AB56: Bill Text

AB56,463,1 a. The right to claim authorship of the work of art.

AB56,463,3 b. The right to reproduce the work of art, including all rights secured to the artist under federal copyright laws.

AB56,463,5 (5) Board responsibilities. After acquisition of a work of art under sub. (4), the board shall do all of the following:

AB56,463,6 (a) Ensure proper execution of the work of art if it is a new original work of art.

AB56,463,7 (b) Ensure that the work of art is properly installed within the public view.

AB56,463,10 (c) Cooperate with the building commission and consult with the artist or the artist's representative to ensure that the work of art is properly maintained and is not artistically altered without the consent of the artist or the artist's representative.

AB56,463,17 (d) Ensure that the work of art is maintained and displayed in or on the grounds of the state building for at least 25 years, unless, after consultation with the state agency making principal use of the building to which the work of art is appurtenant, the board finds that earlier removal is in the public interest. When a work of art acquired under this section is removed from a state building, the board shall loan the work of art to an accredited museum in the state or to an educational or other appropriate public institution capable of maintaining and exhibiting the work of art.

AB56,427 Section 427. 45.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,464,8 45.03 (15) Deferral of payments and interest on loans. When a veteran or a member of the veteran's family makes application for deferment of payment of monthly installments and waiver of interest charges on veterans loans made under this chapter, showing that the ability of the veteran to make payment is materially and adversely affected by reason of military service, the department may, with the approval of the board, defer payment of monthly installments and waive interest charges on veterans loans made under this chapter for the duration of any period of service in the armed forces of the United States during a national emergency or in time of war or under P.L. 87-117 and 6 months from date of discharge or separation and the time for payment may be extended for the same period. However, when funds estimated to be received in the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund to pay debt service on public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zn) and (zo) are less than the funds estimated to be required for the payment of the debt service, the board may grant deferral of payments and interest on loans provided under s. 45.37 only when so required by federal law.

AB56,428 Section 428. 45.03 (16) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,464,13 45.03 (16) (c) 2. (intro.) The department shall declare immediately due and payable any loan made after July 29, 1979, under a program administered by the department under s. 45.40 or subch. III, if it finds that the loan was granted to an ineligible person due to any of the following circumstances:

AB56,429 Section 429. 45.03 (16) (c) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,464,16 45.03 (16) (c) 3. (intro.) Loan application forms processed by the department for programs administered under s. 45.40 or subch. III shall do all of the following:

AB56,430 Section 430. 45.03 (16) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,464,20 45.03 (16) (c) 4. The department shall incorporate the payment acceleration requirements of subd. 2. in all loan documents for programs administered by the department under s. 45.40 or subch. III.

AB56,431 Section 431. Subchapter III of chapter 45 [precedes 45.30] of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,432 Section 432. 45.42 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,465,5 45.42 (4) The department may execute necessary instruments, collect interest and principal, compromise indebtedness, sue and be sued, post bonds, and write off indebtedness that it considers uncollectible. If a loan under this section is secured by a real estate mortgage, the department may exercise the rights of owners and mortgagees generally and the rights and powers set forth in s. 45.32 , 2017 stats. The department shall pay all interest and principal repaid on the loan into the veterans trust fund.

AB56,433 Section 433. 45.42 (8) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,434 Section 434. 45.42 (8) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 45.42 (8).

AB56,435 Section 435. 45.48 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,465,13 45.48 Veterans outreach and recovery program. (1) To be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (qs), the department shall administer a program to provide outreach, mental health services, and support to individuals who reside in this state, who may have a mental health condition or substance use disorder, and who meet one of the following conditions:

AB56,465,15 (a) Are serving in the national guard of any state or a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces.

AB56,465,19 (b) Served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, or the national guard of any state and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

AB56,465,21 (2) The eligibility requirements under s. 45.02 do not apply to an individual receiving services under sub. (1).

AB56,465,23 (3) The department may provide payments to facilitate the provision of services under sub. (1).

AB56,436 Section 436 . 45.57 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,466,5 45.57 Veterans homes; transfer of funding. The department may transfer all or part of the unencumbered balance of any of the appropriations under s. 20.485 (1) (g), (gd), (gk), or (i) to the veterans trust fund or to the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund. The department shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing of any balance transferred under this section.

AB56,437 Section 437. 46.057 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,467,3 46.057 (1) The department shall establish, maintain, and operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. The department may designate staff at the Mendota Mental Health Institute as responsible for administering, and providing services at, the center. Notwithstanding ss. 301.02, 301.03, and 301.36 (1), the department shall operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center as a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p). The center shall not be considered a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), a state treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (15), or a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19). The center shall provide psychological and psychiatric evaluations and treatment for juveniles whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in other juvenile correctional facilities or in secured residential care centers for children and youth and whose mental health needs can be met at the center. With the approval of the department of health services, the department of corrections may transfer to the center any juvenile who has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (4m), or 938.357 (3), (4), or (5) (e) in the same manner that the department of corrections transfers juveniles between other juvenile correctional facilities. Upon the recommendation of Subject to s. 938.357 (3) (c), with the approval of the department of health services, a court may place a juvenile at the center in a proceeding for a change in placement order under s. 938.357 (3).

AB56,438 Section 438 . 46.057 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, section 15, and 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB56,468,2 46.057 (1) The department shall establish, maintain, and operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. The department may designate staff at the Mendota Mental Health Institute as responsible for administering, and providing services at, the center. Notwithstanding ss. 301.02, 301.03, and 301.36 (1), the department shall operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center as a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p). The center shall not be considered a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), a state treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (15), or a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19). The center shall provide psychological and psychiatric evaluations and treatment for juveniles whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in other juvenile correctional facilities or in secured residential care centers for children and youth and whose mental health needs can be met at the center. With the approval of the department of health services, the department of corrections may transfer to the center any juvenile who has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), or 938.357 (3), (4), or (5) (e) in the same manner that the department of corrections transfers juveniles between other juvenile correctional facilities. Subject to s. 938.357 (3) (c), with the approval of the department of health services, a court may place a juvenile at the center in a proceeding for a change in placement order under s. 938.357 (3).

AB56,439 Section 439. 46.057 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,468,7 46.057 (1m) Only the director of the Mendota Mental Health Institute, or his or her designee, is authorized to make decisions regarding the admission of juveniles to and treatment of juveniles at the center and the release and return of juveniles to the appropriate state or county facility.

AB56,440 Section 440. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,468,17 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $2,869,200 $3,224,100 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $2,932,600 $5,878,100 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21, for services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.

AB56,441 Section 441. 46.10 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,469,4 46.10 (16) The department shall delegate to county departments under ss. 51.42 and 51.437 or the local providers of care and services meeting the standards established by the department under s. 46.036, the responsibilities vested in the department under this section for collection of patient fees for services other than those provided at state facilities, those provided to children that are reimbursed under a waiver under s. 46.27 (11), 46.275, 46.278, or 46.2785, or those provided under the disabled children's long-term support program if the county departments or providers meet the conditions that the department determines are appropriate. The department may delegate to county departments under ss. 51.42 and 51.437 the responsibilities vested in the department under this section for collection of patient fees for services provided at the state facilities if the necessary conditions are met.

AB56,442 Section 442. 46.21 (2m) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,469,9 46.21 (2m) (b) 1. a. The powers and duties of the county departments under ss. 46.215, 51.42 and 51.437, including the administration of the long-term support community options program under s. 46.27, if the county department under s. 46.215 is designated as the administering agency under s. 46.27 (3) (b) 1.

AB56,443 Section 443. 46.21 (2m) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,444 Section 444. 46.215 (1) (m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,445 Section 445. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. e. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,446 Section 446. 46.23 (3) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,447 Section 447. 46.269 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,469,25 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 state-funded benefits under s. 46.27 or medical assistance under s. 49.472 in determining financial eligibility and cost-sharing requirements, if any, for a long-term care program under s. 46.27, 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).

AB56,448 Section 448. 46.27 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,449 Section 449. 46.271 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,470,5 46.271 (1) (c) The department may contract with an aging unit, as defined in s. 46.27 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.

AB56,450 Section 450. 46.275 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,451 Section 451. 46.275 (5) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,470,11 46.275 (5) (b) 7. Provide services in any community-based residential facility unless the county or department uses as a service contract the approved model contract developed under s. 46.27 (2) (j), 2017 stats., or a contract that includes all of the provisions of the approved model contract.

AB56,452 Section 452. 46.277 (1m) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,470,16 46.277 (1m) (at) “Private nonprofit agency" has the meaning specified in s. 46.27 (1) (bm) means a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17), that provides a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under 42 USC 1395eee or 1396u-4.

AB56,453 Section 453. 46.277 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,471,2 46.277 (3) (a) Sections 46.27 (3) (b) and Section 46.275 (3) (a) and (c) to (e) apply applies to county participation in this program, except that services provided in the program shall substitute for care provided a person in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility who meets the level of care requirements for medical assistance reimbursement to that facility rather than for care provided at a state center for the developmentally disabled. The number of persons who receive services provided by the program under this paragraph may not exceed the number of nursing home beds, other than beds specified in sub. (5g) (b), that are delicensed as part of a plan submitted by the facility and approved by the department.

AB56,454 Section 454 . 46.277 (5) (d) 2. (intro.) and b. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 46.277 (5) (d) 2. and amended to read:

AB56,471,12 46.277 (5) (d) 2. No county may use funds received under this section to provide residential services in any community-based residential facility, as defined in s. 50.01 (1g), unless one of the following applies: b. The the department approves the provision of services in a community-based residential facility that entirely consists of independent apartments, each of which has an individual lockable entrance and exit and individual separate kitchen, bathroom, sleeping and living areas, to individuals who are eligible under this section and are physically disabled or are at least 65 years of age.

AB56,455 Section 455. 46.277 (5) (d) 2. a. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,456 Section 456. 46.277 (5) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,471,21 46.277 (5) (d) 3. If subd. 2. a. or b. applies, no county may use funds received under this section to pay for services provided to a person who resides or intends to reside in a community-based residential facility and who is initially applying for the services, if the projected cost of services for the person, plus the cost of services for existing participants, would cause the county to exceed the limitation under sub. (3) (c). The department may grant an exception to the requirement under this subdivision, under the conditions specified by rule, to avoid hardship to the person.

AB56,457 Section 457. 46.277 (5) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,472,2 46.277 (5) (f) No county or private nonprofit agency may use funds received under this subsection to provide services in any community-based residential facility unless the county or agency uses as a service contract the approved model contract developed under s. 46.27 (2) (j), 2017 stats., or a contract that includes all of the provisions of the approved model contract.

AB56,458 Section 458. 46.278 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,472,11 46.278 (4) (a) Sections 46.27 (3) (b) and Section 46.275 (3) (a) and (c) to (e) apply applies to county participation in a program, except that services provided in the program shall substitute for care provided a person in an intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability or in a brain injury rehabilitation facility who meets the intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability or brain injury rehabilitation facility level of care requirements for medical assistance reimbursement to that facility rather than for care provided at a state center for the developmentally disabled.

AB56,459 Section 459. 46.2803 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,460 Section 460. 46.2805 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,472,16 46.2805 (1) (b) A demonstration program known as the Wisconsin partnership Family Care Partnership program under a federal waiver authorized under 42 USC 1315 1396n.

AB56,461 Section 461 . 46.281 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,472,25 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.

AB56,462 Section 462. 46.281 (1n) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,463 Section 463. 46.281 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,464 Section 464. 46.2825 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,465 Section 465. 46.283 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,473,10 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.

AB56,466 Section 466. 46.283 (4) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,467 Section 467. 46.283 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,473,16 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.

AB56,468 Section 468. 46.283 (6) (b) 7. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,469 Section 469. 46.283 (6) (b) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,473,22 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.

AB56,470 Section 470. 46.283 (6) (b) 10. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,471 Section 471. 46.285 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.285 and amended to read:

AB56,474,6 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:.

AB56,472 Section 472. 46.285 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,473 Section 473. 46.285 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,474 Section 474. 46.286 (3) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,475 Section 475. 46.287 (2) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,474,16 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):