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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
December 5, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Doyle, Crowley,
Vining, Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Emerson, Hebl, Milroy,
Neubauer, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki and Zamarripa, cosponsored by Senators
Larson, Smith and Wirch. Referred to Joint Committee on Finance.
AB658,1,2
1An Act to amend 20.437 (1) (dd) of the statutes;
relating to: adoption of children
2in foster care and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides $300,000 to the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin for
recruiters for the Wendy's Wonderful Kids program, which provides support in
finding adoptive placements for children in foster care.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB658,1
3Section
1. 20.437 (1) (dd) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB658,2,64
20.437
(1) (dd)
State out-of-home care and adoption services. The amounts in
5the schedule for foster care, institutional child care, and subsidized adoptions under
6ss. 48.48 (12) and 48.52, for the cost of care for children under s. 49.19 (10) (d), for
7the cost of placements of children 18 years of age or over in residential care centers
8for children and youth under voluntary agreements under s. 48.366 (3) or under
1orders that terminate as provided in s. 48.355 (4) (b) 4., 48.357 (6) (a) 4., or 48.365
2(5) (b) 4., for the cost of the foster care monitoring system, for the cost of services to
3children with special needs who are under the guardianship of the department to
4prepare those children for adoption,
for programs to recruit adoptive placements for
5children with special needs, and for the cost of postadoption services to children with
6special needs.
AB658,2
7Section
2.
Fiscal changes.
AB658,2,158
(1)
Recruitment for adoptive placements. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3)
9for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (1)
10(dd), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $300,000 to increase
11recruitment support for the Wendy's Wonderful Kids program at the Children's
12Hospital of Wisconsin. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to
13the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (1) (dd), the dollar amount
14for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $300,000 to increase recruitment support for
15the Wendy's Wonderful Kids program at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
