AB 6 — Relating to: payments based on performance for Wisconsin Works and FoodShare employment and training program contractors. (FE)

- 2018 LEGISLATURE LRB-5217/1LRB-5544/1 TJD/EAW/SWB:emw January 2018 Special Session TJD&EAW:aheENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 6 JanuaryFebruary 26,16, 2018 - IntroducedPrinted by Cdirection OMMITTEEENATE ONCHIEF ACLERK. SSEMBLY O RGANIZATION, Representatives VOS, FELZKOWSKI , THIESFELDT, S ANFELIPPO, T USLER, PETERSEN , D UCHOW , PETRYK , K UGLITSCH, T ITT, H ORLACHER, KNODL , BRANDTJEN , M URPHY, W ICHGERS, BERNIER, KRUG , KLEEFISCH, ROHRKASTE , K ATSMA, KREMER and S WEARINGEN , cosponsored by Senators K APENGA , D ARLING, EM AHIEU, NASS, TROEBEL , ESTINand W ANGGAARD , by request of Governor Scott Walker.

Referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform.

to amend 49.143section (3)1m (title);.

and to create 49.143 (3) (b)(title); and 49.79 (9) (f) of the statutes;

and to create 20.435 (4) (bt), 49.143 (3) (b), 49.79 (7r) and 49.79 (9) (f) of the statutes;

payments based on performance for Wisconsin Works and FoodShare employment and training program contractors.contractors and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau ThisEngrossment billinformation: requires the Department of Health Services to create and implement a payment system based on performance for entities that perform administrative functions for the FoodShare employment and training program, known as FSET.

The text of Engrossed January 2018 Special Session Assembly Bill 6 consists of the following documents adopted in the assembly on February 15, 2018:

the bill as affected by Assembly Amendment 1.

The text also includes the February 16, 2018, chief clerk's correction to January 2018 Special Session Assembly Bill 6.

Content of Engrossed January 2018 Special Session Assembly Bill 6:

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to create and implement a payment system based on performance for entities that perform administrative functions for the FoodShare employment and training program, known as FSET.

Under- current2018 law,Legislature the- Department2 of- ChildrenLRB-5544/1 andJan. Families is required to consider certain criteria for performance bonuses for Wisconsin Works agencies.

2018 Spec.

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TJD/EAW/SWB:emw ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 6 Under current law, the Department of Children and Families is required to consider certain criteria for performance bonuses for Wisconsin Works agencies.

-This 2018bill Legislaturerequires -DHS 2to -establish LRB-5217/1and Jan.implement a pilot program to provide discounts to certain households that are eligible for FoodShare benefits with discounts on fresh produce and other healthy foods.

Under the bill, DHS must seek proposals from entities to administer the healthy eating incentive pilot program through DHS's request-for-proposal procedures and according to criteria developed by DHS.

DHS must then choose an applicant with which to contract and the chosen applicant must administer the program, including managing all financial transactions between and among participants, retailers, food manufacturers, and DHS and also establishing an adequate network of participating retailers to effectively conduct the program.

In addition, under the bill, DHS is required to contract with an independent research entity to conduct a study of the program.

DHS must identify a certain number of participants in the program to provide food purchase, nutritional, and health data to the research entity.

The research entity must then analyze the efficacy of the pilot program in affecting food purchases and the health of participating families.

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

S ECTION 1g.

20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes:

at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

2017-18 2018-19 20.435 Health services, department of (4) M EDICAID SERVICES (bt) Healthy eating incentive pilot program GPR C 425,000 -0- S ECTION 1k.

20.435 (4) (bt) of the statutes is created to read:

20.435 (4) (bt) Healthy eating incentive pilot program.

As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to contract with an entity to administer LRB-5544/1 - 2018 Legislature - 3 - TJD/EAW/SWB:emw Jan.

TJD&EAW:aheS ECTION1k ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 6 For further information see the statehealthy fiscaleating estimate,incentive whichprogram willunder bes. printed as an appendix to this bill.

The49.79 people(7r). of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SNo ECTIONmoneys 1.may be expended under this paragraph after December 31, 2019, except for moneys encumbered on or before that date.

SECTION 1m .

49.143 (3) (title)ERFORMANCE(titleERFORMANCE STANDARDS, PERFORMANCE-BASED PAYMENTS, AND BONUSES.

SSECTION ECTION 2.

49.143 (3) (a) (intro.) The department shall establish performance standards for the administration of Wisconsin worksorks.workWorks.

SSECTION ECTION 3.

SSECTION ECTION 4.

49.143 (3) (c) The department shall base any performance bonus calculation that it makes for Wisconsin worksksworks Works agencies on all of the following performance criteria: