Amendment ASA2-AB68

AB68-ASA2,286,17 48.62 (4) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided according to the rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, the rates are $254 $300 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) 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, $420 for a child under 5 years of age; $460 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $522 for a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $545 for a child 15 years of age or over. In addition to these grants for basic maintenance, the department, county department, or licensed child welfare agency shall make supplemental payments for foster care to a foster home that is receiving an age-related rate under this subsection that are commensurate with the level of care that the foster home is certified to provide and the needs of the child who is placed in the foster home according to the rules promulgated by the department under sub. (8) (c).

AB68-ASA2,208 Section 208 . 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,286,21 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $31,110,000 $37,000,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $31,732,200 $34,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.

AB68-ASA2,209 Section 209 . 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,287,2 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), $50,000,000 $54,009,700 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $50,000,000 $57,071,200 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.

AB68-ASA2,210 Section 210 . 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,287,6 49.175 (1) (c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement payments to individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in each fiscal year 2019-20 and $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2020-21.

AB68-ASA2,211 Section 211. 49.175 (1) (fa) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,287,12 49.175 (1) (fa) Homeless case management services grants; additional funding. For grants to shelter facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 in each fiscal year 2019-20 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2020-21. All moneys allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.865 (4) (g) for the purpose of supplementing the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (kg).

AB68-ASA2,212 Section 212 . 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,287,17 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, $16,671,200 $17,231,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $17,268,300 $17,482,300 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.

AB68-ASA2,213 Section 213 . 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,287,22 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, $8,500,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $9,500,000 in each fiscal year 2020-21.

AB68-ASA2,214 Section 214. 49.175 (1) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,288,2 49.175 (1) (L) Adult literacy grants. For grants to qualified applicants under s. 49.169 to provide literacy training to adults who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $41,600 $118,100 in each fiscal year.

AB68-ASA2,215 Section 215 . 49.175 (1) (Lm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,288,7 49.175 (1) (Lm) Jobs for America's Graduates. For grants to the Jobs for America's Graduates 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., $500,000 in each fiscal year.

AB68-ASA2,216 Section 216 . 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,288,11 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155 or 49.257, $357,097,500 $376,700,400 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $365,700,400 $383,900,400 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.

AB68-ASA2,217 Section 217 . 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,288,16 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, $40,152,100 $42,117,800 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $41,555,200 $41,803,100 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.

AB68-ASA2,218 Section 218 . 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,288,20 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in ss. 49.155 (1g) and 49.257, $16,532,900 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $16,683,700 in each fiscal year 2020-21.

AB68-ASA2,219 Section 219 . 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,288,25 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, $25,013,300 in each fiscal year $18,564,700 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $18,145,000 in fiscal year 2022-23.

AB68-ASA2,220 Section 220. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,289,8 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, $26,640,000 $28,727,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $28,159,200 $31,441,800 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.

AB68-ASA2,221 Section 221 . 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,289,18 49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $8,314,300 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $9,314,300 $10,314,300 in each fiscal year 2020-21. To receive funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the amount received that is equal to the percentage the county is required to match for a distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d).

AB68-ASA2,222 Section 222 . 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,289,22 49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect, $5,789,600 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $6,789,600 in each fiscal year 2020-21.

AB68-ASA2,223 Section 223. 49.175 (1) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,290,2 49.175 (1) (v) General education development. For general education development testing and preparation for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $175,000 $241,300 in each fiscal year.

AB68-ASA2,224 Section 224. 49.175 (1) (y) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-ASA2,225 Section 225 . 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,290,17 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America 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., focusing on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role models, $2,675,000 $2,807,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the grants includes funds for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $1,400,000 $1,532,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.

AB68-ASA2,226 Section 226 . 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,290,22 49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $69,700,000 $63,600,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $66,600,000 in each fiscal year 2022-23.

AB68-ASA2,227 Section 227. 49.45 (3m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,291,5 49.45 (3m) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. (c) (d) and notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), in each fiscal year, the department shall pay to hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients an amount equal to the sum of $27,500,000, as the state share of payments, $47,500,000 and the matching federal share of payments. The department may make a payment to a hospital under this subsection under the calculation method described in par. (b) if the hospital meets all of the following criteria:

AB68-ASA2,228 Section 228. 49.45 (3m) (b) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,291,10 49.45 (3m) (b) 3. a. No single hospital receives more than $4,600,000. Beginning in fiscal year 2021-22, the amount specified under this subd. 3. a. shall equal 6.77 percent of the total amount of the state and federal shares available for disproportionate share hospital payments for the fiscal year.

AB68-ASA2,229 Section 229 . 49.45 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,291,21 49.45 (5g) Payments to tribes. (a) Tribal care coordination agreements. A tribal health care provider's care coordination agreement with a nontribal health care provider shall meet federal requirements, including that a service provided by the nontribal health care provider be at the request of the tribal health care provider on behalf of a tribal member who remains in the tribal health care provider's care according to the care coordination agreement; that both the tribal health care provider and nontribal health care provider are providers, as defined in s. 49.43 (10); that an established relationship exists between the tribal health care provider and the tribal member; and that the care be provided pursuant to a written care coordination agreement.

AB68-ASA2,292,6 (b) Amount and distribution of payments. 1. From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (b), the department shall make payments to eligible governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands or tribal health care providers in an amount and manner determined by the department. The department shall determine payment amounts on the basis of the difference between the state share of medical assistance payments paid for services rendered to tribal members for whom a care coordination agreement with nontribal health care providers is in place and the state share of medical assistance payments that would have been paid for those services absent a care coordination agreement with nontribal partners.

AB68-ASA2,292,9 2. The department shall withhold from the payments under subd. 1. the state share of administrative costs associated with carrying out this subsection, not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts calculated in subd. 1.

AB68-ASA2,292,12 3. Federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands may use funds paid under this subsection for health-related purposes. The department shall consult biennially with tribes to determine the timing and distribution of payments.

AB68-ASA2,230 Section 230. 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,292,17 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. Any pregnant woman whose income does not exceed the standard of need under s. 49.19 (11) and whose pregnancy is medically verified. Eligibility continues to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved by the federal government, the 90th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls.

AB68-ASA2,231 Section 231. 49.46 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,292,23 49.46 (1) (j) An individual determined to be eligible for benefits under par. (a) 9. remains eligible for benefits under par. (a) 9. for the balance of the pregnancy and to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved by the federal government, the 90th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls without regard to any change in the individual's family income.

AB68-ASA2,232 Section 232. 49.47 (4) (ag) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,293,3 49.47 (4) (ag) 2. Pregnant and the woman's pregnancy is medically verified. Eligibility continues to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved by the federal government, the 90th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls.

AB68-ASA2,233 Section 233. 49.471 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,293,9 49.471 (6) (b) A pregnant woman who is determined to be eligible for benefits under sub. (4) remains eligible for benefits under sub. (4) for the balance of the pregnancy and to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved by the federal government, the 90th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls without regard to any change in the woman's family income.

AB68-ASA2,234 Section 234. 49.471 (6) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,293,15 49.471 (6) (L) The department shall request from the federal department of health and human services approval of a state plan amendment or a waiver of federal law to maintain eligibility for postpartum women to the last day of the month in which the 90th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls under subs. (6) (b) and (7) (b) 1. and ss. 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. and (j) and 49.47 (4) (ag) 2.

AB68-ASA2,235 Section 235. 49.471 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,294,2 49.471 (7) (b) 1. A pregnant woman whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line may become eligible for coverage under this section if the difference between the pregnant woman's family income and the applicable income limit under sub. (4) (a) is obligated or expended for any member of the pregnant woman's family for medical care or any other type of remedial care recognized under state law or for personal health insurance premiums or for both. Eligibility obtained under this subdivision continues without regard to any change in family income for the balance of the pregnancy and to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved by the federal government, the 90th day after the last day of the woman's pregnancy falls. Eligibility obtained by a pregnant woman under this subdivision extends to all pregnant women in the pregnant woman's family.

AB68-ASA2,236 Section 236 . 51.045 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,294,4 51.045 (title) Availability of inpatient psychiatric and other beds.

