SB70-AA1,488 Section 488. 48.57 (3n) (am) 5r. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,242,13 48.57 (3n) (am) 5r. The child for whom the long-term 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-AA1,489 Section 489. 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,242,20 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. (intro.) The long-term kinship care relative provider and the county department or department enter into a written agreement under which the long-term kinship care relative provider agrees to provide care and maintenance for the child and the county department or department agrees, subject to sub. (3p) (hm), to make monthly payments to the long-term kinship care relative provider at the rate specified in sub. (3m) (am) (intro.) until the earliest of the following:

SB70-AA1,490 Section 490. 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,242,24 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. c. The date on which the child is placed outside the long-term kinship care relative's provider's home under a court order or under a voluntary agreement under s. 48.63 (1) (a) or (b) or (5) (b).

SB70-AA1,491 Section 491. 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,243,2 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. d. The date on which the child ceases to reside with the long-term kinship care relative provider.

SB70-AA1,492 Section 492. 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. e. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,243,5 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. e. The date on which the long-term kinship care's care provider's guardianship under s. 48.977 terminates.

SB70-AA1,493 Section 493. 48.57 (3n) (an) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,243,14 48.57 (3n) (an) In addition to the monthly payments for long-term kinship care under par. (am), the department or, with the department's approval, the county department may make payments for exceptional circumstances to enable siblings or a minor parent and minor children to reside together and for initial clothing allowances to a long-term kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child residing in the home of the long-term kinship care provider who is receiving a monthly rate under par. (am), commensurate with the needs of the child, according to the rules promulgated by the department under par. (i) 2.

SB70-AA1,494 Section 494. 48.57 (3n) (ap) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,244,2 48.57 (3n) (ap) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3., the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may make payments under par. (am) to a long-term kinship care relative provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child who is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative provider for no more than 60 days after the date on which the county department or department received under par. (am) 1. the completed application of the long-term kinship care relative provider for a license to operate a foster home or, if the application is approved or denied or the long-term kinship care relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those 60 days, until the date on which the application is approved or denied or the long-term kinship care relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure.

SB70-AA1,495 Section 495. 48.57 (3n) (ap) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,244,15 48.57 (3n) (ap) 2. If the application specified in subd. 1. is not approved or denied or the long-term kinship care relative provider is not otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within 60 days after the date on which the county department or department received the completed application for any reason other than an act or omission of the long-term kinship care relative provider, the county department or department may make payments under par. (am) for 4 months after the date on which the county department or department received the completed application or, if the application is approved or denied or the long-term kinship care relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those 4 months, until the date on which the application is approved or denied or the long-term kinship care relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure.

SB70-AA1,496 Section 496. 48.57 (3n) (ap) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,245,11 48.57 (3n) (ap) 3. Notwithstanding that an application of a long-term kinship care relative provider specified in subd. 1. is denied or the long-term kinship care relative provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure, the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may make payments under par. (am) to the long-term kinship care relative provider until an event specified in par. (am) 6. a. to f. occurs if the county department or department submits to the court information relating to the background investigation specified in par. (am) 4., an assessment of the safety of the long-term kinship care relative's provider's home and the ability of the long-term kinship care relative provider to care for the child, and a recommendation that the child remain in the home of the long-term kinship care relative provider and the court, after considering that information, assessment, and recommendation, orders the child to remain in the long-term kinship care relative's provider's home. If the court does not order the child to remain in the kinship care relative's provider's home, the court shall order the county department or department to request a change in placement under s. 48.357 (1) (am) or 938.357 (1) (am) or to request a termination of the guardianship order under s. 48.977 (7). Any person specified in s. 48.357 (2m) (a) or 938.357 (2m) (a) may also request a change in placement and any person who is authorized to file a petition for the appointment of a guardian for the child may also request a termination of the guardianship order.

SB70-AA1,497 Section 497. 48.57 (3n) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,245,22 48.57 (3n) (b) 2. When any long-term kinship care relative provider of a child applies for or receives payments under this subsection, any right of the child or the child's parent to support or maintenance from any other person accruing during the time that payments are made under this subsection is assigned to the state. If a child is the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order that includes support for one or more children who are not the beneficiaries of payments under this subsection, any support payment made under the judgment or order is assigned to the state in the amount that is the proportionate share of the child who is the beneficiary of the payment made under this subsection, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the motion of a party.

SB70-AA1,498 Section 498. 48.57 (3n) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,246,3 48.57 (3n) (cm) A long-term 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. (3m) or s. 48.62 (4) or 48.623 (1) or (6) for that child.

SB70-AA1,499 Section 499. 48.57 (3n) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,246,12 48.57 (3n) (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 long-term kinship care relative provider who continues to receive payments under par. (am) by reducing the amount of the long-term 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-AA1,500 Section 500. 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,246,23 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. (intro.) The director of the county department, the person designated by the governing body of an Indian tribe or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the person designated by the secretary shall review the denial of payments or the prohibition on employment or being an adult resident to determine if the conviction record on which the denial or prohibition is based includes any arrests, convictions, or penalties that are likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the kinship care relative provider to care for the child. In reviewing the denial or prohibition, the director of the county department, the person designated by the governing body of the Indian tribe or the person designated by the secretary shall consider all of the following factors:

SB70-AA1,501 Section 501. 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,247,2 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. b. The nature of the violation or penalty and how that violation or penalty affects the ability of the kinship care relative provider to care for the child.

SB70-AA1,502 Section 502. 48.57 (3p) (h) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: