Engrossed Amendment SSA1-AB130

AB130-SSA1,382,23 938.549 Juvenile classification system. (1) The department shall make available to all counties a juvenile classification system that includes at least all of the following:

AB130-SSA1,382,25 (a) A risk assessment instrument for determining the probability that a juvenile who has committed an offense will commit another offense.

AB130-SSA1,383,2 (b) A needs assessment instrument for determining the service needs of a juvenile who has committed an offense.

AB130-SSA1,383,5 (c) A services and placement guide for integrating the risk and needs of a juvenile who has committed an offense with other factors to determine an appropriate placement and level of services for the juvenile.

AB130-SSA1,383,7 (2) A county may use the juvenile classification system to do any of the following:

AB130-SSA1,383,9 (a) At the time of an intake inquiry, determine whether to close a case, enter into a deferred prosecution agreement or refer the case to the district attorney.

AB130-SSA1,383,11 (b) At the time of disposition, recommend a placement and a plan of rehabilitation, treatment and care for the juvenile.

AB130-SSA1,383,13 (c) After disposition, determine the level or intensity of supervisory contacts required for a juvenile under county supervision.

AB130-SSA1,383,16 (3) Subject to the availability of resources, the department may provide training and technical assistance in the use of the juvenile classification system to any county that requests that training and technical assistance.

AB130-SSA1,383,19 Subchapter XII County JUVENILE welfare services

AB130-SSA1,383,25 938.57 Powers and duties of county departments providing juvenile welfare services. (1) Each county department shall administer and expend such amounts as may be necessary out of any moneys which may be appropriated for juvenile welfare purposes by the county board of supervisors or donated by individuals or private organizations. A county department may do any of the following:

AB130-SSA1,384,8 (a) Investigate the conditions surrounding delinquent juveniles and juveniles in need of protection or services within the county and take every reasonable action within its power to secure for them the full benefit of all laws enacted for their benefit. Unless provided by another agency, the county department shall offer social services to the caretaker of any juvenile who is referred to it under the conditions specified in this paragraph. This duty shall be discharged in cooperation with the court and with the public officers or boards legally responsible for the administration and enforcement of these laws.

AB130-SSA1,384,13 (b) Accept legal custody or supervision of juveniles transferred to it by the court under s. 938.355 and provide special treatment and care if ordered by the court. Except as provided in s. 938.505 (2), a court may not order a county department to administer psychotropic medications to juveniles who receive special treatment or care under this paragraph.

AB130-SSA1,384,25 (c) Provide appropriate protection and services for juveniles in its care, including providing services for juveniles and their families in their own homes, placing the juveniles in licensed foster homes, licensed treatment foster homes or licensed group homes in this state or another state within a reasonable proximity to the agency with legal custody or contracting for services for them by licensed child welfare agencies or replacing them in juvenile correctional institutions or secured child caring institutions in accordance with rules promulgated under ch. 227, except that the county department may not purchase the educational component of private day treatment programs unless the county department, the school board as defined in s. 115.001 (7) and the secretary of education all determine that an appropriate public education program is not available. Disputes between the county department and the school district shall be resolved by the secretary of education.

AB130-SSA1,385,7 (cm) Provide appropriate services for juveniles who are referred to the county department by a municipal court, except that if the funding, staffing or other resources of the county department for juvenile welfare services are insufficient to meet the needs of all juveniles who are eligible to receive services from the county department, the county department shall give first priority to juveniles who are referred to the county department by the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48.

AB130-SSA1,385,9 (d) Provide for the moral and religious training of juveniles in its care according to the religious belief of the juvenile or of his or her parents.

AB130-SSA1,385,10 (f) Provide services to the court under s. 938.06.

AB130-SSA1,385,12 (g) Upon request of the department, provide service for any juvenile in the care of the department.

AB130-SSA1,385,14 (h) Contract with any parent or guardian or other person for the care and maintenance of any juvenile.

AB130-SSA1,385,17 (2) In performing the functions specified in sub. (1) the county department may avail itself of the cooperation of any individual or private agency or organization interested in the social welfare of juveniles in the county.

AB130-SSA1,385,20 (3) (a) From the reimbursement received under s. 46.495 (1) (d), counties may provide funding for the maintenance of any juvenile who meets all of the following qualifications:

AB130-SSA1,385,21 1. Is 17 years of age or older.

AB130-SSA1,385,23 2. Is enrolled in and regularly attending a secondary education classroom program leading to a high school diploma.

AB130-SSA1,385,25 3. Received funding under s. 46.495 (1) (d) immediately prior to his or her 17th birthday.

AB130-SSA1,386,2 4. Is living in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home or child caring institution.

AB130-SSA1,386,5 (b) The funding provided for the maintenance of a juvenile under par. (a) shall be in an amount equal to that to which the juvenile would receive under s. 46.495 (1) (d) if the juvenile were 16 years of age.

AB130-SSA1,386,16 (4) A county department may provide aftercare supervision under s. 48.34 (4n) for juveniles who are released from secured correctional facilities or secured child caring institutions operated by the department. If a county department intends to change its policy regarding whether the county department or the department shall provide aftercare supervision for juveniles released from secured correctional facilities or secured child caring institutions operated by the department, the county executive or county administrator, or, if the county has no county executive or county administrator, the chairperson of the county board of supervisors, or, for multicounty departments, the chairpersons of the county boards of supervisors jointly, shall submit a letter to the department stating that intent before July 1 of the year preceding the year in which the policy change will take effect.

AB130-SSA1,387,4 938.59 Examination and records. (1) The county department shall investigate the personal and family history and environment of any juvenile transferred to its legal custody or placed under its supervision under s. 938.34 (4n) and make any physical or mental examinations of the juvenile considered necessary to determine the type of care necessary for the juvenile. The county department shall screen a juvenile who is examined under this subsection to determine whether the juvenile is in need of special treatment or care because of alcohol or other drug abuse, mental illness or severe emotional disturbance. The county department shall keep a complete record of the information received from the court, the date of reception, all available data on the personal and family history of the juvenile, the results of all tests and examinations given the juvenile and a complete history of all placements of the juvenile while in the legal custody or under the supervision of the county department.

AB130-SSA1,387,7 (2) At the department's request, the county department shall report to the department regarding juveniles in the legal custody or under the supervision of the county department.

AB130-SSA1,387,14 938.595 Duration of control of county departments over delinquents. Except as provided in s. 48.366, a juvenile who has been adjudged delinquent and placed under the supervision of a county department under s. 938.34 (4n) shall be discharged as soon as the county department determines that there is a reasonable probability that it is no longer necessary either for the rehabilitation and treatment of the juvenile or for the protection of the public that the county department retain supervision.

AB130-SSA1,387,16 SUBCHAPTER XVII GENERAL PROVISIONS ON RECORDS

AB130-SSA1,387,19 938.78 Confidentiality of records. (1) In this section, unless otherwise qualified, "agency" means the department, a county department or a licensed child welfare agency.

AB130-SSA1,387,23 (2) (a) No agency may make available for inspection or disclose the contents of any record kept or information received about an individual in its care or legal custody, except as provided under sub. (3) or s. 938.371, 938.38 (5) (b) or (d) or 938.51 or by order of the court.

AB130-SSA1,388,3 (ag) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit an agency from making available for inspection or disclosing the contents of a record, upon the request of the parent, guardian or legal custodian of the juvenile who is the subject of the record or upon the request of the juvenile, if 14 years of age or over, to the parent, guardian, legal custodian or juvenile.

AB130-SSA1,388,9 (am) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit an agency from making available for inspection or disclosing the contents of a record, upon the written permission of the parent, guardian or legal custodian of the juvenile who is the subject of the record or upon the written permission of the juvenile, if 14 years of age or over, to the person named in the permission if the parent, guardian, legal custodian or juvenile specifically identifies the record in the written permission.

AB130-SSA1,388,13 (b) 1. Paragraph (a) does not apply to the confidential exchange of information between an agency, another social welfare agency, a law enforcement agency, the victim-witness coordinator or a public school district regarding an individual in the care or legal custody of the agency.

