SB565-ASA1,68 12Section 68. 51.61 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB565-ASA1,42,1813 51.61 (1) (f) Have a right to receive prompt and adequate treatment,
14rehabilitation and educational services appropriate for his or her condition, under
15programs, services and resources that the county board of supervisors or the
16Milwaukee County mental health district board, as applicable,
is reasonably able to
17provide within the limits of available state and federal funds and of county funds
18required to be appropriated to match state funds.
SB565-ASA1,69 19Section 69. 55.001 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB565-ASA1,43,10 2055.001 Declaration of policy. The legislature recognizes that many citizens
21of the state, because of serious and persistent mental illness, degenerative brain
22disorder, developmental disabilities, or other like incapacities, are in need of
23protective services or protective placement. Except as provided in s. 49.45 (30m) (a),
24the protective services or protective placement should, to the maximum degree of
25feasibility under programs, services and resources that the county board of

1supervisors or the Milwaukee County mental health district board, as applicable, is
2reasonably able to provide within the limits of available state and federal funds and
3of county funds required to be appropriated to match state funds, allow the
4individual the same rights as other citizens, and at the same time protect the
5individual from financial exploitation, abuse, neglect, and self-neglect. This chapter
6is designed to establish those protective services and protective placements, to
7assure their availability to all individuals when in need of them, and to place the
8least possible restriction on personal liberty and exercise of constitutional rights
9consistent with due process and protection from abuse, financial exploitation,
10neglect, and self-neglect.
SB565-ASA1,70 11Section 70. 59.53 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB565-ASA1,43,1412 59.53 (7) Initiative to provide coordinated services. The Except in
13Milwaukee County, the
board may establish an initiative to provide coordinated
14services under s. 46.56.
SB565-ASA1,71 15Section 71. 59.53 (25) of the statutes is created to read:
SB565-ASA1,43,1916 59.53 (25) Milwaukee County mental health. The Milwaukee County board
17has no jurisdiction and may not take any actions, including under ss. 59.52 (6) and
18(31), 66.0301, and 66.0607 (2), related to mental health functions, programs, and
19services.
SB565-ASA1,72 20Section 72. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB565-ASA1,44,1021 66.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section
22"municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city,
23village, town, county, school district, public library system, public inland lake
24protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district,
25metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management

1system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of
2ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229,
3local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local
4cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, long-term care district under
5s. 46.2895, the Milwaukee County mental health district created under s. 51.407,
6water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county
7or city transit commission, commission created by contract under this section,
8taxation district, regional planning commission, housing authority created under s.
966.1201, redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333, community
10development authority created under s. 66.1335, or city-county health department.
SB565-ASA1,73 11Section 73. 66.0621 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB565-ASA1,44,2312 66.0621 (1) (a) "Municipality" means a city, village, town, county, commission
13created by contract under s. 66.0301, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
14district established under s. 33.23, 33.235 or 33.24, metropolitan sewerage district
15created under ss. 200.01 to 200.15 and 200.21 to 200.65, town sanitary district under
16subch. IX of ch. 60, a local professional baseball park district created under subch.
17III of ch. 229, a local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV
18of ch. 229, a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, the
19Milwaukee County mental health district,
or a municipal water district or power
20district under ch. 198 and any other public or quasi-public corporation, officer, board
21or other public body empowered to borrow money and issue obligations to repay the
22money and obligations out of revenues. "Municipality" does not include the state or
23a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229.
SB565-ASA1,74 24Section 74. 66.0621 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB565-ASA1,45,10
166.0621 (1) (c) "Revenue" means all moneys received from any source by a
2public utility and all rentals and fees and, in the case of a local professional baseball
3park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 includes tax revenues deposited into
4a special fund under s. 229.685 and payments made into a special debt service
5reserve fund under s. 229.74, in the case of the Milwaukee County mental health
6district created under s. 51.407 includes tax revenues deposited into a special fund
7under s. 51.413,
and, in the case of a local professional football stadium district
8created under subch. IV of ch. 229 includes tax revenues deposited into a special fund
9under s. 229.825 and payments made into a special debt service reserve fund under
10s. 229.830.
SB565-ASA1,75 11Section 75. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB565-ASA1,45,2012 (1) Staggered terms. Notwithstanding section 51.408 (2) of the statutes, as
13created by this act, the initial term of one individual elected under section 51.408 (1)
14(a) of the statutes, as created by this act, one individual elected under section 51.408
15(1) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, and one individual elected under section
1651.408 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by this act, is 2 years and the initial term of
17one individual elected under section 51.408 (1) (a) of the statutes, as created by this
18act, one individual elected under section 51.408 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by
19this act, and the individual elected under section 51.408 (1) (d) of the statutes, as
20created by this act, is 3 years.
SB565-ASA1,46,221 (2) Jurisdiction of the Milwaukee County mental health district board. The
22mental health functions, programs, and services over which the Milwaukee County
23mental health district board has jurisdiction are those functions, programs, and
24services that Milwaukee County included in its 2014 budget under the behavioral

1health division unit 6300 and under the behavioral health community services
2branch of unit 8700.
SB565-ASA1,46,33 (3) Audit and report by department of health services.
SB565-ASA1,46,204 (a) The department of health services shall perform or arrange for an
5operational and programmatic audit of the behavioral health division of the
6Milwaukee County department of health and human services, the psychiatric
7hospital of the Milwaukee County mental health complex, and the related behavioral
8health programs. The audit shall include recommendations for the state assuming
9oversight responsibility for emergency detention services and the psychiatric
10hospital of the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex, developing a plan for
11closing the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex, and developing a plan for
12state oversight of a regional facility for the delivery of institutional, inpatient, crisis
13services, and behavioral health services using similar state-operated regional
14facilities as a model. In addition, the audit shall provide details and specifications
15on how, after the transitioning of the county-run institutional model to a state-based
16regionalized model, the state-based Milwaukee County mental health board will
17transition to a county-based board, the positions on the Milwaukee County mental
18health board will transition to a community-based focus, the funding for inpatient
19services and community-based services will continue, and mental health services
20will be delivered in a manner that reflects all of the following principles:
SB565-ASA1,46,22 211. Community-based, person-centered, recovery-oriented mental health
22systems.
SB565-ASA1,46,23 232. Maximizing comprehensive community-based services.
SB565-ASA1,46,25 243. Prioritizing access to community-based services and reducing reliance on
25institutional and inpatient care.
SB565-ASA1,47,3
14. Protecting the personal liberty of individuals experiencing mental illness so
2that they may be treated in the least restrictive environment to the greatest extent
3possible.
SB565-ASA1,47,5 45. Providing early intervention to minimize the length and depth of psychotic
5and other mental health episodes.
SB565-ASA1,47,7 66. Diverting people experiencing mental illness from the corrections system
7when appropriate.
SB565-ASA1,47,8 87. Maximizing use of mobile crisis units and crisis intervention training.
SB565-ASA1,47,179 (b) The department of health services may enter into a contract for the
10performance of the audit. By December 1, 2014, the department of health services
11or the person with whom the department of health services has entered into a
12contract for the audit under paragraph (a ) shall submit a report of the findings of the
13audit under paragraph (a), including recommendations for inpatient mental health
14treatment in Milwaukee County, to the secretary of health services. The secretary
15of health services shall submit a copy of the report to the Milwaukee County mental
16health district board, the Milwaukee County board of supervisors, the Milwaukee
17County executive, and the legislature under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.
SB565-ASA1,47,2318 (c) The Milwaukee County mental health disrict board, the behavioral health
19division and the community services branch of the Milwaukee County department
20of health and human services, and any other Milwaukee County governmental unit
21that has information necessary for the performance of the audit under paragraph (a)
22shall cooperate with the department of health services or the contractor of the
23department of health services for the performance of the audit.
SB565-ASA1,76 24Section 76. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
25except as follows:
SB565-ASA1,48,2
1(1) The repeal and recreation of section 25.50 (1) (d) of the statutes takes effect
2on January 1, 2015.
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