Resolution for Dissolution of Long Term Care District Pursuant to Wis. Stat § 46.2895(13)

WHEREAS, ContinuUs (formerly named Southwest Family Care Alliance) is a long-term care district formed by Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Juneau, Lafayette, Richland and Sauk Counties by resolution pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 46.2895 for purposes of delivering services as a managed care organization (MCO) under the State of Wisconsin’s Family Care program; and,

WHEREAS, Sauk County formed and joined a long-term care district by Resolution 64-08 dated June 17, 2008; and,

WHEREAS, in 2016, the Wisconsin State Legislature enacted 2015 Wisconsin Act 215 authorizing long-term care districts to convert to private, nonprofit corporations; and,

WHEREAS, in April 2016, ContinuUs’ Board of Directors passed a resolution to jointly create a non-profit corporation and merge operations with two other long-term care districts, Community Care Connections of Wisconsin (“CCCW”) and Western Wisconsin Cares (“WWC”); and,

WHEREAS, the non-profit corporation was created in August 2016 to succeed ContinuUs, CCCW and WWC following approval from the Department of Health Services (DHS); and,

WHEREAS, in November 2016, DHS approved the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the three long-term care districts to the non-profit corporation and certified the corporation as an MCO effective January 1, 2017; and,

WHEREAS, as of January 1, 2017, ContinuUs has no continuing business operations and undertakes no activities related to the purpose for which it was formed, which was to contract with DHS for the provision of Family Care services; and,

WHEREAS, the final step of winding down ContinuUs’ operation is the dissolution of the district, which requires joint action by ContinuUs’ Board and the county boards that formed the district pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 46.2895(13); and,

WHEREAS, this Resolution is intended to act as Sauk County’s official action authorizing the dissolution of ContinuUs; and,

WHEREAS, the Secretary of DHS may rely on this Resolution as action on the part of Sauk County authorizing dissolution of ContinuUs.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Sauk County Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes dissolution of ContinuUs pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 46.2895(13).

For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on January 17, 2017.