46.266(3) (3) The total number of beds in skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities that are funded at any one time under subs. (1) and (2) may not exceed the number of beds available for the persons specified in sub. (1) (a), minus the number of beds reduced under sub. (8) (a), plus the number of beds added for persons who are specified under sub. (1) (c) and (d). The department may redistribute funds for a vacant bed from one county to another county that is seeking to effect the placement of a person in an institution for mental diseases.
46.266(4) (4) The county department under s. 51.42 to which funding shall be provided under sub. (1) is one of the following:
46.266(4)(a) (a) The county department in the county of residence of the person whose care in the facility has been disallowed for federal financial participation.
46.266(4)(b) (b) If the department is unable to determine the county of residence under par. (a), the county department of the county in which is located the facility where the person resided on the date of the finding by the federal health care financing administration or the department.
46.266(5) (5) The board under s. 51.42 (5) or, in a county with a county administrator or a county executive, the director under s. 51.42 (6m) shall use funds provided under this section to contribute to the cost of the person's continued care in an institution for mental diseases or in the community.
46.266(6) (6) No skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility that has residents who are 21 to 64 years of age and have primary diagnoses of mental illness may receive funds under this section unless the skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility has received distinct part or separate licensure under s. 50.03 (1m).
46.266(7) (7) The department is not required to decrease the statewide nursing home bed limit under s. 150.31 to account for institution for mental diseases beds closed under this section and, notwithstanding subch. II of ch. 150, may redistribute the institution for mental diseases beds made available by the provision of services under this section if the department promulgates rules establishing a method by which the beds will be redistributed.
46.266(8) (8)
46.266(8)(a)(a) Except as provided in sub. (9), if a county department seeks to relocate a person from an institution for mental diseases to the community using funds provided under sub. (1), the county department shall first obtain approval of the institution for mental diseases to terminate use of the bed occupied by the individual as part of a plan submitted by the institution for mental diseases and approved by the department.
46.266(8)(b) (b) The department may waive the requirement under par. (a) for relocations that are part of a plan submitted by the institution for mental diseases and approved by the department that the department expects will result in all of the following:
46.266(8)(b)1. 1. A finding by the federal health care financing administration that the nursing home is no longer an institution for mental diseases.
46.266(8)(b)2. 2. Licensure of the institution for mental diseases as a nursing home under s. 50.03.
46.266(8)(b)3. 3. Certification by the department of the institution for mental diseases as a provider of medical assistance.
46.266(9) (9) If approved by the department, an institution for mental diseases may, instead of closing a bed, agree to receive a permanent limitation on payment as a facility under s. 49.45 (6m) for each person relocated under this section. The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subsection.
46.268 46.268 Relocation services for individuals with mental illness.
46.268(1)(1) Notwithstanding s. 49.45 (6m) (ag), from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (be), the department shall distribute not more than $830,000 in each fiscal year in order to provide funding of community services for an eligible individual, if all of the following apply:
46.268(1)(a) (a) The individual:
46.268(1)(a)1. 1. Has mental illness, as defined in s. 49.45 (6c) (a) 7.
46.268(1)(a)2. 2. Is otherwise eligible for medical assistance.
46.268(1)(a)3. 3. Is determined under s. 49.45 (6c) (d) 1. to be in need of active treatment but whose treatment needs can be served in the community.
46.268(1)(b) (b) Provision of services is not authorized under s. 46.277 for the individual or for an individual receiving care under s. 46.40 and for whom care under s. 46.277 might be substituted.
46.268(1)(c)1.1. The amount of funds for an individual who was relocated by a county department to the community from a facility before January 1, 1993, does not exceed 60% of the daily medical assistance reimbursement rate of the facility under s. 49.45 (6m).
46.268(1)(c)2. 2. The amount of funds for an individual who was relocated by a county department to the community from a facility after December 31, 1992, does not exceed 90% of the daily medical assistance reimbursement rate of the facility under s. 49.45 (6m).
46.268(2) (2) If an individual who is provided services under sub. (1) discontinues service receipt, an individual may receive services in his or her place if that individual has mental illness, as defined in s. 49.45 (6c) (a) 7., is otherwise eligible for medical assistance and is determined under s. 49.45 (6c) (d) 1. to be in need of active treatment but not to require facility care.
46.268(3) (3) County matching funds are required for allocations under sub. (1). A county's required match equals 9.89% of the cost of community service.
46.268 History History: 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 2009 a. 28.
46.27 46.27 Long-term support community options program.
46.27(1)(1)Definitions. In this section:
46.27(1)(a) (a) "Aging unit" means an aging unit director and necessary personnel, directed by a county commission on aging and organized as one of the following:
46.27(1)(a)1. 1. An agency of county government with the primary purpose of administering programs of services for older individuals of the county.
46.27(1)(a)2. 2. A unit, within a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, with the primary purpose of administering programs of services for older individuals of the county.
46.27(1)(a)3. 3. A private corporation that is organized under ch. 181 and that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17).
46.27(1)(ad) (ad) "Alzheimer's disease" has the meaning given under s. 46.87 (1) (a).
46.27(1)(ag) (ag) "Caregiver" has the meaning given under s. 46.87 (1) (b).
46.27(1)(ai) (ai) "Community-based residential facility" means a facility that meets the definition in s. 50.01 (1g) and that is licensed under s. 50.03 (1).
46.27(1)(ar) (ar) "Hospital" has the meaning provided in s. 50.33 (2).
46.27(1)(b) (b) "Nursing home" means a facility that meets the definition in s. 50.01 (3) and that is licensed under s. 50.03 (1) and includes a state center for the developmentally disabled and a Wisconsin veterans home operated by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.50.
46.27(1)(bm) (bm) "Private nonprofit agency" means a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17), which provides a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under 42 USC 1395eee or 1396u-4.
46.27(1)(c) (c) "Program" means the long-term support community options program.
46.27(1)(cm) (cm) "Recuperative care" has the meaning given under s. 50.01 (5m).
46.27(1)(d) (d) "Residence" means the voluntary concurrence of physical presence with intent to remain in a place of fixed habitation. Physical presence shall be prima facie evidence of intent to remain.
46.27(1)(dm) (dm) "Respite care" has the meaning given under s. 50.01 (6g).
46.27(1)(dr) (dr) "State-operated long-term care facility" means a state center for the developmentally disabled and a Wisconsin veterans home operated by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.50.
46.27(1)(e) (e) "Voluntary" means according to an individual's free choice, if competent, or by choice of his or her guardian, if the individual is adjudicated incompetent.
46.27(2) (2)Departmental duties. The department shall:
46.27(2)(b) (b) Coordinate the program with:
46.27(2)(b)1. 1. Discharge planning from hospitals;
46.27(2)(b)2. 2. Periodic on-site inspections of patient care under 42 USC 1396a (a) (31); and
46.27(2)(b)3. 3. The protective service system under ch. 55.
46.27(2)(c) (c) Review and approve or disapprove the selection of a county department or aging unit under sub. (3) (b) to administer the program.
46.27(2)(d) (d) In consultation with representatives of counties, hospitals and nursing homes and with recipients of long-term community support services, develop guidelines for implementing the program and criteria for reviewing community options plans from counties participating in the program. The guidelines and criteria shall address cost-effectiveness, scope, feasibility and impact on the quality and appropriateness of health services and social services and shall provide counties with maximum flexibility to develop programs that address local needs.
46.27(2)(e) (e) Review and approve or disapprove the community options plan of each county participating in the program.
46.27(2)(f) (f) Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the program, the ability of the program to provide alternatives to institutional care of persons and the reasons why any county department or aging unit administering the program finds that a community arrangement is not feasible under sub. (6) (d).
46.27(2)(g) (g) After December 31, 1985:
46.27(2)(g)1. 1. Require that a county, by use of a form provided by the department or other appropriate procedure, ensure that persons receiving services under this section meet the eligibility requirements for the program.
46.27(2)(g)2. 2. Periodically monitor the implementation of the program.
46.27(2)(h) (h) Promulgate all of the following as rules:
46.27(2)(h)1. 1. Adoption of a long-term community support service fee schedule as part of the uniform fee schedule under s. 46.03 (18) that is substantially similar to the fee calculation schedule existing on January 1, 1985, that was developed as a part of the guidelines required under par. (d).
46.27(2)(h)2. 2. Conditions of hardship under which the department may grant an exception to the requirement of sub. (6r) (c).
46.27(2)(i) (i) Review and approve or disapprove waiver requests under sub. (3) (f), review and approve or disapprove requests for exceptions under sub. (6r) (c) and provide technical assistance to a county that reaches or exceeds the annual allocation limit specified in sub. (3) (f) in order to explore alternative methods of providing long-term community support services for persons who are in group living arrangements in that county.
46.27(2)(j) (j) By January 1, 1997, develop a model contract for use by counties for purchase of long-term community support services for persons who reside in community-based residential facilities. The governor and the joint committee on finance shall approve the model contract before it is implemented.
46.27(2)(k) (k) Review and approve or disapprove the terms of risk reserve escrow accounts created under sub. (7) (fr) and approve or disapprove disbursements for administrative or staff costs from the risk reserve escrow accounts.
46.27(2m) (2m)Reimbursement disallowances. The department may disallow reimbursement under this section for services provided to persons who do not meet the eligibility requirements.
46.27(3) (3)Duties of participating counties. The county board of supervisors of any county participating in the program shall:
46.27(3)(a) (a) Create an interagency long-term support planning committee, with the composition and the duties specified under sub. (4).
46.27(3)(b) (b) Designate one of the following, subject to departmental review and approval, to administer the program:
46.27(3)(b)1. 1. A county department under s. 46.215 or 46.22.
46.27(3)(b)2. 2. A county department under s. 51.42 to which the powers and duties of a county department under s. 51.437 have been transferred under s. 51.437 (4g) (b).
46.27(3)(b)3. 3. A county department under s. 46.23.
46.27(3)(b)4. 4. The director of the county department of human services who is appointed under s. 46.21 (1m).
46.27(3)(b)5. 5. The departments under subds. 1. and 2. jointly, if the county long-term support planning committee develops no more than one annual community options plan under sub. (4).
46.27(3)(b)6. 6. An aging unit.
46.27(3)(c) (c) Develop procedures and phases for gradual implementation of this section in accordance with guidelines and criteria the department develops under sub. (2) (d).
46.27(3)(cm) (cm) Review and approve, disapprove or amend a community options plan to participate in the program, prior to submitting the plan to the department.
46.27(3)(d) (d) Ensure that the program uses existing county resources and personnel to the greatest extent practicable and enhances the effectiveness of discharge planning from hospitals.
46.27(3)(e) (e) Except as provided in sub. (3g), after implementing the program for 12 months and within the limits of state and federal funds allocated under sub. (7), provide noninstitutional community alternatives for a significant number of persons in each of the groups listed in sub. (4) (a) 1. and eligible under sub. (6). The department shall determine what constitutes a "significant number of persons" for each participating county, based on county size and on the statewide proportion of persons from each group receiving medical assistance in a nursing home, and, beginning on January 1, 1994, shall annually adjust each determination to reflect changes in the state population of eligible persons and to reflect purposes for which increased funds, if any, are appropriated by the legislature for the program. If a county fails to meet the "significant number of persons" requirement under this paragraph, all of the following apply:
46.27(3)(e)1. 1. For a county with an annual allocation for provision of long-term community support services under sub. (7) (b) that exceeds $185,000, the department shall, unless the department finds that an emergency or unusual circumstance exists, designate a portion of the county's allocation for increased service in each calendar year that the county fails to meet the requirement, to one or more of the groups specified under sub. (4) (a) 1. a. to e.
46.27(3)(e)2. 2. For a county with an annual allocation for provision of long-term community support services under sub. (7) (b) that is $185,000 or less, the department may designate a portion of the county's allocation for increased service in each calendar year that the county fails to meet the requirement, to one or more of the groups specified under sub. (4) (a) 1. a. to e.
46.27(3)(f) (f) Beginning on January 1, 1996, from the annual allocation to the county for the provision of long-term community support services under subs. (7) (b) and (11), annually establish a maximum total amount that may be encumbered in a calendar year for services for eligible individuals in community-based residential facilities, unless the department waives the requirement under sub. (2) (i) or approves a request for an exception under sub. (6r) (c).
46.27(3)(h) (h) Identify the service needs of persons with Alzheimer's disease and of their caregivers.
46.27(3g) (3g)Waiver of requirements. The department may waive requirements under sub. (3) (e) for a county if the county is able to demonstrate one of the following:
46.27(3g)(a) (a) That the county has disproportionately lengthy waiting lists for services under sub. (7) or under sub. (11) for one or more of the groups listed in sub. (4) (a) 1.
46.27(3g)(b) (b) That demographic or other data indicate that the county's population is significantly at variance with the statewide proportion of persons from each group listed in sub. (4) (a) 1. receiving medical assistance in a nursing home.
46.27(3m) (3m)Powers and duties of a private nonprofit agency. A private nonprofit agency with which the department contracts for service under sub. (11) (c) 5. shall have the powers and duties under this section of a county department designated under sub. (3) (b) to administer the program.
46.27(4) (4)Planning committee.
46.27(4)(a)(a) The county board of supervisors shall select the county long-term support planning committee, which shall include at a minimum the following members:
46.27(4)(a)1. 1. At least 5 persons receiving long-term community support services, each of whom represents one of the following groups:
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