46.56 (15) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (co), the department shall make available funds to implement programs under this section. The funds may be used to pay for the intake, assessment, case planning and service coordination provided under sub. (8) and for expanding the capacity of the county to provide community-based care and treatment for children with severe disabilities.
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Section
902. 46.56 (15) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.56 (15) (b) 4. Submit a description of the existing services in the county for children with severe disabilities, an assessment of any gaps in services, and a plan for using the funds under this program or from other funding sources to develop or expand any needed community-based services such as in-home treatment, treatment foster care, day treatment, respite care, or crisis services.
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Section
903. 46.70 of the statutes is amended to read:
46.70 Delivery of services to American Indians. To facilitate the delivery of accessible, available and culturally appropriate social services and mental hygiene services to American Indians by county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42 or 51.437, the department may fund federally recognized tribal governing bodies in this state from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (kL).
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Section
904. 46.71 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.71 (1) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (km), and department shall, for the development of new drug abuse prevention, treatment and education programs that are culturally specific with respect to American Indians or to supplement like existing programs, allocate a total of not more than $500,000 in each fiscal year to all the elected governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands that submit to the department plans, approved by the department, that do all of the following:
28,905
Section
905. 46.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.71 (2) The amount of funds allocated by the department under sub. (1) may not exceed the amounts appropriated under the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (5) (km).
28,906
Section
906. 46.86 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.86 (6) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department may award up to $1,369,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 and up to $1,330,800 in fiscal year 2002-03 and in each fiscal year thereafter, and from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (6) (5) (gb), the department may award not more than $231,300 in fiscal year 2001-02 and not more than $319,500 in fiscal year 2002-03 and in each fiscal year thereafter, as grants to counties and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that do all of the following:
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Section
907. 46.96 (1) (ap) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.96
(1) (ap) "Independent living services" has the meaning given under
29 USC 706 (30) 29 USC 705 (18).
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Section
908. 46.96 (1) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.96
(1) (at) "Individual with
a disability" has the meaning given under
29 USC 706 (8) (B) 29 USC 705 (20).
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Section
909. 46.972 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.972
(2) From the appropriation
account under s. 20.435
(5) (1) (ce), the department shall
allocate award up to $125,000 in each fiscal year as grants to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing primary health services and any other services that may be funded by the program under
42 USC 256 to homeless individuals. Entities that receive funds
allocated awarded by the department under this paragraph shall provide the primary health services as required under
42 USC 256 (f). The department may
allocate award to an applying entity up to 100% of the amount of matching funds required under
42 USC 256 (e).
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Section
910. 46.985 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.985 (1) (f) "Parent" means a parent, guardian, legal custodian, or a person acting in the place of a parent, but does not include a foster parent, treatment foster parent or any other paid care provider.
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Section
912. 46.99 of the statutes is created to read:
46.99 Medical assistance waiver for Birth to 3 participants. (1) In this section, "medical assistance" means the program under subch. IV of ch. 49.
(2) The department shall request from the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human services a waiver under
42 USC 1396n (c) that authorizes the provision of home or community-based services under medical assistance to children who are eligible for medical assistance and receive early intervention services under s. 51.44.
(3) If the waiver requested under sub. (2) is granted, counties shall provide the nonfederal share of costs for medical assistance services provided under the waiver. Counties may use moneys appropriated under s. 20.435 (7) (bt) and distributed to counties under s. 51.44 (3) (a) to provide the nonfederal share of medical assistance costs.
(4) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (o), the department shall distribute to counties that provide services under this section the amount of federal moneys received by the state as the federal share of medical assistance for those services, minus the amount transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (im) for the department's costs of administering this section. Counties shall use moneys distributed under this section to provide services under this section or s. 51.44.
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Section
913. 48.01 (1) (gg) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.01 (1) (gg) To promote the adoption of children into safe and stable families rather than allowing children to remain in the impermanence of foster or treatment foster care.
28,914
Section
914. 48.02 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.02 (6) "Foster home" means any facility that is operated by a person required to be licensed by s. 48.62 (1) (a) and that provides care and maintenance for no more than 4 children or, if necessary to enable a sibling group to remain together, for no more than 6 children or, if the department promulgates rules permitting a different number of children, for the number of children permitted under those rules.
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Section
915. 48.02 (17q) of the statutes is repealed.
28,916
Section
916. 48.195 (2) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.195 (2) (d) 5. The child's foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other person having physical custody of the child.
28,917
Section
917. 48.207 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.207 (1) (c) A licensed foster home or a licensed treatment foster home provided if the placement does not violate the conditions of the license.
28,918
Section
918. 48.207 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.207 (1) (f) The home of a person not a relative, if the placement does not exceed 30 days, though the placement may be extended for an additional 30 days for cause by the court, and if the person has not had a foster home or treatment foster home license under s. 48.62 refused, revoked, or suspended within the last 2 years.
28,919
Section
919. 48.207 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.207 (3) A child taken into custody under s. 48.981 may be held in a hospital, foster home, treatment foster home, relative's home, or other appropriate medical or child welfare facility which that is not used primarily for the detention of delinquent children.
28,919p
Section 919p. 48.21 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
48.21 (3) (f) If present at the hearing, the parent shall be requested to provide the names and other identifying information of 3 relatives of the child or family friends 18 years of age or over whose homes the parent requests the court to consider as placements for the child. If the parent does not provide this information at the hearing, the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department shall make a reasonable effort to provide each parent with the opportunity to provide this information.
28,920
Section
920. 48.21 (5) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.21 (5) (d) 2. If a hearing is held under subd. 1., at least 10 days before the date of the hearing the court shall notify the child, any parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, and any foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing.
28,921
Section
921. 48.21 (5) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.21 (5) (d) 3. The court shall give a foster parent
, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who is notified of a hearing under subd. 2. 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 issues to be determined at the hearing. A foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian who receives a notice of a hearing under subd. 2. and an opportunity to be heard under this subdivision 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.
28,921h
Section 921h. 48.21 (5) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
48.21 (5) (e) 1. In this paragraph, "adult relative" means a grandparent, great-grandparent, aunt, uncle, or sibling of a child, whether by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, who has attained 18 years of age.
2. The court shall order the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department to conduct a diligent search in order to locate and provide notice of the information specified in this subdivision to all adult relatives of the child and to all other adult individuals whose homes are requested by the child's parent under sub. (3) (f) to be considered as placement options for the child within 30 days after the date of the hearing unless the child is returned to his or her home within that period. The county department or department may not provide that notice to an adult relative or other individual if the county department or the department has reason to believe that it would be dangerous to the child or to the parent if the child were placed with that adult relative or other individual. The notice shall include all of the following:
a. A statement that the child has been removed from the custody of the child's parent.
b. A statement that the child may need a temporary or permanent placement outside of his or her home and an explanation of how the adult relative or other individual may request to have the child placed with him or her.
c. An explanation of the programs and services that may be available to the adult relative or other individual if the child is placed with him or her including foster care payments, kinship care payments, assistance with health care needs, child care assistance, and nutrition assistance.
d. A description of the types of expenses that the adult relative or other individual may incur if the child is placed in his or her home and whether and when the adult relative or other individual may be reimbursed for those expenses.
e. An explanation of how to receive notice of future proceedings relating to the child if the adult relative or other individual provides contact information to the county department or the department.
28,922
Section
922. 48.27 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.27 (3) (a) 1. If the petition that was filed relates to facts concerning a situation under s. 48.13 or a situation under s. 48.133 involving an expectant mother who is a child, the court shall also notify, under s. 48.273, the child, any parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, any foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child, the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem, if applicable, and any person specified in par. (b), (d), or (e), if applicable, of all hearings involving the child except hearings on motions for which notice need only be provided to the child and his or her counsel. When parents who are entitled to notice have the same place of residence, notice to one shall constitute notice to the other. The first notice to any interested party, foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) shall be written and may have a copy of the petition attached to it. Thereafter, notice of hearings may be given by telephone at least 72 hours before the time of the hearing. The person giving telephone notice shall place in the case file a signed statement of the time notice was given and the person to whom he or she spoke.
