46.16 (1) Generally. The department shall investigate and supervise all the charitable and curative institutions, including county infirmaries, of every county and municipality, except tuberculosis sanatoriums; all shelter care facilities for children and, and all hospitals, asylums, and institutions, organized for the purpose set forth in s. 58.01, and familiarize itself with all the circumstances affecting their management and usefulness.
20,837
Section
837. 46.16 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
20,838
Section
838. 46.16 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
20,839
Section
839. 46.16 (2s) of the statutes is repealed.
20,840
Section
840. 46.16 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.16 (3) County homes, poor relief.
It The department shall visit the county homes and ascertain the number of each sex and the number of mentally ill, mentally deficient, deaf, or blind persons, and children supported in each, at what cost and under what circumstances affecting their health, comfort, morals, and education; collect statistics of the cost of support, and other important facts, of the poor relieved at public expense outside of county homes; and collect information as to the adequacy and efficiency of existing laws for the support and relief of the poor, and the causes of pauperism in the state.
20,841
Section
841. 46.16 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.16 (7) Enforcement by attorney general and district attorneys. Upon request of the department, the attorney general or the district attorney of the proper county shall aid in any investigation, inspection, hearing, or trial had under the provisions of 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 such those provisions and for the punishment of violations of the same
those provisions. The attorney general or district attorney so requested shall report or confer with the department regarding the request, within 30 days after the receipt of such the request.
20,842
Section
842. 46.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.17 (1) The department shall fix reasonable standards and regulations for the design, construction, repair, and maintenance of county homes, county infirmaries, county hospitals, and mental health facilities and shelter care facilities, with respect to their adequacy and fitness for the needs which they are to serve.
20,843
Section
843. 46.206 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.206 (1) (a) The department shall supervise the administration of social services, except as provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and except for juvenile delinquency-related services. The department shall submit to the federal authorities state plans for the administration of social services, except as provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and except for juvenile delinquency-related services, in such form and containing such information as the federal authorities require, and shall comply with all requirements prescribed to ensure their correctness.
20,844
Section
844. 46.206 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.206 (1) (bm) All records of the department relating to aid provided under s. 49.46, 49.465, 49.468, 49.47, 49.471, or 49.77 are open to inspection at reasonable hours by members of the legislature who require the information contained in the records in pursuit of a specific state legislative purpose. All records of any county relating to aid provided under s. 49.46, 49.465, 49.468, 49.47, 49.471, or 49.77 are open to inspection at reasonable hours by members of the board of supervisors of the county or the governing body of a city, village or town located in the county who require the information contained in the records in pursuit of a specific county or municipal legislative purpose. The right to records access provided by this paragraph does not apply if access is prohibited by federal law or regulation or if this state is required to prohibit such access as a condition precedent to participation in a federal program in which this state participates.
20,845
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845. 46.206 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.206 (2) The county administration of all laws relating to social services, except with respect to the programs under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and to juvenile delinquency-related programs, shall be vested in the officers and agencies designated in the statutes.
20,846
Section
846. 46.21 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.21 (2m) (c) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7) and 253.07 (3) (c), a subunit of a county department of human services or tribal agency acting under this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of human services or tribal agency, with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of human services or tribal agency or with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of human services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information under this paragraph shall document that a request for information was received and what information was provided.
20,847
Section
847. 46.21 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.21 (5) (b) Sections 46.10, 49.08, 49.345, 49.90, and 301.12 govern the support and maintenance of persons in any of the institutions specified in sub. (2) (a).
20,848
Section
848. 46.215 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.215 (1) (d) To make investigations that relate to services under subchs. II, IV, and V of ch. 49 upon request by the department of health and family services, to make investigations that relate to juvenile delinquency-related services at the request of the department of corrections, and to make investigations that relate to programs under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 upon request by the department of workforce development children and families.
20,849
Section
849. 46.215 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.215 (1) (j) To make payments in such manner as the department of workforce development children and families may determine for training of recipients, former recipients, and potential recipients of aid in programs established under s. 49.193, 1997 stats., and s. 49.26 (1).
20,850
Section
850. 46.215 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.215 (1m) Exchange of information; long-term care. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), a subunit of a county department of social services or tribal agency acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of social services or tribal agency, with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of social services or tribal agency or with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of social services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information under this subsection shall document that a request for information was received and what information was provided.
20,851
Section
851. 46.215 (1p) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.215 (1p) Exchange of information; statewide automated child welfare information system. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78 (2) (a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.06 (17) (c) 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c), 938.396 (1) and (2) (a) 938.396 (1) and (2), and 938.78 (2) (a), a county department under this section may enter the content of any record kept or information received by that county department into the statewide automated child welfare information system established under s. 46.03 48.47 (7g).
20,852
Section
852. 46.215 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.215 (2) (a) 2. In order to ensure the availability of a full range of care and services, the county department of social services may contract, either directly or through the department of workforce development children and families, with public or voluntary agencies or others to purchase, in full or in part, care and services under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 which the county department of social services is authorized to furnish. This care and these services may be purchased from the department of workforce development children and families if the department of workforce development children and families has staff to furnish the services. If the county department of social services has adequate staff, it may sell the care and services directly to another county or state agency.
20,853
Section
853. 46.215 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.215 (2) (b) A county department of social services may purchase development and training services from the department of health and family services, from the department of workforce development children and families, from the department of corrections or from other county agencies when the services are available. A county department of social services may sell the development and staff training services to another county or state agency if the county department has adequate staff to provide the services.
20,854
Section
854. 46.215 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.215 (2) (c) 2. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 49.34, plans and contracts for care and services to be purchased under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49. The department of workforce development children and families may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 49.34 and if state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of workforce development children and families to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of workforce development children and families may not make any payments to a county for programs included in a contract under review by the committee.
20,856
Section
856. 46.215 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.215 (3) Program budgets. The county department of social services shall submit a final budget to the department of health and family services under s. 46.031 (1), to the department of corrections under s. 301.031 (1), and to the department of workforce development children and families under s. 49.325 (1), for authorized services.
20,857
Section
857. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (b) 1. b. To make investigations which relate to welfare services, except as provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49, upon request by the department of health and family services.
20,858
Section
858. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (b) 1. d. To submit a final budget in accordance with s. 46.031 (1) for services authorized in this section, except for the administration of and cost of aid granted under ss. 49.02, 49.19 and 49.45 to 49.47
49.471.
20,859
Section
859. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. f. of the statutes is renumbered 46.22 (1) (b) 2. fm.
20,860
Section
860. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (b) 2. (intro.) A county department of social services shall have the following functions, duties, and powers in accordance with the rules promulgated by the department of workforce development children and families and subject to the supervision of the department of workforce development children and families:
20,861
Section
861. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (b) 2. c. To make investigations as provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 upon request by the department of workforce development children and families.
20,862
Section
862. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (b) 2. e. To make payments in such manner as the department of workforce development children and families may determine for training of recipients, former recipients and potential recipients of aid in programs established under ss. 49.193, 1997 stats., and s. 49.26 (1).
20,863
Section
863. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. g. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (b) 2. g. To make certification or referral of eligibles for state or federal works or other assistance programs under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49, eligibility for which is based on need.
20,864
Section
864. 46.22 (1) (b) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (b) 3. (intro.) A county department of social services shall have the following functions, duties, and powers in accordance with the rules promulgated and standards established by the department of health and family services and subject to the supervision of the department of workforce development children and families:
20,865
Section
865. 46.22 (1) (b) 3. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (b) 3. d. To submit a final budget to the department of workforce development children and families in accordance with s. 49.325 for services authorized in this subdivision.
20,866
Section
866. 46.22 (1) (c) 8. f. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (c) 8. f. The county department of social services shall implement the statewide automated child welfare information system established by the department under s. 46.03 48.47 (7g).
20,867
Section
867. 46.22 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (d) Merit system; records. The county department of social services is subject to s. 49.78 (4) to (7). The county department of social services and all county officers and employees performing any duties in connection with the administration of aid to families with dependent children shall observe all rules promulgated by the department of workforce development children and families under s. 49.78 (4) and shall keep records and furnish reports as the department of workforce development children and families requires in relation to their performance of such duties.
20,868
Section
868. 46.22 (1) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (dm) Exchange of information; long-term care. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), a subunit of a county department of social services or tribal agency acting under this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of social services or tribal agency, with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of social services or tribal agency or with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of social services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information under this paragraph shall document that a request for information was received and what information was provided.
20,869
Section
869. 46.22 (1) (dp) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (dp) Exchange of information; statewide automated child welfare information system. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78 (2) (a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.06 (17) (c) 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c), 938.396 (1) and (2) (a) 938.396 (1) and (2), and 938.78 (2) (a), a county department under this section may enter the content of any record kept or information received by that county department into the statewide automated child welfare information system established under s. 46.03 48.47 (7g).
