This bill requires DHS to determine and implement a reimbursement rate for
nonemergency medical transportation services for Medical Assistance recipients
who are nursing home residents that is the same as the prevalent brokerage
reimbursement rate applied to other nonemergency medical transportation services
for Medical Assistance recipients.

This bill creates a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain
expenses for household and dependent care services, based on a similar federal
credit.

Under current federal law, there exists a tax credit for expenses for household
and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment. Generally, the
federal credit is a nonrefundable individual income tax credit that may be claimed
by an individual for employment-related expenses for household services and
dependent care services for a qualifying individual. Because the credit is
nonrefundable, it may be claimed only up to the amount of a taxpayer's tax liability.

Generally, under federal law, a qualifying individual is someone who has the
same principal place of abode as the claimant for more than one-half of the year, is
the claimant's dependent, and is 1) a child age 12 or under; 2) a child age 13 or older
who is incapable of self-care; or 3) the claimant's spouse who is incapable of self-care.

The credit may be claimed for expenses to enable the claimant to be gainfully
employed or actively search for gainful employment. Generally, allowable expenses
for a qualifying individual under federal law include costs for in-home care or
daycare, nursery school or preschool programs, and before-school and after-school
care for school-age children. Depending on the claimant's adjusted gross income, the
credit may be worth between 20 percent and 35 percent of the claimant's allowable
expenses, up to a maximum annual amount of $3,000 if there is one qualifying
individual and up to $6,000 if there are two or more qualifying individuals.

This bill creates a nonrefundable individual income tax credit based on the
federal tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services. Under the
bill, an individual who is eligible for and claims the federal tax credit for expenses
for household and dependent care services may claim the same amount as a
nonrefundable credit on his or her Wisconsin income tax return. Under the bill, the
Wisconsin credit may not be claimed by a part-year resident or nonresident of this
state.

Under current law, DOT provides state aid payments to local public bodies in
urban areas served by mass transit systems to assist the local public bodies with the
expenses of operating those systems. This bill increases the total amount of state aid
payments for mass transit systems serving urban areas having a population of less
than 50,000 to $5,707,800 in calendar year 2020 and thereafter.

This bill requires DCF to prepare and transmit to the governor and the
legislature an annual report on the number of children in out-of-home care in the
previous year who have experienced adverse childhood experiences. Under current
law, a child may be placed in out-of-home care, such as in a foster home, the home
of a guardian or relative other than a parent, or a group home, if a court assigned to
exercise jurisdiction under the Children's Code finds the child to be in need of
protection or services.

This bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
to allocate $50,000 each fiscal year for the Institute for Research on Poverty at the
UW-Madison to study and provide an annual report to the public on poverty in this
state.

SB467,6,32 16.03 (2) (d) No later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, do all of the
3following:

SB467,6,44 1. Review all of the state's housing and homelessness-related programs.

SB467,6,105 2. Identify ways in which the departments of administration, children and
6families, health services, public instruction, workforce development, and veterans
7affairs and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority can
8increase access to services for homeless individuals and families, including
9individuals who are included in the category of homeless children and youths, as
10defined in 42 USC 11434a (2).

SB467,7,211 3. Advise each of the departments specified in subd. 2. and the Wisconsin
12Housing and Economic Development Authority to revise any policy or practice of the

1department or authority that the council determines impedes homeless individuals
2and families from obtaining services.

SB467,7,124 16.306 (2) (a) From the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.505 (7) (fk)
5and (fm), the department may award a grant to an eligible applicant for the purpose
6of providing housing and associated supportive services to homeless individuals and
7families to facilitate their movement to independent living if the conditions under
8par. (b) are satisfied. The department shall ensure that the funds for the grants are
9reasonably balanced among geographic areas of the state that correspond to the
10geographic areas served by each continuum of care organization designated by the
11federal department of housing and urban development, consistent with the quality
12of applications submitted award grants under this paragraph on a competitive basis.

SB467,7,1814 16.3085 (2) (b) 2. Employment-related services, including connecting parents
15who are job training graduates or who have a recent work history with their local
16workforce development board established under 29 USC 2832 3122 and assisting
17them with using the job center website maintained by the department of workforce
18development.

SB467,4 19Section 4. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
20the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table