AB 140

Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) and the

Department of Children and Families (DCF) administer a number of programs that

are commonly known as public assistance programs. Examples include Wisconsin

Works; Medical Assistance; FoodShare; the programs that provide state

supplemental payments to persons receiving federal supplemental security income;

and the disease aids program that provides assistance in paying the costs of medical

treatment for eligible persons with cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, or chronic renal

disease. Also under current law, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD)

administers the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program, under which eligible

individuals who become unemployed or who experience a reduction in work hours

may receive UI benefits.

This bill directs the Department of Administration (DOA), with the assistance

of DHS, DCF, and DWD, to create a system that: 1) identifies every individual or

family in this state who receives any benefits, defined in the bill as public assistance

benefits and UI benefits; 2) tabulates the total amount of benefits received in a year

by each such individual or family; and 3) generates a detailed statement showing the

types and monetary value of all benefits received by the individual or family in a year.

By no later than March 31 of each year, DOA must send the detailed statement for

the preceding year to each individual or family who received benefits.