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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 380

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removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, Family Care, Family Care Partnership, the Program of

All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and the self-directed services option

known as IRIS (collectively known as long-term care programs) provide

community-based, long-term care services to individuals who meet certain

functional and financial criteria and who are either frail elders or adults with

physical or developmental disabilities. In a county where a long-term care program

is available, the 2011-2013 biennial budget act (

2011 Wisconsin Act 32

) caps the

enrollment in long-term care programs until June 30, 2013, for a resource center

service area at the number of individuals enrolled in those programs in that service

area on June 30, 2011, with exceptions for certain individuals relocating from an

institutional facility. This bill removes the cap on enrollment in long-term care

programs.

Family Care currently is not available in all counties. The 2011-2013 biennial

budget act prohibits the Department of Health Services (DHS) from contracting with

entities to administer Family Care in a county that does not administer Family Care

as of July 1, 2011, unless DHS determines that administering Family Care in that

county would be more cost-effective than the current long-term care service delivery

mechanism. This bill eliminates the prohibition on expansion of Family Care.

The 2011-2013 biennial budget act allocates moneys for DHS to provide

services and support items offered through Family Care to individuals who are on

a waiting list for a long-term care program and who are in urgent need of long-term

care services, as determined by DHS. This bill eliminates that funding allocation.

Currently, as required by the 2011-2013 biennial budget act, DHS must study

various aspects of the cost-effectiveness of the long-term care programs. This bill

does not alter that requirement.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Jauch (D) , Moulton (R) , Risser (D) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

29 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Bernier (R) , Brooks (R) , Danou (D) , Doyle (D) , Endsley (R) , Fields (D) , Grigsby (D) , Holperin (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kaufert (R) , Kestell (R) , Lassa (D) , Miller (D) , Molepske Jr (D) , Pasch (D) , Petryk (R) , Richards (D) , Ripp (R) , Schultz (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spanbauer (R) , Staskunas (D) , Steinbrink (D) , Stone (R) , Tranel (R) , Van Roy (R) , Wynn (R) , Ziegelbauer (I)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 10, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0

Passed 33–0 Feb 14, 2012 official source full page

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 4, Noes 2

Passed 4–2 Feb 29, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 87, Noes 6, Paired 2

Passed 87–6 Mar 13, 2012 official source full page

Aye · 87

Not voting · 4

Assembly: Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37

Passed 57–37 Mar 13, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Refused to reject Assembly amendment 1, Ayes 36, Noes 58

Failed 36–58 Mar 13, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 17, 2012 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Moulton, Vukmir, Carpenter, Harsdorf, Erpenbach, Jauch, Wanggaard, Risser and C. Larson;Cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Kestell, Van Roy, Brooks, Doyle, A. Ott, Ziegelbauer, Bernier, Richards, Steinbrink, Ripp, Tranel, Molepske Jr, Grigsby, Stone, Endsley, Wynn, Fields, Staskunas, Jorgensen, Pasch, Sinicki, Petryk, Danou and Spanbauer

  2. Jan 17, 2012 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue

  3. Jan 18, 2012 · Senate

    Senator Schultz added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 25, 2012 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue and rereferred to committee on Health, pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c)

  5. Feb 9, 2012 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 9, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Feb 10, 2012 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Feb 10, 2012 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Feb 10, 2012 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Feb 10, 2012 · Senate

    Senator Holperin added as a coauthor

  11. Feb 13, 2012 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-14-2012 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Senator Lassa added as a coauthor

  13. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Senator Miller added as a coauthor

  14. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  17. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  18. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

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

  21. Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  22. Feb 24, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Knodl

  23. Feb 28, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  24. Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  25. Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly

    Report concurrence as amended recommended by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  26. Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  27. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules

  28. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Kooyenga

  29. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 withdrawn and returned to author

  30. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representatives Bernard Schaber, Barca and Pasch

  31. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:14 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  32. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  33. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  34. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Refused to reject Assembly amendment 1, Ayes 36, Noes 58

  35. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  36. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  37. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  38. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 87, Noes 6, Paired 2

  39. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  40. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  41. Mar 14, 2012 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  42. Mar 14, 2012 · Senate

    Rules suspended and taken up

  43. Mar 14, 2012 · Senate

    Assembly amendment 1 concurred in

  44. Mar 14, 2012 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  45. Mar 16, 2012 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-16-2012

  46. Mar 16, 2012 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-16-2012

  47. Mar 20, 2012 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-19-2012. 2011 Wisconsin Act 127

  48. Mar 21, 2012 · Senate

    Published 4-2-2012