AB312: Bill Text

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

2013 Assembly BILL 312

August 23, 2013 - Introduced by Representatives Sargent, Mason, Kolste, Johnson, Bernard Schaber, Sinicki, Berceau, Zepnick, Wright, C. Taylor, Young, Pasch, Kahl, Wachs, Jorgensen, Ohnstad, Barnes, Hebl and Milroy, cosponsored by Senator Risser. Referred to Joint Committee on Finance.

AB312,1,2 An Act relating to: providing services to children on the waiting list for the Children's Long-term Support waiver programs and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Children's Long-Term Support Home and Community-Based Medicaid waiver programs (CLTS waiver programs) provide funding through the Medical Assistance program to support services for children who are living at home or in the community and whose activities are limited as a result of a developmental disability, severe emotional disturbance, or physical disability. Beginning in the 2013-14 fiscal year, this bill requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to enroll in a CLTS waiver program and provide full benefits to 482 children who are on the waiting list for a CLTS waiver program on the effective date of this bill. The bill also requires DHS, in the 2013-14 fiscal year, to provide eight hours of services per month for six months of the year through a CLTS waiver program to 300 children who are on the waiting list for a CLTS program on the effective date of this bill.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB312,1 Section 1. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB312,2,7 (1) Children's Long-term Support waivers. Beginning in the 2013-14 fiscal year, the department of health services shall enroll in Children's Long-term Support waiver programs and provide full benefits to 482 children who are on the waiting list for one of those programs on the effective date of this subsection. Beginning in the 2013-14 fiscal year, the department of health services shall provide to 300 children who are on the waiting list for services through one of the Children's Long-term Support waiver programs 8 hours of services per month for 6 months per year.

AB312,2 Section 2. Fiscal changes.

AB312,2,20 (1) Children's Long-Term Support waiver programs. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (4) (b) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2013, the dollar amount is increased by $2,260,500 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect for the purpose of providing services under the Children's Long-term Support waivers for children who are on the waiting list for those services. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (4) (b) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2013, the dollar amount is increased by $4,156,400 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect for the purpose of providing services under the Children's Long-term Support waivers for children who are on the waiting list for those services.

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