20,870
Section
870. 46.22 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (e) 1. In order to ensure the availability of a full range of care and services, a county department of social services may contract, either directly or through the department of health and family services, the department of workforce development children and families, or the department of corrections, with public or voluntary agencies or others to purchase, in full or in part, care and services which the county department of social services is authorized by any statute to furnish in any manner. The services may be purchased from the department of health and family services, the department of workforce development children and families, or the department of corrections if the department of health and family services, the department of workforce development children and families, or the department of corrections has staff to furnish the services. The county department of social services, if it has adequate staff, may sell the care and services directly to another county or state agency.
20,871
Section
871. 46.22 (1) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (e) 2. A county department of social services may purchase development and training services from the department of health and family services, the department of workforce development children and families, or the department of corrections or from other county agencies if the services are available or sell the development and staff training services to another county or state agency if the county department of social services has adequate staff to provide the services.
20,872
Section
872. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (e) 3. a. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 46.036, plans and contracts for care and services, except under ch. 48, subch. III of ch. 49, and s. 301.08 (2), to be purchased. The department of health and family services may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 46.036 and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of health and family services to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of health and family services may not make any payments to a county for programs included in the contract that is under review by the committee. The department of health and family services shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o) according to s. 46.495.
20,873
Section
873. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (1) (e) 3. b. A county department of social services shall develop, under the requirements of s. 49.34, plans and contracts for care and services under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 to be purchased. The department of workforce development children and families may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 49.34 and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of workforce development children and families to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department of workforce development children and families may not make any payments to a county for programs included in the contract that is under review by the committee.
20,875
Section
875. 46.22 (2g) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (2g) (d) Prepare, with the assistance of the county social services director under sub. (3m) (b) 5., a proposed budget for submission to the county executive or county administrator, a final budget for submission to the department of health and family services in accordance with s. 46.031 (1) for authorized services, except services under ch. 48, subch. III of ch. 49, or s. 301.08 (2), a final budget for submission to the department of workforce development children and families in accordance with s. 49.325 for authorized services under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49, and a final budget for submission to the department of corrections in accordance with s. 301.031 (1) for authorized juvenile delinquency-related services.
20,876
Section
876. 46.22 (3m) (b) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (3m) (b) 12. Establish priorities in addition to those mandated by the department of health and family services, by the department of workforce development children and families, or by the department of corrections.
20,877
Section
877. 46.22 (3m) (b) 17. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.22 (3m) (b) 17. b. Such other reports as are required by the secretary of health and family services, the secretary of workforce development children and families, the secretary of corrections, and the county board of supervisors.
20,878
Section
878. 46.23 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.23 (3) (a) Creation. Upon approval by the secretary of health and family services, by the secretary of corrections, and by the secretary of workforce development children and families of a feasibility study and a program implementation plan, the county board of supervisors of any county with a population of less than 500,000, or the county boards of supervisors of 2 or more contiguous counties, each of which has a population of less than 500,000, may establish by resolution a county department of human services on a single-county or multicounty basis to provide the services required under this section. The county department of human services shall consist of the county human services board, the county human services director and necessary personnel.
20,879
Section
879. 46.23 (3) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.23 (3) (am) 4. No funds may be allocated to any multicounty department of human services until the counties have drawn up a detailed contractual agreement, approved by the secretary of health and family services, by the secretary of corrections, and by the secretary of workforce development children and families, setting forth the plan for joint sponsorship.
20,880
Section
880. 46.23 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.23 (3) (e) Exchange of information; long-term care. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), a subunit of a county department of human services or tribal agency acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of human services or tribal agency, with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of human services or tribal agency or with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of human services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information under this paragraph shall document that a request for information was received and what information was provided.
20,881
Section
881. 46.23 (3) (ed) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.23 (3) (ed) Exchange of information; statewide automated child welfare information system. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78 (2) (a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.06 (17) (c) 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c), 938.396 (1) and (2) (a) 938.396 (1) and (2), and 938.78 (2) (a), a county department under this section may enter the content of any record kept or information received by that county department into the statewide automated child welfare information system established under s. 46.03 48.47 (7g).
20,882
Section
882. 46.23 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.23 (5) (a) 1. Shall determine administrative and program policies, except as provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and except for juvenile delinquency-related policies, within limits established by the department of health and family services. Policy decisions, except as provided under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and except for juvenile delinquency-related policies, not reserved by statute for the department of health and family services may be delegated by the secretary to the county human services board.
20,883
Section
883. 46.23 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.23 (5) (a) 2. Shall determine administrative and program policies under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 within limits established by the department of workforce development children and families. Policy decisions under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 not reserved by statute for the department of workforce development children and families may be delegated by the secretary of workforce development children and families to the county human services board.
20,884
Section
884. 46.23 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.23 (5) (b) Shall establish priorities in addition to those mandated by the department of health and family services, the department of corrections, or the department of workforce development children and families.
