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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 259

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the care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia in residential care facilities, reports on residential care facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) licenses or

certifies various types of residential care facilities, including nursing homes,

community-based residential facilities (CBRFs), and adult family homes (AFHs).

Also under current law, DHS must annually give each nursing home a report that

includes the following information: 1) the nursing home's nursing staff to resident

ratio; 2) staff turnover for the nursing home and for other similar nursing homes in

the same geographic area; and 3) violations by the nursing home and by other similar

nursing homes in the same geographic area. DHS must also give nursing homes a

one-sheet summary of the report. Nursing homes must provide the summary to

every resident and prospective resident and must make the full report available to

any person who requests it.

This bill requires DHS to establish standards of care and treatment for people

with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia. The bill prohibits nursing homes,

CBRFs, and AFHs from holding themselves out as providing special services for

persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia unless DHS determines that

the facility satisfies the standards of care and treatment for people with Alzheimer's

disease or related dementia.

The bill also requires that, if a nursing home holds itself out as providing special

services for persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia, DHS must include

in the annual report DHS gives the nursing home a description of how the nursing

home satisfies the standards established by DHS for care and treatment for persons

with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia.

The bill requires DHS to annually give each CBRF and AFH a report that

includes information on violations by the CBRF or AFH and by any similar CBRF

or AFH in the same geographic area. In addition, if a CBRF or AFH holds itself out

as providing special services for persons with Alzheimer's disease or related

dementia, DHS must include in the report a description of how the CBRF or AFH

satisfies the standards established by DHS for care and treatment for persons with

Alzheimer's disease. DHS must also give each CBRF and AFH a summary of its

report. The bill requires each CBRF and AFH to provide the summary to each

resident and prospective resident of the CBRF or AFH.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Williams (D) , AARP-Wisconsin , Benedict (D) , Berceau (D) , Black (D) , Clark (D) , Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups , Disability Rights Wisconsin , Grigsby (D) , IndependenceFirst , J. Ott (R) , Krusick (D) , Long-Term Care , Lothian (R) , Mursau (R) , Pasch (D) , Pope-Roberts (D) , Richards (D) , Spanbauer (R) , Staskunas (D) , Turner (D) , Wisconsin Board on Aging , Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers , Zepnick (D) , by request of Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association Chapter Network

5 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Coggs (D) , Darling (R) , Smith (D) , Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. May 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Krusick, J. Ott, Pasch, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Clark, Grigsby, Lothian, Mursau, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Turner, A. Williams and Zepnick, by request of Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association Chapter Network, AARP-Wisconsin, Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Disability Rights Wisconsin, IndependenceFirst, Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long-Term Care, Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers;Cosponsored by Senators Darling, Coggs, Carpenter and Taylor

  2. May 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Aging and Long-Term Care

  3. May 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. May 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jul 29, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly

    Representative Smith added as a coauthor

  7. Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care

  10. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1