SB40-SSA1,799,2120 49.90 (4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
21proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
22have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
23reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
24they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
25order: First the husband or wife; then the father and the mother; and then the

1grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order shall specify
2a sum which will be sufficient for the support of the dependent person under sub. (1)
3(a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under sub. (1) (a) 2., to be
4paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until the further order
5of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable wholly to
6maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the person's
7support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the relatives
8to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
9contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
10to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the
11person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
12weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
13by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
14and family services or the department of children and families, whichever is
15appropriate,
and distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under
16this subsection that relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall
17specifically assign responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's
18health care expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon
19application of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the
20court may modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by
21proceedings for contempt.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1759 22Section 1759. 50.01 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,799,2523 50.01 (1g) (b) A facility or private home that provides care, treatment, and
24services only for victims of domestic abuse, as defined in s. 46.95 49.165 (1) (a), and
25their children.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1760
1Section 1760. 50.02 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 50.02 (2) (d) (intro.)
2and amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,800,63 50.02 (2) (d) (intro.) The department shall promulgate rules that prescribe the
4time periods and the methods of providing information specified in ss. 50.033 (2r) and
5(2s), 50.034 (5m) and (5n), 50.035 (4m) and (4n) and 50.04 (2g) (a) and (2h) (a).
all of
6the following:
SB40-SSA1, s. 1761 7Section 1761. 50.02 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,800,118 50.02 (2) (d) 1. The method by which community-based residential facilities
9shall make referrals to resource centers or county departments under s. 50.035 (4n)
10and the method by which residential care apartment complexes shall make referrals
11to resource centers under s. 50.034 (5n).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1762 12Section 1762. 50.02 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,800,1513 50.02 (2) (d) 2. The time period for nursing homes to provide information to
14prospective residents under s. 50.04 (2g) (a) and the time period and method by which
15nursing homes shall make referrals to resource centers under s. 50.04 (2h) (a).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1765 16Section 1765. 50.033 (2r) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1766 17Section 1766. 50.033 (2s) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1767 18Section 1767. 50.033 (2t) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1769 19Section 1769. 50.034 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,801,320 50.034 (5m) Provision of information required. Subject to sub. (5p), when a
21residential care apartment complex shall, within the time period after inquiry by
22first provides written material regarding the residential care apartment complex to
23a prospective resident that is prescribed by the department by rule, inform, the
24residential care apartment complex shall also provide
the prospective resident of
25information specified by the department concerning the services of a resource center

1under s. 46.283, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, and the availability of a
2functional screening and a financial screen and cost-sharing screening to determine
3the prospective resident's eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1770 4Section 1770. 50.034 (5n) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,801,125 50.034 (5n) Required referral. (intro.) Subject to sub. (5p), when a residential
6care apartment complex shall, within the time period prescribed by the department
7by rule, refer to a resource center under s. 46.283 a person who is seeking admission,

8first provides written material regarding the residential care apartment complex to
9a prospective resident
who is at least 65 years of age or has developmental disability
10or a physical disability and whose disability or condition is expected to last at least
1190 days, the residential care apartment complex shall refer the prospective resident
12to a resource center under s. 46.283,
unless any of the following applies:
SB40-SSA1, s. 1771 13Section 1771. 50.034 (5n) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,801,1714 50.034 (5n) (a) For a person who has received a screen for whom a screening
15for
functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a) has been performed within the
16previous 6 months, the referral under this subsection need not include performance
17of an additional functional screen screening under s. 46.283 (4) (g).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1772 18Section 1772. 50.034 (5n) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,801,2419 50.034 (5n) (d) For a person who seeks admission or is about to be admitted on
20a private pay basis and who waives the requirement for a financial screen and
21cost-sharing screening
under s. 46.283 (4) (g), the referral under this subsection may
22not include performance of a financial screen and cost-sharing screening under s.
2346.283 (4) (g), unless the person is expected to become eligible for medical assistance
24within 6 months.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1773 25Section 1773. 50.035 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,802,9
150.035 (4m) Provision of information required. Subject to sub. (4p), when a
2community-based residential facility shall, within the time period after inquiry by
3first provides written material regarding the community-based residential facility
4to
a prospective resident that is prescribed by the department by rule, inform, the
5community-based residential facility shall also provide
the prospective resident of
6information specified by the department concerning the services of a resource center
7under s. 46.283, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, and the availability of a
8functional screening and a financial screen and cost-sharing screening to determine
9the prospective resident's eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1774 10Section 1774. 50.035 (4n) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,802,2211 50.035 (4n) Required referral. (intro.) Subject to sub. (4p), When a
12community-based residential facility shall, within the time period prescribed by the
13department by rule, refer to a resource center under s. 46.283 a person who is seeking
14admission,
first provides written information regarding the community-based
15residential facility to a prospective resident
who is at least 65 years of age or has
16developmental disability or a physical disability and whose disability or condition is
17expected to last at least 90 days, the community-based residential facility shall refer
18the individual to a resource center under s. 46.283 or, if the secretary has not certified
19under s. 46.281 (3) that a resource center is available in the area of the
20community-based residential facility to serve individuals in an eligibility group to
21which the prospective resident belongs, to the county department that administers
22a program under ss. 46.27 or 46.277,
unless any of the following applies:
SB40-SSA1, s. 1775 23Section 1775. 50.035 (4n) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,803,224 50.035 (4n) (a) For a person who has received a screen for whom a screening
25for
functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a) has been performed within the

1previous 6 months, the referral under this subsection need not include performance
2of an additional functional screen screening under s. 46.283 (4) (g).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1776 3Section 1776. 50.035 (4n) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,803,94 50.035 (4n) (d) For a person who seeks admission or is about to be admitted on
5a private pay basis and who waives the requirement for a financial screen and
6cost-sharing screening
under s. 46.283 (4) (g), the referral under this subsection may
7not include performance of a financial screen and cost-sharing screening under s.
846.283 (4) (g), unless the person is expected to become eligible for medical assistance
9within 6 months.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1777 10Section 1777. 50.035 (4p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,803,1511 50.035 (4p) Applicability. Subsections Subsection (4m) and (4n) apply applies
12only if the secretary has certified under s. 46.281 (3) that a resource center is
13available for the community-based residential facility and for specified groups of
14eligible individuals that include those persons seeking admission to or the residents
15of the community-based residential facility.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1779 16Section 1779. 50.035 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1780 17Section 1780. 50.035 (9) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1782 18Section 1782. 50.04 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,803,2419 50.04 (2g) (a) Subject to sub. (2i), a nursing home shall, within the time period
20after inquiry by a prospective resident that is prescribed by the department by rule,
21inform the prospective resident of the services of a resource center under s. 46.283,
22the family care benefit under s. 46.286, and the availability of a functional screening
23and a financial screen and cost-sharing screening to determine the prospective
24resident's eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1783 25Section 1783. 50.04 (2h) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,804,4
150.04 (2h) (a) 1. For a person who has received a screen for whom a screening
2for
functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a) has been performed within the
3previous 6 months, the referral under this paragraph need not include performance
4of an additional functional screen screening under s. 46.283 (4) (g).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1784 5Section 1784. 50.04 (2h) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,804,116 50.04 (2h) (a) 4. For a person who seeks admission or is about to be admitted
7on a private pay basis and who waives the requirement for a financial screen and
8cost-sharing screening
under s. 46.283 (4) (g), the referral under this subsection may
9not include performance of a financial screen and cost-sharing screening under s.
1046.283 (4) (g), unless the person is expected to become eligible for medical assistance
11within 6 months.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1792 12Section 1792. 50.06 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,804,2313 50.06 (7) An individual who consents to an admission under this section may
14request that an assessment be conducted for the incapacitated individual under the
15long-term support community options program under s. 46.27 (6) or, if the secretary
16has certified under s. 46.281 (3) that a resource center is available for the individual,
17a functional screening and a financial screen and cost-sharing screening to
18determine eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1). If admission is
19sought on behalf of the incapacitated individual or if the incapacitated individual is
20about to be admitted on a private pay basis, the individual who consents to the
21admission may waive the requirement for a financial screen and cost-sharing
22screening
under s. 46.283 (4) (g), unless the incapacitated individual is expected to
23become eligible for medical assistance within 6 months.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1799m 24Section 1799m. 50.135 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,805,2
150.135 (3) Exemption. The inpatient health care facilities under ss. 45.50,
248.62, 51.05, 51.06, 233.40, 233.41, 233.42 and 252.10 are exempt from this section.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1800 3Section 1800. 50.14 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,805,84 50.14 (2) (intro.) For the privilege of doing business in this state, there is
5imposed on all licensed beds of a facility an assessment that may not exceed $445 per
6calendar month per licensed bed of an intermediate care facility for the mentally
7retarded and an assessment that may not exceed $75
in the following amount per
8calendar month per licensed bed of a nursing home. the facility:
SB40-SSA1,805,11 9(2g) The assessment moneys collected under this section shall be deposited in
10the general fund, except amounts in excess of $13,800,000 shall be deposited in the
11Medical Assistance trust fund.
SB40-SSA1,805,12 12(2r) In determining the number of licensed beds, all of the following apply:
SB40-SSA1, s. 1801g 13Section 1801g. 50.14 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 50.14 (2r) (a).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1802 14Section 1802. 50.14 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,805,1515 50.14 (2) (am) For nursing homes, an amount not to exceed $127.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1803m 16Section 1803m. 50.14 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 50.14 (2r) (b).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1804 17Section 1804. 50.14 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,805,2218 50.14 (2) (bm) For intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, an
19amount calculated by multiplying the projected annual gross revenues of all
20intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in this state by 0.055, dividing
21the product by the number of licensed beds of intermediate care facilities in this state
22and dividing the quotient by 12.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1805 23Section 1805. 50.14 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,806,424 50.14 (2m) Prior to each state fiscal year, the department shall calculate the
25amount of the assessment under sub. (2) (bm) that shall apply during the fiscal year.

1The department may reduce the assessment amount during a state fiscal year to
2avoid collecting for the fiscal year an amount in bed assessment receipts under sub.
3(2) (bm) that exceeds 5.5 percent of the aggregate gross revenues for intermediate
4care facilities for the mentally retarded for the fiscal year.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1806 5Section 1806. 50.36 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1807 6Section 1807. 50.375 of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,806,10 750.375 Assessment. (1) Beginning in 2007, for the privilege of doing business
8in this state, there is imposed on each hospital an annual assessment, based on the
9hospital's gross revenue that each hospital shall pay before December 1. The
10assessments shall be deposited into the health care quality fund.
SB40-SSA1,806,13 11(2) The department shall verify the amount of each hospital's gross revenue
12and determine the amount of each hospital's assessment, based on claims
13information that shall be provided to the department under s. 153.46 (5).
SB40-SSA1,806,17 14(3) Although the department may consider the revenue received by a hospital
15for services or items provided as benefits under subch. IV of chapter 49, the
16department's determination under sub. (2) shall be based on a rate not to exceed 1
17percent of the hospital's gross revenue, as adjusted by the department.
SB40-SSA1,806,22 18(4) Sections 77.59 (1) to (5), (6) (intro.), (a), and (c), and (7) to (10), 77.60 (1) to
19(7), (9), and (10), 77.61 (9) and (12) to (14), and 77.62, as they apply to the taxes under
20subch. III of ch. 77, apply to the assessment under this section, except that the
21amount of any assessment collected under sub. (1) shall be deposited in the health
22care quality fund.
SB40-SSA1,806,24 23(5) The department shall levy, enforce, and collect the assessment under this
24section and shall develop and distribute forms necessary for levying and collection.
SB40-SSA1,807,4
1(6) An affected hospital may contest an action by the department of health and
2family services under this section by submitting a written request for a hearing to
3the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration within 30
4days after the date of the department's action.
SB40-SSA1,807,7 5(7) Any order or determination made by the division of hearings and appeals
6in the department of administration under a hearing as specified in sub. (6) is subject
7to judicial review as prescribed under ch. 227.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1808 8Section 1808. 50.38 of the statutes is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1809 9Section 1809. 50.49 (6m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,807,1210 50.49 (6m) (am) An entity with which a care management organization, as
11defined in s. 46.2805 (1), contracts for care management services under s. 46.284 (4)
12(d), for purposes of providing the contracted services.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1810 13Section 1810. 50.498 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,807,2214 50.498 (1m) If an individual who applies for a certificate of approval, license
15or provisional license under sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the
16individual, as a condition of obtaining the certificate of approval, license or
17provisional license, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or
18affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security
19number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of
20workforce development children and families. A certificate of approval, license or
21provisional license issued in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this
22subsection is invalid.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1811 23Section 1811. 51.032 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,808,524 51.032 (1m) If an individual who applies for a certification or approval under
25sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of

1obtaining the certification or approval, shall submit a statement made or subscribed
2under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social
3security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department
4of workforce development children and families. A certification or approval issued
5in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1812 6Section 1812. 51.038 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,808,14 751.038 Outpatient mental health clinic certification. Except as provided
8in s. 51.032, if a facility that provides mental health services on an outpatient basis
9holds current accreditation from the council on accreditation of services for families
10and children, the department may accept evidence of this accreditation as equivalent
11to the standards established by the department, for the purpose of certifying the
12facility for the receipt of funds for services provided as a benefit to a medical
13assistance recipient under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. f. or 49.471 (11) (k), a community aids
14funding recipient under s. 51.423 (2) or as mandated coverage under s. 632.89.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1813 15Section 1813. 51.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,808,21 1651.04 Treatment facility certification. Except as provided in s. 51.032, any
17treatment facility may apply to the department for certification of the facility for the
18receipt of funds for services provided as a benefit to a medical assistance recipient
19under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. f. or 49.471 (11) (k) or to a community aids funding recipient
20under s. 51.423 (2) or provided as mandated coverage under s. 632.89. The
21department shall annually charge a fee for each certification.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1814 22Section 1814. 51.15 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,809,523 51.15 (9) Notice of rights. At the time of detention the individual shall be
24informed by the director of the facility or such person's designee, both orally and in
25writing, of his or her right to contact an attorney and a member of his or her

