AB130,377,2218 (b) Accept legal custody or supervision of juveniles transferred to it by the court
19under s. 938.355 and provide special treatment and care if ordered by the court.
20Except as provided in s. 938.505 (2), a court may not order a county department to
21administer psychotropic medications to juveniles who receive special treatment or
22care under this paragraph.
AB130,378,1023 (c) Provide appropriate protection and services for juveniles in its care,
24including providing services for juveniles and their families in their own homes,
25placing the juveniles in licensed foster homes, licensed treatment foster homes or

1licensed group homes in this state or another state within a reasonable proximity to
2the agency with legal custody or contracting for services for them by licensed child
3welfare agencies or replacing them in juvenile correctional institutions or secured
4child caring institutions in accordance with rules promulgated under ch. 227, except
5that the county department may not purchase the educational component of private
6day treatment programs unless the county department, the school board as defined
7in s. 115.001 (7) and the state superintendent of public instruction all determine that
8an appropriate public education program is not available. Disputes between the
9county department and the school district shall be resolved by the state
10superintendent of public instruction.
AB130,378,1211 (d) Provide for the moral and religious training of juveniles in its care according
12to the religious belief of the juvenile or of his or her parents.
AB130,378,1313 (f) Provide services to the court under s. 938.06.
AB130,378,1514 (g) Upon request of the department, provide service for any juvenile in the care
15of the department.
AB130,378,1716 (h) Contract with any parent or guardian or other person for the care and
17maintenance of any juvenile.
AB130,378,20 18(2) In performing the functions specified in sub. (1) the county department may
19avail itself of the cooperation of any individual or private agency or organization
20interested in the social welfare of juveniles in the county.
AB130,378,23 21(3) (a) From the reimbursement received under s. 49.52 (1) (d), counties may
22provide funding for the maintenance of any juvenile who meets all of the follwing
23qualifications:
AB130,378,2424 1. Is 17 years of age or older.
AB130,379,2
12. Is enrolled in and regularly attending a secondary education classroom
2program leading to a high school diploma.
AB130,379,43 3. Received funding under s. 49.52 (1) (d) immediately prior to his or her 17th
4birthday.
AB130,379,65 4. Is living in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home or child caring
6institution.
AB130,379,97 (b) The funding provided for the maintenance of a juvenile under par. (a) shall
8be in an amount equal to that to which the juvenile would receive under s. 49.52 (1)
9(d) if the juvenile were 16 years of age.
AB130,379,20 10(4) A county department may provide aftercare supervision under s. 48.34 (4n)
11for juveniles who are released from secured correctional facilities or secured child
12caring institutions operated by the department. If a county department intends to
13change its policy regarding whether the county department or the department shall
14provide aftercare supervision for juveniles released from secured correctional
15facilities or secured child caring institutions operated by the department, the county
16executive or county administrator, or, if the county has no county executive or county
17administrator, the chairperson of the county board of supervisors, or, for multicounty
18departments, the chairpersons of the county boards of supervisors jointly, shall
19submit a letter to the department stating that intent before July 1 of the year
20preceding the year in which the policy change will take effect.
AB130,380,8 21938.59 Examination and records. (1) The county department shall
22investigate the personal and family history and environment of any juvenile
23transferred to its legal custody or placed under its supervision under s. 938.34 (4n)
24and make any physical or mental examinations of the juvenile considered necessary
25to determine the type of care necessary for the juvenile. The county department shall

1screen a juvenile who is examined under this subsection to determine whether the
2juvenile is in need of special treatment or care because of alcohol or other drug abuse,
3mental illness or severe emotional disturbance. The county department shall keep
4a complete record of the information received from the court, the date of reception,
5all available data on the personal and family history of the juvenile, the results of all
6tests and examinations given the juvenile and a complete history of all placements
7of the juvenile while in the legal custody or under the supervision of the county
8department.
AB130,380,11 9(2) At the department's request, the county department shall report to the
10department regarding juveniles in the legal custody or under the supervision of the
11county department.
AB130,380,18 12938.595 Duration of control of county departments over delinquents.
13Except as provided in s. 938.66, a juvenile who has been adjudged delinquent and
14placed under the supervision of a county department under s. 938.34 (4n) shall be
15discharged as soon as the county department determines that there is a reasonable
16probability that it is no longer necessary either for the rehabilitation and treatment
17of the juvenile or for the protection of the public that the county department retain
18supervision.
AB130,380,2019 SUBCHAPTER XVII
20 GENERAL PROVISIONS ON RECORDS
AB130,380,23 21938.78 Confidentiality of records. (1) In this section, unless otherwise
22qualified, "agency" means the department, a county department or a licensed child
23welfare agency.
AB130,381,2 24(2) (a) No agency may make available for inspection or disclose the contents of
25any record kept or information received about an individual in its care or legal

1custody, except as provided under sub. (3) or s. 938.371, 938.38 (5) (b) or (d) or 938.51
2or by order of the court.
AB130,381,63 (b) 1. Paragraph (a) does not apply to the confidential exchange of information
4between an agency, another social welfare agency, a law enforcement agency, the
5victim-witness coordinator or a public school district regarding an individual in the
6care or legal custody of the agency.
AB130,381,157 2. On petition of an agency to review pupil records, as defined in s. 118.125 (1)
8(d), other than pupil records that may be disclosed without court order under s.
9118.125 (2) or (2m), for the purpose of providing treatment or care for an individual
10in the care or legal custody of the agency, the court may order the school board of the
11school district in which an individual is enrolled to disclose to the agency the pupil
12records of the individual as necessary for the agency to provide that treatment or
13care. The agency may use the pupil records only for the purpose of providing
14treatment or care and may make the pupil records available only to employes of the
15agency who are providing treatment or care for the individual.
AB130,381,2016 (d) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit the department or a county department
17from disclosing information about an individual formerly under the supervision of
18the department under s. 938.183 or 938.34 (4m) or formerly under the supervision
19of the department or county department under s. 938.34 (4n) to the department of
20corrections, if the individual is at the time of disclosure any of the following:
AB130,381,2121 1. The subject of a presentence investigation under s. 972.15.
AB130,381,2222 2. Under sentence to the Wisconsin state prisons under s. 973.15.
AB130,381,2423 3. Subject to an order under s. 938.183 or 938.366 and placed in a state prison
24under s. 938.183 or 938.366 (8).
AB130,381,2525 4. On probation to the department of corrections under s. 973.09.
AB130,382,1
15. On parole under s. 302.11 or ch. 304.
AB130,382,82 (e) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit the department of health and social services
3from disclosing information about an individual adjudged delinquent under s. 938.31
4for a sexually violent offense, as defined in s. 980.01 (6), to the department of justice,
5or a district attorney or a judge acting under ch. 980 or to an attorney who represents
6a person subject to a petition under ch. 980. The court in which the petition under
7s. 980.02 is filed may issue any protective orders that it determines are appropriate
8concerning information disclosed under this paragraph.
AB130,382,25 9(3) If a juvenile adjudged delinquent on the basis of a violation of s. 941.10,
10941.11, 941.20, 941.21, 941.23, 941.235, 941.237, 941.24, 941.26, 941.28, 941.295,
11941.298, 941.30, 941.31, 941.32, 941.325, 943.02, 943.03, 943.04, 943.10 (2) (a),
12943.23 (1g), (1m) or (1r), 943.32 (2), 948.02, 948.025, 948.03, 948.05, 948.055, 948.60,
13948.605 or 948.61 or any crime specified in ch. 940 has escaped from a secured
14correctional facility or a secured child caring institution, has been allowed to leave
15a secured correctional facility or a secured child caring institution for a specified time
16period and is absent from the facility or institution for more than 12 hours after the
17expiration of the specified period, the department of health and social services or the
18department of corrections may release the juvenile's name and any information
19about the juvenile that is necessary for the protection of the public or to secure the
20juvenile's return to the facility, institution or placement. The department of health
21and social services shall promulgate rules establishing guidelines for the release of
22the juvenile's name or information about the juvenile to the public, except that the
23department of corrections shall promulgate rules establishing guidelines for the
24release to the public of the name of a juvenile, or information about a juvenile, who
25is placed in a secured correctional facility operated by that department.
