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145.397 (2) (c) The veteran is unemployed, underemployed, as defined by
2administrative rule, or has received a notice of termination of employment.

AB150,811,195 45.43 (7) (b) (intro.) The department shall award a grant not exceeding $5,000
6annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this subsection and
7employs a county veterans' service officer who, if chosen after August 9, 1989, is
8chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the
9position of county veterans' service officer developed and administered by the
10division of merit recruitment and selection in the department of employment
11relations, or is appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure
12under ch. 63 or s. 59.07 (20). An eligible county may receive a basic award and a
13production incentive award. The department shall promulgate rules establishing
14the criteria and formula for payment of a production incentive award. An eligible
15county initially applying for a grant after August 9, 1989, the effective date of this
16paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], shall be eligible for an initial grant for the first
17year not exceeding $1,000, an annual grant for the next year not exceeding $3,000
18and any subsequent annual grant not exceeding $5,000. a basic award, based on the
19population of the county, as follows:

AB150,811,2121 45.43 (7) (b) 1. For a county with a population under 20,000, $8,500.

AB150,811,2323 45.43 (7) (b) 2. For a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $10,000.

AB150,811,2525 45.43 (7) (b) 3. For a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, $11,500.

AB150,812,22 45.43 (7) (b) 4. For a county with a population of 75,000 or more, $13,000.

AB150,812,6 546.011 Definitions. (intro.) In chs. 46 to, 48, 50, 51, 55 and 58 , unless the
6context requires otherwise:

AB150,812,12 846.016 Cooperation with federal government. The department may
9cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public
10assistance, social security, child welfare and youth services, youth corrections,
11mental hygiene, services for the blind, vocational rehabilitation, and in other
12matters of mutual concern pertaining to public welfare.

AB150,812,19 1546.02 Agency powers and duties. Any institution which is subject to chs.
1646, 48 to 51, 55 and 58 and to regulation under ch. 150 shall, in cases of conflict
17between chs. 46, 48 to 51, 55 and 58 and ch. 150, be governed by ch. 150. The
18department shall promulgate rules and establish procedures for resolving any such
19controversy.

AB150,813,722 46.03 (7) (a) Promote the enforcement of laws for the protection of
23developmentally disabled children, delinquent children, children in need of

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1protection or services and nonmarital children; and to this end cooperate with courts
2assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. 48 and licensed child welfare agencies and
3institutions (public and private) and take the initiative in all matters involving the
4interests of such children where adequate provision therefor has not already been
5made, including the establishment and enforcement of standards for services
6provided under ss. 48.34 and 48.345, other than services provided by the department
7of corrections under s. 48.34 (4g).

AB150,813,139 46.03 (7) (e) Administer the juvenile offender review program in the division
10of youth services in the department. The program shall be responsible for decisions
11regarding case planning and the release of juvenile offenders from juvenile
12correctional institutions operated by the department to aftercare and corrective
13sanctions placements.

AB150,813,2015 46.03 (7m) Foster care. For the In each federal fiscal years commencing
16October 1, 1994, and October 1, 1995 year, ensure that there are no more than 2,200
17children in foster care and treatment foster care placements for more than 24
18months, consistent with the best interests of each child. Services provided in
19connection with this requirement shall comply with the requirements under P.L.
2096-272.

AB150,813,2423 103.005 (17) Administer The department shall administer those programs of
24public assistance, as provided in that are specified in subch. III of ch. 49.

AB150,814,183 46.03 (18) (a) Except as provided in s. ss. 46.10 (14) (b) and (c) and 301.12, the
4department of health and social services shall establish a uniform system of fees for
5services provided or purchased by the department of health and social services, the
6department of corrections or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42 or
751.437, except for services provided under subch. III of ch. 49; services relating to
8adoption, or; services provided to courts , for provision of child support and paternity
9establishment services to recipients of aid to families with dependent children or for;
10outreach, information and referral services,; or where, as determined by the
11department of health and social services, a fee is administratively unfeasible or
12would significantly prevent accomplishing the purpose of the service. A county
13department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42 or 51.437 shall apply the fees which it
14collects under this program to cover the cost of such services. The department of
15health and social services shall report to the joint committee on finance no later than
16March 1 of each year on the number of children placed for adoption by the
17department of health and social services during the previous year and the costs to
18the state for services relating to such adoptions.

AB150,815,320 46.03 (20) (a) The Except for payments provided under subch. III of ch. 49, the
21department may make payments directly to recipients of public assistance or to such
22persons authorized to receive such payments in accordance with law and rules of the

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1department on behalf of the counties. The Except for payments provided under
2subch. III of ch. 49, the department may charge the counties for the cost of operating
3public assistance systems which make such payments.

AB150,815,65 46.03 (20) (d) The department shall disburse from state or federal funds or both
6the entire amount and charge the county for its share under s. 49.52 46.495.

AB150,815,139 49.32 (3) Uniform manual. Adopt The department shall adopt policies and
10procedures and a uniform county policy and procedure manual to minimize
11unnecessary variations between counties in the administration of the aid to families
12with dependent children program. The department shall also require each county
13to use the manual in the administration of the program.

AB150,815,1716 49.32 (4) Employment of aid recipients. Assist The department shall assist
17state agencies in efforts under s. 230.147 to employ recipients of aid under s. 49.19.

AB150,815,2520 49.32 (5) Employment and training and education manual. In conjunction
21with the department of industry, labor and human relations, produce The
22department shall produce a manual describing employment and training and
23education programs for which recipients of public assistance benefits under ch. 49
24this subchapter may qualify. The department shall distribute the manual, free of
25charge, to each county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23.

AB150,816,142 46.03 (38) Welfare reform studies. Request proposals from persons in this
3state for studies of the effectiveness of various program changes, referred to as
4welfare reform, to the aid to families with dependent children program and the
5medical assistance program, including the requirement that certain recipients of aid
6to families with dependent children with children under age 6 participate in training
7programs, the requirement learnfare program under s. 49.50 (7) (g) that certain
8teenage recipients of aid to families with dependent children remain in school, the
9modification of the earned income disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (am) and the extension
10of medical assistance benefits under ss. 49.46 (1) (co) and 49.47 (4) (am). The studies
11shall evaluate the effectiveness of the various efforts, including their
12cost-effectiveness, in helping individuals gain independence through the securing
13of jobs, the availability of health insurance coverage and providing financial
14incentives and in identifying barriers to independence.

AB150,817,317 46.03 (38) Welfare reform studies. Request proposals from persons in this
18state for studies of the effectiveness of various program changes, referred to as
19welfare reform, to the aid to families with dependent children program and the
20medical assistance program, including the requirement that certain recipients of aid
21to families with dependent children with children under age 6 participate in training
22programs, the learnfare program under s. 49.50 (7), the modification of the earned
23income disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (am) and the extension of medical assistance
24benefits under ss. 49.46 (1) (co) and 49.47 (4) (am). The studies shall evaluate the
25effectiveness of the various efforts, including their cost-effectiveness, in helping

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1individuals gain independence through the securing of jobs, the availability of health
2insurance coverage and providing financial incentives and in identifying barriers to
3independence.

AB150,817,115 46.031 (2g) (b) The department may not approve contracts for amounts in
6excess of available revenues. The county board of supervisors in a county with a
7single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a
8multicounty department may appropriate funds not used to match state funds under
9ss. 49.52 (1) 46.495 (1) (d) and 51.423. Actual expenditure of county funds shall be
10reported in compliance with procedures developed by the department, and shall
11comply with standards guaranteeing quality of care comparable to similar facilities.

AB150,817,23 1446.032 Income maintenance administration. County departments under
15ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 shall annually enter into a contract with the department
16detailing the reasonable cost of administering the income maintenance programs
17under ss. 49.046, 49.19, 49.45 to 49.47 and 49.50 (7) and the food stamp program
18under 7 USC 2011 to 2029 when so appointed by the department. Contracts created
19under this section control the distribution of payments under s. 20.435 (4) (de) and
20(nL) in accordance with the reimbursement method established under s. 49.52 (1)
21(ad). The department may reduce its payment to any county under s. 20.435 (4) (de)
22and (nL) if federal reimbursement is withheld due to audits, quality control samples
23or program reviews.

AB150,818,123 49.33 (2) (title) Contracts. County departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and
446.23 shall annually enter into a contract with the department detailing the
5reasonable cost of administering the income maintenance programs under ss. 49.19,
649.26 (1) and 49.45 to 49.47 and 49.50 (7) and the food stamp program under 7 USC
72011 to 2029 when so appointed by the department. Contracts created under this
8section control the distribution of payments under s. 20.435 (4) 20.445 (3) (de) and
9(nL) in accordance with the reimbursement method established under s. 49.52 (1)
10(ad) 49.33 (8). The department may reduce its payment to any county under s. 20.435
11(4) 20.445 (3) (de) and (nL) if federal reimbursement is withheld due to audits,
12quality control samples or program reviews.

AB150,818,1916 46.033 (1) (a) "Income maintenance program" means relief of needy Indian
17persons under s. 49.046, aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19,
18medical assistance under ss. 49.45 to 49.47 or the food stamp program under 7 USC
192011 to 2029.

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149.33 (1) (b) "Income maintenance program" means aid to families with
2dependent children under s. 49.19, medical assistance under ss. 49.45 to 49.47 subch.
3IV of ch. 49 or the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2029.

AB150,819,167 46.036 (1) All care and services purchased by the department or by a county
8department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 shall be authorized and
9contracted for under the standards established under this section. The department
10may require the county departments to submit the contracts to the department for
11review and approval. For purchases of $10,000 or less the requirement for a written
12contract may be waived by the department. No contract is required for care provided
13by foster homes or treatment foster homes that are required to be licensed under s.
1448.62. When the department directly contracts for services, it shall follow the
15procedures in this section in addition to meeting purchasing requirements
16established in s. 16.75.

AB150,820,519 46.036 (1) All care and services purchased by the department or by a county
20department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437, except as provided under
21subch. III of ch. 49, shall be authorized and contracted for under the standards
22established under this section. The department may require the county departments
23to submit the contracts to the department for review and approval. For purchases

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1of $10,000 or less the requirement for a written contract may be waived by the
2department. No contract is required for care provided by foster homes or treatment
3foster homes that are required to be licensed under s. 48.62. When the department
4directly contracts for services, it shall follow the procedures in this section in addition
5to meeting purchasing requirements established in s. 16.75.

AB150,820,137 46.041 (1) (a) Provide for the temporary residence and evaluation of children
8referred from courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. 48, the institutions
9and services under the jurisdiction of the department, university of Wisconsin
10hospital and clinics University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, county
11departments under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, private child welfare agencies, schools
12for the deaf and visually handicapped, and mental health facilities within the state
13at the discretion of the superintendent.

AB150,821,4 16301.20 Training school for delinquent boys. The department, with the
17approval of the governor, may purchase or accept a gift of land for a suitable site for
18an additional training school for delinquent boys and erect and equip such buildings
19as it deems necessary at such time as funds may be allocated for that purpose by the
20building commission. The training school or other additional facilities for delinquent
21boys financed by the authorized 1965-67 building program shall be located north of
22a line between La Crosse and Manitowoc. The department shall operate and
23maintain the institution for the treatment of delinquent boys who are placed in a

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1secured correctional facility under s. 48.34 (4m) under the supervision of the
2department under s. 48.34 (4g). All laws pertaining to the care of children received
3under s. 48.34 shall apply. Officers and employes of the institution are subject to the
4same laws as apply to other facilities described in s. 48.52 48.557.

AB150,822,97 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person,
8including but not limited to a person admitted, committed or placed under s. 975.01,
91977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., and s. 975.17, 1977 stats., and ss. 48.34 (4m),
1048.357 (4) and (5) (e), 48.366, 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45
11(10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.06, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06,
12receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any institution in
13this state including university of Wisconsin hospital and clinics University of
14Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of
15the person's care, maintenance, services and supplies, any person receiving care and
16services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a
17facility established under s. 49.175, and any person receiving treatment and services
18from a public or private agency under s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e), 980.06 (2) (c) or 980.08
19(5) and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse
20of the person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and,
21in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
22including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
23(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
24order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
25the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of

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1adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
2be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services and supplies in accordance
3with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse,
4widow or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the
5property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and
6estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The
7department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon
8as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt
9thereof is not a condition of liability.

AB150,823,1412 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person,
13including but not limited to a person admitted, committed or placed under s. 975.01,
141977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., and s. 975.17, 1977 stats., and ss. 48.34 (4m),
1548.357 (4) and (5) (e), 48.366, 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45
16(10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.06, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06,
17receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any institution in
18this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state
19is chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services and
20supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department
21established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established under s. 49.175
2249.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private
23agency under s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e), 980.06 (2) (c) or 980.08 (5) and the person's
24property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the
25spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor

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1child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their
2homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became
3dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting
4his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a
5foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and
6his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the
7cost of the care, maintenance, services and supplies in accordance with the fee
8schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow or
9minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for
10their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from
11the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department
12shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible
13after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not
14a condition of liability.

AB150,824,2 1646.175 County institutions: minimum standards. Notwithstanding any
17other provision of law, any county currently operating an institution established
18under s. 49.14, 49.16, 49.171, 49.70, 49.71, 49.72, 51.08 or 51.09 may, by resolution
19of the county board, designate such institution or distinct part of such institution as
20a facility to be operated under s. 50.02, 50.03 or 50.33. Any county institution or part
21thereof, where so designated, shall be required to meet those licensure standards
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1designation under this section may be made only if such designation will not result
2in any additional cost to the state.

AB150,824,134 46.18 (13) Building reserve fund. The county board shall maintain as a
5segregated cash reserve an annual charge of 2% of the original cost of new
6construction or purchase or of the appraised value of existing infirmary structures
7and equipment. If the infirmary or any of its equipment is replaced, any net cost of
8replacement in excess of the original cost is subject to an annual charge of 2%. No
9contributions to the cash reserve in excess of the amount required under this
10subsection may be included in the calculation under s. 49.173 (1) 49.726 (1). The
11county board may from time to time appropriate from such reserve sums to be
12expended solely for the enlargement, modernization or replacement of such
13infirmary and its equipment.

AB150,824,22 1546.206 (title) Welfare Social services; supervisory functions of state
16department. (1) (a) The department shall supervise the administration of social
17services and aid to families with dependent children, including related employment
18and training programs, except as provided under subch. III of ch. 49. The
19department shall submit to the federal authorities state plans for the administration
20of social services and aid under s. 49.19, except as provided under subch. III of ch.
2149, in such form and containing such information as the federal authorities require,
22and shall comply with all requirements prescribed to ensure their correctness.

AB150,825,423 (b) All records of the department and all county records relating to social
24services, aid to families with dependent children and aid under s. 49.18, 1971 stats.,
25s. 49.20, 1971 stats., and s. 49.61, 1971 stats., as affected by chapter 90, laws of 1973,

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1shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized representatives of
2the federal government. Notwithstanding s. 48.396 (2), all county records relating
3to the administration of such the services and public assistance shall be open to
4inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized representatives of the department.

AB150,825,165 (bm) All records of the department relating to aid provided under s. 49.177,
649.19, 49.46, 49.465, 49.468 or, 49.47 or 49.77 are open to inspection at reasonable
7hours by members of the legislature who require the information contained in the
8records in pursuit of a specific state legislative purpose. All records of any county
9relating to aid provided under s. 49.177, 49.19, 49.46, 49.465, 49.468 or, 49.47 or
1049.77 are open to inspection at reasonable hours by members of the board of
11supervisors of the county or the governing body of a city, village or town located in
12the county who require the information contained in the records in pursuit of a
13specific county or municipal legislative purpose. The right to records access provided
14by this paragraph does not apply if access is prohibited by federal law or regulation
15or if this state is required to prohibit such access as a condition precedent to
16participation in a federal program in which this state participates.