Refusal of payment to child care providers.

1. If a person subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a child care provider is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if the department provides written notice under s. 48.686 (4p) that the person is ineligible to operate, work at, or reside at the child care provider, the department or the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall refuse to allow payment to the child care provider for any child care provided under this section beginning on the date of the conviction or delinquency adjudication. 2. If a person subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a child care provider is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), the department or the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall immediately refuse to allow payment to the child care provider for any child care provided under this section until the department obtains information regarding the final disposition of the charge or delinquency petition indicating that the person is not ineligible to operate, work at, or reside at the child care provider.