AB150-SA20,8,118
46.10
(2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person,
9including but not limited to a person admitted, committed or placed under s. 975.01,
101977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., and s. 975.17, 1977 stats., and ss. 48.34
(4h) or 11(4m), 48.357 (4) and (5) (e), 48.366, 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5),
1251.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.06, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and
13980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any
14institution in this state including
university of Wisconsin hospital and clinics 15University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with
16all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services and supplies, any person
17receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or
1851.437 or from a facility established under s.
49.175
49.73, and any person receiving
19treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4)
20(e), 980.06 (2) (c) or 980.08 (5) and the person's property and estate, including the
21homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate,
22including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person,
23and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a
24foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his
1or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of
2this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child
3into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate,
4including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance,
5services and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the
6department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow or minor, or an incapacitated
7person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court
8shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may
9be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every
10reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning
11of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.".
