AB40,857 13Section 857. 46.56 (14) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,496,1614 46.56 (14) (b) (intro.) The department shall provide, either directly or through
15purchase of services, the following support services to the counties and tribes that
16elect to participate in the initiative and to multi-entity initiatives:
AB40,858 17Section 858. 46.56 (14) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,496,2518 46.56 (14) (d) Notwithstanding eligibility requirements for enrollment in the
19initiative, if the state is funding the initiative in a particular county or for a tribe or
20is funding a multi-entity initiative
under sub. (15), the department may permit the
21county or, tribe, or multi-entity initiative to serve under this section any individual
22who has a severe disability and who has not attained 22 years of age, and his or her
23family, if the individual's mental, physical, sensory, behavioral, emotional, or
24developmental disability or whose combination of multiple disabilities meets the
25requirements specified in sub. (1) (om) 1. to 4.
AB40,859
1Section 859. 46.56 (14) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,497,42 46.56 (14) (e) The department may establish additional requirements to apply
3with respect to multi-entity initiatives, including requirements that conflict with
4any requirements in subs. (3) to (13).
AB40,860 5Section 860. 46.56 (15) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,497,96 46.56 (15) (b) (intro.) In order to apply for funds under this subsection, the
7county board of supervisors or tribe or, for a multi-entity initiative, the county board
8of the lead administrative county or the lead administrative tribe
shall do all of the
9following:
AB40,861 10Section 861. 46.56 (15) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,497,1511 46.56 (15) (b) 4. Submit a description of the existing services and other
12resources in the county or tribe or in the area or areas served by a multi-entity
13initiative
for children who are involved in 2 or more systems of care, an assessment
14of any gaps in services, and a plan for using the funds received under this subsection
15or funds from other sources to develop or expand the initiative.
AB40,862 16Section 862. 46.56 (15) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,497,2117 46.56 (15) (c) In order for a county or tribe or a multi-entity initiative to obtain
18funds under this subsection, all of the participating agencies and organizations shall
19provide matching funds that, in total, equal 20% of the requested funding. The
20match may be cash or in-kind. The department shall determine what may be used
21as in-kind match.
AB40,863 22Section 863. 46.56 (15) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,498,223 46.56 (15) (d) In order to apply for funding, a county or tribe or a multi-entity
24initiative
shall have a coordinating committee that meets the requirements under

1sub. (3) (a) and (b), and, if applicable, sub. (3) (bm) that will carry out the
2responsibilities under sub. (3) (d).
AB40,864 3Section 864. 46.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,498,184 46.86 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md) the department
5may award not more than $125,500 in each fiscal year as grants to counties and
6private nonprofit entities for treatment for pregnant women and mothers with
7alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs; mothers who have alcohol and other
8drug abuse treatment needs and dependent children up to the age of 5 years; and the
9dependent children up to the age of 5 years of those mothers. The grants shall be
10awarded in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures. The
11grants shall be used to establish community-based programs, residential
12family-centered treatment programs or home-based treatment programs. The
13program under a grant must include alcohol and other drug abuse treatment
14services, parent education, support services for the children of the women who are
15enrolled in the program, vocational assistance and housing assistance. Any program
16funded under this subsection must also provide follow-up aftercare services to each
17woman and her children for at least 2 years after the date on which a woman has left
18the program.
AB40,865 19Section 865. 46.86 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,498,2420 46.86 (2m) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md), the
21department shall distribute not more than $79,500 in each fiscal year for residential
22long-term treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse, including treatment with
23respect to family relationships, antisocial behavior and employability, in a treatment
24facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19), in a 1st class city.
AB40,866 25Section 866. 46.86 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,499,10
146.86 (3m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md), the department
2may not distribute more than $900,000 in each fiscal year to fund a multidisciplinary
3prevention and treatment team in Milwaukee County for cocaine-abusing women
4and their children. The multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team must
5coordinate its activities with other prevention and treatment programs in
6Milwaukee County for cocaine-abusing women and their children. Residents from
7other counties may be served by the multidisciplinary prevention and treatment
8team. The department may carry forward funds distributed under this subsection,
9but not encumbered by December 31, for distribution for the purpose under this
10subsection in the following calendar year.
AB40,867 11Section 867. 46.86 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,499,1612 46.86 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (md), the department
13may not distribute more than $235,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to ARC
14Community Services, Inc., for women and children in Dane County, to provide
15funding for staff of the center and transportation and meal expenses for chemically
16dependent women who receive services from the center.
AB40,868 17Section 868. 46.86 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,499,2318 46.86 (6) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5)
19(md), the department may award up to $1,330,800 in each fiscal year, and from the
20appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (gb), the department may award not more
21than $319,500 in each fiscal year, as grants to counties and private entities to provide
22community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that do all of
23the following:
AB40,869 24Section 869. 46.90 (5m) (br) 5g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,500,3
146.90 (5m) (br) 5g. Refer the case to the department of financial institutions
2if the financial exploitation, neglect, self-neglect, or abuse involves an individual
3who is required to be registered under s. 202.13 or 202.14.
AB40,870 4Section 870. 46.96 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,500,75 46.96 (2) The department shall make grants from the appropriations under s.
620.435 (7) (c) or (kc) to independent living centers for nonresidential services to
7severely disabled individuals.
AB40,871 8Section 871. 47.02 (3m) (p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,500,139 47.02 (3m) (p) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (5) (n), in each fiscal
10year, allocate $600,000 of moneys received from the federal social security
11administration for reimbursement of grants to independent living centers. The
12department shall make grants to independent living centers for nonresidential
13services to severely disabled individuals as defined in s. 46.96 (1) (b).
AB40,500,1614 2. To be eligible to receive a grant under subd. 1., an independent living center
15shall comply with the requirements under s. 46.96 (3m) (a) 1. to 3. and (am) 1. and
162.
AB40,872 17Section 872. 48.06 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,500,1818 48.06 (1) (title) Counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more.
AB40,873 19Section 873. 48.06 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,501,320 48.06 (1) (a) 1. In counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the
21department shall provide the court with the services necessary for investigating and
22supervising child welfare and unborn child welfare cases under this chapter. The
23department is charged with providing child welfare and unborn child welfare intake
24and dispositional services and with administration of the personnel and services of
25the child welfare and unborn child welfare intake and dispositional sections of the

