2007 Wisconsin Act 20

938.355 (2) (b) 6g. If the juvenile is placed outside the home under the supervision of the county department, an order ordering the juvenile into the placement and care responsibility of the county department as required under 42 USC 672 (a) (2) and assigning the county department primary responsibility for providing services to the juvenile.

20,3809 Section 3809. 938.355 (2b) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.355 (2b) Concurrent reasonable efforts permitted. A county department or the agency primarily responsible for providing services to a juvenile under a court order may, at the same time as the county department or agency is making the reasonable efforts required under sub. (2) (b) 6. to prevent the removal of the juvenile from the home or to make it possible for the juvenile to return safely to his or her home, work with the department of health and family services children and families, a county department under s. 48.57 (1) (e) or (hm), or a child welfare agency licensed under s. 48.61 (5) in making reasonable efforts to place the juvenile for adoption, with a guardian, with a fit and willing relative, or in some other alternative permanent placement.

20,3810 Section 3810. 938.355 (6) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.355 (6) (d) 1. Placement of the juvenile in a secure detention facility or juvenile portion of a county jail that meets the standards promulgated by the department by rule or in a place of nonsecure custody, for not more than 10 days and the provision of educational services consistent with his or her current course of study during the period of placement. The juvenile shall be given credit against the period of detention or nonsecure custody imposed under this subdivision for all time spent in secure detention in connection with the course of conduct for which the detention or nonsecure custody was imposed. If the court orders placement of the juvenile in a place of nonsecure custody under the supervision of the county department, the court shall order the juvenile into the placement and care responsibility of the county department as required under 42 USC 672 (a) (2) and shall assign the county department primary responsibility for providing services to the juvenile.

20,3812 Section 3812. 938.355 (6m) (a) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.355 (6m) (a) 1g. Placement of the juvenile in a secure detention facility or juvenile portion of a county jail that meets the standards promulgated by the department by rule or in a place of nonsecure custody, for not more than 10 days and the provision of educational services consistent with his or her current course of study during the period of placement. The juvenile shall be given credit against the period of detention or nonsecure custody imposed under this subdivision for all time spent in secure detention in connection with the course of conduct for which the detention or nonsecure custody was imposed. The use of placement in a secure detention facility or in a juvenile portion of a county jail as a sanction under this subdivision is subject to the adoption of a resolution by the county board of supervisors under s. 938.06 (5) authorizing the use of those placements as a sanction. If the court orders placement of the juvenile in a place of nonsecure custody under the supervision of the county department, the court shall order the juvenile into the placement and care responsibility of the county department as required under 42 USC 672 (a) (2) and shall assign the county department primary responsibility for providing services to the juvenile.

20,3814 Section 3814. 938.357 (1) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.357 (1) (am) 3. If the court changes the juvenile's placement from a placement outside the home to another placement outside the home, the change in placement order shall contain one of the statements the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m. and the applicable statement under sub. (2v) (a) 2.

20,3815 Section 3815. 938.357 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.357 (1) (c) 3. If the court changes the juvenile's placement from a placement in the juvenile's home to a placement outside the juvenile's home, the change in placement order shall contain the findings under sub. (2v) (a) 1., one of the statements the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m., the applicable statement under sub. (2v) (a) 2., and, if in addition the court finds that any of the circumstances under s. 938.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 4. applies with respect to a parent, the determination under sub. (2v) (a) 3.

20,3816 Section 3816. 938.357 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.357 (2m) (c) In-home to out-of-home placement; findings Findings required. If the court changes the juvenile's placement from a placement in the juvenile's home to a placement outside the juvenile's home, the change in placement order shall contain the findings under sub. (2v) (a) 1., one of the statements the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m., the applicable statement under sub. (2v) (a) 2., and, if in addition the court finds that any of the circumstances under s. 938.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 4. applies with respect to a parent, the determination under sub. (2v) (a) 3. If the court changes the juvenile's placement from a placement outside the home to another placement outside the home, the change in placement order shall contain the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m. and the applicable statement under sub. (2v) (a) 2.

20,3817 Section 3817. 938.357 (2v) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

938.357 (2v) (a) 1m. If the change in placement order changes the placement of a juvenile who is under the supervision of the county department to a placement outside the juvenile's home, whether from a placement in the home or from another placement outside the home, an order ordering the juvenile into, or to be continued in, the placement and care responsibility of the county department as required under 42 USC 672 (a) (2) and assigning the county department primary responsibility, or continued primary responsibility, for providing services to the juvenile.

20,3818 Section 3818. 938.357 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.357 (4) (a) When the juvenile is placed with the department, the 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 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 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 places a juvenile in a Type 2 juvenile correctional facility operated by a child welfare agency, the department shall reimburse the child welfare agency at the rate established under s. 46.037 49.343 that is applicable to the type of placement that the child welfare agency is providing for the juvenile. A juvenile who is placed in a Type 2 juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth remains under the supervision of the department, 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).

20,3819 Section 3819. 938.357 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.357 (4) (b) 2. If a juvenile whom the court has placed in a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.34 (4d) violates a condition of his or her placement in the Type 2 residential care center for children and youth, the child welfare agency operating the Type 2 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 shall notify the department, and the department, after consulting with the child welfare agency, may place the juvenile in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility under the supervision of the department, without a hearing under sub. (1) (am) 2., for not more than 10 days. If a juvenile is placed in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility under this subdivision, the county department that has supervision over the juvenile shall reimburse the child welfare agency operating the Type 2 residential care center for children and youth in which the juvenile was placed at the rate established under s. 46.037 49.343, and that child welfare agency shall reimburse the department at the rate specified in s. 301.26 (4) (d) 2. or 3., whichever is applicable, for the cost of the juvenile's care while placed in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility.

20,3820 Section 3820. 938.357 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.357 (4) (c) 1. If a juvenile is placed in a Type 2 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 juvenile correctional facility, may place the juvenile in a less restrictive placement, and may return the juvenile to the Type 2 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 49.343.

20,3821 Section 3821. 938.357 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.357 (4) (c) 2. If a juvenile is placed in a Type 2 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 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 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 49.343.

20,3822 Section 3822. 938.357 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.357 (5m) (a) If a proposed change in placement 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 that statement a document setting forth the percentage standard established by the department of workforce development children and families under s. 49.22 (9) and listing the factors 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).

20,3823 Section 3823. 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 children and families, 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.

20,3824 Section 3824. 938.363 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.363 (1) (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 that statement a document setting forth the percentage standard established by the department of workforce development children and families under s. 49.22 (9) and listing the factors that a court may consider under s. 301.12 (14) (c).

20,3825 Section 3825. 938.38 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.38 (2) Permanency plan required. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (3), for each juvenile living in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, juvenile detention facility, or shelter care facility, the agency that placed the juvenile or arranged the placement or the agency assigned primary responsibility for providing services to the juvenile under s. 938.355 (2) (b) 6g. shall prepare a written permanency plan, if any of the following conditions exists, and, for each juvenile living in the home of a relative other than a parent, that agency shall prepare a written permanency plan, if any of the conditions under pars. (a) to (e) exists:

20,3826 Section 3826. 938.396 (2g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.396 (2g) (b) Federal program monitoring. Upon request of the department of health and family services, the department of corrections children and families, or a federal agency to review court records for the purpose of monitoring and conducting periodic evaluations of activities as required by and implemented under 45 CFR 1355, 1356, and 1357, the court shall open those records for inspection by authorized representatives of that department or federal agency.

20,3827 Section 3827. 938.396 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.396 (4) Operating privilege records. When a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 or a municipal court exercising jurisdiction under s. 938.17 (2) revokes, suspends, or restricts a juvenile's operating privilege under this chapter, the department of transportation may not disclose information concerning or relating to the revocation, suspension, or restriction to any person other than a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48, a municipal court exercising jurisdiction under s. 938.17 (2), a district attorney, county corporation counsel, or city, village, or town attorney, a law enforcement agency, a driver licensing agency of another jurisdiction, the juvenile whose operating privilege is revoked, suspended, or restricted, or the juvenile's parent or guardian. Persons entitled to receive this information may not disclose the information to other persons or agencies.

20,3828 Section 3828. 938.538 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.538 (6) Purchase of services. The department of corrections may contract with the department of health and family services, the department of children and families, a county department, or any public or private agency for the purchase of goods, care, and services for participants in the program under this section. The department of corrections shall reimburse a person from whom it purchases goods, care, or services under this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (cg).

20,3829 Section 3829. 938.547 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.547 (2) Department responsibilities. Within the availability of funding under s. 20.435 (7) 20.437 (1) (mb) that is available for the pilot program, the department of health and family services children and families shall select counties to participate in the pilot program. Unless a county department of human services has been established under s. 46.23 in the county that is seeking to implement a pilot program, the application submitted to the department of health and family services children and families shall be a joint application by the county department that provides social services and the county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437. The department of health and family services children and families shall select counties in accordance with the request-for-proposal procedures established by that department. The department of health and family services children and families shall give a preference to county applications that include a plan for case management.

20,3830 Section 3830. 938.548 of the statutes is amended to read:

938.548 Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria. The department of health and family services children and families shall make the multidisciplinary screen developed under s. 938.547 (3) and the assessment criteria developed under s. 938.547 (4) available to all counties.

20,3831 Section 3831. 938.57 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.57 (3) (a) (intro.) From the reimbursement received under s. 46.495 48.569 (1) (d), counties may provide funding for the maintenance of any juvenile who meets all of the following qualifications:

20,3832 Section 3832. 938.57 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.57 (3) (a) 3. Received funding under s. 46.495 48.569 (1) (d) immediately prior to his or her 17th birthday.

20,3833 Section 3833. 938.57 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.57 (3) (b) The funding provided for the maintenance of a juvenile under par. (a) shall be in an amount equal to that to which the juvenile would receive under s. 46.495 48.569 (1) (d) if the juvenile were 16 years of age.

20,3834 Section 3834. 938.78 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.78 (2) (h) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit the department of health and family services children and families, a county department, or a licensed child welfare agency from entering the content of any record kept or information received by that department, county department, or licensed child welfare agency into the statewide automated child welfare information system established under s. 46.03 48.47 (7g).

20,3835 Section 3835. 948.22 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

948.22 (4) (b) For a person not subject to a court order requiring child, grandchild or spousal support payments, when the person knows or reasonably should have known that he or she has a dependent, failure to provide support equal to at least the amount established by rule by the department of workforce development children and families under s. 49.22 (9) or causing a spouse, grandchild or child to become a dependent person, or continue to be a dependent person, as defined in s. 49.01 (2).

20,3836 Section 3836. 948.31 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

948.31 (1) (a) 2. The department of health and family services children and families or the department of corrections or any person, county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, or licensed child welfare agency, if custody or supervision of the child has been transferred under ch. 48 or 938 to that department, person, or agency.

20,3837 Section 3837. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 949 [precedes 949.001] of the statutes is created to read:

chapter 949

SUBCHAPTER I
Crime victim compensation

20,3838 Section 3838. 949.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

949.01 Definitions. (intro.) In this chapter subchapter:

20,3839 Section 3839. 949.02 of the statutes is amended to read:

949.02 Administration. The department shall administer this chapter subchapter. The department shall appoint a program director to assist in administering this chapter subchapter. The department shall promulgate rules for the implementation and operation of this chapter subchapter. The rules shall include procedures to ensure that any limitation of an award is calculated in a fair and equitable manner.

20,3840 Section 3840. 949.035 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

949.035 (1) If a Wisconsin resident suffers injury or death in a situation described in s. 949.03 except that the act occurred outside this state, the resident has the same rights under this chapter subchapter as if the act had occurred in this state upon a showing that the state, territory, country or political subdivision of a country in which the act occurred does not have a compensation of victims of crimes law which covers the injury or death suffered by the person.

20,3841 Section 3841. 949.04 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

949.04 (1) Eligibility. (intro.) Any person may apply for an award under this chapter subchapter.

20,3842 Section 3842. 949.04 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

949.04 (2) Forms. The department shall prescribe application forms for awards under this chapter subchapter and shall furnish law enforcement agencies with the forms. The law enforcement agency investigating a crime shall provide forms to each person who may be eligible to file a claim under this subchapter.

20,3843 Section 3843. 949.06 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

949.06 (1) (intro.) In accordance with this chapter subchapter, the department shall make awards, as appropriate, for any of the following economic losses incurred as a direct result of an injury:

20,3844 Section 3844. 949.06 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

949.06 (1m) (b) In accordance with this chapter subchapter, the department shall make awards, as appropriate, to persons who, immediately prior to the crime, lived in the same household with and to family members of a victim of s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.05, 940.06, 940.07, 940.08 or 940.09 for any of the economic losses specified in sub. (1) as a result of the person's or family member's reaction to the death. A dependent may recover both under sub. (1) and this subsection, subject to the limitation under sub. (2).

20,3845 Section 3845. 949.06 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

949.06 (3) (f) From an award under s. 949.26.

20,3846 Section 3846. 949.06 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

949.06 (4) (b) The department may suspend proceedings under this chapter subchapter for a period it deems appropriate on the grounds that a prosecution for an offense arising out of the act or omission has been commenced or is imminent.

20,3847 Section 3847. 949.09 of the statutes is amended to read:

949.09 Effect of conviction. If any person has been convicted of any offense with respect to an act or omission on which a claim under this chapter subchapter is based, proof of that conviction shall be taken as conclusive evidence that the offense has been committed, unless an appeal or any proceeding with regard thereto is pending.

20,3848 Section 3848. 949.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

949.11 (1) The procedure of ch. 227 for contested cases applies to hearings under this chapter subchapter except as otherwise provided in this section and ss. 949.12 and 949.14.

20,3849 Section 3849. 949.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

949.11 (2) The division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration shall appoint hearing examiners to make findings and orders under s. 227.46 and this chapter subchapter.

20,3850 Section 3850. 949.115 of the statutes is amended to read:

949.115 Subpoenas. The department or any of its authorized agents may issue subpoenas for persons or records for any investigation or hearing conducted under this chapter subchapter and may enforce compliance with such subpoenas as provided in s. 885.12.

20,3851 Section 3851. 949.12 of the statutes is amended to read:

949.12 Condition of claimant. There is no privilege, except privileges arising from the attorney-client relationship, as to communications or records relevant to an issue of the physical, mental or emotional condition of the claimant or victim in a proceeding under this chapter subchapter in which that condition is an element.

20,3852 Section 3852. 949.13 of the statutes is amended to read:

949.13 Agency cooperation. Upon request by the department, any state or local agency, including a district attorney or law enforcement agency, shall make available all reports, files and other appropriate information which the department requests in order to make a determination that a person is eligible for an award under this chapter subchapter.

20,3853 Section 3853. 949.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

949.15 (1) Whenever the department orders the payment of an award under this chapter subchapter as a result of the occurrence of an event that creates a cause of action on the part of a claimant against any person, the department is subrogated to the rights of the claimant and may bring an action against the person for the amount of the damages sustained by the claimant. If an amount greater than that paid under the award order is recovered and collected in any such action, the department shall pay the balance to the claimant. If the person responsible for the injury or death has previously made restitution payments to the general fund under s. 973.20, any judgment obtained by the department under this section shall be reduced by the amount of the restitution payments to the general fund.

20,3854 Section 3854. 949.16 of the statutes is amended to read: