March 21, 2025 - Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Testin, Dassler-Alfheim, James, Tomczyk, Wirch, Drake and Ratcliff, cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Franklin, Bare, Behnke, Donovan, Gundrum, Joers, Knodl, Kreibich, Mursau, O'Connor, Palmeri, Snyder, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio and Madison. Referred to Committee on Health.
SB152,1,3
1An Act to repeal 46.87 (5m); to amend 46.87 (5) (a) 3. and 46.87 (5) (b) of the 2statutes; relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and
3caregiver support program. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Health Services allocates funds to local agencies to assist eligible families with obtaining goods and services related to the care of a person with Alzheimer’s disease or another irreversible dementia. Currently, a person is financially eligible for the program if the joint income of the person with irreversible dementia and that person’s spouse, if any, is $48,000 per year or less. This bill repeals the financial eligibility requirement.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB152,14Section 1. 46.87 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: SB152,2,3546.87 (5) (a) 3. The household meets financial eligibility requirements
1specified in sub. (5m), and persons Persons in the household are ineligible for the 2family care benefit under s. 46.286 in a county in which a care management 3organization under s. 46.284 operates. SB152,24Section 2. 46.87 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: SB152,2,10546.87 (5) (b) Provide or contract for the provision of services and goods or 6make payments for services to a person with Alzheimer’s disease living in a 7residential facility in the county or in a residential facility associated with the tribe 8or band who meets financial eligibility requirements specified in sub. (5m) and is 9ineligible for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 in a county in which a care 10management organization under s. 46.284 operates. SB152,311Section 3. 46.87 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
