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49.43
(1e) "Accommodated person" means any person in a hospital or in a
8skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility, as defined in Title XIX of the
9social security act, who would have been eligible for benefits under s.
49.177 or 49.19
10or 49.77 or federal Title XVI if the person were not in such a hospital or facility, and
11any person in such an institution who can be found eligible for Title XIX under the
12social security act.
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49.01
(1m) "Department" means the department of health and social services.
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49.01
(2) "Dependent person"
or "dependent" means an individual
without the
17presently available money, income, property or credit, or other means by which it can
18be presently obtained, excluding the exemptions set forth under s. 49.06, sufficient
19to provide the necessary commodities and services specified in sub. (5m) who is
20eligible for relief under s. 49.015.
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49.01
(2g) "Health care services" means such emergency and nonemergency
23medical, surgical, dental, hospital, nursing and optometric services as are
24reasonable and necessary under the circumstances, as determined by the county or
1tribal governing body. "Health care services" does not include services described
2under s. 51.42 (3) (ar) 4.
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49.01
(3) "Relief" means assistance that is provided to a dependent person and
5funded by a relief block grant.
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49.01
(3m) (b) A tribal governing body or an agency under contract with the
8governing body to administer relief.
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49.01
(5m) "General relief" means such services, commodities or money as are
14reasonable and necessary under the circumstances to provide
food, housing,
15clothing, fuel, light, water, medicine, medical, dental, and surgical treatment
16(including hospital care), optometrical services, nursing,
transportation, and funeral
17expenses
, and include. Except in counties that make the election under s. 49.032 (2)
18(a), general relief also includes benefits under s. 49.032 and any wages for work relief.
19The food furnished shall be of a kind and quantity sufficient to provide a nourishing
20diet. The housing provided shall be adequate for health and decency. Where there
21are children of school age the general relief furnished shall include necessities for
22which no other provision is made by law. The general relief furnished, whether by
23money or otherwise, shall be at such times and in such amounts, as will in the
24discretion of the general relief official or agency meet the needs of the recipient and
25protect the public.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2657c
1Section 2657c. 49.01 (5m) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), is repealed.
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49.01
(3m) (intro.) "
General relief Relief agency" means
the following if a
6county
or tribal governing body operates a relief program funded by a relief block
7grant:
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8(a) A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23
or an agency under
9contract with a county department to administer relief.
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49.01
(7m) "Relief block grant" means a block grant awarded to a county or
15tribal governing body under s. 49.025, 49.027 or 49.029.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2661r
16Section 2661r. 49.01 (7m) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act
17.... (this act), is renumbered 49.001 (5p).
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49.01
(8j) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and social services.
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49.01
(8p) "Tribal governing body" means an elected tribal governing body of
24a federally recognized American Indian tribe.
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449.015 (title)
General relief
Relief eligibility.
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49.015
(1) General eligibility requirements. Except as provided in subs. (1m)
7to (2m), an individual is eligible for relief if the individual meets all of the following
8conditions:
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9(a) Except as provided in sub. (3) (a), the individual resides in a county, or on
10tax-free land, in which the county or tribal governing body operates a program
11funded by a relief block grant.
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(c) The individual qualifies under written criteria of dependency under s. 49.02
13(1) (b) established by the relief agency in that county or on that tax-free land.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2672b
15Section 2672b. 49.015 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m)
16(b) (intro.) and amended to read:
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49.015
(1m) (b) (intro.) No
person
individual is eligible for
general relief
under
18this chapter unless the
person individual has resided in this state for at least 60
19consecutive days before applying for
general relief. This requirement does not apply
20if the
person individual resides in this state and meets any of the following
21conditions:
AB150-engrossed, s. 2673b
22Section 2673b. 49.015 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m) (b)
231. and amended to read:
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49.015
(1m) (b) 1. The
person individual was born in this state.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2674b
1Section 2674b. 49.015 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m) (b)
22. and amended to read:
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49.015
(1m) (b) 2. The
person individual has, in the past, resided in this state
4for at least 365 consecutive days.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2675b
5Section 2675b. 49.015 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m) (b)
63. and amended to read:
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49.015
(1m) (b) 3. The
person individual came to this state to join a close
8relative who has resided in this state for at least 180 days before the arrival of the
9person individual.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2676b
10Section 2676b. 49.015 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 49.015 (1m) (b)
114. and amended to read:
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49.015
(1m) (b) 4. The
person individual came to this state to accept a bona fide
13offer of employment and the
person individual was eligible to accept the employment.
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49.015
(1m) (title)
State residency requirements.
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49.015
(2) (title)
Recipients of other aid. A person Except as provided in sub.
19(3), an individual is not eligible for
general relief
under this chapter for a month in
20which the
person individual has received aid to families with dependent children
21under s. 49.19 or supplemental security income under
42 USC 1381 to
1383c or in
22which aid to families with dependent children or supplemental security income
23benefits are immediately available to the
person
individual.
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149.015
(2) (b) No person is eligible for general relief under this chapter for a
2month in which the person is denied, or his or her needs are removed from a grant
3of, food stamps or aid to families with dependent children under
7 USC 2015 (d) (1),
442 USC 602 (a) (19) (F),
42 USC 607 (b) (2) (C),
42 USC 609 (c) or
42 USC 645 (b)
1 5(B) because the person has failed to comply with requirements related to
6employment or training. A general relief agency may not deny general relief under
7this subsection to any person other than the person who has failed to comply with
8those requirements.
If Except in counties that have elected not to provide
9nonmedical benefits under s. 49.032 (2) (a), if the adult caretaker of a child is denied
10general relief under this subsection and the case involves mismanagement, the
11general relief agency shall make the general relief payment for the child in the form
12of a protective payment.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2679c
13Section 2679c. 49.015 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
14.... (this act), is repealed.
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49.015
(3) (title)
Waiver of certain eligibility requirements.
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49.015
(3) (b)
After December 31, 1986, a general A relief agency may waive
21the requirement under sub.
(1) (b) or (2) (a) (2) or (2m) in
a medical emergency or in 22case of unusual misfortune or hardship. Each waiver shall be reported to the
23department. The department may
deny reimbursement under s. 49.035 for any case
24in which a waiver is inappropriately granted make a determination as to the
1appropriateness of the waiver under rules promulgated by the department under s.
249.02 (7m) (d).
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49.015
(3) (a) A relief agency may waive the requirement under sub. (1) (a) for
5an individual receiving health care services from a trauma center that meets the
6criteria established by the American College of Surgeons for classification as a Level
7I trauma center. If the county waives the requirement under sub. (1) (a) for an
8individual, the county may seek reimbursement from the individual's county of
9residence if that county operates a program funded by a relief block grant.
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1249.02 (title)
General relief
Relief block grant administration.
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49.02
(1) Eligibility for relief block grants. A county or tribal governing
15body is eligible to receive a relief block grant if all of the following conditions are met:
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(a) The county board or tribal governing body adopts a resolution applying for
17a relief block grant.
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(b) The county or tribal governing body establishes written criteria to be used
19to determine dependency and reviews these written criteria at least annually.
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(c) The county or tribal governing body submits to the department a plan for
21the provision of services to be funded by the relief block grant. The plan shall include
22all of the following:
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1. How the county or tribal governing body will determine eligibility and how
24these eligibility determinations may be appealed. The procedures for determining
1eligibility and for notice, fair hearing and review shall be consistent with rules
2promulgated by the department under sub. (7m).
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2. How the county or tribal governing body will determine which health care
4services are needed by a dependent person.
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3. The cost containment mechanisms that will be used, including what
6limitations will be placed on the inappropriate use of emergency room care and what
7limitations will be placed on payments to providers contracted for under sub. (2).
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4. In the case of a county submitting a plan for a relief block grant under s.
949.027, whether the county will provide services other than health care services and,
10if such services are offered, how the county will determine what services will be
11provided to a dependent person.
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(d) The department has approved the plan under par. (c). The department shall
13approve or disapprove the plan within a reasonable period of time after the plan is
14submitted.
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49.02
(1e) Relief agencies. If a county or tribal governing agency is eligible
17to receive a relief block grant, the county or tribal governing body shall establish or
18designate a relief agency to administer relief under this section.
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49.02
(1m) Every county shall furnish general relief to all eligible dependent
21persons within the county and shall establish or designate a general relief agency to
22administer general relief. The general relief agency shall establish written criteria
23to be used to determine dependency
and. Except for counties that make the election
24under s. 49.032 (2) (a), each county shall establish written standards of need to be
25used to determine the type and amount of general relief to be furnished.
The general
1relief agency shall review the standards of need at least annually. The A general
2relief agency may establish work-seeking rules for general relief applicants and
3recipients.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2686c
4Section 2686c. 49.02 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
5.... (this act), is repealed.
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49.02
(2) Contracting with private health care providers. A relief agency
8may use a relief block grant to provide health care services directly or, if the
9conditions in this subsection are met, by contracting with private health care
10providers, or by a combination of contracting with private health care providers and
11providing services directly. A relief agency may contract with a private health care
12provider to provide health care services under this subsection only if all of the
13following conditions are met:
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(a) The relief agency enters into a contract with the private health care provider
15to provide specified health care services.
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(b) The contract between the relief agency and the private health care provider
17provides that all records of the health care provider relating to the administration
18and provision of the health care services shall be open to inspection at all reasonable
19hours by authorized representatives of the county and the department.