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SB70-SSA2,221 10Section 221. 29.563 (2) (b) 6m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,291,1111 29.563 (2) (b) 6m. Crossbow: $157.25 $162.25.
SB70-SSA2,222 12Section 222. 29.563 (2) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,291,1313 29.563 (2) (b) 7. Fur-bearing animal: $157.25 $162.25.
SB70-SSA2,223 14Section 223. 29.563 (2) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,291,1515 29.563 (2) (b) 8. Wild turkey: $57.25 $62.25.
SB70-SSA2,224 16Section 224. 29.563 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,291,1717 29.563 (3) (b) 1. Annual: $49.25 $54.25.
SB70-SSA2,225 18Section 225. 29.563 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,291,1919 29.563 (3) (b) 2. Annual family: $64.25 $69.25.
SB70-SSA2,226 20Section 226. 29.563 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,291,2121 29.563 (3) (b) 3. Fifteen-day: $27.25 $32.25.
SB70-SSA2,227 22Section 227. 29.563 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,291,2323 29.563 (3) (b) 4. Fifteen-day family: $39.25 $44.25.
SB70-SSA2,228 24Section 228. 29.563 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,291,2525 29.563 (3) (b) 5. Four-day: $23.25 $28.25.
SB70-SSA2,229
1Section 229. 29.563 (3) (b) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,292,22 29.563 (3) (b) 5m. One-day: $9.25 $14.25.
SB70-SSA2,230 3Section 230. 29.563 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,292,54 29.563 (4) (b) 1. Sports: $272.25 $292.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's
5option.
SB70-SSA2,231 6Section 231. 29.563 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,292,87 29.563 (4) (b) 2. Conservation patron: $595.25 $615.25 or a greater amount at
8the applicant's option.
SB70-SSA2,232 9Section 232. 31.385 (2) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,292,1310 31.385 (2) (ag) Of the amounts appropriated under s. ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and
1120.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), at least $250,000 shall be used for projects to remove dams.
12A project to remove a dam may include restoring the stream or river that was
13dammed.
SB70-SSA2,233 14Section 233. 31.385 (2) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,292,1815 31.385 (2) (ar) Of the amounts appropriated under s. ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and
1620.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), at least $100,000 shall be used for the removal of abandoned
17dams. The amounts required to be used under this paragraph are in addition to the
18amounts required to be used for the removal of dams under par. (ag).
SB70-SSA2,234 19Section 234 . 31.385 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,292,2220 31.385 (2) (d) The financial assistance that is provided under this section shall
21be paid from the appropriations under s. ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and 20.866 (2) (tL) and (tx),
22except as provided in par. (dm) and in 1991 Wisconsin Act 39, section 9142 (10d).
SB70-SSA2,235 23Section 235 . 41.21 of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,236 24Section 236. 45.58 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,293,8
145.58 Grants to local governments for fire and emergency medical
2services
. From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (kj), the department may make
3up to $300,000 in each fiscal biennium up to $600,000 in grants to fire districts, cities,
4villages, and towns that provide fire and emergency medical services to veterans
5homes and other facilities for veterans. A fire district, city, village, or town may not
6expend grant moneys it receives under this section for any purpose other than
7providing fire and emergency medical services to veterans homes and other facilities
8for veterans.
SB70-SSA2,237 9Section 237 . 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,293,2510 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to
11a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county
12executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department
13that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015,
14is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the
15position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau
16of merit recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is
17appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8)
18or ch. 63. The A grant for $11,688 shall be $9,350 awarded for a county with a
19population of less than 20,000, $11,000 a grant for $13,750 shall be awarded for a
20county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $12,650 a grant for $15,813 shall be
21awarded for
a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $14,300 a grant for
22$17,875 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The
23department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin official
24population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when making
25grants under this subsection.
SB70-SSA2,238
1Section 238. 45.82 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,239 2Section 239 . 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,294,123 45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of
4federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation
5under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with
6the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans
7service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives
8that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the
9veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may
10make in an amount not to exceed $20,625 per grant annual grants in an amount not
11to exceed $16,500 per grant
under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to
12implement this subsection.
SB70-SSA2,240 13Section 240 . 46.056 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.056.
SB70-SSA2,241 14Section 241 . 46.056 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,242 15Section 242. 46.215 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,295,216 46.215 (2) (c) 3. A county department of social services shall develop, under the
17requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for the purchase of juvenile
18correctional services. The department of corrections may review the contracts and
19approve them if they are consistent with s. 301.08 (2) and if state or federal funds are
20available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the
21department of corrections to submit the contracts to the committee for review and
22approval. The department of children and families may not make any payments
23under s. 48.526 to a county for programs included in a contract under review by the
24committee. The department of children and families shall reimburse each county for

