49.33(1)(cr)
(cr) "Tribal governing body" means an elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe.
49.33(2)
(2) Contracts. Annually, the department of health and family services shall contract with county departments under
ss. 46.215,
46.22, and
46.23, and may contract with tribal governing bodies, to reimburse the county departments and tribal governing bodies for the reasonable cost of administering income maintenance programs.
49.33(3)
(3) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules establishing standards of competency, including training requirements, for income maintenance workers.
49.33 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
DWD 17, Wis. adm. code.
49.33(4)
(4) Rules; merit system. The department shall promulgate rules for the efficient administration of aid to families with dependent children in agreement with the requirement for federal aid, including the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis. The provisions of this section relating to personnel standards on a merit basis supersede any inconsistent provisions of any law relating to county personnel. This subsection shall not be construed to invalidate the provisions of
s. 46.22 (1) (d).
49.33(5)
(5) Personnel examinations. Statewide examinations to ascertain qualifications of applicants in any county department administering aid to families with dependent children shall be given by the administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the department of employment relations. The department of employment relations shall be reimbursed for actual expenditures incurred in the performance of its functions under this section from the appropriations available to the department of health and family services for administrative expenditures.
49.33(6)
(6) Personnel lists. All persons who are qualified as a result of examinations shall be certified to the counties in which they reside at the time of examination; if there are no resident qualified persons for any class of positions on the list certified to the county, appointments shall be made from available lists without regard to residence within the county.
49.33(7)
(7) County personnel systems. Pursuant to rules promulgated under
sub. (4), the department where requested by the county shall delegate to that county, without restriction because of enumeration, any or all of the department's authority under
sub. (4) to establish and maintain personnel standards including salary levels.
49.33(8)
(8) Reimbursement for income maintenance administration. 49.33(8)(a)(a) From the appropriation accounts under
s. 20.435 (4) (bn) and
(nn) and subject to
par. (b), the department of health and family services shall reimburse each county and tribal governing body that contracts with the department under
sub. (2) for reasonable costs of administering the income maintenance programs. The amount of each reimbursement paid under this paragraph shall be calculated using a formula based on workload within the limits of available state and federal funds under
s. 20.435 (4) (bn) and
(nn) by contract under
s. 49.33 (2). The amount of reimbursement calculated under this paragraph and
par. (b) is in addition to any reimbursement provided to a county or tribal governing body for fraud and error reduction under
s. 49.197 (1m) and
(4).
49.33(8)(b)
(b) The department may adjust the amounts determined under
par. (a) for workload changes and computer network activities performed by a county or tribal governing body and may reduce the amount of any reimbursement if federal reimbursement is withheld due to audits, quality control samples, or program reviews.
49.33(10)(a)(a) Each county treasurer and director of a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22, or
46.23 and each tribal governing body shall certify monthly under oath to the department of health and family services in such manner as the department of health and family services prescribes the claim of the county for state reimbursement under
sub. (8) (a). The department of health and family services shall review each claim of reimbursement and, if the department of health and family services approves the claim, the department of health and family services shall certify to the department of administration for reimbursement to the county for amounts due under
sub. (8) (a) and payment claimed to be made to the counties monthly. The department of health and family services may make advance payments prior to the beginning of each month equal to one-twelfth of the contracted amount.
49.33(10)(b)
(b) To facilitate prompt reimbursement the certificate of the department of health and family services may be based on the certified statements of the county officers or tribal governing body executives filed under
par. (a). Funds recovered from audit adjustments from a prior fiscal year may be included in subsequent certifications only to pay counties owed funds as a result of any audit adjustment. By September 30 annually, the department of health and family services shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3) on funds recovered and paid out during the previous calendar year as a result of audit adjustments.
49.34
49.34
Purchase of care and services. 49.34(1)
(1) All services under this subchapter purchased by the department or by a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 shall be authorized and contracted for under the standards established under this section. The department may require the county departments to submit the contracts to the department for review and approval. For purchases of $10,000 or less the requirement for a written contract may be waived by the department. When the department directly contracts for services, it shall follow the procedures in this section in addition to meeting purchasing requirements established in
s. 16.75.
49.34(2)
(2) All services purchased under this subchapter shall meet standards established by the department and other requirements specified by the purchaser in the contract. Based on these standards the department shall establish standards for cost accounting and management information systems that shall monitor the utilization of the services, and document the specific services in meeting the service plan for the client and the objective of the service.
49.34(3)(a)(a) Purchase of service contracts shall be written in accordance with rules promulgated and procedures established by the department. Contracts for client services shall show the total dollar amount to be purchased and for each service the number of clients to be served, number of client service units, the unit rate per client service and the total dollar amount for each service.
49.34(3)(b)
(b) Payments under a contract may be made on the basis of actual allowable costs or on the basis of a unit rate per client service multiplied by the actual client units furnished each month. The contract may be renegotiated when units vary from the contracted number. The purchaser shall determine actual marginal costs for each service unit less than or in addition to the contracted number.
49.34(3)(c)
(c) For proprietary agencies, contracts may include a percentage add-on for profit according to rules promulgated by the department.
49.34(3)(d)
(d) Reimbursement to an agency may be based on total costs agreed to by the parties regardless of the actual number of service units to be furnished, when the agency is entering into a contract for a new or expanded service that the purchaser recognizes will require a start-up period not to exceed 180 days. This reimbursement applies only if identified client needs necessitate the establishment of a new service or expansion of an existing service.
49.34(3)(e)
(e) If the purchaser finds it necessary to terminate a contract prior to the contract expiration date for reasons other than nonperformance by the provider, the actual cost incurred by the provider may be reimbursed in an amount determined by mutual agreement of the parties.
49.34(3)(f)
(f) Advance payments of up to one-twelfth of an annual contract may be allowed under the contract. If the advance payment exceeds $10,000, the provider shall supply a surety bond in an amount equal to the amount of the advance payment applied for. No surety bond is required if the provider is a state agency. The cost of the surety bond shall be allowable as an expense.
49.34(4)
(4) For purposes of this section and as a condition of reimbursement, each provider under contract shall:
49.34(4)(a)
(a) Except as provided in this subsection, maintain a uniform double entry accounting system and a management information system which are compatible with cost accounting and control systems prescribed by the department.
49.34(4)(b)
(b) Cooperate with the department and purchaser in establishing costs for reimbursement purposes.
49.34(4)(c)
(c) Unless waived by the department, biennially, or annually if required under federal law, provide the purchaser with a certified financial and compliance audit report if the care and services purchased exceed $25,000. The audit shall follow standards that the department prescribes.
49.34(4)(d)
(d) Transfer a client from one category of care or service to another only with the approval of the purchaser.
49.34(4)(e)
(e) Charge a uniform schedule of fees as specified under
s. 49.32 (1) unless waived by the purchaser with the approval of the department. Whenever providers recover funds attributed to the client, such funds shall offset the amount paid under the contract.
49.34(5)
(5) Except as provided in
sub. (5m), the purchaser shall recover from provider agencies money paid in excess of the conditions of the contract from subsequent payments made to the provider.
49.34(5m)(a)1.
1. "Provider" means a nonstock corporation organized under
ch. 181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in
s. 181.0103 (17), and that contracts under this section to provide client services on the basis of a unit rate per client service.
49.34(5m)(a)2.
2. "Rate-based service" means a service or a group of services, as determined by the department, that is reimbursed through a prospectively set rate and that is distinguishable from other services or groups of services by the purpose for which funds are provided for that service or group of services and by the source of funding for that service or group of services.
49.34(5m)(b)1.1. Subject to
subds. 2. and
3., if revenue under a contract for the provision of a rate-based service exceeds allowable costs incurred in the contract period, the provider may retain from the surplus generated by that rate-based service up to 5% of the contract amount. A provider that retains a surplus under this subdivision shall use that retained surplus to cover a deficit between revenue and allowable costs incurred in any preceding or future contract period for the same rate-based service that generated the surplus or to address the programmatic needs of clients served by the same rate-based service that generated the surplus.
49.34(5m)(b)2.
2. Subject to
subd. 3., a provider may accumulate funds from more than one contract period under this paragraph, except that, if at the end of a contract period the amount accumulated from all contract periods for a rate-based service exceeds 10% of the amount of all current contracts for that rate-based service, the provider shall, at the request of a purchaser, return to that purchaser the purchaser's proportional share of that excess and use any of that excess that is not returned to a purchaser to reduce the provider's unit rate per client for that rate-based service in the next contract period. If a provider has held for 4 consecutive contract periods an accumulated reserve for a rate-based service that is equal to or exceeds 10% of the amount of all current contracts for that rate-based service, the provider shall apply 50% of that accumulated amount to reducing its unit rate per client for that rate-based service in the next contract period.
49.34(5m)(b)3.
3. If on December 31, 1995, the amount accumulated by a provider from all contract periods ending on or before that date for all rate-based services provided by the provider exceeds 10% of the provider's total contract amount for all rate-based services provided by the provider in 1995, the provider shall, at the request of a purchaser, return to that purchaser the purchaser's proportional share of that excess.
49.34(5m)(f)
(f) All providers that are subject to this subsection shall comply with any financial reporting and auditing requirements that the department may prescribe. Those requirements shall include a requirement that a provider provide to any purchaser and the department any information that the department needs to claim federal reimbursement for the cost of any services purchased from the provider and a requirement that a provider provide audit reports to any purchaser and the department according to standards specified in the provider's contract and any other standards that the department may prescribe.
49.34(6)
(6) Contracts may be renegotiated by the purchaser under conditions specified in the contract.
49.34(7)
(7) The service provider under this section may appeal decisions of the purchaser in accordance with terms and conditions of the contract and
ch. 68 or
227.
49.34 History
History: 1995 a. 27;
1997 a. 79.
49.35
49.35
Public assistance; supervisory functions of department. 49.35(1)(a)(a) The department shall supervise the administration of programs under this subchapter. The department shall submit to the federal authorities state plans for the administration of programs under this subchapter in such form and containing such information as the federal authorities require, and shall comply with all requirements prescribed to ensure their correctness.
49.35(1)(b)
(b) All records of the department and all county records relating to programs under this subchapter and aid under s.
49.18, 1971 stats., s.
49.20, 1971 stats., and s.
49.61, 1971 stats., as affected by
chapter 90, laws of 1973, shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized representatives of the federal government. Notwithstanding
s. 48.396 (2), all county records relating to the administration of the services and public assistance specified in this paragraph shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized representatives of the department.
49.35(1)(bm)
(bm) All records of the department relating to aid provided under
s. 49.19 are open to inspection at reasonable hours by members of the legislature who require the information contained in the records in pursuit of a specific state legislative purpose. All records of any county relating to aid provided under
s. 49.19 are open to inspection at reasonable hours by members of the board of supervisors of the county or the governing body of a city, village or town located in the county who require the information contained in the records in pursuit of a specific county or municipal legislative purpose. The right to records access provided by this paragraph does not apply if access is prohibited by federal law or regulation or if this state is required to prohibit such access as a condition precedent to participation in a federal program in which this state participates.
49.35(1)(c)
(c) The department may at any time audit all county records relating to the administration of the services and public assistance specified in this section and may at any time conduct administrative reviews of county departments under
ss. 46.215,
46.22 and
46.23. If the department conducts such an audit or administrative review in a county, the department shall furnish a copy of the audit or administrative review report to the chairperson of the county board of supervisors and the county clerk in a county with a single-county department or to the county boards of supervisors and the county clerks in counties with a multicounty department, and to the director of the county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23.
49.35(2)
(2) The county administration of all laws relating to programs under this subchapter shall be vested in the officers and agencies designated in the statutes.
49.35 History
History: 1995 a. 27.
49.36
49.36
Work experience program for noncustodial parents. 49.36(1)(a)
(a) "Custodial parent" means a parent who lives with his or her child for substantial periods of time.
49.36(1)(b)
(b) "Tribal governing body" means an elected tribal governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band.
49.36(2)
(2) The department may contract with any county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works agency to administer a work experience and job training program for parents who are not custodial parents and who fail to pay child support or to meet their children's needs for support as a result of unemployment or underemployment. The program may provide the kinds of work experience and job training services available from the program under s.
49.193, 1997 stats., or
s. 49.147 (3) or
(4). The program may also include job search and job orientation activities. The department shall fund the program from the appropriation under
s. 20.445 (3) (dz).
49.36(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (f), a person ordered to register under
s. 767.295 (2) (a) shall participate in a work experience program if services are available.
49.36(3)(b)
(b) A person may not be required to participate for more than 32 hours per week in the program under this section.
49.36(3)(c)
(c) A person may not be required to participate for more than 16 weeks during each 12-month period in a program under this section.
49.36(3)(d)
(d) If a person is required by a governmental entity to participate in another work or training program, the person may not be required to participate in a program under this section in a week for more than 32 hours minus the number of hours he or she is required to participate in the other work or training program in that week.
49.36(3)(e)
(e) If a person is employed, the person may not be required to participate in a program under this section in a week for more than 80% of the difference between 40 hours and the number of hours actually worked in the unsubsidized job during that week.
49.36(3)(f)
(f) A person who works, on average, 32 hours or more per week in an unsubsidized job is not required to participate in a program under this section.
49.36(4)
(4) When a person completes 16 weeks of participation in a program under this section, the county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works agency operating the program shall inform the clerk of courts, by affidavit, of that completion.
49.36(5)
(5) A person participating in work experience as part of the program under this section is considered an employee of the county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works agency administering the program under this section for purposes of worker's compensation benefits only.
49.36(6)
(6) A county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works agency administering the program under this section shall reimburse a person for reasonable transportation costs incurred because of participation in a program under this section up to a maximum of $25 per month.
49.36(7)
(7) The department shall pay a county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works agency not more than $400 for each person who participates in the program under this section in the region in which the county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works agency administers the program under this section. The county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works agency shall pay any additional costs of the program.
49.38
49.38
Menominee Enterprises, Inc., bonds, acquisition. 49.38(1)(1) The department is authorized to exercise options to purchase securities assigned to the state of Wisconsin under s.
710.05, 1973 stats., at par value, or to accept an assignment of such securities, for the purpose of providing relief, public assistance or welfare aid under this section.
49.38(2)
(2) The department shall exercise the options to purchase such securities or accept an assignment of such securities when it finds that the owner of the securities is a resident of this state and is in need of public assistance, or who but for the ownership of such securities would qualify for public assistance. If the department exercises an option to purchase such security, the purchase price shall be paid out, at par value, as a relief payment. Where the department accepts an assignment of such security as provided in this section it shall pay out as relief an amount equal to the par value of the security assigned. The relief furnished, whether by money or otherwise, shall be at such times and in such amounts as will in the discretion of the department meet the needs of the recipient and protect the public. The department is authorized to exercise the options to purchase assigned to it in whole or in part, or to accept an assignment of such securities in whole or in part. The department is granted such authority as may be necessary and convenient to enable it to exercise the functions and perform the duties required of it by this section, including without limitation because of enumeration the authority to promulgate rules governing eligibility and the furnishing and paying of relief under this section, the authority to enter into suitable agreements with the owner of the security or other appropriate persons for the purpose of carrying out this section, and the authority to sell or transfer the securities or defend and prosecute all actions concerning it and pay all just claims against it and do all other things necessary for the protection, preservation and management of the securities.
49.38(3)
(3) If the relief, public assistance, or other welfare aid provided pursuant to this section is discontinued during the life of the person receiving such aid and the value of the securities transferred to the department exceed the total amount of assistance paid under this section, the excess of such property shall be returned to such person; and in the event of the person's death the excess shall be considered the property of such person for administration proceedings.
49.38(4)
(4) The department may make loans to the owner of such securities for relief and welfare purposes which loans shall be secured by pledges of the securities to the state. The department may by rule establish the purposes for which loans may be made, permissible interest rates and fees, time and manner in which the loan is paid out, time and manner of repayment, general procedures to be followed in making loans, the action which shall be taken if a borrower defaults on a loan, maximum amount which may be loaned to any one borrower, and any other rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
49.38(5)
(5) Nothing in this section as created by
chapter 2, laws of Special Session of 1963, is in derogation of other rights and remedies provided by law.
49.38(6)
(6) On and after May 20, 1972, where the owner of such security is otherwise eligible for welfare assistance, such security shall be an exempt asset under the welfare law and shall not disqualify such person from receiving welfare assistance.
49.38 Note
NOTE: Ch. 303, 1971 laws, provided for returning to its original owners Menominee Enterprises, Inc. bonds assigned to the state as a condition for receiving public assistance.
49.385
49.385
No action against members of the Menominee Indian tribe in certain cases. No action shall be commenced under
s. 46.10 or
49.08 or any other provision of law for the recovery from assets distributed to members of the Menominee Indian tribe and others by the United States pursuant to
P.L. 83-399, as amended, for the value of relief or old-age assistance under s.
49.20, 1971 stats., as affected by
chapter 90, laws of 1973, and the value of maintenance in state institutions under
ch. 46, furnished prior to termination date as defined in s.
70.057 (1), 1967 stats., to any legally enrolled member of the Menominee Indian tribe, his or her dependents, or lawful distributees of such member under section 3, said
P.L. 83-399, as amended. For purposes of this section, "legally enrolled members of the Menominee Indian tribe" shall include only those persons whose names appear on "Final Roll-Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin" as proclaimed by the secretary of the interior November 26, 1957, and published at pages 9951 et seq. of the federal register, Thursday, December 12, 1957.
49.385 History
History: 1973 c. 147,
243;
1983 a. 192;
1995 a. 27 s.
2768m; Stats. 1995 s. 49.385.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
49.43
49.43
Definitions. As used in
ss. 49.43 to
49.497 unless the context indicates otherwise:
49.43(1e)
(1e) "Accommodated person" means any person in a hospital or in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility, as defined in Title XIX of the social security act, who would have been eligible for benefits under
s. 49.19 or
49.77 or federal Title XVI if the person were not in such a hospital or facility, and any person in such an institution who can be found eligible for Title XIX under the social security act.
49.43(1m)
(1m) "Charge" means the customary, usual and reasonable demand for payment as established prospectively, concurrently or retrospectively by the department for services, care or commodities which does not exceed the general level of charges by others who render such service or care, or provide such commodities, under similar or comparable circumstances within the community in which the charge is incurred.
49.43(2)
(2) "Cost" means the reasonable cost of services, care or commodities as determined by the principles of reimbursement used under
42 USC 1395 to
1395rr, in effect on April 30, 1980.
49.43(2m)
(2m) "Cost-effective" has the meaning given in
P.L. 101-508, section 4402 (a) (2).
49.43(3)
(3) "Dentist" means a person licensed to practice dentistry.
49.43(3e)
(3e) "Department" means the department of health and family services.
