20,991
Section
991. 46.283 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
46.283 (6) (b) The governing board of a resource center shall do all of the following:
1. Determine the structure, policies, and procedures of, and oversee the operations of, the resource center. The operations of a resource center that is operated by a county are subject to the county's ordinances and budget.
2. Annually gather information from consumers and providers of long-term care services and other interested persons concerning the adequacy of long-term care services offered in the area served by the resource center. The board shall provide well-advertised opportunities for persons to participate in the board's information gathering activities conducted under this subdivision.
4. Report findings made under subds. 2. and 3. to the applicable regional long-term care advisory committee.
5. Recommend strategies for building local capacity to serve older persons and persons with physical or developmental disabilities, as appropriate, to local elected officials, the regional long-term care advisory committee, or the department.
7. Appoint members to the regional long-term care advisory committee, as provided under s. 46.2825 (1).
20,992
Section
992. 46.284 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.284 (1) (a) (intro.) After considering recommendations of the local long-term care council under s. 46.282 (3) (a) 1., a A county board of supervisors and, in a county with a county executive or a county administrator, the county executive or county administrator, may decide all of the following:
20,993
Section
993. 46.284 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.284 (1) (a) 2. Whether to create a family long-term care district to apply to the department for a contract to operate a care management organization.
20,994
Section
994. 46.284 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
20,995
Section
995. 46.284 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
20,996
Section
996. 46.284 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
20,997
Section
997. 46.284 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 46.284 (2) (bm) and amended to read:
46.284 (2) (bm) After December 31, 2003, the The department may contract with counties, family long-term care districts, the governing body of a tribe or band or the Great Lakes inter-tribal council, inc., or under a joint application of any of these, or with a private organization that has no significant connection to an entity that operates a resource center. Proposals for contracts under this subdivision shall be solicited under a competitive sealed proposal process under s. 16.75 (2m) and, after consulting with the local long-term care council for the county or counties, the department shall evaluate the proposals primarily as to the quality of care that is proposed to be provided, certify those applicants that meet the requirements specified in sub. (3) (a), select certified applicants for contract and contract with the selected applicants.
20,997m
Section 997m. 46.284 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
46.284 (2) (c) The department shall require, as a term of any contract with a care management organization under this section, that the care management organization contract for the provision of services that are covered under the family care benefit with any community-based residential facility under s. 50.01 (1g), residential care apartment complex under s. 50.01 (1d), nursing home under s. 50.01 (3), intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded under s. 50.14 (1) (b), community rehabilitation program, home health agency under s. 50.49 (1) (a), provider of day services, or provider of personal care, as defined in s. 50.01 (4o), that agrees to accept the reimbursement rate that the care management organization pays under contract to similar providers for the same service and that satisfies any applicable quality of care, utilization, or other criteria that the care management organization requires of other providers with which it contracts to provide the same service.
20,998
Section
998. 46.284 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.284 (3) (a) If an entity meets the requirements under par. (b) and applicable rules of the department and submits to the department an application for initial certification or certification renewal, the department shall certify that the entity meets the requirements for a care management organization. An application shall include comments about the applicant and recommendations about the application that are provided by the appropriate local long-term care council, as specified under s. 46.282 (3) (a) 3.
20,999
Section
999. 46.284 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.284 (5) (a) From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (g), (gp), (im), (o), and (w) and (7) (b) and, (bd), and (g), the department shall provide funding on a capitated payment basis for the provision of services under this section. Notwithstanding s. 46.036 (3) and (5m), a care management organization that is under contract with the department may expend the funds, consistent with this section, including providing payment, on a capitated basis, to providers of services under the family care benefit.
20,1000
Section
1000. 46.284 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.284 (6) Governing board. A care management organization shall have a governing board that reflects the ethnic and economic diversity of the geographic area served by the care management organization. At least one-fourth of the members of the governing board shall be older persons or persons with physical or developmental disabilities or their family members, guardians or other advocates who are representative of the client group or groups whom the care management organization's enrollee organization is contracted to serve or those clients' family members, guardians, or other advocates.
20,1001
Section
1001. 46.285 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.285, and 46.285 (intro.), (1) and (2), as renumbered, are amended to read:
46.285 Operation of resource center and care management organization. (intro.) In order to meet federal requirements and assure federal financial participation in funding of the family care benefit, a county, a tribe or band, a family long-term care district or an organization, including a private, nonprofit corporation, may not directly operate both a resource center and a care management organization, except as follows:
(1) For an entity with which the department has contracted under s. 46.281 (1) (e) 1., 2005 stats., provision of the services specified under s. 46.283 (3) (b), (e), (f) and (g) shall be structurally separate from the provision of services of the care management organization by January 1, 2001.
(2) The department may approve separation of the functions of a resource center from those of a care management organization by a means other than those specified in sub. (2) creating a long-term care district under s. 46.2895 to serve either as a resource center or as a care management organization.
20,1002
Section
1002. 46.285 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
20,1003
Section
1003. 46.286 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.286 (1) Eligibility. (intro.) A person is eligible for, but not necessarily entitled to, the family care benefit if the person is at least 18 years of age; has a physical disability, as defined in s. 15.197 (4) (a) 2., or a developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5) (a), or degenerative brain disorder, as defined in s. 55.01 (1v) is a frail elder; and meets all of the following criteria:
20,1004
Section
1004. 46.286 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.286 (1) (a) 1. The person's functional capacity level of care need is at either of the following levels:
a. The comprehensive nursing home level, if the person has a long-term or irreversible condition, expected to last at least 90 days or result in death within one year of the date of application, and requires ongoing care, assistance or supervision.
b. The intermediate non-nursing home level, if the person has a condition that is expected to last at least 90 days or result in death within 12 months after the date of application, and is at risk of losing his or her independence or functional capacity unless he or she receives assistance from others.
20,1005
Section
1005. 46.286 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.286 (1) (b) Financial eligibility. (intro.) A person is financially eligible if all any of the following apply:
20,1006
Section
1006. 46.286 (1) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
20,1007
Section
1007. 46.286 (1) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is renumbered 46.286 (1) (b) 3. and amended to read:
46.286 (1) (b) 3. The person was receiving the family care benefit on the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], the person would qualify for medical assistance except for financial or disability criteria, and the projected cost of the person's care plan, as calculated by the department or its designee, exceeds the person's gross monthly income, plus one-twelfth of his or her countable assets, less deductions and allowances permitted by rule by the department.
20,1008
Section
1008. 46.286 (1) (b) 1. b. and 2. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 46.286 (1) (b) 1m. and amended to read:
46.286 (1) (b) 1m. The person is eligible under ch. 49 for medical assistance. 2. If subd. 1. b. applies, the person accepts medical assistance and, unless he or she is exempt from the acceptance under rules promulgated by the department, accepts medical assistance.
20,1009
Section
1009. 46.286 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.286 (3) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. par. (c) and (d), a person is entitled to and may receive the family care benefit through enrollment in a care management organization if he or she all of the following apply:
1m. The person is at least 18 years of age,.
2m. The person has a physical disability, as defined in s. 15.197 (4) (a) 2., a developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5) (a), or degenerative brain disorder, as defined in s. 55.01 (1v), is a frail elder.
4m. The person is financially eligible, under sub. (1) (b) 1m., and fulfills any applicable cost-sharing requirements and meets any of the following criteria:.
20,1010
Section
1010. 46.286 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
20,1011
Section
1011. 46.286 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
20,1012
Section
1012. 46.286 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
20,1013
Section
1013. 46.286 (3) (a) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
46.286 (3) (a) 3m. The person is functionally eligible under sub. (1) (a).
20,1014
Section
1014. 46.286 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
20,1015
Section
1015. 46.286 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
20,1016
Section
1016. 46.286 (3) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
20,1017
Section
1017. 46.286 (3m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
46.286 (3m) Information about enrollees. The department shall obtain and share information about family care enrollees as provided in s. 49.475.
20,1018
Section
1018. 46.288 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.288 (2) (intro.) Criteria and procedures for determining functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a), financial eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (b), and cost sharing under s. 46.286 (2) (a) and entitlement under s. 46.286 (3). The rules for determining functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a) 1. a. shall be substantially similar to eligibility criteria for receipt of the long-term support community options program under s. 46.27. Rules under this subsection shall include definitions of the following terms applicable to s. 46.286:
20,1019
Section
1019. 46.289 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 46.2803 (title).
20,1020
Section
1020. 46.289 of the statutes is renumbered 46.2803 (1).
20,1021
Section
1021. 46.2895 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (title) Family Long-term care district.
20,1022
Section
1022. 46.2895 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (1) (a) (intro.) A county board of supervisors, a tribe or band, or any combination of counties or tribes or bands, may create a special purpose district that is termed a "family "long-term care district", that is a local unit of government, that is separate and distinct from, and independent of, the state and the county or tribe or band that created it, and that has the powers and duties specified in this section, if the each county board or tribe or band that participates in creating the district does all of the following:
20,1023
Section
1023. 46.2895 (1) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (1) (a) 1. a. Declares the need for establishing the family long-term care district.
20,1024
Section
1024. 46.2895 (1) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (1) (a) 1. b. Specifies the family long-term care district's primary purpose, which shall be to operate, under contract with the department, either a resource center under s. 46.283 or, a care management organization under s. 46.284, but not both, or a program described under s. 46.2805 (1) (a) or (b).
20,1025
Section
1025. 46.2895 (1) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:
46.2895 (1) (a) 1. c. Specifies the number of individuals who shall be appointed as members of the long-term care district board, the length of their terms, and, if the long-term care district is created by more than one county or tribe or band, how many members shall be appointed by each county or tribe or band.
20,1026
Section
1026. 46.2895 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
20,1027
Section
1027. 46.2895 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
46.2895 (1) (c) A long-term care district may not operate a care management organization under s. 46.284 or a program described under s. 46.2805 (1) (a) or (b) if the district operates a resource center under s. 46.283.
20,1028
Section
1028. 46.2895 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
46.2895 (1) (d) A county or tribe or band may create more than one long-term care district.
20,1029
Section
1029. 46.2895 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
46.2895 (1) (e) A long-term care district may change its primary purpose specified under par. (a) 1. b. if all the counties or tribes or bands that created the district and that have not withdrawn or been removed from the district under sub. (14), adopt a resolution approving the change in primary purpose and if the change in purpose does not violate par. (c) or any provision of a contract between the department and the district.
20,1030
Section
1030. 46.2895 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (2) Jurisdiction. A family long-term care district's jurisdiction is the geographical area of the county or counties of the county board or boards of supervisors who that created the family long-term care district and the geographic area of the reservation of, or lands held in trust for, any tribe or band that created the long-term care district.
20,1031
Section
1031. 46.2895 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (3) (title) Family
Long-term care district board.
20,1032
Section
1032. 46.2895 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 46.2895 (3) (a) and amended to read:
46.2895 (3) (a) The county board of supervisors of a county or, in a county with a county administrator or county executive, the county administrator or county executive shall appoint the members of the family
long-term care district board, which is the governing board of a family care district under sub. (1) (a) members whom the county is allotted, by resolutions adopted under sub. (1) (a) 1. c., to appoint.
20,1033
Section
1033. 46.2895 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
20,1034
Section
1034. 46.2895 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (3) (b) 1. The family care district board appointed under par. (a) 1. shall consist of 15 persons who are residents of the area of jurisdiction of the family care district. At least one-fourth of the members of a long-term care district board shall be representative of the client group or groups whom it is the family long-term care district's primary purpose to serve or those clients' family members, guardians, or other advocates.
20,1035
Section
1035. 46.2895 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
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Section
1036. 46.2895 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
