Wisconsin Legislature: 344,475

3. The child welfare agency operating the Type 2 secured juvenile correctional facility or Type 2 child caring institution residential care center for children and youth shall send written notice of a change in placement under subd. 1. or 2. to the parent, guardian, legal custodian, county department, and committing court.

344,467 Section 467. 938.357 (4) (c) 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:

938.357 (4) (c) 1. If a juvenile is placed in a Type 2 secured juvenile correctional facility operated by a child welfare agency under par. (a) and it appears that a less restrictive placement would be appropriate for the juvenile, the department, after consulting with the child welfare agency that is operating the Type 2 secured juvenile correctional facility in which the juvenile is placed, may place the juvenile in a less restrictive placement, and may return the juvenile to the Type 2 secured juvenile correctional facility without a hearing under sub. (1) (am) 2. The child welfare agency shall establish a rate for each type of placement in the manner provided in s. 46.037.

2. If a juvenile is placed in a Type 2 child caring institution residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.34 (4d) and it appears that a less restrictive placement would be appropriate for the juvenile, the child welfare agency operating the Type 2 child caring institution residential care center for children and youth shall notify the county department that has supervision over the juvenile and, if the county department agrees to a change in placement under this subdivision, the child welfare agency may place the juvenile in a less restrictive placement. A child welfare agency may also, with the agreement of the county department that has supervision over a juvenile who is placed in a less restrictive placement under this subdivision, return the juvenile to the Type 2 child caring institution residential care center for children and youth without a hearing under sub. (1) (am) 2. The child welfare agency shall establish a rate for each type of placement in the manner provided in s. 46.037.

344,468 Section 468. 938.357 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Repeals s. 938.357 (4) (d), stats., which permits a juvenile who was adjudicated delinquent to be transferred to an adult correctional facility.

In State of Wisconsin v. Hezzie R., 219 Wis. 2d 849 (1998), the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that subjecting a juvenile who has no right to a trial by jury under the Juvenile Justice Code to placement in an adult prison violates the juvenile's constitutional right to a trial by jury because placement in an adult prison constitutes criminal punishment rather than juvenile rehabilitation. Accordingly, this bill eliminates the authority of the DOC to transfer a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent to an adult prison, including the Intensive Sanctions Program, which is defined in the statutes as a state prison. This change is reflected: (1) in various provisions in the Juvenile Justice Code [ss. 938.183 (3), 938.538 (3) (a) 1., 1m., and 2., (4) (a), (5) (c), and (6), and 938.992 (3)]; and (2) in other provisions affected by this change that are outside of the Juvenile Justice Code.

344,469 Section 469. 938.357 (4d) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

938.357 (4d) (title) Prohibited placements based on homicide of parent.

344,470 Section 470. 938.357 (4d) (a) and (am) of the statutes are amended to read:

938.357 (4d) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the court may not change a juvenile's placement to a placement in the home of a person who has been convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional of the homicide, of a parent of the juvenile under s. 940.01 or 940.05, if the conviction has not been reversed, set aside, or vacated.

(am) Except as provided in par. (b), if a parent in whose home a juvenile is placed is convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional of the homicide, of the juvenile's other parent under s. 940.01 or 940.05, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside, or vacated, the court shall change the juvenile's placement to a placement out of the home of the parent on petition of the juvenile, the guardian or legal custodian of the juvenile, a person or agency bound by the dispositional order, or the district attorney or corporation counsel of the county in which the dispositional order was entered, or on the court's own motion, and on with notice to the parent.

344,471 Section 471. 938.357 (4g) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

938.357 (4g) (title) Aftercare plan.

344,472 Section 472. 938.357 (4g) (a), (b), (c) (intro.) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:

938.357 (4g) (a) Not later than 120 days after the date on which the juvenile is placed in a secured juvenile correctional facility, a secured child caring institution or a secured group home residential care center for children and youth, or within 30 days after the date on which the department requests the aftercare plan, whichever is earlier, the aftercare provider designated under s. 938.34 (4n) shall prepare an aftercare plan for the juvenile. If the designated aftercare provider designated under s. 938.34 (4n) is a county department, that county department shall submit the aftercare plan to the department within the time limits specified in this paragraph, unless the department waives those time limits under par. (b).

(b) The department may waive the time period within which an aftercare plan must be prepared and submitted under par. (a) if the department anticipates that the juvenile will remain in the secured juvenile correctional facility, secured child caring institution or secured group home residential care center for children and youth for a period exceeding 8 months or if the juvenile is subject to s. 48.366 or 938.183. If the department waives that time period, the designated aftercare provider designated under s. 938.34 (4n) shall prepare the aftercare plan within 30 days after the date on which the department requests the aftercare plan.

