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43. DHS 134.60 (2) (a) 6. to 9. of the administrative code are amended to read:
DHS 134.60 (2) (a) 6. “Mildly retarded Mild intellectual disability" means a diagnosis of an intelligence quotient (IQ) of 50 to 55 at the lower end of a range to 70 at the upper end.
7. “Moderately retarded Moderate intellectual disability" means a diagnosis of an intelligence quotient (IQ) of 35 to 40 at the lower end of a range to 50 to 55 at the upper end.
8. “Profoundly retarded Profound intellectual disability" means a diagnosis of an intelligence quotient (IQ) below 20 to 25.
9. “Severely retarded Severe intellectual disability" means a diagnosis of an intelligence quotient (IQ) of 20 to 25 at the lower end of a range to 35 to 40 at the upper end.
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44. DHS 134.60 (3) (a) 2. of the administrative code is amended to read:
DHS 134.60 (3) (a) 2. An individual post-institutionalization plan, as part of the IPP developed before discharge by a qualified mental retardation intellectual disabilities professional and other appropriate professionals. This shall include provision for appropriate services, protective supervision and other follow-up services in the resident's new environment.
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45. DHS 134.60 (4) (e) of the administrative code is amended to read:
DHS 134.60 (4) (e) Habilitative or rehabilitative therapies. Any habilitative or rehabilitative therapy ordered by a physician or dentist shall be administered by a therapist or QMRP QIDP. Any treatments and changes in treatments shall be documented in the resident's record.
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Section 46
. DWD 272.09 (1) (e) of the administrative code is amended to read:
DWD 272.09 (1) (e) “Institution" means an entity which may be either a public or private entity and either a nonprofit or a for profit entity that receives more than 50% of its income from providing residential care for sick, aged, or mentally ill or retarded persons or persons with intellectual disabilities. “Institution" includes hospitals, nursing homes, intermediate care facilities, rest homes, convalescent homes, homes for the elderly and infirm, halfway houses, and residential centers for the treatment of drug addiction or alcoholism, whether licensed under s. 50.01, Stats., or not licensed.
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Section 47
. DWD 272.09 (1) (n) of the administrative code is amended to read:
DWD 272.09 (1) (n) “Worker with a disability" means an individual whose earnings or productive capacity is impaired by a physical or mental intellectual disability, including those relating to age or injury, for the work to be performed. Disabilities which may affect earning or productive capacity include blindness, mental illness, mental retardation intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, alcoholism and drug addiction. The following, taken by themselves, are not considered disabilities for the purposes of this section: vocational, social, cultural, or educational disabilities; chronic unemployment; receipt of welfare benefits; nonattendance at school; juvenile delinquency; and correctional parole or probation. Further, a disability which may affect earning or productive capacity for one type of work may not have this effect for another type of work.
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Section 48
. PSC 113.012 (11) of the administrative code is amended to read:
PSC 113.012 (11) “Protective service emergency" means a threat to the health or safety of a resident because of the infirmities of aging, mental retardation, other developmental or mental intellectual disabilities, or like infirmities incurred at any age, or the frailties associated with being very young.
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Section 49
. PSC 134.02 (20) of the administrative code is amended to read:
PSC 134.02 (20) “Protective service emergency" means a threat to the health or safety of a resident because of the infirmities of aging, mental retardation, other developmental or mental intellectual disabilities, or like infirmities incurred at any age, or the frailties associated with being very young.
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Section 50
. PSC 134.062 (8) (c) 3. of the administrative code is amended to read:
PSC 134.062 (8) (c) 3. A statement that the customer should communicate immediately upon receipt of the notice with the utility's designated office, listing a telephone number, if he or she disputes the notice of delinquent account, if he or she wishes to negotiate a deferred payment agreement as an alternative to disconnection, if any resident is seriously ill, or if there are other circumstances, as the presence of infants or young children in the household, the presence of aged or handicapped residents in the household, the presence of residents who use life support systems or equipment or residents who have mental retardation or other developmental or
mental intellectual disabilities.
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Section 51
. PSC 134.0624 (1) of the administrative code is amended to read:
PSC 134.0624 (1) Declaration of policy. The public service commission of Wisconsin recognizes that there are many citizens of the state who, because of income, infirmities of aging, mental retardation, other developmental or mental intellectual disabilities or like infirmities incurred at any age, or the frailties associated with being very young, need protection from cold weather disconnections. This section is intended to provide that protection as enumerated below. It is the further intent of the public service commission that these rules be used as guidelines to identify those customers who are not covered by sub. (3). For households subject to disconnection under this section, any disconnection permitted by this chapter during the cold weather period defined below shall be made only as a last resort, after all other legal means of recourse have been attempted and proven unsuccessful.
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Section 52
. PSC 134.0624 (4) of the administrative code is amended to read:
PSC 134.0624 (4) Conditions for disconnection. A utility may disconnect only those households whose gross quarterly incomes are above 250% of the federal income poverty guidelines and where health and safety would not be endangered, because of the infirmities of age, mental retardation, other developmental or
mental intellectual disabilities or like infirmities incurred at any age or the frailties associated with being very young, if service were terminated or not restored.
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Section 53
. PSC 185.12 (17) of the administrative code is amended to read:
PSC 185.12 (17) “Protective service emergency" means a threat to the health or safety of a resident because of the infirmities of aging, mental retardation, other developmental or mental intellectual disabilities, or like infirmities incurred at any age, or the frailties associated with being very young;
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Section 54
. PSC 185.37 (11) (f) 3. of the administrative code is amended to read:
PSC 185.37 (11) (f) 3. A statement that the customer shall communicate immediately upon receipt of the notice with the utility's designated office, listing a telephone number, if the customer disputes the notice of delinquent account, if the customer wishes to negotiate a deferred payment agreement as an alternative to disconnection, if any resident is seriously ill, or if there are other extenuating circumstances, as the presence of infants or young children in the household, the presence of aged, or persons with disabilities in the household, the presence of residents who use life support systems or equipment or residents who have mental retardation or other developmental or mental intellectual disabilities;
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Section 55
. SPS 326.10 (15) of the administrative code is amended to read:
SPS 326.10 (15) “Protective services emergency" means a threat to the health or safety of a community resident because of the infirmities of aging, mental retardation, other developmental or mental intellectual disabilities, or the frailties associated with being very young.
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56.
Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) The legislative reference bureau shall make the following terminology changes in any notes to rules promulgated by the department of health services or the department of safety and professional services:
(a) “Mental retardation" to “intellectual disability".
(b) “Intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded" to “intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities."
(c) “ICF/MR" or “ICF-MR" to “ICF-IID."
