SB70-AA1,453 Section 453. 48.43 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,230,20 48.43 (5) (b) 1. The court shall hold a hearing to review the permanency plan within 30 days after receiving a report under par. (a). At least 10 days before the date of the hearing, the court shall provide notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing to the agency that prepared the report, the child's guardian, the child, and the child's foster parent, the operator of the facility in which the child is living, or the relative or like-kin with whom the child is living.

SB70-AA1,454 Section 454. 48.43 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,231,4 48.43 (5) (b) 3. The court shall give a foster parent, operator of a facility, or relative or like-kin who is notified of a hearing under subd. 1. a right to be heard at the hearing by permitting the foster parent, operator, or relative or like-kin to make a written or oral statement during the hearing, or to submit a written statement prior to the hearing, relevant to the issues to be determined at the hearing. The foster parent, operator of a facility, or relative or like-kin does not become a party to the proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving that notice and right to be heard.

SB70-AA1,455 Section 455. 48.43 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,231,11 48.43 (5m) Either the court or the agency that prepared the permanency plan shall furnish a copy of the original plan and each revised plan to the child, if he or she is 12 years of age or over, to the child's guardian, to the child's foster parent, the operator of the facility in which the child is living, or the relative or like-kin with whom the child is living, and, if the order under sub. (1) involuntarily terminated parental rights to an Indian child, to the Indian child's tribe.

SB70-AA1,456 Section 456. 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,231,20 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the person, and the person is placed in the home of the kinship care relative provider under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3).

SB70-AA1,457 Section 457. 48.57 (3m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,231,23 48.57 (3m) (a) 2. “Kinship care relative” provider" means a relative other than a parent, an extended family member, as defined in s. 48.028 (2) (am), or like-kin.

SB70-AA1,458 Section 458. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,232,8 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md), (me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department shall make payments in the amount of $300 per month beginning on January 1, 2022, to a kinship care relative provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met:

SB70-AA1,43q Section 43q. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,232,21 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md), (me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject to par. (ap), and if all of the following conditions are met, beginning on January 1, 2024, a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department shall make monthly payments to a kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child in the amount of $300 per month beginning on January 1, 2022, to a kinship care relative who is providing care and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met $441 for a child under 5 years of age; $483 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $548 for a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $572 for a child 15 years of age or over:

SB70-AA1,459 Section 459. 48.57 (3m) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,233,2 48.57 (3m) (am) 1. The kinship care relative provider applies to the county department or department for payments under this subsection and, if the child is placed in the home of the kinship care relative provider under a court order, other than a court order under s. 48.9795 or ch. 54, 2017 stats., for a license to operate a foster home.

SB70-AA1,460 Section 460. 48.57 (3m) (am) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,233,7 48.57 (3m) (am) 1m. The county department or department determines that there is a need for the child to be placed with the kinship care relative provider and that the placement with the kinship care relative provider is in the best interests of the child.

SB70-AA1,461 Section 461. 48.57 (3m) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,233,16 48.57 (3m) (am) 4. The county department or department conducts a background investigation under sub. (3p) of the kinship care relative provider, any employee and prospective employee of the kinship care relative provider who has or would have regular contact with the child for whom the payments would be made and any other adult resident of the kinship care relative's provider's home to determine if the kinship care relative provider, employee, prospective employee or adult resident has any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for the child.

SB70-AA1,462 Section 462. 48.57 (3m) (am) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,233,24 48.57 (3m) (am) 4m. Subject to sub. (3p) (fm) 1. and 2., the kinship care relative provider states that he or she does not have any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for the child and that no adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p) (a), and no employee or prospective employee of the kinship care relative provider who would have regular contact with the child has any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for the child.

SB70-AA1,463 Section 463. 48.57 (3m) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,234,3 48.57 (3m) (am) 5. The kinship care relative provider cooperates with the county department or department in the application process, including applying for other forms of assistance for which the child may be eligible.

SB70-AA1,464 Section 464. 48.57 (3m) (am) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,234,6 48.57 (3m) (am) 5m. The kinship care relative provider is not receiving payments under sub. (3n) with respect to the child.

SB70-AA1,465 Section 465. 48.57 (3m) (am) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,234,10 48.57 (3m) (am) 6. The child for whom the kinship care relative provider is providing care and maintenance is not receiving supplemental security income under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c or state supplemental payments under s. 49.77.

SB70-AA1,466 Section 466. 48.57 (3m) (an) of the statutes is created to read: