SB55-SSA1-CA1,1047,2 2. "Program" means a pilot program that provides a system of long-term care for children with disabilities and their families.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1047,7 (b) The department of health and family services shall, as soon as possible before July 1, 2002, seek waivers of federal medical assistance statutes and regulations from the federal department of health and human services that are necessary to implement, in pilot sites, the program. If the waivers are granted, the program shall have all of the following characteristics:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1047,13 1. Eligibility under sections 46.27 (11), 46.275, 46.277, 46.278, 46.985, and 51.44 of the statutes shall be expanded to include children with severe disabilities and long-term care needs and children eligible for medical assistance with high medical costs, and medical assistance coverage of services shall be expanded to include services focused on the needs of children with developmental disabilities and their families.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1047,15 2. The administration of the program shall be consistent with section 46.985 of the statutes, including a family-centered assessment and planning process.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1047,19 3. The program shall operate within rate settings based upon a child's level of care and support needs. The department of health and family services shall promulgate rules that specify rates that are consistent with federal medical assistance home and community-based waiver regulations.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1047,22 4. The department of health and family services shall coordinate supports and services under the program with the medical assistance fee-for-service system, including the prior authorization process.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1047,23 5. The lead agency for the program shall be an administering agency.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,3 6. Counties in which the program is located shall provide, contract for the provision of, organize, or arrange for long-term care supports for eligible children up to age 24 years, consistent with section 46.985 (1) (b) and (6) (f) of the statutes.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,5 7. Information and assistance services operated under the program shall provide, contract, or arrange for the provision of all of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,7 a. Information and referral services and other assistance at hours that are convenient for the public.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,8 b. Within the limits of available funding, prevention and intervention services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,9 c. Counseling concerning public and private benefits programs.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,11 d. Assistance with understanding rights of children and parents within the long-term care system.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,14 8. The administering agency shall determine functional and financial eligibility for the program by coordinating with the department of health and family services in completing all of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,16 a. A determination of functional eligibility for the children's long-term support benefit.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,19 b. A determination of financial eligibility and of the maximum amount of cost sharing required for a family who is seeking long-term care services, under standards prescribed by the department of health and family services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,22 c. Assistance to a child who is eligible for a long-term support benefit and to the child's family with respect to the choice of whether or not to participate in the waiver pilot.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1048,24 d. Assistance in enrolling in the program, for families who choose to enroll their children.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1049,2 9. The cost of the program may not exceed the cost of existing services under sections 46.27 (11), 46.275, 46.277, 46.278, 46.985, and 51.44 of the statutes.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1049,5 10. The program shall blend the costs per child served in the areas of the sites in which services are provided under sections 46.27 (11), 46.275, 46.277, 46.278, 46.985, and 51.44 of the statutes.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1049,7 11. The department of health and family services may develop a methodology to distribute funding under the program on a per child per month basis.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1049,9 12. The department of health and family services shall reinvest into the children's long-term support system any funding saved by this new methodology.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1049,13 13. The department of health and family services shall equitably assign priority on any necessary waiting lists, consistent with criteria prescribed by that department, for children who are eligible for the program, but for whom resources are not available.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1049,16 14. The department of health and family services shall provide transitional services to families whose children with physical or developmental disabilities are preparing to enter the adult service system.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1049,20 15. The department of health and family services shall determine eligibility for program applicants for state supplemental payments under section 49.77 of the statutes, medical assistance under section 49.46 of the statutes, and the federal food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2029.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,1050,3 (c) If the federal waivers specified under paragraph (b) are approved, the department of health and family services shall, as soon as possible before July 1, 2002, seek enactment of statutory language, including appropriation of necessary funding, to implement the model described under paragraph (b), as approved under the federal waivers. Any new resources for supports and services for long-term care for children with disabilities and their families shall be managed under the program after approval of the federal waivers specified in paragraph (b) and enactment of necessary statutory language to implement the model under paragraph (b).".

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SB55-SSA1-CA1,1050,8 "(15e) Fifth standard for emergency detention and civil commitment. The repeal of 1995 Wisconsin Act 292, sections 5, 12, 14, 16, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30, 30h, 32, and 37 (1), and the repeal of 1997 Wisconsin Act 35, sections 141, 144, 147, and 605 (1), apply notwithstanding section 990.03 (3) of the statutes.".

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