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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2003 ASSEMBLY BILL 152
March 11, 2004 - Offered by Committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
AB152-SSA1,1,4 1An Act to amend 20.916 (9) (f) 1. and 979.025 (1); and to create 15.07 (1) (b) 23.,
215.145 (4), 146.82 (2) (a) 22., 979.028 and 979.10 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes;
3relating to: creating a board to review and make recommendations regarding
4deaths at correctional institutions.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB152-SSA1, s. 1 5Section 1. 15.07 (1) (b) 23. of the statutes is created to read:
AB152-SSA1,1,76 15.07 (1) (b) 23. The members of the inmate and resident mortality board
7appointed under s. 15.145 (4).
AB152-SSA1, s. 2 8Section 2. 15.145 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB152-SSA1,2,209 15.145 (4) Inmate and resident mortality board. There is created in the
10department of corrections an inmate and resident mortality board consisting of 12
11members appointed for 4-year terms. Two of the members shall be appointed by the

1governor, one of which shall be from the University of Wisconsin Medical School and
2the other of which shall be a correctional officer. Two members shall be appointed
3by the president of the senate, one of which shall be from the Medical College of
4Wisconsin and the other of which shall be a correctional officer. Two members shall
5be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one of which shall be a nurse employed
6by a state agency and the other of which shall be a correctional officer. One member
7shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate and shall be a physician from
8a health care provider other than the University of Wisconsin Medical School. One
9member shall appointed by the minority leader of the assembly and shall be a nurse
10employed by a private health maintenance organization or preferred provider plan.
11The other 4 members of the board shall be appointed by the secretary of corrections
12and shall be a warden of a state correctional facility, a manager of a unit within a
13state correctional facility that provides the health services to inmates, a health care
14provider who is employed by the department of corrections, and a correctional officer.
15All of the correctional officers appointed under this subsection shall be from a list
16provided by the labor organization recognized or certified to represent the employees
17in the collective bargaining unit that represents correctional officers. At least one
18member of the board shall be a physician who is a pathologist with subspecialty
19training in forensic pathology and who is certified by the American Board of
20Pathology.
AB152-SSA1, s. 3 21Section 3. 20.916 (9) (f) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act
2233
, is amended to read:
AB152-SSA1,3,323 20.916 (9) (f) 1. Scheduled air travel. Reimbursement for air travel shall be
24limited to the lowest appropriate airfare, as determined by the director of the office
25of state employment relations. An employee may be reimbursed for air travel at a

1rate other than the lowest appropriate airfare only if the employee submits a written
2explanation of the reasonableness of the expense. Members of the inmate and
3resident mortality board may not receive reimbursement for air travel.
AB152-SSA1, s. 4 4Section 4. 146.82 (2) (a) 22. of the statutes is created to read:
AB152-SSA1,3,65 146.82 (2) (a) 22. To the inmate and resident mortality board to enable that
6board to review the death of an inmate or resident under s. 979.028.
AB152-SSA1, s. 5 7Section 5. 979.025 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB152-SSA1,3,188 979.025 (1) Inmate or resident confined to an institution in this state. If an
9individual dies while he or she is in the legal custody of the department and confined
10to a state correctional facility located in this state institution, as defined s. 301.01 (4),
11but excluding any institution that meets the criteria under s. 302.01 solely because
12of its status under s. 301.046 or 301.048 (4) (b) or is confined to a county jail or house
13of correction pursuant to a contract under s. 302.27
, the coroner or medical examiner
14of the county where the death occurred shall perform an autopsy on the deceased
15individual. If the coroner or medical examiner who performs the autopsy determines
16that the individual's death may have been the result of any of the situations that
17would permit the district attorney to order an inquest under s. 979.04 (1) the coroner
18or medical examiner shall follow the procedures under s. 979.04 (2).
AB152-SSA1, s. 6 19Section 6. 979.028 of the statutes is created to read:
AB152-SSA1,4,2 20979.028 Review of an inmate's or resident's death. (1) The inmate and
21resident mortality board may review the circumstances of the death of every
22individual who is subject to an autopsy under s. 979.025. To facilitate the review, the
23board shall have access to all medical and prison records related to the deceased
24inmate. A member of the board shall disqualify himself or herself from any

