DHS 122.06(4m)(b)2.2. The department may request additional information from the applicant within 10 days following receipt of the application by the department.
DHS 122.06(4m)(b)3.3. The department shall declare the application complete on the date which the department receives all the required information.
DHS 122.06 NoteNote: Upon written request, the department will provide technical assistance to any small business, as defined in s. 227.114 (1), Stats., or other small organization with fewer than 25 full-time employees or annual revenues of less than $2,500,000 regarding application materials and procedures. Requests should be sent to the Resource Allocation Program, Division of Health Care Access and Accountability, P.O. Box 309, Madison, Wisconsin 53701.
DHS 122.06(5)(5)Beginning of review period.
DHS 122.06(5)(a)(a) Beds, centers and pilot projects. The department shall publish in the ch. 150 newsletter of the office of management and policy and in a major daily newspaper in each affected planning area a list of all complete applications received under sub. (1), (3) or (3m), listing all applicants and describing their applications, within 20 days after the applications are declared complete. No person submitting an application may revise the cost or scope of the proposal after a notification of completeness has been made without the written consent of the department.
DHS 122.06(5)(b)(b) Other applications. The department shall publish in the ch. 150 newsletter of the office of management and policy and in a major daily newspaper in each affected planning area a list of all complete applications received under sub. (2) on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which it declares the applications complete.
DHS 122.06(5)(c)(c) Beginning of review period. The review period for applications shall begin on the publication date of the list under either par. (a) or (b).
DHS 122.06(6)(6)Public meeting. Upon the request of any affected party, the department shall hold a public meeting within 60 days following publication of the list of complete applications submitted under sub. (1), (2), (3) or (3m). This meeting shall be used to elicit testimony from affected parties about applications under review. The department shall maintain minutes or another record of the testimony. All requests for a public meeting shall be received by the department within 10 days after publication of the list of complete applications. The public meeting shall be held prior to the initial finding by the department.
DHS 122.06(7)(7)Department review and initial finding.
DHS 122.06(7)(a)(a) Review. The department shall review applications for their consistency with the criteria in s. DHS 122.07 and shall issue an initial finding to approve or reject an application within 75 days following publication of the complete applications list, unless an applicant asks for an extension or, in the case of competing applications, all applicants undergoing concurrent review agree to an extension or the review cycle is extended under sub. (8).
DHS 122.06(7)(b)(b) Initial finding. The department’s initial finding shall be based upon a comparative analysis of all applications undergoing concurrent review using the criteria specified in s. DHS 122.07.
DHS 122.06(7)(c)(c) Initial finding: converted beds. The following provisions apply to initial findings on applications for conversions to an FDD under s. DHS 122.02 (2) (a) and (c):
DHS 122.06(7)(c)1.1. The department may issue approvals during 1987 only to applicants who file applications by June 2, 1987.
DHS 122.06(7)(c)2.2. The department may delay the effective dates of approval to permit a gradual phase-in of conversions.
DHS 122.06(7)(c)3.3. The department may issue an approval authorizing the applicant to reconvert all or some of the FDD beds to non-FDD nursing home beds without subsequent review and approval under this chapter if the reconversion meets both of the following requirements:
DHS 122.06(7)(c)3.a.a. The department receives at least 30 days notice of reconversion, if all beds to be reconverted are unoccupied, or a notice that the facility has complied with the requirements of s. 50.03 (14) (c) to (e), Stats., if any bed to be reconverted is occupied; and
DHS 122.06(7)(c)3.b.b. Any partial reconversion results in a remaining FDD of at least 3 FDD beds which meets the provisions of s. DHS 122.07 (1m) (c).
DHS 122.06(8)(8)Extension. The department may extend by 60 days the review cycle of all applications undergoing concurrent review under sub. (1), if it finds that completing reviews within the cycle specified in sub. (7) is not feasible due to the volume of applications received from any planning area.
DHS 122.06(9)(9)Request for hearing.
DHS 122.06(9)(a)(a) An adversely affected applicant or HSA may file a written request for a public hearing under s. DHS 122.08 within 10 days after the date of the department’s initial finding under sub. (7). A hearing request is filed when it is received by the department. If no request for a hearing is made, or if a request is received after the 10-day limit, the department’s initial finding shall be the department’s final decision. Except as provided in par. (b), a timely request for hearing from an applicant undergoing concurrent review shall preclude issuance of an approval for a competing concurrent application until a final decision is issued by the secretary or a designee. Hearings shall be held in the manner prescribed in s. DHS 122.08.
DHS 122.06(9)(b)(b) When an applicant for conversion to an FDD under s. DHS 122.02 (2) (a) or (c) who has undergone concurrent review files a timely request for a hearing under s. DHS 122.08 on the initial finding, the department shall issue approvals for the competing concurrent applications that were initially approved but only for the number of beds that exceeds the number proposed by the applicant or applicants requesting a hearing. Approvals shall be issued in order beginning with the application which received the lowest score under s. DHS 122.07 (2) (am).
DHS 122.06(10)(10)Expedited review.
DHS 122.06(10)(a)(a) Conditions for expedited review. An application submitted under sub. (2) is subject to the requirements of this subsection rather than subs. (4m) (b), (5) (b) and (c) and (6) to (9) if:
DHS 122.06(10)(a)1.1. The project does not increase the bed capacity of or totally replace an existing nursing home and the project was developed pursuant to a department-approved plan of correction to remedy code-related physical plant deficiencies. Applications submitted to correct code violations shall provide evidence of the violations and approved plan of correction and shall not go beyond what is necessary to correct those deficiencies; or
DHS 122.06(10)(a)2.2. The application concerns a cost overrun on a previously approved project.
DHS 122.06(10)(b)(b) Timing of application. An application under par. (a) may be submitted at any time on forms prescribed by the department provided that at least 30 days notice has been given to the department of a person’s intent to submit the application and the applicant has received written authorization from the department to submit the application.
DHS 122.06(10)(c)(c) Review period. Applications which are subject to this subsection shall be reviewed by the department within 60 days of receipt of a complete application.
DHS 122.06(10)(d)(d) Completeness.
DHS 122.06(10)(d)1.1. The department shall have 5 working days to determine if the application is complete and, if incomplete, to issue a request for additional information to the applicant. An incomplete application is one in which: