AB75-SSA1,464,64 d. A county in which the self-directed services option program under 42 USC
51396n
(c) is available or in which a program operated under an amendment to the
6state medical assistance plan under 42 USC 1396n (j) is available.
AB75-SSA1,464,87 2. Self-directs all or part of his or her home care services and is an employer
8listed on the provider's income tax forms.
AB75-SSA1,464,99 3. Is eligible to receive a home care benefit under one of the following:
AB75-SSA1,464,1010 a. The Family Care Program under s. 46.286.
AB75-SSA1,464,1111 b. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, under 42 USC 1396u-4.
AB75-SSA1,464,1412 c. A program operated under a waiver from the secretary of the federal
13department of health and human services under 42 USC 1396n (c) or 42 USC 1396n
14(b) and (c) or the self-directed services option operated under 42 USC 1396n (c).
AB75-SSA1,464,1615 d. A program operated under an amendment to the state medical assistance
16plan under 42 USC 1396n (j).
AB75-SSA1,464,2117 (dm) "Home care" means supportive home care, personal care, and other
18nonprofessional services of a type that may be covered under a medical assistance
19waiver under 42 USC 1396n (c) and that are provided to individuals to assist them
20in meeting their daily living needs, ensuring adequate functioning in their homes,
21and permitting safe access to their communities.
AB75-SSA1,464,2322 (e) "Provider" means an individual who is hired by a consumer to provide home
23care to the consumer but does not include any of the following:
AB75-SSA1,464,2524 1. A person, while he or she is providing services in the capacity of an employee
25of any of the following entities:
AB75-SSA1,464,26
1a. A home health agency licensed under s. 50.49.
AB75-SSA1,465,22 b. A personal care provider agency.
AB75-SSA1,465,33 c. A company or agency providing supportive home care.
AB75-SSA1,465,44 d. An independent living center, as defined in s. 46.96 (1) (ah).
AB75-SSA1,465,65 e. A county agency or department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or
651.437.
AB75-SSA1,465,87 2. A health care provider, as defined in s. 146.997 (1) (d), acting in his or her
8professional capacity.
AB75-SSA1,465,179 (f) "Qualified provider" means a provider who meets the qualifications for
10payment through the Family Care Program under s. 46.286, the Program for
11All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly operated under 42 USC 1396u-4, an amendment
12to the state medical assistance plan under 42 USC 1396n (j), or a medical assistance
13waiver program operated under a waiver from the secretary of the U.S. department
14of health and human services under 42 USC 1396n (c) or 42 USC 1396n (b) and (c)
15and any qualification criteria established in the rules promulgated under sub. (7)
16and who the authority determines is eligible for placement on the registry
17maintained by the authority under s. 52.20 (1).
AB75-SSA1,465,21 18(2) County participation. (a) A county board of supervisors may require a
19county department under 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 to follow procedures
20under this section and to pay providers in accordance with agreements under subch.
21V of ch. 111.
AB75-SSA1,465,2322 (b) If a county acts under par. (a), it shall notify the department and the
23authority of its action.
AB75-SSA1,466,3
1(c) A county that acts under par. (a) shall compensate providers in accordance
2with any agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 and make any payroll deductions
3authorized by such agreements.
AB75-SSA1,466,8 4(4) Duties of home care payors. Care management organizations, the state,
5and counties, as described under sub. (1) (cm) 1. a. to d., that pay for the provision
6of home care services to consumers shall provide to the authority the name, address,
7telephone number, date of hire, and date of termination of any provider hired by an
8individual receiving home care services.
AB75-SSA1,466,9 9(5) Duties of consumers. A consumer shall do all of the following:
AB75-SSA1,466,1210 (a) Inform the authority of the name, address, telephone number, date of hire,
11and date of termination of any provider hired by the consumer to provide home care
12services.
AB75-SSA1,466,1513 (b) Compensate providers in accordance with any collective bargaining
14agreement that applies to home care providers under subch. V of ch. 111 and make
15any payroll deductions authorized by the agreement.
AB75-SSA1,466,18 16(6) Providers. (a) A qualified provider providing home care services under this
17section shall be subject to the collective bargaining agreement that applies to home
18care providers under subch. V of ch. 111.
AB75-SSA1,466,2019 (b) A qualified provider may choose to be placed on the registry maintained by
20the authority under s. 52.20 (1).
AB75-SSA1,466,24 21(7) Department rule-making. The department may promulgate rules defining
22terms, specifying which services constitute home care, establishing the qualification
23criteria that apply under sub. (1) (d), and establishing procedures for
24implementation of this section.
AB75-SSA1, s. 885 25Section 885. 46.29 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,467,4
146.29 (1) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (6) (7) (a), the
2department shall allocate distribute at least $16,100 in each fiscal year for operation
3of the council on physical disabilities. The council on physical disabilities shall do
4all of the following:
AB75-SSA1, s. 888 5Section 888. 46.295 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,467,96 46.295 (1) The department may, on the request of any hearing-impaired
7person, city, village, town, or county or private agency, provide funds from the
8appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (6) (7) (d) and (hs) and (7) (d) to reimburse
9interpreters for hearing-impaired persons for the provision of interpreter services.
