AB40: Bill Text

AB40,609,16 45.50 (2m) (d) Veterans homes with a skilled nursing facility shall include a geriatric evaluation, research, and education program. The program staff shall be funded from the appropriations under s. 20.485 (1) (hm), (j), and (mj).

AB40, s. 1252 Section 1252. 45.50 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.50 (2b) and amended to read:

AB40,609,23 45.50 (2b) Subject to authorization under ss. 13.48 (10) and 20.924 (1), the department may construct or renovate and operate residential, treatment, and nursing care facilities, including a community-based residential facility, to be known as the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove. The department shall employ a commandant for the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove.

AB40, s. 1253 Section 1253. 45.50 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 45.50 (2d) and amended to read:

AB40,610,9 45.50 (2d) Subject to authorization under ss. 13.48 (10) and 20.924 (1), the department may develop, construct or renovate, and operate residential, treatment, and nursing care facilities and programs for veterans in northwestern Wisconsin, on the property of the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled in Chippewa Falls to be known as the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls. The programs and facilities may include an assisted living facility, a skilled nursing facility, a medical clinic, an adult day health care center, an activities center, and a veterans assistance program. The department may employ a commandant for the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls.

AB40, s. 1254 Section 1254. 45.50 (2b) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,610,11 45.50 (2b) (title) Veterans Home at Union Grove.

AB40, s. 1255 Section 1255. 45.50 (2d) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,610,13 45.50 (2d) (title) Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls.

AB40, s. 1256 Section 1256. 45.50 (2m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,610,15 45.50 (2m) (title) Services; staffing of homes.

AB40, s. 1257 Section 1257. 45.50 (2m) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,610,19 45.50 (2m) (a) The department shall provide complete personal maintenance and medical care, including programs and facilities that promote comfort, recreation, well-being, or rehabilitation, to all members of veterans homes.

AB40, s. 1258 Section 1258. 45.50 (2m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,611,2 45.50 (2m) (b) The department may employ any personnel that are necessary for the proper management and operation of veterans homes. In compliance with the compensation plan established pursuant to s. 230.12 (3), a commandant may recommend to the director of personnel charges for meals, living quarters, laundry, and other services furnished to employees and members of the employees' family maintained at veterans homes.

AB40, s. 1259 Section 1259. 45.50 (2m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,611,8 45.50 (2m) (c) For the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls, in lieu of the department employing personnel as authorized under par. (b) and providing the maintenance and medical care as specified in par. (a), the department may enter into an agreement with a private entity to operate the home and perform such management and care using personnel employed by the private entity.

AB40, s. 1260 Section 1260. 45.50 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,611,10 45.50 (3) (title) Land acquisition.

AB40, s. 1261 Section 1261. 45.50 (4) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,611,12 45.50 (4) (title) Gifts and grants.

AB40, s. 1262 Section 1262. 45.50 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 45.50 (4) (a).

AB40, s. 1263 Section 1263. 45.50 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 45.50 (4) (b).

AB40, s. 1264 Section 1264. 45.50 (6) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,611,16 45.50 (6) (title) Water and sewer services.

AB40, s. 1265 Section 1265. 45.50 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,611,21 45.50 (6) (b) Agreements under this section subsection shall be drafted to hold harmless the department, to require all expense to be paid by the applicant, and to be terminable by the department when other water and sewer services become available to the applicant.

AB40, s. 1266 Section 1266. 45.50 (7) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,611,23 45.50 (7) (title) Enforcement authority.

AB40, s. 1267 Section 1267. 45.50 (8) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,611,25 45.50 (8) (title) Fire fighting services.

AB40, s. 1268 Section 1268. 45.50 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 45.50 (2m) (f) and amended to read:

AB40,612,9 45.50 (2m) (f) The department may develop a program to provide stipends to individuals to attend school and receive the necessary credentials to become employed at veterans homes. If the department develops a stipend program under this subsection paragraph, the department shall promulgate rules related to the program, including the application process, eligibility criteria, stipend amount, repayment provisions, and other provisions that the department determines are necessary to administer the program.