(d) A juvenile may be released from a secured juvenile correctional facility, a secured child caring institution or a secured group home residential care center for children and youth whether or not an aftercare plan has been prepared under this subsection.

344,473 Section 473. 938.357 (4m) (title) and (5) (title) of the statutes are created to read:

938.357 (4m) (title) Release to aftercare supervision.

(5) (title) Revocation of aftercare supervision.

344,474 Section 474. 938.357 (5) (a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of the statutes are amended to read:

938.357 (5) (a) The department or a county department, whichever has been designated as a juvenile's aftercare provider under s. 938.34 (4n), may revoke the aftercare status of that juvenile. Revocation of aftercare supervision shall not require prior Prior notice of a change in placement under sub. (1) (am) 1. is not required.

(d) A hearing on the revocation shall be conducted by the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration within 30 days after the juvenile is taken into custody for an alleged violation of the conditions a condition of the juvenile's aftercare supervision. This time limit may be waived only upon the agreement of the aftercare provider, the juvenile, and the juvenile's counsel.

(e) If the hearing examiner finds that the juvenile has violated a condition of aftercare supervision, the hearing examiner shall determine whether confinement in a secured juvenile correctional facility , a secured child caring institution or a secured group home residential care center for children and youth is necessary to protect the public, to provide for the juvenile's rehabilitation, or to not depreciate the seriousness of the violation.

(f) Review of a revocation decision shall be by certiorari to the court by whose order the juvenile was that placed the juvenile in a secured the juvenile correctional facility, a secured child caring institution or a or secured group home residential care center for children and youth.

344,475 Section 475. 938.357 (5m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

938.357 (5m) (title) Child support.

344,476 Section 476. 938.357 (5m) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

938.357 (5m) (a) If a proposed change in placement changes would change a juvenile's placement from a placement in the juvenile's home to a placement outside the juvenile's home, the court shall order the juvenile's parent to provide a statement of the income, assets, debts, and living expenses of the juvenile and the juvenile's parent to the court or the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order by a date specified by the court. The clerk of court shall provide, without charge, to any parent ordered to provide a that statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses a document setting forth the percentage standard established by the department of workforce development under s. 49.22 (9) and listing the factors that a court may consider under s. 301.12 (14) (c). If the juvenile is placed outside the juvenile's home, the court shall determine the liability of the parent in the manner provided in s. 301.12 (14).

(b) If the court orders the juvenile's parent to provide a statement of the income, assets, debts, and living expenses of the juvenile and juvenile's parent to the court or if the court orders the juvenile's parent to provide that statement to the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order and that person or agency is not the county department, the court shall also order the juvenile's parent to provide that statement to the county department by a date specified by the court. The county department shall provide, without charge, to the parent a form on which to provide that statement, and the parent shall provide that statement on that form. The county department shall use the information provided in the statement to determine whether the department may claim federal foster care and adoption assistance reimbursement under 42 USC 670 to 679a for the cost of providing care for the juvenile.

Note: See the Note to s. 938.30 (6) (b) and (c), stats., as affected by this bill.

344,477 Section 477. 938.357 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.357 (6) Duration of order. No change in placement may extend the expiration date of the original order, except that if the change in placement is from a placement in the juvenile's home to a placement in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth or in the home of a relative who is not a parent, the court may extend the expiration date of the original order to the date on which the juvenile reaches attains 18 years of age, to the date that is one year after the date of the change in placement order, or, if the juvenile is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before reaching attaining 19 years of age, to the date on which the juvenile reaches attains 19 years of age, whichever is later, or for a shorter period of time as specified by the court. If the change in placement is from a placement in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth or in the home of a relative to a placement in the juvenile's home and if the expiration date of the original order is more than one year after the date of the change in placement order, the court shall shorten the expiration date of the original order to the date that is one year after the date of the change in placement order or to an earlier date as specified by the court.

344,478 Section 478. 938.36 (1) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

938.36 (1) (title) Residential services; parental duty to support.

344,479 Section 479. 938.36 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.36 (1) (b) In determining the amount of support under par. (a), the court may consider all relevant financial information or other information relevant to the parent's earning capacity, including information reported under s. 49.22 (2m) to the department of workforce development, or the county child support agency, under s. 59.53 (5). If the court has insufficient information with which to determine the amount of support, the court shall order the juvenile's parent to furnish a statement of the income, assets, debts, and living expenses of the juvenile and the juvenile's parent, if the parent has not already done so, to the court within 10 days after the court's order transferring custody or designating an alternative placement is entered or at such other time as ordered by the court.

Note: See the Note to s. 938.30 (6) (b) and (c), stats., as affected by this bill.

344,480 Section 480. 938.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.36 (2) Services or treatment; county payment; parental contribution. If a juvenile whose legal custody has not been taken from a parent or guardian is given educational and social services, or medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment by order of the court, the cost thereof, if ordered by the court, shall be a charge upon court may order the county to pay for those services or treatment. This section does not prevent recovery of reasonable contribution toward the costs from the parent or guardian of the juvenile as the court may order based on the ability of the parent or guardian to pay. This subsection is subject to s. 301.03 (18).

344,481 Section 481. 938.36 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

938.36 (3) (title) Services provided by school district.

344,482 Section 482. 938.361 (1) (title) and (2) (title) of the statutes are created to read:

938.361 (1) (title) Definitions.

(2) (title) Payment by parent or insurer.

344,483 Section 483. 938.361 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.361 (2) (a) 2. This paragraph applies to payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services in any county, regardless of whether the county is a including pilot county counties under s. 938.547.

344,484 Section 484. 938.361 (2) (am), (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:

938.361 (2) (am) 1. If a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 in a pilot county that has a pilot program under s. 938.547 finds that payment is not attainable cannot be attained under par. (a), the court may order payment in accordance with under par. (b).

2. If a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 in a county that does not have is not a pilot program county under s. 938.547 finds that payment is not attainable cannot be attained under par. (a), the court may order payment in accordance with under s. 938.34 (6) (ar) or 938.36.

3. If a municipal court finds that payment is not attainable cannot be attained under par. (a), the municipal court may order the municipality over which the municipal court has jurisdiction to pay for any alcohol and other drug abuse services ordered by the municipal court.

(b) 1. In counties that have a pilot program counties under s. 938.547, in addition to using the alternative provided for ordering payment under par. (a), the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 may order a county department of human services established under s. 46.23 or a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 in the juvenile's county of legal residence to pay for the alcohol and other drug abuse services whether or not custody has been taken from the parent.

2. If a judge court orders a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 to provide alcohol and other drug abuse services under this paragraph, the provision of the alcohol and other drug abuse services shall be service is subject to conditions specified in ch. 51.

(c) Payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services by a county department or municipality under this section does not prohibit the county department or municipality from contracting with another county department, municipality, school district, or approved treatment facility for the provision of alcohol and other drug abuse services. Payment by the county or municipality under this section does not prevent recovery of reasonable contribution toward the costs of the court-ordered alcohol and other drug abuse services from the parent which is based upon the ability of the parent to pay. This subsection is subject to s. 46.03 (18).

344,485 Section 485. 938.362 (1) (title) and (2) (title) of the statutes are created to read:

938.362 (1) (title) Definition.

(2) (title) Applicability.

344,486 Section 486. 938.362 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.362 (3) Payment by parent or insurer. If a juvenile's parent neglects, refuses, or is unable to provide court-ordered special treatment or care for the juvenile through his or her health insurance or other 3rd-party payments, notwithstanding s. 938.36 (3), the court may order the parent to pay for the court-ordered special treatment or care. If the parent consents to provide court-ordered special treatment or care for a juvenile through his or her health insurance or other 3rd-party payments but the health insurance provider or other 3rd-party payer refuses to provide the court-ordered special treatment or care, the court may order the health insurance provider or 3rd-party payer to pay for the court-ordered special treatment or care in accordance with the terms of the parent's health insurance policy or other 3rd-party payment plan.

344,487 Section 487. 938.362 (4) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

938.362 (4) (title) Payment by county department.

344,488 Section 488. 938.362 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.362 (4) (a) If the court finds that payment is not attainable cannot be attained under sub. (3), the court may order the county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 of the juvenile's county of legal residence to pay the cost of any court-ordered special treatment or care that is provided by or directly by or under contract with that the county department.

344,489 Section 489. 938.363 of the statutes is amended to read:

938.363 Revision of dispositional orders. (1) Requests for revision. (a) A juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, any person or agency bound by a dispositional order, or the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered may request a revision in the order that does not involve a change in placement, including a revision with respect to the amount of child support to be paid by a parent, or the. The court may on its own motion also propose such a revision. The request or court proposal shall set forth in detail the nature of the proposed revision and what new information is available that affects the advisability of the court's disposition. The request or court proposal shall be submitted to the court. The court shall hold a hearing on the matter prior to any revision of the dispositional order if the request or court proposal indicates that new information is available that affects the advisability of the court's dispositional order, unless written waivers of objections to the revision are signed by all parties entitled to receive notice and the court approves.

(b) If a hearing is held, the court shall notify the juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian, and legal custodian, all parties bound by the dispositional order, the juvenile's foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), and the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered at least 3 days prior to the hearing. A copy of the request or proposal shall be attached to the notice. If all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing. No revision may extend the effective period of the original order, or revise an original order under s. 938.34 (3) (f) or (6) (am) to impose more than a total of 30 days of detention, nonsecure custody, or inpatient treatment on a juvenile.

