Wisconsin AB 4: Relating to: child care record keeping and eligibility for child care subsidies (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Children and Families). (FE)

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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE

2017 Assembly BILL 4

January 12, 2017 - Introduced by Representative Ott, by request of Department 
of Children and Families. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AB4,1,5
1An Act to repeal 49.155 (6) (e) 2.; 
to renumber and amend 49.155 (6m); and 
2to amend 49.155 (1m) (a) 2. and 49.155 (6) (e) 3. (intro.) of the statutes; 
3relating to: child care record keeping and eligibility for child care subsidies 
4(suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Children and 
5Families).

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill makes changes to the Wisconsin Shares program related to record 
keeping, eligibility requirements, and maximum payment rates for child care 
providers. Wisconsin Shares is part of the Wisconsin Works (W-2) program under 
current law, which the Department of Children and Families administers and which 
provides work experience and benefits for low-income custodial parents who are at 
least 18 years old. Under current law, an individual who is the parent of a child under 
the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled, under the age of 19 may receive a child care 
subsidy under Wisconsin Shares if the individual needs child care services to 
participate in various educational or work activities and satisfies other eligibility 
criteria. Work activities for which an individual may be eligible for a child care 
subsidy include work in an unsubsidized job; work in a W-2 employment position, 
which is subsidized; and participation in a work experience component of the food 
stamp program, which is also subsidized. This bill expands the work activities for 
which an individual may be eligible for a child care subsidy to include work in any 
job.

Current law requires DCF to establish maximum payment rates for licensed 
child care services provided under Wisconsin Shares and prohibits DCF from 
increasing the maximum payment rates for child care providers before June 30, 
2013. This bill removes that prohibition because it is obsolete.

This bill also moves child care provider record-keeping requirements from the 
section of the statutes governing Wisconsin Shares to the subchapter of the statutes 
governing child care providers generally. The bill keeps the current requirement for 
child care providers to retain attendance records for at least three years after the 
child's last day of attendance but eliminates a reference to whether or not the 
provider receives or is eligible to receive child care subsidies.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as 
an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do 
enact as follows:

AB4,1

1Section 
1. 49.155 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB4,2,32
49.155 (1m) (a) 2. Work in an unsubsidized a job, including training provided 
3by an employer during the regular hours of employment.

AB4,2

4Section 
2. 49.155 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB4,3

5Section 
3. 49.1