SB70-AA1,238,3 48.57 (3m) (cm) A kinship care relative provider who receives a payment under par. (am) for providing care and maintenance for a child is not eligible to receive a payment under sub. (3n) or s. 48.62 (4) or 48.623 (1) or (6) for that child.

SB70-AA1,474 Section 474. 48.57 (3m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,238,12 48.57 (3m) (h) A county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may recover an overpayment made under par. (am) from a kinship care relative provider who continues to receive payments under par. (am) by reducing the amount of the kinship care relative's provider's monthly payment. The department may by rule specify other methods for recovering overpayments made under par. (am). A county department that recovers an overpayment under this paragraph due to the efforts of its officers and employees may retain a portion of the amount recovered, as provided by the department by rule.

SB70-AA1,475 Section 475. 48.57 (3m) (i) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,238,19 48.57 (3m) (i) 1. Rules to provide assessment criteria for determining whether a kinship care relative provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child is eligible to receive payments under par. (am). The rules shall also provide that any criteria established under the rules shall first apply to applications for payments under par. (am) received, and to reviews under par. (d) conducted, on the effective date of those rules.

SB70-AA1,476 Section 476. 48.57 (3m) (i) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,238,23 48.57 (3m) (i) 3. Rules governing the provision of flexible support under par. (as). Rules promulgated under this subdivision may specify qualifying costs and services and eligibility criteria.

SB70-AA1,477 Section 477. 48.57 (3m) (i) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,239,4 48.57 (3m) (i) 4. Rules governing the provision of payments for exceptional circumstances to enable siblings or a minor parent and minor children to reside together and for initial clothing allowances for a child residing in the home of a kinship care provider who is receiving a monthly rate under par. (am).

SB70-AA1,478 Section 478. 48.57 (3m) (j) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,239,7 48.57 (3m) (j) The department may promulgate rules governing the provision of emergency payments under par. (ar).

SB70-AA1,479 Section 479. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,239,16 48.57 (3n) (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 long-term 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-AA1,480 Section 480. 48.57 (3n) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,239,20 48.57 (3n) (a) 2. “Long-term 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-AA1,481 Section 481. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,240,5 48.57 (3n) (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 monthly payments for each child in the amount of $300 per month beginning on January 1, 2022, to a long-term kinship care relative provider who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following conditions are met:

SB70-AA1,66q Section 66q. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,240,19 48.57 (3n) (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 long-term kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for each a child in the amount of $300 per month beginning on January 1, 2022, to a long-term kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for that 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-AA1,482 Section 482. 48.57 (3n) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,241,2 48.57 (3n) (am) 1. The long-term kinship care relative provider applies to the county department or department for payments under this subsection, provides proof that he or she has been appointed as the guardian of the child, and, if the child is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative provider under a court order, other than a court order under s. 48.9795 or ch. 54, 2017 stats., applies to the county department or department for a license to operate a foster home.

SB70-AA1,483 Section 483. 48.57 (3n) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,241,7 48.57 (3n) (am) 2. The county department or department inspects the long-term kinship care relative's provider's home, interviews the long-term kinship care relative provider and determines that long-term placement with the long-term kinship care relative provider is in the best interests of the child.

SB70-AA1,484 Section 484. 48.57 (3n) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,241,17 48.57 (3n) (am) 4. The county department or department conducts a background investigation under sub. (3p) of the long-term kinship care relative provider, the employees and prospective employees of the long-term kinship care relative provider who have or would have regular contact with the child for whom the payments would be made and any other adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p) (a), of the long-term kinship care relative's provider's home to determine if the long-term kinship care relative provider, employee, prospective employee or adult resident has any arrests or convictions that are likely to adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for the child.

SB70-AA1,485 Section 485. 48.57 (3n) (am) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,242,2 48.57 (3n) (am) 4m. Subject to sub. (3p) (fm) 1m. and 2m., the long-term kinship care relative provider states that he or she does not have any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for the child and that, to the best of the long-term kinship care relative's provider's knowledge, no adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p) (a), and no employee or prospective employee of the long-term 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 long-term kinship care relative's provider's ability to care for the child.

SB70-AA1,486 Section 486. 48.57 (3n) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,242,6 48.57 (3n) (am) 5. The long-term 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.