46.85(1)
(1) The department may establish and operate a senior companion program modeled after the federal senior companion program under
42 USC 5011 (b), in effect on April 30, 1980. If operated, the program shall engage the services of low-income persons aged 60 or over to provide supportive person-to-person assistance in health, education, recreation, welfare and related fields to persons aged 60 or over with special needs who reside in their own homes, and it may engage other persons aged 60 or older, regardless of income, as volunteers in similar activities. The department may also establish and operate a retired senior volunteers program modeled after the federal retired senior volunteers program under
42 USC 5001, in effect on April 30, 1980 to provide voluntary services in a community. If operated, the program shall engage persons aged 60 or over as volunteers.
46.85(2)
(2) If the department establishes a program under this section, it shall promulgate rules for the operation of the program. Such rules shall include:
46.85(2)(a)
(a) A definition of "low income" which shall at least equal the guidelines of the federal ACTION program.
46.85(2)(b)
(b) A requirement that program units provide accident and liability insurance coverage during working hours for all program participants, including volunteers.
46.85(2)(c)
(c) A requirement that program units receiving federal funds establish advisory councils empowered according to, but not limited by, applicable federal guidelines. Council members may be reimbursed for transportation and other expenses incurred in service to the program.
46.85(3)
(3) Prior to January 1, 1982, the department shall make renewable state grants-in-aid from the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (dh) to qualified public and nonprofit private agencies for the operation of local senior companion and retired senior volunteers program units. The grants shall be for periods of 12 months or less and shall be for no more than 90% of approved nonfederal expenditures and other expenditures specifically authorized by the secretary. The grants may not be used to match other state funds. The department shall apportion funds provided under this subsection to each county that receives funds under this section for the period from January 1, 1981, to June 30, 1981. The department shall allocate the amount apportioned upon application by qualified public and nonprofit private agencies. Any amounts apportioned to a county but not allocated may be apportioned and allocated to other counties. Funds provided under this subsection may not be allocated to any project unless that project maintains its calendar year 1979 levels of federal and local funding, except to the extent that available federal funding decreases. Programs funded under this subsection and established after July 29, 1979, shall engage at least 10 companions or volunteers or combination thereof.
46.85(3m)(a)(a) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (dh), the department shall provide a state supplement to federally funded senior companion and retired senior volunteer program units that were in operation on December 1, 1988, and administered by qualified public and non-profit private agencies.
46.85(3m)(b)
(b) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (dh), the department shall allocate funds, based on the percentage of the state's population of low-income persons over age 60 who reside in each county or are members of an American Indian tribe, and distribute the funds to counties and federally recognized tribal governing bodies to supplement any of the following:
46.85(3m)(b)1.
1. Federally and nonfederally funded senior companion and retired senior volunteer programs.
46.85(4)
(4) Low income older persons employed in a senior companion program shall be paid a stipend which compensates them for no more than 20 hours per week at an hourly rate not to exceed the federal minimum wage, and in addition shall receive reimbursement for the cost of one meal per working day.
46.85(5)
(5) All persons engaged in a program under this section, whether for compensation or as volunteers, are eligible for:
46.85(5)(a)
(a) Transportation assistance, not to exceed mileage payments for 20 miles per day.
46.85(5)(b)
(b) Accident and liability insurance coverage during working hours.
46.856
46.856
Alzheimer's disease; training and information grants. 46.856(1)(b)
(b) "Public agency" means a county, city, village, town or school district or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town or school district.
46.856(2)
(2) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (bg), the department shall award a grant to at least one public agency or private nonprofit organization to do all of the following:
46.856(2)(a)
(a) Provide training and technical assistance to the staff of county departments under
ss. 46.215,
46.22 and
46.23, to the staff of administering agencies designated under
s. 46.87 (3) (c) and to other providers of services to persons with Alzheimer's disease, as defined in
s. 46.87 (1) (a).
46.856(2)(b)
(b) Determine the need for and create appropriate services to persons with Alzheimer's disease in coordination with local agencies and service providers.
46.856(2)(c)
(c) Collect and disseminate information on Alzheimer's disease, coordinate public awareness activities related to the disease and advise the department on public policy issues concerning the disease.
46.856 History
History: 1995 a. 464;
1999 a. 9.
46.86
46.86
Treatment programs. 46.86(1)(1) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (md) the department may award not more than $125,500 in each fiscal year as grants to counties and private nonprofit entities for treatment for pregnant women and mothers with alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs; mothers who have alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs and dependent children up to the age of 5 years; and the dependent children up to the age of 5 years of those mothers. The grants shall be awarded in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures. The grants shall be used to establish community-based programs, residential family-centered treatment programs or home-based treatment programs. The program under a grant must include alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services, parent education, support services for the children of the women who are enrolled in the program, vocational assistance and housing assistance. Any program funded under this subsection must also provide follow-up aftercare services to each woman and her children for at least 2 years after the date on which a woman has left the program.
46.86(2m)(a)(a) In this subsection, "long-term treatment" means treatment that is, in the majority of instances, not less than 5 months nor more than 12 months in duration.
46.86(2m)(b)
(b) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall distribute not more than $79,500 in each fiscal year for residential long-term treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse, including treatment with respect to family relationships, antisocial behavior and employability, in a treatment facility, as defined in
s. 51.01 (19), in a 1st class city.
46.86(3m)
(3m) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department may not distribute more than $900,000 in each fiscal year to fund a multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team in Milwaukee County for cocaine-abusing women and their children. The multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team must coordinate its activities with other prevention and treatment programs in Milwaukee County for cocaine-abusing women and their children. Residents from other counties may be served by the multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team. The department may carry forward funds distributed under this subsection, but not encumbered by December 31, for distribution for the purpose under this subsection in the following calendar year.
46.86(5)
(5) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department may not distribute more than $235,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to ARC Community Services, Inc., for women and children in Dane County, to provide funding for staff of the center and transportation and meal expenses for chemically dependent women who receive services from the center.
46.86(6)(a)(a) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department may award not more than $1,167,900 in each fiscal year as grants to counties and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that do all of the following:
46.86(6)(a)1.
1. Meet special needs of women with problems resulting from alcohol or other drug abuse.
46.86(6)(a)2.
2. Emphasize parent education, vocational and housing assistance and coordination with other community programs and with treatment under intensive care.
46.86(6)(b)
(b) The department shall do all of the following with respect to the grants under
par. (a):
46.86(6)(b)1.
1. Award the grants in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures.
46.86(6)(b)2.
2. Ensure that the grants are distributed in both urban and rural communities.
46.86(6)(b)3.
3. Evaluate the programs under the grants by use of client-outcome measurements that the department develops.
46.87
46.87
Alzheimer's family and caregiver support program. 46.87(1)(a)
(a) "Alzheimer's disease" means a degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized especially by premature senile mental deterioration, and also includes any other irreversible deterioration of intellectual faculties with concomitant emotional disturbance resulting from organic brain disorder.
46.87(1)(b)
(b) "Caregiver" means any person other than a paid provider who provides care for a person with Alzheimer's disease.
46.87(2)
(2) From the appropriations under
s. 20.435 (7) (b),
(kw) and
(o), the department shall allocate funds to agencies designated under
sub. (3) (c), to be used for the administration and implementation of an Alzheimer's family and caregiver support program for persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.
46.87(3)(a)(a) A county board may apply to initially participate in the program created under this section by submitting to the department a one-time letter of intent to participate which includes a description of the program and services related to Alzheimer's disease which the county board intends to provide.
46.87(3)(b)
(b) The department shall select counties to participate in the program on the basis of criteria promulgated by rule.
46.87(3)(c)
(c) The county board for each county selected to participate shall designate one of the following as the administering agency for the program:
46.87(4)
(4) If a county board does not submit an application under
sub. (3) (a) by January 1, 1986, the department shall make that county's allocation available to a private nonprofit organization, as defined under
s. 108.02 (19), to administer the program created under this section and shall select the organization according to criteria promulgated by rule. An organization selected as the administering agency under this subsection shall continue to be eligible to receive the county's allocation unless the county board subsequently submits to the department a letter of intent to participate and receives approval of its proposed program.
46.87(5)
(5) The administering agency in each county may use the funds allocated to it to do any or all of the following:
46.87(5)(a)
(a) Provide or contract for the provision of services and goods or make payments for services to households that meet all of the following conditions:
46.87(5)(a)1.
1. At least one member of the household must be a person who has been diagnosed by a physician as having Alzheimer's disease.
46.87(5)(a)2.
2. Either the person with Alzheimer's disease or the person's caregiver resides in the county to which the household applies for participation in the program.
46.87(5)(a)3.
3. The household meets financial eligibility requirements specified by the department by rule.
46.87(5)(b)
(b) Provide or contract for the provision of services and goods or make payments for services to persons with Alzheimer's disease living in residential facilities in the county who meet financial eligibility requirements specified by the department by rule.
46.87(5)(bm)
(bm) Maintain a contract in effect on June 30, 1987, with a service provider under funds allocated under
sub. (2).
46.87(5)(c)
(c) Contract with service providers to develop new programs or expand services, under this section, as defined by the department by rule.
46.87(5)(e)
(e) Provide outreach or other activities designed to develop public awareness of Alzheimer's disease.
46.87(6)(a)(a) For the purpose of distributing funds allocated under this section to households or individuals participating in the program, the administering agency shall determine all of the following:
46.87(6)(a)1.
1. The services and goods needed by the household to enable it to maintain the person with Alzheimer's disease as a member of the household, or the services or goods needed by a person with Alzheimer's disease living in a residential facility, and the cost of each service or good that is needed.
46.87(6)(a)2.
2. The ability of the household or of the person to pay for the services and goods identified under
subd. 1., using as the basis for the determination the uniform fee schedule established by the department under
s. 46.03 (18).
46.87(6)(b)1.1. An administering agency may pay to or expend on behalf of a participating household or individual person the cost of any goods and services identified under
par. (a) 1., less any amount paid under
subd. 2., except that the amount paid or expended may not exceed $4,000 in any calendar year for each person with Alzheimer's disease in the household or for an individual person living in a residential facility.
46.87(6)(b)2.a.
a. Shall require that the household or person with Alzheimer's disease pay, if able as determined under
par. (a) 2., for services and goods provided under
sub. (5) (a),
(b) and
(bm) unless the contract is determined to be a contract under
sub. (5) (c).
46.87(6)(b)2.b.
b. May require that the household or person with Alzheimer's disease pay, if able as determined under
par. (a) 2., for services and goods provided under
sub. (5) (c).
46.87(7)
(7) The county board shall notify the department if any of the following occurs:
46.87(7)(a)
(a) The administering agency in the county is replaced by another.
46.87(7)(b)
(b) The county board intends to terminate participation in the program.
46.87(7)(c)
(c) The county's program and services related to Alzheimer's disease contain a substantial difference, as defined by rule, from the description of the county's program and services contained in the county board's letter of intent most recently submitted to the department under
sub. (3) (a).
46.87(8)
(8) The department shall collect and analyze information about persons with Alzheimer's disease who are served under this section and about caregivers.
46.90
46.90
Elder abuse reporting system. 46.90(1)
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
46.90(1)(a)
(a) "Abuse" means the wilful infliction on an elder person of physical pain or injury or unreasonable confinement.
46.90(1)(ar)
(ar) "Case management" means an assessment of need for direct services, development of a direct service plan and coordination and monitoring of the provision of direct services.
46.90(1)(b)
(b) "County agency" means the agency in each county designated under
sub. (2).
46.90(1)(bm)
(bm) "Direct services" includes temporary shelter, relocation assistance, housing, respite care, emergency funds for food and clothing and legal assistance.
46.90(1)(c)
(c) "Elder person" means a person who is age 60 or older or who is subject to the infirmities of aging.
