Date of enactment: May 22, 2006
2005 Senate Bill 318 Date of publication*: June 5, 2006
* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2003-04 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].
2005 WISCONSIN ACT 434
An Act to repeal 980.02 (2) (ag), 980.03 (5), 980.05 (1m), 980.08 (4) (b), 980.08 (5) and 980.10; to renumber 978.13 (2) and 980.01 (1); to renumber and amend 938.396 (2) (e), 978.043, 980.015 (1), 980.015 (4), 980.03 (4) and 980.04 (2); to amend 20.435 (2) (bj), 46.10 (2), 48.396 (1), 48.396 (5) (a) (intro.), 51.30 (3) (a), 51.30 (3) (b), 51.30 (4) (b) 8m., 51.30 (4) (b) 10m., 51.30 (4) (b) 11., 51.375 (1) (a), 51.375 (2) (b), 51.42 (3) (aw) 1. d., 51.61 (1) (o), 109.09 (1), 146.82 (2) (c), 301.03 (19), 301.45 (1g) (dt), 301.45 (3) (a) 3r., 301.45 (3) (b) 3., 301.45 (5) (b) 2., 756.06 (2) (b), 801.52, 808.04 (3), 808.04 (4), 808.075 (4) (h), 809.10 (1) (d), 809.30 (1) (c), 809.30 (1) (f), 905.04 (4) (a), 911.01 (4) (c), 938.396 (1), 938.396 (5) (a) (intro.), 938.78 (2) (e), 946.42 (1) (a), 950.04 (1v) (xm), 967.03, 972.15 (4), 978.03 (3), 978.04, 978.045 (1r) (intro.), 978.05 (6) (a), 978.05 (8) (b), 980.01 (5), 980.01 (6) (a), 980.01 (6) (b), 980.01 (6) (c), 980.01 (7), 980.015 (2) (intro.), 980.015 (2) (a), 980.015 (2) (b), 980.015 (2) (c), 980.02 (1) (a), 980.02 (4) (intro.), 980.03 (2) (intro.), 980.03 (3), 980.04 (1), 980.04 (3), 980.04 (5), 980.05 (1), 980.05 (2), 980.05 (3) (a), 980.05 (3) (b), 980.07 (title), 980.07 (1), 980.07 (2), 980.07 (3), 980.08 (1), 980.08 (3), 980.08 (4) (a), 980.08 (4) (c), 980.08 (6m), 980.101 (2) (a), 980.11 (2) (intro.) and 980.12 (1); to repeal and recreate 980.08 (title) and 980.09; and to create 48.396 (6), 48.78 (2) (e), 48.981 (7) (a) 8s., 51.30 (3) (bm), 51.30 (4) (b) 8s., 118.125 (2) (ck), 146.82 (2) (cm), 814.61 (1) (c) 6., 938.35 (1) (e), 940.20 (1g), 946.42 (3m), 972.15 (6), 978.043 (2), 978.13 (2) (a), 980.01 (1b), 980.01 (1j), 980.01 (3), 980.01 (6) (am), 980.01 (6) (bm), 980.01 (8), 980.01 (9), 980.01 (10), 980.015 (2) (d), 980.02 (1) (b) 3., 980.02 (1m), 980.02 (6), 980.031 (title), 980.031 (1) and (2), 980.034, 980.036, 980.038, 980.04 (2) (b) 2., 980.05 (2m), 980.07 (4), (5) and (6), 980.07 (6m), 980.075, 980.08 (4) (cg), 980.08 (4) (cm), 980.08 (4) (d), (e), (f) and (g), 980.095, 980.14 (title) and 980.14 (1) of the statutes; relating to: the definition of sexually violent person, sexually violent person commitment proceedings, criteria for supervised release, battery by certain committed persons, escape from custody by a person who is subject to a sexually violent person commitment proceeding, and providing penalties.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
434,1 Section 1. 20.435 (2) (bj) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.435 (2) (bj) Competency examinations and conditional and supervised release services. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for outpatient competency examinations and for payment by the department of costs for treatment and services for persons released under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) or 980.08 (5) (4) (g), for which the department has contracted with county departments under s. 51.42 (3) (aw) 1. d., with other public agencies, or with private agencies to provide the treatment and services.
434,2 Section 2. 46.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person, including but not limited to a person admitted, committed or placed under s. 975.01, 1977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., and s. 975.17, 1977 stats., and ss. 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.06, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established under s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) or 980.08 (5) (4) (g) and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.
434,3 Section 3 . 48.396 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.396 (1) Law enforcement officers' records of children shall be kept separate from records of adults. Law enforcement officers' records of the adult expectant mothers of unborn children shall be kept separate from records of other adults. Law enforcement officers' records of children and the adult expectant mothers of unborn children shall not be open to inspection or their contents disclosed except under sub. (1b), (1d) or, (5), or (6) or s. 48.293 or by order of the court. This subsection does not apply to the representatives of newspapers or other reporters of news who wish to obtain information for the purpose of reporting news without revealing the identity of the child or expectant mother involved, to the confidential exchange of information between the police and officials of the school attended by the child or other law enforcement or social welfare agencies or to children 10 years of age or older who are subject to the jurisdiction of the court of criminal jurisdiction. A public school official who obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under s. 118.125 and a private school official who obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential in the same manner as is required of a public school official under s. 118.125. A law enforcement agency that obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under this subsection and s. 938.396 (1). A social welfare agency that obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under ss. 48.78 and 938.78.
434,4 Section 4. 48.396 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.396 (5) (a) (intro.) Any person who is denied access to a record under sub. (1), (1b) or, (1d), or (6) may petition the court to order the disclosure of the records governed by the applicable subsection. The petition shall be in writing and shall describe as specifically as possible all of the following:
434,5 Section 5 . 48.396 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
48.396 (6) Records of law enforcement officers and of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 shall be open for inspection to authorized representatives of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney for use in the prosecution of any proceeding or any evaluation conducted under ch. 980, if the records involve or relate to an individual who is the subject of the proceeding or evaluation. The court in which the proceeding under ch. 980 is pending may issue any protective orders that it determines are appropriate concerning information made available or disclosed under this subsection. Any representative of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney may disclose information obtained under this subsection for any purpose consistent with any proceeding under ch. 980.
434,6 Section 6 . 48.78 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
48.78 (2) (e) Notwithstanding par. (a), an agency shall, upon request, disclose information to authorized representatives of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney for use in the prosecution of any proceeding or any evaluation conducted under ch. 980, if the information involves or relates to an individual who is the subject of the proceeding or evaluation. The court in which the proceeding under ch. 980 is pending may issue any protective orders that it determines are appropriate concerning information made available or disclosed under this paragraph. Any representative of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney may disclose information obtained under this paragraph for any purpose consistent with any proceeding under ch. 980.
434,7 Section 7 . 48.981 (7) (a) 8s. of the statutes is created to read:
48.981 (7) (a) 8s. Authorized representatives of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney for use in the prosecution of any proceeding or any evaluation conducted under ch. 980, if the reports or records involve or relate to an individual who is the subject of the proceeding or evaluation. The court in which the proceeding under ch. 980 is pending may issue any protective orders that it determines are appropriate concerning information made available or disclosed under this subdivision. Any representative of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney may disclose information obtained under this subdivision for any purpose consistent with any proceeding under ch. 980.
434,8 Section 8. 51.30 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
51.30 (3) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and, (bm), (c), and (d), the files and records of the court proceedings under this chapter shall be closed but shall be accessible to any individual who is the subject of a petition filed under this chapter.
434,9 Section 9. 51.30 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
51.30 (3) (b) An individual's attorney or guardian ad litem and the corporation counsel shall have access to the files and records of the court proceedings under this chapter without the individual's consent and without modification of the records in order to prepare for involuntary commitment or recommitment proceedings, reexaminations, appeals, or other actions relating to detention, admission, or commitment under this chapter or ch. 971 or, 975, or 980.
434,10 Section 10 . 51.30 (3) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
51.30 (3) (bm) Authorized representatives of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney shall have access to the files and records of court proceedings under this chapter for use in the prosecution of any proceeding or any evaluation conducted under ch. 980, if the files or records involve or relate to an individual who is the subject of the proceeding or evaluation. The court in which the proceeding under ch. 980 is pending may issue any protective orders that it determines are appropriate concerning information made available or disclosed under this paragraph. Any representative of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney may disclose information obtained under this paragraph for any purpose consistent with any proceeding under ch. 980.
434,11 Section 11. 51.30 (4) (b) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read:
51.30 (4) (b) 8m. To appropriate examiners and facilities in accordance with s. 971.17 (2) (e), (4) (c), and (7) (c), 980.03 (4) or 980.08 (3). The recipient of any information from the records shall keep the information confidential except as necessary to comply with s. 971.17 or ch. 980.
434,12 Section 12 . 51.30 (4) (b) 8s. of the statutes is created to read:
51.30 (4) (b) 8s. To appropriate persons in accordance with s. 980.031 (4) and to authorized representatives of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney for use in the prosecution of any proceeding or any evaluation conducted under ch. 980, if the treatment records involve or relate to an individual who is the subject of the proceeding or evaluation. The court in which the proceeding under ch. 980 is pending may issue any protective orders that it determines are appropriate concerning information made available or disclosed under this subdivision. Any representative of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney may disclose information obtained under this subdivision for any purpose consistent with any proceeding under ch. 980.
434,13 Section 13. 51.30 (4) (b) 10m. of the statutes is amended to read:
51.30 (4) (b) 10m. To the department of justice or a district attorney under s. 980.015 (3) (b), if the treatment records are maintained by an agency with jurisdiction, as defined in s. 980.015 (1) 980.01 (1d), that has control or custody over a person who may meet the criteria for commitment as a sexually violent person under ch. 980.
434,14 Section 14. 51.30 (4) (b) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:
51.30 (4) (b) 11. To the subject individual's counsel or guardian ad litem and the corporation counsel, without modification, at any time in order to prepare for involuntary commitment or recommitment proceedings, reexaminations, appeals, or other actions relating to detention, admission, commitment, or patients' rights under this chapter or ch. 48, 971, or 975, or 980.
434,15 Section 15. 51.375 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
51.375 (1) (a) "Community placement" means conditional transfer into the community under s. 51.35 (1), conditional release under s. 971.17, parole from a commitment for specialized treatment under ch. 975, or conditional supervised release under ch. 980.
434,16 Section 16. 51.375 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
51.375 (2) (b) The department may administer a lie detector test to a sex offender as part of the sex offender's programming, care, or treatment. A patient may refuse to submit to a lie detector test under this paragraph. This refusal does not constitute a general refusal to participate in treatment. The results of a lie detector test under this paragraph may be used only in the care, treatment, or assessment of the subject or in programming for the subject. The results of a test may be disclosed only to persons employed at the facility at which the subject is placed who need to know the results for purposes related to care, treatment, or assessment of the patient, the committing court, the patient's attorney, or the attorney representing the state in a proceeding under ch. 980. The committing court to which the results of a test have been disclosed may admit the results in evidence in a proceeding under ch. 980.
434,17 Section 17. 51.42 (3) (aw) 1. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
51.42 (3) (aw) 1. d. Provide treatment and services that are specified in a conditional release plan approved by a court for a person who is a county resident and is conditionally released under s. 971.17 (3) or (4) or that are specified in a supervised release plan approved by a court under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 980.08 (5) (4) (g). If the county department provides treatment and services under this subdivision, the department of health and family services shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (2) (bj), pay the county department for the costs of the treatment and services.
434,18 Section 18. 51.61 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
51.61 (1) (o) Except as otherwise provided, have a right not to be filmed or taped, unless the patient signs an informed and voluntary consent that specifically authorizes a named individual or group to film or tape the patient for a particular purpose or project during a specified time period. The patient may specify in such consent periods during which, or situations in which, the patient may not be filmed or taped. If a patient is legally incompetent, such consent shall be granted on behalf of the patient by the patient's guardian. A patient in Goodland Hall at the Mendota Mental Health Institute, or a patient detained or committed under ch. 980 and placed in a facility specified under s. 980.065, may be filmed or taped for security purposes without the patient's consent, except that such a patient may not be filmed in patient bedrooms or bathrooms for any purpose without the patient's consent unless the patient is engaged in dangerous or disruptive behavior. A treatment activity involving a patient committed or detained under ch. 980 may be filmed or taped if the purpose of the recording is to assess the quality of the treatment activity or to facilitate clinical supervision of the staff involved in the treatment activity.
