LRB-4506/1
SWB:emw
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
October 20, 2021 - Introduced by Senator Ringhand, cosponsored by
Representative Conley, by request of of a constituent, Jennifer Thompson.
Referred to Committee on Health.
SB654,1,2
1An Act to amend 46.286 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes;
relating to: eligibility
2for Family Care for individuals who are deaf-blind.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill grants functional eligibility for Family Care—a program that provides
community-based long-term care services—to people who are deaf-blind. Under
current law, a person must meet certain criteria in order to be eligible for Family
Care, including that the person is at least 18 years of age; the person has a physical
or developmental disability or is a frail elder; and the person is both functionally and
financially eligible based on the standards described in the statute. The bill adds an
express provision that a person is functionally eligible for the Family Care program
if the person is deaf-blind, as defined in the bill.
For further information see the state and local 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:
SB654,1
3Section 1
. 46.286 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB654,2,3
146.286
(1) (a)
Functional eligibility. (intro.) A person is functionally eligible
2if
the person is deaf-blind, as defined in 29 USC 1905, or if the person's level of care
3need, as determined by the department or its designee, is either of the following:
