Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 877
5	5	January 5, 2024 - Introduced by Senators JAMES, AGARD, CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN,
6	6	JACQUE, L. JOHNSON, LARSON, PFAFF, ROYS, SPREITZER, TAYLOR and WIRCH,
7	7	cosponsored by Representatives SNYDER, CONLEY, ALLEN, ANDRACA, BALDEH,
8	8	BARE, C. ANDERSON, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, DOYLE, EMERSON, GUSTAFSON, HONG,
9	9	JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, MURSAU, NEUBAUER, NOVAK, OHNSTAD,
10	10	ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RETTINGER, ROZAR, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI,
11	11	STEFFEN, STUBBS, SUMMERFIELD, VINING, SUBECK, MELOTIK and RATCLIFF.
12	12	Referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention,
13	13	Children and Families.
14	14	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
15	15	AN ACT to amend 165.93 (2) (b) (intro.), 165.93 (2) (b) 3., 165.93 (2) (c) (intro.),
16	16	165.93 (3) (intro.) and 165.96 (intro.), (2), (4), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13); and
17	17	to create 165.93 (2c) and 165.96 (16) and (17) of the statutes; relating to:
18	18	funding for victim services and domestic abuse services, training for grant
19	19	recipients, grants to child advocacy centers, and making an appropriation.
20	20	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
21	21	Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to nonprofit or
22	22	public organizations that provide services to victims of sexual assault. This bill
23	23	increases the amount for such grants by $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 and
24	24	$18,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-25. Under the bill, DOJ must also annually provide
25	25	a grant to a nonstate entity to provide ongoing training and technical assistance to
26	26	the recipients of the grants under current law in order to enhance the services to the
27	27	victims.
28	28	Under current law, the Department of Children and Families awards grants to
29	29	nonprofit or public organizations that provide domestic abuse services. This bill
30	30	increases the amount for such grants by $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 and
31	31	$18,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-25.
32	32	Under current law, DOJ must provide $17,000 in each fiscal year to specified
33	33	child advocacy centers for education, training, medical advice, and quality assurance
34	34	activities. This bill increases the amount to $150,000 in each fiscal year and changes
35	35	the purpose so that the funds are to enhance the multidisciplinary response to
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43	43	suspected child maltreatment. The bill adds two centers as recipients, the Lakeshore
44	44	Regional Child Advocacy Center in Ozaukee County and Child Advocacy Centers of
45	45	Wisconsin, and updates the names of the centers that are designated recipients
46	46	under current law.
47	47	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
48	48	an appendix to this bill.
49	49	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
50	50	enact as follows:
51	51	SECTION 1. 165.93 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
52	52	165.93 (2) (b) (intro.) An organization is eligible to apply for and receive a grant
53	53	under this section subsection if the organization meets all of the following criteria:
54	54	SECTION 2. 165.93 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
55	55	165.93 (2) (b) 3. The organization does not receive more than 70 percent of its
56	56	operating budget from grants under this section subsection.
57	57	SECTION 3. 165.93 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
58	58	165.93 (2) (c) (intro.) Whenever the department reviews applications for grants
59	59	under this section subsection, the department shall consider all of the following:
60	60	SECTION 4. 165.93 (2c) of the statutes is created to read:
61	61	165.93 (2c) GRANTS FOR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. (a) From the
62	62	appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (e), the department shall provide an annual grant
63	63	to a nonstate entity to provide ongoing training and technical assistance on a
64	64	statewide level to grant recipients under sub. (2) for the purpose of enhancing
65	65	services for sexual assault victims.
66	66	(b) An entity that receives a grant under this subsection shall report all of the
67	67	following information to the department for each fiscal year covered by the grant:
68	68	1. The total expenditures that the entity made to provide training and technical
69	69	assistance to grant recipients under sub. (2).
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93	93	2. The grant recipients to which the entity provided training and technical
94	94	assistance.
95	95	SECTION 5. 165.93 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
96	96	165.93 (3) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (intro.) An organization that receives a
97	97	grant under this section sub. (2) shall report all of the following information to the
98	98	department for each fiscal year covered by the grant:
99	99	SECTION 6. 165.96 (intro.), (2), (4), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13) of the statutes
100	100	are amended to read:
101	101	165.96 Child advocacy grants. (intro.) Beginning in fiscal year 2011-2012,
102	102	from From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (ke), the department of justice shall
103	103	in each fiscal year provide $17,000 $150,000 to each of the following child advocacy
104	104	centers for education, training, medical advice, and quality assurance activities to
105	105	enhance the multidisciplinary response to suspected child maltreatment:
106	106	(2) Child Protection Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center in Milwaukee County.
107	107	(4) Kenosha County Child Advocacy Center in Kenosha County.
108	108	(8) Child Advocacy Center of Northeastern Central Wisconsin in Marathon
109	109	County.
110	110	(9) Chippewa County Valley Child Advocacy Center in Chippewa County.
111	111	(10) A child advocacy center Willow Tree Cornerstone Child Advocacy Center
112	112	in Brown County.
113	113	(11) A child advocacy center Racine County Child Advocacy Center in Racine
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115	115	(12) A child advocacy center Walworth County Child Advocacy Center in
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117	117	(13) CHAT Room Green County Child Advocacy Center in Green County.
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144	144	SECTION 7 SENATE BILL 877
145	145	SECTION 7. 165.96 (16) and (17) of the statutes are created to read:
146	146	165.96 (16) Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center in Ozaukee County.
147	147	(17) Child Advocacy Centers of Wisconsin.
148	148	SECTION 8.0Fiscal changes.
149	149	(1) SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM SERVICES GRANTS. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3)
150	150	for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (e), the dollar
151	151	amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $7,000,000. In the schedule under s.
152	152	20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (e),
153	153	the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $18,000,000.
154	154	(2) DOMESTIC ABUSE GRANTS. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
155	155	appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (1) (cd), the
156	156	dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $7,000,000. In the schedule
157	157	under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families
158	158	under s. 20.437 (1) (cd), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by
159	159	$18,000,000.
160	160	(3) CHILD ADVOCACY GRANTS. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
161	161	appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (ke), the dollar amount
162	162	for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $1,995,000. In the schedule under s. 20.005
163	163	(3) for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (ke), the
164	164	dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $1,995,000
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