434,19 Section 19. 109.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
109.09 (1) The department shall investigate and attempt equitably to adjust controversies between employers and employees as to alleged wage claims. The department may receive and investigate any wage claim which is filed with the department, or received by the department under s. 109.10 (4), no later than 2 years after the date the wages are due. The department may, after receiving a wage claim, investigate any wages due from the employer against whom the claim is filed to any employee during the period commencing 2 years before the date the claim is filed. The department shall enforce this chapter and ss. 66.0903, 103.02, 103.49, 103.82, 104.12 and 229.8275. In pursuance of this duty, the department may sue the employer on behalf of the employee to collect any wage claim or wage deficiency and ss. 109.03 (6) and 109.11 (2) and (3) shall apply to such actions. Except for actions under s. 109.10, the department may refer such an action to the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurs for prosecution and collection and the district attorney shall commence an action in the circuit court having appropriate jurisdiction. Any number of wage claims or wage deficiencies against the same employer may be joined in a single proceeding, but the court may order separate trials or hearings. In actions that are referred to a district attorney under this subsection, any taxable costs recovered by the district attorney shall be paid into the general fund of the county in which the violation occurs and used by that county to meet its financial responsibility under s. 978.13 (2) (b) for the operation of the office of the district attorney who prosecuted the action.
434,20 Section 20 . 118.125 (2) (ck) of the statutes is created to read:
118.125 (2) (ck) The school district clerk or his or her designee shall make pupil records available for inspection or, upon request, disclose the contents of pupil records to authorized representatives of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney for use in the prosecution of any proceeding or any evaluation conducted under ch. 980, if the pupil records involve or relate to an individual who is the subject of the proceeding or evaluation. The court in which the proceeding under ch. 980 is pending may issue any protective orders that it determines are appropriate concerning pupil records made available or disclosed under this paragraph. Any representative of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney may disclose information obtained under this paragraph for any purpose consistent with any proceeding under ch. 980.
434,21 Section 21. 146.82 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
146.82 (2) (c) Notwithstanding sub. (1), patient health care records shall be released to appropriate examiners and facilities in accordance with ss. s. 971.17 (2) (e), (4) (c), and (7) (c), 980.03 (4) and 980.08 (3). The recipient of any information from the records shall keep the information confidential except as necessary to comply with s. 971.17 or ch. 980.
434,22 Section 22 . 146.82 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
146.82 (2) (cm) Notwithstanding sub. (1), patient health care records shall be released, upon request, to appropriate persons in accordance with s. 980.031 (4) and to authorized representatives of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney for use in the prosecution of any proceeding or any evaluation conducted under ch. 980, if the treatment records involve or relate to an individual who is the subject of the proceeding or evaluation. The court in which the proceeding under ch. 980 is pending may issue any protective orders that it determines are appropriate concerning records made available or disclosed under this paragraph. Any representative of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, the department of justice, or a district attorney may disclose information obtained under this paragraph for any purpose consistent with any proceeding under ch. 980.
434,23 Section 23. 301.03 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.03 (19) Work to minimize, to the greatest extent possible, the residential population density of sex offenders, as defined in s. 302.116 (1) (b), who are on probation, parole, or extended supervision or placed on supervised release under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 980.08 (5) (4) (g).
434,24 Section 24. 301.45 (1g) (dt) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.45 (1g) (dt) Is in institutional care or on conditional supervised release under ch. 980 on or after June 2, 1994.
434,25 Section 25. 301.45 (3) (a) 3r. of the statutes is amended to read:
301.45 (3) (a) 3r. If the person has been committed under ch. 980, he or she is subject to this subsection upon being placed on supervised release under s. 980.06 (2), 1997 stats., or s. 980.08 or, if he or she was not placed on supervised release, before being discharged under s. 980.10, 2003 stats., or s. 980.09 or 980.10 (4).
434,26 Section 26. 301.45 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
301.45 (3) (b) 3. The department of health and family services shall notify a person who is being placed on conditional release, supervised release, conditional transfer or parole, or is being terminated or discharged from a commitment, under s. 51.20, 51.35 or 971.17 or ch. 975 or 980 and who is covered under sub. (1g) of the need to comply with the requirements of this section.
434,27 Section 27. 301.45 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
301.45 (5) (b) 2. The person has been found to be a sexually violent person under ch. 980, regardless of whether the person is has been discharged under s. 980.10, 2003 stats., or s. 980.09 or 980.10 (4) from the sexually violent person commitment, except that the person no longer has to comply with this section if the finding that the person is a sexually violent person has been reversed, set aside or vacated.
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