150.33 Applications for available beds.

(1) At least once each year the department shall publish a class 2 notice under ch. 985 concerning the number of nursing home beds and beds in facilities primarily serving the developmentally disabled, if any, that are available under s. 150.31 or 150.40 in each of its health planning areas. The department shall promulgate rules defining the boundaries of these areas. The notice shall state the procedures by which any person may apply for approval for those beds.

(2) An application for approval of beds under sub. (1) shall state the applicant's per diem operating and capital rates, which are the maximum allowable reimbursement that may be granted by the department for the first 12 months following licensure of the new beds. If the medical assistance facility payment formula under s. 49.45 (6m) generates per diem operating and capital rates that are less than those stated in the application under review, the department shall use the lower rates.

(3) The department shall provide forms for submitting applications but may only accept applications submitted within 60 days after it publishes a notice under sub. (1).

(3m) The department shall review each application it receives for completeness. If the department finds that the application is incomplete, it shall notify the applicant of the information required within 10 working days after receiving the application. Each applicant shall provide any required additional information within 30 days following the closing date for accepting applications specified in sub. (3). The department may not accept for review any incomplete application if it fails to receive the additional information within this 30-day period until it issues another public notice soliciting applications under sub. (1). The department shall declare the application complete on the date on which the department receives all the required information.

(4) The department shall issue a class 2 notice under ch. 985 within 20 days after the date on which it declares all applications complete under sub. (3m), listing all applicants and describing their applications.

History: 1983 a. 27; 1987 a. 27 ss. 1868 to 1871, 1874; 1987 a. 399; 1993 a. 290.