SB40-SSA1, s. 936 18Section 936. 46.2804 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 937 19Section 937. 46.2804 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 46.2804.
SB40-SSA1, s. 938 20Section 938. 46.2805 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 46.2805 (7r) and
21amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,533,2322 46.2805 (7r) "Family Long-term care district" means a special purpose district
23created under s. 46.2895 (1).
SB40-SSA1, s. 939 24Section 939. 46.2805 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 46.2805 (7u) and
25amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,534,2
146.2805 (7u) "Family Long-term care district board" means the governing
2board of a family long-term care district.
SB40-SSA1, s. 940 3Section 940. 46.2805 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,534,64 46.2805 (6m) "Family member" means a spouse or an individual related by
5blood, marriage, or adoption within the 3rd degree of kinship as computed under s.
6990.001 (16).
SB40-SSA1, s. 941 7Section 941. 46.2805 (6r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,534,108 46.2805 (6r) "Financial and cost-sharing screening" means a screening to
9determine financial eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (b) and cost-sharing under s.
1046.286 (2) using a uniform tool prescribed by the department.
SB40-SSA1, s. 942 11Section 942. 46.2805 (6v) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,534,1512 46.2805 (6v) "Frail elder" means an individual who is 65 years of age or older
13and has a physical disability or irreversible dementia that restricts the individual's
14ability to perform normal daily tasks or that threatens the capacity of the individual
15to live independently.
SB40-SSA1, s. 943 16Section 943. 46.2805 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,534,2017 46.2805 (7) "Functional and financial screen screening" means a screen
18prescribed by the department that is used screening to determine functional
19eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a) and financial eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (b) using
20a uniform tool prescribed by the department
.
SB40-SSA1, s. 944 21Section 944. 46.2805 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 944r 22Section 944r. 46.281 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,534,24 2346.281 (title) Powers and duties of the department and the, secretary ,
24and counties
; long-term care.
SB40-SSA1, s. 945
1Section 945. 46.281 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.281 (1n)
2(intro.), and 46.281 (1n) (title), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,535,33 46.281 (1n) (title) Duties Other duties of the department.
SB40-SSA1, s. 946 4Section 946. 46.281 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 46.281 (1d) and
5amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,535,136 46.281 (1d) Waiver request. Request The department shall request from the
7secretary of the federal department of health and human services any waivers of
8federal medicaid laws necessary to permit the use of federal moneys to provide the
9family care benefit to recipients of medical assistance. The department shall
10implement any waiver that is approved and that is consistent with ss. 46.2805 to
1146.2895. Regardless of whether a waiver is approved, the department may
12implement operation of resource centers, care management organizations , and the
13family care benefit.
SB40-SSA1, s. 947m 14Section 947m. 46.281 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 46.281 (1g) (b) and
15amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,536,2316 46.281 (1g) (b) In geographic areas in which, in the aggregate, resides no more
17than 29 percent of the state population that is eligible for the family care benefit,
18contract with a county, a family care district, a tribe or band, the Great Lakes
19Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., or with 2 or more of these entities to manage all long-term
20care programs and administer the family care benefit as care management
21organizations.
If the department proposes to contract with these entities to
22administer care management organizations the family care benefit in geographic
23areas in which, in the aggregate, resides more than 29 percent but less than 50
24percent
of the state population that is eligible for the family care benefit, the
25department shall first notify the joint committee on finance in writing of the

1proposed contract. The notification shall include the contract proposal; and an
2estimate of the fiscal impact of the proposed addition that demonstrates that the
3addition will be cost neutral, including startup, transitional, and ongoing
4operational costs and any proposed county contribution. The notification shall also
5include, for each county affected by the proposal, documentation that the county
6consents to administration of the family care benefit in the county, the amount of the
7county's payment or reduction in community aids under s. 46.281 (4), and a proposal
8by the county for using any savings in county expenditures on long-term care that
9result from administration of the family care benefit in the county.
If the
10cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working
11days after the date of the department's notification that the committee has scheduled
12a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed contract, the department may
13enter into the proposed contract. If within 14 working days after the date of the
14department's notification the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department
15that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the
16proposed contract, the department may enter into the proposed contract only upon
17approval of
if the committee. The department may contract with these entities to
18administer care management organizations in geographic areas in which, in the
19aggregate, resides 50 percent or more of the state population that is eligible for the
20family care benefit only if specifically authorized by the legislature and if the
21legislature appropriates necessary funding
approves the proposed contract or if the
22committee fails to act on the proposed contract within 59 working days after the date
23of the department's notification
.
SB40-SSA1, s. 948 24Section 948. 46.281 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 949 25Section 949. 46.281 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 46.281 (1n) (a).
SB40-SSA1, s. 950
1Section 950. 46.281 (1) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 46.281 (1n) (b).
SB40-SSA1, s. 951 2Section 951. 46.281 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 46.281 (1n) (c).
SB40-SSA1, s. 952 3Section 952. 46.281 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 952m 4Section 952m. 46.281 (1g) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,537,65 46.281 (1g) (title) Contracting for resource centers and care management
6organizations.
SB40-SSA1, s. 953 7Section 953. 46.281 (1g) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,537,128 46.281 (1g) (a) Subject to par. (b), the department may contract with entities
9as provided under s. 46.283 (2) to provide the services under s. 46.283 (3) and (4) as
10resource centers in any geographic area in the state, and may contract with entities
11as provided under s. 46.284 (2) to administer the family care benefit as care
12management organizations in any geographic area in the state.
SB40-SSA1, s. 954 13Section 954. 46.281 (1n) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,537,1614 46.281 (1n) (d) 1. Establish regions for long-term care advisory committees
15under s. 46.2825, periodically review the boundaries of the regions, and, as
16appropriate, revise the boundaries.
SB40-SSA1,537,2117 2. Specify the number of members that each governing board of a resource
18center shall appoint to a regional long-term care advisory committee. The total
19number of committee members shall not exceed 25, and the department shall allot
20committee membership equally among the governing boards of resource centers
21operating within the boundaries of the regional long-term care advisory committee.
SB40-SSA1,537,2322 3. Provide information and staff assistance to assist regional long-term care
23advisory committees in performing the duties under s. 46.2825 (2).
SB40-SSA1, s. 954m 24Section 954m. 46.281 (1n) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,538,11
146.281 (1n) (e) Contract with a person to provide the advocacy services
2described under s. 16.009 (2) (p) 1. to 5. to actual or potential recipients of the family
3care benefit who are under age 60 or to their families or guardians. The department
4may not contract under this paragraph with a county or with a person who has a
5contract with the department to provide services under s. 46.283 (3) and (4) as a
6resource center or to administer the family care benefit as a care management
7organization. The contract under this paragraph shall include as a goal that the
8provider of advocacy services provide one advocate for every 2,500 individuals under
9age 60 who receive the family care benefit. The department shall allocate $190,000
10for the contract under this paragraph in fiscal year 2007-08 and $525,000 in each
11subsequent fiscal year.
SB40-SSA1, s. 955 12Section 955. 46.281 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,538,1313 46.281 (2) (title) Powers Other powers of the department.
SB40-SSA1, s. 956 14Section 956. 46.281 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,538,2315 46.281 (3) Duty of the secretary. The secretary shall certify to each county,
16hospital, nursing home, community-based residential facility, adult family home
17and residential care apartment complex the date on which a resource center that
18serves the area of the county, hospital, nursing home, community-based residential
19facility, adult family home or residential care apartment complex is first available
20to provide a perform functional screenings and financial screen and cost-sharing
21screenings
. To facilitate phase-in of services of resource centers, the secretary may
22certify that the resource center is available for specified groups of eligible individuals
23or for specified facilities in the county.
SB40-SSA1, s. 956g 24Section 956g. 46.281 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,539,5
146.281 (4) County contribution. (a) In this subsection, "base amount" means
2the amount that a county expended in calendar year 2006, as determined by the
3department, to provide long-term care services to individuals who would have been
4eligible for the family care benefit in calendar year 2006 if the family care benefit had
5been available to residents of the county.
SB40-SSA1,539,96 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), each county in which the department has a
7contract with an entity to administer the family care benefit shall in each year of the
8contract either pay the department the following amount or agree to reduce the
9community aids distribution to the county under s. 46.40 (2) by the following amount:
SB40-SSA1,539,1210 1. If the base amount for the county is less than or equal to 22 percent of the
11calendar year 2006 community aids distribution to the county under s. 46.40 (2), the
12base amount.
SB40-SSA1,539,1513 2. If the base amount for the county is greater than 22 percent of the calendar
14year 2006 community aids distribution to the county under s. 46.40 (2), the following
15amounts in the following years:
SB40-SSA1,539,1716 a. For the first year that the department contracts for administration of the
17family care benefit in the county, the base amount for the county.
SB40-SSA1,539,2218 b. For the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years that the department contracts for
19administration of the family care benefit in the county, the amount from the previous
20year minus 25 percent of the difference between the base amount for the county and
2122 percent of the calendar year 2006 community aids distribution to the county under
22s. 46.40 (2).
SB40-SSA1,539,2523 c. For the 5th year and each subsequent year that the department contracts for
24administration of the family care benefit in the county, 22 percent of the calendar
25year 2006 community aids distribution to the county under s. 46.40 (2).
SB40-SSA1,540,7
1(c) Each county in which the department has a contract with an entity to
2administer the family care benefit, and in which the department had such a contract
3before January 1, 2006, shall annually either pay the department or agree to reduce
4the community aids distribution to the county under s. 46.40 (2) by the amount that
5the county paid the department, or by which the county's community aids
6distribution was reduced, in calendar year 2006 to fund the program under ss.
746.2805 to 46.2895.
SB40-SSA1,540,98 (d) The department shall deposit payments made by counties under this
9subsection in the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (g).
SB40-SSA1, s. 957 10Section 957. 46.282 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 958 11Section 958. 46.282 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 959 12Section 959. 46.282 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 960 13Section 960. 46.282 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 961 14Section 961. 46.282 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 962 15Section 962. 46.282 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 963 16Section 963. 46.282 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 964 17Section 964. 46.282 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 965 18Section 965. 46.282 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 966 19Section 966. 46.282 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 967 20Section 967. 46.282 (3) (a) 7. of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 968 21Section 968. 46.282 (3) (a) 8. of the statutes is renumbered 46.2825 (2) (e) and
22amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,540,2423 46.2825 (2) (e) Monitor the pattern of enrollments and disenrollments in local
24care management organizations that provide services in the committee's region.
SB40-SSA1, s. 969
1Section 969. 46.282 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is renumbered 46.283 (6) (b) 3. and
2amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,541,73 46.283 (6) (b) 3. Identify any gaps in services, living arrangements, and
4community resources and develop strategies to build local capacity to serve older
5persons and persons with physical or developmental disabilities
needed by
6individuals belonging to the client groups served by the resource center
, especially
7those with long-term care needs.
SB40-SSA1, s. 970 8Section 970. 46.282 (3) (a) 10. of the statutes is renumbered 46.2825 (2) (g) and
9amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,541,1210 46.2825 (2) (g) Perform long-range planning on long-term care policy for older
11persons and persons with physical or developmental disabilities
individuals
12belonging to the client groups served by the resource center
.
SB40-SSA1, s. 971 13Section 971. 46.282 (3) (a) 11. of the statutes is renumbered 46.283 (6) (b) 8.
14and amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,541,2115 46.283 (6) (b) 8. Annually review interagency agreements between a the
16resource center and care management organization or organizations that provide
17services in the area served by the resource center
and make recommendations, as
18appropriate, on the interaction between the resource center and the care
19management organization or organizations to assure coordination between or
20among them and to assure access to and timeliness in provision of services by the
21resource center and the care management organizations
.
SB40-SSA1, s. 972 22Section 972. 46.282 (3) (a) 12. of the statutes is renumbered 46.283 (6) (b) 9.
23and amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,542,324 46.283 (6) (b) 9. Annually review Review the number and types of complaints
25and
grievances about and appeals concerning the long-term care system by persons

1who receive or may receive care under the system
in the area served by the resource
2center
, to determine if a need exists for system changes, and recommend system or
3other changes if appropriate.
SB40-SSA1, s. 973 4Section 973. 46.282 (3) (a) 13. of the statutes is renumbered 46.283 (6) (b) 6.
5and amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,542,96 46.283 (6) (b) 6. Identify potential new sources of community resources and
7funding for needed services for older persons and persons with physical or
8developmental disabilities
individuals belonging to the client groups served by the
9resource center
.
SB40-SSA1, s. 974 10Section 974. 46.282 (3) (a) 14. of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 975 11Section 975. 46.282 (3) (a) 15. of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 976 12Section 976. 46.282 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 46.283 (6) (b) 10. and
13amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,542,1714 46.283 (6) (b) 10. A local long-term care council may, within the local
15long-term care council's area
If directed to do so by the county board, assume the
16duties of the county long-term community support planning committee as specified
17under s. 46.27 (4) for a county served by the resource center.
SB40-SSA1, s. 977 18Section 977. 46.2825 of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,543,2 1946.2825 Regional long-term care advisory committees. (1) Creation.
20The governing board of each resource center operating in a region established by the
21department under s. 46.281 (1n) (d) 1. shall appoint the number of its members that
22is specified by the department under s. 46.281 (1n) (d) 2. to a regional long-term care
23advisory committee. At least 50 percent of the persons a resource center board
24appoints to a regional long-term care advisory committee shall be older persons or

1persons with a physical or developmental disability or their family members,
2guardians, or other advocates.
SB40-SSA1,543,4 3(2) Duties. A regional long-term care advisory committee shall do all of the
4following:
SB40-SSA1,543,105 (a) Evaluate the performance of care management organizations and entities
6that operate a program described under s. 46.2805 (1) (a) or (b) in the committee's
7region with respect to responsiveness to recipients of their services, fostering choices
8for recipients, and other issues affecting recipients; and make recommendations
9based on the evaluation to the department and to the care management
10organizations and entities, as appropriate.
SB40-SSA1,543,1311 (b) Evaluate the performance of resource centers operating in the committee's
12region and, as appropriate, make recommendations, concerning their performance
13to the department and the resource centers.
SB40-SSA1,543,1614 (c) Monitor grievances and appeals made to care management organizations
15or entities that operate a program described under s. 46.2805 (1) (a) or (b) within the
16committee's region.
SB40-SSA1,543,1717 (d) Review utilization of long-term care services in the committee's region.
SB40-SSA1,543,2318 (f) Using information gathered under s. 46.283 (6) (b) 2. by governing boards
19of resources centers operating in the committee's region and other available
20information, identify any gaps in the availability of services, living arrangements,
21and community resources needed by older persons and persons with physical or
22developmental disabilities, and develop strategies to build capacity to provide those
23services, living arrangements, and community resources in the committee's region.
SB40-SSA1,544,3
1(h) Annually report to the department regarding significant achievements and
2problems relating to the provision of long-term care services in the committee's
3region.
SB40-SSA1, s. 978 4Section 978. 46.283 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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