AB68-ASA2,237 Section 237 . 51.045 of the statutes is renumbered 51.045 (1m) and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,294,17 51.045 (1m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (2) (cm), the department shall award a grant in the amount of $80,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 2021-22 and $30,000 $50,000 in each fiscal year thereafter to the entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a) to develop and operate an Internet site and system to show the availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, peer run respite beds, and crisis stabilization beds statewide. To receive the grant, the entity shall use a password protected Internet site to allow an inpatient psychiatric unit or hospital or a facility, center, or program that has inpatient psychiatric, peer run respite, or crisis stabilization beds to enter all of the following information and to enable any hospital emergency department or person who approves emergency detentions under s. 51.15 (2) (c) in the state to view all of the following information reported to the system:

AB68-ASA2,294,21 (a) The number of available child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric inpatient psychiatric beds, as applicable, that are inpatient psychiatric, peer run respite, or crisis stabilization beds and that are currently available at the hospital, unit, facility, center, or program at the time of reporting by the hospital or unit.

AB68-ASA2,294,23 (b) Any special information that the hospital or , unit, facility, center, or program reports regarding the available beds under sub. (1) par. (a).

AB68-ASA2,294,25 (c) The date the hospital or, unit , facility, center, or program reports the information under subs. (1) and (2) pars. (a) and (b).

AB68-ASA2,295,2 (d) The location of the hospital or, unit, facility, center, or program that is reporting.

AB68-ASA2,295,4 (e) The contact information for admission coordination for the hospital or, unit, facility, center, or program.

AB68-ASA2,238 Section 238 . 51.045 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,295,7 51.045 (2m) The department shall provide to the entity described under sub. (1m) all of the following:

AB68-ASA2,295,10 (a) A list of operators with peer run respite beds in this state and the contact information, including name, any electronic mail address, and telephone number, for each operator.

AB68-ASA2,295,13 (b) A list of operators with crisis stabilization beds in this state and the contact information, including name, any electronic mail address, and telephone number, for each operator.

AB68-ASA2,295,17 (c) A list of emergency mental health services programs that are certified by the department and that perform crisis assessments and the contact information, including name, any electronic mail address, and telephone number, for a primary contact at each program.

AB68-ASA2,239 Section 239. 70.113 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,295,20 70.113 (1) (a) Eighty Three dollars and 20 cents, to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (da) or (dq).

AB68-ASA2,240 Section 240. 70.113 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,295,23 70.113 (1) (b) Eight Thirty cents, to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (dq).

AB68-ASA2,241 Section 241. 70.113 (2) (b) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,296,2 70.113 (2) (b) 10. In no year shall the amounts paid under the 10-year schedule fall below 50 cents be less than $3.50 per acre.

AB68-ASA2,242 Section 242. 70.114 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,296,11 70.114 (4) (a) Except as provided under par. (c), on or before January 31, the department shall pay to each treasurer of a taxation district, with respect to each parcel of land acquired by the department within the taxation district on or before January 1 of the preceding year, the greater of an amount determined by multiplying each parcel's estimated value equated to the average level of assessment in the taxation district by the aggregate net general property tax rate that would apply to the parcel of land if it were taxable, as shown on property tax bills prepared for that year under s. 74.09, or $3.50 per acre.

AB68-ASA2,243 Section 243 . 71.05 (6) (b) 34. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,296,19 71.05 (6) (b) 34. Any amount of basic, special, and incentive pay income or compensation, as those terms are used in 37 USC chapters 3 and 5, received from the federal government by a person who is a member of a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, after being called into active federal service under the provisions of 10 USC 12302 (a) or, 10 USC 12304, or 10 USC 12304b, or into special state service authorized by the federal department of defense under 32 USC 502 (f), that is paid to the person for a period of time during which the person is on active duty.

AB68-ASA2,244 Section 244 . 71.05 (6) (b) 43. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,296,23 71.05 (6) (b) 43. d. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2022, up to $3,000 if the claimant has one qualified individual and up to $6,000 if the claimant has more than one qualified individual.

AB68-ASA2,245 Section 245 . 71.05 (6) (b) 55. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,297,5 71.05 (6) (b) 55. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, the amount of a national service educational award disbursed under 42 USC 12604 during the taxable year for the benefit of an individual. No modification may be claimed under this subdivision for an amount that is subtracted under subd. 28. or deducted under 26 USC 221.

AB68-ASA2,246 Section 246 . 71.05 (6) (b) 56. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,297,11 71.05 (6) (b) 56. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, any amount of basic, special, or incentive pay income, as those terms are used in 37 USC chapters 3 and 5, received from the federal government by an individual who is on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, as defined in 26 USC 7701 (a) (15), to the extent that such income is not subtracted under subd. 34.