Amendment JR2 CA1-ASA1-AB1

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102jm Section 102jm. 48.38 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,165,10 48.38 (2) (f) The child's care is paid would be paid for under s. 49.19 but for s. 49.19 (20).

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102jr Section 102jr. 48.38 (2) (g) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 69, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,165,16 48.38 (2) (g) The child's parent is placed in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, child-caring institution residential care center for children and youth, secure detention facility, or shelter care facility and the child is residing with that parent.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102k Section 102k. 48.38 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,165,24 48.38 (3) Time. Subject to s. 48.355 (2d) (c) 1., the agency shall file the permanency plan with the court within 60 days after the date on which the child was first held in physical custody or placed outside of his or her home under a court order removed from his or her home, except that if the child is held for less than 60 days in a secure detention facility, juvenile portion of a county jail, or a shelter care facility, no permanency plan is required if the child is returned to his or her home within that period.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102kg Section 102kg. 48.38 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,166,2 48.38 (4) Contents of plan. (intro.) The permanency plan shall include a description of all of the following:

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102km Section 102km. 48.38 (4) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 2, is renumbered 48.38 (4) (ar) and amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,166,14 48.38 (4) (ar) The A description of the services offered and any service services provided in an effort to prevent holding or placing the child outside of the removal of the child from his or her home, while assuring that the health and safety of the child are the paramount concerns, and to make it possible for the child to return safely home achieve the goal of the permanency plan, except that the permanency plan need not is not required to include a description of those the services offered or provided with respect to a parent of the child to prevent the removal of the child from the home or to achieve the permanency plan goal of returning the child safely to his or her home if any of the circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1., 2., 3., 4., or to 5. apply applies to that parent.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102kr Section 102kr. 48.38 (4) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,166,17 48.38 (4) (ag) The name, address, and telephone number of the child's parent, guardian, and legal custodian.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102m Section 102m. 48.38 (4) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,166,20 48.38 (4) (am) The date on which the child was removed from his or her home and the date on which the child was placed in out-of-home care.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102mg Section 102mg. 48.38 (4) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,166,25 48.38 (4) (bm) The A statement as to the availability of a safe and appropriate placement with a fit and willing relative of the child and, if a decision is made not to place the child with an available relative, a statement as to why placement with the relative is not safe or appropriate.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102mm Section 102mm. 48.38 (4) (dg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,167,3 48.38 (4) (dg) Information about the child's education, including all of the following:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,167,5 1. The name and address of the school in which the child is or was most recently enrolled.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,167,7 2. Any special education programs in which the child is or was previously enrolled.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,167,9 3. The grade level in which the child is or was most recently enrolled and all information that is available concerning the child's grade level performance.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,167,12 4. A summary of all available education records relating to the child that are relevant to any education goals included in the education services plan prepared under s. 48.33 (1) (e).

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102mr Section 102mr. 48.38 (4) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,167,18 48.38 (4) (dm) If as a result of the placement the child has been or will be transferred from the school in which the child is or most recently was enrolled, documentation that a placement that would maintain the child in that school is either unavailable or inappropriate or that a placement that would result in the child's transfer to another school would be in the child's best interests.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102n Section 102n. 48.38 (4) (dr) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,167,21 48.38 (4) (dr) Medical information relating to the child, including all of the following:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,167,24 1. The names and addresses of the child's physician, dentist, and any other health care provider that is or was previously providing health care services to the child.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,168,2 2. The child's immunization record, including the name and date of each immunization administered to the child.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,168,5 3. Any known medical condition for which the child is receiving medical care or treatment and any known serious medical condition for which the child has previously received medical care or treatment.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,168,8 4. The name, purpose, and dosage of any medication that is being administered to the child and the name of any medication that causes the child to suffer an allergic or other negative reaction.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102ng Section 102ng. 48.38 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,168,15 48.38 (4) (e) The A plan for ensuring the safety and appropriateness of the placement and a description of the services provided to meet the needs of the child and family, including a discussion of services that have been investigated and considered and are not available or likely to become available within a reasonable time to meet the needs of the child or, if available, why such services are not safe or appropriate.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102nm Section 102nm. 48.38 (4) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,168,21 48.38 (4) (f) (intro.) The A description of the services that will be provided to the child, the child's family, and the child's foster parent, the child's treatment foster parent or, the operator of the facility where the child is living, or the relative with whom the child is living to carry out the dispositional order, including services planned to accomplish all of the following:

