Wisconsin Legislature: 185,32

185,18 Section 18. 46.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,19 Section 19. 48.023 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

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).

185,20 Section 20 . 48.023 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

185,21 Section 21. 48.526 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,22 Section 22. 48.526 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,23 Section 23. 48.526 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,24 Section 24. 48.527 of the statutes is created to read:

48.527 Community youth and family aids; bonus for county facilities. From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (ck), the department shall allocate an amount equal to 15 percent of a county's allocation in the preceding fiscal year under s. 48.526 or $750,000, whichever is less, in additional funds for a county that operates a joint secured residential care center for children and youth under s. 46.20 (1m) that was funded by a grant under 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 110 (4).

185,25 Section 25. 48.66 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 47, is amended to read:

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.

185,26 Section 26. 49.11 (1c) of the statutes is amended to read:

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).

185,27 Section 27 . 49.11 (1c) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

185,28 Section 28. 49.45 (25) (bj) of the statutes is amended to read:

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).

185,29 Section 29 . 49.45 (25) (bj) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

185,30 Section 30. 51.35 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

51.35 (3) (a) A licensed psychologist of a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth, or a licensed physician of a county department under s. 938.02 (2g) or the department of corrections, who has reason to believe that any individual confined in the juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth is, in his or her opinion, in need of services for developmental disability, alcoholism, or drug dependency or in need of psychiatric services, and who has obtained consent to make a transfer for treatment, shall make a report, in writing, to the superintendent of the juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth, stating the nature and basis of the belief and verifying the consent. In the case of a minor age 14 or older who is in need of services for developmental disability or who is in need of psychiatric services, the minor and the minor's parent or guardian shall consent unless the minor is admitted under s. 51.13 (1) (c) or unless the minor refuses to consent, in which case the minor's parent or guardian may consent on behalf of the minor. In the case of a minor age 14 or older who is in need of services for alcoholism or drug dependency or a minor under the age of 14 who is in need of services for developmental disability, alcoholism, or drug dependency or in need of psychiatric services, only the minor's parent or guardian needs to consent unless the minor is admitted under s. 51.13 (1) (c). The superintendent shall inform, orally and in writing, the minor and the minor's parent or guardian, that transfer is being considered and shall inform them of the basis for the request and their rights as provided in s. 51.13 (3) (am). If the county department or the department of corrections, upon review of a request for transfer, determines that transfer is appropriate, that department shall immediately notify the department of health services and, if the department of health services consents, the county department or department of corrections may immediately transfer the individual. The department of health services shall file a petition under s. 51.13 (4) (a) in the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 of the county where the treatment facility is located.

185,31 Section 31. 51.35 (3) (c) and (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 34, are amended to read:

51.35 (3) (c) A licensed psychologist of a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth or a licensed physician of a county department under s. 938.02 (2g) or the department of corrections, who has reason to believe that any individual confined in the juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth, in his or her opinion, has a mental illness, drug dependency, or developmental disability and is dangerous as described in s. 51.20 (1) (a) 2., or is dangerous and is an alcoholic or a person who is drug dependent as described in s. 51.45 (13) (a) 1. and 2., shall file a written report with the superintendent of the juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth, stating the nature and basis of the belief. If the superintendent, upon review of the allegations in the report, determines that transfer is appropriate, he or she shall file a petition according to s. 51.20 or 51.45 in the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 of the county where the juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth is located. The court shall hold a hearing according to procedures provided in s. 51.20 or 51.45 (13).

(e) The department of corrections or a county department under s. 938.02 (2g) may authorize emergency transfer of an individual from a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth to a state treatment facility if there is cause to believe that the individual has a mental illness, drug dependency, or developmental disability and exhibits conduct that constitutes a danger as described under s. 51.20 (1) (a) 2. a., b., c., or d. to the individual or to others, has a mental illness, is dangerous, and satisfies the standard under s. 51.20 (1) (a) 2. e., or is dangerous and is an alcoholic or a person who is drug dependent as provided in s. 51.45 (13) (a) 1. and 2. The custodian of the sending juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth shall execute a statement of emergency detention or petition for emergency commitment for the individual and deliver it to the receiving state treatment facility. The department of health services shall file the statement or petition with the court within 24 hours after the subject individual is received for detention or commitment. The statement or petition shall conform to s. 51.15 (4) or (5) or 51.45 (12) (b). After an emergency transfer is made, the director of the receiving facility may file a petition for continued commitment under s. 51.20 (1) or 51.45 (13) or may return the individual to the juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth from which the transfer was made. As an alternative to this procedure, the procedure provided in s. 51.15 or 51.45 (12) may be used, except that no individual may be released without the approval of the court that directed confinement in the juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth.

185,32 Section 32. 59.53 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:

59.53 (8m) Secured residential care center for children and youth. The board may establish, or contract 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), 59.52 (7), 66.0301, and 938.22 (1) (a), or may contract 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.

185,33 Section 33. 121.79 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

121.79 (1) (e) For pupils in secured residential care centers for children and youth, as defined under s. 938.02 (15g).

185,34 Section 34. 301.01 (1n) of the statutes is amended to read:

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).

185,35 Section 35 . 301.01 (1n) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

185,36 Section 36. 301.03 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,37 Section 37. 301.03 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,38 Section 38 . 301.03 (10) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

185,39 Section 39. 301.08 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

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).

185,40 Section 40. 301.16 (1f) of the statutes is created to read:

301.16 (1f) In addition to the institutions under sub. (1), the department may establish and operate an adult correctional institution in the town of Birch, Lincoln County, at the location that was the Lincoln Hills School and Copper Lake School.

185,41 Section 41. 301.16 (1w) of the statutes is created to read:

301.16 (1w) The department shall establish one or more Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities, as enumerated in 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 110 (10) (a).

185,42 Section 42. 301.16 (1x) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,43 Section 43. 301.18 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:

301.18 (1) (fm) Provide the facilities necessary for each Type 1 juvenile correctional facility established under s. 301.16 (1w).

185,44 Section 44. 301.20 of the statutes is repealed.

185,45 Section 45. 301.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,46 Section 46. 301.37 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

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 or a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility. A secured residential care center for children and youth that is located in a portion of a juvenile detention facility or a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility shall provide programming and services as required by the department under s. 938.48 (16) (b).

185,47 Section 47. 301.373 of the statutes is created to read:

301.373 Operating loss reimbursement program. The department shall reimburse a county that operates a secured residential care center for children and youth that holds only female juveniles in secure custody and that was established using funding from the grant program under 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 110 (4) for any annual net operating loss. A county seeking reimbursement under this section shall submit its request and supporting financial statements for the prior fiscal year to the department and the legislative audit bureau in a format prescribed by the department. The department shall reimburse the county for the amount of the net operating loss, as determined by the legislative audit bureau under s. 13.94 (1) (v), from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (f). The department may pay for the cost of the audit by the legislative audit bureau under s. 13.94 (1) (v) from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (f).

185,48 Section 48. 302.01 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

302.01 (13) The adult correctional institution established under s. 301.16 (1f) is named “Lincoln County Correctional Institution.”

185,49 Section 49. 938.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,50 Section 50 . 938.02 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

185,51 Section 51. 938.02 (15g) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.02 (15g) “Secured residential care center for children and youth" means a residential care center for children and youth facility operated by an Indian tribe or 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.

185,52 Section 52. 938.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

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. An Indian tribe may establish a secured residential care center for children and youth in accordance with ss. 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.

185,53 Section 53. 938.22 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

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 an Indian tribe 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 , Indian tribe, 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.

185,54 Section 54. 938.22 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

938.22 (2) (d) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a juvenile detention facility is authorized to accept juveniles for placement for more than 30 consecutive days under s. 938.34 (3) (f) 1. if all of the following apply:

a. The juvenile detention facility is operated by a county, the county board of supervisors of which has adopted a resolution under section 938.34 (3) (f) 3., prior to January 1, 2018, authorizing placement of juveniles at the juvenile detention facility under section 938.34 (3) (f) for more than 30 consecutive days.

b. The county that operates the juvenile detention facility is not awarded a grant under 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 110 (4).

2. After January 1, 2021, the number of juveniles that may be housed at a juvenile detention facility under subd. 1. is limited to the number that are housed at the juvenile detention facility on January 1, 2021, and the juvenile detention facility may not be altered or added to or repaired in excess of 50 percent of its assessed value. If a juvenile detention facility violates this subdivision, it is no longer authorized to accept juveniles for placement for more than 30 consecutive days.

185,55 Section 55. 938.225 of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,56 Section 56. 938.34 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,57 Section 57 . 938.34 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

185,58 Section 58. 938.34 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.

185,59 Section 59 . 938.34 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

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.

185,60 Section 60. 938.34 (3) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.34 (3) (f) 1. The placement may be for any combination of single or consecutive days totalling not more than 365 in a juvenile detention facility under s. 938.22 (2) (d) 1. and may be for no more than 30 consecutive days in any other juvenile detention facility, including any placement under pars. (a) to (e). The juvenile shall be given credit against the period of detention or nonsecure custody imposed under this paragraph for all time spent in secure detention in connection with the course of conduct for which the detention or nonsecure custody was imposed.