AB40, s. 1269 Section 1269. 45.50 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,612,16 45.50 (10) Hospitals authorized. The department may establish a hospital at the a veterans homes home. All hospitals established under this subsection may not have a total approved bed capacity, as defined in s. 150.01 (4m), greater than 16 beds. The approved bed capacity of a skilled nursing facility operated at a veterans home is reduced by one bed for each approved bed at the hospital established under this subsection at that home.

AB40, s. 1270 Section 1270. 45.60 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,613,2 45.60 (3) (b) A funeral director may issue a tuition voucher in the amount of $25 to an individual who sounds "Taps" on a bugle, trumpet, or cornet during each funeral for which military honors are held in this state for a person described in sub. (1) and who is a student in grades 6 to 12 or at an institution of higher education, as defined under s. 895.515 (1) (b). The tuition voucher may be used at any time for the payment of tuition and required program activity fees at a University of Wisconsin System institution as provided under s. 36.27 (3r), the University of Wisconsin-Madison under s. 37.27 (3r), or a technical college as provided under s. 38.24 (6). The department shall encourage private institutions of higher education to accept the vouchers. The vouchers are not transferable.

AB40, s. 1271 Section 1271. 46.03 (18) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,613,6 46.03 (18) (ar) A Subject to s. 46.995, a county may retain fees that it collects under this subsection for services the county provides without state funding under the disabled children's long-term support program.

AB40, s. 1272 Section 1272. 46.042 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,613,14 46.042 Treatment program for emotionally disturbed children. The department shall establish a program for the intensive treatment of emotionally disturbed children. The program shall be operated by the Mendota Mental Health Institute and be subject to all federal and state laws, rules, and regulations that apply to the institute. Operational planning shall provide close interrelationship between the department and the University of Wisconsin Medical School of Medicine and Public Health for conduct of educational and research programs.

AB40, s. 1273 Section 1273. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,613,24 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $2,872,300 $2,890,700 in fiscal year 2009-10 2011-12 and $2,896,100 $2,964,000 in fiscal year 2010-11 2012-13, for services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.

AB40, s. 1274 Section 1274. 46.206 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,614,13 46.206 (1) (bm) All records of the department relating to aid provided under s. 49.77, 2009 stats., or s. 49.46, 49.465, 49.468, 49.47, or 49.471, or 49.77 are open to inspection at reasonable hours by members of the legislature who require the information contained in the records in pursuit of a specific state legislative purpose. All records of any county relating to aid provided under s. 49.77, 2009 stats., or s. 49.46, 49.465, 49.468, 49.47, or 49.471, or 49.77 are open to inspection at reasonable hours by members of the board of supervisors of the county or the governing body of a city, village or town located in the county who require the information contained in the records in pursuit of a specific county or municipal legislative purpose. The right to records access provided by this paragraph does not apply if access is prohibited by federal law or regulation or if this state is required to prohibit such access as a condition precedent to participation in a federal program in which this state participates.

AB40, s. 1275 Section 1275. 46.21 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,614,19 46.21 (2) (b) May make such arrangements with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health or the Medical College of Wisconsin, or any other duly accredited medical colleges and medical societies for teaching and research in such institutions as in its judgment will best promote the purpose of hospitals and sanatoriums under sub. (4m).

AB40, s. 1276 Section 1276. 46.21 (2m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,614,25 46.21 (2m) (am) Multicounty department. A county board of supervisors may establish with one or more other counties a county department of human services on a multicounty basis. A multicounty department of human services established under this paragraph shall meet the requirements for a county department of human services under this section.

AB40, s. 1277 Section 1277. 46.215 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,615,13 46.215 (1) Creation; powers and duties. (intro.) In a county with a population of 500,000 or more the administration of welfare services, other than child welfare services under s. 48.48 (17) administered by the department and except as provided in ss. 49.155 (3g), 49.78 (1m), 49.825, and 49.826, is vested in a county department of social services under the jurisdiction of the county board of supervisors under s. 46.21 (2m) (b) 1. a. Any reference in any law to a county department of social services under this section applies to a county department under s. 46.21 (2m) in its administration under s. 46.21 (2m) of the powers and duties of the county department of social services. Except as provided in ss. 49.155 (3g), 49.78 (1m), 49.825, and 49.826, the county department of social services shall have the following functions, duties, and powers, and such other welfare functions as may be delegated to it:

AB40, s. 1278 Section 1278 . 46.215 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB40,616,2 46.215 (1) Creation; powers and duties. (intro.) In a county with a population of 500,000 or more the administration of welfare services, other than child welfare services under s. 48.48 (17) administered by the department and except as provided in ss. 49.155 (3g), 49.78 (1m), 49.825, and 49.826, is vested in a county department of social services under the jurisdiction of the county board of supervisors under s. 46.21 (2m) (b) 1. a. Any reference in any law to a county department of social services under this section applies to a county department under s. 46.21 (2m) in its administration under s. 46.21 (2m) of the powers and duties of the county department of social services. Except as provided in ss. 49.155 (3g), 49.78 (1m), 49.825, and 49.826, the county department of social services shall have the following functions, duties, and powers, and such other welfare functions as may be delegated to it:

AB40, s. 1279 Section 1279. 46.215 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,616,8 46.215 (1) (k) Certify eligibility for and issue food coupons benefits to needy households in conformity with the federal food stamp act of 1964 supplemental nutrition assistance program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036, as amended, and, in addition, the county department of social services may certify eligibility for and distribute surplus commodities and food stuffs.

AB40, s. 1280 Section 1280. 46.215 (1) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,616,14 46.215 (1) (L) Within the limits of available state and federal funds and of county funds appropriated to match state funds, to provide social services for persons eligible for or receiving benefits under the supplementary security income program under federal Title XVI, the supplemental payments program under s. 49.77 49.39 or aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19.

AB40, s. 1281 Section 1281. 46.215 (1) (t) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,616,20 46.215 (1) (t) At the discretion of the county board of supervisors, to combine with one or more other counties to establish a county department of social services on a multicounty basis. A multicounty department of social services established under this paragraph shall meet the requirements for a county department of human services under this section.

AB40, s. 1282 Section 1282. 46.215 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,617,6 46.215 (2) (c) 3. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for juvenile delinquency-related care and services to be purchased. The department of corrections may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 301.08 (2) and if state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of corrections to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of corrections may not make any payments to a county for programs included in a contract under review by the committee. The department of corrections shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.410 (3) (cd), (ko), and (o) and (ko) as appropriate.

AB40, s. 1283 Section 1283. 46.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,617,13 46.22 (1) (a) Creation. Except as provided under s. 46.23 (3) (b), the county board of supervisors of any county with a population of less than 500,000, or the county boards of 2 or more contiguous counties each with a population of less than 500,000, shall establish a county department of social services on a single-county or multicounty basis. The county department of social services shall consist of a county social services board, a county social services director and necessary personnel.

AB40, s. 1284 Section 1284. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,617,18 46.22 (1) (b) 1. (intro.) The Except as provided in s. 49.78 (1m), the county department of social services shall have the following functions, duties and powers in accordance with the rules promulgated by the department of health services and subject to the supervision of the department of health services:

AB40, s. 1285 Section 1285. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is renumbered 46.22 (1) (b) 2. h. and amended to read:

AB40,618,2 46.22 (1) (b) 2. h. Within the limits of available state and federal funds and of county funds appropriated to match state funds, to provide social services for persons eligible for or receiving supplemental security aids under Title XVI of the social security act, eligible for or receiving state supplemental payments under s. 49.77 49.39 or eligible for or receiving aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19.

AB40, s. 1286 Section 1286. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. d. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 1287 Section 1287. 46.22 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,618,11 46.22 (1) (d) Merit system; records. The county department of social services is subject to s. 49.78 (4) to (7) 49.19 (19g). The county department of social services and all county officers and employees performing any duties in connection with the administration of aid to families with dependent children shall observe all rules promulgated by the department of children and families under s. 49.78 (4) 49.19 (19g) (a) and shall keep records and furnish reports as the department of children and families requires in relation to their performance of such duties.

AB40, s. 1288 Section 1288. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,618,23 46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for juvenile delinquency-related care and services to be purchased. The department of corrections may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 301.08 (2) and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of corrections to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of corrections may not make any payments to a county for programs included in the contract that is under review by the committee. The department of corrections shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.410 (3) (cd), (ko), and (o) and (ko) as appropriate.

AB40, s. 1289 Section 1289. 46.22 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,619,5 46.22 (2) (b) Appoint the county social services director under sub. (3) subject to s. 49.78 (4) to (7) 49.19 (19g) and the rules promulgated thereunder and subject to the approval of the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department of social services or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department of social services.

AB40, s. 1290 Section 1290. 46.22 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,619,14 46.22 (3m) (a) In any county with a county executive or a county administrator that has established a single-county department of social services, the county executive or county administrator, subject to s. 49.78 (4) to (7) 49.19 (19g) and the rules promulgated thereunder, shall appoint and supervise the county social services director. The appointment is subject to the confirmation of the county board of supervisors unless the county board of supervisors, by ordinance, elects to waive confirmation or unless the appointment is made under a civil service system competitive examination procedure established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63.

AB40, s. 1291 Section 1291. 46.23 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,619,24 46.23 (3) (a) Creation. Upon approval by the secretary of health services, by the secretary of corrections, and by the secretary of children and families of a feasibility study and a program implementation plan, the county board of supervisors of any county with a population of less than 500,000, or the county boards of supervisors of 2 or more contiguous counties, each of which has a population of less than 500,000, may establish by resolution a county department of human services on a single-county or multicounty basis to provide the services required under this section. The county department of human services shall consist of the county human services board, the county human services director and necessary personnel.

AB40, s. 1292 Section 1292. 46.27 (7) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,620,9 46.27 (7) (am) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (bd), the department shall allocate funds to each county or private nonprofit agency with which the department contracts to pay assessment and case plan costs under sub. (6) not otherwise paid by fee or under s. 49.45 or 49.78 (2). The department shall reimburse counties for the cost of assessing persons who are eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46, 49.468, 49.47, or 49.471 (4) (a) as part of the administrative services of medical assistance, payable, as provided under s. 49.45 (3) (a). Counties may use unspent funds allocated under this paragraph to pay the cost of long-term community support services and for a risk reserve under par. (fr).

AB40, s. 1293 Section 1293. 46.27 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,620,19 46.27 (9) (a) The department may select up to 5 counties that volunteer to participate in a pilot project under which they will receive certain funds allocated for long-term care. The department shall allocate a level of funds to these counties equal to the amount that would otherwise be paid under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), or (w) to nursing homes for providing care because of increased utilization of nursing home services, as estimated by the department. In estimating these levels, the department shall exclude any increased utilization of services provided by state centers for the developmentally disabled. The department shall calculate these amounts on a calendar year basis under sub. (10).

AB40, s. 1294 Section 1294. 46.27 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,621,2 46.27 (10) (a) 1. The department shall determine for each county participating in the pilot project under sub. (9) a funding level of state medical assistance expenditures to be received by the county. This level shall equal the amount that the department determines would otherwise be paid under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), or (w) because of increased utilization of nursing home services, as estimated by the department.

AB40, s. 1295 Section 1295. 46.275 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,621,9 46.275 (5) (a) Medical Assistance reimbursement for services a county, or the department under sub. (3r), provides under this program is available from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), (o), and (w). If 2 or more counties jointly contract to provide services under this program and the department approves the contract, Medical Assistance reimbursement is also available for services provided jointly by these counties.

AB40, s. 1296 Section 1296. 46.275 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,621,17 46.275 (5) (c) The total allocation under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), (o), and (w) to counties and to the department under sub. (3r) for services provided under this section may not exceed the amount approved by the federal department of health and human services. A county may use funds received under this section only to provide services to persons who meet the requirements under sub. (4) and may not use unexpended funds received under this section to serve other developmentally disabled persons residing in the county.