WI SB992

Amends the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program to replace references to "relative" with "individual" to align with 2023 Wisconsin Act 119, which extended kinship care eligibility to "like-kin" caregivers

"Like-kin" includes individuals with significant emotional relationships to a child or the child's family similar to familial relationships, who are not current or former licensed foster parents of the child

For Indian children, like-kin includes individuals identified by the child's tribe according to tribal tradition, custom, resolution, code, or law

Extends Wisconsin Shares eligibility to like-kin caregivers providing care under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n) or 48.62 for children under age 13 (or under 19 if disabled)

Updates Medicaid eligibility provisions so children living with like-kin caregivers receiving kinship care payments can qualify when no other insurance is available