SB687,3,2213 1. Create a nonstock, nonprofit corporation under ch. 181 or a service insurance
14corporation under ch. 613. Before creating a nonstock, nonprofit corporation or a
15service insurance corporation that will provide services under the family care
16benefit, the governmental entity shall submit to the department the proposed
17articles of incorporation for review and approval. If the department does not
18disapprove the articles of incorporation within 30 days of the date of submission to
19the department, the articles of incorporation are considered approved. If the
20department disapproves the articles of incorporation, the department shall provide
21specific reasons for the disapproval and recommendations regarding how the articles
22may be amended to cure the defect.
SB687,3,2423 2. With approval of the department and office of the commissioner of insurance,
24assign any of the following to a corporation created under subd. 1.:
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1a. The governmental entity's assets and liabilities relating to providing the
2family care benefit, including operating capital funds, risk reserve funds, solvency
3funds, or other special reserve funds required by the department or the office of the
4commissioner of insurance.
SB687,4,55 b. A contract with the department as described in sub. (2).
SB687,4,66 c. A permit issued by the office of the commissioner of insurance under ch. 648.
SB687,4,77 d. A certification by the department under sub. (3).
SB687,4,128 (c) Upon approval of the department and the commissioner of insurance under
9par. (b) 2., the department shall notify enrollees of the care management
10organization regarding the transfer of the contract to the corporation created under
11par. (b) 1. and shall inform enrollees of their rights and responsibilities in accordance
12with any requirements of the federal department of health and human services.
SB687,3 13Section 3. 46.2895 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 46.2895 (2) (a) and
14amended to read:
SB687,4,1815 46.2895 (2) (a) A Except as provided in par. (b) or (c), a long-term care district's
16jurisdiction is the geographical area of the county or counties that created the
17long-term care district and the geographic area of the reservation of, or lands held
18in trust for, any tribe or band that created the long-term care district.
SB687,4 19Section 4. 46.2895 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB687,4,2320 46.2895 (2) (b) A long-term care district may apply to the department for a
21contract to operate a care management organization under s. 46.284 in an area
22outside the geographic boundary of the county or counties that created the long-term
23care district.
SB687,5 24Section 5. 46.2895 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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146.2895 (2) (c) If the department awards a contract to a long-term care district
2to operate a care management organization outside the geographic area of the
3counties that created the long-term care district, any county that is newly served by
4the care management organization and is outside the geographic area of the counties
5that created the long-term care district may join the existing long-term care district
6at the discretion of the long-term care district's board, provided the newly served
7county adopts a resolution that authorizes the county to join the long-term care
8district. A county served by a care management organization operated by a
9long-term care district to which the county does not belong shall cooperate with and
10may not impede the operation of the care management organization.
SB687,6 11Section 6. 46.2895 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB687,5,1412 46.2895 (3) (b) 5. Only individuals who reside within the jurisdiction of area
13served by
a long-term care district may serve as members of the long-term care
14district board.
SB687,7 15Section 7. 46.2895 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB687,5,2316 46.2895 (3) (e) Notwithstanding sub. (1) (a) 1. c., if a long-term care district is
17awarded a contract with the department to operate a care management organization
18outside the geographic area of the county or counties that created the long-term care
19district, the long-term care district board may add members to the long-term care
20district board to represent the counties or areas newly served by the long-term care
21district. The long-term care district board shall file notice of the change of the
22long-term care district board's composition with the secretary of administration, the
23secretary of health services, and the secretary of revenue.
SB687,8 24Section 8. 46.2895 (4) (o) of the statutes is created to read:
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146.2895 (4) (o) If awarded a contract by the department as described in sub. (2)
2(b) or (c), operate a care management organization outside the geographic boundary
3of the long-term care district.
SB687,9 4Section 9. 46.2895 (4) (p) of the statutes is created to read:
SB687,6,85 46.2895 (4) (p) If awarded a contract by the department to operate a care
6management organization outside its geographic boundaries as described in sub. (2)
7(b) or (c), determine whether to add new counties, tribes, or bands into the long-term
8care district.
SB687,10 9Section 10 . 46.2895 (4) (q) of the statutes is created to read:
SB687,6,2010 46.2895 (4) (q) Notwithstanding subs. (1) to (3), create a nonstock, nonprofit
11corporation under ch. 181 or a service insurance corporation under ch. 613 that may
12succeed the long-term care district and survive the district's dissolution under sub.
13(13). Before creating a nonstock, nonprofit corporation or a service insurance
14corporation that will provide services under the family care benefit, the long-term
15care district shall submit to the department the proposed articles of incorporation for
16review and approval. If the department does not disapprove the articles of
17incorporation within 30 days of the date of submission to the department, the articles
18of incorporation are considered approved. If the department disapproves the articles
19of incorporation, the department shall provide specific reasons for the disapproval
20and recommendations regarding how the articles may be amended to cure the defect.
SB687,11 21Section 11. 46.2895 (4) (r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB687,6,2322 46.2895 (4) (r) With approval of the department and office of the commissioner
23of insurance, assign the following to a corporation created under par. (q):
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11. The long-term care district's assets and liabilities, including operating
2capital funds, risk reserve funds, solvency funds, or other special reserve funds
3required by the department or the office of the commissioner of insurance.
SB687,7,44 2. A contract with the department as described in sub. (2) (b) or (c).
SB687,7,55 3. A permit issued by the office of the commissioner of insurance under ch. 648.
SB687,7,66 4. A certification by the department under s. 46.284 (3).
SB687,12 7Section 12. 46.2895 (4r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB687,7,138 46.2895 (4r) Transfer of enrollees. Upon approval of the department and the
9commissioner of insurance under sub. (4) (r), the department shall notify enrollees
10of the care management organization operated by the long-term care district
11regarding the transfer of the contract to the corporation created under sub. (4) (q) and
12shall inform enrollees of their rights and responsibilities in accordance with any
13requirements of the federal department of health and human services.
SB687,13 14Section 13. 46.2895 (6) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB687,7,1715 46.2895 (6) (cm) Determine whether to authorize the long-term care district
16director to apply to the department for a contract to operate a care management
17organization outside the geographic boundary of the long-term care district.
SB687,14 18Section 14. 46.2895 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB687,8,919 46.2895 (13) Dissolution. Subject to the performance of the contractual
20obligations of a long-term care district and if first approved by the secretary of the
21department, the long-term care district may be dissolved by the joint action of the
22long-term care district board and each county or tribe or band that created the
23long-term care district and has not withdrawn or been removed from the district
24under sub. (14). If a long-term care district that is created by one county or tribe or
25band is dissolved, the property and assets of the district shall be transferred to the

1county or tribe or band that created it
to the department. If a long-term care district
2is created by more than one county or tribe or band, all of the counties or tribes or
3bands that created the district and that have not withdrawn or been removed from
4the district under sub. (14) shall agree on the apportioning of the long-term care
5district's property before the district may be dissolved
transfer the property and
6assets of the district to the department
. If the long-term care district operates a care
7management organization under s. 46.284, disposition of any remaining funds in the
8risk reserve under s. 46.284 (5) (e) shall be made under the terms of the district's
9contract with the department.
SB687,15 10Section 15. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB687,8,1511 (1) The department of health services shall include in its waiver request under
122015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9118 (9), provisions to allow a long-term care district
13to operate an integrated health agency, including operating an integrated health
14agency outside the geographic area of the county or counties that created the
15long-term care district.
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