46.2895 (4) (h) Mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber the family long-term care district's property or funds.
SECTION 51. 46.2895 (4) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (4) (k) Create a risk reserve or other special reserve as the family long-term care district board desires or as the department requires under the contract with the department that is specified under par. (d).
SECTION 52. 46.2895 (4) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (4) (L) Accept aid, including loans, to accomplish the purpose of the family long-term care district from any local, state or federal governmental agency or accept gifts, loans, grants or bequests from individuals or entities, if the conditions under which the aid, loan, gift, grant or bequest is furnished are not in conflict with this section.
SECTION 53. 46.2895 (4) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (4) (m) Make and execute other instruments necessary or convenient to exercise the powers of the family long-term care district.
SECTION 54. 46.2895 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (5) LIMITATION ON POWERS. A family long-term care district may not issue bonds or levy a tax or assessment.
SECTION 55. 46.2895 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (6) DUTIES. (intro.) The family long-term care district board shall do all of the following:
SECTION 56. 46.2895 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (6) (b) Subject to sub. (8), develop and implement a personnel structure and other employment policies for employees of the family long-term care district.
SECTION 57. 46.2895 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (6) (c) Assure compliance with the terms of any contract with the department under sub. (4) (d) or (dm).
SECTION 58. 46.2895 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (6) (d) Establish a fiscal operating year and annually adopt a budget for the family long-term care district.
SECTION 59. 46.2895 (6) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (6) (e) Contract for any legal services required for the family long-term care district.
SECTION 60. 46.2895 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (7) (a) Manage the property and business of the family long-term care district and manage the employees of the district, subject to the general control of the family long-term care district board.
SECTION 61. 46.2895 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (7) (b) Comply with the bylaws and direct enforcement of all policies and procedures adopted by the family long-term care district board.
SECTION 62. 46.2895 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (7) (c) Perform duties in addition to those specified in pars. (a) and (b) as are prescribed by the family long-term care district board.
SECTION 63. 46.2895 (8) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (8) (a) (intro.) A family long-term care district board that is created at least in part by a county shall do all of the following:
SECTION 64. 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (8) (a) 1. If the family long-term care district offers employment to any individual who was previously employed by the a county, which participated in creating the district and at the time of the offer had not withdrawn or been removed from the district under sub. (14), and who while employed by the county performed duties relating to the same or a substantially similar function for which the individual is offered employment by the district and whose wages, hours and conditions of employment were established in a collective bargaining agreement with the county under subch. IV of ch. 111 that is in effect on the date that the individual commences employment with the district, with respect to that individual, abide by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement concerning the individual's compensation and benefits wages and, if applicable, vacation allowance, sick leave accumulation, sick leave bank, holiday allowance, funeral leave allowance, personal day allowance, or paid time off allowance until the time of the expiration of that collective bargaining agreement or adoption of a collective bargaining agreement with the district under subch. IV of ch. 111 covering the individual as an employee of the district, whichever occurs first.
SECTION 65. 46.2895 (8) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 66. 46.2895 (8) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (8) (a) 3. If the family long-term care district offers employment to any individual who was previously employed by the a county, which participated in creating the district and at the time of the offer had not withdrawn or been removed from the district under sub. (14), and who while employed by the county performed duties relating to the same or a substantially similar function for which the individual is offered employment by the district, with respect to that individual, recognize all years of service with the county for any benefit provided or program operated by the district for which an employee's years of service may affect the provision of the benefit or the operation of the program.
SECTION 67. 46.2895 (8) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (8) (a) 4. If the county has not established its own retirement system for county employees, adopt a resolution that the family long-term care district be included within the provisions of the Wisconsin retirement system under s. 40.21 (1). In this resolution, the family long-term care district shall agree to recognize 100% of the prior creditable service of its employees earned by the employees while employed by the district.
SECTION 68. 46.2895 (8) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (8) (b) (intro.) The county board of supervisors of the area of jurisdiction of the family each county that creates a long-term care district shall do all of the following:
SECTION 69. 46.2895 (8) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (8) (b) 1. If the county has established its own retirement system for county employees, provide that family long-term care district employees are eligible to participate in the county retirement system.
SECTION 70. 46.2895 (8) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 71. 46.2895 (8) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
46.2895 (8) (b) 2m. If the long-term care district employs any individual who was previously employed by the county, provide the individual health care coverage that is similar to the health care coverage that the county provided the individual when he or she was employed by the county.
SECTION 72. 46.2895 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 73. 46.2895 (8) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
46.2895 (8) (c) A long-term care district and any county that created the district and has not withdrawn from or been removed from the district under sub. (14) may enter into an agreement allocating the costs of providing benefits described under this section between the district and the county.
SECTION 74. 46.2895 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (9) CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. No record, as defined in s. 19.32 (2), of a family long-term care district that contains personally identifiable information, as defined in s. 19.62 (5), concerning an individual who receives services from the family long-term care district may be disclosed by the family long-term care district without the individual's informed consent, except as required to comply with s. 16.009 (2) (p) or 49.45 (4).
SECTION 75. 46.2895 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (10) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. Notwithstanding sub. (9) and ss. 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), a family long-term care district acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, as defined in s. 46.287 (1), without the informed consent of the client, under s. 46.21 (2m) (c), 46.215 (1m), 46.22 (1) (dm), 46.23 (3) (e), 46.283 (7), 46.284 (7), 51.42 (3) (e) or 51.437 (4r) (b) in the jurisdiction of the family long-term care district, if necessary to enable the family long-term care district to perform its duties or to coordinate the delivery of services to the client.
SECTION 76. 46.2895 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (11) OBLIGATIONS AND, DEBTS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES NOT THOSE OF COUNTY. The obligations and debts of the family a long-term care district are not the obligations or debts of the any county that created the family care district. If a long-term care district is obligated by statute or contract to provide or pay for services or benefits, no county is responsible for providing or paying for those services or benefits.
SECTION 77. 46.2895 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (12) ASSISTANCE TO FAMILY LONG-TERM CARE DISTRICT. From moneys in the a county treasury that are not appropriated to some other purpose, the county board of supervisors under sub. (1) (a) or the county boards of supervisors under sub. (1) (b) may appropriate moneys to the family a long-term care district that the county participated in creating as a gift or may lend moneys to the family long-term care district.
SECTION 78. 46.2895 (13) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 46.2895 (13) and amended to read:
46.2895 (13) DISSOLUTION. (intro.) Subject to the performance of the contractual obligations of a family long-term care district and if first approved by the secretary of the department, the family long-term care district may be dissolved by the joint action of the family long-term care district board and each county board of supervisors under sub. (1) (a) or the county boards of supervisors under sub. (1) (b) or tribe or band that created the family long-term care district and has not withdrawn or been removed from the district under sub. (14). If the family a long-term care district that is created by one county or tribe or band is dissolved, the property of the district shall be transferred to the county board of supervisors or tribe or band that created the family care district except as follows: it. (a) If the family a long-term care district was is created under sub. (1) (b), by more than one county or tribe or band, all of the county boards of supervisors counties or tribes or bands that created the district and that have not withdrawn or been removed from the district under sub. (14) shall agree on the apportioning of the family long-term care district's property before the district may be dissolved. (b) If the family long-term care district operates a care management organization under s. 46.284, disposition of any remaining funds in the risk reserve under s. 46.284 (5) (e) shall be made under the terms of the district's contract with the department.
SECTION 79. 46.2895 (14) of the statutes is created to read:
46.2895 (14) WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF A COUNTY OR TRIBE OR BAND. Subject to approval from the department, a long-term care district may establish conditions for a county or tribe or band that participated with one or more counties or tribes or bands in creating the district to withdraw from the district or for the district to remove the county or tribe or band from the district.
SECTION 80. 51.42 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
51.42 (3) (e) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), any subunit of a county department of community programs or tribal agency acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of community programs or tribal agency, with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, or with any person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of community programs or tribal agency or with a resource center, care management organization, or family long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of community programs or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. Any agency releasing information under this paragraph shall document that a request was received and what information was provided.
SECTION 81. 51.437 (4r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
51.437 (4r) (b) Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), any subunit of a county department of developmental disabilities services or tribal agency acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of developmental disabilities services or tribal agency, with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, or with any person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of developmental disabilities services or tribal agency or with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of developmental disabilities services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. Any agency releasing information under this paragraph shall document that a request was received and what information was provided.
SECTION 82. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0301 (1) (a) In this section "municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city, village, town, county, school district, public library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning commission, or city-county health department.
SECTION 83. 66.0601 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0601 (1) (b) Payments for abortions restricted. No city, village, town, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize funds for or pay to a physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion except those permitted under and which are performed in accordance with s. 20.927.
SECTION 84. 66.0601 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0601 (1) (c) Payments for abortion-related activity restricted. No city, village, town, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize payment of funds for a grant, subsidy or other funding involving a pregnancy program, project or service if s. 20.9275 (2) applies to the pregnancy program, project or service.
SECTION 85. 69.30 (1) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 69.30 (1) (bd) and amended to read:
69.30 (1) (bd) "Family Long-term care district" has the meaning given in s. 46.2805 (5) (7r).
SECTION 86. 69.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.30 (2) A financial institution, state agency, county department, Wisconsin works agency, service office or family long-term care district or an employee of a financial institution, state agency, county department, Wisconsin works agency, service office or family long-term care district is not subject to s. 69.24 (1) (a) for copying a certified copy of a vital record for use by the financial institution, state agency, county department, Wisconsin works agency, service office or family long-term care district, including use under s. 45.04 (5), if the copy is marked "FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE".
SECTION 87. 70.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (2) MUNICIPAL PROPERTY AND PROPERTY OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS, EXCEPTION. Property owned by any county, city, village, town, school district, technical college district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, metropolitan sewerage district, municipal water district created under s. 198.22, joint local water authority created under s. 66.0823, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or town sanitary district; lands belonging to cities of any other state used for public parks; land tax-deeded to any county or city before January 2; but any residence located upon property owned by the county for park purposes that is rented out by the county for a nonpark purpose shall not be exempt from taxation. Except as to land acquired under s. 59.84 (2) (d), this exemption shall not apply to land conveyed after August 17, 1961, to any such governmental unit or for its benefit while the grantor or others for his or her benefit are permitted to occupy the land or part thereof in consideration for the conveyance. Leasing the property exempt under this subsection, regardless of the lessee and the use of the leasehold income, does not render that property taxable.
SECTION 88. 71.26 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.26 (1) (b) Political units. Income received by the United States, the state and all counties, cities, villages, towns, school districts, technical college districts, joint local water authorities created under s. 66.0823, family long-term care districts under s. 46.2895 or other political units of this state.
SECTION 89. 101.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
101.01 (4) "Employer" means any person, firm, corporation, state, county, town, city, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, family long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations as well as any agent, manager, representative or other person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment or of any employee.
SECTION 90. 102.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
102.01 (2) (d) "Municipality" includes a county, city, town, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district and family long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations.
SECTION 91. 102.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
102.04 (1) (a) The state, each county, city, town, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, family long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations therein.
SECTION 92. 103.001 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.001 (6) "Employer" means any person, firm, corporation, state, county, town, city, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, family long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations as well as any agent, manager, representative or other person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment or of any employee.
SECTION 93. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
111.70 (1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town, metropolitan sewerage district, school district, family long-term care district, or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied, but specifically does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.
SECTION 94. 632.745 (6) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
632.745 (6) (a) 2m. A family long-term care district under s. 46.2895.
SECTION 95. 985.01 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
985.01 (1g) "Governing body" has the meaning given in s. 345.05 (1) (b) and includes a family long-term care district board under s. 46.2895.
SECTION 96. 985.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
