9,477
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477. 46.287 (2) (a) 1. e. of the statutes is repealed.
9,478
Section
478. 46.287 (2) (a) 1. f. of the statutes is repealed.
9,479
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479. 46.287 (2) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
46.287 (2) (a) 1m. Except as provided in subd. 2., a client may contest any of the following adverse benefit determinations by filing, within 90 days of the failure of a care management organization to act on a contested adverse benefit determination within the time frames specified by rule by the department or within 90 days after receipt of notice of a decision upholding the adverse benefit determination, a written request for a hearing under s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals created under s. 15.103 (1):
a. Denial of functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) as a result of the care management organization's administration of the long-term care functional screen, including a change from a nursing home level of care to a non-nursing home level of care.
c. Denial or limited authorization of a requested service, including determinations based on type or level of service, requirements or medical necessity, appropriateness, setting, or effectiveness of a covered benefit.
d. Reduction, suspension, or termination of a previously authorized service, unless the service was only authorized for a limited amount or duration and that amount or duration has been completed.
e. Denial, in whole or in part, of payment for a service.
f. The failure of a care management organization to act within the time frames provided in 42 CFR 438.408 (b) (1) and (2) regarding the standard resolution of grievances and appeals.
g. Denial of an enrollee's request to dispute financial liability, including copayments, premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, other cost sharing, and other member financial liabilities.
h. Denial of an enrollee, who is a resident of a rural area with only one care management organization, to obtain services outside the care management organization's network of contracted providers.
i. Development of a plan of care that is unacceptable to the enrollee because the plan of care requires the enrollee to live in a place that is unacceptable to the enrollee; the plan of care does not provide sufficient care, treatment, or support to meet the enrollee's needs and support the enrollee's identified outcomes; or the plan of care requires the enrollee to accept care, treatment, or support that is unnecessarily restrictive or unwanted by the enrollee.
j. Involuntary disenrollment from the care management organization.
9,480
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480. 46.287 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.287 (2) (b) An enrollee may contest a decision, omission or action of a care management organization other than those specified in par. (a), or may contest the choice of service provider. In these instances, the enrollee shall first send a written request for review by the unit of the department that monitors care management organization contracts. This unit shall review and attempt to resolve the dispute. 1m. by filing a grievance with the care management organization. If the dispute grievance is not resolved to the satisfaction of the enrollee, he or she may request a hearing under the procedures specified in par. (a) 1. (intro.) that the department review the decision of the care management organization.
9,481
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481. 46.288 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.288 (2) and amended to read:
46.288 (2) Criteria and procedures for determining functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a), financial eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (b), and cost sharing under s. 46.286 (2) (a). The rules for determining functional eligibility under s. 46.286 (1) (a) 1m. shall be substantially similar to eligibility criteria for receipt of the long-term support community options program under s. 46.27. Rules under this subsection shall include definitions of the following terms applicable to s. 46.286:
9,482
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482. 46.288 (2) (d) to (j) of the statutes are repealed.
9,483
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483. 46.2896 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2896 (1) (a) “Long-term care program" means the long-term care program under s. 46.27, 46.275, 46.277, 46.278, or 46.2785; the family care program providing the benefit under s. 46.286; the Family Care Partnership program; or the long-term care program defined in s. 46.2899 (1).
9,484
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484. 46.536 of the statutes is amended to read:
46.536 Mobile crisis team Crisis program enhancement grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (cf), the department shall award grants in the total amount of $250,000 in each fiscal biennium to counties or regions comprised of multiple counties to establish certified or enhance crisis programs that create mental health mobile crisis teams to serve individuals having mental health crises in rural areas. The department shall award a grant under this section in an amount equal to one-half the amount of money the county or region provides to establish certified or enhance crisis programs that create mobile crisis teams.
9,485
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485. 46.82 (3) (a) 13. of the statutes is repealed.
9,488
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488. 47.07 of the statutes is created to read:
47.07 Project SEARCH. (1) The department shall allocate for each fiscal year at least $250,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) for contracts entered into under this section.
(2) The department may enter into contracts to provide services to persons with disabilities under the Project SEARCH program operated by the Cincinnati Children's Hospital or its successor organization.
9,491
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491. 48.02 (14m) of the statutes is created to read:
48.02 (14m) “Qualifying residential family-based treatment facility” means a certified residential family-based alcohol or drug abuse treatment facility that meets all of the following criteria:
(a) The treatment facility provides, as part of the treatment for substance abuse, parenting skills training, parent education, and individual and family counseling.