AB20: Bill Text

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

2019 Assembly BILL 20

February 8, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Jagler, Born, Ballweg, Brooks, Dittrich, Anderson, Edming, Gundrum, Hintz, Kitchens, Kolste, Kulp, Kuglitsch, Krug, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Mursau, Neubauer, Petersen, Petryk, Quinn, Ramthun, Schraa, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, VanderMeer, Vorpagel and Wittke, cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, Cowles, Darling, Feyen, Jacque, Johnson, Kooyenga, Marklein, Olsen, Petrowski, Risser, Schachtner, Shilling, Smith, Tiffany, Wanggaard and Ringhand. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.

AB20,1,2 An Act relating to: terminology changes for those with an intellectual disability in administrative rules.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill substitutes the phrase “intellectual disability" and similar phrases for “mental retardation," “mentally retarded," and similar phrases in rules promulgated by the Department of Health Services, the Department of Children and Families, the Public Service Commission, the Department of Safety and Professional Services, and the Department of Workforce Development. The bill also changes the definition of “intellectual disability" in rules promulgated by DHS.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB20,1 Section 1 . DCF 52.59 (9) (a) 2. of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,2,3 DCF 52.59 (9) (a) 2. Staff shall have respite care training designed around the specific needs of individuals for which care is provided, such as autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and mental retardation intellectual disabilities. As part of this training, staff who have not already had some experience working with the type of individual to be cared for shall have at least 8 hours of supervised experience by someone who is knowledgeable in working with the type of individual or more than 8 hours if necessary to ensure the provision of competent care.

AB20,2 Section 2. DHS 10.13 (3) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,2,10 DHS 10.13 (3) “Adult protective services" means protective services for mentally retarded individuals with intellectual disabilities and other developmentally disabled persons, for aged infirm persons, for chronically mentally ill persons and for persons developmental disabilities, for individuals with infirmities of aging, for individuals with chronic mental illness, and for individuals with other like incapacities incurred at any age as defined in s. 55.02, Stats.

AB20,3 Section 3. DHS 10.13 (16) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,2,19 DHS 10.13 (16) “Developmental disability" means a disability attributable to brain injury, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, Prader-Willi syndrome, mental retardation intellectual disability, or another neurological condition closely related to mental retardation intellectual disability or requiring treatment similar to that required for mental retardation intellectual disability, that has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely and constitutes a substantial handicap to the afflicted individual. “Developmental disability" does not include senility that is primarily caused by the process of aging or the infirmities of aging.

AB20,4 Section 4. Chapter DHS 15 (title) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,3,3 CHAPTER DHS 15 ASSESSMENT FOR OCCUPIED BEDS IN NURSING HOMES AND INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

AB20,5 Section 5. DHS 15.01 of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,3,10 DHS 15.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s. 50.14 (5) (b), Stats., to establish procedures and other requirements necessary for levying and collecting the monthly assessment imposed under s. 50.14 (2), Stats., on all licensed beds in intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICF-MR) individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF-IID) and nursing homes, except facilities that are located outside the state.

AB20,6 Section 6. DHS 15.02 (4), (5) and (7) of the administrative code are amended to read:

AB20,3,13 DHS 15.02 (4) “Facility" means an ICF-MR ICF-IID or nursing home.

AB20,3,16 (5) “ICF-MR ICF-IID" or “intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded individuals with intellectual disabilities" means a facility or distinct part of a facility defined under 42 USC 1396d (d) and regulated under ch. DHS 134.

AB20,3,18 (7) “Nursing home" has the meaning prescribed under s. 50.01 (3), Stats., except that it does not include an ICF-MR ICF-IID.

AB20,7 Section 7. DHS 15.04 (2) (c) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,3,23 DHS 15.04 (2) (c) In a facility having some beds that are licensed as ICF-MR ICF-IID beds and some beds that are licensed as nursing home beds, separate calculations shall be performed for the ICF-MR ICF-IID beds and for the nursing home beds.

AB20,8 Section 8. DHS 61.022 (5) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,4,8 DHS 61.022 (5) “Developmental disability" means a disability attributable to mental retardation intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism or another neurologic condition closely related to mental retardation intellectual disability or requiring treatment similar to that required for mental retardation intellectual disability, which has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely and constitutes a substantial handicap to the afflicted individual. Developmental disability does not include senility, which is primarily caused by the process of aging or the infirmities of aging.

AB20,9 Section 9. DHS 61.022 (9) of the administrative code is renumbered DHS 61.022 (7m) and amended to read:

AB20,4,13 DHS 61.022 (7m) “Mental retardation Intellectual disability" means subaverage general intellectual functioning which that originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment in adaptive behavior.

AB20,10 Section 10. DHS 61.022 (10) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,4,16 DHS 61.022 (10) “Neurologic conditions" means disease states which require treatment similar to that required for mental retardation intellectual disabilities.

AB20,11 Section 11. DHS 61.43 (1) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,4,20 DHS 61.43 (1) Personnel. There shall be an administrator and staff as required under ch. DHS 134, and federal standards regulating intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded individuals with intellectual disabilities.

AB20,12 Section 12. DHS 61.43 (2) (a) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,4,24 DHS 61.43 (2) (a) Program requirements shall comply with appropriate sections of ch. DHS 134, and federal standards regulating intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded individuals with intellectual disabilities.

AB20,13 Section 13. DHS 61.70 (1) (b) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,5,3 DHS 61.70 (1) (b) Integrate its services with those provided by other facilities in the county which serve the mentally ill, mentally retarded individuals with intellectual disabilities, and alcoholics and drug abusers;

AB20,14 Section 14. DHS 63.02 (7) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,5,14 DHS 63.02 (7) “Chronic mental illness" means a mental illness which is severe in degree and persistent in duration, which causes a substantially diminished level of functioning in the primary aspects of daily living and an inability to cope with the ordinary demands of life, which may lead to an inability to maintain stable adjustment and independent functioning without long-term treatment and support and which may be of lifelong duration. “Chronic mental illness" includes schizophrenia as well as a wide spectrum of psychotic and other severely disabling psychiatric diagnostic categories, but does not include organic mental disorders or a primary diagnosis of mental retardation intellectual disability or of alcohol or drug dependence.

AB20,15 Section 15. DHS 63.02 (12) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,5,24 DHS 63.02 (12) “Developmental disability" has the meaning prescribed in s. 51.01 (5) (a), Stats., namely, a disability attributable to brain injury, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, mental retardation an intellectual disability, or another neurological condition closely related to mental retardation an intellectual disability or requiring treatment similar to that required for mental retardation an intellectual disability, which has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely and constitutes a substantial handicap to the afflicted individual. “Developmental disability" does not include senility which is primarily caused by the process of aging or the infirmities of aging.

AB20,16 Section 16. DHS 63.02 (14) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,6,8 DHS 63.02 (14) “Mental illness" means mental disorder to such an extent that an afflicted person requires care and treatment for his or her own welfare or the welfare of others or of the community. For purposes of involuntary commitment, “mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation or memory which grossly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life, but does not include organic mental disorder or a primary diagnosis of mental retardation intellectual disability, or of alcohol or drug dependence.

AB20,17 Section 17. DHS 73.07 (1) (b) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,6,15 DHS 73.07 (1) (b) “Mental retardation Intellectual disability" means significant subaverage general intellectual functioning usually defined as an intelligence quotient (IQ) level of 70 or below accompanied by significant deficits or impairments in adaptive functioning with onset before the age of 18 that originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment in adaptive behavior.

AB20,18 Section 18. DHS 73.07 (2) (a) 5. of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,6,20 DHS 73.07 (2) (a) 5. The participant has a diagnosis of mental retardation intellectual disability and the county department has determined the severity to be such that it would preclude the ability to act as an employer and competently manage funds.

AB20,19 Section 19. DHS 101.03 (41) (intro.) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB20,6,25 DHS 101.03 (41) (intro.) “Developmental disability" means mental retardation intellectual disability or a related condition such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or autism, but excluding mental illness and infirmities of aging, which is: