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Wisconsin Statutes Social Services (Ch. 46 to 58) § 46.995. Disabled children's long-term support program; local funding

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) A county shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost incurred by an entity to administer services provided without state funding under the disabled children's long-term support program for a child enrolled in the program after December 31, 2010.

(2) A county shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost of services provided without state funding under the disabled children's long-term support program.

(2g)(a) The department may require a county to maintain a specified level of contribution for the disabled children's long-term support program. The department shall determine the amount of contribution that a county is required to maintain based on the historical county expenditures for the disabled children's long-term support program.

(b) Beginning in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium and thereafter, counties shall cooperate with the department to determine an equitable funding methodology and county contribution mechanism for contribution for the disabled children's long-term support program under par. (a) and to ensure that county contributions determined by the department are expended for the disabled children's long-term support program in the counties.

(2r) The department may contract with a county or a group of counties to deliver disabled children's long-term support program services.

(3) An individual who is performing services for a person receiving long-term care benefits under any children's long-term support waiver program on a self-directed basis and who does not otherwise have worker's compensation coverage for those services is considered, for purposes of worker's compensation coverage, to be an employee of the entity that is providing financial management services for that person.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Social Services (Ch. 46 to 58) § 46.995. Disabled children's long-term support program; local funding - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/social-services-ch-46-to-58/wi-st-46-995/

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