AB31,49,21 (a) Notwithstanding s. 108.04 (2) (b), (bb), or (bd) or 108.062 (10m), the department of workforce development may promulgate rules for additional waivers of the registration for work and work search requirements under s. 108.04 (2) (a) 2. and 3. for the period beginning on the effective date of this paragraph and ending on January 1, 2022. The department of workforce development may use the procedure under s. 227.24 to promulgate a rule under this paragraph. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this paragraph. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), a rule promulgated under this paragraph remains in effect until January 1, 2022.

AB31,50,2 (b) Notwithstanding s. 108.04 (2) (bm), a claimant may receive unemployment insurance benefits for any week in which the claimant failed to comply with the registration for work or work search requirements under s. 108.04 (2) (a) 2. or 3. or failed to provide verification to the department of workforce development that the claimant complied with those requirements if the department has waived those requirements under rules promulgated under par. (a ).

AB31,9151 Section 9151. Nonstatutory provisions; Other.

AB31,50,7 (1) Hazard pay and paid medical leave. Regardless of whether there is a declared state of emergency related to public health or whether the secretary of health services has issued an order, the requirements in ss. 16.34 (2) and 103.025 (3) apply until December 31, 2021.

AB31,9201 Section 9201. Fiscal changes; Administration.

AB31,50,14 (1) Rental assistance program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (7) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $25,000,000 to provide rental assistance to Wisconsin residents in the same manner as that used for the expenditure of federal rental assistance funds under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, P.L. 116-136.

AB31,9206 Section 9206. Fiscal changes; Children and Families.

AB31,50,20 (1) Child care financial assistance program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (2) (bc), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $25,000,000 to provide financial assistance to providers of child care services that have lost income as a result of the 2019 novel coronavirus.

AB31,9219 Section 9219. Fiscal changes; Health Services.

AB31,51,2 (1) Medicaid expansion. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (4) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is decreased by $165,011,600 to decrease funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made, due to the expansion of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program under s. 49.471 (4) (a) 4. and 8.

AB31,9350 Section 9350. Initial applicability; Workforce Development.

AB31,51,6 (1) Unemployment insurance; work-share plans. The treatment of s. 108.062 (20) (c) first applies to work-share plans approved under s. 108.062 (3) or (3m) on the effective date of this subsection.

AB31,51,9 (2) Concurrent receipt of UI and SSDI benefits. The treatment of ss. 108.04 (2) (h) and (12) (f) first applies to determinations issued under s. 108.09 on the effective date of this subsection.

AB31,9400 Section 9400. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB31,51,14 (1) Health Services; Elimination of demonstration project. The treatment of ss. 20.435 (4) (jw) and 49.45 (23) and (23b) (title), (b), (c), and (e) takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after publication.

AB31,51,17 (2) Changes to UI program. The treatment of ss. 108.04 (2) (h) and (12) (f) and 108.062 (2) (d) and (20) (intro.) and (c) takes effect on the first Sunday after publication.

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