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AB68-ASA2,282,124 48.233 (3) The state public defender may promulgate rules necessary to
5implement the pilot program established under sub. (1). The state public defender
6may promulgate the rules under this subsection as emergency rules under s. 227.24.
7Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the state public defender is not required
8to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency
9rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare
10and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under
11this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules
12promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until June 30, 2021 2023.
AB68-ASA2,194 13Section 194. 48.233 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,282,1814 48.233 (4) By January 1, 2021, and by January 1, 2023, the department and
15the state public defender shall each submit a report to the joint committee on finance,
16and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the
17appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), regarding costs and data from
18implementing the pilot program under sub. (1).
AB68-ASA2,195 19Section 195 . 48.48 (21) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,282,2120 48.48 (21) To provide training for staff, including contractors, of a child welfare
21agency or a congregate care facility, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (ao).
AB68-ASA2,196 22Section 196. 48.526 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,283,223 48.526 (7) Allocations of funds. (intro.) Within the limits of the availability
24of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and (o), the department shall allocate
25funds for community youth and family aids for the period beginning on July 1, 2019

12021, and ending on June 30, 2021 2023, as provided in this subsection to county
2departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 as follows:
AB68-ASA2,197 3Section 197. 48.526 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,283,74 48.526 (7) (a) For community youth and family aids under this section,
5amounts not to exceed $45,383,600 $47,740,750 for the last 6 months of 2019,
6$90,767,200
2021, $95,481,500 for 2020 2022, and $45,383,600 $47,740,750 for the
7first 6 months of 2021 2023.
AB68-ASA2,198 8Section 198. 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,283,129 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall
10allocate $2,000,000 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $4,000,000 for 2020 2022, and
11$2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each of the
12following factors weighted equally:
AB68-ASA2,199 13Section 199. 48.526 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,283,1914 48.526 (7) (bm) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall
15allocate $6,250,000 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $12,500,000 for 2020 2022,
16and $6,250,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each county's
17proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile
18correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth during
19the most recent 3-year period for which that information is available.
AB68-ASA2,200 20Section 200. 48.526 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,284,321 48.526 (7) (c) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate
22$1,053,200 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $2,106,500 for 2020 2022, and
23$1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each of the factors
24specified in par. (b) 1. to 3. weighted equally, except that no county may receive an
25allocation under this paragraph that is less than 93 percent nor more than 115

1percent of the amount that the county would have received under this paragraph if
2the allocation had been distributed only on the basis of the factor specified in par. (b)
33.
AB68-ASA2,201 4Section 201. 48.526 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,284,95 48.526 (7) (e) For emergencies related to community youth and family aids
6under this section, amounts not to exceed $125,000 for the last 6 months of 2019
72021, $250,000 for 2020 2022, and $125,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023. A
8county is eligible for payments under this paragraph only if it has a population of not
9more than 45,000.
AB68-ASA2,202 10Section 202. 48.526 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,284,2111 48.526 (7) (h) For counties that are purchasing community supervision
12services under s. 938.533 (2), $1,062,400 in the last 6 months of 2019 2021,
13$2,124,800 in 2020 2022, and $1,062,400 in the first 6 months of 2021 2023 for the
14provision of community supervision services for juveniles from that county. In
15distributing funds to counties under this paragraph, the department shall distribute
16to each county the full amount of the charges for the services purchased by that
17county, except that if the amounts available under this paragraph are insufficient to
18distribute that full amount, the department shall distribute those available amounts
19to each county that purchases community supervision services based on the ratio
20that the charges to that county for those services bear to the total charges to all
21counties that purchase those services.
AB68-ASA2,203 22Section 203. 48.526 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,285,223 48.526 (8) Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment. From the amount of the
24allocations specified in sub. (7) (a), the department shall allocate $666,700 in the last

16 months of 2019 2021, $1,333,400 in 2020 2022, and $666,700 in the first 6 months
2of 2021 2023 for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs.
AB68-ASA2,204 3Section 204. 48.563 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,285,74 48.563 (2) County allocation. For children and family services under s. 48.569
5(1) (d), the department shall distribute not more than $80,125,200 $101,154,200 in
6fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $101,145,500 $101,162,800 in fiscal year 2020-21
72022-23.
AB68-ASA2,205 8Section 205 . 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,285,169 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
10(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
11than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
12under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
13to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
14more, the department shall make payments in the amount of $254 $300 per month
15beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, to a kinship care relative who is providing care
16and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met:
AB68-ASA2,206 17Section 206 . 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,286,218 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
19(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
20than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
21under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
22to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
23more, the department shall make monthly payments for each child in the amount of
24$254 $300 per month beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, to a long-term kinship care

1relative who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following
2conditions are met:
AB68-ASA2,207 3Section 207. 48.62 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,286,174 48.62 (4) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided according to the
5rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, the rates are
6$254 $300 for care and maintenance provided for a child of any age by a foster home
7that is certified to provide level one care, as defined in the rules promulgated under
8sub. (8) (a) and, for care and maintenance provided by a foster home that is certified
9to provide care at a level of care that is higher than level one care, $420 for a child
10under 5 years of age; $460 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $522 for a child 12 to 14
11years of age; and $545 for a child 15 years of age or over. In addition to these grants
12for basic maintenance, the department, county department, or licensed child welfare
13agency shall make supplemental payments for foster care to a foster home that is
14receiving an age-related rate under this subsection that are commensurate with the
15level of care that the foster home is certified to provide and the needs of the child who
16is placed in the foster home according to the rules promulgated by the department
17under sub. (8) (c).
AB68-ASA2,208 18Section 208 . 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,286,2119 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
20$31,110,000 $37,000,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $31,732,200
21$34,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68-ASA2,209 22Section 209 . 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,287,223 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts
24with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s.

149.147 (6), $50,000,000 $54,009,700 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $50,000,000
2$57,071,200 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68-ASA2,210 3Section 210 . 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,287,64 49.175 (1) (c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement
5payments to individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in each fiscal year 2019-20 and
6$2,700,000 in fiscal year 2020-21
.
AB68-ASA2,211 7Section 211. 49.175 (1) (fa) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,287,128 49.175 (1) (fa) Homeless case management services grants; additional funding.
9For grants to shelter facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 in each fiscal year 2019-20
10and $500,000 in fiscal year 2020-21
. All moneys allocated under this paragraph
11shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.865 (4) (g) for the purpose
12of supplementing the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (kg).
AB68-ASA2,212 13Section 212 . 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,287,1714 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and
15overpayment collections.
For state administration of public assistance programs and
16the collection of public assistance overpayments, $16,671,200 $17,231,100 in fiscal
17year 2019-20 2021-22 and $17,268,300 $17,482,300 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68-ASA2,213 18Section 213 . 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,287,2219 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For
20contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional
21Jobs program under s. 49.163, $8,500,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $9,500,000 in
22each fiscal year 2020-21.
AB68-ASA2,214 23Section 214. 49.175 (1) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,288,224 49.175 (1) (L) Adult literacy grants. For grants to qualified applicants under
25s. 49.169 to provide literacy training to adults who are eligible for temporary

1assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $41,600 $118,100 in each
2fiscal year.
AB68-ASA2,215 3Section 215 . 49.175 (1) (Lm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,288,74 49.175 (1) (Lm) Jobs for America's Graduates. For grants to the Jobs for
5America's Graduates to fund programs that improve social, academic, and
6employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy
7families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $500,000 in each fiscal year.
AB68-ASA2,216 8Section 216 . 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,288,119 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s.
1049.155 or 49.257, $357,097,500 $376,700,400 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and
11$365,700,400 $383,900,400 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68-ASA2,217 12Section 217 . 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,288,1613 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state
14administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing
15activities, $40,152,100 $42,117,800 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $41,555,200
16$41,803,100 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68-ASA2,218 17Section 218 . 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,288,2018 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality
19improvement activities specified in ss. 49.155 (1g) and 49.257, $16,532,900 in fiscal
20year 2019-20 and
$16,683,700 in each fiscal year 2020-21.
AB68-ASA2,219 21Section 219 . 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,288,2522 49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For
23payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of
24recipients of supplemental security income, $25,013,300 in each fiscal year
25$18,564,700 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $18,145,000 in fiscal year 2022-23.
AB68-ASA2,220
1Section 220. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,289,82 49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship
3care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am),
4for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements
5under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration
6of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of
7the reservations of those tribes, $26,640,000 $28,727,100 in fiscal year 2019-20
82021-22 and $28,159,200 $31,441,800 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68-ASA2,221 9Section 221 . 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,289,1810 49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided
11to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may
12remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to
13families with children placed in out-of-home care, $8,314,300 in fiscal year 2019-20
14and $9,314,300
$10,314,300 in each fiscal year 2020-21. To receive funding under
15this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the amount received that is
16equal to the percentage the county is required to match for a distribution under s.
1748.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the department under s. 48.569
18(1) (d).
AB68-ASA2,222 19Section 222 . 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,289,2220 49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or
21neglect, $5,789,600 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $6,789,600 in each fiscal year
222020-21.
AB68-ASA2,223 23Section 223. 49.175 (1) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,290,224 49.175 (1) (v) General education development. For general education
25development testing and preparation for individuals who are eligible for temporary

1assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $175,000 $241,300 in each
2fiscal year.
AB68-ASA2,224 3Section 224. 49.175 (1) (y) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-ASA2,225 4Section 225 . 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,290,175 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the
6Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that
7improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive
8temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study
9habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and
10role models, $2,675,000 $2,807,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this
11paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs
12that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than
13those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the
14grants includes funds for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of
15matching funds that the program provides, up to $1,400,000 $1,532,000 in each fiscal
16year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy
17Families block grant moneys may be used.
AB68-ASA2,226 18Section 226 . 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,290,2219 49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of
20moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation
21account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $69,700,000
22$63,600,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $66,600,000 in each fiscal year 2022-23.
AB68-ASA2,227 23Section 227. 49.45 (3m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,291,524 49.45 (3m) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. (c) (d) and notwithstanding sub. (3) (e),
25from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), in each fiscal year, the

1department shall pay to hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income
2patients an amount equal to the sum of $27,500,000, as the state share of payments,
3$47,500,000 and the matching federal share of payments. The department may
4make a payment to a hospital under this subsection under the calculation method
5described in par. (b) if the hospital meets all of the following criteria:
AB68-ASA2,228 6Section 228. 49.45 (3m) (b) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,291,107 49.45 (3m) (b) 3. a. No single hospital receives more than $4,600,000.
8Beginning in fiscal year 2021-22, the amount specified under this subd. 3. a. shall
9equal 6.77 percent of the total amount of the state and federal shares available for
10disproportionate share hospital payments for the fiscal year.
AB68-ASA2,229 11Section 229 . 49.45 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,291,2112 49.45 (5g) Payments to tribes. (a) Tribal care coordination agreements. A
13tribal health care provider's care coordination agreement with a nontribal health
14care provider shall meet federal requirements, including that a service provided by
15the nontribal health care provider be at the request of the tribal health care provider
16on behalf of a tribal member who remains in the tribal health care provider's care
17according to the care coordination agreement; that both the tribal health care
18provider and nontribal health care provider are providers, as defined in s. 49.43 (10);
19that an established relationship exists between the tribal health care provider and
20the tribal member; and that the care be provided pursuant to a written care
21coordination agreement.
AB68-ASA2,292,622 (b) Amount and distribution of payments. 1. From the appropriation account
23under s. 20.435 (4) (b), the department shall make payments to eligible governing
24bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands or tribal health care
25providers in an amount and manner determined by the department. The

1department shall determine payment amounts on the basis of the difference between
2the state share of medical assistance payments paid for services rendered to tribal
3members for whom a care coordination agreement with nontribal health care
4providers is in place and the state share of medical assistance payments that would
5have been paid for those services absent a care coordination agreement with
6nontribal partners.
AB68-ASA2,292,97 2. The department shall withhold from the payments under subd. 1. the state
8share of administrative costs associated with carrying out this subsection, not to
9exceed 10 percent of the amounts calculated in subd. 1.
AB68-ASA2,292,1210 3. Federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands may use funds paid
11under this subsection for health-related purposes. The department shall consult
12biennially with tribes to determine the timing and distribution of payments.
AB68-ASA2,230 13Section 230. 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,292,1714 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. Any pregnant woman whose income does not exceed the
15standard of need under s. 49.19 (11) and whose pregnancy is medically verified.
16Eligibility continues to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved
17by the federal government, the 90th day
after the last day of the pregnancy falls.
AB68-ASA2,231 18Section 231. 49.46 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,292,2319 49.46 (1) (j) An individual determined to be eligible for benefits under par. (a)
209. remains eligible for benefits under par. (a) 9. for the balance of the pregnancy and
21to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved by the federal
22government, the 90th day
after the last day of the pregnancy falls without regard to
23any change in the individual's family income.
AB68-ASA2,232 24Section 232. 49.47 (4) (ag) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,293,3
149.47 (4) (ag) 2. Pregnant and the woman's pregnancy is medically verified.
2Eligibility continues to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved
3by the federal government, the 90th day
after the last day of the pregnancy falls.
AB68-ASA2,233 4Section 233. 49.471 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,293,95 49.471 (6) (b) A pregnant woman who is determined to be eligible for benefits
6under sub. (4) remains eligible for benefits under sub. (4) for the balance of the
7pregnancy and to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved by
8the federal government, the 90th day
after the last day of the pregnancy falls without
9regard to any change in the woman's family income.
AB68-ASA2,234 10Section 234. 49.471 (6) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,293,1511 49.471 (6) (L) The department shall request from the federal department of
12health and human services approval of a state plan amendment or a waiver of federal
13law to maintain eligibility for postpartum women to the last day of the month in
14which the 90th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls under subs. (6) (b) and
15(7) (b) 1. and ss. 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. and (j) and 49.47 (4) (ag) 2.
AB68-ASA2,235 16Section 235. 49.471 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,294,217 49.471 (7) (b) 1. A pregnant woman whose family income exceeds 300 percent
18of the poverty line may become eligible for coverage under this section if the
19difference between the pregnant woman's family income and the applicable income
20limit under sub. (4) (a) is obligated or expended for any member of the pregnant
21woman's family for medical care or any other type of remedial care recognized under
22state law or for personal health insurance premiums or for both. Eligibility obtained
23under this subdivision continues without regard to any change in family income for
24the balance of the pregnancy and to the last day of the month in which the 60th day
25or, if approved by the federal government, the 90th day after the last day of the

1woman's pregnancy falls. Eligibility obtained by a pregnant woman under this
2subdivision extends to all pregnant women in the pregnant woman's family.
AB68-ASA2,236 3Section 236 . 51.045 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,294,4 451.045 (title) Availability of inpatient psychiatric and other beds.
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