28,923
Section
923. 48.27 (3) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.27 (3) (a) 1m. The court shall give a foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who is notified of a hearing under subd. 1. 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 issues to be determined at the hearing. A foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who receives a notice of a hearing under subd. 1. and an opportunity to be heard under this subdivision 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.
28,924
Section
924. 48.27 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.27 (3) (a) 2. Failure to give notice under subd. 1. to a foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) does not deprive the court of jurisdiction in the action or proceeding. If a foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) is not given notice of a hearing under subd. 1., that person may request a rehearing on the matter during the pendency of an order resulting from the hearing. If the request is made, the court shall order a rehearing.
28,925
Section
925. 48.27 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.27 (6) When a proceeding is initiated under s. 48.14, all interested parties shall receive notice and appropriate summons shall be issued in a manner specified by the court, consistent with applicable governing statutes. In addition, if the child who is the subject of the proceeding is in the care of a foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), the court shall give the foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian notice and an opportunity to be heard as provided in sub. (3) (a).
28,926
Section
926. 48.299 (1) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.299 (1) (ag) In a proceeding other than a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), if a public hearing is not held, only the parties and their counsel or guardian ad litem, the court-appointed special advocate for the child, the child's foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), witnesses, and other persons requested by a party and approved by the court may be present, except that the court may exclude a foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) from any portion of the hearing if that portion of the hearing deals with sensitive personal information of the child or the child's family or if the court determines that excluding the foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian would be in the best interests of the child. Except in a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), any other person the court finds to have a proper interest in the case or in the work of the court, including a member of the bar, may be admitted by the court.
28,927
Section
927. 48.299 (1) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.299 (1) (ar) All hearings under s. 48.375 (7) shall be held in chambers, unless a public fact-finding hearing is demanded by the child through her counsel. In a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), the child's foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) may be present if requested by a party and approved by the court.
28,928
Section
928. 48.32 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.32 (1) (c) 2. If a hearing is held under subd. 1., at least 10 days before the date of the hearing the court shall notify the child, any parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, and any foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing.
28,929
Section
929. 48.32 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.32 (1) (c) 3. The court shall give a foster parent
, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who is notified of a hearing under subd. 2. 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 issues to be determined at the hearing. A foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian who receives a notice of a hearing under subd. 2. and an opportunity to be heard under this subdivision 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.
28,930
Section
930. 48.33 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.33 (4) Other out-of-home placements. (intro.) A report recommending placement of an adult expectant mother outside of her home shall be in writing. A report recommending placement of a child in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth, in the home of a relative other than a parent, or in the home of a guardian under s. 48.977 (2) shall be in writing and shall include all of the following:
28,931
Section
931. 48.33 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.33 (5) Identity of foster parent
or treatment foster parent; confidentiality. If the report recommends placement in a foster home or a treatment foster home, and the name of the foster parent or treatment foster parent is not available at the time the report is filed, the agency shall provide the court and the child's parent or guardian with the name and address of the foster parent or treatment foster parent within 21 days after the dispositional order is entered, except that the court may order the information withheld from the child's parent or guardian if the court finds that disclosure would result in imminent danger to the child or to the foster parent or treatment foster parent. After notifying the child's parent or guardian, the court shall hold a hearing prior to ordering the information withheld.
28,932
Section
932. 48.335 (3g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.335 (3g) (intro.) At hearings under this section, if the agency, as defined in s. 48.38 (1) (a), is recommending placement of the child in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth or in the home of a relative other than a parent, the agency shall present as evidence specific information showing all of the following:
28,933
Section
933. 48.345 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.345 (3) (c) A foster home or treatment foster home licensed under s. 48.62, a group home licensed under s. 48.625, or in the home of a guardian under s. 48.977 (2).
28,934
Section
934. 48.355 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.355 (2) (b) 2. If the child is placed outside the home, the name of the place or facility, including transitional placements, where the child shall will be cared for or treated, except that if the placement is a foster home or treatment foster home and if the name and address of the foster parent or treatment foster parent is not available at the time of the order, the name and address of the foster parent or treatment foster parent shall be furnished to the court and the parent within 21 days of after the order. If, after a hearing on the issue with due notice to the parent or guardian, the judge finds that disclosure of the identity of the foster parent or treatment foster parent would result in imminent danger to the child, or the foster parent or the treatment foster parent, the judge may order the name and address of the prospective foster parents or treatment foster parents to be withheld from the parent or guardian.
28,935
Section
935. 48.355 (2d) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.355 (2d) (c) 2. If a hearing is held under subd. 1., at least 10 days before the date of the hearing the court shall notify the child, any parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, and any foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing.
28,936
Section
936. 48.355 (2d) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.355 (2d) (c) 3. The court shall give a foster parent
, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who is notified of a hearing under subd. 2. 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 issues to be determined at the hearing. A foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian who receives a notice of a hearing under subd. 2. and an opportunity to be heard under this subdivision 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.
28,937
Section
937. 48.355 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.355 (4) Termination of orders. Except as provided under s. 48.368, an order under this section or s. 48.357 or 48.365 made before the child reaches 18 years of age that places or continues the placement of the child in his or her home shall terminate at the end of one year after its entry unless the judge specifies a shorter period of time or the judge terminates the order sooner. Except as provided under s. 48.368, an order under this section or s. 48.357 or 48.365 made before the child reaches 18 years of age that places or continues the placement of the child in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth or in the home of a relative other than a parent shall terminate when the child reaches 18 years of age, at the end of one year after its entry, or, if the child 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 19 years of age, when the child reaches 19 years of age, whichever is later, unless the judge specifies a shorter period of time or the judge terminates the order sooner. An order under this section or s. 48.357 or 48.365 relating to an unborn child in need of protection or services that is made before the unborn child is born shall terminate at the end of one year after its entry unless the judge specifies a shorter period of time or the judge terminates the order sooner.
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Section
938. 48.357 (1) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (1) (am) 1. If the proposed change in placement involves any change in placement other than a change in placement specified in par. (c), the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district attorney, or the corporation counsel shall cause written notice of the proposed change in placement to be sent to the child, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, any foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child, the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is the expectant mother of an unborn child under s. 48.133, the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem. If the expectant mother is an adult, written notice shall be sent to the adult expectant mother and the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem. The notice shall contain the name and address of the new placement, the reasons for the change in placement, a statement describing why the new placement is preferable to the present placement, and a statement of how the new placement satisfies objectives of the treatment plan ordered by the court.
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Section
939. 48.357 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (2m) (b) The court shall hold a hearing on the matter prior to ordering any change in placement requested or proposed under par. (a) if the request states that new information is available that affects the advisability of the current placement, unless the requested or proposed change in placement involves any change in placement other than a change in placement of a child placed in the home to a placement outside the home and written waivers of objection to the proposed change in placement are signed by all persons entitled to receive notice under sub. (1) (am) 1., other than a court-appointed special advocate, and the court approves. If a hearing is scheduled, the court shall notify the child, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, any foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child, the child's court-appointed special advocate, all parties who are bound by the dispositional order, and, if the child is the expectant mother of an unborn child under s. 48.133, the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem, or shall notify the adult expectant mother, the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem, and all parties who are bound by the dispositional order, at least 3 days prior to the hearing. A copy of the request or proposal for the change in placement shall be attached to the notice. If all of the parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
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Section
940. 48.357 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (2r) If a hearing is held under sub. (1) (am) 2. or (2m) (b) and the change in placement would remove a child from a foster home, treatment foster home, or other placement with a physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), the court shall give the foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) 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 relating to the child and the requested change in placement. 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) (am) 1. or (2m) (b) 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.
