Amendment AA20-ASA1-AB731

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 20, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 731

March 30, 2000 - Offered by Representative Grothman.

AB731-ASA1-AA20,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

AB731-ASA1-AA20,1,2 1. Page 3, line 8: after that line insert:

AB731-ASA1-AA20,1,3 " Section 4d. 46.515 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB731-ASA1-AA20,2,20 46.515 (4) (b) 1. A county, other than a county with a population of 500,000 or more, or an Indian tribe that is selected to participate in the program under this section shall select persons who are first-time parents and who are eligible for medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 and shall offer each of those persons an opportunity to undergo an assessment through use of a risk assessment instrument to determine whether the parent presents risk factors for perpetrating child abuse or neglect. An assessment may not be provided to a person unless the person gives his or her written informed consent to receiving the assessment or, if the person is a child, unless the child's parent, guardian or legal custodian gives his or her written informed consent for the child to receive the assessment. Persons who are selected and who agree to be assessed shall be assessed during the prenatal period, if possible, or as close to the time of the child's birth as possible. The risk assessment instrument and a consent form for the assessment shall be developed by the department and shall be based on risk assessment instruments and consent forms developed by the department for similar programs that are in operation. The consent form shall specify the criteria that will be used to assess the person, and no person may be assessed under criteria that are not specified on the consent form. The department need not promulgate as rules under ch. 227 the risk assessment instrument and consent form developed under this subdivision. A person who is assessed to be at risk of abusing or neglecting his or her child shall be offered home visitation program services. Home visitation program services may be provided to a family with a child identified as being at risk of child abuse or neglect until the identified child reaches 3 years of age. If risk factors for child abuse or neglect with respect to the identified child continue to be present when the child reaches 3 years of age, home visitation program services may be provided until the identified child reaches 5 years of age. Home visitation program services may not be provided to a person unless the person gives his or her written informed consent to receiving those services or, if the person is a child, unless the child's parent, guardian or legal custodian gives his or her written informed consent for the child to receive those services.".

AB731-ASA1-AA20,2,21 (End)