Wisconsin Legislature: 9,1531g

50.065 (6) (b) For persons specified under par. (a) caregivers who are licensed, issued a certificate of approval or certified by, or registered with, the department, for person specified in par. (am) 2. nonclient residents, and for other persons specified by the department by rule, the entity shall send the background information form to the department. For persons specified under par. (am) 1., the entity shall maintain the background information form on file for inspection by the department.

9,1521zr Section 1521zr. 50.065 (7) (a) and (b) of the statutes are repealed.

9,1522 Section 1522. 50.065 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

50.065 (8) The department may charge a fee for obtaining the information required under sub. (2) (am) or (3) (a) or for providing information to an entity to enable the entity to comply with sub. (2) (b) or (3) (b). The fee may not exceed the reasonable cost of obtaining the information. No fee may be charged to a nurse's assistant, as defined in s. 146.40 (1) (d), for obtaining or maintaining the information if to do so would be inconsistent with federal law.

9,1522w Section 1522w. 50.135 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

50.135 (1) Definition. In this section, "inpatient health care facility" means any hospital, nursing home, county home, county mental hospital, tuberculosis sanatorium or other place licensed or approved by the department under ss. 49.70, 49.71, 49.72, 50.02, 50.03, 50.35, 51.08, and 51.09, 58.06, 252.073 and 252.076, but does not include community-based residential facilities.

9,1524 Section 1524. 50.135 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

50.135 (2) (c) The fees collected under par. (a) shall be credited to the appropriations under s. 20.435 (1) (4) (gm) and (6) (jm) as specified in those appropriations for licensing, review and certifying activities.

9,1525 Section 1525. 50.36 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

50.36 (2) (c) The department shall promulgate rules that require that a hospital, before discharging a patient who is aged 65 or older or who has developmental disability or physical disability and whose disability or condition requires long-term care that is expected to last at least 90 days, refer the patient to the resource center under s. 46.283. The rules shall specify that this requirement applies only if the secretary has certified under s. 46.281 (3) that a resource center is available for the hospital and for specified groups of eligible individuals that include persons seeking admission to or patients of the hospital.

9,1526 Section 1526. 50.38 of the statutes is created to read:

50.38 Forfeitures. (1) Whoever violates rules promulgated under s. 50.36 (2) (c) may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation.

(2) The department may directly assess forfeitures provided for under sub. (1). If the department determines that a forfeiture should be assessed for a particular violation, the department shall send a notice of assessment to the hospital. The notice shall specify the amount of the forfeiture assessed, the violation and the statute or rule alleged to have been violated, and shall inform the hospital of the right to a hearing under sub. (3).

(3) A hospital may contest an assessment of a forfeiture by sending, within 10 days after receipt of notice under sub. (2), a written request for a hearing under s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals created under s. 15.103 (1). The administrator of the division may designate a hearing examiner to preside over the case and recommend a decision to the administrator under s. 227.46. The decision of the administrator of the division shall be the final administrative decision. The division shall commence the hearing within 30 days after receipt of the request for a hearing and shall issue a final decision within 15 days after the close of the hearing. Proceedings before the division are governed by ch. 227. In any petition for judicial review of a decision by the division, the party, other than the petitioner, who was in the proceeding before the division shall be the named respondent.

(4) All forfeitures shall be paid to the department within 10 days after receipt of notice of assessment or, if the forfeiture is contested under sub. (3), within 10 days after receipt of the final decision after exhaustion of administrative review, unless the final decision is appealed and the order is stayed by court order. The department shall remit all forfeitures paid to the state treasurer for deposit in the school fund.

(5) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state to collect any forfeiture imposed under this section if the forfeiture has not been paid following the exhaustion of all administrative and judicial reviews. The only issue to be contested in any such action shall be whether the forfeiture has been paid.

9,1526g Section 1526g. 50.39 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

50.39 (2) The use of the title "hospital" to represent or identify any facility which does not meet the definition of a "hospital" as provided herein or is not subject to approval under ss. 50.32 to 50.39 is prohibited, except that institutions governed by ss. s. 51.09 and 252.073 are exempt.

9,1526h Section 1526h. 50.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

50.39 (3) Facilities governed by ss. 45.365, 48.62, 49.70, 49.72, 50.02, 51.09, 58.06, 252.073, 252.076 and 252.10, secured correctional facilities as defined in s. 938.02 (15m), correctional institutions governed by the department of corrections under s. 301.02 and the offices and clinics of persons licensed to treat the sick under chs. 446, 447 and 448 are exempt from ss. 50.32 to 50.39. Sections 50.32 to 50.39 do not abridge the rights of the medical examining board, physical therapists affiliated credentialing board, podiatrists affiliated credentialing board, dentistry examining board, pharmacy examining board, chiropractic examining board and board of nursing in carrying out their statutory duties and responsibilities.

9,1529 Section 1529. 50.49 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

50.49 (2) (b) The department shall, by rule, set a license fee to be paid by home health agencies. The fee shall be based on the annual net income, as determined by the department, of a home health agency.

9,1530 Section 1530. 50.49 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

50.49 (4) Licensing, inspection and regulation. The Except as provided in sub. (6m), the department may register, license, inspect and regulate home health agencies as provided in this section. The department shall ensure, in its inspections of home health agencies, that a sampling of records from private pay patients are reviewed. The department shall select the patients who shall receive home visits as a part of the inspection. Results of the inspections shall be made available to the public at each of the regional offices of the department.

9,1531 Section 1531. 50.49 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

50.49 (6m) Exceptions. None of the following is required to be licensed as a home health agency under sub. (4), regardless of whether any of the following provides services that are similar to services provided by a home health agency:

(a) A care management organization, as defined in s. 46.2805 (1).

(b) A program specified in s. 46.2805 (1) (a).

9,1531g Section 1531g. 50.498 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

50.498 (1) (intro.) The Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department shall require each applicant to provide the department with his or her social security number, if the applicant is an individual, or the applicant's federal employer identification number, if the applicant is not an individual, as a condition of issuing any of the following:

9,1531h Section 1531h. 50.498 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

50.498 (1m) If an individual who applies for a certificate of approval, license or provisional license under sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of obtaining the certificate of approval, license or provisional license, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of workforce development. A certificate of approval, license or provisional license issued in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid.

9,1531i Section 1531i. 50.498 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

50.498 (3) The Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department shall deny an application for the issuance of a certificate of approval, license or provisional license specified in sub. (1) if the applicant does not provide the information specified in sub. (1).

9,1531r Section 1531r. 50.94 of the statutes is created to read:

50.94 Admission to and care in a hospice for certain incapacitated persons. (1) In this section:

(a) "Hospice care" means palliative care, respite care, short-term care or supportive care.

(b) "Incapacitated" means unable to receive and evaluate information effectively or to communicate decisions to such an extent that a person lacks the capacity to manage his or her health care decisions.

(d) "Terminal condition" means an incurable condition caused by injury, disease or illness that according to reasonable medical judgment will produce death within 6 months, even with available life-sustaining treatment provided in accordance with the prevailing standard of medical care.

(2) A person who is determined to be incapacitated under the requirements of sub. (8), does not have a valid living will or valid power of attorney for health care and has not been adjudicated incompetent under ch. 880 may be admitted to a hospice under this section only if all of the following requirements are met:

(a) An individual who is specified in sub. (3) signs all of the following:

1. On behalf of the person who is incapacitated, an informed consent for the receipt of hospice care by the person who is incapacitated.

2. A statement certifying that it is his or her belief, to the best of his or her knowledge, that, if able to do so, the person who is incapacitated would have selected hospice care.

(b) A physician certifies that the person who is incapacitated has a terminal condition and that the physician believes that the individual under par. (a) is acting in accordance with the views or beliefs of the person who is incapacitated.

(3) The following individuals, in the following order of priority, may act under sub. (2) (a):

(a) The spouse of the person who is incapacitated.

(b) An adult child of the person who is incapacitated.

(d) An adult sibling of the person who is incapacitated.

(e) A close friend or a relative of the person who is incapacitated, other than as specified in pars. (a) to (d), to whom all of the following apply:

1. The close friend or other relative is aged at least 18 and has maintained sufficient regular contact with the person who is incapacitated to be familiar with the person's activities, health and beliefs.

2. The close friend or other relative has exhibited special care and concern for the incapacitated person.

(4) The individual who acts under sub. (2) (a) may make all health care decisions related to receipt of hospice care by the person who is incapacitated.

(5) The person who is incapacitated or the individual under sub. (4) may object to or revoke the election of hospice care at any time.

(6) A person who disagrees with a hospice decision made under this section may apply under ch. 880 for temporary guardianship of the person who is incapacitated. In applying for the temporary guardianship, such a person has the burden of proving that the person who is incapacitated would not have consented to admission to a hospice or hospice care.

(7) The individual who acts under sub. (2) (a) shall, if feasible, provide to all other individuals listed under sub. (3) notice of the proposed admission of the person who is incapacitated to a hospice and of the right to apply for temporary guardianship under sub. (6). If it is not feasible for the individual to provide this notice before admission of the person who is incapacitated to a hospice, the individual who acts under sub. (2) (a) shall exercise reasonable diligence in providing the notice within 48 hours after the admission.

(8) A determination that a person is incapacitated may be made only by 2 physicians or by one physician and one licensed psychologist, as defined in s. 455.01 (4), who personally examine the person and sign a statement specifying that the person is incapacitated. Mere old age, eccentricity or physical disabilities, singly or together, are insufficient to determine that a person is incapacitated. Whoever determines that the person is incapacitated may not be a relative, as defined in s. 242.01 (11), of the person or have knowledge that he or she is entitled to or has claim on any portion of the person's estate. A copy of the statement shall be included in the records of the incapacitated person in the hospice to which he or she is admitted.

9,1532d Section 1532d. 51.01 (14k) of the statutes is created to read:

51.01 (14k) "Secured child caring institution" has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (15g).

9,1533d Section 1533d. 51.01 (14m) of the statutes is created to read:

51.01 (14m) "Secured correctional facility" has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (15m).

9,1534d Section 1534d. 51.01 (14p) of the statutes is created to read:

51.01 (14p) "Secured group home" has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (15p).

9,1535 Section 1535. 51.03 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 51.03 (1r).

9,1536 Section 1536. 51.03 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

51.03 (1g) In this section:

(a) "Early intervention" means action to hinder or alter a person's mental disorder or abuse of alcohol or other drugs in order to reduce the duration of early symptoms or to reduce the duration or severity of mental illness or alcohol or other drug abuse that may result.

(b) "Individualized service planning" means a process under which a person with mental illness or who abuses alcohol or other drugs and, if a child, his or her family, receives information, education and skills to enable the person to participate mutually and creatively with his or her mental health or alcohol or other drug abuse service provider in identifying his or her personal goals and developing his or her assessment, crisis protocol, treatment and treatment plan. "Individualized service planning" is tailored to the person and is based on his or her strengths, abilities and needs.

(c) "Prevention" means action to reduce the instance, delay the onset or lessen the severity of mental disorder, before the disorders may progress to mental illness, by reducing risk factors for, enhancing protections against and promptly treating early warning signs of mental disorder.

(d) "Recovery" means the process of a person's growth and improvement, despite a history of mental illness or alcohol or other drug abuse, in attitudes, feelings, values, goals, skills and behavior and is measured by a decrease in dysfunctional symptoms and an increase in maintaining the person's highest level of health, wellness, stability, self-determination and self-sufficiency.

(e) "Stigma" means disqualification from social acceptance, derogation, marginalization and ostracism encountered by persons with mental illness or persons who abuse alcohol or other drugs as the result of societal negative attitudes, feelings, perceptions, representations and acts of discrimination.

9,1537 Section 1537. 51.03 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

51.03 (4) Within the limits of available state and federal funds, the department may do all of the following:

(a) Promote the creation of coalitions among the state, counties, providers of mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse services, consumers of the services and their families and advocates for persons with mental illness and for alcoholic and drug dependent persons to develop, coordinate and provide a full range of resources to advance prevention; early intervention; treatment; recovery; safe and affordable housing; opportunities for education, employment and recreation; family and peer support; self-help; and the safety and well-being of communities.

(b) In cooperation with counties, providers of mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse services, consumers of the services, interested community members and advocates for persons with mental illness and for alcoholic and drug dependent persons, develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce stigma of and discrimination against persons with mental illness, alcoholics and drug dependent persons.

(c) Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to involve counties, providers of mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse services, consumers of the services and their families, interested community members and advocates for persons with mental illness and for alcoholic and drug dependent persons as equal participants in service system planning and delivery.

(d) Promote responsible stewardship of human and fiscal resources in the provision of mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse services.

(e) Develop and implement methods to identify and measure outcomes for consumers of mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse services.

(f) Promote access to appropriate mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse services regardless of a person's geographic location, age, degree of mental illness, alcoholism or drug dependency or availability of personal financial resources.

(g) Promote consumer decision making to enable persons with mental illness and alcohol or drug dependency to be more self-sufficient.

(h) Promote use by providers of mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse services of individualized service planning, under which the providers develop written individualized service plans that promote treatment and recovery, together with service consumers, families of service consumers who are children and advocates chosen by consumers.

9,1538 Section 1538. 51.03 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

51.03 (5) The department shall ensure that providers of mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse services who use individualized service plans, as specified in sub. (4) (h), do all of the following in using a plan:

(a) Establish meaningful and measurable goals for the consumer.

(b) Base the plan on a comprehensive assessment of the consumer's strengths, abilities, needs and preferences.

(d) Modify the plan as necessary.