AB75-SSA1, s. 889 10Section 889. 46.40 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,467,1411 46.40 (2m) (a) Prevention and treatment of substance abuse. For prevention
12and treatment of substance abuse under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35, the
13department shall distribute not more than $13,975,500 in fiscal year 2009-10 and
14$9,735,700 in each fiscal year thereafter.
AB75-SSA1, s. 892 15Section 892. 46.48 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,467,1816 46.48 (1) General. From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (5) (bc)
17and
(7) (bc), the department shall distribute award grants for community programs
18as provided in this section.
AB75-SSA1, s. 893 19Section 893. 46.48 (9) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-SSA1, s. 894 20Section 894. 46.48 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,467,2421 46.48 (9m) Quality home care. The department shall award a grant to the
22Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority for the purpose of providing services to
23recipients and providers of home care under s. 46.2898 and ch. 52 and may award
24grants to counties to facilitate transition to procedures established under s. 46.2898.
AB75-SSA1, s. 895 25Section 895. 46.48 (11m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-SSA1, s. 896
1Section 896. 46.48 (30) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,468,102 46.48 (30) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (bc), the
3department shall distribute grants on a competitive basis to county departments of
4social services and to private nonprofit organizations, as defined in s. 103.21 (2), for
5the provision of alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services in counties with a
6population of 500,000 or more. Grants distributed under this subsection may be used
7only to provide treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse to individuals who are
8eligible for federal temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et. seq.
9and who have a family income of not more than 200% of the poverty line, as defined
10in s. 49.001 (5).
AB75-SSA1, s. 897 11Section 897. 46.485 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin
12Act 2
, is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,468,1813 46.485 (2g) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (b), the
14department may in each fiscal year transfer funds to the appropriation account
15under s. 20.435 (7) (kb) (5) (kc) for distribution under this section and from the
16appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (mb) the department may not distribute
17more than $1,330,500 in each fiscal year to applying counties in this state that meet
18all of the following requirements, as determined by the department:
AB75-SSA1, s. 898 19Section 898. 46.485 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,468,2520 46.485 (3r) Funds from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (kb) (5)
21(kc)
that the department does not distribute to a county before 24 months after June
2230 of the fiscal year in which the department allocated the funds to the county under
23sub. (2g) lapse to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (b). A county may at
24any time expend funds that the department distributes to the county, consistent with
25the requirements under sub. (3m).
AB75-SSA1, s. 899
1Section 899. 46.495 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,469,62 46.495 (1) (am) The department shall reimburse each county from the
3appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o) for social services as approved by the
4department under ss. 46.215 (1), (2) (c) 1., and (3) and 46.22 (1) (b) 1. d. and (e) 3. a.
5except that no reimbursement may be made for the administration of or aid granted
6under s. 49.02, 2009 stats.
AB75-SSA1, s. 900 7Section 900. 46.56 (8) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,469,148 46.56 (8) (L) In providing integrated services under this section, the service
9coordination agency and the designated service providers shall include in the
10integrated service plan all individuals who are active in the care of the child with
11severe disabilities, including members of the child's family, foster parents, treatment
12foster parents
and other individuals who by close and continued association with the
13child have come to occupy significant roles in the care and treatment of the child with
14severe disabilities.
AB75-SSA1, s. 901 15Section 901. 46.56 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,469,2016 46.56 (15) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (co), the
17department shall make available funds to implement programs under this section.
18The funds may be used to pay for the intake, assessment, case planning and service
19coordination provided under sub. (8) and for expanding the capacity of the county to
20provide community-based care and treatment for children with severe disabilities.
AB75-SSA1, s. 902 21Section 902. 46.56 (15) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,470,222 46.56 (15) (b) 4. Submit a description of the existing services in the county for
23children with severe disabilities, an assessment of any gaps in services, and a plan
24for using the funds under this program or from other funding sources to develop or

1expand any needed community-based services such as in-home treatment,
2treatment foster care, day treatment, respite care , or crisis services.
AB75-SSA1, s. 903 3Section 903. 46.70 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,470,8 446.70 Delivery of services to American Indians. To facilitate the delivery
5of accessible, available and culturally appropriate social services and mental
6hygiene services to American Indians by county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22,
751.42 or 51.437, the department may fund federally recognized tribal governing
8bodies in this state from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (kL).
AB75-SSA1, s. 904 9Section 904. 46.71 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,470,1610 46.71 (1) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (km),
11and department shall, for the development of new drug abuse prevention, treatment
12and education programs that are culturally specific with respect to American
13Indians or to supplement like existing programs, allocate a total of not more than
14$500,000 in each fiscal year to all the elected governing bodies of federally recognized
15American Indian tribes or bands that submit to the department plans, approved by
16the department, that do all of the following:
AB75-SSA1, s. 905 17Section 905. 46.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,470,2018 46.71 (2) The amount of funds allocated by the department under sub. (1) may
19not exceed the amounts appropriated under the appropriation account under s.
2020.435 (7) (5) (km).
AB75-SSA1, s. 906 21Section 906. 46.86 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,471,422 46.86 (6) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (md),
23the department may award up to $1,369,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 and up to
24$1,330,800 in fiscal year 2002-03 and in each fiscal year thereafter, and from the
25appropriation account under s. 20.435 (6) (5) (gb), the department may award not

1more than $231,300 in fiscal year 2001-02 and
not more than $319,500 in fiscal year
22002-03 and
in each fiscal year thereafter, as grants to counties and private entities
3to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that
4do all of the following:
AB75-SSA1, s. 907 5Section 907. 46.96 (1) (ap) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,471,76 46.96 (1) (ap) "Independent living services" has the meaning given under 29
7USC 706
(30)
29 USC 705 (18).
AB75-SSA1, s. 908 8Section 908. 46.96 (1) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,471,109 46.96 (1) (at) "Individual with a disability" has the meaning given under 29
10USC 706
(8) (B)
29 USC 705 (20).
AB75-SSA1, s. 909 11Section 909. 46.972 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,471,1912 46.972 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (1) (ce), the
13department shall allocate award up to $125,000 in each fiscal year as grants to
14applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing primary health
15services and any other services that may be funded by the program under 42 USC
16256
to homeless individuals. Entities that receive funds allocated awarded by the
17department under this paragraph shall provide the primary health services as
18required under 42 USC 256 (f). The department may allocate award to an applying
19entity up to 100% of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 256 (e).
AB75-SSA1, s. 910 20Section 910. 46.985 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,471,2321 46.985 (1) (f) "Parent" means a parent, guardian, legal custodian, or a person
22acting in the place of a parent, but does not include a foster parent , treatment foster
23parent
or any other paid care provider.
AB75-SSA1, s. 912 24Section 912. 46.99 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,472,2
146.99 Medical assistance waiver for Birth to 3 participants. (1) In this
2section, "medical assistance" means the program under subch. IV of ch. 49.
AB75-SSA1,472,7 3(2) The department shall request from the secretary of the U.S. department of
4health and human services a waiver under 42 USC 1396n (c) that authorizes the
5provision of home or community-based services under medical assistance to children
6who are eligible for medical assistance and receive early intervention services under
7s. 51.44.
AB75-SSA1,472,12 8(3) If the waiver requested under sub. (2) is granted, counties shall provide the
9nonfederal share of costs for medical assistance services provided under the waiver.
10Counties may use moneys appropriated under s. 20.435 (7) (bt) and distributed to
11counties under s. 51.44 (3) (a) to provide the nonfederal share of medical assistance
12costs.
AB75-SSA1,472,19 13(4) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (o), the department
14shall distribute to counties that provide services under this section the amount of
15federal moneys received by the state as the federal share of medical assistance for
16those services, minus the amount transferred to the appropriation account under s.
1720.435 (7) (im) for the department's costs of administering this section. Counties
18shall use moneys distributed under this section to provide services under this section
19or s. 51.44.
AB75-SSA1, s. 913 20Section 913. 48.01 (1) (gg) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,472,2321 48.01 (1) (gg) To promote the adoption of children into safe and stable families
22rather than allowing children to remain in the impermanence of foster or treatment
23foster
care.
AB75-SSA1, s. 914 24Section 914. 48.02 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,473,5
148.02 (6) "Foster home" means any facility that is operated by a person
2required to be licensed by s. 48.62 (1) (a) and that provides care and maintenance for
3no more than 4 children or, if necessary to enable a sibling group to remain together,
4for no more than 6 children or, if the department promulgates rules permitting a
5different number of children, for the number of children permitted under those rules.
AB75-SSA1, s. 915 6Section 915. 48.02 (17q) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-SSA1, s. 916 7Section 916. 48.195 (2) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,473,98 48.195 (2) (d) 5. The child's foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other
9person having physical custody of the child.
AB75-SSA1, s. 917 10Section 917. 48.207 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,473,1211 48.207 (1) (c) A licensed foster home or a licensed treatment foster home
12provided
if the placement does not violate the conditions of the license.
AB75-SSA1, s. 918 13Section 918. 48.207 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,473,1714 48.207 (1) (f) The home of a person not a relative, if the placement does not
15exceed 30 days, though the placement may be extended for an additional 30 days for
16cause by the court, and if the person has not had a foster home or treatment foster
17home
license under s. 48.62 refused, revoked, or suspended within the last 2 years.
AB75-SSA1, s. 919 18Section 919. 48.207 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,473,2219 48.207 (3) A child taken into custody under s. 48.981 may be held in a hospital,
20foster home, treatment foster home, relative's home , or other appropriate medical or
21child welfare facility which that is not used primarily for the detention of delinquent
22children.
AB75-SSA1, s. 919p 23Section 919p. 48.21 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,474,524 48.21 (3) (f) If present at the hearing, the parent shall be requested to provide
25the names and other identifying information of 3 relatives of the child or family

1friends 18 years of age or over whose homes the parent requests the court to consider
2as placements for the child. If the parent does not provide this information at the
3hearing, the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or
4more, the department shall make a reasonable effort to provide each parent with the
5opportunity to provide this information.
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