Amendment AA1-AB503

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 503

October 5, 2021 - Offered by Representative Loudenbeck.

AB503-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB503-AA1,1,3 1. Page 1, line 4: delete “payments." and substitute “payments and making an appropriation.".

AB503-AA1,1,4 2. Page 2, line 1: before that line insert:

AB503-AA1,1,5 “ Section 1g. 20.437 (1) (dd) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB503-AA1,2,3 20.437 (1) (dd) State out-of-home care and, adoption services, and subsidized guardianships. The amounts in the schedule for foster care, institutional child care, and subsidized adoptions under ss. 48.48 (12) and 48.52, for the cost of care for children under s. 49.19 (10) (d), for the cost of placements of children 18 years of age or over in residential care centers for children and youth under voluntary agreements under s. 48.366 (3) or under orders that terminate as provided in s. 48.355 (4) (b) 4., 48.357 (6) (a) 4., or 48.365 (5) (b) 4., for the cost of the foster care monitoring system, for the cost of reimbursing counties for subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (3) (a), for the cost of services to children with special needs who are under the guardianship of the department to prepare those children for adoption, and for the cost of postadoption services to children with special needs.”.

AB503-AA1,2,4 3. Page 2, line 2: delete lines 2 and 3 and substitute:

AB503-AA1,2,7 “20.437 (1) (kz) Interagency and intra-agency aids; tribal placements and guardianships. The amounts in the schedule to be used for unexpected or unusually”.

AB503-AA1,2,8 4. Page 2, line 11: after that line insert:

AB503-AA1,2,9 “ Section 1r. 20.437 (1) (pd) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB503-AA1,2,22 20.437 (1) (pd) Federal aid; state out-of-home care and, adoption services, and subsidized guardianships. All federal moneys received for meeting the costs of providing foster care, institutional child care, and subsidized adoptions under ss. 48.48 (12) and 48.52, the cost of care for children under s. 49.19 (10) (d), the cost of placements of children 18 years of age or over in residential care centers for children and youth under voluntary agreements under s. 48.366 (3) or under orders that terminate as provided in s. 48.355 (4) (b) 4., 48.357 (6) (a) 4., or 48.365 (5) (b) 4., the cost of reimbursing counties for subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (3) (a), the cost of services to children with special needs who are under the guardianship of the department to prepare those children for adoption, and the cost of postadoption services to children with special needs. Disbursements for foster care under s. 49.32 (2) and for the purposes described under s. 48.627 may be made from this appropriation.”.

AB503-AA1,2,23 5. Page 3, line 5: after that line insert:

AB503-AA1,2,24 “ Section 2m. 48.48 (8r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB503-AA1,3,4 48.48 (8r) To reimburse county departments, from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd) and (pd), for subsidized guardianship payments made under s. 48.623 (1) or (6), including guardianships of Indian children ordered by tribal courts.”.

AB503-AA1,3,6 6. Page 3, line 20: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 6, line 7, and substitute:

AB503-AA1,3,7 “ Section 4. 48.623 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB503-AA1,3,17 48.623 (3) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, the county department shall provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) or (6). The county department shall provide those payments from moneys received under s. 48.48 (8p) or 48.569 (1) (d) (8r). The department shall reimburse county departments for the cost of subsidized guardianship payments, including guardianships of Indian children ordered by tribal courts, from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd) and (pd). In a county having a population of 750,000 or more or in the circumstances specified in s. 48.43 (7) (a) or 48.485 (1), the department shall provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) or (6). The department shall provide those payments from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cx) and (mx).”.

AB503-AA1,3,18 (End)