Common use of Legal Decision Maker Clause in Contracts

Legal Decision Maker. a participant or potential participant’s legal decision maker is a person who has legal authority to make certain decisions on behalf of a participant or potential participant. A legal decision maker may be a guardian of the person or estate (or both) appointed under Chapter 54 of the Wisconsin Statutes, a conservator appointed under Chapter 54 of the Wisconsin Statutes, a person designated power of attorney for health care under Chapter 155 of the Wisconsin Statutes or a person designated durable power of attorney under Chapter 244 of the Wisconsin Statutes. A legal decision maker may have legal authority to make certain kinds of decisions, but not other kinds of decisions. A participant may have more than one legal decision maker authorized to make different kinds of decisions. In any provision of this contract in which the term “legal decision maker” is used, it applies only to a person who possesses the legal authority relevant to that provision. A person designated by the participant or potential participant as an “authorized representative” under 42 C.F.R. § 435.923 for assisting with Medicaid application and renewal of eligibility is not a legal decision maker.