Public Policy Connection
The Columbus Park Supreme Court DecisionTalking Points on "Pre-Columbus Park LegislationJuly 2000 Benevolent Retirement Home for the Aged Task Force: Not-for-Profit Perspective -- Final ReportNovember 19, 2003 Columbus Park Housing Corporation v. City of Kenosha Supreme Court DecisionLeague of Wisconsin Municipalities Amicus Curiae Brief in Columbus Park: Benevolent Retirement HomesWAHSA FYI-03-16 (11/26/03): Supreme Court Rules Against Columbus Park Housing GroupReinhart Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Property Tax Exemption for Senior Housing: WAHSA Member Alert (1/23/04)12/16/03 Letter from John Sauer to James Gultry of the Department of Revenue: Clarification of the Columbus Park Decision1/23/04 Memo to Wisconsin Assessors from DOR on Columbus ParkWHEDA Memo: Property Tax Exemption Issues Raised by Columbus ParkNon-Profit Affordable Housing Coalition Draft Legislation (no sunset clause)2/3/04 Interested Legislators Memo on Columbus Park from John SauerSpreadsheet on Median Incomes (30%, 50%, 60%, 80%, 140% and median)1/04/2000 Memo from WAHSA Executive Director John Sauer to Tom Ourada of the Department of RevenueSupport for Assembly Bill 842 Relating to the Regulation of Nursing Homes2003 Assembly Bill 644: RCAC Fees and RegulationsIssue: $400 Million Medicaid DeficitWAHSA 2003 Issue Papers:
Nursing Home Forfeiture Surcharge/Assisted Living ForfeituresNursing Home Medicaid Rate Increase and Provider Bed TaxFederal Revenue Maximization Initiatives/Transfer from the Patients Compensation FundNursing Home Funding in the 2003-05 BienniumWisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau Report 02-21, “Regulation of Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities”Study Shows that Quality Nursing Homes are Losing Money
WAHSA 2002 Issue Papers:
Issue: Preserve IGT Funding for Nursing HomesIssue: Support for the Budget Reform Bill's Medicaid ProvisionsIssue: Opposition to The Health Care Worker Mandatory Overtime Prohibition BillsIssue: Minimum Nurse Staffing Requirements for Nursing FacilitiesIssue: Summary - July 2000 Medicaid RatesIssue: 2001-2003 Medicaid Nursing Facility Funding Increases
Fact Sheet: The Financial Crisis in Wisconsin's Nursing Facilities
Response to DHFS Nursing Home "Fact Sheet"
Special Report: On the Financial Condition of Nursing Homes in Wisconsin
WAHSA 2000 Issue Papers:
Issue: Future Nursing Facility Funding ConcernsIssue: A 3.5% wage pass-through for nursing home housekeepers, food workers and laundry workersIssue: User FeesIssue: A Federal Waiver to Pilot an Alternative Nursing Home Survey Process in WisconsinIssue: Further Balanced Budget Act Refinements NeededIssue: Recruitment of Foreign NursesIssue: Use of "Single Task" Employees in Nursing HomesWAHSA Letter to BQA related to Single Task Employees -- February 22, 2000
WAHSA 1999 Issue Papers:
Issue: Caregiver Criminal Background ChecksIssue: Support for a Wage Pass-through for Nursing Home EmployeesPosition Statement on Family Care, the Governor's Budget Proposal to Redesign the Long-Term Care Delivery SystemPosition Statement on Family Care -- The Proposed Redesign of the Long Term Care Delivery System
Issue: Long Term Care Redesign/Family Care
WAHSA's Position on 1997 Senate Bill 261: Property Tax Exemption
Link to E-mail addresses of members of the Wisconsin Assembly
Link to E-mail addresses of members of the Wisconsin Senate
Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
204 South Hamilton Street
Madison, WI 53703
Telephone: (608)255-7060 FAX:(608)255-7064