Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.
50.037 - Community-based residential facility licensing fees.

50.037 Community-based residential facility licensing fees.
(1) Definition. In this section, “total monthly charges" means the total amount paid per month, including the basic monthly rate plus any additional fees, for care, treatment and services provided to a resident of a community-based residential facility by a community-based residential facility.
(2) Fees.
(a)
1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the biennial fee for a community-based residential facility is $389, plus a biennial fee of $50.25 per resident, based on the number of residents that the facility is licensed to serve.
2. The department may, by rule, increase the amount of the fee under subd. 1.
(b) Fees specified under par. (a) shall be paid to the department by the community-based residential facility before the department may issue a license under s. 50.03 (4) (a) 1. b. A licensed community-based residential facility shall pay the fee under par. (a) by the date established by the department. A newly licensed community-based residential facility shall pay the fee under this subsection no later than 30 days before the opening of the facility.
(c) A community-based residential facility that fails to submit the biennial fee prior to the date established by the department, or a new community-based residential facility subject to this section that fails to submit the biennial fee by 30 days prior to the opening of the new community-based residential facility, shall pay an additional fee of $10 per day for every day after the deadline that the facility does not pay the fee.
(3) Exemption. Community-based residential facilities where the total monthly charges for each resident do not exceed the monthly state supplemental payment rate under s. 49.77 (3s) that is in effect at the time the fee under sub. (2) is assessed are exempt from this section.
History: 1973 c. 90, 243, 333; 1975 c. 413 s. 18; 1975 c. 430 ss. 73, 80; 1977 c. 26, 418; 1979 c. 221; 1983 a. 27; 1987 a. 161 s. 13m; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1993 a. 27 ss. 253 to 256; Stats. 1993 s. 50.037; 1993 a. 183, 375; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2009 a. 28.

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