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(6v) (b)
The Beginning on September 1, 2002, and annually thereafter,
5the department shall
, each year, submit to the joint committee on finance a report
6for the previous fiscal year, except for the 1997-98 fiscal year, that provides
7information on the utilization of beds by recipients of medical assistance in facilities
8and a discussion and detailed projection of the likely balances, expenditures,
9encumbrances and carry over of currently appropriated amounts in the
10appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o) for the immediately prior 2
11consecutive fiscal years.
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(6v) (c) If the report specified in par. (b) indicates that utilization of beds
2by recipients of medical assistance in facilities
is less than estimates for that
3utilization reflected in the intentions of the joint committee on finance, legislature
4and governor, as expressed by them in the budget determinations, the department
5shall include a proposal to transfer moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.435
6(4) (b) to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (bd) for the purpose of increasing
7funding for the community options program under s. 46.27. The amount proposed
8for transfer may not reduce the balance in the appropriation account under s. 20.435
9(4) (b) below an amount necessary to ensure that that appropriation account will end
10the current fiscal year or the current fiscal biennium with a positive balance. The
11secretary shall transfer the amount identified under the proposal
decreased during
12the most recently completed fiscal year from the utilization of beds by recipients of
13medical assistance in facilities in the next most recently completed fiscal year, the
14department shall multiply the difference between the number of days of care
15provided to the recipients in the facilities in each of those prior 2 consecutive fiscal
16years by the average daily costs of care in the facilities for the most recently
17completed fiscal year. The average daily costs of care shall be calculated by dividing
18the total of medical assistance expenditures for care in facilities for the most recently
19completed fiscal year by the total number of days of care provided in facilities in that
20fiscal year.
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(6v) (d) If par. (c) applies and if the amount calculated under par. (c) is
23positive, the department's report under par. (b) shall include a proposal to transfer
24an amount equal to the portion of the amount calculated under par. (c) that is the
25state share of medical assistance expenditures from the appropriation account under
1s. 20.435 (4) (b) to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (bd) for the purpose
2of increasing funding for the long-term support community options program under
3s. 46.27. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the
4secretary within 14 working days after the date on which the department submits
5the proposal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of
6reviewing the proposal, the secretary shall transfer the amount identified under the
7proposal. If, within 14 working days after the date on which the department submits
8the proposal, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the
9secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing
10the proposal, the secretary may transfer moneys from the appropriation account
11under s. 20.435 (4) (b) to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (bd) only as
12approved by the committee.
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(6v) (e) Of the amount required to be transferred by the secretary under
15par. (d), 40% shall be expended for services as specified under s. 46.27 (7) and 60%
16shall be expended for services as specified under s. 46.27 (11).".
