SB255,6 11Section 6. 46.036 (5m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB255,4,2312 46.036 (5m) (e) Notwithstanding par. (b) 1. and 2., the department or a county
13department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 that purchases care and
14services from an inpatient alcohol and other drug abuse treatment program that is
15not affiliated with a hospital and that is licensed as a community-based residential
16facility, may allocate to the program an amount that is equal to the amount of
17revenues received by the program that are in excess of the allowable costs incurred
18in the period of a contract between the program and the department or the county
19department for purchase of care and services under this section. The department or
20the county department may make the allocation under this paragraph only if the
21funds so allocated do not reduce any amount of unencumbered state aid to the
22department or the county department that otherwise would lapse to the general
23fund.
SB255,7 24Section 7. 46.036 (5m) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
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146.036 (5m) (em) Notwithstanding pars. (b) 1. and 2. and (e), a county
2department under s. 46.215, 51.42, or 51.437 providing client services in a county
3having a population of 500,000 or more or a nonstock, nonprofit corporation
4providing client services in such a county may not retain a surplus under par. (b) 1.,
5accumulate funds under par. (b) 2.,
or allocate an amount under par. (e) from
6revenues that are used to meet the maintenance-of-effort requirement under the
7federal temporary assistance for needy families program under 42 USC 601 to 619.
SB255,8 8Section 8. 49.34 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB255,5,129 49.34 (4) (c) Unless waived by the department, biennially, or annually if
10required under federal law, provide the purchaser with a certified financial and
11compliance audit report if the care and services purchased exceed $25,000 $100,000.
12The audit shall follow standards that the department prescribes.
SB255,9 13Section 9. 49.34 (5m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB255,6,314 49.34 (5m) (b) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3. and par. (em), if If revenue under
15a contract for the provision of a rate-based service exceeds allowable costs incurred
16in the contract period, the contract shall allow the provider may to retain from the
17surplus generated by that rate-based service up to 5 percent of the contract amount.
18A provider that retains a surplus under this subdivision shall use that retained
19surplus to cover a deficit between revenue and allowable costs incurred in any
20preceding or future contract period for the same rate-based service that generated
21the surplus or to address the programmatic needs of clients served by the same
22rate-based service that generated the surplus. This subdivision does not apply to
23a child welfare agency that is authorized under s. 48.61 (7) to license foster homes,
24a group home, as defined in s. 48.02 (7), or a residential care center for children and
25youth, as defined in s. 48.02 (15d)
revenue received under the contract unless a

1uniform rate is established by rule under subd. 5., in which case the contract shall
2allow the provider to retain the uniform percentage rate established by the rule. The
3retained surplus is the property of the provider
.
SB255,10 4Section 10. 49.34 (5m) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB255,11 5Section 11. 49.34 (5m) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB255,12 6Section 12. 49.34 (5m) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB255,6,177 49.34 (5m) (b) 4. If on December 31 of any year the provider's accumulated
8surplus from all contract periods ending during that year for a rate-based service
9exceeds the allowable retention rate under subd. 1., the provider shall provide
10written notice of that excess to all purchasers of the rate-based service. Upon the
11written request of such a purchaser received no later than 6 months after the date
12of the notice, the provider shall refund the purchaser's proportional share of that
13excess. If the department determines based on an audit or fiscal review that the
14amount of the excess identified by the provider was incorrect, the department may
15seek to recover funds after the 6-month period has expired. The department shall
16commence any audit or fiscal review under this subdivision within 6 years after the
17end of the contract period.
SB255,13 18Section 13. 49.34 (5m) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
SB255,6,2119 49.34 (5m) (b) 5. The department, in consultation with the department of
20health services and the department of corrections, shall promulgate rules to
21implement this subsection including all of the following:
SB255,7,222 a. Requiring that contracts for rate-based services under this subsection allow
23a provider to retain from any surplus revenue up to 5 percent of the total revenue
24received under the contract, or a different percentage rate determined by the

