AB150: Bill Text

AB150, s. 6348 Section 6348. 255.06 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2088,18 255.06 (2) (a) (intro.) Award not more than $422,600 as grants for provision of mammography breast cancer screening services to women who are aged 40 years or older and who reside in the 12 rural counties that the department specifies by rule as having the highest incidence in the state of late-stage breast cancer. Grants shall be awarded to an applying hospital or organization that has a mammography unit available for use in an area of service under this paragraph and that is selected by the department under procedures established by the department. Payment for services provided under a grant shall be as follows:

AB150, s. 6349 Section 6349. 255.06 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2088,22 255.06 (2) (c) Distribute not more than $115,200 in each fiscal year as a grant to the city of Milwaukee public health department for the performance of breast cancer screening activities with the use of a mobile mammography van.

AB150, s. 6350 Section 6350. 255.06 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 6351 Section 6351. 255.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2089,4 255.30 (4) The state superintendent department of public instruction education shall prepare and circulate to each public and private educational institution in this state instructions and recommendations for implementing the eye safety provisions of this section.

AB150, s. 6352 Section 6352. 301.001 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2089,12 301.001 Purposes of chapters. The purposes of this chapter and chs. 302 to 304 are to prevent delinquency and crime by an attack on its their causes; to provide a just, humane and efficient program of rehabilitation of offenders; and to coordinate and integrate corrections programs with other social services. In creating the department of corrections, chs. 301 to 304, the legislature intends that the state continue to avoid sole reliance on incarceration of offenders and continue to develop, support and maintain professional community programs and placements.

AB150, s. 6353 Section 6353. 301.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2089,16 301.01 (4) "State correctional institution" means a state prison under s. 302.01 or a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02 (15m), operated by the department.

AB150, s. 6354 Section 6354. 301.027 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2089,20 301.027 Treatment program at one or more juvenile correctional institutions. The department shall maintain a cottage-based intensive alcohol and other drug abuse program at one or more juvenile correctional institutions.

AB150, s. 6355 Section 6355. 301.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2089,24 301.03 (2) Supervise the custody and discipline of all prisoners and the maintenance of state correctional institutions and the prison industries therein under s. 303.01.

AB150, s. 6356 Section 6356. 301.03 (9m) of the statutes, as created by 1993 Wisconsin Act 377, is amended to read:

AB150,2090,4 301.03 (9m) Supervise all persons placed in the youthful serious juvenile offender program under s. 48.537

AB150, s. 6357 Section 6357. 301.04 of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 6358 Section 6358. 301.048 (9) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 6359 Section 6359. 301.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2090,8 301.08 (1) (c) 1. In this paragraph:

AB150,2090,13 a. "Administrative supervision" means the supervision of a probationer or parolee in which the department requires that a minimum of one face-to-face contact occur every 6 months between the probationer or parolee and a representative of the department and that the probationer or parolee submit a monthly report to the department.

AB150,2090,18 b. "Minimum supervision" means the supervision of a probationer or parolee in which the department requires that a minimum of one face-to-face contact occur every 90 days between the probationer or parolee and a representative of the department and that the probationer or parolee submit a monthly report to the department.

AB150,2090,25 2. The department may contract with public, private or voluntary vendors for the supervision of probationers and parolees who are under minimum supervision or administrative supervision. The contract shall authorize any such vendor to charge a fee to probationers and parolees sufficient to cover the cost of supervision and administration of the contract. The department shall promulgate rules for fees, collections, reporting and verification regarding probationers and parolees supervised by the vendor.

AB150, s. 6360 Section 6360. 301.08 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2091,8 301.08 (2) (a) All care and services purchased by the department shall be authorized and contracted for under the standards established under this subsection. For purchases of $10,000 or less the requirement for a written contract may be waived by the department. No contract is required for care provided by foster homes required to be licensed under s. 48.62. If the department directly contracts for services, it shall follow the procedures in this subsection in addition to meeting purchasing requirements established in s. 16.75.

AB150, s. 6361 Section 6361. 301.12 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2091,16 301.12 Uniform fee schedule; collections. The department of corrections shall establish fees for juvenile correctional services provided by that department which shall be included in the uniform system of fees established by the department of health and social services under s. 46.03 (18). Collections and liability enforcement of fee chargeable services for the department of corrections shall be performed by the department of health and social services under ss. 46.03 (18), 46.10 and 48.36.

AB150, s. 6362 Section 6362. 301.135 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2091,21 301.135 (1) The department may contract with counties to provide electronic monitoring services relating to criminal offenders and to children who are placed on electronic monitoring under s. 48.21 (4m), 48.34 (3g) or 48.355 (6) (d) 3. The department shall charge a fee to counties for providing these services.

