LRB-1895/P1
JPC:skw
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Stinebrink, BB0541 - Tribal Long-Term Care
For 2023-2025 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Medical Assistance
Grants for tribal long-term care system development
This bill requires DHS to annually allocate up to $5,500,000 to federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state for capital improvements to tribal facilities serving tribal members with long-term care needs and for improvements and repairs to homes of tribal members with long-term care needs to enable tribal members to receive long-term care services at home.
For further information see the state 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:
Section
1. 20.435 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.435 (7) (b) Community aids and Medical Assistance payments. The amounts in the schedule for human services and community mental health services under s. 46.40, to fund services provided by resource centers under s. 46.283 (5), to fund activities in support of resource center operations, for services under the family care benefit under s. 46.284 (5), for grants to federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state under s. 46.41, for Medical Assistance payment adjustments under s. 49.45 (52) (a) for services described in s. 49.45 (52) (a) 1., for Medical Assistance payments under s. 49.45 (6tw), and for Medical Assistance payments under s. 49.45 (53) for services described in s. 49.45 (53) that are provided before January 1, 2012. Social services disbursements under s. 46.03 (20) (b) may be made from this appropriation. Refunds received relating to payments made under s. 46.03 (20) (b) for the provision of services for which moneys are appropriated under this paragraph shall be returned to this appropriation. Notwithstanding ss. 20.001 (3) (a) and 20.002 (1), the department of health services may transfer funds between fiscal years under this paragraph. The department shall deposit into this appropriation funds it recovers under ss. 46.495 (2) (b) and 51.423 (15), from prior year audit adjustments including those resulting from audits of services under s. 46.26, 1993 stats., or s. 46.27, 2017 stats. Except for amounts authorized to be carried forward under s. 46.45, all funds recovered under ss. 46.495 (2) (b) and 51.423 (15) and all funds allocated under s. 46.40 and not spent or encumbered by December 31 of each year shall lapse to the general fund on the succeeding January 1 unless carried forward to the next calendar year by the joint committee on finance.
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
2. 46.41 of the statutes is created to read:
46.41 Grants for tribal long-term care system development. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (b), the department shall annually allocate not more than $5,500,000 in each fiscal year to federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state for capital improvements to tribal facilities serving tribal members with long-term care needs and for improvements and repairs to homes of tribal members with long-term care needs to enable tribal members to receive long-term care services at home.
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