Report; release of funds.
1.
(1)#
Prior to implementing, and receiving funding for implementing, the regional basis provision of services under par. (d), the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance, no later than March 1, 2014, a request for the release of funds and a report on its proposal for implementation that includes all of the following: a. A description of the criteria that the department will apply in its regionalization model. b. A description of how the regions will be established and the degree of county participation in that process. c. An updated list of the counties that have indicated, by the date of the report, that they will offer the services under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. Lm. through the Medical Assistance program on a regional basis according to the criteria established by the department. d. An evaluation of the estimated long-term costs of the proposed regional model.
(1)(a)#
A description of the criteria that the department will apply in its regionalization model.
(1)(b)#
A description of how the regions will be established and the degree of county participation in that process.
(1)(c)#
(2)#
If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date that the department submits the report and the funding request that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal for implementation and the funding request, the funding shall be released and the department may implement its proposal for the regional basis provision of services on July 1, 2014. If, within 14 working days after the date that the department submits the report and the funding request, the cochairpersons notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal for implementation and the funding request, the funding shall be released, and the department may implement its proposal for the regional basis provision of services, only upon approval of the committee.