46.284 Care management organizations.
46.285 Operation of resource center and care management organization.
46.286 Family care benefit.
46.2895 Family care district.
46.29 Council on physical disabilities.
46.293 Specialized programs for the blind and visually impaired.
46.295 Interpreters for the hearing-impaired.
46.297 Telecommunication aid for the hearing impaired.
46.298 Vehicle sticker for the hearing impaired.
46.30 Community action agencies.
46.33 Employee counseling referral programs.
46.34 Emission standards for hazardous air contaminants.
46.37 Certain water and sewerage service in Winnebago County.
46.40 Community aids funding.
46.45 Carry-over of community aids funds.
46.46 Expenditure of income augmentation services receipts.
46.48 Grants for community programs.
46.481 Grants for children's community programs.
46.485 Mental health services for severely emotionally disturbed children.
46.49 Allocation of federal funds for community aids and child welfare.
46.495 Distribution of community aids funds to counties.
46.50 State mental health authority.
46.51 Child abuse and neglect and unborn child abuse services.
46.513 Services for children and families.
46.515 Child abuse and neglect prevention program.
46.52 Systems change grants.
46.53 Mental health treatment provider training.
46.54 Consumer and family self-help and peer-support programs.
46.55 Grants for services to persons in treatment.
46.56 Integrated service programs for children with severe disabilities.
46.57 Grants for services to persons with epilepsy.
46.65 Treatment alternative program.
46.70 Delivery of services to American Indians.
46.71 American Indian drug abuse prevention, treatment and education.
46.75 Food distribution grants.
46.76 Department duties relating to hunger prevention.
46.766 Food pantry grants.
46.77 Food distribution administration.
46.81 Benefit specialist program.
46.85 Programs for older individuals.
46.856 Alzheimer's disease; training and information grants.
46.86 Treatment programs.
46.87 Alzheimer's family and caregiver support program.
46.90 Elder abuse reporting system.
46.93 Adolescent pregnancy prevention programs and pregnancy services.
46.95 Domestic abuse grants.
46.96 Independent living center grants.
46.972 Services for homeless individuals.
46.973 Drug dependence program.
46.975 Grant and funding program; services related to alcohol and other drug abuse.
46.976 Group home revolving loan fund.
46.977 Guardianship grants.
46.985 Family support program.
46.986 Respite care program.
46.99 Brighter futures initiative.
46.995 Tribal adolescent services.
46.997 Second-chance homes.
46.001
46.001
Purposes of chapter. The purposes of this chapter are to conserve human resources in Wisconsin; to provide a just and humane program of services to children and unborn children in need of protection or services, nonmarital children and the expectant mothers of those unborn children; to prevent dependency, mental illness, developmental disability, mental infirmity and other forms of social maladjustment by a continuous attack on causes; to provide effective aid and services to all persons in need thereof and to assist those persons to achieve or regain self-dependence at the earliest possible date; to avoid duplication and waste of effort and money on the part of public and private agencies; and to coordinate and integrate a social welfare program.
46.011(1)
(1) "Department" means the department of health and family services.
46.011(2)
(2) "Prisoner" means any person who is either arrested, incarcerated, imprisoned or otherwise detained in excess of 12 hours by any law enforcement agency of this state, except when detention is pursuant to
s. 51.15,
51.20,
51.45 (11) (b) or
55.06 (11) (a) or
ch. 980. "Prisoner" does not include any person who is serving a sentence of detention under
s. 973.03 (4) unless the person is in the county jail under
s. 973.03 (4) (c).
46.011(3)
(3) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and family services.
46.011(4)
(4) "State health planning and development agency" means the department, as designated under
s. 250.04 (12).
46.014
46.014
Secretary, powers and duties. 46.014(1)
(1)
Inventories. On or before July 1 in each year, the secretary shall cause full and complete inventories and appraisals to be made of all the property of each institution administered by the department, which shall be recorded and so classified as to show separately the amount, kind and value of such property.
46.014(2)
(2) Visitation. The secretary shall cause each of said institutions to be visited and inspected at least once a month to ascertain whether the officers and employees therein are competent and faithful in the discharge of their duties, all inmates properly cared for and governed, all accounts, books and vouchers properly kept, and all the business affairs properly conducted.
46.014(3)
(3) Powers and duties. The secretary shall plan for and establish within the department a program of research designed to determine the effectiveness of the treatment, curative and rehabilitative programs of the various institutions and divisions of the department. The secretary may inquire into any matter affecting social welfare and hold hearings and subpoena witnesses and make recommendations to the appropriate agencies, public or private, thereon.
46.014(4)
(4) Reports. At least annually, the secretary shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3), concerning activities of community action agencies under
s. 46.30 and their effectiveness in promoting social and economic opportunities for poor persons.
46.016
46.016
Cooperation with federal government. The department may cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public assistance, social security, child welfare and youth services, mental hygiene, services for the blind and in other matters of mutual concern pertaining to public welfare.
46.016 History
History: 1989 a. 31,
107;
1995 a. 27.
46.016 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also chs.
HFS 5 and
149, Wis. adm. code.
46.017
46.017
Legal actions. The department may sue and be sued.
46.018
46.018
Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures. Withdrawal or disbursement of moneys deposited in a public depository, as defined in
s. 34.01 (5), to the credit of the department or any of its divisions or agencies shall be by check, share draft or other draft signed by the secretary or by one or more persons in the department designated by written authorization of the secretary. Such checks, share drafts and other drafts shall be signed personally or by use of a mechanical device adopted by the secretary or his or her designees for affixing a facsimile signature. Any public depository shall be fully warranted and protected in making payment on any check, share draft or other draft bearing such facsimile signature notwithstanding that the facsimile may have been placed thereon without the authority of the secretary or his or her designees.
46.018 History
History: 1983 a. 189 s.
329 (21);
1983 a. 368,
538.
46.02
46.02
Agency powers and duties. Any institution which is subject to
chs. 46,
48 to
51,
55 and
58 and to regulation under
ch. 150 shall, in cases of conflict between
chs. 46,
48 to
51,
55 and
58 and
ch. 150, be governed by
ch. 150. The department shall promulgate rules and establish procedures for resolving any such controversy.
46.023
46.023
Milwaukee child welfare partnership council. The Milwaukee child welfare partnership council shall do all of the following:
46.023(1)
(1) Formulate suggested policies and plans for the improvement of the child welfare system in Milwaukee County and make recommendations with respect to those policies and plans to the department and the legislature.