AB150, s. 6363 Section 6363. 301.135 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 6364 Section 6364. 301.32 (title) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150,2092,15 301.32 (title) Property of prisoners, residents and probationers. (1) Property delivered to steward; credit and debit. All money including wages and other property delivered to an officer or employe of any institution for the benefit of a prisoner or resident shall be delivered to the steward, who shall enter the property upon his or her books to the credit of a the prisoner or resident. The property may be used only under the direction and with the approval of the superintendent or warden and for the crime victim and witness assistance surcharge under s. 973.045 (4), the deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge under s. 973.046 or the benefit of the prisoner or resident. If the money remains uncalled for for one year after the prisoner's or resident's death or departure from the institution, the superintendent shall deposit it in the general fund. If any prisoner or resident leaves property, other than money, uncalled for at an institution for one year, the superintendent shall sell the property and deposit the proceeds in the general fund. If any person satisfies the department, within 5 years after the deposit, of his or her right to the deposit, the department shall direct the department of administration to draw its warrant in favor of the claimant and it shall charge the same to the appropriation made by s. 20.913 (3) (bm).

AB150, s. 6365 Section 6365. 301.36 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2092,24 301.36 (5) Enforcement by attorney general and district attorneys. Upon request of the department, the attorney general or the district attorney serving the proper county shall aid in any investigation, inspection, hearing or trial had under this chapter or those sections of ch. 48 relating to powers of the department, and shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of those provisions and for the punishment of violations of those provisions. The attorney general or district attorney so requested shall report or confer with the department regarding the request, within 30 days after receipt of the request.

AB150, s. 6366 Section 6366. 302.18 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2093,7 302.18 (7) Except as provided in s. 973.013 (3m), the department of corrections shall keep all prisoners under 16 years of age in secured juvenile correctional facilities, but the department of corrections or the department of health and social services, with the concurrence of the department of corrections, whichever has legal custody or supervision over a prisoner, may transfer them to a prisoner to an adult correctional institutions after they attain institution after the prisoner attains 16 years of age.

AB150, s. 6367 Section 6367. 302.31 of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 385, is amended to read:

AB150,2093,24 302.31 Use of jails. The county jail may be used for the detention of persons charged with crime and committed for trial; for the detention of persons committed to secure their attendance as witnesses; to imprison persons committed pursuant to a sentence or held in custody by the sheriff for any cause authorized by law; for the detention of persons sentenced to imprisonment in state penal institutions or a county house of correction, until they are removed to those institutions; for the detention of persons participating in the intensive sanctions program; for the temporary detention of persons in the custody of the department; and for other detentions authorized by law. The county jail may be used for the temporary placement of persons in the custody of the department, and persons who have attained the age of 18 17 years but have not attained the age of 25 years who are under the supervision of the department of health and social services under s. 48.355 (4) or 48.366 and who have been taken into custody pending revocation of aftercare supervision under s. 48.357 (5) (e) or 48.366 (5) or corrective sanctions supervision under s. 48.357 (5) (e).

AB150, s. 6368 Section 6368. 302.33 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2094,7 302.33 (2) (a) 4. In addition to the payments under subd. 3., the department shall pay $500,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (1) (bn) in each fiscal year to any county that had 12,000 18,000 or more reimbursable days under subd. 3. in the prior fiscal year. The payment under this subdivision is not subject to the proration requirement under subd. 3. A county that receives the payment under this subdivision in a fiscal year remains eligible for payment under subd. 3. in that fiscal year.

AB150, s. 6369 Section 6369. 302.38 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2094,16 302.38 (3) The maximum amount that a governmental unit may pay for the costs of medical or hospital care under this section is limited for that care to the amount payable by medical assistance under ss. 49.43 to 49.47 subch. IV of ch. 49, except s. 49.468, for care for which a medical assistance rate exists. No provider of medical or hospital care may bill a prisoner under sub. (1) for the cost of care exceeding the amount paid under this subsection by the governmental unit. If no medical assistance rate exists for the care provided, there is no limitation under this subsection.

AB150, s. 6370 Section 6370. 302.386 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 302.386 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB150,2094,25 302.386 (3) (a) The Except as provided in par. (b), the department may require a resident housed in a prison identified in s. 302.01 or in a secured correctional facility as defined in s. 48.02 (15m) who earns wages during residency and who receives medical or dental services to pay a deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge upon the medical or dental service that he or she receives. The department shall collect the allowable deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge.

AB150,2095,5 (c) No provider of services may deny care or services because the resident is unable to pay the applicable deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge, but an inability to pay these charges does not relieve the resident of liability for the charges unless the department excepts or waives the liability under criteria that the department shall establish by rule.

AB150, s. 6371 Section 6371. 302.386 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2095,11 302.386 (3) (b) If the resident under par. (a) requests the medical services or dental services, the department shall require the resident to pay the deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge. The department may not charge the person less than $2.50 for each request. The requirements under this paragraph are subject to the exception and waiver provisions under par. (c).

AB150, s. 6372 Section 6372. 302.386 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2095,15 302.386 (4) (a) The specific medical or dental services on which a deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge may be imposed under sub. (3) (a) or must be imposed under sub. (3) (b).

AB150, s. 6373 Section 6373. 302.386 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2095,19 302.386 (4) (b) The amounts of deductibles, coinsurances, copayments or similar charges that may be imposed on for the medical or dental services under par. (a).

AB150, s. 6374 Section 6374. 302.425 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 302.425 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB150,2095,22 302.425 (1) Definition. (intro.) In this section, "jail":

AB150,2095,23 (b) "Jail" includes a house of correction and a Huber facility under s. 303.09.

AB150, s. 6375 Section 6375. 302.425 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2095,25 302.425 (1) (a) "County department" has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (2g).

AB150, s. 6376 Section 6376. 302.425 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2096,5 302.425 (2g) County departments and department of health and social services; general authority. Subject to the limitations under sub. (3m), a county department or the department of health and social services may place in the home detention program any child who is in its custody or under its supervision.

AB150, s. 6377 Section 6377. 302.425 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2096,9 302.425 (2m) Intensive sanctions program participants. Notwithstanding the agreement requirements under sub. (3), the department of corrections may place any intensive sanctions program participant in a home detention program.

AB150, s. 6378 Section 6378. 302.425 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2096,20 302.425 (3) (title) Placement of a prisoner in the program. If a prisoner described under sub. (2) and the department of corrections agree, the sheriff may place the prisoner in the home detention program and provide that the prisoner be detained at the prisoner's place of residence or other place designated by the sheriff and be monitored by an active electronic monitoring system. The sheriff shall establish reasonable terms of detention and ensure that the prisoner is provided a written statement of those terms, including a description of the detention monitoring procedures and requirements and of any applicable liability issues. The terms may include a requirement that the prisoner pay the county a daily fee to cover the county costs associated with monitoring him or her.

AB150, s. 6379 Section 6379. 302.425 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2097,8 302.425 (3m) Placement of a child in the program. Upon the agreement of the department of corrections, the county department or the department of health and social services may place the child in the home detention program and provide that the child be detained at the child's place of residence or other place designated by the county department or the department of health and social services and be monitored by an active electronic monitoring system. The county department or the department of health and social services shall provide reasonable terms of detention and ensure that the child receives a written statement of those terms, including a description of the detention monitoring procedures and requirements and of any applicable liability issues. The terms may include a requirement that the child or his or her parent or guardian pay the county or state a daily fee to cover the costs associated with monitoring him or her.

AB150, s. 6380 Section 6380. 302.425 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2097,18 302.425 (4) Departmental duties. The department of corrections shall ensure that electronic monitoring equipment units are available, pursuant to contractual agreements with county sheriffs, county departments and the department of health and social services, throughout the state on an equitable basis. If a prisoner is chosen under sub. (3) or a child is chosen under sub. (3m) to participate in the home detention program, the department of corrections shall install and monitor electronic monitoring equipment. The department of corrections shall charge the county a daily per prisoner fee or per child fee, whichever is applicable, to cover the department's costs for these services.

AB150, s. 6381 Section 6381. 302.425 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2097,23 302.425 (6) Escape. Any intentional failure of a prisoner to remain within the limits of his or her detention or to return to his or her place of detention, as specified in the terms of detention under sub. (3), is considered an escape under s. 946.42 (3) (a).

AB150, s. 6382 Section 6382. 303.01 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2098,11 303.01 (1) (b) The department, with the approval of the prison industries board and after a hearing is held under par. (c), may establish industries for the employment of inmates in the state prisons or residents in any correctional institution operated by the department for holding in secure custody persons adjudged delinquent. Except as provided in par. (d), prison industries may engage in manufacturing articles for and providing services to the state and its political subdivisions and any tax-supported institution or nonprofit agency and for sale of such articles and services to other states or political divisions thereof or to the United States. The department shall fix the price of all products and services as near the market price as possible. Supplies, materials and equipment may be reconditioned by prison industries for sale under s. 16.72.

AB150, s. 6383 Section 6383. 303.01 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2098,16 303.01 (2) (e) Maintain auto shops in connection with auto schools and may receive from licensed automobile dealers and regularly established automobile repair shops vehicles to be repaired, painted or otherwise processed by inmates or residents of the school;

AB150, s. 6384 Section 6384. 303.01 (2) (em) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2099,7 303.01 (2) (em) Lease space, with or without equipment, within the precincts of state prisons, as specified in s. 302.02, to not more than 3 private businesses to employ prison inmates to manufacture products or components or to provide services for sale on the open market. The department shall comply with s. 16.75 in selecting businesses under this paragraph. The department shall consult with appropriate trade organizations and labor unions prior to issuing requests for proposals and prior to selecting proposals under this paragraph. Each such private business may conduct its operations as a private business, subject to the wage standards under sub. (4), the disposition of earnings under sub. (8), the requirements for notification and hearing under sub. (1) (c), the requirement for prison industries board approval under s. 303.015 (1) (b) and the authority of the department to maintain security and control in its institutions. The private business and its operations are not a prison industry. Inmates employed by the private business are not subject to the requirements of inmates participating in prison industries, except as provided in this paragraph;

AB150, s. 6385 Section 6385. 303.01 (2) (em) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB150,2100,2 303.01 (2) (em) Lease space, with or without equipment, within the precincts of state prisons, as specified in s. 302.02, or within the confines of correctional institutions operated by the department for holding in secure custody persons adjudged delinquent, to not more than 3 private businesses to employ prison inmates and institution residents to manufacture products or components or to provide services for sale on the open market. The department shall comply with s. 16.75 in selecting businesses under this paragraph. The department shall consult with appropriate trade organizations and labor unions prior to issuing requests for proposals and prior to selecting proposals under this paragraph. Each such private business may conduct its operations as a private business, subject to the wage standards under sub. (4), the disposition of earnings under sub. (8), the requirements for notification and hearing under sub. (1) (c), the requirement for prison industries board approval under s. 303.015 (1) (b) and the authority of the department to maintain security and control in its institutions. The private business and its operations are not a prison industry. Inmates employed by the private business are not subject to the requirements of inmates participating in prison industries, except as provided in this paragraph;

AB150, s. 6386 Section 6386. 303.01 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2100,5 303.01 (2) (f) Lease or purchase land within the state for the employment of prisoners or residents; and

AB150, s. 6387 Section 6387. 303.01 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2100,9 303.01 (2) (g) Construct barracks for the safekeeping of prisoners or residents employed in the prison industries outside the prison or institution proper on the prison or institution premises.

AB150, s. 6388 Section 6388. 303.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2100,17 303.01 (4) Wage standards. All inmates and residents shall be paid a wage which that is based on the productivity of the work the inmates and residents perform. Wages may be established at an hourly rate plus an incentive wage based on productivity and piecework formulas may be created. However, wages shall not be set at a rate such as to cause a deficit on operations. Changes in inmate and resident wage rate schedules may not be made without approval of the prison industries board.

AB150, s. 6389 Section 6389. 303.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2101,2 303.01 (6) Goal. To the extent possible, prison industries shall be operated in a manner that is similar to private business and industry. The primary goal of prison industries shall be to operate in a profitable manner. Within this goal, inmates or residents employed in prison industries shall be provided with training and work experience that allows them to develop skills necessary to retain employment in outside business and industry. Consistent with available resources, inmates or residents employed in prison industries may be required to take education courses related to their work to enhance their capacity for employment upon release from prison or an institution specified under sub. (1) (b).

AB150, s. 6390 Section 6390. 303.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2101,12 303.01 (8) Disposition of earnings. The department has the authority to determine how much, if any, of the earnings of an inmate or resident may be spent and for what purposes they may be spent within the confines of the prison or institution. The department shall distribute earnings for the crime victim and witness assistance surcharge under s. 973.045 (4), for the deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge under s. 973.046 (4) and for compliance with s. 303.06 (2) and may distribute earnings for the support of the inmate's or resident's dependents and for other obligations either acknowledged by the inmate or resident in writing or which have been reduced to judgment that may be satisfied according to law.

AB150, s. 6391 Section 6391. 303.015 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2101,19 303.015 (1) (c) Prior to submission to the legislative council staff for review under s. 227.15, departmental rules relating to hiring, termination, evaluation and compensation of, or other conditions of employment for, inmates or residents in prison industries shall be submitted to the board for approval. Board authority over rules shall not extend to determination of which inmates or residents are eligible for employment in prison industries or to security matters.