SB59: Bill Text

SB59,461 Section 461 . 46.281 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,472,25 46.281 (1d) Waiver request. The department shall request from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services any waivers of federal medicaid laws necessary to permit the use of federal moneys to provide the family care benefit and the self-directed services option to recipients of medical assistance. The department shall implement any waiver that is approved and that is consistent with ss. 46.2805 to 46.2895. Regardless of whether a waiver is approved, the department may implement operation of resource centers, care management organizations, and the family care benefit.

SB59,462 Section 462. 46.281 (1n) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,463 Section 463. 46.281 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,464 Section 464. 46.2825 of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,465 Section 465. 46.283 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,473,10 46.283 (3) (f) Assistance to a person who is eligible for the family care benefit with respect to the person's choice of whether or not to enroll in the self-directed services option, as defined in s. 46.2899 (1), a care management organization for the family care benefit or the Family Care Partnership program, or the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly and, if so, which available long-term care program or care management organization would best meet his or her needs.

SB59,466 Section 466. 46.283 (4) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,467 Section 467. 46.283 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,473,16 46.283 (4) (f) Perform a functional screening and a financial and cost-sharing screening for any resident, as specified in par. (e), who requests a screening and assist any resident who is eligible and chooses to enroll in a care management organization or the self-directed services option to do so.

SB59,468 Section 468. 46.283 (6) (b) 7. of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,469 Section 469. 46.283 (6) (b) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,473,22 46.283 (6) (b) 9. Review the number and types of grievances and appeals concerning the long-term care system in the area served by related to the resource center, to determine if a need exists for system changes, and recommend system or other changes if appropriate.

SB59,470 Section 470. 46.283 (6) (b) 10. of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,471 Section 471. 46.285 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.285 and amended to read:

SB59,474,6 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, except as follows:.

SB59,472 Section 472. 46.285 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,473 Section 473. 46.285 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,474 Section 474. 46.286 (3) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,475 Section 475. 46.287 (2) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,474,16 46.287 (2) (a) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 2., a client may contest any of the following applicable matters by filing, within 45 days of the failure of a resource center or care management organization county to act on the contested matter within the time frames specified by rule by the department or within 45 days after receipt of notice of a decision in a contested matter, a written request for a hearing under s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals created under s. 15.103 (1):

SB59,476 Section 476. 46.287 (2) (a) 1. d. of the statutes is renumbered 46.287 (2) (a) 1m. b.

SB59,477 Section 477. 46.287 (2) (a) 1. e. of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,478 Section 478. 46.287 (2) (a) 1. f. of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,479 Section 479. 46.287 (2) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB59,475,3 46.287 (2) (a) 1m. Except as provided in subd. 2., a client may contest any of the following adverse benefit determinations by filing, within 90 days of the failure of a care management organization to act on a contested adverse benefit determination within the time frames specified by rule by the department or within 90 days after receipt of notice of a decision upholding the adverse benefit determination, a written request for a hearing under s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals created under s. 15.103 (1):

SB59,475,7 a. Denial of functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) as a result of the care management organization's administration of the long-term care functional screen, including a change from a nursing home level of care to a non-nursing home level of care.

SB59,475,10 c. Denial or limited authorization of a requested service, including determinations based on type or level of service, requirements or medical necessity, appropriateness, setting, or effectiveness of a covered benefit.

SB59,475,13 d. Reduction, suspension, or termination of a previously authorized service, unless the service was only authorized for a limited amount or duration and that amount or duration has been completed.

SB59,475,14 e. Denial, in whole or in part, of payment for a service.

SB59,475,17 f. The failure of a care management organization to act within the time frames provided in 42 CFR 438.408 (b) (1) and (2) regarding the standard resolution of grievances and appeals.

SB59,475,20 g. Denial of an enrollee's request to dispute financial liability, including copayments, premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, other cost sharing, and other member financial liabilities.

SB59,475,23 h. Denial of an enrollee, who is a resident of a rural area with only one care management organization, to obtain services outside the care management organization's network of contracted providers.

SB59,476,4 i. Development of a plan of care that is unacceptable to the enrollee because the plan of care requires the enrollee to live in a place that is unacceptable to the enrollee; the plan of care does not provide sufficient care, treatment, or support to meet the enrollee's needs and support the enrollee's identified outcomes; or the plan of care requires the enrollee to accept care, treatment, or support that is unnecessarily restrictive or unwanted by the enrollee.

