51.001 Legislative policy.
51.02 Council on mental health.
51.03 Department; powers and duties.
51.032 Denial and revocations of certification or approval based on tax delinquency.
51.038 Outpatient mental health clinic certification.
51.04 Treatment facility certification.
51.05 Mental health institutes.
51.06 Centers for the developmentally disabled.
51.07 Outpatient services.
51.08 Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex.
51.10 Voluntary admission of adults.
51.13 Admission of minors.
51.14 Outpatient treatment of minors.
51.15 Emergency detention.
51.20 Involuntary commitment for treatment.
51.22 Care and custody of persons.
51.35 Transfers and discharges.
51.37 Criminal commitments; mental health institutes.
51.375 Honesty testing of sex offenders.
51.38 Nonresident patients on unauthorized absence.
51.39 Resident patients on unauthorized absence.
51.40 Residence of developmentally disabled or chronically mentally ill adults.
51.42 Community mental health, developmental disabilities, alcoholism and drug abuse services.
51.421 Community support programs.
51.437 Developmental disabilities services.
51.44 Early intervention services.
51.45 Prevention and control of alcoholism.
51.46 Priority for pregnant women for private treatment for alcohol or other drug abuse.
51.47 Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment for minors.
51.48 Alcohol and other drug testing of minors.
51.59 Incompetency not implied.
51.62 Protection and advocacy system.
51.63 Private pay for patients.
51.64 Reports of death required; penalty; assessment.
51.65 Segregation of tuberculosis patients.
51.67 Alternate procedure; protective services.
51.75 Interstate compact on mental health.
51.76 Compact administrator.
51.77 Transfer of patients.
51.78 Supplementary agreements.
51.79 Transmittal of copies.
51.81 Uniform extradition of persons of unsound mind act; definitions.
51.82 Delivery of certain nonresidents.
51.83 Authentication of demand; discharge; costs.
51.84 Limitation of time to commence proceeding.
51.87 Interstate contracts for services under this chapter.
51.90 Antidiscrimination.
Ch. 51 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See s.
46.011 for definitions applicable to chs.
46,
48,
50,
51,
55 and
58.
51.001
51.001
Legislative policy. 51.001(1)(1) It is the policy of the state to assure the provision of a full range of treatment and rehabilitation services in the state for all mental disorders and developmental disabilities and for mental illness, alcoholism and other drug abuse. There shall be a unified system of prevention of such conditions and provision of services which will assure all people in need of care access to the least restrictive treatment alternative appropriate to their needs, and movement through all treatment components to assure continuity of care, within the limits of available state and federal funds and of county funds required to be appropriated to match state funds.
51.001(2)
(2) To protect personal liberties, no person who can be treated adequately outside of a hospital, institution or other inpatient facility may be involuntarily treated in such a facility.
51.001 History
History: 1975 c. 430;
1995 a. 92.
51.01
51.01
Definitions. As used in this chapter, except where otherwise expressly provided:
51.01(1)
(1) "Alcoholic" means a person who is suffering from alcoholism.
51.01(1m)
(1m) "Alcoholism" is a disease which is characterized by the dependency of a person on the drug alcohol, to the extent that the person's health is substantially impaired or endangered or his or her social or economic functioning is substantially disrupted.
51.01(2)
(2) "Approved treatment facility" means any publicly or privately operated treatment facility or unit thereof approved by the department for treatment of alcoholic, drug dependent, mentally ill or developmentally disabled persons.
51.01(2g)(a)(a) "Brain injury" means any injury to the brain, regardless of age at onset, whether mechanical or infectious in origin, including brain trauma, brain damage and traumatic head injury, the results of which are expected to continue indefinitely, which constitutes a substantial handicap to the individual, and which directly results in any 2 or more of the following:
51.01(2g)(am)
(am) "Brain injury" includes any injury to the brain under
par. (a) that is vascular in origin if received by a person prior to his or her attaining the age of 22 years.
51.01(2g)(b)
(b) "Brain injury" does not include alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease as specified under
s. 46.87 (1) (a) or the infirmities of aging as specified under
s. 55.01 (3).
51.01(3)
(3) "Center for the developmentally disabled" means any facility which is operated by the department and which provides services including, but not limited to, 24-hour treatment, consultation, training and education for developmentally disabled persons.
51.01(3g)
(3g) "Chronic mental illness" means a mental illness which is severe in degree and persistent in duration, which causes a substantially diminished level of functioning in the primary aspects of daily living and an inability to cope with the ordinary demands of life, which may lead to an inability to maintain stable adjustment and independent functioning without long-term treatment and support and which may be of lifelong duration. "Chronic mental illness" includes schizophrenia as well as a wide spectrum of psychotic and other severely disabling psychiatric diagnostic categories, but does not include infirmities of aging or a primary diagnosis of mental retardation or of alcohol or drug dependence.
51.01(3n)
(3n) "Community mental health program" means a program to provide community-based outpatient mental health services that is operated by or under contract with a county department of community programs or that requests payment for the services under the medical assistance program or under benefits required under
s. 632.89 (2).
51.01(3s)
(3s) "Community support program" means a coordinated care and treatment system which provides a network of services through an identified treatment program and staff to ensure ongoing therapeutic involvement and individualized treatment in the community for persons with chronic mental illness.
51.01(4)
(4) "Conditional transfer" means a transfer of a patient or resident to a less restrictive environment for treatment which is made subject to conditions imposed for the benefit of the patient or resident.
51.01(5)(a)(a) "Developmental disability" means a disability attributable to brain injury, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, Prader-Willi syndrome, mental retardation, or another neurological condition closely related to mental retardation or requiring treatment similar to that required for mental retardation, which has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely and constitutes a substantial handicap to the afflicted individual. "Developmental disability" does not include senility which is primarily caused by the process of aging or the infirmities of aging.
51.01(5)(b)
(b) "Developmental disability", for purposes of involuntary commitment, does not include cerebral palsy or epilepsy.
51.01(6)
(6) "Director" means the person in charge of a state treatment facility, state or local treatment center, or approved private facility.
51.01(7)
(7) "Discharge" of a patient who is under involuntary commitment orders means a termination of custody and treatment obligations of the patient to the authority to which the patient was committed by court action. The "discharge" of a patient who is voluntarily admitted to a treatment program or facility means a termination of treatment obligations between the patient and the treatment program or facility.
51.01(8)
(8) "Drug dependent" means a person who uses one or more drugs to the extent that the person's health is substantially impaired or his or her social or economic functioning is substantially disrupted.
