DHS 61.43DHS 61.43 Domiciliary care service. Domiciliary care services are provided by the state developmental disabilities centers.

DHS 61.43(1)(1) Personnel. There shall be an administrator and staff as required under ch. DHS 134, and federal standards regulating intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

DHS 61.43(2)(2) Program.

DHS 61.43(2)(a)(a) Program requirements shall comply with appropriate sections of ch. DHS 134, and federal standards regulating intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

DHS 61.43 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, January, 1980, No. 289, eff. 2-1-80; corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, June, 1995, No. 474; corrections in (1) and (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, October, 1999, No. 526; corrections in (1) and (2) (a) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; 2019 Wis. Act 1: am. (1), (2) (a) Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19.

DHS 61.44DHS 61.44 Special living arrangements services. Special living arrangements may provide living quarters, meals and supportive services up to 24 hour per day for people in need of assistance in the areas of community and daily living but who require less care and supervision than is characteristic of individuals needing domiciliary or nursing home care. Special living arrangement services may be provided in foster homes, group foster homes, halfway houses, community based residential facilities, child welfare institutions, homes and apartments.

DHS 61.44(1)(1) Personnel. Staff shall possess the personal qualities, skills and education necessary to meet the needs of the residents and comply with the appropriate sections of Wisconsin statutes, administrative codes and licensing rules.

DHS 61.44(2)(2) Program.

DHS 61.44(2)(a)(a) Program requirements shall comply with appropriate sections of Wisconsin statutes, administrative codes and licensing rules.

DHS 61.44(2)(b)(b) The individual receiving special living arrangement services shall be employed or otherwise engaged away from the residential setting in accordance with the individual’s service plan except in child welfare institutions.

DHS 61.44(2)(c)(c) When special living arrangements are provided on a respite basis they shall meet the requirements of this section.

DHS 61.44(2)(e)(e) Appointed staff supervising the special living arrangement shall send a written report to the case manager or his or her designee at least every 6 months. The report shall contain a statement on progress toward the goals of the service plan and the recommendations for change in the service plan.

DHS 61.45DHS 61.45 Transportation services. Transportation services provide for the necessary travel of a developmentally disabled individual and if necessary, escorts to and from places in which the individual is receiving services recommended in the individual’s service plan. Transportation may include taking services to the homebound, and includes but is not limited to delivery of raw materials and pick up of the finished product from homebound industries.

DHS 61.45(1)(1) Personnel.

DHS 61.45(1)(a)(a) Any person operating a motor vehicle which transports either people with developmental disabilities or the products of their homebound industry, shall hold an appropriate operator’s license from the department of transportation.

DHS 61.45(2)(2) Program.

DHS 61.45(2)(b)(b) When possible, transportation services shall be coordinated with the efforts of voluntary agencies and other agencies serving community groups.

DHS 61.46(1)(1) Protective services are a system of continuing socio-legal services designed to assist individuals who are unable to manage their own resources or to protect themselves from neglect, abuse, exploitation or degrading treatment and to help them exercise their rights as citizens. This system ensures that no right of a person with a developmental disability shall be modified without due process. It must be emphasized that insofar as protective services are concerned, it is not the services that are distinctive but rather the individual for whom the services are intended, along with reasons why the services are being provided.

DHS 61.46(2)(2) Protective services shall be provided under applicable sections of chs. 48, 54 and 55, Stats., and applicable sections of the department’s administrative code.

DHS 61.46(3)(3) If any developmental disabilities services are provided as part of protective services, they shall comply with the appropriate standard.