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(3m) (ap) 3. Notwithstanding that an application of a kinship care
17relative provider specified in subd. 1. is denied or the kinship care
relative
provider 18is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure, the county department or, in
19a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may make
20payments under par. (am) to the kinship care
relative provider for as long as the
21conditions specified in par. (am) 1. to 6. continue to apply if the county department
22or department submits to the court information relating to the background
23investigation specified in par. (am) 4., an assessment of the safety of the kinship care
24relative's provider's home and the ability of the kinship care
relative provider to care
25for the child, and a recommendation that the child remain in the home of the kinship
1care
relative provider and the court, after considering that information, assessment,
2and recommendation, orders the child to remain in the kinship care
relative's 3provider's home. If the court does not order the child to remain in the kinship care
4relative's provider's home, the court shall order the county department or
5department to request a change in placement under s. 48.357 (1) (am) or 938.357 (1)
6(am). Any person specified in s. 48.357 (2m) (a) or 938.357 (2m) (a) may also request
7a change in placement.
SB70-AA1,471
8Section
471. 48.57 (3m) (as) of the statutes is created to read:
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(3m) (as) From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (es), a county
10department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department
11may provide flexible support, in the form of additional payments or services, to a
12kinship care provider who qualifies under rules promulgated by the department
13under par. (i) 3.
SB70-AA1,472
14Section
472. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3m) (b) 2. When any kinship care
relative provider of a child applies for
16or receives payments under this subsection, any right of the child or the child's parent
17to support or maintenance from any other person accruing during the time that
18payments are made under this subsection is assigned to the state. If a child who is
19the beneficiary of a payment under this subsection is also the beneficiary of support
20under a judgment or order that includes support for one or more children who are not
21the beneficiaries of payments under this subsection, any support payment made
22under the judgment or order is assigned to the state in the amount that is the
23proportionate share of the child who is the beneficiary of the payment made under
24this subsection, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the motion of a party.
SB70-AA1,473
25Section
473. 48.57 (3m) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3m) (cm) A kinship care
relative provider who receives a payment under
2par. (am) for providing care and maintenance for a child is not eligible to receive a
3payment under sub. (3n) or s. 48.62 (4) or 48.623 (1) or (6) for that child.
SB70-AA1,474
4Section
474. 48.57 (3m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3m) (h) A county department or, in a county having a population of
6750,000 or more, the department may recover an overpayment made under par. (am)
7from a kinship care
relative provider who continues to receive payments under par.
8(am) by reducing the amount of the kinship care
relative's provider's monthly
9payment. The department may by rule specify other methods for recovering
10overpayments made under par. (am). A county department that recovers an
11overpayment under this paragraph due to the efforts of its officers and employees
12may retain a portion of the amount recovered, as provided by the department by rule.
SB70-AA1,475
13Section
475. 48.57 (3m) (i) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3m) (i) 1. Rules to provide assessment criteria for determining whether
15a kinship care
relative provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child
16is eligible to receive payments under par. (am). The rules shall also provide that any
17criteria established under the rules shall first apply to applications for payments
18under par. (am) received, and to reviews under par. (d) conducted, on the effective
19date of those rules.
SB70-AA1,476
20Section
476. 48.57 (3m) (i) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
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(3m) (i) 3. Rules governing the provision of flexible support under par.
22(as). Rules promulgated under this subdivision may specify qualifying costs and
23services and eligibility criteria.
SB70-AA1,477
24Section
477. 48.57 (3m) (i) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
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(3m) (i) 4. Rules governing the provision of payments for exceptional
2circumstances to enable siblings or a minor parent and minor children to reside
3together and for initial clothing allowances for a child residing in the home of a
4kinship care provider who is receiving a monthly rate under par. (am).
SB70-AA1,478
5Section
478. 48.57 (3m) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
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(3m) (j) The department may promulgate rules governing the provision
7of emergency payments under par. (ar).
SB70-AA1,479
8Section
479. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3n) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time
10student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
11equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the
12person, and the person is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care
relative 13provider under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365
14that terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains
1518 years of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement
16under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3).
SB70-AA1,480
17Section
480. 48.57 (3n) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3n) (a) 2. “Long-term kinship care
relative provider" means a relative
19other than a parent
, an extended family member, as defined in s. 48.028 (2) (am), or
20like-kin.
SB70-AA1,481
21Section
481. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
23(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
24than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
25under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
1to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
2more, the department shall make monthly payments for each child in the amount of
3$300 per month beginning on January 1, 2022, to a long-term kinship care
relative 4provider who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following
5conditions are met:
SB70-AA1,66q
6Section 66q. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2023
7Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
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(3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
9(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
10than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
11under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
12to par. (ap)
and if all of the following conditions are met, beginning on January 1,
132024, a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more,
14the department shall make monthly payments
to a long-term kinship care provider
15who is providing care and maintenance for
each
a child in the amount of
$300 per
16month beginning on January 1, 2022, to a long-term kinship care provider who is
17providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following conditions are
18met $441 for a child under 5 years of age; $483 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $548
19for a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $572 for a child 15 years of age or over:
SB70-AA1,482
20Section
482. 48.57 (3n) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3n) (am) 1. The long-term kinship care
relative provider applies to the
22county department or department for payments under this subsection, provides
23proof that he or she has been appointed as the guardian of the child, and, if the child
24is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care
relative provider under a court
1order, other than a court order under s. 48.9795 or ch. 54, 2017 stats., applies to the
2county department or department for a license to operate a foster home.
SB70-AA1,483
3Section
483. 48.57 (3n) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3n) (am) 2. The county department or department inspects the
5long-term kinship care
relative's provider's home, interviews the long-term kinship
6care
relative provider and determines that long-term placement with the long-term
7kinship care
relative provider is in the best interests of the child.