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WI Stat § 46.245 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.245 - Information for certain pregnant women.

46.245  Information for certain pregnant women. Upon request, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 shall distribute the materials described under s. 253.10 (3) (d), as prepared and distributed by the department. A physician who intends to perform or induce an abortion or another qualified physician, as defined in s. 253.10 (2) (g), who reasonably believes that he or she might have a patient for whom the information under s. 253.10 (3) (d) is required to be given, shall request a reasonably adequate number of the materials from the county department under this section or from the department under s. 253.10 (3) (d). An individual may request a reasonably adequate number of the materials.History:  1985 a. 56, 176; 1993 a. 27; 1995 a. 309; 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 46.248 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.248 - Reach Out and Read Wisconsin grants.

46.248  Reach Out and Read Wisconsin grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (dx), the department shall distribute moneys to Reach Out and Read, Inc., for the early literacy program known as Reach Out and Read Wisconsin.History: 2021 a. 58.
WI Stat § 46.269 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.269 - Determining financial eligibility for long-term care programs.

46.269  Determining financial eligibility for long-term care programs. To the extent approved by the federal government, the department or its designee shall exclude any assets accumulated in a person's independence account, as defined in s. 49.472 (1) (c), and any income or assets from retirement benefits earned or accumulated from income or employer contributions while employed and receiving medical assistance under s. 49.472 in determining financial eligibility and cost-sharing requirements, if any, for a long-term care program under s. 46.275 or 46.277, for the family care program that provides the benefit defined in s. 46.2805 (4), for the Family Care Partnership program, or for the self-directed services option, as defined in s. 46.2897 (1).History:  2017 a. 59; 2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 46.271 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.271 - Long-term support pilot projects.

46.271  Long-term support pilot projects. (1) (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: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.].NOTE:  The cross-reference in brackets does not exist. 2019 Wis. Act 9 repealed s. 46.27.2. 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.(b) The department shall do all of the following:1. Solicit applications from county departments or aging units for the pilot projects under par. (a).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.(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.History:  1989 a. 31, 336; 1991 a. 39, 235; 1993 a. 16; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2015 a. 55; 2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 46.2785 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.2785 - Community Opportunities and Recovery Program.

46.2785  Community Opportunities and Recovery Program. (1) Definitions. In this section:(a) “Nursing facility" has the meaning given in 42 USC 1396r (a).(b) “Serious mental illness" has the meaning given in 42 CFR 483.102 (b) (1).(c) “Waiver program" means the Community Opportunities and Recovery Program for which a waiver has been requested under sub. (2) and granted under 42 USC 1396n (c). (2)  Waiver request. The department may request a waiver from the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human services, under 42 USC 1396n (c), authorizing the department to serve in their communities medical assistance recipients who meet eligibility requirements specified in sub. (4) by providing them home or community-based services as part of the Medical Assistance program. If the department requests the waiver, it shall include all the assurances required under 42 USC 1396n (c) (2) in the request. If the department receives the waiver, it may request an extension of the waiver under 42 USC 1396n (c). (3)  Contract for administration. If doing so is consistent with the waiver received by the department as specified in sub. (2), the department may contract with a county or a private agency to administer the waiver program. A private agency with which the department contracts shall have the powers and duties of a county under this section. (4)  Eligibility. Any medical assistance recipient who has a serious mental illness and meets the level of care requirements under s. 49.45 (6m) (i) for reimbursement of nursing home care under the Medical Assistance program is eligible to participate in the waiver program. (5)  Funding. (a) Medical assistance reimbursement for services a county or private agency contracts for or provides under the waiver program shall be made from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gm), and (o).(b) The department may, from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (o), reimburse a county for providing, or contracting to provide, services that cost more than the average annual per person rate established by the department, but less than the average amount approved by the federal government for the waiver program.History:  2005 a. 25; 2011 a. 32.
WI Stat § 46.2804 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.2804 - Client management of managed care long-term care benefit.