SB59,476,5 j. Involuntary disenrollment from the care management organization.

SB59,480 Section 480. 46.287 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,476,15 46.287 (2) (b) An enrollee may contest a decision, omission or action of a care management organization other than those specified in par. (a), or may contest the choice of service provider. In these instances, the enrollee shall first send a written request for review by the unit of the department that monitors care management organization contracts. This unit shall review and attempt to resolve the dispute. 1m. by filing a grievance with the care management organization. If the dispute grievance is not resolved to the satisfaction of the enrollee, he or she may request a hearing under the procedures specified in par. (a) 1. (intro.) that the department review the decision of the care management organization.

SB59,481 Section 481. 46.288 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.288 (2) and amended to read:

SB59,476,23 46.288 (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). The rules for determining functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a) 1m. shall be substantially similar to eligibility criteria for receipt of the long-term support community options program under s. 46.27. Rules under this subsection shall include definitions of the following terms applicable to s. 46.286:

SB59,482 Section 482. 46.288 (2) (d) to (j) of the statutes are repealed.

SB59,483 Section 483. 46.2896 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,477,4 46.2896 (1) (a) “Long-term care program" means the long-term care program under s. 46.27, 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).

SB59,484 Section 484. 46.536 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,477,13 46.536 Mobile crisis team Crisis program enhancement grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (cf), the department shall award grants in the total amount of $250,000 in each fiscal biennium to counties or regions comprised of multiple counties to establish certified or enhance crisis programs that create mental health mobile crisis teams to serve individuals having mental health crises in rural areas. The department shall award a grant under this section in an amount equal to one-half the amount of money the county or region provides to establish certified or enhance crisis programs that create mobile crisis teams.

SB59,485 Section 485. 46.82 (3) (a) 13. of the statutes is repealed.

SB59,486 Section 486. 46.854 of the statutes is created to read:

SB59,477,18 46.854 Healthy aging grant program. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (bk), the department shall award in each fiscal year a grant of $250,000 to an entity that conducts programs in healthy aging.

SB59,487 Section 487. 46.995 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB59,477,23 46.995 (4) The department shall ensure that any child who is eligible and who applies for the disabled children's long-term support program that is operating under a waiver of federal law receives services under the disabled children's long-term support program that is operating under a waiver of federal law.

SB59,488 Section 488. 47.07 of the statutes is created to read:

SB59,478,3 47.07 Project SEARCH. (1) The department shall allocate for each fiscal year at least $250,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) for contracts entered into under this section.

SB59,478,6 (2) The department may enter into contracts to provide services to persons with disabilities under the Project SEARCH program operated by the Cincinnati Children's Hospital or its successor organization.

SB59,489 Section 489 . 48.02 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,478,11 48.02 (1d) “Adult" means a person who is 18 years of age or older, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated any state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, “ adult" means a person who has attained 17 years of age.

SB59,490 Section 490 . 48.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,478,17 48.02 (2) “Child," when used without further qualification, means a person who is less than 18 years of age, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, “child" does not include a person who has attained 17 years of age.

SB59,491 Section 491. 48.02 (14m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB59,478,21 48.02 (14m) “Qualifying residential family-based treatment facility” means a certified residential family-based alcohol or drug abuse treatment facility that meets all of the following criteria:

SB59,478,24 (a) The treatment facility provides, as part of the treatment for substance abuse, parenting skills training, parent education, and individual and family counseling.

SB59,479,6 (b) The substance abuse treatment, parenting skills training, parent education, and individual and family counseling is provided under an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma and in accordance with recognized principles of a trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific interventions to address the consequences of trauma and facilitate healing.

SB59,492 Section 492. 48.13 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,479,11 48.13 Jurisdiction over children alleged to be in need of protection or services. Except as provided in s. 48.028 (3), the court has exclusive original jurisdiction over a child alleged to be in need of protection or services which can be ordered by the court, and if one of the following applies:

SB59,479,12 (1) Who The child is without a parent or guardian;.

SB59,479,13 (2) Who The child has been abandoned;.

SB59,479,15 (2m) Whose The child's parent has relinquished custody of the child under s. 48.195 (1);.

SB59,479,17 (3) Who The child has been the victim of abuse, as defined in s. 48.02 (1) (a) or (b) to (g), including injury that is self-inflicted or inflicted by another;.

SB59,479,21 (3m) Who The child is at substantial risk of becoming the victim of abuse, as defined in s. 48.02 (1) (a) or (b) to (g), including injury that is self-inflicted or inflicted by another, based on reliable and credible information that another child in the home has been the victim of such abuse;.

SB59,479,24 (4) Whose The child's parent or guardian signs the petition requesting jurisdiction under this subsection and is unable or needs assistance to care for or provide necessary special treatment or care for the child;.

SB59,480,3 (4m) Whose The child's guardian is unable or needs assistance to care for or provide necessary special treatment or care for the child, but is unwilling or unable to sign the petition requesting jurisdiction under this subsection ;.

SB59,480,4 (5) Who The child has been placed for care or adoption in violation of law ;.

SB59,480,6 (8) Who The child is receiving inadequate care during the period of time a parent is missing, incarcerated, hospitalized or institutionalized ;.

SB59,480,10 (9) Who The child is at least age 12, signs the petition requesting jurisdiction under this subsection and is in need of special treatment or care which the parent, guardian or legal custodian is unwilling, neglecting, unable or needs assistance to provide;.

SB59,480,14 (10) Whose The child's parent, guardian or legal custodian neglects, refuses or is unable for reasons other than poverty to provide necessary care, food, clothing, medical or dental care or shelter so as to seriously endanger the physical health of the child;.

SB59,480,22 (10m) Whose The child's parent, guardian or legal custodian is at substantial risk of neglecting, refusing or being unable for reasons other than poverty to provide necessary care, food, clothing, medical or dental care or shelter so as to endanger seriously the physical health of the child, based on reliable and credible information that the child's parent, guardian or legal custodian has neglected, refused or been unable for reasons other than poverty to provide necessary care, food, clothing, medical or dental care or shelter so as to endanger seriously the physical health of another child in the home;.

SB59,481,2 (11) Who The child is suffering emotional damage for which the parent, guardian or legal custodian has neglected, refused or been unable and is neglecting, refusing or unable, for reasons other than poverty, to obtain necessary treatment or to take necessary steps to ameliorate the symptoms; .

SB59,481,5 (11m) Who The child is suffering from an alcohol and other drug abuse impairment, exhibited to a severe degree, for which the parent, guardian or legal custodian is neglecting, refusing or unable to provide treatment ; or.

SB59,481,7 (13) Who The child has not been immunized as required by s. 252.04 and not exempted under s. 252.04 (3).

SB59,493 Section 493. 48.13 (14) of the statutes is created to read:

SB59,481,12 48.13 (14) The child's parent is residing in a qualifying residential family-based treatment facility, signs the petition requesting jurisdiction under this subsection, and, with the department's consent, requests that the child reside with him or her at the qualifying residential family-based treatment facility.

SB59,494 Section 494. 48.207 (1) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

SB59,481,17 48.207 (1) (L) With a parent in a qualifying residential family-based treatment facility if the child's permanency plan includes a recommendation for such a placement under s. 48.38 (4) (em) before the placement is made and the parent consents to the placement.

SB59,495 Section 495 . 48.345 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,481,21 48.345 (3) (c) A foster home licensed under s. 48.62, a group home licensed under s. 48.625, a foster home, group home, or similar facility regulated in another state, or in the home of a guardian under s. 48.977 (2).

SB59,496 Section 496 . 48.345 (3) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,482,2 48.345 (3) (cm) A group home described in s. 48.625 (1m) or a similar facility regulated in another state, if the child is at least 12 years of age, is a custodial parent, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (b), or an expectant mother, is receiving inadequate care, and is in need of a safe and structured living arrangement.

SB59,497 Section 497 . 48.345 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB59,482,6 48.345 (3) (d) A residential treatment care center for children and youth operated by a child welfare agency licensed under s. 48.60, or a similar facility regulated in another state.

SB59,498 Section 498. 48.345 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB59,482,11 48.345 (3) (e) With a parent in a qualifying residential family-based treatment facility, or a similar facility regulated in another state, if the child's permanency plan includes a recommendation for such a placement under s. 48.38 (4) (em) before the placement is made.