| 1 | | - | Date of enactment: March 14, 2024 |
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| 2 | | - | 2023 Senate Bill 381 Date of publication*: March 15, 2024 |
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| 3 | | - | 2023 WISCONSIN ACT 118 |
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| 4 | | - | AN ACT to amend 48.84 (2g) (a) of the statutes; relating to: preadoption training formats. |
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| 5 | | - | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in |
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| 6 | | - | senate and assembly, do enact as follows: |
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| 7 | | - | SECTION 1. 48.84 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended |
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| 8 | | - | to read: |
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| 9 | | - | 48.84 (2g) (a) At least 6 hours of training that is pro- |
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| 10 | | - | vided in person or through a live videoconference ses- |
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| 11 | | - | sion, either individually or in a group. |
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| 12 | | - | * Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s |
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| 13 | | - | partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” |
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| 1 | + | LRB-2386/1 |
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| 2 | + | EHS:amn |
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| 3 | + | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | + | 2023 SENATE BILL 381 |
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| 5 | + | August 9, 2023 - Introduced by Senators CABRAL-GUEVARA, L. JOHNSON, JACQUE, |
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| 6 | + | SPREITZER and TOMCZYK, cosponsored by Representatives TITTL, SNODGRASS, |
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| 7 | + | TUSLER, ANDRACA, ARMSTRONG, BALDEH, BILLINGS, BINSFELD, BRANDTJEN, |
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| 8 | + | CONSIDINE, JOERS, KITCHENS, MAXEY, MOORE OMOKUNDE, O'CONNOR, OHNSTAD, |
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| 9 | + | ORTIZ-VELEZ, STUBBS and WICHGERS. Referred to Committee on Mental |
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| 10 | + | Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families. |
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| 11 | + | AN ACT to amend 48.84 (2g) (a) of the statutes; relating to: preadoption training |
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| 12 | + | formats. |
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| 13 | + | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | + | Under current law, a proposed adoptive parent must complete 25 hours of |
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| 15 | + | preadoption training. Of these 25 hours, six hours must be completed in person and |
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| 16 | + | six hours must be targeted toward the specific needs of the child to be adopted. This |
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| 17 | + | bill allows adoptive parents to complete the in-person training requirements |
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| 18 | + | through a live videoconference. |
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| 19 | + | For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be |
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| 20 | + | printed as an appendix to this bill. |
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| 21 | + | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 22 | + | enact as follows: |
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| 23 | + | SECTION 1. 48.84 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 24 | + | 48.84 (2g) (a) At least 6 hours of training that is provided in person or through |
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| 25 | + | a live videoconference session, either individually or in a group. |
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| 26 | + | (END) |
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