46.2804  Client management of managed care long-term care benefit. Under a managed care program for provision of long-term care services, the care manager shall provide, within guidelines established by the department, a mechanism by which an enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient of the program may arrange for, manage, and monitor his or her benefit directly or with the assistance of another person chosen by the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient. The care manager shall provide each enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient with a form on which the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient shall indicate whether he or she has been offered the option under this subsection and whether he or she has accepted or declined the option. If the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient accepts the option, the care manager shall monitor the use by the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient of a fixed budget for purchase of services or support items from any qualified provider, monitor the health and safety of the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient, and provide assistance in management of the budget and services of the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient at a level tailored to the need and desire of the enrollee, beneficiary, or recipient for the assistance.History:  2005 a. 386; 2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 46.2805 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.2805 - Definitions; long-term care.

46.2805  Definitions; long-term care. In ss. 46.2805 to 46.2895: (1) “Care management organization" means an entity that is certified as meeting the requirements for a care management organization under s. 46.284 (3) and that has a contract under s. 46.284 (2). “Care management organization" does not mean an entity that contracts with the department to operate one of the following:(a) A program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under 42 USC 1395eee or 1396u-4.(b) A demonstration program known as the Family Care Partnership program under a federal waiver authorized under 42 USC 1396n. (2) “Eligible person" means a person who meets all eligibility criteria under s. 46.286 (1). (3) “Enrollee" means a person who is enrolled in a care management organization. (4) “Family care benefit" means financial assistance for long-term care and support items for an enrollee. (6m) “Family member" means a spouse or an individual related by blood, marriage, or adoption within the 3rd degree of kinship as computed under s. 990.001 (16). (6r) “Financial and cost-sharing screening" means a screening to determine financial eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (b) or the self-directed services option and cost-sharing under s. 46.286 (2) using a uniform tool prescribed by the department. (6v) “Frail elder" means an individual who is 65 years of age or older and has a physical disability or irreversible dementia that restricts the individual's ability to perform normal daily tasks or that threatens the capacity of the individual to live independently. (7) “Functional screening" means a screening to determine functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a) or the self-directed services option using a uniform tool prescribed by the department. (7r) “Long-term care district" means a special purpose district created under s. 46.2895 (1). (7u) “Long-term care district board" means the governing board of a long-term care district. (8) “Nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19). (9) “Older person" means a person who is at least 65 years of age. (10) “Resource center" means an entity that meets the standards for operation under s. 46.283 (3) or, if under contract to provide a portion of the services specified under s. 46.283 (3), meets the standards for operation with respect to those services. (10m) “Self-directed services option" means the program that is operated under a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services under 42 USC 1396n (c) in which an enrolled individual selects his or her own services and service providers. (11) “Tribe or band" means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band.History:  1999 a. 9, 185; 2003 a. 33; 2007 a. 20, 141; 2009 a. 247; 2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 46.285 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.285 - Operation of resource center and care management organization.

46.285  Operation of resource center and care management organization. In order to meet federal requirements and assure federal financial participation in funding of the family care benefit, a county, a tribe or band, a long-term care district or an organization, including a private, nonprofit corporation, may not directly operate both a resource center and a care management organization.History:  1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 386; 2007 a. 20; 2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 46.288 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.288 - Rule-making.

46.288  Rule-making. The department shall promulgate as rules all of the following: (1) Standards for performance by resource centers and for certification of care management organizations, including requirements for maintaining quality assurance and quality improvement. (2) Criteria and procedures for determining functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a), financial eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (b), and cost sharing under s. 46.286 (2) (a). (3) Procedures and standards for procedures for s. 46.287 (2), including time frames for action by a resource center or a care management organization on a contested matter.History:  1999 a. 9; 2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 28; 2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 46.2896 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.2896 - Counting promissory notes as assets.

46.2896  Counting promissory notes as assets. (1) In this section:(a) “Long-term care program" means the long-term care program under s. 46.275, 46.277, 46.278, or 46.2785; the family care program providing the benefit under s. 46.286; the Family Care Partnership program; or the long-term care program defined in s. 46.2899 (1).(b) “Promissory note" means a written, unconditional agreement, given in return for goods, money loaned, or services rendered, under which one party promises to pay another party a specified sum of money at a specified time or on demand. (2) When determining or redetermining an individual's financial eligibility for a long-term care program, the department shall include a promissory note as a countable asset if all of the following apply:(a) The individual applying for or receiving benefits under the long-term care program or his or her spouse provided the goods, money loaned, or services rendered for the promissory note.(b) The promissory note was entered into or purchased on or after July 14, 2015.(c) The promissory note is negotiable, assignable, and enforceable and does not contain any terms making it unmarketable. (3) A promissory note is presumed to be negotiable and its asset value is the outstanding principal balance at the time the individual applies for the long-term care program or at the time the individual's eligibility for the long-term care program is redetermined, unless the individual shows by credible evidence from a knowledgeable source that the note is nonnegotiable or has a different current market value, which will then be considered the asset value. History:  2015 a. 55; 2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 46.2897 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.2897 - Self-directed services option.

46.2897  Self-directed services option. (1) Definition. In this section, “self-directed services option" means the program that is operated under a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services under 42 USC 1396n (c) in which an enrolled individual selects his or her own services and service providers. (2)  Advocacy services. The department shall allow a participant in the self-directed services option that is operated under a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services under 42 USC 1396n (c) to access the advocacy services contracted for by the department under s. 46.281 (1n) (e). (3)  Worker's compensation coverage. An individual who is performing services for a person participating in the self-directed services option and who does not otherwise have worker's compensation coverage for those services is considered to be an employee of the entity that is providing financial management services for that person.History:  2009 a. 28; 2015 a. 180.
WI Stat § 46.2899 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.2899 - Services for the developmentally disabled who receive post-secondary education.

46.2899  Services for the developmentally disabled who receive post-secondary education. (1) Definition. In this section, “self-directed services option" means a program known as Include, Respect, I Self-direct or IRIS operated by the department under a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services under 42 USC 1396n (c). (2)  Waiver program. The department shall request a waiver from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services in order to receive the federal medical assistance percentage for home-based and community-based services provided to individuals who are developmentally disabled and who received post-secondary education on the grounds of institutions. If the waiver is approved the department shall operate a waiver program to provide those services to no more than 100 individuals per month per year. (3)  Eligibility. The department shall consider as eligible for the waiver program described under sub. (2) only individuals who are receiving post-secondary education in a setting that is distinguishable from the institution. The department shall set the financial eligibility requirements and functional eligibility requirements for the waiver program described under sub. (2) the same as the financial eligibility requirements and functional eligibility requirements for the self-directed services option except for the requirement to be an individual who is developmentally disabled and who is receiving post-secondary education on the grounds of a institution. (4)  Services and benefits. The department shall provide the same services under the waiver program described in sub. (2) as it provides under the self-directed services option. The department shall determine the funding amount for a waiver program participant under this section.History:  2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 46.293 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.293 - Specialized programs for the blind and visually impaired.

46.293  Specialized programs for the blind and visually impaired. The department shall provide rehabilitation teaching services for persons who are blind or visually impaired including elderly persons and young persons and their parents or guardians, regardless of their eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services. These services may include assessments of each client's service needs, development of an individual service plan, instruction in braille, training in orientation and movement in the person's home or neighborhood, counseling and guidance to increase the blind or visually impaired person's independence, instruction in the use of low-vision aids, personal and home management training and instruction in leisure activities. In conjunction with the provision of these services the department shall: (1) Work with blind and visually impaired persons, in a setting appropriate to each individual, to form rehabilitation plans for independent living to enable them to increase their self-reliance. (2) Assist blind and visually impaired persons in physical orientation and personal adjustment.History:  1995 a. 27 ss. 2270, 2413; Stats. 1995 s. 46.293.
WI Stat § 46.295 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.295 - Interpreters for the hearing-impaired.

46.295  Interpreters for the hearing-impaired. (1) The department may, on the request of any hearing-impaired person, city, village, town, or county or private agency, provide funds from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (1) (da) and (hs) to reimburse interpreters for hearing-impaired persons for the provision of interpreter services. (2) The department shall grant priority to requests to pay fees charged by interpreters for the following, in the following order:(a) Emergencies.(b) Medical, mental health, alcohol and drug abuse, psychiatric and psychological services.(c) Legal services and civil court proceedings.(d) Matters concerning law enforcement personnel.(e) Matters concerning any federal, state, county or municipal agency. (3) The department shall maintain lists of qualified interpreters under s. 885.37 (5) (b). (4) The department may use as an interpreter for hearing-impaired persons only the following:(a) An interpreter for hearing-impaired persons who is certified by the national registry of interpreters for the deaf.(b) If an interpreter under par. (a) is unavailable, an interpreter for hearing-impaired persons whose qualifications have been determined appropriate by the department. (5) The department may bill any public or private agency at the rates established by the department for interpreter services for hearing-impaired persons commensurate with the certification or qualification level of the interpreter providing services if the department determines that the agency is required under state or federal law to provide interpreter services to a hearing-impaired person or if the agency agrees to pay for the services. (6) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.History:  1995 a. 27 ss. 2271, 2417; Stats. 1995 s. 46.295; 2003 a. 33; 2009 a. 28; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 46.297 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.297 - Telecommunication aid for the hearing impaired.

46.297  Telecommunication aid for the hearing impaired. (1) Assistance. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (da), the department shall, subject to the availability of funds, provide assistance to hearing-impaired persons to secure telecommunication devices capable of serving their needs. Except in extraordinary circumstances, the department shall purchase or provide funds for the purchase of telecommunication devices. (2)  Eligibility. A person is eligible to receive assistance under sub. (1) if all of the following conditions are met:(a) The person is certified as deaf or severely hearing impaired by a physician, an audiologist licensed under subch. II of ch. 459 or the department.(b) The adjusted gross income of the person's family is equal to or less than 200 percent of the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2). (3)  Hearing rights. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the department under this section has a right to a contested case hearing under ch. 227. (4)  Departmental duties. The department shall:(a) Promulgate rules necessary for the administration of this section.(b) Establish application procedures and determine eligibility.History:  1983 a. 427; Stats. 1983 s. 46.90; 1983 a. 538 s. 51; Stats. 1983 s. 46.92; 1987 a. 27; 1987 a. 257 s. 2; 1989 a. 173 s. 3; Stats. 1989 s. 47.20; 1989 a. 316; 1995 a. 27 s. 2421; Stats. 1995 s. 46.297; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 46.298 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.298 - Vehicle sticker for the hearing impaired.

46.298  Vehicle sticker for the hearing impaired. Upon the request of a person who is certified as hearing impaired by the department, by a physician, by a hearing instrument specialist licensed under subch. I of ch. 459 or by an audiologist licensed under subch. II of ch. 459, the department shall issue to the person a decal or sticker for display on a motor vehicle owned or frequently operated by the person to apprise law enforcement officers of the fact that the vehicle is owned or operated by a hearing-impaired person. No charge shall be made for issuance of the decal or sticker. The department shall specify the design of the decal or sticker. The department shall designate the location on the vehicle at which the decal or sticker shall be affixed by its own adhesive.History:  1987 a. 257; 1989 a. 31; 1989 a. 173 s. 4; Stats. 1989 s. 47.25; 1989 a. 316; 1995 a. 27 s. 2422; Stats. s. 46.298.
WI Stat § 46.33 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.33 - Employee counseling referral programs.

46.33  Employee counseling referral programs. The department may provide technical assistance to municipalities, counties, school districts and private employers for referral programs for employee counseling. The department may charge fees to cover the costs of these services.History:  1989 a. 31.
WI Stat § 46.34 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 46 - Social services.|46.34 - Emission standards for hazardous air contaminants.

46.34  Emission standards for hazardous air contaminants. The department may assist the department of natural resources in the development of emission standards for hazardous air contaminants under s. 285.27 (2) (b).History:  1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 227.