AB40: Bill Text

AB40,1103,17 301.26 (7) Allocations of funds. (intro.) Within the limits of the availability of federal funds and of the appropriations under s. 20.410 (3) (cd), (ko), and (o) and (ko), the department shall allocate funds for community youth and family aids for the period beginning on July 1, 2009 2011, and ending on June 30, 2011 2013, as provided in this subsection to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 as follows:

AB40, s. 3008 Section 3008. 301.26 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1103,22 301.26 (7) (a) For community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $50,395,100 $45,478,000 for the last 6 months of 2009 2011, $100,790,200 $90,956,100 for 2010 2012, and $50,395,100 $45,478,100 for the first 6 months of 2011 2013.

AB40, s. 3009 Section 3009. 301.26 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1104,2 301.26 (7) (b) (intro.) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $2,000,000 for the last 6 months of 2009 2011, $4,000,000 for 2010 2012, and $2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2011 2013 to counties based on each of the following factors weighted equally:

AB40, s. 3010 Section 3010. 301.26 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1104,9 301.26 (7) (bm) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $6,250,000 for the last 6 months of 2009 2011, $12,500,000 for 2010 2012, and $6,250,000 for the first 6 months of 2011 2013 to counties based on each county's proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile correctional facility during the most recent 3-year period for which that information is available.

AB40, s. 3011 Section 3011. 301.26 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1104,17 301.26 (7) (c) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $1,053,200 for the last 6 months of 2009 2011, $2,106,500 for 2010 2012, and $1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2011 2013 to counties based on each of the factors specified in par. (b) 1. to 3. weighted equally, except that no county may receive an allocation under this paragraph that is less than 93% nor more than 115% of the amount that the county would have received under this paragraph if the allocation had been distributed only on the basis of the factor specified in par. (b) 3.

AB40, s. 3012 Section 3012. 301.26 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1104,23 301.26 (7) (e) For emergencies related to community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $125,000 for the last 6 months of 2009 2011, $250,000 for 2010 2012, and $125,000 for the first 6 months of 2011 2013. A county is eligible for payments under this paragraph only if it has a population of not more than 45,000.

AB40, s. 3013 Section 3013. 301.26 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1105,10 301.26 (7) (h) For counties that are participating in the corrective sanctions program under s. 938.533 (2), $1,062,400 in the last 6 months of 2009 2011, $2,124,800 in 2010 2012, and $1,062,400 in the first 6 months of 2011 2013 for the provision of corrective sanctions services for juveniles from that county. In distributing funds to counties under this paragraph, the department shall determine a county's distribution by dividing the amount allocated under this paragraph by the number of slots authorized for the program under s. 938.533 (2) and multiplying the quotient by the number of slots allocated to that county by agreement between the department and the county. The department may transfer funds among counties as necessary to distribute funds based on the number of slots allocated to each county.

AB40, s. 3014 Section 3014. 301.26 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1105,15 301.26 (8) Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment. From the amount of the allocations specified in sub. (7) (a), the department shall allocate $666,700 in the last 6 months of 2009 2011, $1,333,400 in 2010 2012, and $666,700 in the first 6 months of 2011 2013 for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs.

AB40, s. 3015 Section 3015. 302.042 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3016 Section 3016. 302.043 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1106,2 302.043 Release to extended supervision; risk reduction program. The department shall release an inmate who is serving a risk reduction sentence imposed under s. 973.031, 2009 stats., to extended supervision when he or she serves not less than 75 percent of the term of confinement portion of his or her sentence imposed under s. 973.01 and the department determines that he or she has completed the programming or treatment under the plan designed by the department for the inmate and that the inmate maintained a good conduct record during his or her term of confinement. Not less than 30 days prior to release under this section, the department shall notify the sentencing court that the inmate has thus far successfully completed the requirements of his or her risk reduction sentence.

AB40, s. 3017 Section 3017. 302.045 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1106,19 302.045 (1) Program. The department shall provide a challenge incarceration program for inmates selected to participate under sub. (2). The program shall provide participants with manual labor, personal development counseling, substance abuse treatment and education, military drill and ceremony, counseling, and strenuous physical exercise, for participants who have not attained the age of 30 as of the date on which they begin participating in the program, or age-appropriate strenuous physical exercise, for all other participants, in preparation for release on parole or extended supervision. The program shall provide, according to each participant's needs as assessed under sub. (2) (d), substance abuse treatment and education, including intensive intervention when indicated, personal development counseling, education, employment readiness training, and other treatment options that are directly related to the participant's criminal behavior. The department shall design the program to include not less fewer than 50 participants at a time and so that a participant may complete the program in not more than 180 days. The department may restrict participant privileges as necessary to maintain discipline.

