Chapter 46, SOCIAL SERVICES
127 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 46.548 Regional tertiary care center
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46.548 Regional tertiary care center. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, “eligible hospital” means a hospital that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The hospital is located in Waukesha County. (b) The hospital is certified under s. 50.35. (c) The hospital has 300 or more lic…
Wis. Stat. § 46.55 Grants for services to persons in treatment
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46.55 Grants for services to persons in treatment. 46.55(1)(1) The department shall award grants to county departments under s. 46.23 or 51.42 for the purpose of providing services to persons who are receiving alcohol and other drug abuse treatment, including child care services …
Wis. Stat. § 46.56 Initiatives to provide coordinated services for children and families
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46.56 Initiatives to provide coordinated services for children and families. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Administering agency” means a department designated by a county board of supervisors, by the Milwaukee County mental health board in Milwaukee County, or by a tribe…
Wis. Stat. § 46.57 Grants for services to persons with epilepsy
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46.57 Grants for services to persons with epilepsy. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Agency” means a private nonprofit organization or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 which provides or proposes to provide direct services or indirect servic…
Wis. Stat. § 46.65 Treatment alternative program
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46.65 Treatment alternative program. (1) The department shall implement a treatment alternative program. The department shall make grants to provide alcohol or other drug abuse services, as a treatment alternative in lieu of imprisonment, for eligible persons in need of those ser…
Wis. Stat. § 46.68 Trauma care hospital supplement grants
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46.68 Trauma care hospital supplement grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (bf), the department shall award grants to support hospitals that satisfy the criteria established by the American College of Surgeons for classification as a Level I adult trauma center. His…
Wis. Stat. § 46.70 Delivery of services to American Indians
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46.70 Delivery of services to American Indians. To facilitate the delivery of accessible, available and culturally appropriate social services and mental hygiene services to American Indians by county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42 or 51.437, the department may fund fe…
Wis. Stat. § 46.71 American Indian drug abuse prevention, treatment and education
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46.71 American Indian drug abuse prevention, treatment and education. (1) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (km), the department shall, for the development of new drug abuse prevention, treatment and education programs that are culturally specific with respect to…
Wis. Stat. § 46.75 Food distribution grants
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46.75 Food distribution grants. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Agency” means a public agency or private nonprofit organization. (b) “Food distribution program” means a program that provides food directly to needy individuals or a program that collects and distributes food…
Wis. Stat. § 46.77 Food distribution administration
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46.77 Food distribution administration. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (dn), the department shall allocate funds to eligible recipient agencies, as defined in 7 USC 7501 (3), for the storage, transportation, and distribution of commodities provided under 7 USC ch. 102…
Wis. Stat. § 46.80 Aging
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46.80 Aging. (1) The department’s primary responsibility to elderly persons is to assure that all elderly and disabled persons have available and accessible a continuum of care or a wide range of community and supportive services so that they may remain in their homes and neighbo…
Wis. Stat. § 46.81 Benefit specialist program
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46.81 Benefit specialist program. (1) In this section: (a) “Aging unit” means an aging unit director and necessary personnel, directed by a county commission on aging and organized as one of the following: 1. An agency of county government with the primary purpose of administerin…
Wis. Stat. § 46.82 Aging unit
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46.82 Aging unit. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Aging unit” means an aging unit director and necessary personnel, directed by a county or tribal commission on aging and organized as one of the following: 1. An agency of county or tribal government with the primary purpos…
Wis. Stat. § 46.85 Programs for older individuals
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46.85 Programs for older individuals. (1) The department may establish and operate a Senior Companion Program modeled after the federal Senior Companion Program under 42 USC 5011 (b), in effect on April 30, 1980. If operated, the program shall engage the services of low-income pe…
Wis. Stat. § 46.856 Alzheimer’s disease; training and information grants
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46.856 Alzheimer’s disease; training and information grants. (1) In this section: (a) “Private nonprofit organization” has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19). (b) “Public agency” means a county, city, village, town or school district or an agency of this state or of a county, ci…
Wis. Stat. § 46.86 Treatment programs
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46.86 Treatment programs. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (md) the department may award not more than $125,500 in each fiscal year as grants to counties and private nonprofit entities for treatment for pregnant women and mothers with alcohol and other drug abuse tr…
Wis. Stat. § 46.87 Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program
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46.87 Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program. (1) In this section: (a) “Alzheimer’s disease” means a degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized especially by premature senile mental deterioration, and also includes any other irreversible deteriorat…
Wis. Stat. § 46.90 Elder abuse reporting system
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46.90 Elder abuse reporting system. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Abuse” means any of the following: 1. Physical abuse. 2. Emotional abuse. 3. Sexual abuse. 4. Treatment without consent. 5. Unreasonable confinement or restraint. (ag) “Aging unit” has the meaning given un…
Wis. Stat. § 46.94 Referral system for community-based services
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46.94 Referral system for community-based services. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fe), the department shall provide grants to a nonprofit organization to operate a statewide Internet site and telephone-based system to provide information on and referrals to communit…
Wis. Stat. § 46.96 Independent living center grants; independent living services
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46.96 Independent living center grants; independent living services. (1) In this section: (ad) “Cross-disability basis” has the meaning given under 29 USC 796f-4 (b) (2). (ah) “Independent living center” means a community-based, nonresidential private nonprofit agency that vests …
Wis. Stat. § 46.972 Primary health for homeless individuals
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46.972 Primary health for homeless individuals. (1) In this subsection, “primary health services” has the meaning given in 42 USC 254c (b) (1). (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (ce), the department shall award up to $125,000 in each fiscal year as grants to …
Wis. Stat. § 46.973 Drug dependence program
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46.973 Drug dependence program. (1) In this section: (a) “Drug” means a controlled substance, as defined in s. 961.01 (4), or a controlled substance analog, as defined in s. 961.01 (4m). (b) “Drug abuse” means the use of a drug in such a manner as to endanger the public health, s…
Wis. Stat. § 46.975 Grant and funding program; services related to alcohol and other drug abuse
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46.975 Grant and funding program; services related to alcohol and other drug abuse. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, “organization” means a nonprofit corporation or a public agency that proposes to provide services for individuals with alcohol or other drug abuse problems. (2) DI…
Wis. Stat. § 46.977 Guardianship grants
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46.977 Guardianship grants. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, “guardian” has the meaning given in s. 54.01 (10). (2) GRANT APPLICATIONS AND AWARDS. (ag) In this subsection, “organization” means a private, nonprofit agency or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42…
Wis. Stat. § 46.986 Respite care program
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46.986 Respite care program. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Abuse” means the willful infliction on a person of physical pain or injury or unreasonable confinement. (b) “Caregiver” means an individual who lives in the home of a person with special needs and provides care o…
Wis. Stat. § 46.99 Medical assistance waiver for Birth to 3 participants
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46.99 Medical assistance waiver for Birth to 3 participants. (1) In this section, “medical assistance” means the program under subch. IV of ch. 49. (2) The department shall request from the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human services a waiver under 42 USC 1396n …
Wis. Stat. § 46.995 Disabled children’s long-term support program; local funding
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46.995 Disabled children’s long-term support program; local funding. (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 f…