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WI Stat § 46.81 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.81 - Benefit specialist program.

46.81  Benefit specialist program. (1) In this section:(a) “Aging unit" means an aging unit director and necessary personnel, directed by a county commission on aging and organized as one of the following:1. An agency of county government with the primary purpose of administering programs of services for older individuals of the county.2. A unit, within a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, with the primary purpose of administering programs of services for older individuals of the county.3. A private corporation that is organized under ch. 181 and that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17).(b) “Area agency on aging" means the agency designated under 42 USC 3025 (a) (2) (A).(c) “Older individual" means an individual who is 60 years of age or older. (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (dh), the department shall allocate $2,298,400 in each fiscal year to aging units to provide benefit specialist services for older individuals. The department shall ensure that each aging unit receives funds and shall take into account the proportion of the state's population of low-income older individuals who reside in a county. (3) An aging unit shall use the funds allocated under sub. (2) and federal funds designated for the purpose to provide benefit specialist services to older individuals. Aging units may also use other funds to provide benefit specialist services. (4) Benefit specialists shall offer information, advice and assistance to older individuals related to individual eligibility for, and problems with, public benefits and services and to health care financing, insurance, housing and other financial and consumer concerns. Benefit specialists shall refer older individuals in need of legal representation to the private bar or other available legal resources. (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (dh) the department shall allocate $182,500 in each fiscal year to area agencies on aging. Each area agency on aging shall use the funds for training, supervision and legal back-up services for benefit specialists within its area.History:  1987 a. 27, 399; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39, 235, 269, 315; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 41, 79; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 25; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 46.856 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.856 - Alzheimer's disease; training and information grants.

46.856  Alzheimer's disease; training and information grants. (1) In this section:(a) “Private nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19).(b) “Public agency" means a county, city, village, town or school district or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town or school district. (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (bg), the department shall award a grant to at least one public agency or private nonprofit organization to do all of the following:(a) Provide training and technical assistance to the staff of county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23, to the staff of administering agencies designated under s. 46.87 (3) (c) or (d) and to other providers of services to persons with Alzheimer's disease, as defined in s. 46.87 (1) (a). (b) Determine the need for and create appropriate services to persons with Alzheimer's disease in coordination with local agencies and service providers.(c) Collect and disseminate information on Alzheimer's disease, coordinate public awareness activities related to the disease and advise the department on public policy issues concerning the disease.History:  1995 a. 464; 1999 a. 9; 2015 a. 273; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 46.94 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.94 - Referral system for community-based services.

46.94  Referral system for community-based services. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fe), the department shall provide grants to a nonprofit organization to operate a statewide Internet site and telephone-based system to provide information on and referrals to community-based services, advocacy in accessing services, connection to crisis intervention, and follow-up contact. As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, the nonprofit organization shall agree to allocate moneys for promoting and marketing the system to make the public aware of its existence and purposes.History:  2017 a. 250.
WI Stat § 46.972 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.972 - Primary health for homeless individuals.

46.972  Primary health for homeless individuals. (1) In this subsection, “primary health services" has the meaning given in 42 USC 254c (b) (1). (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (ce), the department shall award up to $125,000 in each fiscal year as grants to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing primary health services and any other services that may be funded by the program under 42 USC 256 to homeless individuals. Entities that receive funds awarded by the department under this paragraph shall provide the primary health services as required under 42 USC 256 (f). The department may award to an applying entity up to 100 percent of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 256 (e).History:  1989. a. 31; 1991 a. 39, 189; 1993 a. 16; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 25; 2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 46.975 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.975 - Grant and funding program; services related to alcohol and other drug abuse.

46.975  Grant and funding program; services related to alcohol and other drug abuse. (1) Definition. In this section, “organization" means a nonprofit corporation or a public agency that proposes to provide services for individuals with alcohol or other drug abuse problems. (2)  Distribution of funds. The department shall allocate funds for programs as follows:(a) The department shall make grants to applying community-based organizations to provide in-home and community-based alcohol and other drug abuse intervention, treatment or family support services directed at low-income Hispanics and Black Americans in urban areas and make funds available to any of the federally recognized tribal governing bodies in this state to increase the capacity of reservations to provide outpatient, intervention, treatment or family support services for alcohol and other drug abusers.(b) The department shall make a grant to an applying organization to implement an alcohol and other drug abuse treatment program which meets the special needs of women with alcohol or other drug abuse problems.(c) The department shall make grants to applying organizations for the purpose of organizing community initiatives to combat alcohol and other drug abuse in youth.History:  1987 a. 339.
WI Stat § 46.977 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.977 - Guardianship grants.

46.977  Guardianship grants. (1) Definitions. In this section:(a) “Guardian" has the meaning given in s. 54.01 (10).(b) “Organization" means a private, nonprofit agency or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437. (2)  Grant applications and awards. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cg), the department may under this section, based on the criteria under par. (c), award grants to applying organizations for the purpose of training and assisting guardians for individuals found incompetent under ch. 54. No grant may be paid unless the awardee provides matching funds equal to 10 percent of the amount of the award.(b) Organizations awarded grants under par. (a) shall do all of the following:2. Provide training and technical assistance on guardianship issues.4. Provide technical assistance to recruited guardians in performing their duties.(c) In reviewing applications for grants, the department shall consider the extent to which the proposed program will effectively train and assist guardians for individuals found incompetent under ch. 54.History:  1987 a. 368; 1989 a. 31; 1995 a. 27, 464; 2005 a. 25, 387; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 46.99 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.99 - Medical assistance waiver for Birth to 3 participants.

46.99  Medical assistance waiver for Birth to 3 participants. (1) In this section, “medical assistance" means the program under subch. IV of ch. 49. (2) The department shall request from the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human services a waiver under 42 USC 1396n (c) that authorizes the provision of home or community-based services under medical assistance to children who are eligible for medical assistance and receive early intervention services under s. 51.44. (3) If the waiver requested under sub. (2) is granted, counties shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of costs for medical assistance services provided under the waiver. Counties may use moneys appropriated under s. 20.435 (7) (bt) and distributed to counties under s. 51.44 (3) (a) to provide the nonfederal share of medical assistance costs.  (3m) If the waiver requested under sub. (2) is granted, counties shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost incurred by an entity to administer the waiver program under this section.  (4) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (o), the department may distribute to counties that provide services under this section the amount of federal moneys received by the state as the federal share of medical assistance for those services, minus the amount transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (im) for the department's costs of administering this section. Counties shall use moneys distributed under this section to provide services under this section or s. 51.44. History:  2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 46.995 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.995 - Disabled children's long-term support program; local funding.

46.995  Disabled children's long-term support program; local funding. (1) A county shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost incurred by an entity to administer services provided without state funding under the disabled children's long-term support program for a child enrolled in the program after December 31, 2010. (2) A county shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost of services provided without state funding under the disabled children's long-term support program.  (2g) (a) The department may require a county to maintain a specified level of contribution for the disabled children's long-term support program. The department shall determine the amount of contribution that a county is required to maintain based on the historical county expenditures for the disabled children's long-term support program.(b) Beginning in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium and thereafter, counties shall cooperate with the department to determine an equitable funding methodology and county contribution mechanism for contribution for the disabled children's long-term support program under par. (a) and to ensure that county contributions determined by the department are expended for the disabled children's long-term support program in the counties. (2r) The department may contract with a county or a group of counties to deliver disabled children's long-term support program services. (3) An individual who is performing services for a person receiving long-term care benefits under any children's long-term support waiver program on a self-directed basis and who does not otherwise have worker's compensation coverage for those services is considered to be an employee of the entity that is providing financial management services for that person. History:  2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 180; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 47.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 47 - Vocational rehabilitation; specialized programs for persons with disabilities.|47.01 - Definitions.

47.01  Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Blind" means central visual acuity that does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses or a visual field that subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees. (1m) “Department" means the department of workforce development. (2) “Employability" means that the provision of vocational rehabilitation services is likely to enable an individual to obtain or retain employment consistent with his or her capacities and abilities in the competitive labor market, the practice of a profession, self-employment, homemaking, farm or family work, sheltered employment, home-based employment or other gainful work. (3) “Person with a disability" means any person who has a physical or mental disability that constitutes or results in a substantial barrier to employment and who can reasonably be expected to benefit in terms of employability from the provision of vocational rehabilitation services. (3g) “Person with a severe disability" means any person with a disability who has a severe disability that seriously limits one or more functional capacities, including mobility, communication, self-care, self-direction, work tolerance, or work skills, in terms of employability, whose vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period of time and who has one or more physical or mental disabilities determined on the basis of an evaluation of rehabilitation potential to cause comparable substantial functional limitation. (3m) “Personal assistance services" has the meaning given in 29 USC 706 (11). (5) “Visually impaired" means a loss of vision that can reasonably be expected to lead to blindness or a loss of vision that represents a barrier to employment or other major life activities. (6) “Vocational rehabilitation" means assisting a person with a disability to become capable of competing in the labor market, practicing a profession, being self-employed, raising a family and making a home, participating in sheltered employment or other gainful work.History:  1983 a. 435; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 373; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2408, 9130 (4); 1997 a. 3, 112.
WI Stat § 47.035 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 47 - Vocational rehabilitation; specialized programs for persons with disabilities.|47.035 - Fiscal agents for persons with disabilities.

47.035  Fiscal agents for persons with disabilities. (1) Except as authorized in sub. (2) if an individual receives direct funding for personal assistance services that are provided to the individual under s. 47.02 (6) (c), and the services are provided through a county department of human services or social services or an aging unit, the county department or aging unit through which the services are provided shall serve directly as a fiscal agent or contract with a fiscal intermediary to serve as a fiscal agent for that individual for the purposes of performing the responsibilities and protecting the interests of the individual under the unemployment insurance law. The fiscal agent under this subsection is responsible for remitting any federal unemployment compensation taxes or state unemployment insurance contributions owed by the individual, including any interest and penalties which are owed by the individual; for serving as the representative of the individual in any investigation, meeting, hearing or appeal involving ch. 108 or the federal unemployment tax act (26 USC 3301 to 3311) in which the individual is a party; and for receiving, reviewing, completing and returning all forms, reports and other documents required under ch. 108 or the federal unemployment tax act on behalf of the individual. (2) An individual may make an informed, knowing and voluntary election to waive the right to a fiscal agent under sub. (1). The waiver may be as to all or any portion of the fiscal agent's responsibilities. The waiver may be rescinded in whole or in part at any time.History:  1993 a. 373; 1997 a. 39, 112; 1999 a. 82.
WI Stat § 47.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 47 - Vocational rehabilitation; specialized programs for persons with disabilities.|47.04 - Contractual services.

47.04  Contractual services. The department may contract with nongovernmental agencies to provide the agencies vocational rehabilitation services.History:  1985 a. 29.
WI Stat § 47.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 47 - Vocational rehabilitation; specialized programs for persons with disabilities.|47.07 - Project SEARCH.

47.07  Project SEARCH. (1) The department shall allocate for each fiscal year at least $250,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) for contracts entered into under this section. (2) The department may enter into contracts to provide services to persons with disabilities under the Project SEARCH program operated by the Cincinnati Children's Hospital or its successor organization.History:  2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 48.022 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.022 - Electronic filing.

48.022  Electronic filing. Section 801.18 governs the electronic filing of documents under this chapter.History:  Sup. Ct. Order No. 14-03, 2016 WI 29, 368 Wis. 2d xiii.
WI Stat § 48.023 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.023 - Guardianship.

48.023  Guardianship. Except as limited by an order of the court under s. 48.977 (5) (b) or 48.978 (6) (b) 2., a person appointed by the court to be the guardian of a child under this chapter has the duty and authority to make important decisions in matters having a permanent effect on the life and development of the child and the duty to be concerned about the child's general welfare, including but not limited to: (1) The authority to consent to marriage, enlistment in the U.S. armed forces, major medical, psychiatric and surgical treatment, and obtaining a motor vehicle operator's license. (2) The authority to represent the child in legal actions and make other decisions of substantial legal significance concerning the child but not the authority to deny the child the assistance of counsel as required by this chapter. (3) The right and duty of reasonable visitation of the child. (4) The rights and responsibilities of legal custody except when legal custody has been vested in another person or when the child is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), or 938.357 (3) or (4) or the supervision of a county department under s. 938.34 (4d), (4m), or (4n).History:  1977 c. 354; 1993 a. 385; 1995 a. 27, 77, 275, 352; 1997 a. 334; 2017 a. 185; 2019 a. 8 ss. 11, 71.A guardian may not recover for the loss of society and companionship of a ward, nor may the guardian bring a separate claim for costs incurred or income lost on account of injuries to the ward. Conant v. Physicians Plus Medical Group, Inc., 229 Wis. 2d 271, 600 N.W.2d 21 (Ct. App. 1999), 98-3285.A guardian has general authority to consent to medication for a ward, but may consent to psychotropic medication only in accordance with ss. 880.07 (1m) and 880.33 (4m) and (4r). The guardian's authority to consent to medication or medical treatment of any kind is not affected by an order for protective placement or services. OAG 5-99.
WI Stat § 48.027 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.027 - Child custody jurisdiction.

48.027  Child custody jurisdiction. All proceedings relating to the custody of children shall comply with the requirements of ch. 822.History:  1975 c. 283.
WI Stat § 48.029 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.029 - Pregnancy testing prohibited.

48.029  Pregnancy testing prohibited. No law enforcement agency, district attorney, corporation counsel, county department, licensed child welfare agency or other person involved in the investigation or prosecution of an allegation that an unborn child has been the victim of or is at substantial risk of abuse may, without a court order, require a person to take a pregnancy test in connection with that investigation or prosecution.History:  1997 a. 292.
WI Stat § 48.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.03 - Time and place of court; absence or disability of judge; court of record.

48.03  Time and place of court; absence or disability of judge; court of record. (1) The judge shall set apart a time and place to hold court on juvenile matters. (2) In the case of the absence or disability of the judge of a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938, another judge shall be assigned under s. 751.03 to act temporarily in the judge's place. If the judge assigned temporarily is from a circuit other than the one for which elected, the judge shall receive expenses as provided under s. 753.073.History:  1971 c. 46; 1977 c. 187 s. 135; 1977 c. 273, 449; 1989 a. 56; 1995 a. 77.
WI Stat § 48.035 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.035 - Court; Menominee and Shawano counties.

48.035  Court; Menominee and Shawano counties. Menominee County is attached to Shawano County for judicial purposes to the extent of the jurisdiction and functions of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 and the office and functions of the judge of the court, and the duly designated judge of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 of the circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties shall serve in both counties. The county boards of Menominee County and Shawano County shall enter into an agreement on administration of this section and the prorating of expenditures involved, and for such purposes the county board of supervisors of Menominee County may appropriate, levy and collect a sum each year sufficient to pay its share of the expenses. If the 2 county boards are unable to agree on the prorating of expenditure involved, then the circuit judges for the circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties shall, upon appropriate notice and hearing, determine the prorating of the expenditures on the basis of a fair allocation to each county under such procedure as they prescribe. If the circuit judges are unable to agree, the chief judge of the judicial administrative district shall make the determination.History:  1977 c. 449; 1995 a. 77.
WI Stat § 48.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.04 - Employees of court.

48.04  Employees of court. If the county contains one or more cities of the 2nd or 3rd class, the circuit judges for the county, subject to the approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, may appoint, by an instrument in writing, filed with the county clerk, a clerk of court for juvenile matters and such deputies as may be needed, who shall perform the duties of clerk and reporter of the court as directed by the judges. The clerk and deputies shall take and file the official oath and shall receive such salary as the county board of supervisors determines.History:  1977 c. 354, 449; 1985 a. 176; 1999 a. 83.