AB130, s. 581
1Section 581. 938.988 of the statutes is created to read:
AB130,383,3 2938.988 Interstate placement of juveniles. Sections 48.988 and 48.989
3apply to the interstate placement of juveniles.
AB130, s. 582 4Section 582. 939.62 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,383,85 939.62 (3) (a) In case of crimes committed in this state, the terms do not include
6motor vehicle offenses under chs. 341 to 349 and offenses handled through court
7proceedings in the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. chs. 48 and 938,
8but otherwise have the meanings designated in s. 939.60.
AB130, s. 583 9Section 583. 939.62 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,383,1710 939.62 (3) (b) In case of crimes committed in other jurisdictions, the terms do
11not include those crimes which are equivalent to motor vehicle offenses under chs.
12341 to 349 or to offenses handled through court proceedings in the court assigned to
13exercise jurisdiction
under ch. chs. 48 and 938. Otherwise, felony means a crime
14which under the laws of that jurisdiction carries a prescribed maximum penalty of
15imprisonment in a prison or penitentiary for one year or more. Misdemeanor means
16a crime which does not carry a prescribed maximum penalty sufficient to constitute
17it a felony and includes crimes punishable only by a fine.
AB130, s. 584 18Section 584. 939.635 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,384,219 939.635 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), if a person is convicted of violating
20s. 940.20 (1) while placed in a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02
21938.02 (15m), or a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), the
22court shall sentence the person to not less than 3 years of imprisonment. Except as
23provided in sub. (2), if a person is convicted of violating s. 946.43 while placed in a
24secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02 938.02 (15m), or a secured child

1caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g),
the court shall sentence the person
2to not less than 5 years of imprisonment.
AB130, s. 585 3Section 585. 939.635 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,384,84 939.635 (2) (b) That imposing the applicable presumptive minimum sentence
5specified in sub. (1) is not necessary to deter the person or other persons from
6committing violations of s. 940.20 (1) or 946.43 or other similar offenses while placed
7in a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02 938.02 (15m), or a secured
8child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g)
.
AB130, s. 586 9Section 586. 941.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,384,1510 941.29 (2) Any person specified in sub. (1) who, subsequent to the conviction
11for the felony or other crime, as specified in sub. (1), subsequent to the adjudication,
12as specified in sub. (1) (bm), or subsequent to the finding of not guilty or not
13responsible by reason of insanity or mental disease, defect or illness, possesses a
14firearm is guilty of a Class E felony. Whoever violates this section after being
15convicted under this section is guilty of a Class D felony.
AB130, s. 587 16Section 587. 946.42 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts
17377 and 385, is amended to read:
AB130,385,1018 946.42 (1) (a) "Custody" includes without limitation actual custody of an
19institution, including a secured juvenile correctional facility, a secured child caring
20institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g),
a secure detention facility, as defined under
21s. 48.02 938.02 (16), or a juvenile portion of a county jail, or of a peace officer or
22institution guard and constructive custody of prisoners and juveniles subject to an
23order under s. 48.34 (4m), 48.357 (4) or (5) (e) or 48.366 938.183, 938.34 (4g) or (4m),
24938.357 (4) or (5) (e) or 938.366
temporarily outside the institution whether for the
25purpose of work, school, medical care, a leave granted under s. 303.068, a temporary

1leave or furlough granted to a juvenile or otherwise. Under s. 303.08 (6) it means,
2without limitation, that of the sheriff of the county to which the prisoner was
3transferred after conviction. "Custody" also includes the custody by the department
4of health and social services of a child who is placed in the community under
5corrective sanctions supervision under s. 48.533 and custody by the department of
6corrections of a person who is placed in the community under youthful offender
7supervision under s. 48.537.
It does not include the custody of a probationer or
8parolee by the department of corrections or a probation or parole officer or the
9custody of a person who has been released to aftercare supervision under ch. 48 938
10unless the person is in actual custody.
AB130, s. 588 11Section 588. 946.42 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,385,1412 946.42 (1) (c) "Legal arrest" includes without limitation an arrest pursuant to
13process fair on its face notwithstanding insubstantial irregularities and also
14includes taking a child into custody under s. 48.19 938.19.
AB130, s. 589 15Section 589. 946.42 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,385,1916 946.42 (2) (b) Lawfully taken into custody under s. 48.19 938.19 for a violation
17of or lawfully alleged or adjudged under ch. 48 938 to have violated a statutory traffic
18regulation, a statutory provision for which the penalty is a forfeiture or a municipal
19ordinance.
AB130, s. 590 20Section 590. 946.42 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,385,2321 946.42 (3) (b) Lawfully taken into custody under s. 48.19 938.19 for or lawfully
22alleged or adjudged under ch. 48 938 to be delinquent on the basis of a violation of
23a criminal law.
AB130, s. 591 24Section 591. 946.42 (3) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts
25377 and 385, is amended to read:
AB130,386,3
1946.42 (3) (c) Subject to a disposition under s. 48.34 938.34 (4g) or (4m), to a
2placement under s. 48.357 938.357 (4) or to aftercare revocation under s. 48.357
3938.357 (5) (e).
AB130, s. 592 4Section 592. 946.42 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,386,55 946.42 (3) (d) Subject to an order under s. 48.366 938.366.
AB130, s. 593 6Section 593. 946.44 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts
7377 and 486, is amended to read:
AB130,386,118 946.44 (1) (a) Any officer or employe of an institution where prisoners are
9detained or any officer or employe providing corrective sanctions supervision under
10s.
48.533 or youthful offender supervision under s. 48.537 who intentionally permits
11a prisoner in the officer's or employe's custody to escape; or
AB130, s. 594 12Section 594. 946.44 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,386,1413 946.44 (2) (c) "Institution" includes a secured juvenile correctional facility and
14a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g)
.
AB130, s. 595 15Section 595. 946.44 (2) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts
16377, 385 and 491, is amended to read:
AB130,386,2117 946.44 (2) (d) "Prisoner" includes a person who is committed to the custody of
18the department of corrections under s. 48.34 938.34 (4g) or placed in a secured
19correctional facility or a secured child caring institution under s. 48.34 938.183,
20938.34
(4m) or 48.357 938.357 (4) or (5) (e) or who is subject to an order under s.
2148.366 938.366.
AB130, s. 596 22Section 596. 946.45 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 377,
23is amended to read:
AB130,387,324 946.45 (1) Any officer or employe of an institution where prisoners are detained
25or any officer or employe providing corrective sanctions supervision under s. 48.533

1or youthful offender supervision under s. 48.537 who, through his or her neglect of
2duty, allows a prisoner in his or her custody to escape is guilty of a Class B
3misdemeanor.
AB130, s. 597 4Section 597. 946.45 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,387,65 946.45 (2) (c) "Institution" includes a secured juvenile correctional facility and
6a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g)
.
AB130, s. 598 7Section 598. 946.45 (2) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts
8377, 385 and 491, is amended to read:
AB130,387,139 946.45 (2) (d) "Prisoner" includes a person who is committed to the custody of
10the department of corrections under s. 48.34 938.34 (4g) or placed in a secured
11correctional facility or a secured child caring institution under s. 48.34 938.183,
12938.34
(4m) or 48.357 938.357 (4) or (5) (e) or who is subject to an order under s.
1348.366 938.366.
AB130, s. 599 14Section 599. 946.50 of the statutes is created to read:
AB130,387,19 15946.50 Absconding. Any person who is adjudicated delinquent, but who
16intentionally fails to appear before the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under
17chs. 48 and 938 for his or her dispositional hearing under s. 938.335, and who does
18not return to that court for a dispositional hearing before attaining the age of 17 years
19is guilty of the following:
AB130,387,21 20(1) A Class A felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing
21an act that would be a Class A felony if committed by an adult.
AB130,387,23 22(2) A Class B felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing
23an act that would be a Class B felony if committed by an adult.
AB130,387,25 24(3) A Class C felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing
25an act that would be a Class C felony is committed by an adult.
AB130,388,2
1(4) A Class D felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing
2an act that would be a Class D felony if committed by an adult.
AB130,388,4 3(5) A Class E felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing
4an act that would be a Class E felony or a misdemeanor if committed by an adult.
AB130, s. 600 5Section 600. 948.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,388,96 948.01 (1) "Child" means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years,
7except that for purposes of prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated a
8state or federal criminal law "child" does not include a person who has attained the
9age of 17 years
.
AB130, s. 601 10Section 601. 948.31 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,388,1411 948.31 (1) (a) 2. The department of health and social services or any person,
12county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or licensed child welfare agency,
13if custody of the child has been transferred under ch. 48 or 938 to that department,
14person or agency.
AB130, s. 602 15Section 602. 948.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,388,2416 948.31 (1) (b) Except as provided under ch. chs. 48 and 938, whoever
17intentionally causes a child to leave, takes a child away or withholds a child for more
18than 12 hours beyond the court-approved period of physical placement or visitation
19period from a legal custodian with intent to deprive the custodian of his or her
20custody rights without the consent of the custodian is guilty of a Class C felony. This
21paragraph is not applicable if the court has entered an order authorizing the person
22to so take or withhold the child. The fact that joint legal custody has been awarded
23to both parents by a court does not preclude a court from finding that one parent has
24committed a violation of this paragraph.
AB130, s. 603 25Section 603. 948.35 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,389,6
1948.35 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (d) or s. 161.455, any person who
2has attained the age of 18 17 years and who, with the intent that a felony be
3committed and under circumstances that indicate unequivocally that he or she has
4the intent, knowingly solicits, advises, hires, directs or counsels a child person 17
5years of age or under
to commit that felony may be fined or imprisoned or both, not
6to exceed the maximum penalty for the felony.
AB130, s. 604 7Section 604. 948.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,389,148 948.36 (1) Any person who has attained the age of 18 17 years and who, with
9the intent that a Class A felony be committed and under circumstances that indicate
10unequivocally that he or she has that intent, knowingly solicits, advises, hires,
11directs, counsels, employs, uses or otherwise procures a child person 17 years of age
12or under
to commit that Class A felony may, if the Class A felony is committed by the
13child, be imprisoned for not more than 5 years in excess of the maximum period of
14imprisonment provided by law for that Class A felony.
AB130, s. 605 15Section 605. 948.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,389,1916 948.40 (1) No person may intentionally encourage or contribute to the
17delinquency of a child as defined in s. 48.02 (3m). This subsection includes
18intentionally encouraging or contributing to an act by a child under the age of 12 10
19which would be a delinquent act if committed by a child 12 10 years of age or older.
AB130, s. 606 20Section 606. 948.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,389,2421 948.40 (2) No person responsible for the child's welfare may, by disregard of the
22welfare of the child, contribute to the delinquency of the child. This subsection
23includes disregard that contributes to an act by a child under the age of 12 10 that
24would be a delinquent act if committed by a child 12 10 years of age or older.
AB130, s. 607 25Section 607. 948.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB130,390,4
1948.45 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), any person 18 17 years of age or older
2who, by any act or omission, knowingly encourages or contributes to the truancy, as
3defined under s. 118.16 (1) (c), of a child person 17 years of age or under is guilty of
4a Class C misdemeanor.
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