m) (ad) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,334,2114 48.686 (4m) (ad) The department A licensing entity may license issue an
15approval to operate
a child care center under s. 48.65; the department in a county
16having a population of 750,000 or more, a county department, or an agency
17contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) may certify a child care provider under s. 48.651;
18and a school board may contract with a person under s. 120.13 (14),
program to a
19person
conditioned on the receipt of the information specified in sub. (4p) (a)
20indicating that the person is not ineligible to be so licensed, certified, or contracted
21with for a reason specified in par. (a) 1. to 8.
AB56-ASA1,587 22Section 587 . 48.686 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,335,923 48.686 (4m) (c) A child care program may employ or contract with a potential
24caregiver or noncaregiver employee or permit a potential nonclient resident
25household member to reside at the child care program for up to 45 days from the date

1a background check request is submitted to the department pending the completion
2of the department's report under sub. (4p) (a) if the department provides a
3preliminary report under sub. (4p) (c) to the child care program indicating that the
4potential caregiver or nonclient resident individual is not ineligible to work or reside
5at a child care program. At all times that children in care clients of a child care
6program
are present, an individual who received a qualifying result on a background
7check described in sub. (2) (am) within the past 5 years must supervise a potential
8employee caregiver, noncaregiver employee, or nonclient resident household
9member
permitted to work or reside at the child care program under this paragraph.
AB56-ASA1,588 10Section 588 . 48.686 (4p) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,335,1511 48.686 (4p) (a) The department shall provide the results of the criminal
12background check to the child care program in a written report that indicates only
13that the individual on whom the background check was conducted is eligible or
14ineligible for employment or to reside at the child care program, without revealing
15any disqualifying crime offense or other information regarding the individual.
AB56-ASA1,589 16Section 589 . 48.686 (4p) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,335,2317 48.686 (4p) (b) The department shall provide the results of the criminal
18background check to the individual on whom the background check was conducted
19in a written report that indicates whether the individual is eligible or ineligible for
20employment or to reside at the child care program. If the individual is ineligible for
21employment or to reside at the child care program, the department's report shall
22include information on each disqualifying crime offense and information on the right
23to appeal.
AB56-ASA1,590 24Section 590 . 48.686 (4p) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.686 (4p) (c) Before the department completes its report under par. (a), a
2caregiver under sub. (1) (ag) 2. may submit a written request to the department for
3a preliminary report indicating whether a potential caregiver, noncaregiver
4employee,
or nonclient resident household member is eligible to work or reside at a
5child care program under sub. (4m) (c). If the department receives such a request,
6it shall provide a written preliminary report to that caregiver indicating whether the
7individual is barred from employment as a caregiver working or residence as a
8nonclient resident
residing at a child care program on the basis of a background
9check under sub. (2) (am) 1. or 7. If the individual is ineligible for employment or
10residence
to work or reside at a child care program based on the results of the
11preliminary report, the department shall also provide a preliminary report to the
12individual containing information related to each disqualifying crime offense.
AB56-ASA1,591 13Section 591 . 48.686 (4p) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,336,1614 48.686 (4p) (d) The results of a report under par. (c) may not be appealed by
15the individual until receipt of the department's report under par. (b) following
16completion of all components of the criminal background check.
AB56-ASA1,592 17Section 592 . 48.686 (4s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,336,2218 48.686 (4s) (a) An individual who is the subject of the department's report on
19the results of a criminal background check may appeal the department's decision.
20Only the person who is the subject of the department's report may appeal the
21department's decision. Neither the child care program nor any other person may
22appeal the department's decision.
AB56-ASA1,593 23Section 593 . 48.686 (4s) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,337,424 48.686 (4s) (b) An appeal request shall be submitted to the department at the
25address, e-mail address, or fax number identified in the statement of appeal rights

1no later than 60 10 days after the date of the department's decision, unless the
2appellant requests, and the department grants, an extension for a specific amount
3of time prior to expiration of the 60 10 day appeal period. Extensions may be granted
4for good cause shown.
AB56-ASA1,594 5Section 594 . 48.686 (4s) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,337,76 48.686 (4s) (f) The department shall sustain the results of its criminal
7background check report if supported by a preponderance of the available evidence.
AB56-ASA1,595 8Section 595 . 48.686 (4s) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,337,159 48.686 (4s) (m) Notwithstanding s. 19.35, the department may not publicly
10release or disclose the results of any criminal individual background report it issues,
11except that the department may release aggregated data by crime as listed in sub.
12(1) (c) from criminal background check results so long as the data does not contain
13personally identifiable information. The department may disclose and use
14information obtained in conducting criminal background checks as necessary during
15an appeal or reconsideration under this subsection or for another lawful purpose.
AB56-ASA1,596 16Section 596 . 48.686 (5) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56-ASA1,337,1917 48.686 (5) (a) A person may have the opportunity to demonstrate his or her
18rehabilitation to the department or to a tribe authorized to conduct a rehabilitation
19review under sub. (5d) if any of the following apply:
AB56-ASA1,337,2120 1. An investigation under sub. (2) (am) indicates that sub. (4m) (a) 2., 3., or 4.
21applies to the person.
AB56-ASA1,338,322 2. An investigation under sub. (2) (am) indicates that the person has been
23convicted or adjudicated delinquent of a serious crime as specified under sub. (1) (c)
249. or for a violation of the law of any other state or United States jurisdiction that
25would be a violation listed in sub. (1) (c) 9. if committed in this state, and the person

1completed his or her sentence, including any probation, parole, or extended
2supervision, or was discharged by the department of corrections, more than 5 years
3before the date of the investigation under sub. (2) (am).
AB56-ASA1,338,74 (b) If the department or tribe determines that the person has demonstrated
5rehabilitation in accordance with procedures established by the department by rule
6or by the tribe and by clear and convincing evidence, the prohibition in sub. (4m) (a)
7does not apply.
AB56-ASA1,597 8Section 597 . 48.686 (5c) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 48.686 (5c).
AB56-ASA1,598 9Section 598 . 48.686 (5c) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,599 10Section 599 . 48.686 (5c) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,600 11Section 600 . 48.686 (5g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,338,1712 48.686 (5g) On January 1 of each year, the department shall submit a report
13to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) that specifies the number of persons in the
14previous year who have requested to demonstrate that they have been rehabilitated
15under sub. (5) (a), the number of persons who successfully demonstrated that they
16have been rehabilitated under sub. (5) (a), and the reasons for the success or failure
17of a person who has attempted to demonstrate that he or she has been rehabilitated.
AB56-ASA1,601 18Section 601 . 48.686 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,339,819 48.686 (5m) Notwithstanding s. 111.335, the department a licensing entity
20may refuse to license a person issue an approval to operate a child care center, the
21department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county
22department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) may refuse to certify
23a child care provider under s. 48.651, a school board may refuse to contract with a
24person under s. 120.13 (14)
program to a person, and a child care program may refuse
25to employ or contract with a caregiver or noncaregiver employee or permit a

1nonclient resident household member to reside at the child care program if the
2person has been convicted of or adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 10th
3birthday
for an offense that is not a serious crime, but that is, in the estimation of
4the department, substantially related to the care of a client. The department shall
5notify the provider and the individual of the results of a substantially related
6determination pursuant to the process set forth in sub. (4p) for criminal background
7check determinations. The individual shall have the same appeal rights as set forth
8in sub. (4s), and the same appeal procedures apply.
AB56-ASA1,602 9Section 602 . 48.686 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,339,1410 48.686 (7) The department shall conduct throughout the state periodic training
11sessions that cover procedures and uses of criminal background investigations;
12reporting and investigating misappropriation of property or abuse or neglect of a
13client; and any other material that will better enable entities to comply with the
14requirements of this section.
AB56-ASA1,603 15Section 603 . 48.715 (4g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,340,316 48.715 (4g) (a) If a person who has been issued a license under s. 48.66 (1) (a)
17or a probationary license under s. 48.69 to operate a child care center is convicted of
18a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1)
19(ag) 1. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the
subject to a
20background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a
child
21care center is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime on
22or after his or her 10th birthday
, or if the results of a criminal background check
23conducted under s. 48.686 indicate that the person, caregiver, or nonclient resident
24household member, or noncaregiver employee is not eligible to be licensed, certified,
25or employed, or permitted to reside at a child care program, the department shall

1revoke the license of the child care center immediately upon providing written notice
2of revocation and the grounds for revocation and an explanation of the process for
3appealing the revocation.
AB56-ASA1,604 4Section 604 . 48.715 (4g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,340,165 48.715 (4g) (b) If a person who has been issued a license under s. 48.66 (1) (a)
6or a probationary license under s. 48.69 to operate a child care center is the subject
7of a pending criminal charge alleging that the person has committed a serious crime,
8as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. or a

9nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the subject to a background
10check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a
child care center is
11the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the
12person has committed a serious crime on or after his or her 10th birthday, the
13department shall immediately suspend the license of the child care center until the
14department obtains information regarding the final disposition of the charge or
15delinquency petition indicating that the person is not ineligible to be licensed to
16operate, work at, or reside at a child care center.
AB56-ASA1,605 17Section 605 . 48.981 (7) (a) 4p. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,340,2218 48.981 (7) (a) 4p. A public or private agency in this state or any other state that
19is investigating a person for purposes of licensing the person to operate a foster home
20or placing a child for adoption in the home of the person or for the purposes of
21conducting a background investigation of an adult congregate care worker, as
22defined in s. 48.685 (1) (ap)
.
AB56-ASA1,606 23Section 606 . 49.133 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,607 24Section 607 . 49.1385 of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.1385 Grants for services for homeless and runaway youth. The
2department may award not more than $100,000 $400,000 in each fiscal year in
3grants to support programs that provide services for homeless and runaway youth.
AB56-ASA1,633 4Section 633 . 49.155 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,341,85 49.155 (6) (b) The department shall set maximum payment rates for Level I
6certified family child care providers certified under s. 48.651 (1) (a) for services
7provided to eligible individuals under this section. The maximum rates set under
8this paragraph may not exceed 75 90 percent of the rates established under par. (a).
AB56-ASA1,634 9Section 634 . 49.155 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,341,1310 49.155 (6) (c) The department shall set maximum payment rates for Level II
11certified family child care providers for services provided to eligible individuals
12under this section. The maximum rates set under this paragraph may not exceed 50
1390 percent of the rates established under par. (a).
AB56-ASA1,635 14Section 635 . 49.155 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,342,215 49.155 (7) (a) 1. If a child care provider is convicted of a serious crime, as defined
16in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. a. or a nonclient
17resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the
person subject to a background check
18under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a
child care provider is
19convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime on or after his or
20her 10th birthday
, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if the department provides written
21notice under s. 48.686 (4p) that the child care provider, caregiver, or nonclient
22resident
person is ineligible for certification, employment, or residence to operate,
23work at, or reside
at the child care provider, the department or the county
24department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall refuse to allow payment to the child

1care provider for any child care provided under this section beginning on the date of
2the conviction or delinquency adjudication.
AB56-ASA1,636 3Section 636 . 49.155 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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