49.793 Recovery of food stamps.
(1) The department or a county, a multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br), or an elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band acting on behalf of the department, may recover overpayments that arise from an overissuance of food coupons under the food stamp program administered under s. 46.215 (1) (k) or 46.22 (1) (b) 2. d. Recovery shall be made in accordance with 7 USC 2022.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), a county, multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br), or governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe may retain a portion of the amount of an overpayment the state is authorized to retain under 7 USC 2025 that is recovered under sub. (1) due to the efforts of an employee or officer of the county, multicounty consortium, or tribe. The department shall promulgate a rule establishing the portion of the amount of the overpayment that the county, multicounty consortium, or governing body may retain. This paragraph does not apply to recovery of an overpayment that was made as a result of state, county, multicounty consortium, or tribal governing body error.
(b) Any amount that Milwaukee County would otherwise be entitled to retain under par. (a) for the recovery of an overpayment due to the efforts of a department employee or officer, or a county employee or officer under the management of the department, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (L).
History: 2001 a. 16 ss. 1656ty, 1656tym; Stats. 2001 s. 49.793; 2009 a. 15; 2011 a. 32.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.
49.02 - Relief block grant administration.
49.029 - Block grants to tribal governing bodies; medical relief.
49.08 - Recovery of relief and other assistance.
49.114 - Contract powers of the department.
49.131 - Electronic transfer of benefits.
49.134 - Child care resource and referral service grants.
49.136 - Child care start-up and expansion.
49.137 - Child care quality improvement.
49.1375 - Early childhood excellence initiative.
49.138 - Emergency assistance for families with needy children.
49.1385 - Grants for services for homeless and runaway youth.
49.139 - Emergency shelter funding.
49.141 - Wisconsin works; general provisions.
49.143 - Wisconsin works; agency contracts.
49.145 - Wisconsin works; eligibility for employment positions.
49.1452 - Payment of support arrears.
49.1455 - Child support demonstration project.
49.147 - Wisconsin works; work programs and job access loans.
49.1473 - Wisconsin works; domestic abuse screening and training.
49.148 - Wisconsin works; wages and benefits.
49.149 - Wisconsin works; education and training.
49.15 - Wisconsin works; 2-parent families.
49.151 - Wisconsin works; sanctions.
49.1515 - Determining nonparticipation.
49.152 - Review of agency decisions.
49.153 - Notice before taking certain actions.
49.155 - Wisconsin Shares; child care subsidy.
49.157 - Wisconsin works; transportation assistance.
49.159 - Wisconsin works; noncustodial and minor and other custodial parents.
49.161 - Wisconsin works; overpayments.
49.162 - Substance abuse screening and testing for certain work experience programs.
49.163 - Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program.
49.1635 - Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation.
49.165 - Domestic abuse grants.
49.167 - Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment grant program.
49.175 - Public assistance and local assistance allocations.
49.19 - Aid to families with dependent children.
49.197 - Fraud investigation and reduction and error reduction.
49.22 - Child and spousal support; establishment of paternity; medical liability.
49.225 - Ordering genetic tests.
49.227 - Program for publication of delinquent child support obligors.
49.24 - Child support incentive payments.
49.25 - Incentive payments for identifying children with health insurance.
49.255 - Case management incentive payments.
49.257 - Milwaukee child care grant program.
49.265 - Community action agencies.
49.273 - Research, investigations.
49.275 - Cooperation with federal government.
49.32 - Department; powers and duties.
49.325 - County department budgets and contracts.
49.34 - Purchase of care and services.
49.343 - Rates for residential care centers, group homes, and child welfare agencies.
49.348 - Recidivism reduction program.
49.35 - Public assistance; supervisory functions of department.
49.36 - Work experience program for noncustodial parents.
49.37 - Offender reentry demonstration project.
49.38 - Menominee Enterprises, Inc., bonds, acquisition.
49.385 - No action against members of the Menominee Indian tribe in certain cases.
49.45 - Medical assistance; administration.
49.452 - Counting promissory notes as assets for certain Medical Assistance programs.
49.453 - Divestment of assets.
49.454 - Treatment of trust amounts.
49.455 - Protection of income and resources of couple for maintenance of community spouse.
49.46 - Medical assistance; recipients of social security aids.
49.463 - Ineligibility for noncompliance with child support determinations and obligations.
49.465 - Presumptive medical assistance eligibility.
49.468 - Expanded medicare buy-in.
49.47 - Medical assistance; medically indigent.
49.472 - Medical assistance purchase plan.
49.475 - Information about assistance program beneficiaries; electronic submission of claims.
49.49 - Medical assistance offenses.
49.493 - Benefits under uninsured health plans.
49.496 - Recovery of correct medical assistance payments.
49.498 - Requirements for skilled nursing facilities.
49.499 - Nursing facility resident protection.
49.68 - Aid for treatment of kidney disease.
49.682 - Recovery from estates; disease aids and funeral expenses.
49.683 - Cystic fibrosis aids.
49.685 - Hemophilia treatment services.
49.686 - AZT and pentamidine reimbursement program.
49.687 - Disease aids; patient requirements; rebate agreements; cost containment.
49.688 - Prescription drug assistance for elderly persons.
49.70 - County home; establishment.
49.703 - County homes; commitments; admissions.
49.71 - County hospitals; establishment.
49.713 - County hospitals; admissions.
49.72 - County infirmaries; establishment.
49.723 - County infirmaries, admissions; standards.
49.726 - County infirmaries; cost of treatment, care and maintenance of patients.
49.729 - County infirmaries; fees and expenses of proceedings.
49.73 - Residential care institutions; establishment.
49.74 - Institutions subject to chapter 150.
49.76 - Department duties relating to hunger prevention.
49.77 - State supplemental payments.
49.775 - Payments for the support of children of supplemental security income recipients.
49.776 - Payment of support arrears.
49.78 - Income maintenance administration.
49.79 - Food stamp administration.
49.791 - Substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment for employment and training programs.
49.793 - Recovery of food stamps.
49.796 - Food stamp reinstatement.
49.797 - Electronic benefit transfer.
49.81 - Public assistance recipients' bill of rights.
49.82 - Administration of public assistance programs.
49.823 - Public benefit database review.
49.825 - Department administration in Milwaukee County.
49.826 - Administration of child care provider services in certain counties.
49.83 - Limitation on giving information.
49.835 - Statements in applications.
49.84 - Verification of public assistance applications.
49.845 - Fraud investigation and error reduction.
49.846 - Jurisdiction of the department of justice.
49.847 - Recovery of incorrect payments under certain public assistance programs.
49.849 - Recovery of correct payments under certain public assistance programs.
49.852 - Delinquent support payments; pension plans.
49.853 - Financial record matching program.
49.854 - Liens against property for delinquent support payments.
49.855 - Certification of delinquent payments.
49.856 - Notification of delinquent payments.
49.858 - General provisions related to administrative support enforcement.
49.86 - Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures.
49.89 - Third party liability.