AB718-ASA1,24 13Section 24. 46.18 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,18,2114 46.18 (15) Joint operation of health-related service. If the county board of
15supervisors, or the Milwaukee County mental health board, as applicable, so
16authorizes, the trustees of the county hospital may, together with a private or public
17organization or affiliation, organize, establish and participate in the governance and
18operation of an entity to operate, wholly or in part, any health-related service, may
19participate in the financing of the entity and may provide administrative and
20financial services or resources for its operation on terms prescribed by the county
21board of supervisors or the Milwaukee County mental health board, as applicable.
AB718-ASA1,25 22Section 25. 46.19 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,19,323 46.19 (4) The salaries of the superintendent, visiting physician and all
24necessary additional officers and employees shall be fixed by the county board. In
25Milwaukee County, the salaries of any superintendent of a mental health institution

1and the salaries of any visiting physician and necessary additional officers and
2employees whose duties are related to mental health shall be fixed by the county
3executive.
AB718-ASA1,26 4Section 26. 46.21 (2) (a), (j), (k), (m) and (q), (2m) (a) and (b) 1. (intro.), (3), (3g),
5(3r), (4), (4m) (a) and (b) and (6) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,19,196 46.21 (2) (a) Shall adopt policies for the management, operation, maintenance
7and improvement of the county hospital; the detention center; the probation section
8of the children's court center; the provision and maintenance of the physical facilities
9for the children's court and its intake section under the supervision and operation
10of the judges assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 and as provided
11in s. 938.06 (1); the mental health complex; the county department of human
12services; the central service departments; and all buildings and land used in
13connection with any institution under this section except a mental health
14institution
. The powers and duties of the county board of supervisors are policy
15forming only, and not administrative or executive. The county board of supervisors
16may not form policies regarding mental health or mental health institutions,
17programs, or services. The Milwaukee County mental health board shall adopt the
18policies under this paragraph regarding mental health and mental health
19institutions, programs, and services.
AB718-ASA1,20,620 (j) May exercise approval or disapproval power over contracts and purchases
21of the director that are for $50,000 or more, except that the county board of
22supervisors may not exercise approval or disapproval power over any personal
23service contract or over any contract or purchase of the director that relates to
24community living arrangements, adult family homes, or foster homes and that was
25entered into pursuant to a contract under s. 46.031 (2g) or 301.031 (2g), regardless

1of whether the contract mentions the provider, except as provided in par. (m). The
2county board of supervisors may not exercise approval or disapproval power over any
3contract relating to mental health or mental health institutions, programs, or
4services.
This paragraph does not preclude the county board of supervisors from
5creating a central purchasing department for all county purchases that are not
6related to mental health
.
AB718-ASA1,20,157 (k) Shall make sufficient appropriation annually for the support, maintenance,
8salaries, repairs and improvements to the county department of human services and
9the institutions, except for mental health institutions. The appropriations shall be
10used subject to the order of the director or administrator and as the policies adopted
11by the county board of supervisors provide. The director or administrator may not
12incur any expense or contract for new buildings, additions to present buildings or the
13purchase of land until the county board of supervisors, or the Milwaukee County
14mental health board, as applicable,
has appropriated or provided for the money to
15defray such expense.
AB718-ASA1,21,1316 (m) May establish and maintain in connection with such county hospital, an
17emergency unit or department for the treatment, subject to such rules as may be
18prescribed by the county board of supervisors, of persons in the county who may meet
19with accidents or be suddenly afflicted with illness not contagious; provided that
20medical care and treatment shall only be furnished in such unit or department until
21such time as the patient may be safely removed to another hospital or to his or her
22place of abode, or regularly admitted to the county hospital. The county board of
23supervisors may also contract with any private hospital or nonprofit hospital within
24the county for the use of its facilities and for medical service to be furnished by a
25licensed physician or physicians to patients who require emergency medical

1treatment or first aid as a result of any accident, injury or sudden affliction of illness
2occurring within the county, except that reasonable compensation may only be
3authorized until the patient is regularly admitted as an inpatient or safely removed
4to another hospital or to his place of abode. In this paragraph, "hospital" includes,
5without limitation due to enumeration, public health centers, medical facilities and
6general, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease and other types of hospitals and
7related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses' home and
8training facilities, and central service facilities operated in connection with
9hospitals. In this paragraph, "hospital" does not include any hospital furnishing
10primarily domiciliary care. In this paragraph "nonprofit hospital" means any
11hospital owned and operated by a corporation or association, no part of the net
12earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private
13shareholder or individual.
AB718-ASA1,21,2314 (q) May, together with a private or public organization or affiliation, organize,
15establish and participate in the governance and operation of an entity to operate,
16wholly or in part, any health-related service except a mental health-related service,
17may participate in the financing of the entity and may provide administrative and
18financial services or resources for its operation on terms prescribed by the county
19board of supervisors. The Milwaukee County mental health board may, together
20with a private or public organization or affiliation, organize, establish, and
21participate in the governance and operation of an entity to operate, wholly or in part,
22any mental health-related service, may participate in the financing of the entity, and
23may provide administrative and financial services or resources for its operation.
AB718-ASA1,22,6 24(2m) (a) Creation. The management, operation, maintenance and
25improvement of human services in a county with a population of 500,000 750,000 or

1more is vested in a county department of human services under the jurisdiction, as
2to policy, of the county board of supervisors or, as to mental health policy, the
3Milwaukee County mental health board
. The county department of human services
4shall consist of the director appointed under sub. (1m), any division administrator
5appointed under sub. (4) or s. 51.41 (9), and necessary personnel appointed by the
6director or appointed by a division administrator and approved by the director.
AB718-ASA1,22,107 (b) 1. (intro.) The county board of supervisors or, in matters related to mental
8health, the Milwaukee County mental health board
may transfer the powers and
9duties of any human services program under the control of the county and shall
10transfer all of the following to the county department of human services:
AB718-ASA1,22,18 11(3) Powers and duties of the director. All of the administrative and executive
12powers and duties of managing, operating, maintaining and improving the county
13department of human services and other institutions and departments that the
14county board of supervisors or, in matters of mental health, the Milwaukee County
15mental health board
may place under the jurisdiction of the director are vested in the
16director, subject to the policies and in accordance with the principles adopted by the
17county board of supervisors or, in matters of mental health, the Milwaukee County
18health board
.
AB718-ASA1,23,2 19(3g) Powers and duties of the administrator. All of the administrative and
20executive powers and duties of managing, operating, maintaining and improving the
21county hospital and other institutions and departments that the county board of
22supervisors or, in matters of mental health, the Milwaukee County mental health
23board
may place under the jurisdiction of the administrator are vested in the
24administrator, subject to the policies and in accordance with the principles adopted

1by the county board of supervisors or, in matters of mental health, the Milwaukee
2County mental health board
.
AB718-ASA1,23,9 3(3r) Other powers and duties. The county board of supervisors or, in matters
4of mental health, the Milwaukee County mental health board
may place under the
5jurisdiction of county entities not specified under this section the administrative and
6executive powers and duties of managing, operating, maintaining and improving
7institutions and departments or other responsibilities that are specified in sub. (2),
8including functions related to the central service departments and buildings and
9land used in connection with any institution under sub. (2).
AB718-ASA1,23,13 10(4) Management personnel. The Except as provided in s. 51.41 (9), the director
11may appoint personnel to manage the county department of human services and the
12administrator may appoint personnel to manage the county hospital, in accordance
13with ordinances of the county board of supervisors.
AB718-ASA1,23,21 14(4m) (a) The county hospitals and county sanatoriums of a county with a
15population of 500,000 750,000 or more shall be devoted to hospital service and the
16treatment of patients upon such terms and conditions as the county board of
17supervisors or, in matters of mental health, the Milwaukee County mental health
18board
establishes. The hospitals and sanatoriums may be utilized for instruction of
19medical students, physicians and nurses and for scientific and clinical research that
20will promote the welfare of the patients and assist the application of science to the
21alleviation of human suffering.