AB40, s. 3018 Section 3018. 302.045 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB40,1106,22 302.045 (2) (d) The department determines, during assessment and evaluation, that the inmate has a substance abuse problem.

AB40, s. 3019 Section 3019. 302.045 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1107,6 302.045 (3) Parole eligibility. Except as provided in sub. (4), if the department determines that an inmate serving a sentence other than one imposed under s. 973.01 has successfully completed the challenge incarceration program, the earned release review parole commission shall parole the inmate for that sentence under s. 304.06, regardless of the time the inmate has served. When the earned release review parole commission grants parole under this subsection, it must require the parolee to participate in an intensive supervision program appropriate to the parolee's rehabilitation needs for drug abusers as a condition of parole.

AB40, s. 3020 Section 3020. 302.045 (3m) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3021 Section 3021. 302.05 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1107,9 302.05 (title) Wisconsin earned release substance abuse program.

AB40, s. 3022 Section 3022. 302.05 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 302.05 (1) (am) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,1107,21 302.05 (1) (am) (intro.) The department of corrections shall, at any correctional facility the department determines is appropriate, provide a rehabilitation program for inmates for the purposes of the earned release program described in sub. (3). and the department of health services may designate a section of a mental health institute as a correctional treatment facility for the treatment of substance abuse of inmates transferred from Wisconsin state prisons. This section shall be administered by the department of corrections and shall be known as the Wisconsin substance abuse program. The department of corrections and the department of health services shall ensure that the residents at the institution and the residents in the substance abuse program:

AB40, s. 3023 Section 3023. 302.05 (1) (am) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1107,25 302.05 (1) (am) 1. Have access to all facilities that are available at the institution and are necessary for the treatment programs designed by the departments.

AB40, s. 3024 Section 3024. 302.05 (1) (am) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1108,2 302.05 (1) (am) 2. Are housed on separate wards.

AB40, s. 3025 Section 3025. 302.05 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1108,7 302.05 (1) (b) The department of corrections and the department of health services shall, at any correctional facility the departments determine is appropriate, provide a substance abuse treatment program for inmates for the purposes of the earned release program described in sub. (3).

AB40, s. 3026 Section 3026. 302.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1108,11 302.05 (2) Transfer to a correctional treatment facility for participation in a program described in sub. (1) the treatment of substance abuse shall be considered a transfer under s. 302.18.

AB40, s. 3027 Section 3027. 302.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1108,20 302.05 (3) (b) Except as provided in par. (d), if the department determines that an eligible inmate serving a sentence other than one imposed under s. 973.01 has successfully completed a rehabilitation treatment program described in sub. (1), the earned release review parole commission shall parole the inmate for that sentence under s. 304.06, regardless of the time the inmate has served. If the earned release review parole commission grants parole under this paragraph, it shall require the parolee to participate in an intensive supervision program appropriate to the parolee's rehabilitation needs for drug abusers as a condition of parole.

AB40, s. 3028 Section 3028. 302.05 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1109,2 302.05 (3) (c) 1. Except as provided in par. (d), if the department determines that an eligible inmate serving the term of confinement in prison portion of a bifurcated sentence imposed under s. 973.01 has successfully completed a rehabilitation treatment program described in sub. (1), the department shall inform the court that sentenced the inmate.

AB40, s. 3029 Section 3029. 302.05 (3) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes, is amended to read:

AB40,1109,7 302.05 (3) (c) 2. (intro.) Upon being informed by the department under subd. 1. that an inmate whom the court sentenced under s. 973.01 has successfully completed a rehabilitation treatment program described in sub. (1), the court shall modify the inmate's bifurcated sentence as follows:

AB40, s. 3030 Section 3030. 302.05 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3031 Section 3031. 302.05 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1109,12 302.05 (3) (d) The department may place intensive sanctions program participants in a rehabilitation treatment program described in sub. (1), but pars. (b) and (c) do not apply to those participants.

AB40, s. 3032 Section 3032. 302.11 (1g) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1109,21 302.11 (1g) (b) (intro.) Before an incarcerated inmate with a presumptive mandatory release date reaches the presumptive mandatory release date specified under par. (am), the earned release review parole commission shall proceed under s. 304.06 (1) to consider whether to deny presumptive mandatory release to the inmate. If the earned release review parole commission does not deny presumptive mandatory release, the inmate shall be released on parole. The earned release review parole commission may deny presumptive mandatory release to an inmate only on one or more of the following grounds:

AB40, s. 3033 Section 3033. 302.11 (1g) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1110,4 302.11 (1g) (b) 2. Refusal by the inmate to participate in counseling or treatment that the social service and clinical staff of the institution determines is necessary for the inmate, including pharmacological treatment using an antiandrogen or the chemical equivalent of an antiandrogen if the inmate is a serious child sex offender as defined in s. 304.06 (1q) (a). The earned release review parole commission may not deny presumptive mandatory release to an inmate because of the inmate's refusal to participate in a rehabilitation program under s. 301.047.

AB40, s. 3034 Section 3034. 302.11 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1110,9 302.11 (1g) (c) If the earned release review parole commission denies presumptive mandatory release to an inmate under par. (b), the earned release review parole commission shall schedule regular reviews of the inmate's case to consider whether to parole the inmate under s. 304.06 (1).

AB40, s. 3035 Section 3035. 302.11 (1g) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1110,13 302.11 (1g) (d) An inmate may seek review of a decision by the earned release review parole commission relating to the denial of presumptive mandatory release only by the common law writ of certiorari.

AB40, s. 3036 Section 3036. 302.11 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1110,17 302.11 (1m) An inmate serving a life term is not entitled to mandatory release. Except as provided in ss. 939.62 (2m) (c) and 973.014, the earned release review parole commission may parole the inmate as specified in s. 304.06 (1).

AB40, s. 3037 Section 3037. 302.11 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1110,21 302.11 (7) (c) The earned release review parole commission may subsequently parole, under s. 304.06 (1), and the department may subsequently parole, under s. 304.02, a parolee who is returned to prison for violation of a condition of parole.

AB40, s. 3038 Section 3038. 302.113 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1111,8 302.113 (1) An inmate is subject to this section if he or she is serving a bifurcated sentence imposed under s. 973.01. An inmate convicted of a misdemeanor or of a Class F to Class I felony that is not a violent offense, as defined in s. 301.048 (2) (bm) 1., and who is eligible for positive adjustment time under sub. (2) (b) pursuant to s. 973.01 (3d) (b) may be released to extended supervision under sub. (2) (b) or (9h). An inmate convicted of a Class C to Class E felony or a Class F to Class I felony that is a violent offense, as defined in s. 301.048 (2) (bm) 1., or a Class F to Class I felony that is not a violent offense, as defined under s. 301.048 (2) (bm) 1., but who is ineligible for positive adjustment time under sub. (2) (b) pursuant to s. 973.01 (3d) (b) may be released to extended supervision only under sub. (2) (a) or (9h) or s. 304.06.

AB40, s. 3039 Section 3039. 302.113 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 302.113 (2) and amended to read:

AB40,1111,17 302.113 (2) Except as provided in par. (b) and subs. (3) and (9) and s. 304.06, an inmate subject to this section is entitled to release to extended supervision after he or she has served the term of confinement in prison portion of the sentence imposed under s. 973.01, as modified by the department under sub. (9h), as modified under s. 302.1135 by the earned release review commission in the manner specified in s. 302.1135 (6) (a), or as modified by the sentencing court under sub. (9g) or s. 302.045 (3m) (b) 1., 302.05 (3) (c) 2. a., or 973.195 (1r), or 973.198, if applicable.

AB40, s. 3040 Section 3040. 302.113 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3041 Section 3041. 302.113 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3042 Section 3042. 302.113 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1111,24 302.113 (3) (d) If the term of confinement in prison portion of a bifurcated sentence for a Class B felony is increased under this subsection, the term of extended supervision is reduced so that the total length of the bifurcated sentence does not change.

AB40, s. 3043 Section 3043. 302.113 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3044 Section 3044. 302.113 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1112,9 302.113 (7) Any inmate released to extended supervision under this section is subject to all conditions and rules of extended supervision until the expiration of the term of extended supervision portion of the bifurcated sentence or until the department discharges the inmate under s. 973.01 (4m), whichever is appropriate. The department may set conditions of extended supervision in addition to any conditions of extended supervision required under s. 302.116, if applicable, or set by the court under sub. (7m) or s. 973.01 (5) if the conditions set by the department do not conflict with the court's conditions.

AB40, s. 3045 Section 3045. 302.113 (9) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1112,22 302.113 (9) (am) If a person released to extended supervision under this section or under s. 302.1135 violates a condition of extended supervision, the reviewing authority may revoke the extended supervision of the person. If the extended supervision of the person is revoked, the reviewing authority shall order the person to be returned to prison for any specified period of time that does not exceed the time remaining on the bifurcated sentence. The time remaining on the bifurcated sentence is the total length of the bifurcated sentence, less time served by the person in confinement under the sentence before release to extended supervision under sub. (2) and less all time served in confinement for previous revocations of extended supervision under the sentence. The order returning a person to prison under this paragraph shall provide the person whose extended supervision was revoked with credit in accordance with ss. 304.072 and 973.155.

AB40, s. 3046 Section 3046. 302.113 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1113,8 302.113 (9) (c) A person who is subsequently released to extended supervision after service of the period of time specified by the order under par. (am) is subject to all conditions and rules under sub. (7) and, if applicable, sub. (7m) until the expiration of the remaining extended supervision portion of the bifurcated sentence or until the department discharges the person under s. 973.01 (4m), whichever is appropriate. The remaining extended supervision portion of the bifurcated sentence is the total length of the bifurcated sentence, less the time served by the person in confinement under the bifurcated sentence before release to extended supervision under sub. (2) and less all time served in confinement for previous revocations of extended supervision under the bifurcated sentence.

AB40, s. 3047 Section 3047. 302.113 (9g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1113,10 302.113 (9g) (a) In this subsection:

AB40,1113,13 1. "Extraordinary health condition" means a condition afflicting a person, such as advanced age, infirmity, or disability of the person or a need for medical treatment or services not available within a correctional institution.

AB40,1113,16 2. "Program review committee" means the committee at a correctional institution that reviews the security classifications, institution assignments, and correctional programming assignments of inmates confined in the institution.

AB40,1113,19 (b) An inmate who is serving a bifurcated sentence for a crime other than a Class B felony may seek modification of the bifurcated sentence in the manner specified in par. (f) if he or she meets one of the following criteria:

AB40,1113,21 1. The inmate is 65 years of age or older and has served at least 5 years of the term of confinement in prison portion of the bifurcated sentence.

AB40,1113,23 2. The inmate is 60 years of age or older and has served at least 10 years of the term of confinement in prison portion of the bifurcated sentence.

AB40,1113,24 3. The inmate has an extraordinary health condition.

AB40,1114,7 (c) An inmate who meets a criterion under par. (b) may submit a petition to the program review committee at the correctional institution in which the inmate is confined requesting a modification of the inmate's bifurcated sentence in the manner specified in par. (f). If the inmate alleges in the petition that he or she has an extraordinary health condition, the inmate shall attach to the petition affidavits from 2 physicians setting forth a diagnosis that the inmate has an extraordinary health condition.

AB40,1114,16 (cm) If, after receiving the petition under par. (c), the program review committee determines that the public interest would be served by a modification of the inmate's bifurcated sentence in the manner provided under par. (f), the committee shall approve the petition for referral to the sentencing court and notify the department of its approval. The department shall then refer the inmate's petition to the sentencing court and request the court to conduct a hearing on the petition. If the program review committee determines that the public interest would not be served by a modification of the inmate's bifurcated sentence in the manner specified in par. (f), the committee shall deny the inmate's petition.

AB40,1115,2 (d) When a court is notified by the department that it is referring to the court an inmate's petition for modification of the inmate's bifurcated sentence, the court shall schedule a hearing to determine whether the public interest would be served by a modification of the inmate's bifurcated sentence in the manner specified in par. (f). The inmate and the district attorney have the right to be present at the hearing, and any victim of the inmate's crime has the right to be present at the hearing and to provide a statement concerning the modification of the inmate's bifurcated sentence. The court shall order such notice of the hearing date as it considers adequate to be given to the department, the inmate, the attorney representing the inmate, if applicable, and the district attorney. Victim notification shall be provided as specified under par. (g).

AB40,1115,11 (e) At a hearing scheduled under par. (d), the inmate has the burden of proving by the greater weight of the credible evidence that a modification of the bifurcated sentence in the manner specified in par. (f) would serve the public interest. If the inmate proves that a modification of the bifurcated sentence in the manner specified in par. (f) would serve the public interest, the court shall modify the inmate's bifurcated sentence in that manner. If the inmate does not prove that a modification of the bifurcated sentence in the manner specified in par. (f) would serve the public interest, the court shall deny the inmate's petition for modification of the bifurcated sentence.

AB40,1115,13 (f) A court may modify an inmate's bifurcated sentence under this section only as follows:

AB40,1115,17 1. The court shall reduce the term of confinement in prison portion of the inmate's bifurcated sentence in a manner that provides for the release of the inmate to extended supervision within 30 days after the date on which the court issues its order modifying the bifurcated sentence.

AB40,1115,19 2. The court shall lengthen the term of extended supervision imposed so that the total length of the bifurcated sentence originally imposed does not change.

AB40,1115,20 (g) 1. In this paragraph, "victim" has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (4).