AB130-SSA1,388,22 2. On petition of an agency to review pupil records, as defined in s. 118.125 (1) (d), other than pupil records that may be disclosed without court order under s. 118.125 (2) or (2m), for the purpose of providing treatment or care for an individual in the care or legal custody of the agency, the court may order the school board of the school district in which an individual is enrolled to disclose to the agency the pupil records of the individual as necessary for the agency to provide that treatment or care. The agency may use the pupil records only for the purpose of providing treatment or care and may make the pupil records available only to employes of the agency who are providing treatment or care for the individual.

AB130-SSA1,389,3 (d) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit the department of health and social services or a county department from disclosing information about an individual formerly in the legal custody or under the supervision of that department under s. 48.34 (4m), 1993 stats., or formerly under the supervision of that department or county department under s. 48.34 (4n), 1993 stats., or s. 938.34 (4n) to the department of corrections, if the individual is at the time of disclosure any of the following:

AB130-SSA1,389,4 1. The subject of a presentence investigation under s. 972.15.

AB130-SSA1,389,5 2. Under sentence to the Wisconsin state prisons under s. 973.15.

AB130-SSA1,389,7 3. Subject to an order under s. 48.366 or 938.183 and placed in a state prison under s. 48.366 (8) or 938.183.

AB130-SSA1,389,8 4. On probation to the department of corrections under s. 973.09.

AB130-SSA1,389,9 5. On parole under s. 302.11 or ch. 304.

AB130-SSA1,389,16 (e) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit the department from disclosing information about an individual adjudged delinquent under s. 938.31 for a sexually violent offense, as defined in s. 980.01 (6), to the department of justice, or a district attorney or a judge acting under ch. 980 or to an attorney who represents a person subject to a petition under ch. 980. The court in which the petition under s. 980.02 is filed may issue any protective orders that it determines are appropriate concerning information disclosed under this paragraph.

AB130-SSA1,389,23 (f) If an agency discloses information in its records about a juvenile under par. (b) 1., (d) or (e), the agency shall immediately notify the juvenile who is the subject of the record and the juvenile's parent, guardian or legal custodian of that disclosure and shall immediately provide to the juvenile and the parent, guardian or legal custodian the information disclosed, unless the agency determines that provision of that information to the parent, guardian or legal custodian would result in imminent danger to the juvenile.

AB130-SSA1,390,11 (3) If a juvenile adjudged delinquent on the basis of a violation of s. 941.10, 941.11, 941.20, 941.21, 941.23, 941.235, 941.237, 941.24, 941.26, 941.28, 941.295, 941.298, 941.30, 941.31, 941.32, 941.325, 943.02, 943.03, 943.04, 943.10 (2) (a), 943.23 (1g), (1m) or (1r), 943.32 (2), 948.02, 948.025, 948.03, 948.05, 948.055, 948.60, 948.605 or 948.61 or any crime specified in ch. 940 has escaped from a secured correctional facility or a secured child caring institution, has been allowed to leave a secured correctional facility or a secured child caring institution for a specified time period and is absent from the facility or institution for more than 12 hours after the expiration of the specified period, the department may release the juvenile's name and any information about the juvenile that is necessary for the protection of the public or to secure the juvenile's return to the facility, institution or placement. The department shall promulgate rules establishing guidelines for the release of the juvenile's name or information about the juvenile to the public.

AB130-SSA1,390,13 938.795 Powers of the department. The department may do all of the following:

AB130-SSA1,390,16 (1) Collect and collaborate with other agencies in collecting statistics and information useful in determining the cause and amount of delinquency and crime in this state or in carrying out the powers and duties of the department.

AB130-SSA1,390,20 (2) Assist communities in their efforts to combat delinquency and social breakdown likely to cause delinquency and crime and assist them in setting up programs for coordinating the total community program, including the improvement of law enforcement.

AB130-SSA1,390,23 (3) Assist schools in extending their particular contribution in locating and helping juveniles vulnerable to delinquency and crime and in improving their services to all youth.

