LRB-1573/P2
TJD:amn&kjf
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......McElgunn, BB0294 - Children's Long-term Care Services waiting list
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...;
relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Medical Assistance
This bill allows DHS to require a county to maintain a specified level of contribution, which is determined by DHS based on historical county expenditures, for the disabled children's long-term support program. Counties are required by the bill to cooperate with DHS to determine an equitable funding methodology and county contribution mechanism going forward and to ensure that county contributions are being expended for the disabled children's long-term support program. The bill also allows DHS to contract with a county or group of counties to deliver disabled children's long-term support program services.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 46.995 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
46.995 (2g) (a) The department may require a county to maintain a specified level of contribution for the disabled children's long-term support program. The department shall determine the amount of contribution that a county is required to maintain based on the historical county expenditures for the disabled children's long-term support program.
(b) Beginning in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium and thereafter, counties shall cooperate with the department to determine an equitable funding methodology and county contribution mechanism for contribution for the disabled children's long-term support program under par. (a) and to ensure that county contributions determined by the department are expended for the disabled children's long-term support program in the counties.
Section
2. 46.995 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
46.995 (2r) The department may contract with a county or a group of counties to deliver disabled children's long-term support program services.
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