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The conduct of rehabilitation review.
Contact Person
To find out more about the hearing or to request a copy of the rules, write, phone or e-mail:
Larry Hartzke
Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Health and Family Services
P. O. Box 7850
Madison, WI 53707-7850
(608) 267-2943 or,
if you are hearing impaired,
(608) 266-3683 (TDD)
If you are hearing or visually impaired, do not speak English, or have other personal circumstances which might make communication at the hearing difficult and if you, therefore, require an interpreter, or a non-English, large print or taped version of the hearing document, contact the person at the address or phone number above. A person requesting a non-English or sign language interpreter should make that request at least 10 days before the hearing. With less than 10 days notice, an interpreter may not be available.
Written comments on the proposed rules received at the above address no later than April 21, 2000 will receive the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
Because this order simply implements changes to chs. 48 and 50, Stats., in Act 9, the order, by itself, does not affect the expenditures or revenues of state government or local governments. Any changes to workload, revenues and expenditures were accounted for in Act 9.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
These rules apply to the following “agencies:" the Department, county social services and human services departments that license foster homes for children or carry out adoption home studies, child-placing agencies that do the same, and school boards that contract for a day care program. These rules also apply to the following licensed, certified, registered or approved “entities:"
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emergency mental health service programs;
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mental health day treatment services for children;
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community mental health programs
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developmental disability programs;
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community support programs;
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certified community alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) prevention and treatment programs;
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family day care centers for children;
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group day care centers for children;
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day camps for children;
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foster homes and treatment foster homes for children;
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group homes for children;
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shelter care facilities for children;
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child-placing agencies;
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ambulance service providers;
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3-4 bed adult family homes certified or licensed by the Department;
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residential care apartment complexes (formerly called assisted living facilities);
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community-based residential facilities (CBRFs);
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nursing homes and facilities for the developmentally disabled;
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hospice programs;
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home health agencies, including those that provide personal care services;
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rural medical centers; and
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hospitals.
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child-caring institutions;
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county-certified family day care providers; and
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day care providers contracted through local school boards.
Many of the entities are small businesses as “small businesses" is defined in s. 227.114 (1) (a), Stats. This includes about 1/3 of the community mental health and AODA programs; nearly all the 2,665 family day care centers; nearly 1/3 of the 2,269 group day care centers; 12 of the 80 private child-placing agencies; most of the 2,800 foster homes and 10% of the 140 group homes; 25 of 450 ambulance service providers; 7 of 45 residential care apartment complexes; 600 of 1,120 CBRFs; 96 of 472 nursing homes; most of the hospice programs; and 115 of 191 home health agencies.
The revised rules minimize repetition of ss. 48.685 and 50.065, Stats., and are designed to supplement those statutes by providing guidance on:
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Sanctions associated with the acts committed under the Caregiver Law;
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Determining whether an offense is substantially related to client care;
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Reporting responsibilities; and
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The conduct of rehabilitation review.
The requirements found in the rules are either taken from the statutes that the rules implement, ss. 48.685 and 50.065, Stats., as created by 1997 Wis. Act 27 and amended by 1997 Wis. Act 237 and 1999 Wis. Act 9, or those statutes direct the Department to specify the requirements.
No new professional skills are necessary for entities to comply with ch. HFS 12.
Notice of Hearings
Health & Family Services
(Health, Chs. HFS 110-)
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to ss. 254.71 (6) and 254.74 (1), Stats., the Department of Health and Family Services will hold public hearings to consider the repeal and recreation of Ch. HFS 196, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to restaurants. The hearings are being held in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection which is promulgating a rule for retail food establishments that includes the same Appendix A, Wisconsin Food Code, as is being proposed as an appendix to ch. HFS 196.
Hearing Information
April 25, 2000 Eau Claire Health Department
Tuesday Room G 30-31
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 720 Second Avenue
EAU CLAIRE WI
April 27, 2000 Appleton Public Library
Thursday Lower Level
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 125 N. Oneida St.
APPLETON WI
April 28, 2000 Northwest Health Center
Basement Conference Room
Friday Milwaukee Health Department
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 7630 W. Mill Road
MILWAUKEE WI
May 2, 2000 Videoconference at the
following 5 sites:
Tuesday
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. LaCrosse State Office Building
Room B-29
3550 Mormon Coulee Road
LACROSSE WI
Wisc. Rapids State Office Bldg.
2610 Industrial Street
Conference Room #4
