Parental Payment Limits
For Children's Long Term Support Services
2009 Payment Limit Workbook
Instructions for using the
2009 Payment Limit Workbook (PDF, 238 Kb)
Parental
Income Declaration (template)
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding CLTS Parent Payment
Limits (PDF, 29 Kb)
July 1, 2008 change to DHS 1
Overview
2003 Act 33 (the 2003-2005 biennial budget) directed the Department of
Health Services (DHS) to implement a "parental fee" for
children's long-term support services. Based on that, county waiver
agencies have been calculating parents' liability (if any) for the cost of
their child's services. The fee is calculated using an automated worksheet
provided to counties by DHS. The calculation takes into consideration:
- Parents' Annual Income
- DHS Standard Disability Deduction: $3,300
(Alternatively, the family may deduct allowable medical/dental
expenses as reported on the the most recent Federal Income Tax form.)
- Current Federal Poverty Guidelines. The parents' adjusted income
must be at or above 330% of the Federal Poverty Limits (FPL) in order
for the fee to apply.
- Percentage of service plan cost for which the parents are liable,
based upon their income as a percentage of the FPL.
DHS provides county waiver agencies with an updated Parental Fee
worksheet for automatically making this calculation.
Rule Change
On February 22, 2008, Wisconsin's then-Department of Health and Family
Services (now the Department of Health Services - DHS) issued a proposed order to create rules under
Administrative Rule DHS 1 in order to codify the schedule by which county
agencies determine the limits on parental payments required under s. 46.10
(1) to (14) (a), Stats., for services received by children with long-term
support needs under the various programs.
The new rule resulted in parents paying in proportion to their
income levels and a unified system for calculating parental payments for
children's long-term support services. There was no loss of services
nor any changes to services to families as a result of this rule change.
The new rule went into effect as of July 1, 2008.
Last Revised: August 11, 2009 |
