AB56,557,105 50.04 (2g) (a) Subject to sub. (2i), a A nursing home shall, within the time
6period after inquiry by a prospective resident that is prescribed by the department
7by rule, inform the prospective resident of the services of a resource center under s.
846.283, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, and the availability of a functional
9screening and a financial and cost-sharing screening to determine the prospective
10resident's eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1).
AB56,742 11Section 742. 50.04 (2h) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,557,1612 50.04 (2h) (a) (intro.) Subject to sub. (2i), a A nursing home shall, within the
13time period prescribed by the department by rule, refer to a resource center under
14s. 46.283 a person who is seeking admission, who is at least 65 years of age or has
15developmental disability or physical disability and whose disability or condition is
16expected to last at least 90 days, unless any of the following applies:
AB56,743 17Section 743. 50.04 (2i) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,744 18Section 744. 50.04 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,745 19Section 745. 50.06 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,558,520 50.06 (7) An individual who consents to an admission under this section may
21request that an assessment be conducted for the incapacitated individual under the
22long-term support community options program under s. 46.27 (6) or, if the secretary
23has certified under s. 46.281 (3) that a resource center is available for the individual,

24a functional screening and a financial and cost-sharing screening to determine
25eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1). If admission is sought on

1behalf of the incapacitated individual or if the incapacitated individual is about to
2be admitted on a private pay basis, the individual who consents to the admission may
3waive the requirement for a financial and cost-sharing screening under s. 46.283 (4)
4(g), unless the incapacitated individual is expected to become eligible for medical
5assistance within 6 months.
AB56,746 6Section 746 . 51.03 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,558,107 51.03 (7) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (dg), the department shall
8award grants to regional crisis stabilization facilities for adults. The department
9shall establish criteria for a regional crisis stabilization facility to receive a grant
10under this subsection.
AB56,747 11Section 747. 51.06 (8) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,558,1612 51.06 (8) (b) 6. The extent of Medical Assistance provided to relocated or
13diverted individuals that is in addition to Medical Assistance provided to the
14individuals under s. 46.27 (11), 46.275, 46.277, or 46.278, as a family care benefit
15under ss. 46.2805 to 46.2895, or under any other home-based or community-based
16program for which the department has received a waiver under 42 USC 1396n (c).
AB56,748 17Section 748. 51.42 (3) (ar) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,559,518 51.42 (3) (ar) 3. Plan for and establish a community developmental disabilities
19program to deliver the services required under s. 51.437 if, under s. 51.437 (4g) (b),
20the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department of
21community programs or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a
22multicounty department of community programs transfer the powers and duties of
23the county department under s. 51.437 to the county department of community
24programs. The county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county
25department of community programs and the county boards of supervisors in counties

1with a multicounty department of community programs may designate the county
2department of community programs to which these powers and duties have been
3transferred as the administrative agency of the long-term support community
4options program under s. 46.27 (3) (b) 1. and 5. and
the community integration
5programs under ss. 46.275, 46.277 and 46.278.
AB56,749 6Section 749. 51.421 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,559,157 51.421 (1) Purpose. In order to provide the least restrictive and most
8appropriate care and treatment for persons with serious and persistent mental
9illness, community support programs should be available in all parts of the state.
10In order to integrate community support programs with other long-term care
11programs, community support programs shall be coordinated, to the greatest extent
12possible, with the community options program under s. 46.27, with the protective
13services system in a county, with the medical assistance program under subch. IV of
14ch. 49 and with other care and treatment programs for persons with serious and
15persistent mental illness.
AB56,750 16Section 750. 51.422 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,559,2417 51.422 (1) Program creation. The department shall create 2 or 3 new, regional
18comprehensive opioid treatment programs, and in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium,
19shall create 2 or 3 additional regional comprehensive opioid and methamphetamine
20treatment programs, to provide treatment for opioid and opiate addiction and
21methamphetamine addiction in underserved, high-need areas. The department
22shall obtain and review proposals for opioid and methamphetamine treatment
23programs in accordance with its request-for-proposal procedures. A program under
24this section may not offer methadone treatment.
AB56,751 25Section 751 . 51.422 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,560,10
151.422 (2) Program components. An opioid or methamphetamine treatment
2program created under this section shall offer an assessment to individuals in need
3of service to determine what type of treatment is needed. The program shall
4transition individuals to a certified residential program, if that level of treatment is
5necessary. The program shall provide counseling, medication-assisted treatment,
6including both long-acting opioid antagonist and partial agonist medications that
7have been approved by the federal food and drug administration if for treating opioid
8addiction, and abstinence-based treatment. The program shall transition
9individuals who have completed treatment to county-based or private
10post-treatment care.
AB56,752 11Section 752. 51.441 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,560,18 1251.441 Comprehensive mental health consultation program. The
13department shall convene a statewide group of interested persons, including at least
14one representative of the Medical College of Wisconsin, to develop a concept paper,
15business plan, and standards for a comprehensive mental health consultation
16program that incorporates general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, addiction
17medicine and psychiatry, a perinatal psychiatry consultation program, and the child
18psychiatry consultation program under s. 51.442.
AB56,753 19Section 753. 54.21 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,560,2220 54.21 (2) (g) The current and likely future effect of the proposed transfer of
21assets on the ward's eligibility for public benefits, including medical assistance or a
22benefit under s. 46.27
.
AB56,754 23Section 754. 54.34 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,560,2524 54.34 (1) (k) Whether the proposed ward is a recipient of a public benefit,
25including medical assistance or a benefit under s. 46.27.
AB56,755
1Section 755. 59.17 (2) (b) 7. of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,756 2Section 756. 59.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,561,123 59.40 (4) Clerk of circuit court; debt collector contract. If authorized by
4the board under s. 59.52 (28), the clerk of circuit court may contract with a debt
5collector, as defined in s. 427.103 (3), or enter into an agreement with the department
6of revenue under s. 71.93 (8) for the collection of debt. Any contract entered into with
7a debt collector shall provide that the debt collector shall be paid from the proceeds
8recovered by the debt collector. Any contract entered into with the department shall
9provide that the department shall charge a collection fee, as provided under s. 71.93
10(8) (b) 1. (am). The net proceeds received by the clerk of circuit court after the
11payment to the debt collector shall be considered the amount of debt collected for
12purposes of distribution to the state and county under sub. (2) (m).
AB56,757 13Section 757. 59.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: