Section DHS 89.35 - Grievances(1) A residential care apartment complex shall have a written grievance procedure and shall provide a copy to each tenant and tenant's designated representative, where applicable. Tenants of a residential care apartment complex may file complaints with the department. The grievance procedure shall include information about how to file a complaint with the department. Note: Complaints may be filed with the Department by writing or phoning the Bureau of Quality Assurance, Division of Disability and Elder Services, P.O. Box 7851, Madison, WI 53707, (608) 266-0120.
(2) Any person assigned by the residential care apartment complex to investigate the facts associated with a grievance shall not have had any involvement in the issues leading to the grievance.(3) The residential care apartment complex shall provide a written summary of the grievance, findings, conclusions and any action taken as a result of the grievance to the tenant, the tenant's designated representative, if any, and, for tenants whose services are funded under s. 46.277, Stats., the county department or aging unit designated to administer the medical assistance waiver.(4) Tenants of a residential care apartment complex may file complaints with the department. The department shall maintain a record of all complaints.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 89.35
Cr. Register, February, 1997, No. 494, eff. 3-1-97; am. Register, November, 1998, No. 515, eff. 12-1-98.Amended by, CR 23-046: am. (3) Register April 29 No. 820, eff. 5/1/2024