1department. The percentage rate established under this subdivision shall apply
2uniformly to all rate-based service contracts under this subsection.
SB255,7,43 b. Establishing a procedure for reviewing rate-based service contracts to
4determine whether a contract complies with the provisions of this subsection.
SB255,14 5Section 14. 49.34 (5m) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB255,7,126 49.34 (5m) (em) Notwithstanding par. (b) 1. and 2., a county department under
7s. 46.215, 51.42, or 51.437 providing client services in a county having a population
8of 750,000 or more or a nonstock, nonprofit corporation providing client services in
9such a county may not retain a surplus generated by a rate-based service or
10accumulate funds from more than one contract period for a rate-based service from
11revenues that are used to meet the maintenance-of-effort requirement under the
12federal temporary assistance for needy families program under 42 USC 601 to 619.
SB255,15 13Section 15. 49.343 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB255,7,1514 49.343 (5) (c) The identification of the measurements specified in sub. (6) (a)
15and the development of the payment levels specified in sub. (6) (a).
SB255,16 16Section 16. 49.343 (6) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
17renumbered 49.343 (6) (a) and amended to read:
SB255,7,2318 49.343 (6) (a) For purposes of implementing a performance-based contracting
19system, the department, in cooperation with the advisory committee created under
20sub. (5), shall do all of the following: 1. Identify identify measurements by which to
21evaluate the performance of providers in meeting both the goals for the children
22placed in their care and the goals for the out-of-home care system in this state and
23adjust, as needed, those measurements.
SB255,17 24Section 17. 49.343 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB255,18 25Section 18. 49.343 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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1Section 19. 49.343 (6) (c) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB255,8,62 49.343 (6) (c) Beginning on January 1, 2011, the department shall select a
3representative sample of providers and evaluate the performance of those providers
4in attaining the measurements identified under par. (a) 1 . Based on that evaluation,
5the department, in consultation with the advisory committee created under sub. (5),
6shall adjust, as needed, those measurements by December 31, 2011.
SB255,8,127 (d) Beginning on January 1, 2013, the department shall evaluate the
8performance of all providers in this state in attaining the measurements identified
9under par. (a) 1 . Based on that evaluation, the department, in consultation with the
10advisory committee created under sub. (5), shall adjust, as needed, those
11measurements by December 31, 2013, and in subsequent years as determined
12necessary by the department.
SB255,20 13Section 20. 301.08 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB255,8,1614 301.08 (2) (e) The Except as provided in par. (em), the purchaser shall recover
15from provider agencies money paid in excess of the conditions of the contract from
16subsequent payments made to the provider.
SB255,21 17Section 21. 301.08 (2) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
SB255,8,1818 301.08 (2) (em) 1. In this paragraph:
SB255,8,2419 a. “Provider" means a nonstock corporation organized under ch. 181 that is a
20nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17), and that contracts under this
21section to provide client services on the basis of a unit rate per client service or a
22county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 that contracts
23under this section to provide client services on the basis of a unit rate per client
24service.
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1b. “Rate-based service" means a service or a group of services, as determined
2by the department, that is reimbursed through a prospectively set rate and that is
3distinguishable from other services or groups of services by the purpose for which
4funds are provided for that service or group of services and by the source of funding
5for that service or group of services.
SB255,9,116 2. If revenue under a contract for the provision of a rate-based service exceeds
7allowable costs incurred in the contract period, the contract shall allow the provider
8to retain from the surplus up to 5 percent of the revenue received under the contract
9unless a uniform rate is established by rule under subd. 7., in which case the contract
10shall allow the provider to retain the uniform percentage rate established by the rule.
11The retained surplus is the property of the provider.
SB255,9,2212 3. If on December 31 of any year the provider's accumulated surplus from all
13contract periods ending during that year for a rate-based service exceeds the
14allowable retention rate under subd. 2., the provider shall provide written notice of
15that excess to all purchasers of the rate-based service. Upon the written request of
16such a purchaser received no later than 6 months after the date of the notice, the
17provider shall refund the purchaser's proportional share of that excess. If the
18department determines based on an audit or fiscal review that the amount of the
19excess identified by the provider was incorrect, the department may seek to recover
20funds after the 6-month period has expired. The department shall commence any
21audit or fiscal review under this subdivision within 6 years after the end of the
22contract period.
SB255,9,2523 5. Notwithstanding subd. 2., a county department under s. 46.215 providing
24client services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more or a nonstock,
25nonprofit corporation providing client services in such a county may not retain a

1surplus generated by a rate-based service or accumulate funds from more than one
2contract period for a rate-based service from revenues that are used to meet the
3maintenance-of-effort requirement under the federal temporary assistance for
4needy families program under 42 USC 601 to 619.
SB255,10,125 6. All providers that are subject to this paragraph shall comply with any
6financial reporting and auditing requirements that the department may prescribe.
7Those requirements shall include a requirement that a provider provide to any
8purchaser and the department any information that the department needs to claim
9federal reimbursement for the cost of any services purchased from the provider and
10a requirement that a provider provide audit reports to any purchaser and the
11department according to standards specified in the provider's contract and any other
12standards that the department may prescribe.
SB255,22 13Section 22. 301.08 (2) (em) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
SB255,10,1614 301.08 (2) (em) 7. The department, in consultation with the department of
15health services and the department of children and families, shall promulgate rules
16to implement this paragraph including all of the following:
SB255,10,2117 a. Requiring that contracts for rate-based services under this subsection allow
18a provider to retain from any surplus revenue up to 5 percent of the total revenue
19received under the contract, or a different percentage rate determined by the
20department. The percentage rate established under this subdivision shall apply
21uniformly to all rate-based service contracts under this paragraph.
SB255,10,2322 b. Establishing a procedure for reviewing rate-based service contracts to
23determine whether a contract complies with the provisions of this paragraph.
SB255,23 24Section 23. Nonstatutory provisions.
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1(1) Rate-based service contracts. If on the effective date of this subsection,
2the amount accumulated by a provider, as defined in sections 46.036 (5m) (a) 1., 49.34
3(5m) (a) 1., and 301.08 (2) (em) 1. a. of the statutes, from all contract periods ending
4before that date for all rate-based services, as defined in sections 46.036 (5m) (a) 2.,
549.34 (5m) (a) 2., and 301.08 (2) (em) 1. b. of the statutes, provided by the provider
6exceeds 10 percent of the provider's total contract amount for all rate-based services
7in the year before the effective date of this subsection, the provider shall provide
8written notice of that excess to all purchasers of that rate-based service and, upon
9the written request of such a purchaser received no later than 6 months after the date
10of the notice, shall return to the purchaser the purchaser's proportional share of that
11excess. If the department of health services under section 46.036 (5m) of the statutes,
12the department of children and families under section 49.34 (5m) of the statutes, or
13the department of corrections under section 301.08 (2) (em) of the statutes
14determines based on an audit or fiscal review that the amount of the excess identified
15by the provider was incorrect, the department may seek to recover funds after the
166-month period has expired. The department shall commence any audit or fiscal
17review under this subsection within 6 years after the end of the contract period.
SB255,24 18Section 24. Initial applicability.
SB255,11,2019 (1) Rate-based service contracts. This act first applies to a contract under
20which a provider commences performance on the effective date of this subsection.
SB255,25 21Section 25. Effective date.
SB255,11,2322 (1) Rate-based service contracts. This act takes effect on the January 1 after
23publication.
SB255,11,2424 (End)
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