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WI Stat § 49.48 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.48 - Denial, nonrenewal and suspension of certification of service providers based on certain delinquency in payment.

49.48  Denial, nonrenewal and suspension of certification of service providers based on certain delinquency in payment. (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department shall require each applicant to provide the department with the applicant's social security number, if the applicant is an individual, as a condition of issuing or renewing a certification under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. as an eligible provider of services. (1m) If an individual who applies for or to renew a certification under sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of obtaining the certification, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of children and families. A certification issued or renewed in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid. (2) The department may not disclose any information received under sub. (1) to any person except to the department of children and families for the purpose of making certifications required under s. 49.857. (3) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a certification specified in sub. (1), shall suspend a certification specified in sub. (1) or may, under a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857 (2), restrict a certification specified in sub. (1) if the department of children and families certifies under s. 49.857 that the applicant for or holder of the certificate is delinquent in the payment of court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings.History:  1997 a. 191; 1999 a. 9; 2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 49.485 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.485 - False claims.

49.485  False claims. Whoever knowingly presents or causes to be presented to any officer, employee, or agent of this state a false claim for medical assistance shall forfeit not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000, plus 3 times the amount of the damages that were sustained by the state or would have been sustained by the state, whichever is greater, as a result of the false claim. The attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the state to recover any forfeiture incurred under this section.History:  2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 49.493 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.493 - Benefits under uninsured health plans.

49.493  Benefits under uninsured health plans. (1) In this section:(a) “Department or contract provider" means the department, the county providing the medical benefits or assistance or a health maintenance organization that has contracted with the department to provide the medical benefits or assistance.(b) “Medical benefits or assistance" means medical benefits under s. 49.02 or 253.05 or medical assistance. (c) “Uninsured health plan" means a partially or wholly uninsured plan, including a plan that is subject to 29 USC 1001 to 1461, providing health care benefits. (2) The providing of medical benefits or assistance constitutes an assignment to the department or contract provider, to the extent of the medical benefits or assistance provided, for benefits to which the recipient would be entitled under any uninsured health plan. (3) An uninsured health plan may not do any of the following:(a) Exclude a person or a person's dependent from coverage under the uninsured health plan because the person or the dependent is eligible for medical assistance.(b) Terminate its coverage of a person or a person's dependent because the person or the dependent is eligible for medical assistance.(c) Provide different benefits of coverage to a person or the person's dependent because the person or the dependent is eligible for medical assistance than it provides to persons and their dependents who are not eligible for medical assistance.(d) Impose on the department or contract provider, as assignee of a person or a person's dependent who is covered under the uninsured health plan and who is eligible for medical benefits or assistance, requirements that are different from those imposed on any other agent or assignee of a person who is covered under the uninsured health plan. (4) Benefits provided by an uninsured health plan shall be primary to medical benefits or assistance.History:  1991 a. 178, 214; 1993 a. 481; 1995 a. 27, 407; 1999 a. 32.
WI Stat § 49.499 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.499 - Nursing facility resident protection.

49.499  Nursing facility resident protection. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (6) (g), the department shall contribute to the payment of all of the following, as needed by a resident in a nursing facility, as defined in s. 49.498 (1) (i), that is in violation of s. 49.498 or of a rule promulgated under s. 49.498:(a) The cost of relocating the resident from the nursing facility to another nursing facility.(b) Maintenance of operation of a nursing facility pending correction of deficiencies or closure of the nursing facility.(c) Reimbursement of the resident for any personal funds of the resident that were misappropriated by the nursing facility staff or other persons holding an interest in the nursing facility. (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (6) (g), the department may distribute funds for innovative projects designed to protect the health and property of a resident in a nursing facility, as defined in s. 49.498 (1) (i).History:  1989 a. 31; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 49.66 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.66 - Definitions.

49.66  Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Department" means the department of health services. (2) “Secretary" means the secretary of health services.History:  1995 a. 27 ss. 3179, 9126 (19); 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a).
WI Stat § 49.683 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.683 - Cystic fibrosis aids.

49.683  Cystic fibrosis aids. (1) Subject to s. 49.687 (1m), the department may provide financial assistance for costs of medical care of persons over the age of 18 years with the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis who meet financial requirements established by the department by rule under s. 49.687 (1). (2) Approved costs for medical care under sub. (1) shall be paid from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (e) and (je). (3) No payment shall be made under this section for any portion of medical care costs that are payable under any state, federal, or other health care coverage program, including a health care coverage program specified by rule under s. 49.687 (1m), or under any grant, contract, or other contractual arrangement.History:  1973 c. 300; Stats. 1973 s. 146.35; 1973 c. 336 s. 55; Stats. 1973 s. 146.36; 1975 c. 39; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (43) (a); 1983 a. 27 s. 1562; Stats. 1983 s. 49.483; 1993 a. 16, 449; 1995 a. 27 ss. 3045, 3046, 3047; Stats. 1995 s. 49.683; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33.
WI Stat § 49.70 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.70 - County home; establishment.

49.70  County home; establishment. (1) Each county may establish a county home for the relief and support of dependent persons pursuant to s. 46.17. (2) In all counties whose population is less than 250,000 such county home shall be governed pursuant to ss. 46.18, 46.19 and 46.20. (3) No county in which a county home is established shall contract to conduct the same or to support and maintain the inmates thereof; and all agreements in violation of this subsection are void. (4) The trustees or any person employed by the county board pursuant to subs. (1) and (2), may administer oaths concerning any matter submitted to the trustees or person employed by the county board, in connection with their functions. (5) The uniform accounting system established by s. 50.03 (10) shall be used by each county home and shall be subject to the conditions enumerated therein.History:  1971 c. 125; 1975 c. 413 s. 18; 1977 c. 26 s. 75; 1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2810 to 2815; Stats. 1995 s. 49.70.A county did not violate sub. (3) by terminating county home operations, conveying the home's assets, and leasing the physical plant to a private operator. Local Union 2490 v. Waukesha County, 143 Wis. 2d 438, 422 N.W.2d 117 (Ct. App. 1988).
WI Stat § 49.703 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.703 - County homes; commitments; admissions.

49.703  County homes; commitments; admissions. (1) Any person upon his or her application to the board of trustees may be admitted to the county home upon such terms as may be prescribed by the board. If the person or his or her relatives are unable to pay for his or her care and maintenance the person may be admitted as a charge of the county of his or her residence. (3) The county board of any county may by resolution provide that the county shall bear the expense of maintaining all dependent persons committed or admitted to the county home, and may repeal any resolution adopted under this subsection.History:  1977 c. 428, 1985 a. 29; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2816, 2817, 2819; Stats. 1995 s. 49.703.
WI Stat § 49.71 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.71 - County hospitals; establishment.

49.71  County hospitals; establishment. (1) Each county may establish a county hospital for the treatment of dependent persons, under s. 46.17, and other persons authorized under s. 46.21 (4m). (2) In counties with a population of 750,000 or more, an institution established under sub. (1) shall be governed under s. 46.21 or 59.79 (10), but in all other counties it shall be governed under ss. 46.18, 46.19, and 46.20.  (3) The uniform accounting system established by s. 50.03 (10) shall be used by each county hospital and shall be subject to the conditions enumerated therein.History:  1971 c. 125; 1975 c. 413 s. 18; 1977 c. 26 s. 75; 1985 a. 176; 1993 a. 186; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2820 to 2823; Stats. 1995 s. 49.71; 1995 a. 201; 2015 a. 172.
WI Stat § 49.713 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.713 - County hospitals; admissions.

49.713  County hospitals; admissions. (1) Any person upon application to the board of trustees may be admitted to the county hospital upon such terms as may be prescribed by the board. If the person or his or her relatives are unable to pay for his or her care and maintenance the person may be admitted as a charge of the county of his or her residence. (3) The county board of any county may by resolution provide that the county shall bear the expense of maintaining all dependent persons admitted to the county hospital, and may repeal any resolution adopted under this subsection.History:  1985 a. 29; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2824, 2825, 2827; Stats. 1995 s. 49.713.
WI Stat § 49.72 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.72 - County infirmaries; establishment.

49.72  County infirmaries; establishment. (1) Each county, or any 2 or more counties jointly, may establish, pursuant to s. 46.17 or 46.20 a county infirmary for the treatment, care and maintenance of the aged infirm. (2) In counties with a population of 750,000 or more, such institution shall be governed pursuant to s. 46.21, but in all other counties it shall be governed pursuant to ss. 46.18, 46.19, and 46.20.  (3) As used in ss. 49.72 to 49.726:(a) An aged infirm person is a person over the age of 65 years so incapacitated mentally by the degenerative processes of old age, or so incapacitated physically, as to require continuing infirmary care.(b) A county infirmary is a county institution created pursuant to sub. (1) or (2) under the general supervision and inspection of the department pursuant to ss. 46.16 and 46.17 as to adequacy of equipment and staff to treat, care for and maintain the physical and mental needs of aged infirm persons. (4) The uniform accounting system established by s. 50.03 (10) shall be used by each county infirmary and shall be subject to the conditions enumerated therein.History:  1971 c. 125; 1975 c. 413 s. 18; 1977 c. 26 s. 75; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2828 to 2834; Stats. 1995 s. 49.72; 2015 a. 172.
WI Stat § 49.723 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.723 - County infirmaries, admissions; standards.

49.723  County infirmaries, admissions; standards. (1) The following standards shall apply to admissions to a county infirmary:(a) The primary standard shall be need of infirmary care, rather than ability to pay for care, and no person shall be excluded from an infirmary solely because of ability or inability to pay for care.(b) The person admitted must be an aged infirm individual, and it must be reasonably apparent that unless admitted the person will be without adequate care.(cm) Except as provided in par. (d), any person who meets the standards for admission is eligible for admission.(d) An applicant who has removed residence to Wisconsin from a state which requires that one who has removed residence from Wisconsin to that state reside in the latter more than one year before being eligible for a similar type of care shall be required to reside in this state for a like period before becoming eligible for admission. (2) The board of trustees of a county infirmary, subject to regulations approved by the county board, shall establish rules and regulations governing the admission and discharge of voluntary patients. (3) If it appears to the satisfaction of the circuit court for the county in which an infirmary is located, upon petition for commitment, that a person meets the standards under sub. (1), it may, after affording the person an opportunity to be heard in person or by someone on his or her behalf, commit the person to a county infirmary. The power to commit includes persons who entered an infirmary voluntarily. The court may also, on petition and after a hearing, order the discharge of any patient, upon a showing that the patient is no longer in need of infirmary care, or that the patient can be adequately cared for elsewhere. (4) The board of trustees on receipt of an application for voluntary admission, or the circuit court on the filing of a petition for commitment, shall appoint a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this state to examine personally the applicant or the subject of the petition and to advise the board or court whether such person meets the standard prescribed by sub. (1) (a). (5) The department shall prescribe and prepare the forms to be used for the voluntary admission or commitment of patients. (6) The circuit court in the case of a commitment, and the board of trustees in the case of a voluntary admission, shall pass on the economic status of the patient at the time of commitment or admission, and in all cases in which the patient has residence in another county shall notify the county of residence of the fact of such commitment or admission.History:  1977 c. 449 ss. 130, 497; 1985 a. 29; 1989 a. 359; 1995 a. 27 s. 2835; Stats. 1995 s. 49.723; 1995 a. 225.
WI Stat § 49.726 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.726 - County infirmaries; cost of treatment, care and maintenance of patients.

49.726  County infirmaries; cost of treatment, care and maintenance of patients. (1) In the first instance the county or counties operating an infirmary shall defray the actual per capita cost of treatment, care and maintenance. To the extent that a patient is a public charge, such county or counties shall be reimbursed for such expenditures, as determined from annual infirmary reports filed with the department under s. 46.18 (8), (9) and (10), by the county of residence. (2) To the extent that a patient is not a public charge, such cost shall be charged and paid in advance for each calendar month, and payment may be enforced by the board of trustees. (4) The records and accounts of each county infirmary may be audited by the department. In addition to other findings, such audits shall ascertain compliance with the mandatory uniform cost record-keeping system requirements of s. 46.18 (8), (9) and (10), and verify the actual per person cost of maintenance, care and treatment of patients.History:  1971 c. 108 ss. 5, 6; 1971 c. 125 s. 523; 1985 a. 29; 1995 a. 27 s. 2836; Stats. 1995 s. 49.726.
WI Stat § 49.729 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.729 - County infirmaries; fees and expenses of proceedings.

49.729  County infirmaries; fees and expenses of proceedings. The fees of examining physicians, witnesses and guardians ad litem and other expenses of proceedings under ss. 49.72 to 49.726 shall be governed by s. 51.20 (18).History:  1975 c. 430 s. 80; 1977 c. 428 s. 115; 1995 a. 27 s. 2837; Stats. 1995 s. 49.729.
WI Stat § 49.73 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.73 - Residential care institutions; establishment.

49.73  Residential care institutions; establishment. (1) Any county or combination of counties may establish and staff a county residential care institution for the reception and care of dependent persons which shall be governed by the county board. The institution shall be licensed under s. 50.03 by the department before receiving or caring for any dependent person. (2) Residential care institutions may be established and staffed by private vendors for the reception and care of dependent persons. The institution shall be licensed under s. 50.03 by the department before receiving or caring for any dependent persons. (3) Any county operated or private residential care facility not certifiable as a Title XIX facility shall be licensed and governed under s. 50.03 by the department before receiving or caring for any dependent persons. (4) The cost of care of such patients shall be determined by multiplying the per day patient rate for such facility as determined by applying the formula under s. 49.45 (6m) (ag), except that interest on capital expenditures which are reimbursable under s. 51.91 shall be excluded, times the number of days of care of such patients in the time period being considered. Any amounts received by the facility from the patient or resident shall be deducted from the costs determined under this subsection. This section shall not be construed to require that as a condition of reimbursement any facility must meet any skilled or intermediate care standards established by the department. (6) The care, services and supplies provided under this section shall be a liability against the patient's county of residence.History:  1971 c. 216; 1973 c. 90, 333; 1975 c. 413 s. 18; 1975 c. 430 s. 80; 1977 c. 418 s. 929 (55); 1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 27; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2838 to 2843; Stats. 1995 s. 49.73.
WI Stat § 49.74 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.74 - Institutions subject to chapter 150.

49.74  Institutions subject to chapter 150. Any institution created under the authority of s. 49.70, 49.71, 49.72 or 49.73 is subject to ch. 150.History:  1977 c. 29; 1995 a. 27 s. 2850; Stats. 1995 s. 49.74.
WI Stat § 49.76 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.76 - Department duties relating to hunger prevention.

49.76  Department duties relating to hunger prevention. The department shall do all of the following: (1) Annually review existing public and private activities within the state relating to hunger prevention. (2) Advise the department of public instruction and any other relevant state agency on the use of state and federal resources and on the provision and administration of programs for hunger prevention. (4) Develop an annual plan that documents areas of hunger and populations experiencing hunger within this state and that recommends strategies and state and federal policy changes to address hunger in these areas and populations. (5) Submit, by December 31 annually, the plan developed under sub. (4) to the governor, superintendent of public instruction and the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).History:  2009 a. 28 s. 1220; Stats. 2009 s. 49.76.
WI Stat § 49.776 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.776 - Payment of support arrears.

49.776  Payment of support arrears. If a custodial parent who formerly received payments under s. 49.775 but who is no longer receiving payments under s. 49.775 assigned to the state under s. 49.775 (2) (bm) his or her right or the right of the dependent child to support from any other person, the department shall pay to the custodial parent all money in support arrears that is collected by the department after the custodial parent's receipt of payments under s. 49.775 ceased and that accrued while the custodial parent was receiving those payments.History:  2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 49.793 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.793 - Recovery of food stamps.

49.793  Recovery of food stamps. (1) The department or a county, a multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br), or an elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band acting on behalf of the department, may recover overpayments that arise from an overissuance of food coupons under the food stamp program administered under s. 46.215 (1) (k) or 46.22 (1) (b) 2. d. Recovery shall be made in accordance with 7 USC 2022. (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a county, multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br), or governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe may retain a portion of the amount of an overpayment the state is authorized to retain under 7 USC 2025 that is recovered under sub. (1) due to the efforts of an employee or officer of the county, multicounty consortium, or tribe. The department shall promulgate a rule establishing the portion of the amount of the overpayment that the county, multicounty consortium, or governing body may retain. This paragraph does not apply to recovery of an overpayment that was made as a result of state, county, multicounty consortium, or tribal governing body error.(b) Any amount that Milwaukee County would otherwise be entitled to retain under par. (a) for the recovery of an overpayment due to the efforts of a department employee or officer, or a county employee or officer under the management of the department, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (L). History:  2001 a. 16 ss. 1656ty, 1656tym; Stats. 2001 s. 49.793; 2009 a. 15; 2011 a. 32.