46.2895(4)(j)3.
3. Bonds or securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the federal government or by a commission, board or other instrumentality of the federal government.
46.2895(4)(k)
(k) Create a risk reserve or other special reserve as the long-term care district board desires or as the department requires under the contract with the department that is specified under
par. (d).
46.2895(4)(L)
(L) Accept aid, including loans, to accomplish the purpose of the long-term care district from any local, state or federal governmental agency or accept gifts, loans, grants or bequests from individuals or entities, if the conditions under which the aid, loan, gift, grant or bequest is furnished are not in conflict with this section.
46.2895(4)(m)
(m) Make and execute other instruments necessary or convenient to exercise the powers of the long-term care district.
46.2895(5)
(5) Limitation on powers. A long-term care district may not issue bonds or levy a tax or assessment.
46.2895(6)
(6) Duties. The long-term care district board shall do all of the following:
46.2895(6)(a)
(a) Appoint a director, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the board.
46.2895(6)(b)
(b) Subject to
sub. (8), develop and implement a personnel structure and other employment policies for employees of the long-term care district.
46.2895(6)(d)
(d) Establish a fiscal operating year and annually adopt a budget for the long-term care district.
46.2895(6)(e)
(e) Contract for any legal services required for the long-term care district.
46.2895(6)(f)
(f) Subject to
sub. (8), procure liability insurance covering its officers, employees, and agents, insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets and other necessary insurance; establish and administer a plan of self-insurance; or, subject to an agreement under
s. 66.0301, participate in a governmental plan of insurance or self-insurance.
46.2895(7)
(7) Director; duties. The director appointed under
sub. (6) (a) shall do all of the following:
46.2895(7)(a)
(a) Manage the property and business of the long-term care district and manage the employees of the district, subject to the general control of the long-term care district board.
46.2895(7)(b)
(b) Comply with the bylaws and direct enforcement of all policies and procedures adopted by the long-term care district board.
46.2895(7)(c)
(c) Perform duties in addition to those specified in
pars. (a) and
(b) as are prescribed by the long-term care district board.
46.2895(8)
(8) Employment and employee benefits of certain employees. 46.2895(8)(a)(a) A long-term care district board that is created at least in part by a county shall do all of the following:
46.2895(8)(a)1.
1. If the long-term care district offers employment to any individual who was previously employed by a county, which participated in creating the district and at the time of the offer had not withdrawn or been removed from the district under
sub. (14), and who while employed by the county performed duties relating to the same or a substantially similar function for which the individual is offered employment by the district and whose wages were established in a collective bargaining agreement with the county under
subch. IV of ch. 111 that is in effect on the date that the individual commences employment with the district, with respect to that individual, abide by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement concerning the individual's wages until the time of the expiration of that collective bargaining agreement or adoption of a collective bargaining agreement with the district under
subch. IV of ch. 111 covering the individual as an employee of the district, whichever occurs first.
46.2895(8)(a)3.
3. If the long-term care district offers employment to any individual who was previously employed by a county, which participated in creating the district and at the time of the offer had not withdrawn or been removed from the district under
sub. (14), and who while employed by the county performed duties relating to the same or a substantially similar function for which the individual is offered employment by the district, with respect to that individual, recognize all years of service with the county for any benefit provided or program operated by the district for which an employee's years of service may affect the provision of the benefit or the operation of the program.
46.2895(8)(a)4.
4. If the county has not established its own retirement system for county employees, adopt a resolution that the long-term care district be included within the provisions of the Wisconsin retirement system under
s. 40.21 (1). In this resolution, the long-term care district shall agree to recognize 100% of the prior creditable service of its employees earned by the employees while employed by the district.
46.2895(8)(b)
(b) The county board of supervisors of each county that creates a long-term care district shall do all of the following:
46.2895(8)(b)1.
1. If the county has established its own retirement system for county employees, provide that long-term care district employees are eligible to participate in the county retirement system.
46.2895(8)(b)2m.
2m. If the long-term care district employs any individual who was previously employed by the county, provide the individual health care coverage that is similar to the health care coverage that the county provided the individual when he or she was employed by the county.
46.2895(8)(c)
(c) A long-term care district and any county that created the district and has not withdrawn from or been removed from the district under
sub. (14) may enter into an agreement allocating the costs of providing benefits described under this section between the district and the county.
46.2895(9)
(9) Confidentiality of records. No record, as defined in
s. 19.32 (2), of a long-term care district that contains personally identifiable information, as defined in
s. 19.62 (5), concerning an individual who receives services from the long-term care district may be disclosed by the long-term care district without the individual's informed consent, except as required to comply with
s. 16.009 (2) (p) or
49.45 (4).
46.2895(10)
(10) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding
sub. (9) and
ss. 48.78 (2) (a),
49.45 (4),
49.83,
51.30,
51.45 (14) (a),
55.22 (3),
146.82,
252.11 (7),
253.07 (3) (c) and
938.78 (2) (a), a long-term care district acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, as defined in
s. 46.287 (1), without the informed consent of the client, under
s. 46.21 (2m) (c),
46.215 (1m),
46.22 (1) (dm),
46.23 (3) (e),
46.283 (7),
46.284 (7),
51.42 (3) (e) or
51.437 (4r) (b) in the jurisdiction of the long-term care district, if necessary to enable the long-term care district to perform its duties or to coordinate the delivery of services to the client.
46.2895(11)
(11) Obligations, debts, and responsibilities not those of county. The obligations and debts of a long-term care district are not the obligations or debts of any county that created the district. If a long-term care district is obligated by statute or contract to provide or pay for services or benefits, no county is responsible for providing or paying for those services or benefits.
46.2895(12)
(12) Assistance to long-term care district. From moneys in a county treasury that are not appropriated to some other purpose, the county board of supervisors may appropriate moneys to a long-term care district that the county participated in creating as a gift or may lend moneys to the long-term care district.