1the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and, (o), and (q) as
2appropriate.
SB70-SSA2,243 3Section 243. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,295,144 46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. A county department of social services shall develop, under
5the requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for the purchase of juvenile
6correctional services. The department of corrections may review the contracts and
7approve them if they are consistent with s. 301.08 (2) and to the extent that state or
8federal funds are available for those purposes. The joint committee on finance may
9require the department of corrections to submit the contracts to the committee for
10review and approval. The department of children and families may not make any
11payments under s. 48.526 to a county for programs included in the contract that is
12under review by the committee. The department of children and families shall
13reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1)
14(cj) and, (o), and (q) as appropriate.
SB70-SSA2,244 15Section 244. 46.281 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,295,1916 46.281 (5) Reporting. (a) The department shall include all of the following in
17publicly available financial summaries of the managed care organizations for the
18family care benefit, the Family Care Partnership program, and the program for
19all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4:
SB70-SSA2,295,2020 1. Executive leadership salaries.
SB70-SSA2,295,2121 2. Amounts retrieved by the state under contractual risk corridors.
SB70-SSA2,296,622 (b) The managed care organizations for the family care benefit, the Family
23Care Partnership program, and the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly
24operating under 42 USC 1396u-4 shall track and report to the department the total
25authorized and total provided care plan hours by service category under the family

1care benefit, the Family Care Partnership program, and the program for
2all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4. By April 1 of each
3year, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a report
4containing the total authorized and total provided care plan hours by service
5category under the family care benefit, the Family Care Partnership program, and
6the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4.
SB70-SSA2,245 7Section 245. 46.40 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,296,118 46.40 (8) Alzheimer's family and caregiver support allocation. Subject to
9sub. (9), the department shall distribute not more than $3,058,900 in each fiscal year
10for services to persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers under s. 46.87,
11the department shall distribute not more than $2,808,900 in each fiscal year
.
SB70-SSA2,246 12Section 246. 48.233 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,296,1413 48.233 (2) This section does not apply to a proceeding commenced under s.
1448.13 after June 30, 2023 2025.
SB70-SSA2,247 15Section 247. 48.233 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,296,2516 48.233 (3) The state public defender may promulgate rules necessary to
17implement the pilot program established under sub. (1). The state public defender
18may promulgate the rules under this subsection as emergency rules under s. 227.24.
19Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the state public defender is not required
20to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency
21rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare
22and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under
23this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules
24promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until 2 4 years after June 30,
252021.
SB70-SSA2,248
1Section 248. 48.233 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,297,62 48.233 (4) By January 1, 2021, and by January 1, 2023 2025, the department
3and the state public defender shall each submit a report to the joint committee on
4finance, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the
5appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), regarding costs and data from
6implementing the pilot program under sub. (1).
SB70-SSA2,249 7Section 249 . 48.48 (8r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,297,118 48.48 (8r) To reimburse county departments and Indian tribes, from the
9appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd), (kL), and (pd), for subsidized guardianship
10payments made under s. 48.623 (1) or (6), including guardianships of Indian children
11ordered by tribal courts.
SB70-SSA2,250 12Section 250. 48.526 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,297,1513 48.526 (3) (c) Within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and,
14(o), and (q), the department shall allocate funds to each county for services under this
15section.
SB70-SSA2,251 16Section 251. 48.526 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,297,2517 48.526 (3) (e) The department may carry forward $500,000 or 10 percent of its
18funds allocated under this subsection and not encumbered or carried forward under
19par. (dm) by counties by December 31, whichever is greater, to the next 2 calendar
20years. The department may transfer moneys from or within s. 20.437 (1) (cj) or (q)
21to accomplish this purpose. The department may allocate these transferred moneys
22to counties with persistently high rates of juvenile arrests for serious offenses during
23the next 2 calendar years to improve community-based juvenile
24delinquency-related services, as defined in s. 46.011 (1c). The allocation does not
25affect a county's base allocation.
SB70-SSA2,252
1Section 252. 48.526 (3) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,298,72 48.526 (3) (em) The department may carry forward any emergency funds
3allocated under sub. (7) (e) and not encumbered or carried forward under par. (dm)
4by December 31 to the next 2 calendar years. The department may transfer moneys
5from or within s. 20.437 (1) (cj) or (q) to accomplish this purpose. The department
6may allocate these transferred moneys to counties that are eligible for emergency
7payments under sub. (7) (e). The allocation does not affect a county's base allocation.
SB70-SSA2,253 8Section 253. 48.526 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,298,129 48.526 (6) (a) The department shall develop criteria as provided in par. (b) to
10assist the legislature in allocating funding, excluding funding for base allocations,
11from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and , (o), and (q) for purposes
12described in this section.
SB70-SSA2,254 13Section 254. 48.526 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,298,1814 48.526 (7) Allocations of funds. (intro.) Within the limits of the availability
15of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and , (o), and (q), the department shall
16allocate funds for community youth and family aids for the period beginning on
17July 1, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2023, as provided in this subsection to county
18departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 as follows:
SB70-SSA2,255 19Section 255. 48.563 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,298,2420 48.563 (2) County allocation. For children and family services under s. 48.569
21(1) (d), the department shall distribute not more than $101,154,200 in fiscal year
222021-22 and $101,162,800 in fiscal year 2022-23. In the following fiscal year, the
23department shall distribute $101,551,400. In the fiscal year after that, the
24department shall distribute $101,939,600.
SB70-SSA2,256 25Section 256. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,299,8
148.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
2(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
3than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
4under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
5to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
6more, the department shall make payments in the amount of $300 $375 per month
7beginning on January 1, 2022 2024, to a kinship care relative who is providing care
8and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met:
SB70-SSA2,257 9Section 257. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,299,1810 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
11(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
12than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
13under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
14to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
15more, the department shall make monthly payments for each child in the amount of
16$300 $375 per month beginning on January 1, 2022 2024, to a long-term kinship care
17relative who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following
18conditions are met:
SB70-SSA2,258 19Section 258. 48.62 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 48.62 (4) (a) (intro.) and
20amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,300,221 48.62 (4) (a) (intro.) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided
22according to the rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1, 2022
232024, the rates are $300 for care and maintenance provided for a child of any age by
24a foster home that is certified to provide level one care, as defined in the rules
25promulgated under sub. (8) (a), are $375 and, for care and maintenance provided by

