49.343 (1d) (cr) "Provider" means a residential care center for children and youth, a group home, or a child welfare agency.
49.343 (2) (b) (intro.) The department shall review a proposed rate submitted under par. (a) and audit the residential care center for children and youth, group home, or child welfare agency provider submitting the proposed rate to determine whether the proposed rate is appropriate to the level of services to be provided, the qualifications of the residential care center for children and youth, group home, or child welfare agency provider to provide those services, and the reasonable and necessary costs of providing those services. In reviewing a proposed rate, the department shall consider all of the following factors:
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49.343 (2) (b) 1m. Changes in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the medical care group, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months ending on June 30 of the year in which the proposed rate is submitted.
49.343 (2) (b) 5. Changes in service delivery proposed by the residential care center for children and youth, group home, or child welfare agency provider and agreed to by the department.
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49.343 (2) (b) 6. Whether the agency is accredited by a national accrediting body that has developed child welfare standards.
49.343 (2) (c) If the department determines under par. (b) that a proposed rate submitted under par. (a) is appropriate, the department shall approve the proposed rate. If the department does not approve a proposed rate, the department shall negotiate with the residential care center for children and youth, group home, or child welfare agency provider to determine an agreed to rate. If after negotiations a rate is not agreed to, the department and residential care center for children and youth, group home, or child welfare agency the provider shall engage in mediation under the rate resolution procedure promulgated by rule under sub. (4) to arrive at an agreed to rate. If after mediation a rate is not agreed to, the residential care center for children and youth, group home, or child welfare agency may not provide the service for which the rate was proposed department shall order a rate for the service after considering the factors under par. (b). A provider may appeal the rate set by the department as a contested case under ch. 227 by filing with the department a request for a hearing within 30 days after the date of the order.
49.343 (3) Audit. The department may require an audit of any residential care center for children and youth, group home, or child welfare agency provider for the purpose of collecting federal funds.
49.343 (4) (a) Standards for determining whether a proposed rate is appropriate to the level of services to be provided, the qualifications of a residential care center for children and youth, group home, or child welfare agency provider to provide those services, and the reasonable and necessary costs of providing those services.
49.343 (4) (c) Procedures for reviewing proposed rates, including rate resolution procedures for mediating an agreed to ordering a rate when negotiations
and mediation fail to produce an agreed to rate.
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13. 49.343 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
49.343 (5) Advisory committee. The secretary shall create an advisory committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c) consisting of representatives of purchasers; county departments; the department, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more; tribes; consumers; and a statewide association of private, incorporated family and children's social service agencies representing all groups of providers that are affected by the rate regulation process. The committee shall advise the department on all of the following:
(a) The development of administrative rules under sub. (4).
(b) The implementation of rate regulation for providers as authorized under this section.
(c) The identification of the measurements specified in sub. (6) (a) and the development of the payment levels specified in sub. (6) (a).
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14. 49.343 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
49.343 (6) Performance-based contracting system. (a) For purposes of implementing a performance-based contracting system, the department, in cooperation with the advisory committee created under sub. (5), shall do all of the following:
1. Identify measurements by which to evaluate the performance of providers in meeting both the goals for the children placed in their care and the goals for the out-of-home care system in this state and adjust, as needed, those measurements.
2. Develop payment levels that correspond to the achievement of the measurements identified under subd. 1. based on the assessed level of care of a child.
(b) By November 1, 2010, the department shall submit a report that outlines a plan for implementing a performance-based contracting system to the standing committee of each house of the legislature that is concerned with child welfare issues. The report shall describe the measurements identified under par. (a) 1. and the payment levels developed under par. (a) 2.
(c) Beginning on January 1, 2011, the department shall select a representative sample of providers and evaluate the performance of those providers in attaining the measurements identified under par. (a) 1. Based on that evaluation, the department, in consultation with the advisory committee created under sub. (5), shall adjust, as needed, those measurements by December 31, 2011.
(d) Beginning on January 1, 2013, the department shall evaluate the performance of all providers in this state in attaining the measurements identified under par. (a) 1. Based on that evaluation, the department, in consultation with the advisory committee created under sub. (5), shall adjust, as needed, those measurements by December 31, 2013, and in subsequent years as determined necessary by the department.
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Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) Determination of need for additional group home placement resources; rules.
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Permanent rules. The department of children and families shall submit in proposed form the rules required under section 48.625 (1g) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.
(b) Emergency rules. The department of children and families may promulgate the rules required under section 48.625 (1g) of the statutes, as created by this act, as emergency rules under section 227.24 of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes, emergency rules promulgated under this paragraph remain in effect until the date on which the rules submitted under paragraph (a) take effect. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this paragraph as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this paragraph.
(1m) Performance-based contracting system. The authorized FTE positions for the department of children and families are increased by 0.63 FED positions, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.437 (1) (n) of the statutes, for the performance of services associated with the implementation of the performance-based contracting system under section 49.343 (6) of the statutes, as created by this act.
(2) Required general fund balance. Section 20.003 (4) of the statutes does not apply to the action of the legislature in enacting this act.
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Section 14r.
Fiscal changes.
(1) Performance-based contracting system. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of children and families under section 20.437 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $200,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department by 2.37 GPR positions for the performance of services associated with the implementation of the performance-based contracting system under section 49.343 (6) of the statutes, as created by this act.
