LRB-3529/1
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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
August 15, 2001 - Introduced by Joint Legislative Council. Referred to
Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
AB473,1,2 1An Act relating to: requiring the creation of a task force to develop a plan for
2the state centers for the developmentally disabled.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill is explained in the Note provided by the joint legislative council in the
bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
Prefatory note: This bill was prepared for the joint legislative council's special
committee on developmental disabilities. The bill requires the department of health and
family services to create a task force charged to develop a plan for the state centers for
the developmentally disabled. The task force must include representatives from the
following stakeholder groups and agencies:
1. The department of health and family services.
2. The department of veterans affairs.
3. The department of corrections.
4. The governor's office.
5. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union and
other labor groups.
6. Parents or guardians of current state center residents.
7. Former and current state center residents.
8. Advocates for persons with developmental disabilities.
9. The board member of an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.

10. Organizations that provide services to person with developmental disabilities
in the community.
11. County departments that provide services to persons with developmental
disabilities.
The task force is charged with developing a plan to do all of the following:
1. Specify the future role of the state centers for the developmentally disabled, and
the state, in providing services for persons with developmental disabilities.
2. Maximize the potential for independent living in the most appropriate setting
for each person residing in the state centers, according to the person's wishes.
3. Define and recommend changes in the role of one or more of the state centers,
to functions other than as centers for the developmentally disabled.
4. Ensure the provision of quality community-based services for persons who can
be relocated from the state centers.
5. Provide for transitional employment opportunities and services for existing staff
of the state centers, in the event that one or more of the state centers closes or take on
new functions.
AB473, s. 1 1Section 1. Nonstatutory provisions; health and family services.
AB473,2,22 (1) State centers task force.
AB473,2,93 (a) The department of health and family services shall create a task force that
4shall develop a plan for the state centers for the developmentally disabled. The plan,
5which shall be completed by September 1, 2002, shall include any recommended
6statutory language changes needed to implement the plan. The department shall
7submit this recommended statutory language to the department of administration
8as part of the department of health and family services' 2003-05 biennial budget
9request and to the legislature. The plan shall do the following:
AB473,2,12 101. Specify the future role of the state and the state centers for the
11developmentally disabled in providing services for persons with developmental
12disabilities.
AB473,2,15 132. Attempt to maximize the potential for independent living in the most
14appropriate setting for each person residing in the state centers for the
15developmentally disabled, according to the person's wishes.
AB473,3,3
13. Define and recommend changes in the role of one or more of the state centers
2for the developmentally disabled, including functioning other than as a state center
3for the developmentally disabled.
AB473,3,5 44. Ensure the provision of quality community-based services for persons who
5are able to be relocated from the state centers.
AB473,3,8 65. Provide for transitional employment opportunities and services for existing
7staff of the state centers for the developmentally disabled, in the event that one or
8more of the state centers close or are assigned new functions.
AB473,3,119 (b) The department of health and family services shall appoint the membership
10of the task force described in paragraph (a). The task force shall include
11representatives of all of the following:
AB473,3,12 121. The department of health and family services.
AB473,3,13 132. The department of veterans affairs.
AB473,3,14 143. The department of corrections.
AB473,3,15 154. The governor's office.
AB473,3,17 165. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union
17and other labor unions.
AB473,3,19 186. Parents or guardians of current residents of the state centers for the
19developmentally disabled.
AB473,3,21 207. Former and current residents of the state centers for the developmentally
21disabled.
AB473,3,22 228. Advocates for persons with developmental disabilities.
AB473,3,24 239. A member of the board of an intermediate care facility for the mentally
24retarded.
AB473,4,2
110. Organizations that provide services to persons with developmental
2disabilities in the community.
AB473,4,4 311. County departments that provide services to persons with developmental
4disabilities.
AB473,4,55 (End)
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