1discussion regarding a specific death if he or she determines that he or she cannot
2act in an impartial manner regarding that death.
AB152-SSA1,4,14 3(2) (a) Within 3 business days, as defined in s. 421.301 (6), after the death of
4a person whose death requires the performance of an autopsy under s. 979.025, the
5secretary of corrections or the secretary's designee shall send a written notice to
6every member of the inmate and resident mortality board of the death. The written
7notification shall include a summary of information related to the person's death,
8including the date, time, and place of the death. At the next scheduled meeting of
9the board, the department shall provide the board with the records that are in the
10custody of the department regarding the person who died, including medical records,
11and any information obtained as a result of any departmental internal review of the
12death. At the request of any board member, the department shall provide the
13member with the records and information obtained as a result of any internal review
14before the next scheduled meeting of the board.
AB152-SSA1,4,2215 (b) The department shall cooperate with the board and provide any assistance
16the board requests to review the circumstances of the death of the inmate or resident.
17The board, while performing its duties, may review medical records of the inmate or
18resident in the custody of any medical provider; with the approval of the district
19attorney or attorney general, medical records in the custody of a law enforcement
20agency; information obtained by the coroner or medical examiner regarding the
21death of the inmate or resident; and any information collected as the result of an
22autopsy performed under s. 979.025 or an inquest ordered under s. 979.04.
AB152-SSA1,5,2 23(3) Except as provided in sub. (3m), within 30 days after the meeting during
24which the board completes its review of an inmate's or resident's death, the inmate
25and resident mortality board shall prepare a summary report of the board's review

1of an inmate's or resident's death and submit that summary report to all of the
2following:
AB152-SSA1,5,33 (a) The appropriate relative of the deceased.
AB152-SSA1,5,44 (b) The secretary of corrections.
AB152-SSA1,5,55 (c) If appropriate, the attorney general or district attorney.
AB152-SSA1,5,76 (d) Notwithstanding s. 13.172 (3), the chairperson and the ranking minority
7member of the appropriate standing committee of the assembly and senate.
AB152-SSA1,5,13 8(3m) If there is a criminal investigation of an inmate's or resident's death, the
9board may not issue a final report regarding the board's review of the inmate's or
10resident's death until after that criminal investigation is completed. Any report
11issued before completion of the criminal investigation is preliminary and is subject
12to modification based on information received as a result of the criminal
13investigation.
AB152-SSA1,5,23 14(4) The inmate and resident mortality board may make recommendations to
15the department regarding medical and other prison procedures, based on the board's
16review of an inmate's or resident's death. The board may also refer concerns or
17recommendations to the department related to the performance or work rule
18violations regarding staff who did not follow departmental policies or procedures
19related to the circumstances surrounding the death. The inmate and resident
20mortality board shall prepare and forward a complaint to the appropriate
21credentialing board, as defined in s. 440.01 (2) (bm), if, during the board's review of
22an inmate's or resident's death, the board determines that a medical provider failed
23to provide the appropriate, proper, and necessary medical care.
AB152-SSA1, s. 7 24Section 7. 979.10 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB152-SSA1,6,2
1979.10 (1) (a) 1m. If an autopsy is performed under s. 979.025 (1), the coroner
2or medical examiner who performed the autopsy; or
AB152-SSA1, s. 8 3Section 8. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB152-SSA1,6,124 (1) Notwithstanding the length of terms for the members of the inmate and
5resident mortality board specified in section 15.145 (4) of the statutes, as created by
6this act, the initial members of the board appointed by the governor and 2 initial
7members appointed by the secretary of corrections shall be for a term of 4 years; the
8initial members of the board appointed by the president of the senate and the speaker
9of the assembly and one initial member appointed by the secretary of corrections
10shall be for a term of 3 years; and the initial members of the board appointed by the
11minority leader of the senate and of the assembly and one initial member appointed
12by the secretary of corrections shall be for a term of 2 years.
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