Wisconsin Legislature: DHS 66.10(1)(e)

(b) The referring criminal justice system component shall be kept informed about each referred client’s progress, as follows:

1. The TAP agency shall give written notice of the person’s admission into the TAP program and placement of the client in a treatment program, and shall submit a copy of the case management plan under par. (a) to the criminal justice system component;

2. The TAP agency shall require treatment agencies to submit treatment progress reports to the TAP agency and the criminal justice system component, at least monthly; and

3. The TAP agency shall, within 24 hours after a client’s termination, notify the referring criminal justice system component of the client’s termination.

1. A record of all treatment services provided to the client from admission to termination; and

2. Written and signed notations by each TAP agency counselor involved with the client, specifying the date and content of all face-to-face and telephone contacts with the client, the referring justice system component and the client’s treatment agency.

(5) Termination criteria. Each TAP agency shall establish written criteria for successful and unsuccessful termination of clients from TAP participation. The criteria shall be agreed to by cooperating criminal justice system components and treatment agencies and shall include:

(a) In regard to criteria measuring successful termination:

1. Completion of a written case management plan as required under sub. (4) within 15 days after admission into TAP; and

2. Compliance with any court order or other legal order relating to the client; and

(b) In regard to criteria measuring unsuccessful termination:

1. The client’s unexcused absence from a specified number of scheduled TAP agency or treatment agency appointments;

2. The client’s continued alcohol or other drug use or abuse as documented by a specified number of positive urinalysis tests or other test of specimens;

3. Re-arrest of the client; or

4. The client’s lack of participation or cooperation in the treatment program as documented by the treatment agency counselor’s written complaints of the client’s non-compliance with TAP agency or treatment agency requirements.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1989, No. 397, eff. 2-1-89.

DHS 66.09 Staff training. Each TAP agency shall:

(1) Ensure that all staff understand the TAP agency mission, philosophy and operating procedures;

(2) Have a written master plan for staff training that identifies training goals and specifies training procedures and schedules;

(3) Prepare and annually update a written training plan for each staff member. Each staff member shall receive at least 32 hours of training each year on pharmacology, sentencing practices, assessment of drug dependency, substance abuse treatment modalities, treatment expectations and case management; and

(4) Maintain a personnel file for each staff member that includes his or her written job responsibilities and performance guidelines and a record of in-service training completed.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1989, No. 397, eff. 2-1-89.

DHS 66.10 Data collection.

(1) Upon request of the department, each TAP agency shall submit the following program information to the department on forms provided by the department:

(a) The number of potential clients identified and referred to the TAP agency from each cooperating criminal justice system component;

(b) The number of clients admitted by the TAP agency;

(c) Each client’s socio-economic and demographic characteristics, including age, race, sex, education and employment status;

(d) The criminal charge against each client, the client’s drug dependent status, the primary drug of abuse or other diagnosis and the results of urinalysis and other diagnostic testing;

(e) Each client’s treatment progress and status, and any client rearrests and intervening court appearances;

(f) The number and type of services provided by TAP agency and treatment agency staff to each client; and

(g) Expenditures for the TAP agency by budget line-item category during a reporting period.

(2) The department shall analyze all data collected from TAP agencies and other sources to determine program effectiveness and for purposes of public information and management planning.

(3) The department may not require the submission of client-identifiable data except for research purposes. No client-identifiable data may be published.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1989, No. 397, eff. 2-1-89.