AB718-ASA1,23,2522 (b) Professional staff responsible for the care of patients under this subsection
23may submit bills for professional services under policies adopted by the county board
24of supervisors or under mental health policies adopted by the Milwaukee County
25mental health board
.
AB718-ASA1,24,11
1(6) Reports; expenditures. The director and the administrator shall submit
2annually to the county board of supervisors, or to the Milwaukee County mental
3health board in matters of mental health,
reports, including itemized statements of
4receipts and disbursements, at the times and in the manner that the county board
5of supervisors or Milwaukee County mental health board specifies and as are
6required to comply with applicable federal statutes and regulations and state
7statutes and rules. Disbursements shall be made in the manner that the county
8board of supervisors or Milwaukee County mental health board, as applicable,
9adopts, consistent with sound accounting and auditing procedure and with
10applicable federal statutes and regulations, state statutes and rules and
11requirements of the county auditor and county department of administration.
AB718-ASA1,27 12Section 27. 46.56 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,24,1513 46.56 (1) (a) "Administering agency" means a department designated by a
14county board of supervisors, by the Milwaukee County mental health board in
15Milwaukee County,
or by a tribe to administer an initiative.
AB718-ASA1,28 16Section 28. 46.56 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
17is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,24,2418 46.56 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if a county board of supervisors or
19the Milwaukee County mental health board
establishes an initiative under s. 59.53
20(7) or if a tribe establishes an initiative, the county board, Milwaukee County mental
21health board,
or tribe shall appoint a coordinating committee and designate an
22administering agency. The initiative may be funded by the county or tribe or the
23county board of supervisors, Milwaukee County mental health board, or tribe may
24apply for funding by the state in accordance with sub. (15).
AB718-ASA1,29
1Section 29. 46.56 (2) (b) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
2is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,25,143 46.56 (2) (b) A county may enter into an agreement with one or more other
4counties or tribes to establish an initiative and a tribe may enter into an agreement
5with one or more counties or tribes to establish an initiative. The parties to the
6agreement shall designate in the agreement a single lead administrative county or
7lead administrative tribe. The county board of the lead administrative county, the
8Milwaukee County mental health board, if Milwaukee County is the lead
9administrative county,
or the lead administrative tribe shall appoint a coordinating
10committee and designate an administering agency. The initiative may be funded by
11the participating entities, or the county board of supervisors of the lead
12administrative county, the Milwaukee County mental health board, if Milwaukee
13County is the lead administrative county,
or the lead administrative tribe may apply
14for funding by the state in accordance with sub. (15).
AB718-ASA1,30 15Section 30. 46.56 (3) (b) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,25,1816 46.56 (3) (b) 11. Representatives of the county board or, in Milwaukee County,
17the Milwaukee County mental health board
or, for an initiative established by a
18tribe, representatives of the elected governing body of the tribe.
AB718-ASA1,31 19Section 31. 46.56 (4) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
20is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,25,2321 46.56 (4) (d) If the county board of supervisors, Milwaukee County mental
22health board,
or tribe or a multi-entity initiative decides to seek state funding under
23sub. (15), develop the application in cooperation with the coordinating committee.
AB718-ASA1,32 24Section 32. 46.56 (15) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin
25Act 20
, is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,26,5
146.56 (15) (b) (intro.) In order to apply for funds under this subsection, the
2county board of supervisors, Milwaukee County mental health board, or tribe or, for
3a multi-entity initiative, the county board of the lead administrative county, the
4Milwaukee County mental health board, if Milwaukee County is the lead
5administrative county,
or the lead administrative tribe shall do all of the following:
AB718-ASA1,33 6Section 33. 51.08 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,26,17 751.08 Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex. Any county having a
8population of 500,000 or more may, pursuant to s. 46.17, establish and maintain a
9county mental health complex. The county mental health complex shall be a hospital
10devoted to the detention and care of drug addicts, alcoholics, chronic patients and
11mentally ill persons whose mental illness is acute. Such hospital shall be governed
12pursuant to s. 46.21. Treatment of alcoholics at the county mental health complex
13is subject to approval by the department under s. 51.45 (8). The county mental health
14complex established pursuant to this section is subject to rules promulgated by the
15department concerning hospital standards. The county board may not sell the
16county mental health complex under this section without approval of the Milwaukee
17County mental health board.
AB718-ASA1,34 18Section 34. 51.20 (18) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,26,2219 51.20 (18) (a) Unless previously fixed by the county board of supervisors or the
20Milwaukee County mental health board
in the county in which the examination is
21held, the examiners shall receive a fee as fixed by the court for participation in
22commitment proceedings, and reasonable reimbursement for travel expenses.
AB718-ASA1,35 23Section 35. 51.41 of the statutes is created to read:
AB718-ASA1,26,25 2451.41 Milwaukee County mental health; Milwaukee County mental
25health board.
AB718-ASA1,27,2
1(1) Duties of the board. The Milwaukee County mental health board shall do
2all of the following:
AB718-ASA1,27,43 (a) Oversee the provision of mental health programs and services in Milwaukee
4County.
AB718-ASA1,27,65 (b) Allocate moneys for mental health functions, programs, and services in
6Milwaukee County within the budget amount set in sub. (4) (a).
AB718-ASA1,27,77 (c) Make the final determination on mental health policy in Milwaukee County.
AB718-ASA1,27,98 (d) Replace the Milwaukee County board of supervisors in all mental health
9functions that are typically performed by a county board of supervisors.
AB718-ASA1,27,1110 (e) Facilitate delivery of mental health services in an efficient and effective
11manner by making a commitment to all of the following:
AB718-ASA1,27,1312 1. Community-based, person-centered, recovery-oriented, mental health
13systems.
AB718-ASA1,27,1414 2. Maximizing comprehensive community-based services.
AB718-ASA1,27,1615 3. Prioritizing access to community-based services and reducing reliance on
16institutional and inpatient care.
AB718-ASA1,27,1917 4. Protecting the personal liberty of individuals experiencing mental illness so
18that they may be treated in the least restrictive environment to the greatest extent
19possible.
AB718-ASA1,27,2120 5. Providing early intervention to minimize the length and depth of psychotic
21and other mental health episodes.
AB718-ASA1,27,2322 6. Diverting people experiencing mental illness from the corrections system
23when appropriate.
AB718-ASA1,27,2424 7. Maximizing use of mobile crisis units and crisis intervention training.
AB718-ASA1,28,2
1(f) Attempt to achieve costs savings in the provision of mental health programs
2and services in Milwaukee County.
AB718-ASA1,28,53 (g) Cooperate and consult with the department on recommendations for and
4establishing policy for inpatient mental health treatment facilities and related
5programs in Milwaukee County.
AB718-ASA1,28,11 6(2) Powers of the board; limitations. (a) The Milwaukee County mental
7health board may request information from the Milwaukee Mental Health Complex,
8a county department under s. 46.21 or 51.42 or any other Milwaukee County
9governmental unit that possesses mental health information in order to fulfill its
10duties of overseeing mental health functions, programs, and services in Milwaukee
11County.
AB718-ASA1,28,1912 (b) The Milwaukee County mental health board may not establish policies that
13change general audit, bill paying, payroll, and human resource procedures for
14Milwaukee County government or for the county department under s. 46.21 for
15divisions, branches, or functions other than those related to mental health. The
16Milwaukee County mental health board may change payroll and human resource
17procedures for the divisions, branches, and functions of the county department under
18s. 46.21 that relate to mental health only as authorized in this section and ss. 46.18,
1946.21, and 51.42.
AB718-ASA1,28,21 20(3) Public hearing. Annually, the Milwaukee County mental health board
21shall hold a public hearing in Milwaukee County as one of its required meetings.
AB718-ASA1,28,22 22(4) Milwaukee County mental health budget. (a) In this subsection:
AB718-ASA1,28,2423 1. "Community aids amount" means the amount of the mental health budget
24that is funded from the community aids allocation received under s. 46.40.
AB718-ASA1,29,3
12. "Mental health budget" means the part of the budget for Milwaukee County
2for a fiscal year that covers mental health functions, programs, and services in
3Milwaukee County.
AB718-ASA1,29,54 3. "Tax levy amount" means the amount of the mental health budget that is
5funded from revenues from the tax levy.
AB718-ASA1,29,106 (b) 1. The Milwaukee County mental health board shall propose to the
7Milwaukee County executive the total amount of the mental health budget, the
8community aids amount, and the tax levy amount. The Milwaukee County mental
9health board may not propose a tax levy amount that is less than $53,000,000 or more
10than $65,000,000, except as provided in subds. 5. and 6.
AB718-ASA1,29,1511 2. The county executive, in his or her proposed budget for Milwaukee County
12for a fiscal year, may include a tax levy amount that is different than the tax levy
13amount proposed under subd. 1., but the county executive may not include a tax levy
14amount that is less than $53,000,000 or more than $65,000,000, except as provided
15in subds. 5. and 6.
AB718-ASA1,29,2116 3. The county board of supervisors shall allocate to mental health functions,
17programs, and services an amount from the county's community aids allocation
18received under s. 46.40 that maintains or increases the expenditures for mental
19health functions, programs, and services paid from the county's community aids
20allocation in the previous fiscal year to the extent of the availability of community
21aids funds from the state.
AB718-ASA1,29,2422 4. Except as provided in subds. 5. and 6., the county board of supervisors shall
23incorporate into the budget for Milwaukee County for a fiscal year all of the
24following:
AB718-ASA1,30,2
1a. The tax levy amount as proposed by the county executive under subd. 2. and
2the amount of the community aids allocation determined under subd. 3.
AB718-ASA1,30,53 b. An amount equal to the total amount of the mental health budget proposed
4under subd. 1., less the community aids amount proposed under subd. 1 and the tax
5levy amount proposed under subd. 1.
AB718-ASA1,30,166 5. If the Milwaukee County mental health board transfers to itself jurisdiction
7of a function, service, or program under sub. (5) (b) that it did not have jurisdiction
8over on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the tax levy
9amount proposed under subd. 2. is increased by an amount equal to the amount
10derived from revenue from the tax levy that was expended by Milwaukee County for
11the transferred function, service, or program in the fiscal year before the fiscal year
12in which the function, program, or service is transferred. The $65,000,000 limit
13imposed under subds. 1. and 2. upon the tax levy amount may be exceeded by the
14amount of the increase under this subdivision in any fiscal year in which the
15Milwaukee County mental health board has jurisdiction over the transferred
16function, service or program.
AB718-ASA1,30,2017 6. If a majority of the Milwaukee County mental health board and a majority
18of the Milwaukee County board of supervisors approves and the Milwaukee County
19executive agrees the tax levy amount may be less than $53,000,000 or more than
20$65,000,000 for a fiscal year.
AB718-ASA1,31,221 (c) Except as allowed under pars. (b) 2., 3., 4., 5., and 6. and (d), the Milwaukee
22County board of supervisors may not in a fiscal year provide funding, and the
23Milwaukee County executive may not in a fiscal year approve funding, for mental
24health functions, services, and programs that is less than or more than the total

1amount of the mental health budget proposed under par. (b) 1. for that fiscal year for
2those mental health functions, services, and programs.
AB718-ASA1,31,103 (d) The treasurer in Milwaukee County shall hold any moneys that at the end
4of a fiscal year have not been expended or encumbered from the amount budgeted
5for mental health functions, programs, and services in a mental health reserve fund.
6Moneys in the reserve fund may be used at any time to cover deficits in the
7Milwaukee County mental health budget. If the amount in the reserve fund exceeds
8$10,000,000, the amount exceeding $10,000,000 may be used at any time for any
9mental health function, program, or service in Milwaukee County. Moneys in the
10reserve fund may be used only for the purposes described in this paragraph.
AB718-ASA1,31,19 11(5) Jurisdiction of Milwaukee County board. (a) The Milwaukee County
12board of supervisors has no jurisdiction over any mental health policy, functions,
13programs, or services. The Milwaukee County board of supervisors may not create
14new mental health functions, programs, or services that are under the jurisdiction
15of the board of supervisors. Any dispute between the Milwaukee County board of
16supervisors and the Milwaukee County mental health board over whether a
17function, program, or service is a mental health function, program, or service under
18the jurisdiction of the Milwaukee County mental health board shall be resolved by
19the secretary of health services.
AB718-ASA1,31,2520 (b) The Milwaukee County mental health board may transfer jurisdiction over
21a Milwaukee County function, service, or program to itself that pertains to mental
22health or is highly integrated with mental health services and that is not under its
23jurisdiction by statute or by agreement with the Milwaukee County board of
24supervisors, by an affirmative vote of 8 of the voting Milwaukee County mental
25health board members if the secretary of health services approves the transfer.
AB718-ASA1,32,5
1(6) Payment of board expenditures. (a) The Milwaukee County board of
2supervisors and the department shall enter an agreement for the payment of
3expenses of the Milwaukee County mental health board and for the performance of
4the audit and the completion of the report under 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act),
5section 53 (4).
AB718-ASA1,32,96 (b) The Milwaukee County board of supervisors shall arrange for the payment
7of expenses from the mental health budget, as defined in sub. (4) (a) 2., according to
8the agreement under par. (a). All payments shall be credited to the appropriation
9account under s. 20.435 (5) (kf).
AB718-ASA1,32,13 10(7) County department requirements. (a) A county department under s. 46.21
11or 51.42 in Milwaukee County may not impede the Milwaukee County mental health
12board in performing its duties under this section or exercising its powers under this
13section.
AB718-ASA1,32,1614 (b) A county department under s. 46.21 or 51.42 in Milwaukee County shall
15respond to any requests for information from the Milwaukee County mental health
16board.
AB718-ASA1,32,24 17(8) Reports; studies. (a) By March 1, 2015, and annually by March 1
18thereafter, the Milwaukee County mental health board shall submit to the
19Milwaukee County executive, the Milwaukee County board of supervisors, and the
20department a report including a description of the funding allocations for Milwaukee
21County's mental health functions, services, and programs and a description of any
22improvements and efficiencies in those mental health functions, programs, and
23services. The department shall provide access to the report under this subsection to
24the public including posting the report on the department's Internet site.
AB718-ASA1,33,8
1(b) The Milwaukee County mental health board shall arrange for a study to be
2conducted on alternate funding sources for mental health services and programs
3including fee-for-service models, managed care models that integrate mental
4health services into the contracts with an increased offset through basic county
5allocation reduction, and other funding models. By March 1, 2016, the Milwaukee
6County mental health board shall submit to the Milwaukee County board of
7supervisors, the Milwaukee County executive, and the department a report of the
8results of the study.
AB718-ASA1,33,18 9(9) Administrator. (a) The Milwaukee County executive shall nominate an
10individual to be the administrator of any division or branch of the department under
11s. 46.21 that administers behavioral health for Milwaukee County. The nominated
12individual may be hired as the administrator only upon approval of the Milwaukee
13County mental health board. If the county executive does not nominate an
14individual by June 1, 2015, the Milwaukee County mental health board may hire an
15individual to be the administrator. Upon a vacancy in the position of administrator,
16if the county executive does not nominate an individual within 12 months of the date
17the position becomes vacant, the Milwaukee County mental health board may hire
18an individual to be the administrator.
AB718-ASA1,33,2219 (b) The Milwaukee County executive shall determine the salary and benefits
20and the job duties of the administrator. The county executive may not assign the
21administrator any duties that are not related to mental health functions, programs,
22and services in Milwaukee County.
AB718-ASA1,33,2423 (c) 1. The administrator under this subsection may be removed by the
24Milwaukee County mental health board by a vote of 8 members of that board.
AB718-ASA1,34,5
12. The Milwaukee County executive may recommend removal of the
2administrator under this subsection to the Milwaukee County mental health board.
3If the county executive recommends removal under this subdivision, the Milwaukee
4County mental health board may remove the administrator upon a vote of 6 members
5of that board.
AB718-ASA1,34,86 (d) The Milwaukee County board of supervisors may not hire, remove, or
7discipline; set the salary or benefits of, or assign or remove any job duties of the
8administrator under this subsection.
AB718-ASA1,34,13 9(10) Mental health contracts. Any contract related to mental health with a
10value of at least $100,000, to which Milwaukee County is a party may take effect only
11if the Milwaukee County mental health board votes to approve, or does not vote to
12reject, the contract within 28 days after the contract is signed or countersigned by
13the county executive.
AB718-ASA1,34,21 14(11) Transition liaison position. (a) The Milwaukee County executive shall
15nominate an individual who has knowledge of the services provided by and the
16mental health systems of Milwaukee County to be a transition liaison to assist the
17Milwaukee County mental health board in the transition of oversight functions. The
18transition liaison shall be assigned or hired to that position only upon approval of the
19Milwaukee County mental health board. The transition liaison shall be assigned to
20or employed in that position for no longer than 12 months, except that the county
21executive may grant extensions to the term of that position.
AB718-ASA1,34,2322 (b) 1. The Milwaukee County executive shall determine the salary and benefits
23and the job duties of the transition liaison assigned or hired under par. (a).
AB718-ASA1,35,524 2. The Milwaukee County executive may remove the transition liaison
25assigned or hired under par. (a). If the Milwaukee County executive removes the

1transition liaison assigned or hired under par. (a) before the 12 months following the
2date of the assignment or hiring of the initial transition liaison have expired, the
3Milwaukee County executive shall nominate another transition liaison to serve for
4at least the remainder of the 12 months following the date of the assignment or hiring
5of the initial transition liaison.
AB718-ASA1,35,86 (c) The Milwaukee County board of supervisors may not hire, remove, or
7discipline; set the salary or benefits of; or assign or remove any job duties of the
8transition liaison assigned or hired under this subsection.
AB718-ASA1,36 9Section 36. 51.42 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB718-ASA1,36,1610 51.42 (1) (b) County liability. The county board of supervisors except in
11Milwaukee County,
has the primary responsibility for the well-being, treatment and
12care of the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, alcoholic and other drug
13dependent citizens residing within its county and for ensuring that those individuals
14in need of such emergency services found within its county receive immediate
15emergency services. In Milwaukee County, the Milwaukee County mental health
16board has the primary responsibility for the well-being, treatment and care of the
17mentally ill, alcoholic, and other drug dependent citizens residing within Milwaukee
18County and for ensuring that those individuals in need of such emergency services
19found within Milwaukee County receive immediate emergency services. The county
20board of supervisors of Milwaukee County has the primary responsibility for the
21well-being, treatment, and care of the developmentally disabled citizens residing
22within Milwaukee County, except where the responsibility is delegated explicitly
23under this section to the Milwaukee County mental health board, and for ensuring
24that developmentally disabled individuals in need of such emergency services found
25within Milwaukee County receive immediate emergency services.
This primary

1responsibility is limited to the programs, services and resources that the county
2board of supervisors, or, as applicable, the Milwaukee County mental health board,
3is reasonably able to provide within the limits of available state and federal funds
4and of county funds required to be appropriated to match state funds. County
5liability for care and services purchased through or provided by a county department
6of community programs established under this section shall be based upon the
7client's county of residence except for emergency services for which liability shall be
8placed with the county in which the individual is found. For the purpose of
9establishing county liability, "emergency services" includes those services provided
10under the authority of s. 55.05 (4), 2003 stats., or s. 55.06 (11) (a), 2003 stats., or s.
1151.15, 51.45 (11) (a) or (b) or (12), 55.13, or 55.135 for not more than 72 hours.
12Nothing in this paragraph prevents recovery of liability under s. 46.10 or any other
13statute creating liability upon the individual receiving a service or any other
14designated responsible party, or prevents reimbursement by the department of
15health services for the actual cost of all care and services from the appropriation
16under s. 20.435 (7) (da), as provided in s. 51.22 (3).
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