Wisconsin Legislative Council
AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: February 15, 2024 Contact: Amber Otis, Senior Staff Attorney
2023 Assembly Bill 1056 Assembly Amendment 1
BACKGROUND
Current law allows the Department of Health Services (DHS) to require counties to maintain a specified
level of contribution for the Children’s Long-Term Support (CLTS) program. DHS must determine the
amount of contribution that a county is required to maintain based on the historical county
expenditures for the CLTS program. Counties must cooperate with DHS to determine an equitable
funding methodology and county contribution mechanism, and must also ensure that the county
contributions are expended for CLTS program in the counties. In addition, current law authorizes DHS
to contract with a county or a group of counties to deliver CLTS services.
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1056
Under Assembly Bill 1056, the funding methodology described above no longer applies after December
31, 2024. Rather, the bill requires that, beginning on the bill’s effective date, DHS must cooperate with
counties to review county contributions for the CLTS program and develop a revised funding
methodology to take effect on January 1, 2025. In developing the revised funding methodology, DHS
may not require a county to maintain any level of contribution for the CLTS program.
The bill also requires that DHS, by June 1, 2024, report to certain legislative committees the amount
and source of funds that may be reallocated following implementation of the revised funding
methodology.
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1
Assembly Amendment 1 modifies the bill as follows:
Requires both DHS and the counties to cooperate in reviewing the county contributions and
developing a revised funding methodology, rather than requiring DHS to cooperate with counties,
as provided under the bill.
Extends the revised funding methodology’s effective date to July 1, 2025, rather than January 1,
2025, as provided in the bill.
Specifies that a county or group of counties that has contracted with DHS to deliver CLTS services is
responsible for completing the eligibility and enrollment process according to DHS policy.
Requires that a county or group of counties that has contracted with DHS to deliver CLTS services
designate a support and service coordinator for a participant and the participant’s family as soon as
possible after a participant is referred to the CLTS program, and further requires the coordinator to
complete a participant’s individual service plan within 90 calendar days of the date on which the
participant was referred to the CLTS program. - 2 -
BILL HISTORY
Representative Schraa offered Assembly Amendment 1 on February 13, 2024. On February 15, 2024,
the Assembly Committee on Children and Families recommended adoption of the amendment, and
passage of the bill, as amended, on votes of Ayes, 12; Noes, 0.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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