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102nr Section 102nr. 48.38 (4) (fg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,169,6 48.38 (4) (fg) The goal of the permanency plan or, if the agency is making concurrent reasonable efforts under s. 48.355 (2b), the goals of the permanency plan. If a goal of the permanency plan is any goal other than return of the child to his or her home, the permanency plan shall include the rationale for deciding on that goal. If a goal of the permanency plan is an alternative permanent placement under subd. 5., the permanency plan shall document a compelling reason why it would not be in the best interest of the child to pursue a goal specified in subds. 1. to 4. The agency shall determine one or more of the following goals to be the goal or goals of a child's permanency plan:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,169,7 1. Return of the child to the child's home.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,169,8 2. Placement of the child for adoption.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,169,9 3. Placement of the child with a guardian.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,169,10 4. Permanent placement of the child with a fit and willing relative.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,169,12 5. Some other alternative permanent placement, including sustaining care, independent living, or long-term foster care.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102p Section 102p. 48.38 (4) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,169,17 48.38 (4) (fm) If the goal of the permanency plan calls for placing is to place the child for adoption, with a guardian, with a fit and willing relative, or in some other alternative permanent placement, the efforts made to place the child for adoption, with a guardian or in some other alternative permanent placement achieve that goal.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102pg Section 102pg. 48.38 (4) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,169,22 48.38 (4) (h) If the child is 15 years of age or over, a description of the programs and services that are or will be provided to assist the child in preparing for the transition from out-of-home care to independent living. The description shall include all of the following:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,169,24 1. The anticipated age at which the child will be discharged from out-of-home care.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,170,2 2. The anticipated amount of time available in which to prepare the child for the transition from out-of-home care to independent living.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,170,4 3. The anticipated location and living situation of the child on discharge from out-of-home care.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,170,8 4. A description of the assessment processes, tools, and methods that have been or will be used to determine the programs and services that are or will be provided to assist the child in preparing for the transition from out-of-home care to independent living.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,170,12 5. The rationale for each program or service that is or will be provided to assist the child in preparing for the transition from out-of-home care to independent living, the time frames for delivering those programs or services, and the intended outcome of those programs or services.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102pm Section 102pm. 48.38 (5) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 69, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,170,25 48.38 (5) (a) Except as provided in s. 48.63 (5) (d), the court or a panel appointed under this paragraph par. (ag) shall review the permanency plan every in the manner provided in this subsection not later than 6 months from after the date on which the child was first held in physical custody or placed outside of removed from his or her home and every 6 months after a previous review under this subsection for as long as the child is placed outside the home, except that for the review that is required to be conducted not later than 12 months after the child was first removed from his or her home and the reviews that are required to be conducted every 12 months after that review the court shall hold a hearing under sub. (5m) to review the permanency plan, which hearing may be instead of or in addition to the review under this subsection.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,171,8 (ag) If the court elects not to review the permanency plan, the court shall appoint a panel to review the permanency plan. The panel shall consist of 3 persons who are either designated by an independent agency that has been approved by the chief judge of the judicial administrative district or designated by the agency that prepared the permanency plan. A voting majority of persons on each panel shall be persons who are not employed by the agency that prepared the permanency plan and who are not responsible for providing services to the child or the parents of the child whose permanency plan is the subject of the review.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102pr Section 102pr. 48.38 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,171,23 48.38 (5) (b) The court or the agency shall notify the parents of the child, the child, if he or she is 12 years of age or older, and the child's foster parent, the child's treatment foster parent or, the operator of the facility in which the child is living, or the relative with whom the child is living of the date, time, and place of the review, of the issues to be determined as part of the review, and of the fact that they may have an opportunity to be heard at the review by submitting written comments not less than 10 working days before the review or by participating at the review. The court or agency shall notify the person representing the interests of the public, the child's counsel, the child's guardian ad litem, and the child's court-appointed special advocate of the date of the review, of the issues to be determined as part of the review, and of the fact that they may submit written comments not less than 10 working days before the review. The notices under this paragraph shall be provided in writing not less than 30 days before the review and copies of the notices shall be filed in the child's case record.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102q Section 102q. 48.38 (5) (c) 6. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,172,6 48.38 (5) (c) 6. (intro.) If the child has been placed outside of his or her home, as described in s. 48.365 (1), for 15 of the most recent 22 months, not including any period during which the child was a runaway from the out-of-home placement or the first 6 months of any period during which the child was returned to his or her home for a trial home visit, the appropriateness of the permanency plan and the circumstances which prevent the child from any of the following:

