DDES INFO MEMO 2004-01
January 5, 2004
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Department of Health and Family Services
Division of Disability and Elder Services
To:
Area Administrators / Assistant Area Administrators
Bureau Directors / Section Chiefs
County Departments of Community Program Directors
County Departments of Human Services Directors
County Departments of Social Services Directors
County Departments of Developmental Disabilities Services Directors
Tribal Chairpersons / Human Services Facilitators
From:
Sinikka Santala, Administrator,
Division of Disability and Elder Services
Chuck Wilhelm, Director, Office of Strategic Finance
Re: Transfer of Mike Peters’ Responsibilities
Mike Peters, who was responsible for several programs
that county human services agencies and other parties rely on, retires
from state service on January 2, 2004. Mike’s responsibilities were
the following:
- Community Program Grievance Examiner
: Conduct Level III
administrative reviews of appeals of program and county agency level
decisions of grievances filed under s. 51.61, Stats., and
Administrative Code HFS 94.
- Emergency Detention Coordinator Out-of- state Residents
:
Approve emergency detention reimbursement authorization to county
agencies for mental health and AODA services provided to non-Wisconsin
residents who are emergency detained in a Wisconsin county.
- Wisconsin Interstate Compact Administrator
: Coordinate
requests to transfer persons with a severe and persistent mental
illness or a developmental disability to and from Wisconsin.
- Residency Coordinator
: Develop formal residency determinations
when a person’s county of residency is in dispute.
In addition to the day-to-day activities for these four programs,
Mike also provided consultation and training in each of these areas.
Effective January 5, 2004, the following persons will assume these
responsibilities:
- Community Program Grievance Examiner
Vaughn Brandt, State Grievance Examiner
Division of Disabilities and Elder Services
Client Rights Office
1 W. Wilson Street
P.O. Box 7851, Room 850
Madison, WI 53707-7851
Phone: (608) 266-9369
Fax: (608) 266-2579
Brandv@dhfs.state.wi.us
Also available for consultation about rights questions and
guardianship matters is:
Gerard Gierl, Client Rights Specialist
Division of Disabilities and Elder Services
1 W. Wilson Street
P.O. Box 7851, Room 850
Madison, WI 53707-7851
Phone: (608) 266-3102
Fax: (608) 266-2579
Gierlgj@dhfs.state.wi.us
Vaughn and Gerard will also assist in providing rights training.
- Emergency Detention Coordinator for Out-of-state Residents:
and Wisconsin Interstate Compact Administrator
Rod Miller
Division of Disabilities and Elder Services
Office of the Administrator
1 W. Wilson Street
P.O. Box 7851, Room 850
Madison, WI 53707-7851
Phone: (608) 266-2715
Fax: (608) 266-2579
Millerk@dhfs.state.wi.us
- Residency Coordinator
Chris Hendrickson
Office of Strategic Finance
1 W. Wilson Street
P.O. Box 7851, Room 631
Madison, WI 53707-7851
Phone: (608) 261-7812
Fax: (608) 266-8278
Hendrch@dhfs.state.wi.us
Please contact these persons directly with any questions or issues
related to the above-identified program areas about which you need
guidance.
Reportable deaths
Until January 2003 Mike was also the Coordinator of the Reportable
Death Review responsibility area. That responsibility was transferred to
the Bureau of Quality Assurance (BQA) in January 2003. The BQA contact
person for questions about the reportable death review process is:
Rick Ruecking
Bureau of Quality Assurance
Southern Regional Office
2917 International Lane, Suite 210
Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 243-2055
Fax: (608) 243-2389
Rueckrb@dhfs.state.wi.us
All completed reportable death reports should be faxed to the BQA
supervisor for the program under which the reporting agency or facility
is licensed and/or certified. The list of supervisory positions to which
death reports should be faxed within 24 hours of a reportable death, or
of learning of a death, is found on the DDES BQA web site attached to
the "Client / Patient Death Determination" form DDE-2470.
We hope that the transition of these responsibilities will be as
seamless as possible for you. Please share this information with staff
in your agencies who are responsible for these issue areas so they are
aware of the changes.
MEMO WEB SITE: http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/partners/local.htm
cc:
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinators
DDES Facility Directors
Developmental Disabilities Coordinators
Mental Health Coordinators
Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy
Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities
Wisconsin Council on Mental Health
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