SB40-SSA1,506,158
46.16
(3) County homes, poor relief.
It The department shall visit the county
9homes and ascertain the number of each sex and the number of mentally ill, mentally
10deficient, deaf
, or blind persons
, and children supported in each, at what cost and
11under what circumstances affecting their health, comfort, morals
, and education;
12collect statistics of the cost of support, and other important facts, of the poor relieved
13at public expense outside of county homes; and collect information as to the adequacy
14and efficiency of existing laws for the support and relief of the poor, and the causes
15of pauperism in the state.
SB40-SSA1,506,2517
46.16
(7) Enforcement by attorney general and district attorneys. Upon
18request of the department, the attorney general or the district attorney of the proper
19county shall aid in any investigation, inspection, hearing
, or trial had under the
20provisions of this chapter
, or those sections of ch. 48 relating to powers of the
21department, and shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings
22for the enforcement of
such those provisions and for the punishment of violations of
23the same those provisions. The attorney general or district attorney so requested
24shall report or confer with the department regarding the request, within 30 days
25after the receipt of
such the request.
SB40-SSA1,507,52
46.17
(1) The department shall fix reasonable standards and regulations for
3the design, construction, repair
, and maintenance of county homes, county
4infirmaries, county hospitals,
and mental health facilities
and shelter care facilities,
5with respect to their adequacy and fitness for the needs which they are to serve.
SB40-SSA1,507,147
46.206
(1) (a) The department shall supervise the administration of social
8services, except as provided under
ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and except for
9juvenile delinquency-related services. The department shall submit to the federal
10authorities state plans for the administration of social services, except as provided
11under
ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and except for juvenile delinquency-related
12services, in such form and containing such information as the federal authorities
13require, and shall comply with all requirements prescribed to ensure their
14correctness.
SB40-SSA1,508,216
46.206
(1) (bm) All records of the department relating to aid provided under
17s. 49.46, 49.465, 49.468, 49.47
, 49.471, or 49.77 are open to inspection at reasonable
18hours by members of the legislature who require the information contained in the
19records in pursuit of a specific state legislative purpose. All records of any county
20relating to aid provided under s. 49.46, 49.465, 49.468, 49.47
, 49.471, or 49.77 are
21open to inspection at reasonable hours by members of the board of supervisors of the
22county or the governing body of a city, village or town located in the county who
23require the information contained in the records in pursuit of a specific county or
24municipal legislative purpose. The right to records access provided by this
25paragraph does not apply if access is prohibited by federal law or regulation or if this
1state is required to prohibit such access as a condition precedent to participation in
2a federal program in which this state participates.
SB40-SSA1,508,74
46.206
(2) The county administration of all laws relating to social services,
5except with respect to the programs under
ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and to
6juvenile delinquency-related programs, shall be vested in the officers and agencies
7designated in the statutes.
SB40-SSA1,508,259
46.21
(2m) (c)
Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78
10(2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7) and 253.07
11(3) (c), a subunit of a county department of human services or tribal agency acting
12under this subsection may exchange confidential information about a client, without
13the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county
14department of human services or tribal agency, with a resource center, a care
15management organization, or a
family long-term care district, with an
16elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency to which referral
17for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a) 1g., or with a person
18providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county
19department of human services or tribal agency or with a resource center, a care
20management organization, or a
family long-term care district, if necessary to enable
21an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county
22department of human services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services
23to the client. An agency that releases information under this paragraph shall
24document that a request for information was received and what information was
25provided.
SB40-SSA1,509,32
46.21
(5) (b) Sections 46.10, 49.08,
49.345, 49.90, and 301.12 govern the
3support and maintenance of persons in any of the institutions specified in sub. (2) (a).
SB40-SSA1,509,105
46.215
(1) (d) To make investigations that relate to services under subchs. II,
6IV
, and V of ch. 49 upon request by the department of health and family services, to
7make investigations that relate to juvenile delinquency-related services at the
8request of the department of corrections
, and to make investigations that relate to
9programs under
ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 upon request by the department of
10workforce development children and families.
SB40-SSA1,509,1512
46.215
(1) (j) To make payments in such manner as the department of
13workforce development children and families may determine for training of
14recipients, former recipients
, and potential recipients of aid in programs established
15under s. 49.193, 1997 stats., and s. 49.26 (1).
SB40-SSA1,510,817
46.215
(1m) Exchange of information; long-term care. Notwithstanding ss.
1846.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82,
19252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), a subunit of a county department of social
20services or tribal agency acting under this section may exchange confidential
21information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other
22subunit of the same county department of social services or tribal agency, with a
23resource center, a care management organization, or a
family long-term care
24district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency
25to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a)
11g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services
2contract with the county department of social services or tribal agency or with a
3resource center, a care management organization, or a
family long-term care
4district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her
5duties, or to enable the county department of social services or tribal agency to
6coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information
7under this subsection shall document that a request for information was received
8and what information was provided.
SB40-SSA1,510,1610
46.215
(1p) Exchange of information; statewide automated child welfare
11information system. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78
12(2) (a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a),
55.06 (17) (c) 55.22 (3), 146.82,
13252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c),
938.396 (1) and (2) (a) 938.396 (1) and (2), and 938.78
14(2) (a), a county department under this section may enter the content of any record
15kept or information received by that county department into the statewide
16automated child welfare information system established under s.
46.03 48.47 (7g).
SB40-SSA1, s. 852
17Section
852. 46.215 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,511,218
46.215
(2) (a) 2. In order to ensure the availability of a full range of care and
19services, the county department of social services may contract, either directly or
20through the department of
workforce development children and families, with public
21or voluntary agencies or others to purchase, in full or in part, care and services under
22ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 which the county department of social services is
23authorized to furnish. This care and these services may be purchased from the
24department of
workforce development children and families if the department of
25workforce development children and families has staff to furnish the services. If the
1county department of social services has adequate staff, it may sell the care and
2services directly to another county or state agency.
SB40-SSA1,511,104
46.215
(2) (b) A county department of social services may purchase
5development and training services from the department of health and family
6services, from the department of
workforce development
children and families, from
7the department of corrections or from other county agencies when the services are
8available. A county department of social services may sell the development and staff
9training services to another county or state agency if the county department has
10adequate staff to provide the services.
SB40-SSA1, s. 854
11Section
854. 46.215 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,511,2112
46.215
(2) (c) 2. A county department of social services shall develop, under the
13requirements of s. 49.34, plans and contracts for care and services to be purchased
14under
ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49. The department of
workforce development 15children and families may review the contracts and approve them if they are
16consistent with s. 49.34 and if state or federal funds are available for such purposes.
17The joint committee on finance may require the department of
workforce
18development children and families to submit the contracts to the committee for
19review and approval. The department of
workforce development children and
20families may not make any payments to a county for programs included in a contract
21under review by the committee.
SB40-SSA1, s. 855
22Section
855. 46.215 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,512,723
46.215
(2) (c) 3. A county department of social services shall develop, under the
24requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for juvenile delinquency-related
25care and services to be purchased. The department of corrections may review the
1contracts and approve them if they are consistent with s. 301.08 (2) and if state or
2federal funds are available for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may
3require the department of corrections to submit the contracts to the committee for
4review and approval. The department of corrections may not make any payments
5to a county for programs included in a contract under review by the committee. The
6department of corrections shall reimburse each county for the contracts from the
7appropriations under s. 20.410 (3) (cd)
and, (ko)
, and (r) as appropriate.
SB40-SSA1,512,139
46.215
(3) Program budgets. The county department of social services shall
10submit a final budget to the department of health and family services under s. 46.031
11(1), to the department of corrections under s. 301.031 (1)
, and to the department of
12workforce development children and families under s. 49.325 (1), for authorized
13services.
SB40-SSA1, s. 857
14Section
857. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,512,1715
46.22
(1) (b) 1. b. To make investigations which relate to welfare services,
16except as provided under
ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49, upon request by the
17department of health and family services.
SB40-SSA1, s. 858
18Section
858. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,512,2119
46.22
(1) (b) 1. d. To submit a final budget in accordance with s. 46.031 (1) for
20services authorized in this section, except for the administration of and cost of aid
21granted under ss. 49.02, 49.19 and 49.45 to
49.47
49.471.
SB40-SSA1, s. 859
22Section
859. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. f. of the statutes is renumbered 46.22 (1) (b) 2. fm.
SB40-SSA1, s. 860
23Section
860. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,513,224
46.22
(1) (b) 2. (intro.) A county department of social services shall have the
25following functions, duties
, and powers in accordance with the rules promulgated by
1the department of
workforce development
children and families and subject to the
2supervision of the department of
workforce development
children and families:
SB40-SSA1, s. 861
3Section
861. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,513,64
46.22
(1) (b) 2. c. To make investigations as provided under
ch. 48 and subch.
5III of ch. 49 upon request by the department of
workforce development children and
6families.
SB40-SSA1, s. 862
7Section
862. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,513,118
46.22
(1) (b) 2. e. To make payments in such manner as the department of
9workforce development children and families may determine for training of
10recipients, former recipients and potential recipients of aid in programs established
11under ss. 49.193, 1997 stats., and s. 49.26 (1).
SB40-SSA1, s. 863
12Section
863. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. g. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,513,1513
46.22
(1) (b) 2. g. To make certification or referral of eligibles for state or federal
14works or other assistance programs under
ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49, eligibility
15for which is based on need.
SB40-SSA1, s. 864
16Section
864. 46.22 (1) (b) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,513,2117
46.22
(1) (b) 3. (intro.) A county department of social services shall have the
18following functions, duties
, and powers in accordance with the rules promulgated
19and standards established by the department of health and family services and
20subject to the supervision of the department of
workforce development children and
21families:
SB40-SSA1, s. 865
22Section
865. 46.22 (1) (b) 3. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,513,2523
46.22
(1) (b) 3. d. To submit a final budget to the department of
workforce
24development children and families in accordance with s. 49.325 for services
25authorized in this subdivision.
SB40-SSA1, s. 866
1Section
866. 46.22 (1) (c) 8. f. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,514,42
46.22
(1) (c) 8. f. The county department of social services shall implement the
3statewide automated child welfare information system established
by the
4department under s.
46.03 48.47 (7g).
SB40-SSA1,514,126
46.22
(1) (d)
Merit system; records. The county department of social services
7is subject to s. 49.78 (4) to (7). The county department of social services and all county
8officers and employees performing any duties in connection with the administration
9of aid to families with dependent children shall observe all rules promulgated by the
10department of
workforce development children and families under s. 49.78 (4) and
11shall keep records and furnish reports as the department of
workforce development 12children and families requires in relation to their performance of such duties.
SB40-SSA1,515,514
46.22
(1) (dm)
Exchange of information; long-term care. Notwithstanding ss.
1546.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82,
16252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), a subunit of a county department of social
17services or tribal agency acting under this subsection may exchange confidential
18information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other
19subunit of the same county department of social services or tribal agency, with a
20resource center, a care management organization, or a
family long-term care
21district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency
22to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a)
231g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services
24contract with the county department of social services or tribal agency or with a
25resource center, a care management organization, or a
family long-term care
1district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her
2duties, or to enable the county department of social services or tribal agency to
3coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information
4under this paragraph shall document that a request for information was received
5and what information was provided.
SB40-SSA1,515,137
46.22
(1) (dp)
Exchange of information; statewide automated child welfare
8information system. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78 (2)
9(a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a),
55.06 (17) (c) 55.22 (3), 146.82,
10252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c),
938.396 (1) and (2) (a) 938.396 (1) and (2), and 938.78
11(2) (a), a county department under this section may enter the content of any record
12kept or information received by that county department into the statewide
13automated child welfare information system established under s.
46.03 48.47 (7g).
SB40-SSA1, s. 870
14Section
870. 46.22 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,516,215
46.22
(1) (e) 1. In order to ensure the availability of a full range of care and
16services, a county department of social services may contract, either directly or
17through the department of health and family services, the department of
workforce
18development children and families, or the department of corrections, with public or
19voluntary agencies or others to purchase, in full or in part, care and services which
20the county department of social services is authorized by any statute to furnish in
21any manner. The services may be purchased from the department of health and
22family services, the department of
workforce development children and families, or
23the department of corrections if the department of health and family services, the
24department of
workforce development children and families, or the department of
25corrections has staff to furnish the services. The county department of social
1services, if it has adequate staff, may sell the care and services directly to another
2county or state agency.
SB40-SSA1,516,94
46.22
(1) (e) 2. A county department of social services may purchase
5development and training services from the department of health and family
6services, the department of
workforce development
children and families, or the
7department of corrections or from other county agencies if the services are available
8or sell the development and staff training services to another county or state agency
9if the county department of social services has adequate staff to provide the services.
SB40-SSA1, s. 872
10Section
872. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,516,2211
46.22
(1) (e) 3. a. A county department of social services shall develop, under
12the requirements of s. 46.036, plans and contracts for care and services, except under
13ch. 48, subch. III of ch. 49
, and s. 301.08 (2), to be purchased. The department of
14health and family services may review the contracts and approve them if they are
15consistent with s. 46.036 and to the extent that state or federal funds are available
16for such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of
17health and family services to submit the contracts to the committee for review and
18approval. The department of health and family services may not make any payments
19to a county for programs included in the contract that is under review by the
20committee. The department of health and family services shall reimburse each
21county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o)
22according to s. 46.495.
SB40-SSA1, s. 873
23Section
873. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,517,824
46.22
(1) (e) 3. b. A county department of social services shall develop, under
25the requirements of s. 49.34, plans and contracts for care and services under
ch. 48
1and subch. III of ch. 49 to be purchased. The department of
workforce development 2children and families may review the contracts and approve them if they are
3consistent with s. 49.34 and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for
4such purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of
5workforce development children and families to submit the contracts to the
6committee for review and approval. The department of
workforce development 7children and families may not make any payments to a county for programs included
8in the contract that is under review by the committee.
SB40-SSA1, s. 874
9Section
874. 46.22 (1) (e) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,517,2010
46.22
(1) (e) 3. c. A county department of social services shall develop, under
11the requirements of s. 301.08 (2), plans and contracts for juvenile
12delinquency-related care and services to be purchased. The department of
13corrections may review the contracts and approve them if they are consistent with
14s. 301.08 (2) and to the extent that state or federal funds are available for such
15purposes. The joint committee on finance may require the department of corrections
16to submit the contracts to the committee for review and approval. The department
17of corrections may not make any payments to a county for programs included in the
18contract that is under review by the committee. The department of corrections shall
19reimburse each county for the contracts from the appropriations under s. 20.410 (3)
20(cd)
and, (ko)
, and (r) as appropriate.
SB40-SSA1,518,522
46.22
(2g) (d) Prepare, with the assistance of the county social services director
23under sub. (3m) (b) 5., a proposed budget for submission to the county executive or
24county administrator, a final budget for submission to the department of health and
25family services in accordance with s. 46.031 (1) for authorized services, except
1services under
ch. 48, subch. III of ch. 49
, or s. 301.08 (2), a final budget for
2submission to the department of
workforce development
children and families in
3accordance with s. 49.325 for authorized services under
ch. 48 and subch. III of ch.
449
, and a final budget for submission to the department of corrections in accordance
5with s. 301.031 (1) for authorized juvenile delinquency-related services.
SB40-SSA1, s. 876
6Section
876. 46.22 (3m) (b) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,518,97
46.22
(3m) (b) 12. Establish priorities in addition to those mandated by the
8department of health and family services, by the department of
workforce
9development children and families, or by the department of corrections.
SB40-SSA1, s. 877
10Section
877. 46.22 (3m) (b) 17. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,518,1311
46.22
(3m) (b) 17. b. Such other reports as are required by the secretary of
12health and family services, the secretary of
workforce development children and
13families, the secretary of corrections
, and the county board of supervisors.
SB40-SSA1,518,2415
46.23
(3) (a)
Creation. Upon approval by the secretary of health and family
16services, by the secretary of corrections
, and by the secretary of
workforce
17development children and families of a feasibility study and a program
18implementation plan, the county board of supervisors of any county with a
19population of less than 500,000, or the county boards of supervisors of 2 or more
20contiguous counties, each of which has a population of less than 500,000, may
21establish by resolution a county department of human services on a single-county
22or multicounty basis to provide the services required under this section. The county
23department of human services shall consist of the county human services board, the
24county human services director and necessary personnel.
SB40-SSA1, s. 879
25Section
879. 46.23 (3) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,519,5
146.23
(3) (am) 4. No funds may be allocated to any multicounty department of
2human services until the counties have drawn up a detailed contractual agreement,
3approved by the secretary of health and family services, by the secretary of
4corrections
, and by the secretary of
workforce development children and families,
5setting forth the plan for joint sponsorship.
SB40-SSA1,519,237
46.23
(3) (e)
Exchange of information; long-term care. Notwithstanding ss.
846.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82,
9252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), a subunit of a county department of
10human services or tribal agency acting under this section may exchange confidential
11information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other
12subunit of the same county department of human services or tribal agency, with a
13resource center, a care management organization, or a
family long-term care
14district, with an elder-adult-at-risk agency, an adult-at-risk agency, or any agency
15to which referral for investigation is made under s. 46.90 (5) (a) 1. or 55.043 (1r) (a)
161g., or with a person providing services to the client under a purchase of services
17contract with the county department of human services or tribal agency or with a
18resource center, a care management organization, or a
family long-term care
19district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her
20duties, or to enable the county department of human services or tribal agency to
21coordinate the delivery of services to the client. An agency that releases information
22under this paragraph shall document that a request for information was received
23and what information was provided.
SB40-SSA1,520,7
146.23
(3) (ed)
Exchange of information; statewide automated child welfare
2information system. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78 (2)
3(a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a),
55.06 (17) (c) 55.22 (3), 146.82,
4252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c),
938.396 (1) and (2) (a) 938.396 (1) and (2), and 938.78
5(2) (a), a county department under this section may enter the content of any record
6kept or information received by that county department into the statewide
7automated child welfare information system established under s.
46.03 48.47 (7g).
SB40-SSA1,520,159
46.23
(5) (a) 1. Shall determine administrative and program policies, except as
10provided under
ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and except for juvenile
11delinquency-related policies, within limits established by the department of health
12and family services. Policy decisions, except as provided under
ch. 48 and subch. III
13of ch. 49 and except for juvenile delinquency-related policies, not reserved by statute
14for the department of health and family services may be delegated by the secretary
15to the county human services board.
SB40-SSA1, s. 883
16Section
883. 46.23 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: