Multicounty consortia.
(a)#
No later than 6 months after March 25, 2026, each county with a population of less than 750,000 shall participate in a multicounty consortium or a partnership with a tribal income maintenance program that is approved by the department under par. (b).
(b)#
By October 31, 2011, the department shall approve multicounty consortia. The department may not approve more than 10 multicounty consortia.
(c)#
If the department determines that a multicounty consortium does not satisfy the department’s performance requirements, the department shall assume responsibility for administering income maintenance programs in the geographical area of the multicounty consortium. The department may provide income maintenance program administration under this paragraph by contracting with another multicounty consortium or by providing the administrative services with state resources and employees.
(d)#
If the department assumes responsibility for administering income maintenance programs in the geographical area of the multicounty consortium under par. (c), any county for which the department administers income maintenance programs shall pay to the department the amount that the county expended for the administration of income maintenance programs in the calendar year preceding the department’s assumption of responsibility.