DHS 89.56(3)(f)
(f) That medical assistance or medical assistance waiver reimbursement for new admissions to the facility be denied until all violations are corrected.
DHS 89.56(3)(g)
(g) That payment be disallowed for services provided during the period of noncompliance.
DHS 89.56(3)(h)
(h) That a residential care apartment complex cease operations if it is without a valid certification.
DHS 89.56(3)(i)
(i) That the facility's certification be summarily suspended following procedures in ch.
227, Stats., when the department finds that public health, safety or welfare requires emergency action.
DHS 89.56(4)
(4)
Penalties. The department may directly assess a forfeiture of from $10 to $1,000 per violation per day for violations which it determines to be harmful to the health, safety, welfare or rights of tenants.
DHS 89.56(5)
(5)
Disclosure. A certified residential care apartment complex shall make the results of the most recent department monitoring visit and of any complaint investigation or enforcement action within the current certification period available on request to tenants and prospective tenants and their families or representatives. A residential care apartment complex shall immediately notify all tenants and tenants' designated representatives, where appropriate, of any notice of summary suspension under sub.
(3) (i) and the reasons for the summary suspension.
DHS 89.57(1)(1)
Revocation. The department may revoke a residential care apartment complex's certification whenever the department finds that the residential care apartment complex has failed to maintain compliance with one or more of the requirements set forth in this chapter. In the event of revocation, the department shall provide the residential care apartment complex with prior written notice of the proposed action, the reasons for the action and notice of opportunity for appeal under s.
DHS 89.59.
DHS 89.57(2)
(2)
Notification
. A residential care apartment complex shall immediately notify all tenants and tenants' designated representatives, where appropriate, of any notice of revocation under sub.
(1) and the reasons for the revocation.
DHS 89.58
DHS 89.58
Coercion and retaliation prohibited. No person may engage in any form of coercion to prevent a tenant, employee or service provider from filing a complaint about a residential care apartment complex or any form of retaliation against a tenant, employee or service provider for filing a complaint.
DHS 89.59(1)(1)
Any facility for which an application for certification is denied or not renewed, for which certification is revoked or summarily suspended or which is subject to an order for sanctions or penalties may request a hearing on that decision under s.
227.42, Stats. The hearing on a summary suspension order shall be limited to whether the reason for the order continues.
DHS 89.59(2)
(2) A request for a hearing shall be in writing and shall be filed with the department of administration's division of hearings and appeals within 10 days after the date of the notice under s.
DHS 89.53 (2) (c) or
(4) (b),
89.56 (1) or
89.57 (1) or within 10 days after the date of the order under s.
DHS 89.56 (3). An appeal is filed on the date that it is received by the division of hearings and appeals.
DHS 89.59 Note
Note: A request for a hearing should be submitted to the Division of Hearings and Appeals, P.O. Box 7875, Madison, Wisconsin 53707.
subch. VI of ch. DHS 89
Subchapter VI — Approval of Partial Conversion of a Nursing Home or Community-Based Residential Facility
DHS 89.61
DHS 89.61
Submission of additional information. An applicant for registration or certification seeking to convert a separate area of a nursing home or community-based residential facility to a residential care apartment complex shall submit all of the following information with the application:
DHS 89.61(3)
(3) The number of licensed nursing home beds which the applicant agrees to delicense.
DHS 89.61 Note
Note: Section
50.034 (4), Stats., requires that a nursing home agree to reduce its licensed nursing home beds by the corresponding number of living units proposed for the conversion. The Wisconsin Veterans Home at King is exempt from this requirement.
DHS 89.62
DHS 89.62
Application review and approval. DHS 89.62(1)(1)
The department shall review the additional information submitted under s.
DHS 89.61 with the application and may conduct site visits to determine whether the facility meets the requirements for distinct part facilities under s.
DHS 89.22 (4).
DHS 89.62(2)
(2) If the requirements of this chapter are met, the department shall issue a statement of registration or certification to the applicant.
DHS 89.62(3)
(3) If the requirements of this chapter are not met, the department shall issue a notice of denial to the applicant.
DHS 89.62(4)
(4) The department shall issue the registration or certification or notice of denial within 70 days after receiving the additional information required under s.
DHS 89.61 and completing any site visit. A notice of denial shall include reasons for the action and notice of opportunity for appeal under s.
DHS 89.45 or
89.59.
DHS 89.62(5)
(5) There shall be a fee for application review in an amount determined by the department.
DHS 89.62 History
History:
Cr.
Register, February, 1997, No. 494, eff. 3-1-97.
