AB219-ASA1,2,1411 49.45 (2) (a) 23. Promulgate rules that define "supportive services", "personal
12services" and "nursing services" provided in a certified assisted living facility
13residential care apartment complex, as defined under s. 50.01 (1d), for purposes of
14reimbursement under ss. 46.27 (11) (c) 7. and 46.277 (5) (e).
AB219-ASA1, s. 4 15Section 4. 50.01 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB219-ASA1,3,216 50.01 (1d) "Assisted living facility "Residential care apartment complex"
17means a place where 5 or more adults reside that consists of independent
18apartments, each of which has an individual lockable entrance and exit, a kitchen,
19including a stove, and individual bathroom, sleeping and living areas, and that
20provides, to a person who resides in the place, not more than 28 hours per week of
21services that are supportive, personal and nursing services. " Assisted living facility
22"Residential care apartment complex" does not include a nursing home or a
23community-based residential facility, but may be physically part of a structure that
24is a nursing home or community-based residential facility. In this subsection,

1"stove" means a cooking appliance that is a microwave oven of at least 1,000 watts
2or that consists of burners and an oven.
AB219-ASA1, s. 5 3Section 5. 50.01 (1g) (f) and (3) (e) of the statutes are repealed and recreated
4to read:
AB219-ASA1,3,55 50.01 (1g) (f) A residential care apartment complex.
AB219-ASA1,3,6 6(3) (e) A residential care apartment complex.
AB219-ASA1, s. 6 7Section 6. 50.034 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB219-ASA1,3,8 850.034 (title) Residential care apartment complexes.
AB219-ASA1, s. 7 9Section 7. 50.034 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB219-ASA1,3,1910 50.034 (1) (a) No person may operate an assisted living facility a residential
11care apartment complex
that provides living space for residents who are clients
12under s. 46.27 (11) or 46.277 and publicly funded services as a home health agency
13or under contract with a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or
1451.437 that is a home health agency unless the assisted living facility residential care
15apartment complex
is certified by the department under this section. The
16department may charge a fee, in an amount determined by the department, for
17certification under this paragraph. The amount of any fee charged by the
18department for certification of an assisted living facility a residential care apartment
19complex
need not be promulgated as a rule under ch. 227.
AB219-ASA1,3,2220 (b) No person may operate an assisted living facility a residential care
21apartment complex
that is not certified as required under par. (a) unless the assisted
22living facility
residential care apartment complex is registered by the department.
AB219-ASA1, s. 8 23Section 8. 50.034 (2) (intro.) and (b) to (e) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB219-ASA1,4,224 50.034 (2) Rules. (intro.) The department shall promulgate all of the following
25rules for the regulation of certified assisted living facilities residential care

1apartment complexes
and for the registration of assisted living facilities residential
2care apartment complexes
under this section:
AB219-ASA1,4,43 (b) Establishing standards for operation of certified assisted living facilities
4residential care apartment complexes.
AB219-ASA1,4,75 (c) Establishing minimum information requirements for registration and
6registration application procedures and forms for assisted living facilities residential
7care apartment complexes
that are not certified.
AB219-ASA1,4,98 (d) Establishing procedures for monitoring certified assisted living facilities
9residential care apartment complexes.
AB219-ASA1,4,1310 (e) Establishing intermediate sanctions and penalties for and standards and
11procedures for imposing intermediate sanctions or penalties on certified assisted
12living facilities
residential care apartment complexes and for appeals of
13intermediate sanctions or penalties.
AB219-ASA1, s. 9 14Section 9. 50.034 (3) (intro.), (a) (intro.), 3., (b) and (d) of the statutes are
15amended to read:
AB219-ASA1,4,1816 50.034 (3) Requirements for operation. (intro.) A certified or registered
17assisted living facility residential care apartment complex shall do all of the
18following:
AB219-ASA1,4,2319 (a) (intro.) Establish, with each resident of the assisted living facility
20residential care apartment complex, a mutually agreed-upon written service
21agreement that identifies the services to be provided to the resident, based on a
22comprehensive assessment of the resident's needs and preferences that is conducted
23by one of the following:
AB219-ASA1,4,2524 3. For residents who have private or 3rd-party funding, by the assisted living
25facility
residential care apartment complex.
AB219-ASA1,5,2
1(b) Establish a schedule of fees for services to residents of the assisted living
2facility
residential care apartment complex.
AB219-ASA1,5,63 (d) Establish, with each resident of the assisted living facility residential care
4apartment complex
, a signed, negotiated risk agreement that identifies situations
5that could put the resident at risk and for which the resident understands and
6accepts responsibility.
AB219-ASA1, s. 10 7Section 10. 50.034 (4) to (7) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB219-ASA1,5,168 50.034 (4) Limitation. A nursing home or a community-based residential
9facility may not convert a separate area of its total area to an assisted living facility
10a residential care apartment complex unless the department first approves the
11conversion. A nursing home, other than the nursing home operated at the Wisconsin
12Veterans Home at King, that intends to convert a separate area of its total area to
13an assisted living facility a residential care apartment complex shall also agree to
14reduce its licensed nursing home beds by the corresponding number of assisted living
15facility
residential care apartment complex residential units proposed for the
16conversion.
AB219-ASA1,5,22 17(5) Use of name prohibited. An entity that does not meet the definition under
18s. 50.01 (1d) may not designate itself as an "assisted living facility" a "residential care
19apartment complex"
or use the word "assisted living facility" words "residential care
20apartment complex"
to represent or tend to represent the entity as an assisted living
21facility
a residential care apartment complex or services provided by the entity as
22services provided by an assisted living facility a residential care apartment complex.
AB219-ASA1,6,2 23(6) Funding. Funding for supportive, personal or nursing services that a
24person who resides in an assisted living facility a residential care apartment complex
25receives, other than private or 3rd-party funding, may be provided only under s.

146.27 (11) (c) 7. or 46.277 (5) (e), unless the provider of the services is a certified
2medical assistance provider under s. 49.45.
AB219-ASA1,6,13 3(7) Revocation of certification. Certification for an assisted living facility a
4residential care apartment complex
may be revoked because of the substantial and
5intentional violation of this section or of rules promulgated by the department under
6sub. (2) or because of failure to meet the minimum requirements for certification.
7The operator of the certified assisted living facility residential care apartment
8complex
shall be given written notice of any revocation of certification and the
9grounds for the revocation. Any assisted living facility residential care apartment
10complex
certification applicant or operator of a certified assisted living facility
11residential care apartment complex may, if aggrieved by the failure to issue or renew
12the certification or by revocation of certification, appeal under the procedures
13specified by the department by rule under sub. (2).
AB219-ASA1, s. 11 14Section 11. 150.31 (5r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB219-ASA1,6,1815 150.31 (5r) The department shall decrease the statewide bed limit specified in
16sub. (1) by the number of any beds that a nursing home shall agree to reduce in order
17to convert a separate area of its total area to an assisted living facility a residential
18care apartment complex
under s. 50.034 (4) (b).
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