29.563 (4) (b) 1. Sports: $272.25 $292.25 or a greater amount at the applicant’s option.
19,231Section 231. 29.563 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (4) (b) 2. Conservation patron: $595.25 $615.25 or a greater amount at the applicant’s option.
19,232Section 232. 31.385 (2) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (2) (ag) Of the amounts appropriated under s. ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and 20.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), at least $250,000 shall be used for projects to remove dams. A project to remove a dam may include restoring the stream or river that was dammed.
19,233Section 233. 31.385 (2) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (2) (ar) Of the amounts appropriated under s. ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and 20.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), at least $100,000 shall be used for the removal of abandoned dams. The amounts required to be used under this paragraph are in addition to the amounts required to be used for the removal of dams under par. (ag).
19,234Section 234. 31.385 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (2) (d) The financial assistance that is provided under this section shall be paid from the appropriations under s. ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and 20.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), except as provided in par. (dm) and in 1991 Wisconsin Act 39, section 9142 (10d).
19,235Section 235. 41.21 of the statutes is repealed.
19,236Section 236. 45.58 of the statutes is amended to read:
45.58 Grants to local governments for fire and emergency medical services. From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (kj), the department may make up to $300,000 in each fiscal biennium up to $600,000 in grants to fire districts, cities, villages, and towns that provide fire and emergency medical services to veterans homes and other facilities for veterans. A fire district, city, village, or town may not expend grant moneys it receives under this section for any purpose other than providing fire and emergency medical services to veterans homes and other facilities for veterans.
19,237Section 237. 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015, is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. The A grant for $11,688 shall be $9,350 awarded for a county with a population of less than 20,000, $11,000 a grant for $13,750 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $12,650 a grant for $15,813 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $14,300 a grant for $17,875 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.
19,239Section 239. 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may make in an amount not to exceed $20,625 per grant annual grants in an amount not to exceed $16,500 per grant under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.
19,240Section 240. 46.056 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.056.
19,241Section 241. 46.056 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
19,242Section 242. 46.215 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.215 (2) (c) 3. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for the purchase of juvenile correctional services. The department of corrections may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 301.08 (2) and if state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of corrections to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of children and families may not make any payments under s. 48.526 to a county for programs included in a contract under review by the committee. The department of children and families shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and, (o), and (q) as appropriate.
19,243Section 243. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for the purchase of juvenile correctional services. The department of corrections may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 301.08 (2) and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for those purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of corrections to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of children and families may not make any payments under s. 48.526 to a county for programs included in the contract that is under review by the committee. The department of children and families shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and, (o), and (q) as appropriate.
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Section 244. 46.281 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
46.281 (5) Reporting. (a) The department shall include all of the following in publicly available financial summaries of the managed care organizations for
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the family care benefit, the Family Care Partnership program, and the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4:
1. Executive leadership salaries.
2. Amounts retrieved by the state under contractual risk corridors.
(b) The managed care organizations for the family care benefit, the Family Care Partnership program, and the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4 shall track and report to the department the total authorized and total provided care plan hours by service category under the family care benefit, the Family Care Partnership program, and the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4. By April 1 of each year, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a report containing the total authorized and total provided care plan hours by service category under the family care benefit, the Family Care Partnership program, and the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly operating under 42 USC 1396u-4.
19,245Section 245. 46.40 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.40 (8) Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support allocation. Subject to sub. (9), the department cannot distribute more than $3,058,900 in each fiscal year for services to persons with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers under s. 46.87, the department shall distribute not more than $2,808,900 in each fiscal year.