150.46(1)(1) This subchapter does not apply to the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King or to the nursing care facility operated by the department of veterans affairs under
s. 45.385.
150.46(2)
(2) This subchapter does not apply to up to 4 facilities established and operated under
s. 46.047.
150.46(3)
(3) This subchapter does not apply to the nursing care facility operated by the department of veterans affairs under
s. 45.385.
HEALTH CARE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
150.84
150.84
Definitions. In this subchapter:
150.84(1)
(1) "Cooperative agreement" means an agreement between 2 health care providers or among more than 2 health care providers for the sharing, allocation or referral of patients; or the sharing or allocation of personnel, instructional programs, support services and facilities, medical, diagnostic or laboratory facilities or procedures or other services customarily offered by health care providers.
150.84(2)
(2) "Health care facility" means a facility, as defined in
s. 647.01 (4), or any hospital, nursing home, community-based residential facility, county home, county infirmary, county hospital, county mental health center or other place licensed or approved by the department under
s. 49.70,
49.71,
49.72,
50.02,
50.03,
50.35,
51.08 or
51.09 or a facility under
s. 45.365,
51.05,
51.06,
233.40,
233.41,
233.42 or
252.10.
150.84(3)
(3) "Health care provider" means any person licensed, registered, permitted or certified by the department or by the department of regulation and licensing to provide health care services in this state.
150.85
150.85
Certificate of public advantage. 150.85(1)
(1)
Authority. A health care provider may negotiate and voluntarily enter into a cooperative agreement with another health care provider in this state. The requirements of
ch. 133 apply to the negotiations and cooperative agreement unless the parties to the agreement hold a certificate of public advantage for the agreement that is issued by the department and is in effect under this section.
150.85(2)
(2) Application. Parties to a cooperative agreement may file an application with the department for a certificate of public advantage governing the cooperative agreement. The application shall include a signed, written copy of the cooperative agreement, and shall describe the nature and scope of the cooperation contemplated under the agreement and any consideration that passes to a party under the agreement.
150.85(3)
(3) Procedure for department review. 150.85(3)(a)(a) The department shall review and approve or deny the application in accordance with the standards set forth in
sub. (4) within 30 days after receiving the application. Unless the department issues a denial of the certificate of public advantage, the application is approved.
150.85(3)(b)
(b) If the department denies the application for a certificate of public advantage, the department shall issue the denial to the applicants in writing, including a statement of the basis for the denial and notice of the opportunity for a hearing under
s. 227.44. If the applicant desires to contest the denial of an application, it shall, within 10 days after receipt of the notice of denial, send a written request for hearing under
s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration and so notify the department of health and family services.
150.85(4)(a)(a) The department shall issue a certificate of public advantage for a cooperative agreement if it determines all of the following:
150.85(4)(a)1.
1. That the benefits likely to result from the agreement substantially outweigh any disadvantages attributable to a reduction in competition likely to result.
150.85(4)(a)2.
2. That any reduction in competition likely to result from the agreement is reasonably necessary to obtain the benefits likely to result.
150.85(4)(b)
(b) In order to determine that the criterion under
par. (a) 1. is met, the department shall find that at least one of the following is likely to result from the cooperative agreement:
150.85(4)(b)1.
1. The quality of health care provided to residents of the state will be enhanced.
150.85(4)(b)2.
2. A hospital, if any, and health care facilities that customarily serve the communities in the area likely affected by the cooperative agreement will be preserved.
150.85(4)(b)3.
3. Services provided by the parties to the cooperative agreement will gain cost efficiency.
150.85(4)(b)4.
4. The utilization of health care resources and equipment in the area likely affected by the cooperative agreement will improve.
150.85(4)(b)5.
5. Duplication of health care resources in the area likely affected by the cooperative agreement will be avoided.
150.85(4)(c)
(c) In order to determine that the criterion under
par. (a) 2. is met, the department shall consider all of the following:
150.85(4)(c)1.
1. The likely adverse impact, if any, on the ability of health maintenance organizations, preferred provider plans, persons performing utilization review or other health care payers to negotiate optimal payment and service arrangements with hospitals and other health care providers.
150.85(4)(c)2.
2. Whether any reduction in competition among physicians, allied health professionals or other health care providers is likely to result directly or indirectly from the cooperative agreement.
150.85(4)(c)3.
3. Whether any arrangements that are less restrictive as to competition could likely achieve substantially the same benefits or a more favorable balance of benefits over disadvantages than that likely to be achieved from reducing competition.
150.85(5)(a)(a) If the department determines that the benefits resulting from or likely to result from a cooperative agreement under a certificate of public advantage no longer outweigh any disadvantages attributable to any actual or potential reduction in competition resulting from the agreement, the department may revoke the certificate of public advantage governing the agreement and, if revoked, shall so notify the holders of the certificate. A holder of a certificate of public advantage whose certificate is revoked by the department may contest the revocation by sending a written request for hearing under
s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals created under
s. 15.103 (1), within 10 days after receipt of the notice of revocation.
150.85(5)(b)
(b) If a party to a cooperative agreement that is issued a certificate of public advantage terminates its participation in the agreement, the party shall file a notice of termination with the department within 30 days after the termination takes effect. If all parties to the cooperative agreement terminate their participation in the agreement, the department shall revoke the certificate of public advantage for the agreement.
150.85(6)
(6) Record keeping. The department shall maintain a file of all cooperative agreements for which certificates of public advantage are issued and that remain in effect.
150.85 History
History: 1991 a. 250;
1995 a. 27 s.
9126 (19).
150.85 Annotation
Antitrust Immunity for Health Care Providers. Bosack. 80 MLR 245 (1997).
150.86
150.86
Judicial review. A denial by the department under
s. 150.85 (3) (b) of an application for a certificate of public advantage and a revocation by the department under
s. 150.85 (5) (a) of a certificate of public advantage is subject to judicial review under
ch. 227.
150.86 History
History: 1991 a. 250.
MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION
OF HOSPITAL BEDS
150.93
150.93
Moratorium on construction of hospital beds. 150.93(1)(1) The maximum number of beds of approved hospitals in this state that may be approved by the department for occupancy is 22,516.
150.93(2)
(2) Except as provided in
subs. (3) and
(3m), before July 1, 1996, no person may obligate for a capital expenditure or implement services, by or on behalf of a hospital, to increase the approved bed capacity of a hospital unless the person has, prior to May 12, 1992, entered into a legally enforceable contract, promise or agreement with another to so obligate or implement.
150.93(3)
(3) A person may obligate for a capital expenditure, by or on behalf of a hospital, to renovate or replace on the same site existing approved beds of the hospital or to make new construction, if the renovation, replacement or new construction does not increase the approved bed capacity of the hospital.
150.93(3m)
(3m) A person may obligate for a capital expenditure or implement services that increase the approved bed capacity of a hospital if the capital expenditure or services are necessitated by a transfer of beds from a public hospital that is operated by a county with a population of 500,000 or more to a private hospital and if the resulting combined total number of approved beds in the 2 hospitals does not increase.
150.93(4)
(4) No person may transfer approved beds of a hospital to a facility that is associated with the hospital.
150.93 History
History: 1991 a. 250;
1995 a. 20,
27.
PSYCHIATRIC OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
BED LIMITATIONS
150.94
150.94
Definitions. In this subchapter:
150.94 History
History: 1991 a. 250;
1995 a. 27.
150.95(1)(1) Before July 1, 1996, no person may obligate for a capital expenditure by or on behalf of a hospital, to add to the number of the licensed psychiatric or chemical dependency beds of the hospital that the department determines exist on May 12, 1992, or to establish a new hospital with psychiatric or chemical dependency beds. Before July 1, 1996, no person may convert existing hospital beds approved for occupancy to licensed psychiatric or chemical dependency beds of the hospital.
150.95 History
History: 1991 a. 250;
1995 a. 20,
27.
150.951
150.951
Exceptions. Section 150.95 does not apply to any of the following:
150.951(1)
(1) A transfer of psychiatric or chemical dependency beds from a public hospital that is operated by a county with a population of 500,000 or more and that is not an inpatient facility to a private hospital or to a public hospital that is an inpatient facility, if the resulting combined total of licensed psychiatric or chemical dependency beds in the affected hospitals does not increase.
150.951(2)
(2) A transfer of psychiatric or chemical dependency beds from a hospital to a private hospital in the same county that has an existing psychiatric or chemical dependency unit or to a public hospital that is operated by the same county, if the resulting combined total of licensed psychiatric or chemical dependency beds in the affected hospitals decreases from the number that is specified in
s. 150.95.
150.951 History
History: 1995 a. 27,
417.
MENTAL RETARDATION FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS CONSTRUCTION
150.96
150.96
Definitions. In this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
150.96(1)
(1) "Community mental health center" means a facility providing services for the prevention or diagnosis of mental illness, or care and treatment of mentally ill patients, or rehabilitation of such persons, which services are provided principally for persons residing in a particular community in or near which the facility is situated.
150.96(2)
(2) "Facility for the mentally retarded" means a facility specially designed for the diagnosis, treatment, education, training or custodial care of the mentally retarded; including facilities for training specialists and sheltered workshops for the mentally retarded, but only if such workshops are part of facilities which provide or will provide comprehensive services for the mentally retarded.
150.96(3)
(3) "The federal act" means the mental retardation facilities and community mental health centers construction act of 1963 (
P.L. 88-164).
150.96(4)
(4) "Nonprofit facility for the mentally retarded", and "nonprofit community mental health center" mean, respectively, a facility for the mentally retarded, and a community mental health center which is owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
150.96(5)
(5) "The secretary" means the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human services or a delegate to administer the federal act.
150.96 History
History: 1979 c. 177;
1981 c. 314;
1983 a. 189;
1993 a. 27 s.
237; Stats. 1993 s. 150.96;
1999 a. 83.
150.963
150.963
Construction of mental retardation facilities and community mental health centers. 150.963(2)
(2) The department shall be the sole agency of the state for all of the following purposes:
150.963(2)(a)
(a) Making inventories of existing facilities, surveying the need for construction for facilities for the mentally retarded and community mental health centers, and developing programs of construction.
150.963(2)(b)
(b) Developing and administering a state plan for the construction of public and other nonprofit facilities for the mentally retarded, and a state plan for the construction of public and other nonprofit community mental health centers.
150.963(3)
(3) The department, in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter, may do any of the following:
150.963(3)(a)
(a) Require reports, make inspections and investigations and prescribe rules that it considers necessary.
150.963(3)(b)
(b) Provide methods of administration, appoint personnel, and take other action that is necessary to comply with the requirements of the federal act and regulations under the federal act.
150.963(3)(c)
(c) Procure the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations of experts and consultants, by contract, when those services are to be performed on a part-time or fee-for-service basis and do not involve the performance of administrative duties.
150.963(3)(d)
(d) To the extent that it considers desirable to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter, enter into agreements for the utilization of facilities and services of other departments, agencies and institutions, public or private.
150.963(3)(e)
(e) Accept on behalf of the state and deposit with the state treasurer any grant, gift or contribution made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the purposes of this subchapter, and expend those funds for the purposes of this subchapter.
150.963(3)(f)
(f) Do all other things on behalf of the state necessary to obtain full benefits under the federal act.
150.963 History
History: 1979 c. 89;
1993 a. 27 s.
238; Stats. 1993 s. 150.963;
1999 a. 83.
150.965
150.965
Construction programs. The department is directed to develop construction programs for facilities for the mentally retarded and community mental health centers for the mentally ill, which shall be based respectively on statewide inventories of existing facilities for the mentally retarded and the mentally ill and surveys of need, and which shall provide in accordance with regulations prescribed under the federal act, for facilities which will provide adequate services for the mentally retarded and adequate community mental health services for the people residing in this state and for furnishing needed services to persons unable to pay therefor.
150.965 History
History: 1993 a. 27 s.
239; Stats. 1993 s. 150.965;
1993 a. 213.