AB130-SSA1,390,25 (4) Develop and maintain an enlightened public opinion in support of a program to control delinquency and crime.

AB130-SSA1, s. 630 Section 630. 938.988 of the statutes is created to read:

AB130-SSA1,391,3 938.988 Interstate placement of juveniles. Sections 48.988 and 48.989 apply to the interstate placement of juveniles.

AB130-SSA1, s. 631 Section 631. 939.62 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,391,8 939.62 (3) (a) In case of crimes committed in this state, the terms do not include motor vehicle offenses under chs. 341 to 349 and offenses handled through court proceedings in the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. chs. 48 and 938, but otherwise have the meanings designated in s. 939.60.

AB130-SSA1, s. 632 Section 632. 939.62 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,391,17 939.62 (3) (b) In case of crimes committed in other jurisdictions, the terms do not include those crimes which are equivalent to motor vehicle offenses under chs. 341 to 349 or to offenses handled through court proceedings in the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. chs. 48 and 938. Otherwise, felony means a crime which under the laws of that jurisdiction carries a prescribed maximum penalty of imprisonment in a prison or penitentiary for one year or more. Misdemeanor means a crime which does not carry a prescribed maximum penalty sufficient to constitute it a felony and includes crimes punishable only by a fine.

AB130-SSA1, s. 633 Section 633. 939.635 (title) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,392,6 939.635 (title) Penalties; assault or battery in secured juvenile correctional facility facilities or to aftercare agent. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), if a person who has been adjudicated delinquent is convicted of violating s. 940.20 (1) while placed in a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02 (15m) 938.02 (15m), a secure detention facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (16), a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), or a secured adolescent treatment unit under s. 46.043 or is convicted of violating s. 940.20 (2m), the court shall sentence the person to not less than 3 years of imprisonment. Except as provided in sub. (2), if a person is convicted of violating s. 946.43 while placed in a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02 (15m) 938.02 (15m), a secure detention facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (16), a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), or a secured adolescent treatment unit under s. 46.043, the court shall sentence the person to not less than 5 years of imprisonment.

AB130-SSA1, s. 634 Section 634. 939.635 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,392,14 939.635 (2) (b) That imposing the applicable presumptive minimum sentence specified in sub. (1) is not necessary to deter the person or other persons from committing violations of s. 940.20 (1) or 946.43 or other similar offenses while placed in a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02 (15m) 938.02 (15m), a secure detention facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (16), a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), or a secured adolescent treatment unit under s. 46.043 or from committing violations of s. 940.20 (2m).

AB130-SSA1, s. 635 Section 635. 940.20 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,392,17 940.20 (2m) (title) Battery to probation and parole agents and aftercare agents. (a) In this subsection, "probation:

AB130-SSA1,392,19 2. "Probation and parole agent" means any person authorized by the department of corrections to exercise control over a probationer or parolee.

AB130-SSA1,392,24 (b) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm to a probation and parole agent or an aftercare agent, acting in an official capacity and the person knows or has reason to know that the victim is a probation and parole agent or an aftercare agent, by an act done without the consent of the person so injured, is guilty of a Class D felony.

AB130-SSA1, s. 636 Section 636. 940.20 (2m) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB130-SSA1,393,2 940.20 (2m) (a) 1. "Aftercare agent" means any person authorized by the department of corrections to exercise control over a juvenile on aftercare.

AB130-SSA1, s. 637 Section 637. 941.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,393,9 941.29 (2) Any person specified in sub. (1) who, subsequent to the conviction for the felony or other crime, as specified in sub. (1), subsequent to the adjudication, as specified in sub. (1) (bm), or subsequent to the finding of not guilty or not responsible by reason of insanity or mental disease, defect or illness, possesses a firearm is guilty of a Class E felony. Whoever violates this section after being convicted under this section is guilty of a Class D felony.

AB130-SSA1, s. 637m Section 637m. 943.51 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,393,13 943.51 (1) (intro.)  Any person who incurs injury to his or her business or property as a result of a violation of s. 943.50 may bring a civil action against any individual 14 years of age or older who caused the loss for all of the following:

AB130-SSA1, s. 638 Section 638. 946.42 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 7233m, is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,394,4 946.42 (1) (a) "Custody" includes without limitation actual custody of an institution, including a secured juvenile correctional facility, a secure detention facility, as defined under s. 48.02 (16), or a juvenile portion of a county jail, or of a peace officer or institution guard and constructive custody of prisoners and juveniles subject to an order under s. 48.34 (4m), 48.357 (4) or (5) (e) or 48.366 temporarily outside the institution whether for the purpose of work, school, medical care, a leave granted under s. 303.068, a temporary leave or furlough granted to a juvenile or otherwise. Under s. 303.08 (6) it means, without limitation, that of the sheriff of the county to which the prisoner was transferred after conviction. " Custody" also includes the custody by the department of health and social services of a child who is placed in the community under corrective sanctions supervision under s. 48.533. It does not include the custody of a probationer or parolee by the department of corrections or a probation or parole officer or the custody of a person who has been released to aftercare supervision under ch. 48 unless the person is in actual custody.

AB130-SSA1, s. 639 Section 639. 946.42 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 27, section 7233p, and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB130-SSA1,394,19 946.42 (1) (a) "Custody" includes without limitation actual custody of an institution, including a secured juvenile correctional facility, a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), a secure detention facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (16), or a juvenile portion of a county jail, or of a peace officer or institution guard and constructive custody of prisoners and juveniles subject to an order under s. 48.366, 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (4m) or 938.357 (4) or (5) (e) temporarily outside the institution whether for the purpose of work, school, medical care, a leave granted under s. 303.068, a temporary leave or furlough granted to a juvenile or otherwise. Under s. 303.08 (6) it means, without limitation, that of the sheriff of the county to which the prisoner was transferred after conviction. It does not include the custody of a probationer or parolee by the department of corrections or a probation or parole officer or the custody of a person who has been released to aftercare supervision under ch. 938 unless the person is in actual custody.

AB130-SSA1, s. 640 Section 640. 946.42 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,394,23 946.42 (1) (c) "Legal arrest" includes without limitation an arrest pursuant to process fair on its face notwithstanding insubstantial irregularities and also includes taking a child into custody under s. 48.19 938.19.

AB130-SSA1, s. 641 Section 641. 946.42 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,395,4 946.42 (2) (b) Lawfully taken into custody under s. 48.19 938.19 for a violation of or lawfully alleged or adjudged under ch. 48 938 to have violated a statutory traffic regulation, a statutory provision for which the penalty is a forfeiture or a municipal ordinance.

AB130-SSA1, s. 642 Section 642. 946.42 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,395,8 946.42 (3) (b) Lawfully taken into custody under s. 48.19 938.19 for or lawfully alleged or adjudged under ch. 48 938 to be delinquent on the basis of a violation of a criminal law.

AB130-SSA1, s. 643 Section 643. 946.42 (3) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts 377 and 385, is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,395,13 946.42 (3) (c) Subject to a disposition under s. 48.34 (4g) 938.34 (4h) or (4m), to a placement under s. 48.357 938.357 (4) or to aftercare revocation under s. 48.357 938.357 (5) (e).

AB130-SSA1, s. 644 Section 644. 946.44 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 7234m, is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,395,19 946.44 (1) (a) Any officer or employe of an institution where prisoners are detained or any officer or employe providing corrective sanctions supervision under s. 48.533 who intentionally permits a prisoner in the officer's or employe's custody to escape; or

AB130-SSA1, s. 645 Section 645. 946.44 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB130-SSA1,395,24 946.44 (1) (a) Any officer or employe of an institution where prisoners are detained who intentionally permits a prisoner in the officer's or employe's custody to escape; or

AB130-SSA1, s. 646 Section 646. 946.44 (2) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB130-SSA1,396,4 946.44 (2) (c) "Institution" includes a secured juvenile correctional facility and a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g).