1department. The department shall include investigative services for all children and
2unborn children alleged to be in need of protection or services to be provided by the
3department.
AB40,874 4Section 874. 48.06 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,501,55 48.06 (2) (title) Counties with a population under 500,000 750,000.
AB40,875 6Section 875. 48.06 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,501,197 48.06 (2) (a) In counties having less than 500,000 750,000 population, the
8county board of supervisors shall authorize the county department or court or both
9to provide intake services required by s. 48.067 and the staff needed to carry out the
10objectives and provisions of this chapter under s. 48.069. Intake services shall be
11provided by employees of the court or county department and may not be
12subcontracted to other individuals or agencies, except any county which had intake
13services subcontracted from the county sheriff's department on April 1, 1980, may
14continue to subcontract intake services from the county sheriff's department. Intake
15workers shall be governed in their intake work, including their responsibilities for
16recommending the filing of a petition and entering into an informal disposition, by
17general written policies which shall be formulated by the circuit judges for the
18county, subject to the approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative
19district.
AB40,876 20Section 876. 48.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,501,2521 48.06 (3) Intake services. The court, the department in a county having a
22population of 500,000 750,000 or more, or the county department responsible for
23providing intake services under s. 48.067 shall specify one or more persons to provide
24intake services. If there is more than one such worker, one of the workers shall be
25designated as chief worker and shall supervise other workers.
AB40,877
1Section 877. 48.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,502,92 48.06 (4) State aid. State aid to any county for court services under this section
3shall be at the same net effective rate that each county is reimbursed for county
4administration under s. 48.569. Counties having a population of less than 500,000
5750,000 may use funds received under s. 48.569 (1) (d), including county or federal
6revenue sharing funds allocated to match funds received under s. 48.569 (1) (d), for
7the cost of providing court attached intake services in amounts not to exceed 50% 50
8percent
of the cost of providing court attached intake services or $30,000 per county
9per calendar year, whichever is less.
AB40,878 10Section 878. 48.069 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,502,1511 48.069 (1) (intro.) The staff of the department, the court, a county department
12or a licensed child welfare agency designated by the court to carry out the objectives
13and provisions of this chapter, or, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000
14or more, the department or an agency under contract with the department to provide
15dispositional services, shall:
AB40,879 16Section 879. 48.069 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,502,2217 48.069 (2) Except in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more,
18licensed child welfare agencies and the department shall provide services under this
19section only upon the approval of the agency from whom services are requested. In
20a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department or, with the
21approval of the department, a licensed child welfare agency shall provide services
22under this section.
AB40,880 23Section 880. 48.069 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,503,224 48.069 (3) A court or county department responsible for disposition staff or, in
25a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department may agree

