Senate Bill 491
Requiring an aging and disability resource center to perform a financial screening for, provide information to, and assist individuals choosing to participate in the self-directed services option (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services)
Topics: Aging and Long-Term Care, Board on, Health Services, Department of: Supportive living and treatment, Nursing homes and adult care, Persons with disabilities, Statutes: Revision
Became law
The governor signed it on May 6, 2010. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Jan 25, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Apr 13, 2010
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Apr 20, 2010
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2009 Wisconsin Act 247
Latest entry in the official record, May 10, 2010: “Published 5-19-2010”
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) contracts with an aging and disability resource center (resource center) to provide information and referral services in areas where the Family Care program is operating. The resource center currently must provide information about its services to all older persons and persons with a physical disability who reside in a nursing home, community-based residential facility, adult family home, or residential care apartment complex (collectively "facility"). The resource center also screens individuals to determine whether they are eligible for the Family Care program. The resource center must perform a functional screening and a financial and cost-sharing screening for older persons and persons with a physical disability who are residents or prospective residents of a facility and who request a screening. The resource center must then assist an individual who chooses to enroll in a care management organization, which administers benefits under the Family Care program.
Currently, DHS also administers the self-directed services option, known as IRIS. This self-directed services option operates under a waiver of federal Medicaid laws and allows elderly and physically and developmentally disabled individuals to direct how their benefit is spent and select their own providers.
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This bill requires the resource center to provide information about the self-directed services option and expands the people to whom information must be given to include adults with developmental disabilities. The bill specifies that the resource center needs to provide the information only to facility residents who are residents at the time when the Family Care benefit becomes available in the county where the facility is located. The bill also requires the resource center to assist those residents who choose to enroll in the self-directed services option.
For further information, see the Notes provided by the Law Revision Committee of the Joint Legislative Council.
Who's behind it
Law Revision Committee is its .
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Author (1)
- Law Revision Committee
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Public Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 4, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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May 10, 2010
The new law was published.
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May 6, 2010
The governor signed it. It became 2009 Wisconsin Act 247.
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May 4, 2010
Sent to the governor.
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Apr 20, 2010
The Assembly passed it too.
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Apr 14, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 14, 2010
The Assembly received it.
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Apr 13, 2010
The Senate passed it.
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Mar 4, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Feb 17, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 9, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 25, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation.
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Jan 25, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 25, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Law Revision Committee
- Jan 25, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation
- Feb 9, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 17, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 3, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 4, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 4, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Placed on calendar 4-13-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Read a second time
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:55 A.M. on 4-20-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- May 4, 2010 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 5-4-2010
- May 4, 2010 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 5-4-2010
- May 6, 2010 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 5-5-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 247
- May 10, 2010 · Senate
Published 5-19-2010
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote