SB807: Bill Text

SB807,6,13 46.011 (1p) “Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (2), (4h), (4m), (4n), or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).

SB807,5 Section 5 . 46.011 (1p) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB807,7,3 46.011 (1p) “Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (2), (4h), (4m), (4n), or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).

SB807,6 Section 6. 46.057 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,7,23 46.057 (1) The department shall establish, maintain, and operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. The department may designate staff at the Mendota Mental Health Institute as responsible for administering, and providing services at, the center. Notwithstanding ss. 301.02, 301.03, and 301.36 (1), the department shall operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center as a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p). The center shall not be considered a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), a state treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (15), or a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19). The center shall provide psychological and psychiatric evaluations and treatment for juveniles whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in other juvenile correctional facilities and whose mental health needs can be met at the center. With the approval of the department of health services, the department of corrections or a county department may transfer to the center any juvenile who has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under the supervision of the department of corrections or a county department under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (4m), or 938.357 (3), (4), or (5) (e) in the same manner that the department of corrections or a county department transfers juveniles between other juvenile correctional facilities.

SB807,7 Section 7. 46.20 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB807,8,5 46.20 (1m) Any 2 or more counties may jointly, by majority vote of all the members of each county board, provide for a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g). A secured residential care center for children and youth established under this section shall be the county secured residential care center for children and youth of each of the counties so joining.

SB807,8 Section 8. 46.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,8,14 46.20 (3) Upon approval of the site, plans, and specifications for the institution, as provided in ss. 46.17 and 301.37, as to other institutions, the joint committee shall report to the several county boards the estimated cost of the site and buildings, and the amount thereof chargeable to each county on the basis set forth in sub. (6) (a), appending to each report a copy of the plans and specifications and all matter relating to the site and buildings. If the report is approved by each county board, the joint committee shall purchase the site and cause the buildings to be erected in accordance with the plans and specifications.

SB807,9 Section 9. 46.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,8,21 46.22 (1) (a) Creation. Except as provided under s. 46.23 (3) (b), the county board of supervisors of any county with a population of less than 500,000 750,000, or the county boards of 2 or more counties, shall establish a county department of social services on a single-county or multicounty basis. The county department of social services shall consist of a county social services board, a county social services director and necessary personnel.

SB807,10 Section 10. 48.023 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,9,2 48.023 (4) The rights and responsibilities of legal custody except when legal custody has been vested in another person or when the child is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), (4m) , or (4n), or 938.357 (3) or (4) or the supervision of a county department under s. 938.34 (4d), (4m), or (4n).

SB807,11 Section 11 . 48.023 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB807,9,9 48.023 (4) The rights and responsibilities of legal custody except when legal custody has been vested in another person or when the child is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), (4m) or (4n), or 938.357 (4) or the supervision of a county department under s. 938.34 (4d), (4m), or (4n).

SB807,12 Section 12. 48.526 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,9,20 48.526 (2) (c) All funds to counties under this section shall be used to purchase or provide community-based juvenile delinquency-related services, as defined in s. 46.011 (1c), and to purchase juvenile correctional services, as defined in s. 46.011 (1p), except that no funds to counties under this section may be used for purposes of land purchase, building construction, or maintenance of buildings under s. 46.17, 46.175, or 301.37, for reimbursement of costs under s. 938.209, for city lockups, or for reimbursement of care costs in temporary shelter care under s. 938.22. Funds to counties under this section may be used for reimbursement of costs of program services, other than including basic care and supervision costs, in juvenile detention facilities and secured residential care centers for children and youth.

SB807,13 Section 13. 48.526 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,9,25 48.526 (6) (b) The criteria developed under par. (a) shall include performance standards criteria to be used to determine whether counties are successfully diverting juveniles from juvenile correctional facilities and secured residential care centers for children and youth to less restrictive community programs and are successfully rehabilitating juveniles who are adjudged delinquent. Counties shall provide information requested by the department in order to apply the criteria and assess their performances.

SB807,14 Section 14. 48.526 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,10,10 48.526 (7) (bm) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $6,250,000 for the last 6 months of 2015, $12,500,000 for 2016, and $6,250,000 for the first 6 months of 2017 to counties based on each county's proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth during the most recent 3-year period for which that information is available.

SB807,15 Section 15. 48.66 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 47, is amended to read:

SB807,10,19 48.66 (1) (b) Except as provided in s. 48.715 (6), the department of corrections may license a child welfare agency to operate a secured residential care center for children and youth for holding in secure custody juveniles who have been convicted under s. 938.183 or adjudicated delinquent under s. 938.183 or 938.34 (4d), (4h), or (4m) and referred to the child welfare agency by the court, the county department, or the department of corrections and to provide supervision, care , and maintenance for those juveniles.

SB807,16 Section 16. 49.11 (1c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,10,24 49.11 (1c) “Community-based juvenile delinquency-related services" means juvenile delinquency-related services provided under ch. 938 other than services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (2), (4h), (4m), (4n), or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).

SB807,17 Section 17 . 49.11 (1c) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB807,11,6 49.11 (1c) “Community-based juvenile delinquency-related services" means juvenile delinquency-related services provided under ch. 938 other than services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (2), (4h), (4m), (4n), or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).

SB807,18 Section 18. 49.45 (25) (bj) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,11,15 49.45 (25) (bj) The department of corrections may elect to provide case management services under this subsection to persons who are under the supervision of that department under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), (4m), or (4n), or 938.357 (3) or (4), who are Medical Assistance beneficiaries, and who meet one or more of the conditions specified in par. (am). The amount of the allowable charges for those services under the Medical Assistance program that is not provided by the federal government shall be paid from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), (ho), or (hr).

SB807,19 Section 19 . 49.45 (25) (bj) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB807,11,25 49.45 (25) (bj) The department of corrections may elect to provide case management services under this subsection to persons who are under the supervision of that department under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), (4m), or (4n), or 938.357 (3) or (4), who are Medical Assistance beneficiaries, and who meet one or more of the conditions specified in par. (am). The amount of the allowable charges for those services under the Medical Assistance program that is not provided by the federal government shall be paid from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), (ho), or (hr).

SB807,20 Section 20. 59.53 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB807,12,14 59.53 (8m) Secured residential care center for children and youth. The board shall ensure that there is sufficient space in a secured residential care center for children and youth for all juveniles adjudicated delinquent by the circuit court of the county and placed in a secured residential care center for children and youth, either by establishing or contracting with a child welfare agency to establish a secured residential care center for children and youth, on its own or jointly with one or more counties, under ss. 46.20 (1m) and 938.22 (1) (a), or by contracting with another county to place juveniles in that county's secured residential care center for children and youth. If a board contracts with another county to place a juvenile at that county's secured residential care center for children and youth, that secured residential care center for children and youth shall be the county secured residential care center for children and youth of the placing county with respect to the placed juvenile.

SB807,21 Section 21. 301.01 (1n) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

SB807,12,19 301.01 (1n) “Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (2), (4h), (4m), (4n), or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).

SB807,22 Section 22 . 301.01 (1n) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB807,12,24 301.01 (1n) “Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (2), (4h), (4m), (4n), or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).

SB807,23 Section 23. 301.03 (9) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 4227b, is amended to read:

SB807,13,11 301.03 (9) Supervise all persons placed in a state prison under s. 938.183, all persons placed under court-ordered departmental supervision under s. 938.34 (2), all persons placed in the serious juvenile offender program under s. 938.34 (4h), all persons placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential treatment center for children and youth under s. 938.34 (4m) or 938.357 (4), all persons placed under community supervision under s. 938.34 (4n) or 938.357 (4), and all persons placed in an experiential education program under the supervision of the department under s. 938.34 (7g) and all persons placed under the supervision of the department by the court under ch. 938.

SB807,24 Section 24. 301.03 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,13,18 301.03 (10) (d) Administer the office of juvenile offender review in the division of juvenile corrections in the department. The office shall be responsible for decisions regarding case planning and the release of juvenile offenders who are under the supervision of the department from juvenile correctional facilities or secured residential care centers for children and youth to aftercare or community supervision placements.

SB807,25 Section 25 . 301.03 (10) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB807,14,2 301.03 (10) (d) Administer the office of juvenile offender review in the division of juvenile corrections in the department. The office shall be responsible for decisions regarding case planning and the release of juvenile offenders who are under the supervision of the department from juvenile correctional facilities or secured residential care centers for children and youth to aftercare or community supervision placements.

SB807,26 Section 26. 301.08 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,14,15 301.08 (1) (b) 3. Contract with public, private, or voluntary agencies for the supervision, maintenance, and operation of juvenile correctional facilities, residential care centers for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (15d), and secured residential care centers for children and youth for the placement of juveniles who have been convicted under s. 938.183 or adjudicated delinquent under s. 938.183 or 938.34 (4d), (4h), or (4m). The department may designate a juvenile correctional facility, or a residential care center for children and youth, or a secured residential care center for children and youth contracted for under this subdivision as a Type 2 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (20), and may designate a residential care center for children and youth or secured residential care center for children and youth contracted for under this subdivision as a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (19r).

SB807,27 Section 27. 301.16 (1w) of the statutes is created to read:

SB807,14,18 301.16 (1w) (a) The department shall construct or establish one or more Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities.

SB807,28 Section 28. 301.16 (1x) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,15,2 301.16 (1x) Inmates from the Wisconsin state prisons may be transferred to the institutions under this section and they, except that inmates may not be transferred to a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility established under sub. (1w) unless required under s. 973.013 (3m). Inmates transferred under this subsection shall be subject to all laws pertaining to inmates of other penal institutions of this state. Officers and employees of the institutions shall be subject to the same laws as pertain to other penal institutions. Inmates shall not be received on direct commitment from the courts.

SB807,29 Section 29. 301.18 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB807,15,5 301.18 (1) (fm) Provide the facilities necessary for any Type 1 juvenile correctional facility that is established by the department under s. 301.16 (1w).

SB807,30 Section 30. 301.20 of the statutes is repealed.

SB807,31 Section 31. 301.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,15,16 301.37 (1) The department shall fix reasonable standards and regulations for the design, construction, repair, and maintenance of all houses of correction, reforestation camps maintained under s. 303.07, jails, as defined in s. 302.30, extensions of jails under s. 59.54 (14) (g), rehabilitation facilities under s. 59.53 (8), lockup facilities, as defined in s. 302.30, work camps under s. 303.10, Huber facilities under s. 303.09, and, after consulting with the department of children and families, all juvenile detention facilities and secured residential care centers for children and youth, with respect to their adequacy and fitness for the needs which they are to serve.

SB807,32 Section 32. 301.37 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB807,15,23 301.37 (1m) Subject to the rules promulgated by the department under sub. (1), a secured residential care center for children and youth may be located in a portion of a juvenile detention facility. A secured residential care center for children and youth that is located in a portion of a juvenile detention facility shall provide programming and services as required by the department of children and families under s. 938.485 (5).

SB807,33 Section 33. 938.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,16,4 938.02 (4) “Department" means the department of children and families, except that with respect to a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (2), (4h), (4m), (4n), or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4), “department" means the department of corrections.

SB807,34 Section 34 . 938.02 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 4646b, and 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB807,16,10 938.02 (4) “Department" means the department of children and families, except that with respect to a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (2), (4h), (4m), (4n), or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4), “department" means the department of corrections.

SB807,35 Section 35. 938.02 (15g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,16,16 938.02 (15g) “Secured residential care center for children and youth" means a residential care center for children and youth facility operated by a county under ss. 46.20, 59.53 (8m), 301.26, 301.27, and 938.22 (1) (a) or by a child welfare agency that is licensed under s. 48.66 (1) (b) to hold in secure custody persons adjudged delinquent.

SB807,36 Section 36. 938.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,17,7 938.22 (1) (a) Subject to s. 48.66 (1) (b), the The county board of supervisors of a county may establish a juvenile detention facility or secured residential care center for children and youth in accordance with ss. 301.36 and 301.37 or the county boards of supervisors for 2 or more counties may jointly establish a juvenile detention facility or secured residential care center for children and youth in accordance with ss. 46.20, 59.53 (8m), 301.36, and 301.37. The county board of supervisors of a county may establish a shelter care facility in accordance with ss. 48.576 and 48.578 or the county boards of supervisors for 2 or more counties may jointly establish a shelter care facility in accordance with ss. 46.20, 48.576, and 48.578. A private entity may establish a juvenile detention facility in accordance with ss. 301.36 and 301.37 and contract with one or more county boards of supervisors under s. 938.222 to hold juveniles in the private juvenile detention facility. Subject to ss. 48.66 (1) (b), 301.36, and 301.37, a child welfare agency may establish a secured residential care center for children and youth and contract with one or more county boards of supervisors to hold juveniles in the secured residential care center for children and youth.

SB807,37 Section 37. 938.22 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,17,22 938.22 (2) (a) Counties shall submit plans for a juvenile detention facility, secured residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile portion of the county jail to the department of corrections and submit plans for a shelter care facility to the department of children and families. A private entity that proposes to establish a juvenile detention facility or a child welfare agency that proposes to establish a secured residential care center for children and youth shall submit plans for the facility to the department of corrections. The applicable department shall review the submitted plans. A county or a , private entity, or child welfare agency may not implement a plan unless the applicable department has approved the plan. The department of corrections shall promulgate rules establishing minimum requirements for the approval and operation of juvenile detention facilities, secured residential care centers for children and youth, and the juvenile portion of county jails. The plans and rules shall be designed to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the juveniles placed in those facilities.

SB807,38 Section 38. 938.225 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,18,5 938.225 Statewide plan for juvenile detention and correctional facilities. The department of corrections shall assist counties in establishing juvenile detention facilities and secured residential care centers for children and youth under s. 938.22 by developing and promulgating a statewide plan for the establishment and maintenance of suitable juvenile detention facilities reasonably accessible to each court and secured residential care centers for children and youth reasonably accessible to each county.

SB807,39 Section 39. 938.34 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,18,11 938.34 (2) (a) Place the juvenile under the supervision of an agency, the county department, the department of corrections, if that department approves, or a suitable adult, including a friend of the juvenile, under conditions prescribed by the court, including reasonable rules for the juvenile's conduct, designed for the physical, mental, and moral well-being and behavior of the juvenile.

SB807,40 Section 40 . 938.34 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB807,18,18 938.34 (2) (a) Place the juvenile under the supervision of an agency, the county department, the department of corrections, if that department approves, or a suitable adult, including a friend of the juvenile, under conditions prescribed by the court, including reasonable rules for the juvenile's conduct, designed for the physical, mental, and moral well-being and behavior of the juvenile.

SB807,41 Section 41. 938.34 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,18,25 938.34 (2) (b) If the juvenile is placed in the juvenile's home under the supervision of an agency, the county department, or the department of corrections, order that agency or department to provide specified services to the juvenile and the juvenile's family, including individual, family, or group counseling, homemaker or parent aide services, respite care, housing assistance, child care, or parent skills training.

SB807,42 Section 42 . 938.34 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB807,19,8 938.34 (2) (b) If the juvenile is placed in the juvenile's home under the supervision of an agency, or the county department, or the department of corrections, order that agency or department to provide specified services to the juvenile and the juvenile's family, including individual, family, or group counseling, homemaker or parent aide services, respite care, housing assistance, child care, or parent skills training.

SB807,43 Section 43. 938.34 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB807,19,13 938.34 (4m) Correctional placement. (intro.) Place the juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under the supervision of the county department or the department of corrections if all of the following apply:

SB807,44 Section 44 . 938.34 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB807,19,19 938.34 (4m) Correctional placement. (intro.) Place the juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under the supervision of the county department or the department of corrections if all of the following apply:

SB807,45 Section 45. 938.357 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 938.357 (3) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB807,20,9 938.357 (3) Placement in juvenile correctional facility. (intro.) Subject to subs. (4) (b) and, (c), and (d), and (5) (e), if the proposed change in placement would involve placing a juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth, notice shall be given as provided in sub. (1) (am) 1. A hearing shall be held, unless waived by the juvenile, parent, guardian, and legal custodian, before the court makes a decision on the request. The juvenile is entitled to counsel at the hearing, and any party opposing or favoring the proposed new placement may present relevant evidence and cross-examine witnesses. The proposed new placement may be approved only if the court finds, on the record, that the conditions set forth in s. 938.34 (4m) (a) and (b) have been met. Notwithstanding s. 938.34 (4m), the court may order placement in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, for a juvenile who was adjudicated delinquent under s. 938.34 (4m), if the court finds that all of the following apply:

SB807,46 Section 46. 938.357 (3) (a) and (b) of the statutes are created to read:

SB807,20,13 938.357 (3) (a) The juvenile is placed at a secured residential care center for children and youth and his or her behavior presents a serious problem for the juvenile or others in the secured residential care center for children and youth.

SB807,20,15 (b) All other placement options have been exhausted, including placement in at least one other secured residential care center for children and youth, if available.

SB807,47 Section 47. 938.357 (4) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB807,20,17 938.357 (4) (title) Change in placement without a hearing.

SB807,48 Section 48. 938.357 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 938.357 (4) (am) and amended to read:

SB807,21,14 938.357 (4) (am) When the juvenile is placed with the department of corrections, that department may, after an examination under s. 938.50, place the juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth or on community supervision or aftercare supervision, either immediately or after a period of placement in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth. The department of corrections shall send written notice of the change in placement to the parent, guardian, legal custodian, county department designated under s. 938.34 (4n), if any, and committing court. If the department of corrections places a juvenile in a Type 2 juvenile correctional facility operated by a child welfare agency, that department shall reimburse the child welfare agency at the rate established under s. 49.343 that is applicable to the type of placement that the child welfare agency is providing for the juvenile. If the department of corrections places a juvenile in a secured residential care center for children and youth under this paragraph, the department of corrections shall contract with the operating entity for the care and services provided under s. 301.08. A juvenile who is placed in a Type 2 juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under this paragraph remains under the supervision of the department of corrections, remains subject to the rules and discipline of that department, and is considered to be in custody, as defined in s. 946.42 (1) (a).