Amendment ASA1-AB100

AB100-ASA1, s. 1532c Section 1532c. 46.95 (2) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,690,13 46.95 (2) (f) 1. Award $95,000 $545,000 in grants each in fiscal year 1997-98 and $995,000 in grants in each fiscal year thereafter to organizations for domestic abuse services that are targeted to children. In awarding the grants, the department shall use a competitive request-for-proposals process and, to the extent possible, shall ensure that the grants are equally distributed on a statewide basis.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1197 Section 1197. 46.972 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,690,22 46.972 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (ce), the department shall allocate up to $125,000 in each fiscal year as grants to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing primary health services and any other services that may be funded by the program under 42 USC 256 to homeless individuals. Entities that receive funds allocated by the department under this paragraph shall provide the primary health services as required under 42 USC 256 (f). The department may allocate to an applying entity up to 100% of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 256 (e).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1198 Section 1198. 46.972 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,691,6 46.972 (3) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (ce), the department shall allocate up to $125,000 may not allocate more than $45,000 in each fiscal year to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing certain mental health services to homeless individuals with chronic mental illness. Entities that receive funds allocated by the department under this subsection shall provide the mental health services required under 42 USC 290cc-24. The amount that the department allocates to an applying entity may not exceed 50% of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 290cc-23.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1535m Section 1535m. 46.974 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,691,15 46.974 Joint alcohol and drug abuse prevention plan. The department in cooperation with the department of education public instruction shall prepare, and the secretary and the secretary of education state superintendent shall approve, a coordinated plan for the development, testing and implementation of cooperative and integrated school-community alcohol and drug abuse prevention, intervention, treatment and rehabilitation services. The department and the department of education public instruction shall submit a report biennially to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) on the implementation of the plan.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1199 Section 1199. 46.985 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,691,19 46.985 (7) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b), (kw) and (o), the department shall allocate to county departments funds for the administration and implementation of the program.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1200 Section 1200. 46.997 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,692,4 46.997 (2) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (6) (a), the department shall allocate not more than $65,500 in each fiscal year to solicit applications from organizations and provide technical assistance to grantees and, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department shall allocate not more than $210,000 in each fiscal year to make grants to applying organizations for the provision, on a regional or tribal project basis, of information to communities in order to increase community knowledge about problems of adolescents and information to and activities for adolescents, particularly female adolescents, in order to enable the adolescents to develop skills with respect to all of the following:

AB100-ASA1, s. 1201 Section 1201. 46.997 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,692,8 46.997 (5) The department shall work closely with the women's council and the department of education public instruction, on a continuing basis, concerning the scope and direction of activities under projects funded by the program under sub. (2).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1548m Section 1548m. 47.02 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,692,16 47.02 (8) The department shall amend the state plan under 29 USC 721 to establish a grant program for the establishment, development or improvement of community rehabilitation programs as authorized under 29 USC 723 (b) (2). Under the grant program, the department shall distribute grants to community rehabilitation programs and shall require any community rehabilitation program that receives a grant to provide funds to match 25% of the amount of the grant awarded.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1202 Section 1202. 47.03 (11) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,692,21 47.03 (11) (e) The department shall distribute at least $218,600 from the appropriations in s. 20.445 (5) (bm) and (na) in each fiscal year for homecraft services relating to the marketing and distribution of homecraft products and to the purchase of capital equipment for each client who participates in the homecraft program.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1203 Section 1203. 48.02 (2g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,692,24 48.02 (2g) "County department" means a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, unless the context requires otherwise.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1204 Section 1204. 48.06 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,693,17 48.06 (1) (a) 1. In counties with a population of 500,000 or more, the county board of supervisors department shall provide the court with the services necessary for investigating and supervising child welfare cases by operating a children's court center under the supervision of a director who is appointed as provided in s. 46.21 (1m) (a). The director is the chief administrative officer of the center and of the intake and probation sections and secure detention facilities of the center except as otherwise provided in this subsection. The director under this chapter. The department is charged with providing child welfare intake and dispositional services and with administration of the personnel and services of the child welfare intake and dispositional sections and of the secure detention facilities, and is responsible for supervising both the operation of the physical plant and the maintenance and improvement of the buildings and grounds of the center of the department. The center department shall include investigative services for all children alleged to be in need of protection or services to be provided by the county department, and the services of an assistant district attorney or assistant corporation counsel or both, who shall be assigned to the center to provide investigative as well as legal work in the cases.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1205 Section 1205. 48.06 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,693,25 48.06 (1) (a) 2. The chief judge of the judicial administrative district shall formulate written judicial policy governing intake and court services for juvenile child welfare matters under this chapter and the director department shall be charged with executing the judicial policy. The chief judge shall direct and supervise the work of all personnel of the court, except the work of the district attorney or corporation counsel assigned to the court. The chief judge may delegate his or her supervisory functions under s. 48.065 (1).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1206 Section 1206. 48.06 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,694,23 48.06 (1) (a) 3. The county board of supervisors shall develop policies and establish necessary rules for the management and administration of the nonjudicial operations of the children's court center. The director of the center shall report and is responsible to the director of the county department for the execution of all nonjudicial operational policies and rules governing the center, including activities of probation officers whenever they are not performing services for the court. The director of the center is also responsible for the preparation and submission to the county board of supervisors of the annual budget for the center except for the judicial functions or responsibilities which are delegated by law to the judge or judges and clerk of circuit court. The county board of supervisors shall make provision in the organization of the office of director for the devolution of the director's authority in the case of temporary absence, illness, disability to act or a vacancy in position and shall establish the general qualifications for the position. The county board of supervisors also has the authority to investigate, arbitrate and resolve any conflict in the administration of the center as between judicial and nonjudicial operational policy and rules. The county board of supervisors does not have authority and may not assert jurisdiction over the disposition of any case or child after a written order is made under s. 48.21 or if a petition is filed under s. 48.25. All personnel of the intake and probation sections and of the secure detention facilities shall be appointed under civil service by the director except that existing court service personnel having permanent civil service status may be reassigned to any of the respective sections within the center specified in this paragraph.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1207 Section 1207. 48.06 (1) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,695,7 48.06 (1) (am) 1. All intake workers beginning providing services under this chapter who begin employment after May 15, 1980, shall have the qualifications required to perform entry level social work in a county department and shall have successfully completed 30 hours of intake training approved or provided by the department prior to the completion of the first 6 months of employment in the position. The department shall monitor compliance with this subdivision according to rules promulgated by the department.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1208 Section 1208. 48.06 (1) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,695,11 48.06 (1) (am) 2. The department shall make training programs available annually that permit intake workers who provide services under this chapter to satisfy the requirements specified under subd. 1.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1209 Section 1209. 48.06 (1) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,695,17 48.06 (1) (am) 3. Each intake worker providing services under this chapter whose responsibilities include investigation or treatment of child abuse or neglect shall successfully complete additional training in child abuse and neglect protective services approved by the department under s. 48.981 (8) (d). Not more than 4 hours of the additional training may be applied to the requirement under subd. 1.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1210 Section 1210. 48.06 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1211 Section 1211. 48.06 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,696,2 48.06 (2) (b) 1. All intake workers beginning providing services under this chapter who begin employment after May 15, 1980, shall have the qualifications required to perform entry level social work in a county department and shall have successfully completed 30 hours of intake training approved or provided by the department prior to the completion of the first 6 months of employment in the position. The department shall monitor compliance with this paragraph according to rules promulgated by the department.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1212 Section 1212. 48.06 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,696,6 48.06 (2) (b) 2. The department shall make training programs available annually that permit intake workers who provide services under this chapter to satisfy the requirements specified under subd. 1.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1213 Section 1213. 48.06 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,696,12 48.06 (2) (c) Each intake worker providing services under this chapter whose responsibilities include investigation or treatment of child abuse or neglect shall successfully complete additional training in child abuse and neglect protective services approved by the department under s. 48.981 (8) (d). Not more than 4 hours of the additional training may be applied to the requirement under par. (b).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1214 Section 1214. 48.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,696,18 48.06 (3) Intake services. The court or, the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more or the county department responsible for providing intake services under s. 48.067 shall specify one or more persons to provide intake services. If there is more than one such worker, one of the workers shall be designated as chief worker and shall supervise other workers.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1215 Section 1215. 48.069 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,696,24 48.069 (1) (intro.) The staff of the department, the court, a county department or a licensed child welfare agency designated by the court to carry out the objectives and provisions of this chapter, or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department or an agency under contract with the department to provide dispositional services, shall:

