AB150-ASA1-AA2,7,2420
46.10
(2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person,
21including but not limited to a person admitted, committed or placed under s. 975.01,
221977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., and s. 975.17, 1977 stats., and ss. 48.34
(4h) or 23(4m), 48.357 (4) and (5) (e), 48.366, 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5),
151.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.06, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and
2980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any
3institution in this state including
university of Wisconsin hospital and clinics 4University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with
5all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services and supplies, any person
6receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or
751.437 or from a facility established under s.
49.175
49.73, and any person receiving
8treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4)
9(e), 980.06 (2) (c) or 980.08 (5) and the person's property and estate, including the
10homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate,
11including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person,
12and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a
13foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his
14or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of
15this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child
16into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate,
17including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance,
18services and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the
19department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow or minor, or an incapacitated
20person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court
21shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may
22be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every
23reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning
24of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.".
