46.27146.271 Long-term support pilot projects. 46.271(1)(a)(a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bd), the department shall award $100,000 in each fiscal year to applying county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 or to an aging unit under the conditions specified in par. (c) to establish pilot projects for home and community-based long-term support services. Funds awarded to the pilot projects shall be used to do any of the following: 46.271(1)(a)1.1. Provide administration for projects that serve individuals who are discharged from hospitals and meet one of the eligibility requirements under [s. 46.27 (6r) (b) 1. to 4.]. 46.271 NoteNOTE: The cross-reference in brackets does not exist. 2019 Wis. Act 9 repealed s. 46.27. 46.271(1)(a)2.2. Promote the development of a system of home and community-based long-term support services that is easily accessible to individuals who are eligible for and potentially need these services. 46.271(1)(b)(b) The department shall do all of the following: 46.271(1)(b)1.1. Solicit applications from county departments or aging units for the pilot projects under par. (a). 46.271(1)(b)2.2. Require that an applying county department or aging unit under subd. 1. submit as part of the application specific plans for improving the coordination between hospitals and providers of home and community-based long-term support services. 46.271(1)(c)(c) The department may contract with an aging unit, as defined in s. 46.82 (1) (a), for administration of services under par. (a) if, by resolution, the county board of supervisors of that county so requests the department. 46.27246.272 Children’s community options program. 46.272(1)(a)(a) “Child” means a person under 22 years of age who is not eligible to receive services in or on a waiting list for an adult long-term care program. 46.272(1)(b)(b) “Disability” means a severe physical, developmental, or emotional impairment which is diagnosed medically, behaviorally, or psychologically, which is characterized by the need for individually planned and coordinated care, treatment, vocational rehabilitation, or other services and which has resulted or is likely to result in substantial limitation on the ability to function in at least 2 of the following areas, equivalent to nursing home, hospital, or institution for mental disease level of care: 46.272(1)(d)(d) “Institutional setting” means a nursing home, as defined in s. 50.01 (3), a state-operated long-term care facility, or any other residential facility that provides long-term care to children outside of a home. 46.272(1)(e)(e) “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. 46.272(1)(f)(f) “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. 46.272(1)(g)(g) “Voluntary” means according to an individual’s free choice, if competent, or by choice of his or her parent or guardian, if the individual is adjudicated incompetent or is a minor. 46.272(2)(2) Departmental duties. The department shall do all of the following to establish a children’s community options program: 46.272(2)(a)(a) Review and approve or disapprove the selection of a county department to administer the children’s community options program. 46.272(2)(b)(b) In consultation with representatives of counties; programs that provide community-based services to children or families, other publicly funded programs, and the social services, mental health, and developmental disabilities programs under ss. 46.495, 51.42, and 51.437; the independent living center program under s. 46.96; and the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49; and with recipients of children’s community support services, develop guidelines for implementing the program and criteria for reviewing community options plans from counties participating in the program under this section. 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. 46.272(2)(c)(c) Review and approve or disapprove the community options plan of each county participating in the children’s community options program.