AB100-ASA1, s. 1216 Section 1216. 48.069 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,697,6 48.069 (2) Licensed Except in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, licensed child welfare agencies and the department shall provide services under this section only upon the approval of the agency from whom services are requested. In a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department or, with the approval of the department, a licensed child welfare agency shall provide services under this section.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1217 Section 1217. 48.069 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,697,11 48.069 (3) A court or county department responsible for disposition staff or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department may agree with the court or county department responsible for providing intake services that the disposition staff may be designated to provide some or all of the intake services.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1218 Section 1218. 48.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,697,19 48.07 (3) (title) County The department in populous counties. In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, the director of the county department may be ordered by the court to provide services for furnishing emergency shelter care to any child whose need therefor is determined by the intake worker under s. 48.205. The court may authorize the director department to appoint members of the county department to furnish emergency shelter care services for the child. The emergency shelter care may be provided as specified in s. 48.207.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1219 Section 1219. 48.207 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,698,4 48.207 (2) If a facility listed in sub. (1) (b) to (k) is used to hold children in custody, or if supervisory services of a home detention program are provided to children held under sub. (1) (a), its authorized rate shall be paid by the county for the care of the child shall be paid by the county in a county having a population of less than 500,000 or by the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more. If no authorized rate has been established, a reasonable sum to be fixed by the court shall be paid by the county in a county having a population of less than 500,000 or by the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more for the supervision or care of the child.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1220 Section 1220. 48.275 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 48.275 (2) (d) 1. and amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,698,14 48.275 (2) (d) 1. Reimbursement In a county having a population of less than 500,000, reimbursement payments shall be made to the clerk of courts of the county where the proceedings took place. Each payment shall be transmitted to the county treasurer, who shall deposit 25% of the amount paid for state-provided counsel in the county treasury and transmit the remainder to the state treasurer. Payments transmitted to the state treasurer shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.550 (1) (L). The county treasurer shall deposit 100% of the amount paid for county-provided counsel in the county treasury.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1221 Section 1221. 48.275 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,698,21 48.275 (2) (d) 2. In a county having a population of 500,000 or more, reimbursement payments shall be made to the clerk of courts of the county where the proceedings took place. Each payment shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall deposit the amount paid in the general fund and credit 25% of the amount paid to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (gx) and the remainder to the appropriation account under s. 20.550 (1) (L).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1222 Section 1222. 48.295 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,699,16 48.295 (1) After the filing of a petition and upon a finding by the court that reasonable cause exists to warrant an examination or an alcohol and other drug abuse assessment that conforms to the criteria specified under s. 48.547 (4), the court may order any child coming within its jurisdiction to be examined as an outpatient by personnel in an approved treatment facility for alcohol and other drug abuse, by a physician, psychiatrist or licensed psychologist, or by another expert appointed by the court holding at least a master's degree in social work or another related field of child development, in order that the child's physical, psychological, alcohol or other drug dependency, mental or developmental condition may be considered. The court may also order an examination or an alcohol and other drug abuse assessment that conforms to the criteria specified under s. 48.547 (4) of a parent, guardian or legal custodian whose ability to care for a child is at issue before the court. The court shall hear any objections by the child, the child's parents, guardian or legal custodian to the request for such an examination or assessment before ordering the examination or assessment. The expenses of an examination, if approved by the court, shall be paid by the county of the court ordering the examination in a county having a population of less than 500,000 or by the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more. The payment for an alcohol and other drug abuse assessment shall be in accordance with s. 48.361.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1223 Section 1223. 48.33 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,699,20 48.33 (4) (b) A recommendation for an amount of child support to be paid by either or both of the child's parents or for referral to the county designee child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) for the establishment of child support.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1224 Section 1224. 48.345 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,699,23 48.345 (4) (b) A The county department in a county having a population of less than 500,000.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1225 Section 1225. 48.345 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,700,2 48.345 (4) (bm) The department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1226 Section 1226. 48.345 (11) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1227 Section 1227. 48.345 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,700,9 48.345 (12) (b) The judge shall order the school board to disclose the child's pupil records, as defined under s. 118.125 (1) (d), to the county department, department, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, or licensed child welfare agency responsible for supervising the child, as necessary to determine the child's compliance with the order under par. (a).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1228 Section 1228. 48.345 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,700,16 48.345 (12) (c) The judge shall order the county department, department, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, or licensed child welfare agency responsible for supervising the child to disclose to the school board, technical college district board or private, nonprofit, nonsectarian agency which is providing an educational program under par. (a) 3. records or information about the child, as necessary to assure the provision of appropriate educational services under par. (a).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1229 Section 1229. 48.345 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,701,4 48.345 (13) (a) If the report prepared under s. 48.33 (1) recommends that the child is in need of treatment for the use or abuse of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs and its medical, personal, family or social effects, the court may order the child to enter an outpatient alcohol and other drug abuse treatment program at an approved treatment facility. The approved treatment facility shall, under the terms of a service agreement between the county and the approved treatment facility and the county in a county having a population of less than 500,000 or the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, or with the written informed consent of the child or the child's parent if the child has not attained the age of 12, report to the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child as to whether the child is cooperating with the treatment and whether the treatment appears to be effective.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1230 Section 1230. 48.345 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,701,16 48.345 (13) (b) If the report prepared under s. 48.33 (1) recommends that the child is in need of education relating to the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, the court may order the child to participate in an alcohol or other drug abuse education program approved by the court. The person or agency that provides the education program shall, under the terms of a service agreement between the county and the education program and the county in a county having a population of less than 500,000 or the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, or with the written informed consent of the child or the child's parent if the child has not attained the age of 12, report to the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child about the child's attendance at the program.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1231 Section 1231. 48.355 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,701,22 48.355 (2) (b) 4. If the child is placed outside the child's home, a designation of the amount of support, if any, to be paid by the child's parent, guardian or trustee, specifying that the support obligation begins on the date of the placement, or a referral to the county designee child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) for establishment of child support.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1232 Section 1232. 48.355 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,702,7 48.355 (2) (b) 6. If the child is placed outside the home, the court's a finding that continued placement of the child in his or her home would be contrary to the welfare of the child and a finding as to whether a the county department which provides social services, the department, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for the provision of services under a court order has made reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of the child from the home or, if applicable, that the agency primarily responsible for the provision of services under a court order has made reasonable efforts to make it possible for the child to return to his or her home.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1233 Section 1233. 48.355 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,702,14 48.355 (2) (c) If school attendance is a condition of an order under par. (b) 7., the order shall specify what constitutes a violation of the condition and shall direct the school board of the school district in which the child is enrolled to notify the county department that is responsible for supervising the child or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department within 5 days after any violation of the condition by the child.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1234 Section 1234. 48.355 (2c) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,702,21 48.355 (2c) (a) (intro.) When a court makes a finding under sub. (2) (b) 6. as to whether a the county department which provides social services, the department, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child under a court order has made reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of the child from his or her home, the court's consideration of reasonable efforts shall include, but not be limited to, whether:

AB100-ASA1, s. 1235 Section 1235. 48.36 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,703,10 48.36 (1) (a) If legal custody is transferred from the parent or guardian or the court otherwise designates an alternative placement for the child by a disposition made under s. 48.345 or by a change in placement under s. 48.357, the duty of the parent or guardian or, in the case of a transfer of guardianship and custody under s. 48.839 (4), the duty of the former guardian to provide support shall continue even though the legal custodian or the placement designee may provide the support. A copy of the order transferring custody or designating alternative placement for the child shall be submitted to the agency or person receiving custody or placement and the agency or person may apply to the court for an order to compel the parent or guardian to provide the support. Support payments for residential services, when purchased or otherwise funded or provided by the department or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437, shall be determined under s. 46.10 (14).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1236 Section 1236. 48.36 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 3, is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,703,22 48.36 (1) (b) In determining the amount of support under par. (a), the court may consider all relevant financial information or other information relevant to the parent's earning capacity, including information reported under s. 49.22 (2m) to the department of workforce development, or the county child and spousal support agency, under s. 49.22 (2m) 59.53 (5). If the court has insufficient information with which to determine the amount of support, the court shall order the child's parent to furnish a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses, if the parent has not already done so, to the court within 10 days after the court's order transferring custody or designating an alternative placement is entered or at such other time as ordered by the court.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1237 Section 1237. 48.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,704,6 48.36 (2) If a child whose legal custody has not been taken from a parent or guardian is given educational and social services, or medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment by order of the court, the cost thereof, if ordered by the court, shall be a charge upon the county in a county having a population of less than 500,000 or the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more. This section does not prevent recovery of reasonable contribution toward the costs from the parent or guardian of the child as the court may order based on the ability of the parent or guardian to pay. This subsection shall be subject to s. 46.03 (18).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1238 Section 1238. 48.36 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,704,9 48.36 (3) In determining county or departmental liability, this section does not apply to services specified in ch. 115.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1239 Section 1239. 48.365 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: