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WI AB1008
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/6/2026
Primary Sponsor
Jill Billings
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AI Summary
- Amends the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program to replace references to "a relative" with "an individual" throughout relevant statutes
- Conforms Wisconsin Shares language to 2023 Wisconsin Act 119, which extended kinship care eligibility to "like-kin" (individuals with significant emotional relationships to a child similar to family bonds)
- "Like-kin" includes non-relatives who are not and have not been the child's licensed foster parent, and for Indian children includes individuals identified by tribal tradition, custom, or law
- Updates eligibility provisions for child care subsidies when individuals provide care under court order and receive kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n)
- Extends Medicaid eligibility provisions for children living with like-kin caregivers receiving kinship care payments when no other insurance is available
Legislative Description
References to like-kin under the Wisconsin Shares program.
Last Action
Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families
2/6/2026
Committee Referrals
Children and Families2/6/2026
Full Bill Text
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