Section DHS 68.01 - Introduction(1) AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE. This chapter is promulgated pursuant to ss. 46.87 and 227.11(2) (a), Stats., section 3023 (28m) of 1985 Wis. Act 29, and 2015 Wis. Act 273 to establish procedures and criteria for distributing funds for the provision of service payments, goods and services to persons with dementia and to their caregivers. The payments, goods and services provided in accordance with this chapter are intended to help make available a diverse array of community services directed at preventing or delaying institutionalization of persons who have dementia and enhancing the quality of their lives, and to provide assistance to family members and others who take care of persons with dementia without compensation.(2) TO WHOM THE CHAPTER APPLIES. The chapter applies to the department, county boards, administering agencies designated by county boards under s. 46.87(3) (c), Stats., tribes, and private nonprofit organizations selected by the department under s. DHS 68.04.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 68.01
Cr. Register, March, 1989, No. 399, eff. 4-1-89.Amended by, CR 17-032: am. Register June 2018 No. 750, eff. 7/1/2018