LRB-1762/P1
JPC:cdc
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Stinebrink, BB0484 - Alzheimer's family and caregiver support program
For 2023-2025 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
General health and human services
Alzheimer's family and caregiver support
Under current law, DHS distributes funds for certain community aids, including the Alzheimer's family and caregiver support program. This bill increases the community aid funding available for the Alzheimer's family and caregiver support program from not more than $2,558,900 each fiscal year to not more than $3,308,900 each fiscal year, and broadens financial eligibility for the program by increasing the maximum joint income an individual and the individual's spouse may earn per year and remain financially eligible from $48,000 to $60,000.
For further information see the state 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. 46.40 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.40 (8) Alzheimer's family and caregiver support allocation. Subject to sub. (9), for services to persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers under s. 46.87, the department shall distribute not more than $2,808,900 $3,308,900 in each fiscal year.
Section
2. 46.87 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.87 (5m) A person is financially eligible for the program under this section if the joint income of the person with Alzheimer's disease and that person's spouse, if any, is $48,000 $60,000 per year or less, unless the department sets a higher limitation on income eligibility by rule. In determining joint income for purposes of this subsection, the administering agency shall subtract any expenses attributable to the Alzheimer's-related needs of the person with Alzheimer's disease or of the person's caregiver.
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