Wisconsin § 46.272 - Children’s community options program.

§ 46.272. Children’s community options program.

46.272(1) (1) Definitions. In this section: 46.272(1)(a) (a) “Child” means a person under 22 years of age who is not eligible to receive services in or on a waiting list for an adult long-term care program. 46.272(1)(b) (b) “Disability” means a severe physical, developmental, or emotional impairment which is diagnosed medically, behaviorally, or psychologically, which is characterized by the need for individually planned and coordinated care, treatment, vocational rehabilitation, or other services and which has resulted or is likely to result in substantial limitation on the ability to function in at least 2 of the following areas, equivalent to nursing home, hospital, or institution for mental disease level of care: 46.272(1)(b)1. 1. Self-care. 46.272(1)(b)2. 2. Receptive and expressive language. 46.272(1)(b)3. 3. Learning. 46.272(1)(b)4. 4. Mobility. 46.272(1)(b)5. 5. Self-direction. 46.272(1)(c) (c) “Hospital” has the meaning provided in s. 50.33 (2) . 46.272(1)(d) (d) “Institutional setting” means a nursing home, as defined in s. 50.01 (3) , a state-operated long-term care facility, or any other residential facility that provides long-term care to children outside of a home. 46.272(1)(e) (e) “Residence” means the voluntary concurrence of physical presence with intent to remain in a place of fixed habitation. Physical presence shall be prima facie evidence of intent to remain. 46.272(1)(f) (f) “State-operated long-term care facility” means a state center for the developmentally disabled and a Wisconsin veterans home operated by the department of veterans affairs under s.