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102qg Section 102qg. 48.38 (5) (c) 6. am. of the statutes is renumbered 48.38 (5) (c) 6. cm. and amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,172,10 48.38 (5) (c) 6. cm. Being placed in the home of a fit and willing relative of the child.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102qm Section 102qm. 48.38 (5) (c) 6. cg. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,172,12 48.38 (5) (c) 6. cg. Being placed with a guardian.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102qr Section 102qr. 48.38 (5) (c) 6. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,172,15 48.38 (5) (c) 6. d. Being placed in some other alternative permanent placement, including sustaining care, independent living, or long-term foster care.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102r Section 102r. 48.38 (5) (c) 7. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 2, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,172,24 48.38 (5) (c) 7. Whether reasonable efforts were made by the agency to make it possible for the child to return safely to his or her home, except that the court or panel need not determine whether those reasonable efforts were made with respect to a parent of the child if any of the circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1., 2., 3., 4., or 5. apply to that parent achieve the goal of the permanency plan, unless return of the child to the home is the goal of the permanency plan and any of the circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 102rm Section 102rm. 48.38 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,173,5 48.38 (5m) Permanency plan hearing. (a) The court shall hold a hearing to review the permanency plan and to make the determinations specified in sub. (5) (c) no later than 12 months after the date on which the child was first removed from the home and every 12 months after a previous hearing under this subsection for as long as the child is placed outside the home.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,173,12 (b) Not less than 30 days before the date of the hearing, the court shall notify the child; the child's parent, guardian, and legal custodian; the child's foster parent or treatment foster parent, the operator of the facility in which the child is living, or the relative with whom the child is living; the child's counsel, the child's guardian ad litem, and the child's court-appointed special advocate; the agency that prepared the permanency plan; and the person representing the interests of the public of the date, time, and place of the hearing.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,173,20 (c) Any person who is provided notice of the hearing may have an opportunity to be heard at the hearing by submitting written comments relevant to the determinations specified in sub. (5) (c) not less than 10 working days before the date of the hearing or by participating at the hearing. A foster parent, treatment foster parent, operator of a facility in which a child is living, or relative with whom a child is living who receives notice of a hearing under par. (b) and an opportunity to be heard under this paragraph 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.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,174,6 (d) At least 5 days before the date of the hearing the agency that prepared the permanency plan shall provide a copy of the permanency plan and any written comments submitted under par. (c) to the court, to the child's parent, guardian, and legal custodian, to the person representing the interests of the public, to the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, and to the child's court-appointed special advocate. Notwithstanding s. 48.78 (2) (a), the person representing the interests of the public, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, and the child's court-appointed special advocate may have access to any other records concerning the child for the purpose of participating in the review. A person permitted access to a child's records under this paragraph may not disclose any information from the records to any other person.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,174,22 (e) After the hearing, the court shall make written findings of fact and conclusions of law relating to the determinations under sub. (5) (c) and shall provide a copy of those findings of fact and conclusions of law to the child; the child's parent, guardian, and legal custodian; the child's foster parent or treatment foster parent, the operator of the facility in which the child is living, or the relative with whom the child is living; the child's court-appointed special advocate; the agency that prepared the permanency plan; and the person representing the interests of the public. The court shall make the findings specified in sub. (5) (c) 7. on a case-by-case basis based on circumstances specific to the child and shall document or reference the specific information on which those findings are based in the findings of fact and conclusions of law prepared under this paragraph. Findings of fact and conclusions of law that merely reference sub. (5) (c) 7. without documenting or referencing that specific information in the findings of fact and conclusions of law or amended findings of fact and conclusions of law that retroactively correct earlier findings of fact and conclusions of law that do not comply with this paragraph are not sufficient to comply with this paragraph.

AB1-ASA1-CA1,175,2 (f) If the findings of fact and conclusions of law under par. (e) conflict with the child's dispositional order or provide for any additional services not specified in the dispositional order, the court shall revise the dispositional order under s. 48.363 or order a change in placement under s. 48.357, as appropriate.".

AB1-ASA1-CA1,175,3 128. Page 35, line 4: delete lines 4 to 12 and substitute:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,175,4 " Section 103m. 48.417 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,175,11 48.417 (1) (a) The child has been placed outside of his or her home, as described in s. 48.365 (1) or 938.365 (1), for 15 of the most recent 22 months, not including any period during which the child was a runaway from the out-of-home placement or the first 6 months of any period during which the child was returned to his or her home for a trial home visit. If the circumstances specified in this paragraph apply, the petition shall be filed or joined in by the last day of the 15th month, as described in this paragraph, for which the child was placed outside of his or her home.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 103p Section 103p. 48.417 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,175,21 48.417 (1) (b) A court of competent jurisdiction has found under s. 48.13 (2) or under a law of any other state or a federal law that is comparable to s. 48.13 (2) that the child was abandoned when he or she was under one year of age or has found that the parent abandoned the child when the child was under one year of age in violation of s. 948.20 or in violation of the law of any other state or federal law, if that violation would be a violation of s. 948.20 if committed in this state. If the circumstances specified in this paragraph apply, the petition shall be filed or joined in within 60 days after the date on which the court of competent jurisdiction found that the child was abandoned as described in this paragraph.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 103r Section 103r. 48.417 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,176,9 48.417 (1) (c) A court of competent jurisdiction has found that the parent has committed, has aided or abetted the commission of, or has solicited, conspired, or attempted to commit, a violation of s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03 , or 940.05 or a violation of the law of any other state or federal law, if that violation would be a violation of s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, or 940.05 if committed in this state, and that the victim of that violation is a child of the parent. If the circumstances specified in this paragraph apply, the petition shall be filed or joined in within 60 days after the date on which the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter determines, based on a finding that a circumstance specified in this paragraph applies, that reasonable efforts to make it possible for the child to return safely to his or her home are not required.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 103t Section 103t. 48.417 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,176,22 48.417 (1) (d) A court of competent jurisdiction has found that the parent has committed a violation of s. 940.19 (2), (3), (4), or (5), 940.225 (1) or (2), 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, or 948.03 (2) (a) or (3) (a) or a violation of the law of any other state or federal law, if that violation would be a violation of s. 940.19 (2), (3), (4), or (5), 940.225 (1) or (2), 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, or 948.03 (2) (a) or (3) (a) if committed in this state, and that the violation resulted in great bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (14), or in substantial bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (38), to the child or another child of the parent. If the circumstances specified in this paragraph apply, the petition shall be filed or joined in within 60 days after the date on which the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter determines, based on a finding that a circumstance specified in this paragraph applies, that reasonable efforts to make it possible for the child to return safely to his or her home are not required.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 104b Section 104b. 48.417 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,177,13 48.417 (1) (d) A court of competent jurisdiction has found that the parent has committed a violation of s. 940.19 (3), 1999 stats., a violation of s. 940.19 (2), (3), (4), or (5), 940.225 (1) or (2), 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, or 948.03 (2) (a) or (3) (a) or a violation of the law of any other state or federal law, if that violation would be a violation of s. 940.19 (2), (3), (4), or (5), 940.225 (1) or (2), 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, or 948.03 (2) (a) or (3) (a) if committed in this state, and that the violation resulted in great bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (14), or in substantial bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (38), to the child or another child of the parent. If the circumstances specified in this paragraph apply, the petition shall be filed or joined in within 60 days after the date on which the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter determines, based on a finding that a circumstance specified in this paragraph applies, that reasonable efforts to make it possible for the child to return safely to his or her home are not required.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 104d Section 104d. 48.417 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,177,16 48.417 (2) (a) The child is being cared for by a fit and willing relative of the child.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 104e Section 104e. 48.417 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,177,20 48.417 (2) (b) The child's permanency plan indicates and provides documentation that termination of parental rights to the child is not in the best interests of the child.

AB1-ASA1-CA1, s. 104f Section 104f. 48.417 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-CA1,177,23 48.417 (2) (d) Grounds for an involuntary termination of parental rights under s. 48.415 do not exist.".