| 1 | 1 | | LRB-2240/1 |
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| 2 | 2 | | EHS:klm |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 104 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 14, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SNYDER, DITTRICH, C. ANDERSON, |
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| 6 | 6 | | BALDEH, BRANDTJEN, DONOVAN, MURPHY, SUBECK, TITTL and WICHGERS, |
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| 7 | 7 | | cosponsored by Senators JACQUE, TAYLOR and SPREITZER. Referred to |
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| 8 | 8 | | Committee on Judiciary. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT relating to: expanding the Court-Appointed Special Advocate program |
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| 11 | 11 | | and making an appropriation. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | Under the existing Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program, a |
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| 14 | 14 | | CASA is an individual who is appointed by the children's court in a proceeding |
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| 15 | 15 | | relating to a child who is alleged to be in need of protection or services (CHIPS). The |
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| 16 | 16 | | CASA's role is to gather information and make observations about the child and the |
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| 17 | 17 | | child's family environment, make regular contact with the child, monitor the family's |
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| 18 | 18 | | compliance with the permanency plan and any court orders and any agency's |
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| 19 | 19 | | provision of necessary services, promote the best interest of the child, and provide |
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| 20 | 20 | | information about these observations to the court. Currently, the Wisconsin Court- |
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| 21 | 21 | | Appointed Special Advocate Association coordinates CASA programs in 13 counties. |
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| 22 | 22 | | This bill increases funding to the CASA program by $6.8 million in the 2023-24 |
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| 23 | 23 | | fiscal biennium to expand the existing CASA program, to create two new CASA |
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| 24 | 24 | | county programs in 2023, and to create two new CASA county programs in 2024. |
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| 25 | 25 | | For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be |
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| 26 | 26 | | printed as an appendix to this bill. |
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| 27 | 27 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 28 | 28 | | enact as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 1.0Fiscal changes. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 104 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES.. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for |
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| 36 | 36 | | the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (es), the dollar |
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| 37 | 37 | | amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $3,400,000 to expand court-appointed |
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| 38 | 38 | | special advocate programs as described in s. 48.07 (5). In the schedule under s. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (es), |
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| 40 | 40 | | the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $3,400,000 to expand court- |
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| 41 | 41 | | appointed special advocate programs as described in s. 48.07 (5). Funding provided |
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| 42 | 42 | | under this subsection shall be used to create court-appointed special advocate |
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| 43 | 43 | | programs in 2 counties in 2023 and 2 counties in 2024 and may be used to expand |
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| 44 | 44 | | services in any county with such a program. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2.0Effective date. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or the 2nd day after the |
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| 47 | 47 | | publication of the 2023 biennial budget act, whichever occurs later. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (END) |
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