AB100, s. 1457
7Section
1457. 46.27 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.27
(6) (a) 3. In each participating county,
except in counties where a pilot
9project under s. 46.271 (2m) is established, assessments shall be conducted for those
10persons and in accordance with the procedures described in the county's community
11options plan. The county may elect to establish assessment priorities for persons in
12target groups identified by the county in its plan regarding gradual implementation.
13If a person who is already admitted to a nursing home requests an assessment and
14if funds allocated for assessments under sub. (7) (am) are available, the county shall
15conduct the assessment.
AB100, s. 1458
16Section
1458. 46.27 (6g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.27
(6g) Fiscal responsibility. (intro.) Except as provided in s. 51.40, and
18within the limitations under sub. (7) (b), the fiscal responsibility of a county for an
19assessment,
unless the assessment is performed by an entity under s. 46.271 (2m), 20case plan or services provided to a person under this section is as follows:
AB100, s. 1459
21Section
1459. 46.27 (7) (b) 1r. of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1460
22Section
1460. 46.27 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(9) (a) The department may select up to 5 counties that volunteer to
24participate in a pilot project under which they will receive certain funds allocated for
25long-term care. The department shall allocate a level of funds to these counties
1equal to the amount that would otherwise be paid under s. 20.435
(1) (5) (b) to nursing
2homes for providing care because of increased utilization of nursing home services,
3as estimated by the department. In estimating these levels, the department shall
4exclude any increased utilization of services provided by state centers for the
5developmentally disabled. The department shall calculate these amounts on a
6calendar year basis under sub. (10).
AB100, s. 1461
7Section
1461. 46.27 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.27
(9) (c) All long-term community support services provided under this
9pilot project in lieu of nursing home care shall be consistent with those services
10described in the participating county's community options plan under sub. (4) (c) and
11provided under sub. (5) (b).
Each Unless the department has contracted under s.
1246.271 (2m) with an entity other than the county department, each county
13participating in the pilot project shall assess persons under sub. (6).
AB100, s. 1462
14Section
1462. 46.27 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(10) (a) 1. The department shall determine for each county participating
16in the pilot project under sub. (9) a funding level of state medical assistance
17expenditures to be received by the county. This level shall equal the amount that the
18department determines would otherwise be paid under s. 20.435
(1) (5) (b) because
19of increased utilization of nursing home services, as estimated by the department.
AB100, s. 1463
20Section
1463. 46.27 (11) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.27
(11) (c) 3. Medical assistance reimbursement for services a county, a
22private nonprofit agency or an aging unit with which the department contracts
23provides under this subsection shall be made from the appropriations under s. 20.435
24(1) (5) (o) and (7) (b) and (bd).
AB100, s. 1464
25Section
1464. 46.27 (11) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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146.27
(11) (c) 4. The department may, from the appropriation under s. 20.435
2(1) (5) (o), provide reimbursement for services provided under this subsection by
3counties that are in excess of the current average annual per person rate, as
4established by the department, and are less than or equal to the average amount
5approved in the waiver received under par. (am).
AB100, s. 1465
6Section
1465. 46.271 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.271 (1) (a), and
746.271 (1) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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46.271
(1) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (bd), the
9department shall award $100,000 in each fiscal year to applying county departments
10under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 or to an aging unit under the conditions
11specified in
sub. (3) par. (c) to establish pilot projects for home and community-based
12long-term support services. Funds awarded to the pilot projects shall be used to do
13any of the following:
AB100, s. 1466
14Section
1466. 46.271 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 46.271 (1) (b), and
1546.271 (1) (b) 1. and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:
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46.271
(1) (b) 1. Solicit applications from county departments or aging units
17for the pilot projects under
sub. (1) par. (a).
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2. Require that an applying county department or aging unit under
par. (a) 19subd. 1. submit as part of the application specific plans for improving the
20coordination between hospitals and providers of home and community-based
21long-term support services.
AB100, s. 1467
22Section
1467. 46.271 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
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46.271
(2m) (a) The department may establish, in geographic areas
24determined by the department, a pilot project under which the department may
25contract with a private or public entity to do all of the following:
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11. Serve as a clearinghouse of information for individuals who are interested
2in home or community-based long-term support services or institutional long-term
3care services.
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2. Perform assessments, in accordance with s. 46.27 (6) (a) 1m. and 2. and using
5the assessment method established by the department, to determine an individual's
6functional abilities, disabilities, personal preferences and need for home or
7community-based long-term support services or institutional long-term care
8services.
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3. Collect information specified by the department on the individuals served
10by the entity and provide that information to the department.
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(am) Residents of the geographic areas where a pilot project under this
12subsection is established shall receive an assessment by the entity contracted with
13under par. (a) (intro.) prior to entry into a nursing home or community-based
14residential facility or participation in the long-term support community options
15program under s. 46.27.
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(ap) The department may require that the results of a client's assessment
17under par. (a) 2. be submitted at the time that a provider submits a request for prior
18authorization for medical assistance services.
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(b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (bd), the department shall
20distribute funds to the entities with which the department contracts under par. (a)
21(intro.) for the performance of the functions specified under par. (a) 1. to 3.
AB100, s. 1468
22Section
1468. 46.271 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 46.271 (1) (c) and
23amended to read:
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146.271
(1) (c) The department may contract with an aging unit, as defined in
2s. 46.27 (1) (a), for administration of services under
sub. (1) par. (a) if, by resolution,
3the county board of supervisors of that county so requests the department.
AB100, s. 1469
4Section
1469. 46.275 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.275
(5) (a) Medical assistance reimbursement for services a county, or the
6department under sub. (3r), provides under this program is available from the
7appropriations under s. 20.435
(1) (5) (b) and (o). If 2 or more counties jointly contract
8to provide services under this program and the department approves the contract,
9medical assistance reimbursement is also available for services provided jointly by
10these counties.
AB100, s. 1470
11Section
1470. 46.275 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.275
(5) (c) The total allocation under s. 20.435
(1) (5) (b) and (o) to counties
13and to the department under sub. (3r) for services provided under this section may
14not exceed the amount approved by the federal department of health and human
15services. A county may use funds received under this section only to provide services
16to persons who meet the requirements under sub. (4) and may not use unexpended
17funds received under this section to serve other developmentally disabled persons
18residing in the county.
AB100, s. 1471
19Section
1471. 46.275 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.275
(5) (d) The department may, from the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) 21(5) (o), provide reimbursement for services provided under this section by counties
22that are in excess of the current average annual per person rate, as established by
23the department, and are less than the average amount approved in the waiver
24received under sub. (2).
AB100, s. 1472
25Section
1472. 46.278 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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146.278
(6) (d) If a county makes available nonfederal funds equal to the state
2share of service costs under the waiver received under sub. (3), the department may,
3from the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) (5) (o), provide reimbursement for services
4that the county provides under this section to persons who are in addition to those
5who may be served under this section with funds from the appropriation under s.
620.435
(1) (5) (b).
AB100, s. 1473
7Section
1473. 46.278 (6) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
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46.278
(6) (f) If a county owns the institution or intermediate care facility for
9the mentally retarded from which an individual is relocated to the community under
10this section, in order to receive funding under the program, the county shall submit
11a plan for delicensing a bed of the institution or intermediate care facility for the
12mentally retarded that is approved by the department.
AB100, s. 1474
13Section
1474. 46.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.28
(3) The department may authorize the authority to issue revenue bonds
15under s.
234.70 234.61 to finance any residential facility it approves under sub. (2).
AB100, s. 1475
16Section
1475. 46.28 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.28
(4) The department may charge sponsors for administrative costs and
18expenses it incurs in exercising its powers and duties under this section and under
19s.
234.70 234.61.
AB100, s. 1476
20Section
1476. 46.29 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.29
(3) (a) The
secretary of education state superintendent of public
22instruction.
AB100, s. 1477
23Section
1477. 46.30 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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146.30
(4) (a) The department shall distribute the federal community services
2block grant funds received under
42 USC 9903 and deposited in the appropriations
3under s. 20.435
(6) (3) (mc) and
(7) (md).
AB100, s. 1478
4Section
1478. 46.35 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.35
(4) (a) The
secretary of education state superintendent of public
6instruction.
AB100, s. 1479
7Section
1479. 46.40 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.40
(1) (a) Within the limits of available federal funds and of the
9appropriations under s. 20.435
(3) (nL) and (7) (b)
, (kw) and (o), the department shall
10distribute funds for community social, mental health, developmental disabilities and
11alcohol and other drug abuse services and for services under ss. 46.51, 46.87, 46.985
12and 51.421 to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 and 51.437
13and to county aging units, as provided in subs. (2) to (8).
AB100, s. 1480
14Section
1480. 46.40 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.40
(1) (b) Notwithstanding s. 46.49, if the department receives any federal
16moneys under
42 USC 670 to
679a in reimbursement of moneys allocated under par.
17(a) for the provision of foster care, the department shall distribute those federal
18moneys for services and projects to assist children and families
and for the
19operational requirements of the department in administering programs to assist
20children and families.
AB100, s. 1481
21Section
1481. 46.40 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.40
(1) (c) The Milwaukee County department of social services shall report
23to the department in a manner specified by the department on all children under the
24supervision of the Milwaukee County department of social services who are placed
25in foster homes and whose foster parents receive funding for child care from the
1amounts distributed under par. (a) so that the department may claim federal foster
2care and adoption assistance reimbursement under
42 USC 670 to
679a for the
3amounts expended by the Milwaukee County department of social services for the
4provision of child care for those children. Notwithstanding s. 46.49, if the
5department receives any federal moneys under
42 USC 67 670 to
679a in
6reimbursement of the amounts expended by the Milwaukee County department of
7social services for the provision of child care for children in foster care in 1996 and
81997, the department shall distribute those federal moneys to the Milwaukee County
9department of social services for the provision of child care for children in foster care.
AB100, s. 1482
10Section
1482. 46.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.40
(2) Basic county allocation. For social services under s. 46.495 (1) (d)
12and services under s. 51.423 (2), the department shall distribute not more than
13$292,368,400 $284,851,700 for fiscal year
1995-96 1997-98 and
$291,349,200 14$284,212,200 for fiscal year
1996-97
1998-99.
AB100, s. 1483
15Section
1483. 46.40 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.40
(2m) (a)
Prevention and treatment of substance abuse. For prevention
17and treatment of substance abuse under
42 USC 300x-21 to
300x-35, the
18department shall distribute not more than
$11,087,200
$10,493,900 in fiscal year
191995-96 1997-98 and not more than
$11,285,200 $10,224,100 in fiscal year
1996-97 201998-99.
AB100, s. 1484
21Section
1484. 46.40 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.40
(2m) (b)
Community mental health services. For community mental
23health services under
42 USC 300x to
300x-9, the department shall distribute not
24more than $2,513,400 in
each fiscal year
1995-96 and not more than $2,513,400 in
25fiscal year 1996-97.
AB100, s. 1485
1Section
1485. 46.40 (14m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.40
(14m) County community aids budgets. Before December 1 of each year,
3each county department under ss. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 and 51.437 and each
4tribal governing body shall submit to the department a proposed budget for the
5expenditure of funds allocated under this section
, distributed under s. 46.45 (2) (a)
6or carried forward under s. 46.45 (3) (a). The proposed budget shall be submitted on
7a form developed by the department and approved by the department of
8administration.
AB100, s. 1486
9Section
1486. 46.45 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
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46.45
(2) (a) If on December 31 of any year there remains unspent or
11unencumbered in the allocation under s. 46.40 (2) an amount that exceeds the
12amount received under
42 USC 670 to
679a and allocated under s. 46.40 (2) in that
13year, the department shall carry forward the excess moneys and distribute not less
14than 50% of the excess moneys to counties having a population of less than 500,000
15for services and projects to assist children and families, notwithstanding the
16percentage limit specified in sub. (3) (a). A county shall use not less than 50% of the
17moneys distributed to the county under this subsection for services for children who
18are at risk of abuse or neglect to prevent the need for child abuse and neglect
19intervention services.
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(b) A county may not use any moneys distributed under par. (a) to supplant any
21other moneys expended by the county for services and projects to assist children and
22families in a base year determined by the department.
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(c) The department may use any moneys carried forward under par. (a), but not
24distributed to counties, for the operational requirements of the department in
25administering programs to assist children and families.
AB100, s. 1487
1Section
1487. 46.48 (8) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.48
(8) (d) 1. The use of liaisons to meet with prospective program
3participants to provide information about the program and to assist program
4participants, prior to their release on
community supervision or parole, in planning
5for and obtaining the housing, employment, education and treatment that they will
6need upon release.
AB100, s. 1488
7Section
1488. 46.48 (15) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1489
8Section
1489. 46.48 (15) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1490
9Section
1490. 46.48 (15) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.48
(15) (a) 1. For recruiting, training and licensing new foster parents and
11treatment foster parents for children in Milwaukee county and for providing ongoing
12family reunification services for children and families in Milwaukee county,
13$750,000 $375,000 in each fiscal year.
AB100, s. 1491
14Section
1491. 46.48 (15) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin
15Act .... (this act), is repealed.
AB100, s. 1492
16Section
1492. 46.48 (15) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.48
(15) (a) 2. For purchasing foster parent and treatment foster parent
18training from a private or educational agency,
$150,000 $75,000 in each fiscal year.
AB100, s. 1493
19Section
1493. 46.48 (15) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin
20Act .... (this act), is repealed.
AB100, s. 1494
21Section
1494. 46.48 (15) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(15) (a) 3. For enhancing Milwaukee county's capacity to assess the needs
23of children who are in long-term foster or treatment foster care and children who are
24new to foster or treatment foster care, for recruiting and investigating proposed
1adoptive parents and for prosecuting adoption petitions,
$130,000 $65,000 in each
2fiscal year.
AB100, s. 1495
3Section
1495. 46.48 (15) (a) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin
4Act .... (this act), is repealed.
AB100, s. 1496
5Section
1496. 46.48 (15) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1497
6Section
1497. 46.48 (16) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1498
7Section
1498. 46.48 (16) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(16) (a) The department shall distribute not more than
$37,500 $18,700 9in each fiscal year as grants to private, nonprofit organizations to recruit African
10American foster parents, including African American prospective adoptive parents,
11in communities that have a high percentage of African American children and a high
12percentage of children in out-of-home placements. The department shall review
13applications submitted under this paragraph and determine the number of grants
14that will be awarded, which of the applicants will receive grants and the amount of
15each grant. A private, nonprofit organization receiving a grant under this paragraph
16shall cooperate and coordinate its activities under the grant with the county
17department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 serving the area from which the private,
18nonprofit organization recruits African American foster parents.
AB100, s. 1499
19Section
1499. 46.48 (16) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
20.... (this act), is repealed.
AB100, s. 1500
21Section
1500. 46.48 (16) (b) of the statutes is repealed.