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 a. of the statutes is repealed.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AB56,459 Section 459. 46.2803 of the statutes is repealed.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