1with the court or county department responsible for providing intake services that
2the disposition staff may be designated to provide some or all of the intake services.
AB40,881 3Section 881. 48.07 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,503,184 48.07 (5) (b) 2. On receipt of an application from a prospective court-appointed
5special advocate, the court-appointed special advocate program, with the assistance
6of the department of justice, shall conduct a background investigation of the
7applicant. If the court-appointed special advocate program determines that any
8information obtained as a result of the background investigation provides a
9reasonable basis for further investigation, the court-appointed special advocate
10program may require the applicant to be fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each
11bearing a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints, or by other technologies
12approved by law enforcement agencies
. The department of justice may provide for
13the submission of the fingerprint cards or fingerprints by other technologies to the
14federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identification of the
15applicant and obtaining the applicant's criminal arrest and conviction record. The
16court-appointed special advocate program shall keep confidential all information
17received from the department of justice and the federal bureau of investigation under
18this subdivision.
AB40,882 19Section 882. 48.345 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,504,220 48.345 (6m) If the report prepared under s. 48.33 (1) recommends that the child
21is in need of a coordinated services plan of care and if an initiative under s. 46.56 has
22been established in for the county or, for a child who is a member of a tribe, as defined
23in s. 46.56 (1) (q), by for a tribe, the judge may order an assessment of the child and
24the child's family for eligibility for and appropriateness of the initiative, and if

1eligible for enrollment in the initiative, that a coordinated services plan of care be
2developed and implemented.
AB40,883 3Section 883. 48.355 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 48.355 (4) (a) and
4amended to read:
AB40,504,95 48.355 (4) (a) Except as provided under s. 48.368, an order under this section
6or s. 48.357 or 48.365 made before the child reaches 18 years of age that places or
7continues the placement of the child in his or her home shall terminate at the end
8of
one year after its entry the date on which the order is entered unless the judge
9specifies a shorter period of time or the judge terminates the order sooner.
AB40,504,15 10(b) Except as provided under s. 48.368, an order under this section or s. 48.357
11or 48.365 made before the child reaches 18 years of age that places or continues the
12placement of the child in a foster home, group home, or residential care center for
13children and youth or in the home of a relative other than a parent shall terminate
14when on the latest of the following dates, unless the judge specifies a shorter period
15or the judge terminates the order sooner:
AB40,504,16 161. The date on which the child reaches 18 years of age, at the end of.
AB40,504,18 172. The date that is one year after its entry, or, if the date on which the order is
18entered.
AB40,504,23 193. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or
20technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before
21reaching 19 years of age, when the date on which the child reaches 19 years of age,
22whichever is later, unless the judge specifies a shorter period of time or the judge
23terminates the order sooner
.
AB40,505,3 24(c) An order under this section or s. 48.357 or 48.365 relating to an unborn child
25in need of protection or services that is made before the unborn child is born shall

1terminate at the end of one year after its entry the date on which the order is entered
2unless the judge specifies a shorter period of time or the judge terminates the order
3sooner.
AB40,884 4Section 884. 48.355 (4) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,505,75 48.355 (4) (b) 4. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its
6vocational or technical equivalent and if an individualized education program under
7s. 115.787 is in effect for the child, the date on which the child reaches 21 years of age.
AB40,885 8Section 885. 48.357 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 48.357 (6) (a) (intro.) and
9amended to read:
AB40,505,1410 48.357 (6) (a) (intro.) No change in placement may extend the expiration date
11of the original order, except that if the change in placement is from a placement in
12the child's home to a placement outside the home the court may extend the expiration
13date of the original order to the latest of the following dates, unless the court specifies
14a shorter period:
AB40,505,15 151. The date on which the child reaches 18 years of age, to the.
AB40,505,17 162. The date that is one year after the date of on which the change in placement
17order, or, if is entered.
AB40,505,21 183. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or
19technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before
20reaching 19 years of age, to the date on which the child reaches 19 years of age,
21whichever is later, or for a shorter period of time as specified by the court
.
AB40,506,2 22(b) If the change in placement is from a placement outside the home to a
23placement in the child's home and if the expiration date of the original order is more
24than one year after the date of the change in placement order, the court shall shorten
25the expiration date of the original order to the date that is one year after the date of

1on which the change in placement order is entered or to an earlier date as specified
2by the court.
AB40,886 3Section 886. 48.357 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,506,64 48.357 (6) (a) 4. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its
5vocational or technical equivalent and if an individualized education program under
6s. 115.787 is in effect for the child, the date on which the child reaches 21 years of age.
AB40,887 7Section 887. 48.365 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 48.365 (5) (a) and
8amended to read:
AB40,506,129 48.365 (5) (a) Except as provided in s. 48.368, an order under this section that
10continues the placement of a child in his or her home or that relates to an unborn
11child of an adult expectant mother shall be for a specified length of time not to exceed
12one year after its the date of entry on which the order is entered.
AB40,506,15 13(b) Except as provided in s. 48.368, an order under this section that continues
14the placement of a child in an out-of-home placement shall be for a specified length
15of time not to exceed the latest of the following dates:
AB40,506,16 161. The date on which the child reaches 18 years of age,.
AB40,506,18 172. The date that is one year after the date of entry of on which the order, or, if
18is entered.
AB40,506,22 193. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or
20technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before
21reaching 19 years of age, the date on which the child reaches 19 years of age,
22whichever is later
.
AB40,888 23Section 888. 48.365 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,507,3
148.365 (5) (b) 4. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its
2vocational or technical equivalent and if an individualized education program under
3s. 115.787 is in effect for the child, the date on which the child reaches 21 years of age.
AB40,889 4Section 889. 48.385 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,507,17 548.385 Plan for transition to independent living. During the 90 days
6immediately before a child who is placed in a foster home, group home, or residential
7care center for children and youth or in the home of a relative other than a parent
8attains 18 years of age or, if the child is placed in such a placement under an order
9under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates under
10s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the child attains 18 years of age, during the
1190 days immediately before the termination of the order, the agency primarily
12responsible for providing services to the child under the order shall provide the child
13with assistance and support in developing a plan for making the transition from
14out-of-home care to independent living. The transition plan shall be personalized
15at the direction of the child, shall be as detailed as the child directs, and shall include
16specific options for obtaining housing, health care, education, mentoring and
17continuing support services, and workforce support and employment services.
AB40,890 18Section 890. 48.43 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 48.43 (7) (a) and amended
19to read:
AB40,507,2420 48.43 (7) (a) If the agency specified under sub. (1) (a) is the department and,
21the department shall seek a permanent adoptive placement for the child or seek to
22enter into a subsidized guardianship agreement under s. 48.623 (2) with a proposed
23guardian of the child and petition the court for the appointment of that individual
24as the guardian of the child under s. 48.977 (2).
AB40,508,7
1(b) If a permanent adoptive or subsidized guardianship placement is not in
2progress 2 years after entry of the order, the department may petition the court to
3transfer legal custody of the child to a county department, except that the
4department may not petition the court to transfer to a county department legal
5custody of a child who was initially taken into custody under s. 48.195 (1). The court
6shall transfer the child's legal custody to the county department specified in the
7petition. The department shall remain the child's guardian.
AB40,891 8Section 891. 48.48 (3m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,508,129 48.48 (3m) (d) The tribal court has signed a written contract that addresses
10federal and state law and that provides that the tribal court will accept the return
11of the legal custody or the legal custody and guardianship of the child if the
12department petitions the tribal court to do so under s. 48.485 (2).
AB40,892 13Section 892. 48.48 (8p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,508,2114 48.48 (8p) To reimburse tribes and county departments, from the
15appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (kz), for unexpected or unusually high-cost
16out-of-home care placements of Indian children by tribal courts and for subsidized
17guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (1) or (6) for guardianships of Indian
18children ordered by tribal courts
. In this subsection, "unusually high-cost
19out-of-home care placements" means the amount by which the cost to a tribe or to
20a county department of out-of-home care placements of Indian children by tribal
21courts exceeds $50,000 in a fiscal year.
AB40,893 22Section 893. 48.48 (16m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,509,423 48.48 (16m) To employ under the unclassified service in an office of the
24department that is located in a 1st class city a director of the office of urban
25development who shall be appointed by the secretary to serve at the pleasure of the

1secretary and who shall coordinate the provision of child welfare services in a county
2having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more with the implementation of the
3Wisconsin works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 in a county having a population
4of 500,000 750,000 or more.
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