1immediate family, the right to have an attorney provided at public expense, as
2provided under s. 967.06 and ch. 977, if the individual is a child or is indigent, 51.60,
3and the right to remain silent and that the individual's statements may be used as
4a basis for commitment. The individual shall also be provided with a copy of the
5statement of emergency detention.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1815 6Section 1815. 51.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,809,137 51.20 (3) Legal counsel. At the time of the filing of the petition the court shall
8assure that the subject individual is represented by adversary counsel . If the
9individual claims or appears to be indigent, the court shall refer the person to the
10authority for indigency determinations specified under s. 977.07 (1). If the
11individual is a child, the court shall refer that child
by referring the individual to the
12state public defender, who shall appoint counsel for the child individual without a
13determination of indigency, as provided in s. 48.23 (4) 51.60.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1816 14Section 1816. 51.20 (18) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,809,2115 51.20 (18) (c) Expenses of the proceedings from the presentation of the
16statement of emergency detention or petition for commitment to the conclusion of the
17proceeding shall be allowed by the court and paid by the county from which the
18subject individual is detained, committed, or released, in the manner that the
19expenses of a criminal prosecution are paid, as provided in s. 59.64 (1). Payment of
20attorney fees for appointed attorneys in the case of children and indigents shall be
21in accordance with ch. 977.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1817 22Section 1817. 51.30 (4) (b) 27. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,809,2523 51.30 (4) (b) 27. For the purpose of entering information concerning the subject
24individual into the statewide automated child welfare information system
25established under s. 46.03 48.47 (7g).
SB40-SSA1, s. 1818
1Section 1818. 51.35 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,810,102 51.35 (1) (e) 1. Whenever any transfer between different treatment facilities
3results in a greater restriction of personal freedom for the patient and whenever the
4patient is transferred from outpatient to inpatient status, the department or the
5county department specified under par. (a) shall inform the patient both orally and
6in writing of his or her right to contact an attorney and a member of his or her
7immediate family, the right to have counsel provided at public expense, as provided
8under s. 967.06 and ch. 977, if the patient is a child or is indigent 51.60, and the right
9to petition a court in the county in which the patient is located or the committing
10court for a review of the transfer.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1819 11Section 1819. 51.35 (1) (e) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,810,1312 51.35 (1) (e) 2. c. The patient's right to have counsel provided at public expense,
13as provided under s. 967.06 and ch. 977, if the patient is a child or is indigent 51.60.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1820 14Section 1820. 51.42 (3) (as) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,811,1515 51.42 (3) (as) 1. A county department of community programs shall authorize
16all care of any patient in a state, local, or private facility under a contractual
17agreement between the county department of community programs and the facility,
18unless the county department of community programs governs the facility. The need
19for inpatient care shall be determined by the program director or designee in
20consultation with and upon the recommendation of a licensed physician trained in
21psychiatry and employed by the county department of community programs or its
22contract agency. In cases of emergency, a facility under contract with any county
23department of community programs shall charge the county department of
24community programs having jurisdiction in the county where the patient is found.
25The county department of community programs shall reimburse the facility for the

1actual cost of all authorized care and services less applicable collections under s.
246.036, unless the department of health and family services determines that a
3charge is administratively infeasible, or unless the department of health and family
4services, after individual review, determines that the charge is not attributable to the
5cost of basic care and services. Except as provided in subd. 1m., a county department
6of community programs may not reimburse any state institution or receive credit for
7collections for care received therein in a state institution by nonresidents of this
8state, interstate compact clients, transfers under s. 51.35 (3), and transfers from
9Wisconsin state prisons under s. 51.37 (5) (a), commitments under s. 975.01, 1977
10stats., or s. 975.02, 1977 stats., or s. 971.14, 971.17 or 975.06 or admissions under s.
11975.17, 1977 stats., or children placed in the guardianship of the department of
12health and family services children and families under s. 48.427 or 48.43 or under
13the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183 or 938.355. The
14exclusionary provisions of s. 46.03 (18) do not apply to direct and indirect costs which
15that are attributable to care and treatment of the client.
SB40-SSA1, s. 1821 16Section 1821. 51.42 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
Loading...
Loading...