(c) If the proposed revision is for a change in the amount of child support to be paid by a parent, the court shall order the juvenile's parent to provide a statement of the income, assets, debts, and living expenses of the juvenile and the juvenile's parent to the court and the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order by a date specified by the court. The clerk of court shall provide, without charge, to any parent ordered to provide a that statement of income, assets, debts, and living expenses a document setting forth the percentage standard established by the department of workforce development under s. 49.22 (9) and listing the factors that a court may consider under s. 301.12 (14) (c).

(d) If the court orders the juvenile's parent to provide a statement of the income, assets, debts, and living expenses of the juvenile and the juvenile's parent to the court or if the court orders the juvenile's parent to provide that statement to the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order and that person or agency is not the county department, the court shall also order the juvenile's parent to provide that statement to the county department by a date specified by the court. The county department shall provide, without charge, to the parent a form on which to provide that statement, and the parent shall provide that statement on that form. The county department shall use the information provided in the statement to determine whether the department may claim federal foster care and adoption assistance reimbursement under 42 USC 670 to 679a for the cost of providing care for the juvenile.

(1m) Evidence and statements. If a hearing is held under sub. (1) (a), any party may present evidence relevant to the issue of revision of the dispositional order. In addition, the court shall give a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the juvenile an opportunity to be heard at the hearing by permitting the foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian to make a written or oral statement during the hearing, or to submit a written statement prior to the hearing, relevant to the issue of revision. A foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who receives notice of a hearing under sub. (1) (a) and an opportunity to be heard under this subsection does not become a party to the proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving that notice and opportunity to be heard.

(2) Revision of support. If the court revises a dispositional order with respect to the amount of child support to be paid by a parent under the dispositional order for the care and maintenance of the parent's minor juvenile who has been placed by a court order under this chapter in a residential, nonmedical facility, the court shall determine the liability of the parent in the manner provided in under s. 301.12 (14).

Note: For an explanation of the change to s. 938.363 (1) (d), stats., see the Note to s. 938.30 (6) (b) and (c), stats., as affected by this bill.

344,490 Section 490. 938.364 of the statutes is amended to read:

938.364 Dismissal of certain dispositional orders. A juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, or the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered may request a judge the court to dismiss an order made under s. 938.342 (2) if the juvenile shows documentary proof that he or she is enrolled in a school program or a high school equivalency program, or the. The court may on its own motion also propose such a dismissal.

344,491 Section 491. 938.365 (1) and (1m) of the statutes are amended to read:

938.365 (1) Date on which juvenile placed outside home. In this section, a juvenile is considered to have been placed outside of his or her home on the date on which the juvenile was first removed from his or her home, except that in the case of a juvenile who on removal was removed from his or her home was and first placed in a secure juvenile detention facility, a secured juvenile correctional facility, a secured child caring institution, or a secured group home residential care center for children and youth for 60 days or more and then moved to a nonsecured nonsecure out-of-home placement, the juvenile is considered to have been placed outside of his or her home on the date on which the juvenile was moved to the nonsecured nonsecure out-of-home placement.

(1m) Request for extension. The parent, juvenile, guardian, legal custodian, any person or agency bound by the dispositional order, the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered, or the court on its own motion, may request an extension of an order under s. 938.355. The request shall be submitted to the court which entered the order. No An order under s. 938.355 that placed for placement of a juvenile in detention, nonsecure custody, or inpatient treatment under s. 938.34 (3) (f) or (6) (am) may not be extended. No other order Other orders or portions of orders under s. 938.355 may be extended except only as provided in this section.

344,492 Section 492. 938.365 (2) (title) and (2g) (title) of the statutes are created to read:

938.365 (2) (title) Notice.

(2g) (title) Court report.

344,493 Section 493. 938.365 (2g) (b) 2. and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:

938.365 (2g) (b) 2. An evaluation of the juvenile's adjustment to the placement and of any progress the juvenile has made, suggestions for amendment of the permanency plan, and specific information showing the efforts that have been made to achieve the goal of the permanency plan, including, if applicable, the efforts of the parents to remedy the factors that contributed to the juvenile's placement, unless return of the juvenile to the home is the goal of the permanency plan and any of the circumstances specified in under s. 938.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 4. applies.

(c) In cases where If the juvenile has not been placed outside the home, the report shall contain a description of efforts that have been made by all parties concerned toward meeting the objectives of treatment, care, or rehabilitation,; an explanation of why these efforts have not yet succeeded in meeting the objective,; and anticipated future planning for the juvenile.

344,494 Section 494. 938.365 (2m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

938.365 (2m) (title) Hearing and order.

344,495 Section 495. 938.365 (2m) (a), (ad) 1. and (ag) of the statutes are amended to read: