AB68,741,1311 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother parent
12or stepparent
of a dependent child if he or she is without a husband spouse or if he
13or
she:
AB68,996 14Section 996 . 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,741,1615 49.19 (4) (d) 1. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incapacitated for
16gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
AB68,997 17Section 997 . 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,741,2118 49.19 (4) (d) 2. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incarcerated or
19who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a
20wage because the husband person is required by a court imposed sentence to perform
21unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
AB68,998 22Section 998 . 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,741,2523 49.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has been committed
24to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
25commitment; or
AB68,999
1Section 999. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,742,42 49.19 (4) (d) 4. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has continuously
3abandoned or failed to support him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
4against the husband person under ch. 769; or
AB68,1000 5Section 1000 . 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,742,96 49.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
7separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
8of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
9for whom aid is sought; or
AB68,1001 10Section 1001. 49.343 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,742,2211 49.343 (1g) Establishment of rates. For services provided beginning on
12January 1, 2011, the department shall establish the per client rate that a residential
13care center for children and youth or a group home may charge for its services, and
14the per client administrative rate that a child welfare agency may charge for the
15administrative portion of its foster care services, as provided in this section. In
16establishing rates for a placement specified in s. 938.357 (4) (c) 1. or 2., 2019 stats.,
17the department shall consult with the department of corrections. A residential care
18center for children and youth and a group home shall charge all purchasers the same
19rate for the same services and a child welfare agency shall charge all purchasers the
20same administrative rate for the same foster care services. The department shall
21determine the levels of care created under the rules promulgated under s. 48.62 (8)
22to which this section applies.
AB68,1002 23Section 1002 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,743,1924 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
25person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,

1938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
2services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
3chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
4and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
5person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
6case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
7including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
8(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
9order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
10the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
11adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
12be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
13with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
14widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
15dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
16part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
17the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable
18persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
19the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
AB68,1003 20Section 1003 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
21(this act), is amended to read:
AB68,744,1722 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
23person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
24938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
25services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is

1chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
2and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
3person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
4case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
5including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
6(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
7order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
8the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
9adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
10be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
11with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
12surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent
13upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such part of the
14property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for the person.
15The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as
16soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt
17of the notice is not a condition of liability.
AB68,1004 18Section 1004. 49.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,744,2119 49.37 (1) Beginning in fiscal year 2017-18, the department of children and
20families shall establish a 5-year 6-year offender reentry demonstration project
21focused on noncustodial fathers in a 1st class city.
AB68,1005 22Section 1005. 49.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,744,2523 49.37 (2) Upon completion of the demonstration project under sub. (1) and by
24June 30, 2023 2024, the department of children and families shall conduct an
25evaluation of the demonstration project.
AB68,1006
1Section 1006. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,745,42 49.43 (12) “Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of person to whom the
3beneficiary is legally married, whether or not the person is eligible for medical
4assistance.
AB68,1007 5Section 1007. 49.45 (2p) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1008 6Section 1008. 49.45 (2t) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1009 7Section 1009. 49.45 (3) (e) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,745,228 49.45 (3) (e) 11. The department shall use a portion of the moneys collected
9under s. 50.38 (2) (a) to pay for services provided by eligible hospitals, as defined in
10s. 50.38 (1), other than critical access hospitals, under the Medical Assistance
11Program under this subchapter, including services reimbursed on a fee-for-service
12basis and services provided under a managed care system. For state fiscal year
132008-09, total payments required under this subdivision, including both the federal
14and state share of Medical Assistance, shall equal the amount collected under s.
1550.38 (2) (a) for fiscal year 2008-09 divided by 57.75 percent. For each state fiscal
16year after state fiscal year 2008-09, total payments required under this subdivision,
17including both the federal and state share of Medical Assistance, shall equal the
18amount collected under s. 50.38 (2) (a) for the fiscal year divided by 61.68 percent,
19except that if the department has expanded eligibility under section 2001 (a) (1) (C)
20of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, for the Medical
21Assistance program under this subchapter, the amount collected for the fiscal year
22shall be divided by 53.69 percent
.
AB68,1010 23Section 1010 . 49.45 (3) (e) 12. of the statutes is amended to read: