A procedure for the involuntary commitment of a sexually violent person is
begun by the filing of a petition that alleges that the person is a sexually violent

person. The petition must be filed shortly before the person is going to be released
from confinement that resulted from the commission of a sexually violent offense.
The court in which the petition is filed must review the petition and decide whether
to detain the person in a facility approved by DHFS pending a trial to determine
whether the person is a sexually violent person. If, after the trial, a person is found
by a judge or jury to be a sexually violent person, the person must be committed to
the custody of DHFS and placed in institutional care.
A person detained pending trial or placed in institutional care under the
sexually violent person law has the same patient rights accorded under the mental
health statutes to other persons who have been civilly committed for mental health
treatment. Among these patient rights are the following:
1) A right to refuse all medication and treatment. This right, however, may be
denied in a situation in which the medication or treatment is necessary to prevent
serious physical harm to the patient or to others or when a court has found that the
individual is not competent to refuse medication or treatment either because the
individual is incapable of expressing an understanding of the advantages and
disadvantages of accepting medication or treatment and the alternatives to
medication or treatment or because the individual is substantially incapable of
applying an understanding of the advantages, disadvantages and alternatives to his
or her mental illness in order to make an informed choice as to whether to accept or
refuse medication or treatment.
2) A right to be free from physical restraint and isolation except for emergency
situations or when isolation or restraint is a part of a treatment program. Generally,
isolation or restraint may be used only when less restrictive measures are ineffective
or not feasible, must be used for the shortest time possible, and, when used, are
subject to frequent period review. However, patients at the maximum security
facility at the Mendota Mental Health Institute may, under certain specified
conditions, be locked in their rooms during the night shift, during each change of
shift by staff and when needed for security purposes during certain emergencies,
such an escape or attempted escape.
3) A right not to be subjected to experimental research without the express and
informed consent of the patient and of the patient's guardian, after consultation with
independent specialists and the patient's legal counsel, and a right not to be
subjected to electroconvulsive treatment or certain drastic treatment procedures,
such as psychosurgery, without the express and informed consent of the patient after
consultation with his or her counsel and legal guardian, if any.
4) A right not to be filmed or taped without the informed and voluntary consent
of the patient, except that certain patients may generally be filmed or taped for
security purposes without informed consent.
5) A right to access to a telephone to make and receive telephone calls, within
reasonable limits, and a right to be permitted to see visitors each day.
6) A right to use and wear his or her own clothing and personal articles and to
use his or her money as he or she chooses.
7) A right to present grievances under a grievance procedure that DHFS must
establish to assure that these rights are protected and enforced (except that certain

institutions, such as Mendota Mental Health Institute, establish their own
grievance procedures).
The patient rights guaranteed under current law may be denied for cause after
review by the director of the facility in which the patient is residing and may be
denied for medical or therapeutic reasons, as documented by the patient's physician
or licensed psychologist in the patient's treatment record. The patient may have the
withdrawal of the right reviewed by using an informal hearing procedure or the
established grievance procedure or by bringing a civil action for an injunction or
money damages.
What this bill does
This bill provides that a person who has been detained pending a trial in a
sexually violent person proceeding or who has been committed to institutional care
after being found to be a sexually violent person is not subject to the patient rights
provisions of the mental health statutes. Instead, the bill requires DHFS to establish
and implement policies relating to treatment for and conduct of these persons.
Under the bill, the policies established and implemented by DHFS may provide
for distinct management levels that are based on a person's treatment needs, on the
person's participation in treatment and conduct, on the management and security
needs of the facility at which a person is detained or placed and on other relevant
factors, as determined by DHFS. Except as noted below, instead of guaranteeing a
specific set of rights that may be denied for cause or for medical reasons, as current
law does, the management levels may differ from each other as to the responsibilities
required of, and the institution privileges allowed to, a person assigned to the
management level. The assignment of a person to a particular management level
must be based on the assessment of a qualified professional.
The bill specifies that the policies established and implemented by DHFS may
provide for a person to be assigned to a management level that allows additional
institution privileges if the person complies with the policies relating to conduct and
participates in and completes prescribed treatment or any part or phase of prescribed
treatment. Likewise, the policies may provide for a person to be assigned to a
management level that limits or denies institution privileges if the person violates
any policy relating to conduct or fails or refuses to participate in or complete
prescribed treatment or any part or phase of prescribed treatment. The limitation
or denial of institution privileges may not be for the purpose of punishment and must
be reasonably related to the person's treatment needs, to the security or management
needs of the facility, or to the safety of others. The institution privileges that may
be granted or denied based on a person's management level include liberty to move
around the facility, visitation privileges, access to and use of personal property,
receipt and sending of mail, receipt and making of telephone calls, and time to engage
in exercise or other recreation or leisure activities. The bill specifies also that the
policies may provide for the use of physical restraint and isolation for purposes
relating to a person's treatment, to protect persons from physical harm, and to
provide security while transporting a person to or from a facility, and during night
shift, shift changes and emergencies.

The policies established under the bill must also provide certain rights to
persons detained or committed to institutional care under the sexually violent
person law, including the right to refuse psychotropic medication except in an
emergency situation or when a court has determined, under the same standard
provided under current law (see item 1 under Current law, above), that a person is
not competent to refuse psychotropic medication, and the right not to be subjected,
without the person's informed written consent, to drastic treatment procedures, such
as psychosurgery or electroconvulsive therapy, or to experimental treatment or
research that involves the use of any drug, ingested substance, surgical procedure
or other drastic or extreme behavior modification techniques.
The bill also requires DHFS to establish a system by which a person may file
a grievance concerning the policies or an action taken under the policies. The
grievance system must be in writing and may provide for an informal process for
resolving grievances, a formal process for resolving grievances in cases in which the
informal process fails to resolve grievances, and a process to appeal to the director
of the unit or facility a decision made as part of any formal process for resolving
grievances. A person may not commence any kind of civil action relating to
conditions in the facility in which he or she is detained or committed until he or she
has first gone through the grievance process established by DHFS.
Finally, the bill provides that a person who has been detained or committed to
institutional care under the sexually violent person law is not deemed incompetent
to manage his or her affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational or motor
vehicle operator's licenses, to marry or to obtain a divorce, to vote, to make a will or
to exercise any other civil right solely by reason of his or her detention or
commitment. However, the policies relating to treatment and conduct that are
established and implemented under the bill may limit the exercise of a civil right by
a person or may require the person to obtain the approval of DHFS before exercise
of a civil right, if the limitation or the requirement for approval is not for the purpose
of punishment and is reasonably related to the person's treatment needs, to the
security of the facility or unit in which the person has been placed or to the safety of
others. With respect to the right of a person to vote, the bill specifically provides that
the person's residence as an elector is to be determined based on his or her residence
at the time he or she committed the sexually violent offense that was the basis for
the petition that initiated the sexually violent person commitment proceeding and
that the person is presumed to intend to return to that residence unless he or she
presents information that indicates that he or she would not be likely to return to
that residence if released from detention or institutional care.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB809, s. 1 1Section 1. 6.10 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB809,5,11
16.10 (7m) The residence of a person who is detained under s. 980.04 (1) or
2committed under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care shall be determined by
3applying the standard specified in sub. (1) to the facts that existed on the date that
4the person committed the sexually violent offense that resulted in the sentence,
5placement or commitment that was in effect when the petition against the person
6was filed under s. 980.02 and by considering the person's residence at the place where
7the person resided on the date of that sexually violent offense to be prima facie
8evidence of intent to return to that place. The prima facie evidence of intent to return
9to a place may be rebutted by presenting information that indicates that the person
10would not be likely to return to that place if the person is released from detention or
11institutional care.
AB809, s. 2 12Section 2. 6.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB809,6,213 6.30 (4) By mail. Any eligible elector who is located not more than 50 miles from
14his or her legal voting residence or any person who is detained under s. 980.04 (1) or
15committed under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care
may register by mail on
16a form prescribed by the board and provided by each municipality. The form shall
17be designed to obtain the information required in ss. 6.33 (1) and 6.40 (1) (a) and (b).
18The form shall contain a certification by the elector that all statements are true and
19correct. The form shall be prepostpaid for return when mailed at any point within
20the United States, and. The form shall be signed by a special registration deputy, or
21shall be signed and substantiated by one other elector residing in the same
22municipality in which the registering elector resides or, in the case of a person
23detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional
24care, by a designated employe of the department of health and family services
,
25corroborating all material statements therein. The form shall be available in the

1municipal clerk's office and may be distributed by any elector of the municipality.
2The clerk shall mail a registration form to any elector upon written or oral request.
AB809, s. 3 3Section 3. 51.30 (4) (b) 25. of the statutes is created to read:
AB809,6,84 51.30 (4) (b) 25. To a law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.83 (1) (b), for
5the purpose of investigating a criminal offense. Records released under this
6subdivision are limited to records concerning a person detained under s. 980.04 (1)
7or committed under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care that are relevant to the
8investigation of the offense.
AB809, s. 4 9Section 4. 51.61 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB809,7,210 51.61 (1) (intro.) In this section, "patient" means any individual who is
11receiving services for mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism or drug
12dependency, including any individual who is admitted to a treatment facility in
13accordance with this chapter or ch. 48 or 55 or who is detained, committed or placed
14under this chapter or ch. 48, 55, 971, or 975 or 980, or who is transferred to a
15treatment facility under s. 51.35 (3) or 51.37 or who is receiving care or treatment
16for those conditions through the department or a county department under s. 51.42
17or 51.437 or in a private treatment facility. "Patient" does not include persons
18committed under ch. 975 who are transferred to or residing in any state prison listed
19under s. 302.01 or persons detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06
20and placed in institutional care
. In private hospitals and in public general hospitals,
21"patient" includes any individual who is admitted for the primary purpose of
22treatment of mental illness, developmental disability, alcoholism or drug abuse but
23does not include an individual who receives treatment in a hospital emergency room
24nor an individual who receives treatment on an outpatient basis at those hospitals,

1unless the individual is otherwise covered under this subsection. Except as provided
2in sub. (2), each patient shall:
AB809, s. 5 3Section 5. 801.02 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB809,7,94 801.02 (8) No person detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06
5and placed in institutional care may commence a civil action or special proceeding,
6including a petition for a writ of certiorari, with respect to conditions in the facility
7in which he or she has been detained or committed until the person has exhausted
8all available administrative remedies provided by the grievance system established
9under s. 980.066 (6).
AB809, s. 6 10Section 6. 905.04 (4) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB809,7,1611 905.04 (4) (j) Investigation of crimes; sexually violent persons. There is no
12privilege under this section as to a communication made by or information
13concerning a person detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 and
14placed in institutional care if the communication or information is relevant to the
15investigation of a criminal offense by a law enforcement agency, as defined in s.
16165.83 (1) (b), and is contained in a record released under s. 51.30 (4) (b) 25.
AB809, s. 7 17Section 7. 980.065 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
18is amended to read:
AB809,7,2319 980.065 (1m) The department shall place If a person is committed under s.
20980.06 and placed in institutional care, the department shall place the person at the
21secure mental health facility established under s. 46.055, the Wisconsin resource
22center established under s. 46.056 or a secure mental health unit or facility provided
23by the department of corrections under sub. (2).
AB809, s. 8 24Section 8. 980.065 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is
25amended to read:
AB809,8,7
1980.065 (2) The department may contract with the department of corrections
2for the provision of a secure mental health unit or facility for persons committed
3under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care. The department shall operate a
4secure mental health unit or facility provided by the department of corrections under
5this subsection and shall promulgate rules governing the custody and discipline of
6persons placed by the department in the secure mental health unit or facility
7provided by the department of corrections under this subsection.
AB809, s. 9 8Section 9. 980.066 of the statutes is created to read:
AB809,9,5 9980.066 Policies concerning treatment and conduct of detained and
10committed persons.
(1g) Legislative purpose. The legislature finds that patients
11detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 for control, care and
12treatment have different needs for control, care and treatment from other civilly
13committed patients. There are significant clinical differences between patients
14detained or committed under this chapter and other civilly committed patients.
15Patients detained or committed under this chapter are less vulnerable and more
16dangerous as a population than other civilly committed patients. The special
17treatment needs of patients detained or committed under this chapter conflict with
18the patient rights provided under s. 51.61. The type of symptomology and behaviors
19displayed by patients detained or committed under this chapter is better treated in
20an environment of therapeutic levels and strict monitoring of institution privileges.
21When patients detained or committed under this chapter are introduced into an
22environment where they immediately receive a full range of institution privileges
23and patient rights, they are more likely to engage in manipulative and predatory
24behaviors. This undermines the treatment goals for patients detained or committed
25under this chapter and could contribute to an increased recidivism rate. The purpose

1of this section is to provide a therapeutic setting for the control, care and treatment
2of patients detained or committed under this chapter that is safe and secure, that
3prevents acts of victimization through abuse of patient rights and institution
4privileges and that promotes progress in treatment so that the patient becomes less
5likely to engage in acts of sexual violence in the future.
AB809,9,12 6(1r) Definition. In this section, "institution privileges" include liberty to move
7around a facility or a unit within a facility, visitation privileges, access to and use of
8personal property, including clothing, money, bank accounts and televisions, radios
9and other entertainment devices, access to reading material, receipt and sending of
10mail, receipt and making of telephone calls, time to engage in exercise or other
11recreation or leisure activities, and any other activity that may affect institutional
12security or the treatment or safety of a detained or committed person.
AB809,9,25 13(2) Policies relating to treatment and conduct. Subject to sub. (3), the
14department shall establish and implement policies relating to treatment for and
15conduct of persons who have been detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under
16s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care. The policies may provide for distinct
17management levels that are based on a person's treatment needs, on the person's
18participation in treatment and conduct, on the management and security needs of
19the facility at which a person is detained or placed and on other relevant factors, as
20determined by the department. The management levels may differ from each other
21as to the responsibilities required of, and the institution privileges allowed to, a
22person assigned to the management level, except that institution privileges may not
23be limited to the extent that the limitations would violate the constitutional rights
24of persons who have been detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06
25and placed in institution care. If the policies provide for distinct management levels,

1the policies shall also provide that a person's assignment to a particular
2management level shall be based on the assessment of a qualified professional. The
3policies may also provide for all of the following:
AB809,10,74 (a) That for the purpose of determining the management level at which the
5person is to be placed, a person may be assigned to a management level that provides
6the minimum institution privileges allowed by the constitution for the time period
7reasonably required to complete the assessment.
AB809,10,118 (b) That a person may be assigned to a management level that allows additional
9institution privileges if the person complies with the policies relating to conduct and
10participates in and completes prescribed treatment or any part or phase of prescribed
11treatment.
AB809,10,1812 (c) That a person may be assigned to a management level that limits or denies
13institution privileges if the person violates any policy relating to conduct or fails or
14refuses to participate in or complete prescribed treatment or any part or phase of
15prescribed treatment. The limitation or denial of institution privileges shall be
16reasonably related to the person's treatment needs, to the security or management
17needs of the facility, or to the safety of others, and the limitation or denial of
18institution privileges may not be for the purpose of punishment.
AB809,10,2119 (d) The use of physical restraint and isolation for purposes relating to a person's
20treatment or for purposes of preventing a person from physically harming others or
21protecting a person from being physically harmed by others.
AB809,11,222 (e) That all persons in a facility or in a unit of a facility may be locked in their
23rooms during the night shift, for a specified period during each change of shift by staff
24or as an emergency measure as needed for security purposes. If the policies provide
25for periods of unit-wide or facility-wide isolation, the policies shall require staff to

1periodically review the status of each person to ensure the health and safety of the
2person.
AB809,11,43 (f) The use of physical restraint for security reasons during transport to or from
4the facility in which the person has been detained or placed.
AB809,11,7 5(3) Rights of detained and committed persons. The policies relating to
6treatment and conduct that are established and implemented under sub. (2) shall
7provide the following rights to a person to whom the policies apply:
AB809,11,128 (a) The right not to be subjected, without the person's informed written consent,
9to drastic treatment procedures, such as psychosurgery or electroconvulsive therapy,
10or experimental treatment or research that involves the use of any drug, ingested
11substance, surgical procedure or other drastic or extreme behavior modification
12techniques.
AB809,11,1413 (b) The right to be informed of any experimental treatment or research that will
14be used, or that is being considered for use, to treat the person.
AB809,11,1615 (c) The right to refuse psychotropic medication except in an emergency
16situation or as ordered under sub. (5).
AB809,11,2117 (d) The right to reasonable privacy in toileting and bathing, subject to
18reasonable measures, including video and audio monitoring and collecting
19specimens for urinalysis, that are related to the protection of the person from harm,
20to the protection of other persons from harm, to treatment needs or to other security
21or management needs of the facility or unit.
AB809,12,2 22(4) Competency generally. (a) No person is deemed incompetent to manage
23his or her affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational or motor vehicle
24operator's licenses, to marry or to obtain a divorce, to vote, to make a will or to

1exercise any other civil right solely by reason of his or her detention under s. 980.04
2(1) or commitment under s. 980.06.
AB809,12,73 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the policies relating to treatment and conduct
4that are established and implemented under sub. (2) may limit the exercise of a civil
5right by a person who has been detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s.
6980.06 and placed in institutional care or may require the person to obtain the
7department's approval before exercise of a civil right, if both of the following apply:
AB809,12,108 1. The limitation or requirement for the department's approval is reasonably
9related to the person's treatment needs, to the security or management needs of the
10facility or to the safety of others.
AB809,12,1211 2. The limitation or requirement for the department's approval is not for the
12purpose of punishment.
AB809,12,25 13(5) Competency to refuse psychotropic medication. (a) If a person detained
14under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care is
15not subject to a court order determining the person to be not competent to refuse
16psychotropic medication for the defendant's mental condition and if the facility at
17which the person has been detained or placed determines that the defendant should
18be subject to such a court order, the department may file with the court, with notice
19to the person and, if applicable, the person's attorney, a motion for a hearing under
20the standard specified in s. 51.61 (1) (g) 4., on whether the person is not competent
21to refuse psychotropic medication. A report on which the motion is based shall
22accompany the motion and notice of motion and shall include a statement signed by
23a licensed physician that asserts that the defendant needs psychotropic medication
24and that the person is not competent to refuse psychotropic medication, based on an
25examination of the person by a licensed physician.
AB809,13,11
1(b) Within 10 days after a motion is filed under par. (a), the court, without a jury,
2shall determine the person's competency to refuse psychotropic medication. At the
3request of the person or the person's counsel, the hearing may be postponed, but in
4no case may the postponed hearing be held more than 20 days after a motion is filed
5under this subsection. If the person and the person's counsel waive the opportunity
6to present other evidence on the issue, the court shall determine the person's
7competency to refuse psychotropic medication on the basis of the report
8accompanying the motion. In the absence of these waivers, the court shall hold an
9evidentiary hearing on the issue. Upon consent of all parties and approval by the
10court for good cause shown, testimony may be received into the record of the hearing
11by telephone or live audiovisual means.
AB809,13,1812 (c) If, at a hearing under par. (b), the department proves by evidence that is
13clear and convincing that the person is not competent to refuse psychotropic
14medication under the standard specified in s. 51.61 (1) (g) 4., the court shall make
15a determination and issue as part of the detention order under s. 980.04 (1) or the
16commitment order under s. 980.06, whichever is applicable, an order that the person
17is not competent to refuse psychotropic medication and that whoever administers the
18medication to the person shall observe appropriate medical standards.
AB809,14,2 19(6) Grievance system. The department shall establish a system by which a
20person detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 and placed in
21institutional care may file a grievance concerning a policy established under sub. (2)
22or an action taken toward the person under those policies. The grievance system
23shall have written policies and procedures regarding the uses and operation of the
24grievance system and may provide for an informal process for resolving grievances,
25a formal process for resolving grievances in cases in which the informal process fails

1to resolve grievances, and a process to appeal to the director of the unit or facility a
2decision made as part of any formal process for resolving grievances.
AB809,14,9 3(7) Notice of policies and grievance system. A person detained under s.
4980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care shall, upon
5admission to the facility at which he or she is detained or placed, be informed orally
6and in writing of the policies established under sub. (2) and the grievance system
7established under sub. (6). Copies of the policies relating to conduct shall be posted
8conspicuously in areas of the facility that are regularly accessible to persons detained
9under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care.
AB809,14,14 10(8) Applicability. A person detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under
11s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care is subject to the policies established under
12sub. (2) and is not subject to s. 51.61, 1997 stats., regardless of whether the detention
13order or commitment order was issued before, on or after the effective date of this
14subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
AB809,14,16 15(9) Rules. The department may promulgate rules establishing guidelines for
16the exercise of discretion under this section.
AB809, s. 10 17Section 10. 980.08 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is
18amended to read:
AB809,14,2519 980.08 (1) Any person who is committed under s. 980.06 and placed in
20institutional care
may petition the committing court to modify its the commitment
21order by authorizing placement on supervised release if at least 18 months have
22elapsed since the initial commitment order was entered or at least 6 months have
23elapsed since the most recent release petition was denied or the most recent order
24for supervised release was revoked. The director of the facility at which the person
25is placed may file a petition under this subsection on the person's behalf at any time.
AB809, s. 11
1Section 11. 980.08 (6m) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
2is amended to read:
AB809,16,73 980.08 (6m) An order for supervised release places the person in the custody
4and control of the department. The department shall arrange for control, care and
5treatment of the person in the least restrictive manner consistent with the
6requirements of the person and in accordance with the plan for supervised release
7approved by the court under sub. (5). A person on supervised release is subject to the
8conditions set by the court and to the rules of the department. Before a person is
9placed on supervised release by the court under this section, the court shall so notify
10the municipal police department and county sheriff for the municipality and county
11in which the person will be residing. The notification requirement under this
12subsection does not apply if a municipal police department or county sheriff submits
13to the court a written statement waiving the right to be notified. If the department
14alleges that a released person has violated any condition or rule, or that the safety
15of others requires that supervised release be revoked, he or she may be taken into
16custody under the rules of the department. The department shall submit a
17statement showing probable cause of the detention and a petition to revoke the order
18for supervised release to the committing court and the regional office of the state
19public defender responsible for handling cases in the county where the committing
20court is located within 72 hours after the detention, excluding Saturdays, Sundays
21and legal holidays. The court shall hear the petition within 30 days, unless the
22hearing or time deadline is waived by the detained person. Pending the revocation
23hearing, the department may detain the person in a jail or in a hospital, center or
24facility specified by s. 51.15 (2). The state has the burden of proving by clear and
25convincing evidence that any rule or condition of release has been violated, or that

1the safety of others requires that supervised release be revoked. If the court
2determines after hearing that any rule or condition of release has been violated, or
3that the safety of others requires that supervised release be revoked, it may revoke
4the order for supervised release and order that the released person be placed again
5in an appropriate institution institutional care until the person is discharged from
6the commitment under s. 980.09 or until again placed on supervised release under
7this section.
AB809, s. 12 8Section 12. 980.09 (1) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
9is amended to read:
AB809,16,1510 980.09 (1) (c) If the court is satisfied that the state has not met its burden of
11proof under par. (b), the petitioner shall be discharged from the custody or
12supervision of the department. If the court is satisfied that the state has met its
13burden of proof under par. (b), the court may proceed to determine, using the criterion
14specified in s. 980.08 (4), whether to modify the petitioner's existing commitment
15order by authorizing placement on supervised release.
AB809, s. 13 16Section 13. 980.09 (2) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
17is amended to read:
AB809,16,2318 980.09 (2) (c) If the court is satisfied that the state has not met its burden of
19proof under par. (b), the person shall be discharged from the custody or supervision
20of the department. If the court is satisfied that the state has met its burden of proof
21under par. (b), the court may proceed to determine, using the criterion specified in
22s. 980.08 (4), whether to modify the person's existing commitment order by
23authorizing placement on supervised release.
AB809, s. 14 24Section 14. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB809,17,11
1(1) Determination of management level for persons committed under
2chapter 980.
If the policies established under section 980.066 (2) of the statutes, as
3created by this act, relating to treatment for and conduct of persons detained or
4committed under chapter 980 of the statutes create distinct management levels for
5those persons, the department of health and family services shall, no later than the
6first day of the 13th month beginning after the date on which the policies take effect,
7conduct an assessment of each person in its custody who has been detained under
8section 980.04 (1) of the statutes or placed in institutional care pursuant to a
9commitment order issued under section 980.06 of the statutes, regardless of the date
10on which the detention order or commitment order was issued, to determine the
11management level at which the person is to be placed.
AB809, s. 15 12Section 15. Effective date.
AB809,17,1413 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 13th month beginning after
14publication.
AB809,17,1515 (End)
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