1a foster home that is certified to provide care at a level of care that is higher than level
2one care, $420 for the rates are all of the following:
SB70-SSA2,300,3 31. For a child under 5 years of age; $460 for, $441.
SB70-SSA2,300,4 42. For a child 5 to 11 years of age; $522 for, $483.
SB70-SSA2,300,5 53. For a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $545 for, $548.
SB70-SSA2,300,6 64. For a child 15 years of age or over, $572.
SB70-SSA2,300,13 7(b) In addition to these the grants under par. (a) for basic maintenance, the
8department, county department, or licensed child welfare agency shall make
9supplemental payments for foster care to a foster home that is receiving an
10age-related rate under this subsection that are commensurate with the level of care
11that the foster home is certified to provide and the needs of the child who is placed
12in the foster home according to the rules promulgated by the department under sub.
13(8) (c).
SB70-SSA2,259 14Section 259 . 48.623 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,301,315 48.623 (1) Eligibility. (intro.) A county department or, as provided in sub. (3)
16(a), an Indian tribe or the department shall provide monthly subsidized
17guardianship payments in the amount specified in sub. (3) (b) to a guardian of a child
18under s. 48.977 (2) or under a substantially similar tribal law if the county
19department, Indian tribe, or department determines that the conditions specified in
20pars. (a) to (d) have been met. A county department or, as provided in sub. (3) (a),
21a tribe or the department shall also provide those payments for the care of a sibling
22of such a child, regardless of whether the sibling meets the conditions specified in par.
23(a), if the county department, Indian tribe, or department and the guardian agree on
24the appropriateness of placing the sibling in the home of the guardian. A guardian
25of a child under s. 48.977 (2) or under a substantially similar tribal law is eligible for

1monthly subsidized guardianship payments under this subsection if the county
2department, Indian tribe, or the department, whichever will be providing those
3payments, determines that all of the following apply:
SB70-SSA2,260 4Section 260 . 48.623 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,301,115 48.623 (1) (b) 3. The guardian is licensed as the child's foster parent and the
6guardian and all adults residing in the guardian's home meet the requirements
7specified in s. 48.685 or, for a guardianship of a child ordered by a tribal court in
8which the background investigation is conducted by the Indian tribe, all adults
9residing in the guardian's home meet either the requirements specified in s. 48.685
10or the background check requirements for foster parent licensing under 42 USC 671
11(a) (20)
.
SB70-SSA2,261 12Section 261 . 48.623 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,301,1813 48.623 (1) (c) An order under s. 48.345, 48.357, 48.363, 48.365, 938.345,
14938.357, 938.363, or 938.365 or a tribal court under a substantially similar tribal law
15placing the child, or continuing the placement of the child, outside of the child's home
16has been terminated, or any proceeding in which the child has been adjudged to be
17in need of protection or services specified in s. 48.977 (2) (a) has been dismissed, as
18provided in s. 48.977 (3r) (a).
SB70-SSA2,262 19Section 262 . 48.623 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,302,1020 48.623 (2) Subsidized guardianship agreement. (intro.) Before a county
21department, an Indian tribe, or the department may approve the provision of
22subsidized guardianship payments under sub. (1) to a proposed guardian, the county
23department, Indian tribe, or department shall negotiate and enter into a written,
24binding subsidized guardianship agreement with the proposed guardian and provide
25the proposed guardian with a copy of the agreement. A subsidized guardianship

1agreement or an amended subsidized guardianship agreement may also name a
2prospective successor guardian of the child to assume the duty and authority of
3guardianship on the death or incapacity of the guardian. A successor guardian is
4eligible for monthly subsidized guardianship payments under this section only if the
5successor guardian is named as a prospective successor guardian of the child in a
6subsidized guardianship agreement or amended subsidized guardianship
7agreement that was entered into before the death or incapacity of the guardian, the
8conditions specified in sub. (6) (bm) are met, and the court appoints the successor
9guardian to assume the duty and authority of guardianship as provided in s. 48.977
10(5m). A subsidized guardianship agreement shall specify all of the following:
SB70-SSA2,263 11Section 263 . 48.623 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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