46.279(4)(b) (b) Within 120 days after receiving written notice under sub. (2) of an application.
46.279(4)(c) (c) Within 120 days after a proposal is made under s. 55.12 (6) to provide protective placement to the individual in an intermediate facility or a nursing facility.
46.279(4)(d) (d) Within 120 days after receiving written notice under s. 55.18 (1) (ar) of the protective placement of the individual in a nursing facility or an intermediate facility.
46.279(4)(e) (e) Within 90 days after extension of a temporary protective placement order by the court under s. 55.135 (5).
46.279(4m) (4m)Contract for plan development. The department shall contract with a public or private agency to develop a plan under sub. (4), and the county department is not required to develop such a plan, for an individual, as specified in the contract, to whom all of the following apply:
46.279(4m)(a) (a) The individual resides in a county with a population of less than 100,000 in which are located at least 2 intermediate facilities that have licenses issued to private nonprofit organizations that are exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
46.279(4m)(b) (b) Placement for the individual is in, or proposed to be in, an intermediate facility specified under par. (a) that has agreed to reduce its licensed bed capacity to an extent and according to a schedule acceptable to the facility and the department.
46.279(4n) (4n)Contract for plan payment. The department and the county specified in sub. (4m) (a) shall negotiate a contract under which the department shall provide payment, from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (b), to implement a plan to provide care in a noninstitutional community setting to an individual who has established residence in the county in order to be admitted to an intermediate facility in the county. The contract may provide for the negotiation of a memorandum of understanding between the parties that identifies the relative functions and duties of the department and the county in implementing plans under sub. (4) for residents of intermediate facilities in the county.
46.279(5) (5)Exceptions. Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to an emergency protective placement under s. 55.135 or to a temporary protective placement under s. 55.135 (5) or 55.055 (5).
46.279 History History: 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25, 47, 253, 264.
46.28 46.28 Revenue bonding for residential facilities.
46.28(1) (1) In this section:
46.28(1)(a) (a) "Authority" means the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority created under ch. 234.
46.28(1)(am) (am) "Child with long-term care needs" means any of the following:
46.28(1)(am)1. 1. A juvenile adjudged delinquent for whom a case disposition is made under s. 938.34.
46.28(1)(am)2. 2. A child found to be in need of protection or services for whom an order is made under s. 48.345 or a juvenile found to be in need of protection or services for whom an order is made under s. 938.345.
46.28(1)(am)3. 3. A child placed under s. 48.63.
46.28(1)(am)4. 4. A child who is eligible under 42 USC 1396a (e) (3).
46.28(1)(b) (b) "Chronically disabled" means any person who is alcoholic, developmentally disabled, drug dependent or mentally ill, as defined in s. 51.01 (1), (5), (8) and (13), or any person who is physically disabled.
46.28(1)(c) (c) "Elderly" means a person 60 years of age or older.
46.28(1)(cg) (cg) "Eligible individual" means an individual who is elderly or chronically disabled, a child with long-term care needs, a homeless individual or a victim of domestic abuse.
46.28(1)(cr) (cr) "Homeless individual" has the meaning given in 42 USC 11302 (a).
46.28(1)(d) (d) "Residential facility" means a living unit for eligible individuals that is developed by a sponsor and that is not physically connected to a nursing home or hospital except by common service units for laundry, kitchen or utility purposes and that may include buildings and grounds for activities related to residence, including congregate meal sites, socialization, physical rehabilitation facilities and child care facilities.
46.28(1)(e) (e) "Sponsor" means any of the following:
46.28(1)(e)1. 1. A nonprofit participating health institution, as defined in s. 231.01 (6).
46.28(1)(e)2. 2. A tribal council or housing authority or any nonprofit entity created by a tribal council.
46.28(1)(e)3. 3. The department.
46.28(1)(e)4. 4. Any county department under s. 46.21, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437.
46.28(1)(e)5. 5. A county commission on aging appointed under s. 46.82 (4) (a).
46.28(1)(e)6. 6. Any housing authority created under s. 59.53 (22), 66.1201, 66.1213 or 66.1335.
46.28(1)(e)7. 7. Any housing corporation, limited-profit or nonprofit entity.
46.28(1)(e)8. 8. Any other entity meeting criteria established by the authority and organized to provide housing for persons and families of low and moderate income.
46.28(1)(e)9. 9. An entity that is operated for profit and that is engaged in providing medical care or residential care or services, including all of the following:
46.28(1)(e)9.a. a. A hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2).
46.28(1)(e)9.b. b. A nursing home, as defined in s. 50.01 (3).
46.28(1)(e)9.c. c. A community-based residential facility, as defined in s. 50.01 (1g).
46.28(1)(e)9.d. d. A residential care apartment complex, as defined in s. 50.01 (1d).
46.28(1)(f) (f) "Victim of domestic abuse" means an individual who has encountered domestic abuse, as defined in s. 46.95 (1) (a).
46.28(2) (2) The department may approve any residential facility for financing by the authority if it determines that the residential facility will help meet the housing needs of an eligible individual, based on factors that include:
46.28(2)(a) (a) The geographic location of the residential facility.
46.28(2)(b) (b) The population served by the residential facility.
46.28(2)(c) (c) The services offered by the residential facility.
46.28(3) (3) The department may authorize the authority to issue revenue bonds under s. 234.61 to finance any residential facility it approves under sub. (2).
46.28(4) (4) The department may charge sponsors for administrative costs and expenses it incurs in exercising its powers and duties under this section and under s. 234.61.
46.2804 46.2804 Managed care programs for long-term care services.
46.2804(1)(1) If the department intends to expand its use of capitation payments under managed care programs for provision of long-term care services over the number of capitated payments made on behalf of individuals enrolled in these managed care programs under 2005 Wisconsin Act 25, the department shall first notify the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposed expansion. Unless the proposed expansion is a part of a biennial budget bill, the joint committee on finance shall, within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, schedule a meeting under s. 13.10 to approve, modify, or disapprove the proposed expansion. The department may make the expansion only as approved or modified by the joint committee on finance.
46.2804(2) (2) Under a managed care program for provision of long-term care services, the care manager shall provide, within guidelines established by the department, a mechanism by which an enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient of the program may arrange for, manage, and monitor his or her benefit directly or with the assistance of another person chosen by the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient. The care manager shall provide each enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient with a form on which the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient shall indicate whether he or she has been offered the option under this subsection and whether he or she has accepted or declined the option. If the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient accepts the option, the care manager shall monitor the use by the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient of a fixed budget for purchase of services or support items from any qualified provider, monitor the health and safety of the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient, and provide assistance in management of the budget and services of the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient at a level tailored to the need and desire of the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient for the assistance.
46.2804 History History: 2005 a. 386.
46.2805 46.2805 Definitions; long-term care. In ss. 46.2805 to 46.2895:
46.2805(1) (1) "Care management organization" means an entity that is certified as meeting the requirements for a care management organization under s. 46.284 (3) and that has a contract under s. 46.284 (2). "Care management organization" does not mean an entity that contracts with the department to operate one of the following:
46.2805(1)(a) (a) A program of all-inclusive care for persons aged 65 or older authorized under 42 USC 1395 to 1395ggg.
46.2805(1)(b) (b) A demonstration program known as the Wisconsin partnership program under a federal waiver authorized under 42 USC 1315.
46.2805(2) (2) "Eligible person" means a person who meets all eligibility criteria under s. 46.286 (1).
46.2805(3) (3) "Enrollee" means a person who is enrolled in a care management organization.
46.2805(4) (4) "Family care benefit" means financial assistance for long-term care and support items for an enrollee.
46.2805(5) (5) "Family care district" means a special purpose district created under s. 46.2895 (1).
46.2805(6) (6) "Family care district board" means the governing board of a family care district.
46.2805(7) (7) "Functional and financial screen" means a screen prescribed by the department that is used to determine functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a) and financial eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (b).
46.2805(7m) (7m) "Local long-term care council" means a local long-term care council that is appointed under s. 46.282 (2) (a).
46.2805(8) (8) "Nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19).
46.2805(9) (9) "Older person" means a person who is at least 65 years of age.
46.2805(10) (10) "Resource center" means an entity that meets the standards for operation under s. 46.283 (3) or, if under contract to provide a portion of the services specified under s. 46.283 (3), meets the standards for operation with respect to those services.
46.2805(11) (11) "Tribe or band" means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band.
46.2805 History History: 1999 a. 9, 185; 2003 a. 33.
46.281 46.281 Powers and duties of the department and the secretary; long-term care.
46.281(1) (1)Duties of the department. The department shall do all of the following:
46.281(1)(c) (c) Request from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services any waivers of federal medicaid laws necessary to permit the use of federal moneys to provide the family care benefit to recipients of medical assistance. The department shall implement any waiver that is approved and that is consistent with ss. 46.2805 to 46.2895. Regardless of whether a waiver is approved, the department may implement operation of resource centers, care management organizations and the family care benefit.
46.281(1)(d) (d) In geographic areas in which, in the aggregate, resides no more than 29 percent of the state population that is eligible for the family care benefit, contract with a county, a family care district, a tribe or band, the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., or with 2 or more of these entities to manage all long-term care programs and administer the family care benefit as care management organizations. If the department proposes to contract with these entities to administer care management organizations in geographic areas in which, in the aggregate, resides more than 29 percent but less than 50 percent of the state population that is eligible for the family care benefit, the department shall first notify the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposed contract. The notification shall include the contract proposal; and an estimate of the fiscal impact of the proposed addition that demonstrates that the addition will be cost neutral, including startup, transitional, and ongoing operational costs and any proposed county contribution. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed contract, the department may enter into the proposed contract. If within 14 days after the date of the department's notification the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed contract, the department may enter into the proposed contract only upon approval of the committee. The department may contract with these entities to administer care management organizations in geographic areas in which, in the aggregate, resides 50 percent or more of the state population that is eligible for the family care benefit only if specifically authorized by the legislature and if the legislature appropriates necessary funding.
46.281(1)(e)1.1. Subject to the requirements of par. (d), if the local long-term care council for the applicable area has developed the initial plan under s. 46.282 (3) (a) 1., contract with entities specified under par. (d) and may, only if specifically authorized by the legislature and if the legislature appropriates necessary funding, contract as so authorized with one or more entities in addition to those specified in par. (d) certified as meeting requirements under s. 46.284 (3) for services of the entity as a care management organization.
46.281(1)(e)2. 2. Contract with entities specified under par. (d) and may contract with other entities for the provision of services under s. 46.283 (3) and (4), except that after July 27, 2005, the department shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing of any proposed contract with an entity that did not have a contract to provide services under s. 46.283 (3) and (4) before July 27, 2005. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed contract, the department may enter into the proposed contract. If within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed contract, the department may enter into the proposed contract only upon approval of the committee.
46.281(1)(f) (f) Prescribe and implement a per person monthly rate structure for costs of the family care benefit.
46.281(1)(g) (g) In order to maintain continuous quality assurance and quality improvement for resource centers and care management organizations, do all of the following:
46.281(1)(g)1. 1. Prescribe by rule and by contract and enforce performance standards for operation of resource centers and care management organizations.
46.281(1)(g)2. 2. Use performance expectations that are related to outcomes for persons in contracting with care management organizations and resource centers.
46.281(1)(g)3. 3. Conduct ongoing evaluations of managed care programs for provision of long-term care services that are funded by medical assistance, as defined in s. 46.278 (1m) (b), as to client access to services, the availability of client choice of living and service options, quality of care, and cost-effectiveness. In evaluating the availability of client choice, the department shall evaluate the opportunity for a client to arrange for, manage, and monitor his or her family care benefit directly or with assistance, as specified in s. 46.284 (4) (e).
46.281(1)(g)4. 4. Require that quality assurance and quality improvement efforts be included throughout the long-term care system specified in ss. 46.2805 to 46.2895.
46.281(1)(g)5. 5. Ensure that reviews of the quality of management and service delivery of resource centers and care management organizations are conducted by external organizations and make information about specific review results available to the public.
46.281(1)(h) (h) Require by contract that resource centers and care management organizations establish procedures under which an individual who applies for or receives the family care benefit may register a complaint or grievance and procedures for resolving complaints and grievances.
46.281(1)(i) (i) Prescribe criteria to assign priority equitably on any necessary waiting lists for persons who are eligible for the family care benefit but who do not meet the criteria under s. 46.286 (3).
46.281(2) (2)Powers of the department. The department may develop risk-sharing arrangements in contracts with care management organizations, in accordance with applicable state laws and federal statutes and regulations.
46.281(3) (3)Duty of the secretary. The secretary shall certify to each county, hospital, nursing home, community-based residential facility, adult family home and residential care apartment complex the date on which a resource center that serves the area of the county, hospital, nursing home, community-based residential facility, adult family home or residential care apartment complex is first available to provide a functional and financial screen. To facilitate phase-in of services of resource centers, the secretary may certify that the resource center is available for specified groups of eligible individuals or for specified facilities in the county.
46.281 History History: 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 103; 2005 a. 25, 386.
46.282 46.282 Councils on long-term care.
46.282(2) (2)Local long-term care councils; appointment; membership; terms; compensation and training; officers.
46.282(2)(a)(a) Appointment by a county. In a county in which the department has a contract under s. 46.281 (1) (e) and before a county participates in the program under ss. 46.2805 to 46.2895, the following shall be done:
46.282(2)(a)1. 1. The county board of supervisors of the county shall appoint a local long-term care council or the county boards of supervisors of 2 or more contiguous counties shall appoint a local long-term care council, except as follows:
46.282(2)(a)1.a. a. In a county with a county executive or a county administrator, the county executive or county administrator shall appoint the local long-term care council, other than as provided in subd. 1. b., subject to confirmation by the county board of supervisors.
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