AB1115: Bill Text

2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

2021 Assembly BILL 1115

March 10, 2022 - Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Andraca, Baldeh, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Haywood, Hebl, Hintz, B. Meyers, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vining, Hesselbein, Ohnstad and Shelton, cosponsored by Senators Smith, Agard, Carpenter, Johnson, Larson and L. Taylor. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.

AB1115,1,2 An Act to amend 46.40 (2), 48.526 (7) (a) and 48.563 (2) of the statutes; relating to: certain reimbursements to counties and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Community aids funding

Under current law, the Department of Health Services is required to distribute to county departments and county aging units funds for community social services, mental health services, services for individuals with developmental disabilities, and alcohol and other drug abuse services. This bill increases the maximum amount under current law that DHS must distribute to counties in each fiscal year by $47,900,000.

Parole, extended supervision, and probation revocation

This bill provides an additional $1,600,000 to the Department of Corrections in each year of the 2021-23 fiscal biennium to be used to reimburse counties for costs relating to maintaining persons in custody pending the disposition of their parole, extended supervision, or probation revocation proceedings.

Community youth and family aids and children and family aids

Under current law relating to community youth and family aids, generally referred to as “youth aids," the Department of Children and Families is required to allocate to counties various state and federal moneys to pay for state-provided juvenile correctional services and local delinquency-related and juvenile justice services. This bill increases the maximum amount under current law that DCF must distribute to counties in fiscal year 2022-23 by $20,800,000, and requires DCF to allocate half of that amount for the last six months of 2022 and half for the first six months of 2023.

Under current law, DCF is required to allocate to counties various state and federal moneys to pay for children and family services. The bill increases the maximum amount under current law that DCF must distribute to counties by $23,400,000 in fiscal year 2022-23.

Circuit court costs

Under current law, the director of state courts makes payments to counties to assist with circuit court costs. These costs are defined by the director of state courts at the direction of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. This bill increases the appropriation to the director of state courts by $6,300,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 to allow for additional support to counties to assist with circuit court costs.

For further information see the state and local 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:

AB1115,1 Section 1. 46.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1115,2,4 46.40 (2) Basic county allocation. Subject to sub. (9), for social services under s. 46.495 (1) (d) and services under s. 51.423 (2), the department shall distribute not more than $176,068,400 $223,968,400 in each fiscal year.

AB1115,2 Section 2. 48.526 (7) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 58, is amended to read:

AB1115,2,9 48.526 (7) (a) For community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $47,740,750 for the last 6 months of 2021, $95,481,500 $105,881,500 for 2022, and $47,740,750 $58,140,750 for the first 6 months of 2023.

AB1115,3 Section 3. 48.563 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 58, is amended to read:

AB1115,2,14 48.563 (2) County allocation. For children and family services under s. 48.569 (1) (d), the department shall distribute not more than $101,154,200 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $101,162,800 $124,562,800 in fiscal year 2022-23.

AB1115,4 Section 4. Fiscal changes.

AB1115,3,5 (1) Community aids funding. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (7) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $47,900,000 to increase the basic county allocation under s. 46.40 (2).

AB1115,3,12 (2) Reimbursing counties for probation, extended supervision, and parole holds. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (bn), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $1,600,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (bn), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $1,600,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1115,3,16 (3) Children and family aids. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (1) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $23,400,000 to increase county allocations for children and family services under s. 48.563 (2).

AB1115,3,20 (4) Community youth and family aids. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (1) (cj), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $20,800,000 to increase county allocations for community youth and family aids under s. 48.526 (7) (a).

AB1115,3,24 (5) Circuit court costs. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the director of state courts under s. 20.625 (1) (cg), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $6,300,000 to allow for an increase in payments to counties for circuit court costs under s. 758.19 (5).

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