SB395,8,93 980.065 (2) The department may contract with the department of corrections
4for the provision of a secure mental health unit or facility for persons committed
5under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care. The department shall operate a
6secure mental health unit or facility provided by the department of corrections under
7this subsection and shall promulgate rules governing the custody and discipline of
8persons placed by the department in the secure mental health unit or facility
9provided by the department of corrections under this subsection.
SB395, s. 10 10Section 10. 980.066 of the statutes is created to read:
SB395,8,18 11980.066 Policies concerning treatment and conduct of detained and
12committed persons.
(1) Definition. In this section, "institution privileges"
13include liberty to move around a facility or a unit within a facility, visitation
14privileges, access to and use of personal property, including clothing, money, bank
15accounts and televisions, radios and other entertainment devices, access to reading
16material, receipt and sending of mail, receipt and making of telephone calls, access
17to religious worship or other religious activities, and time to engage in exercise or
18other recreation or leisure activities.
SB395,9,4 19(2) Policies relating to treatment and conduct. Subject to sub. (3), the
20department shall establish and implement policies relating to treatment for and
21conduct of persons who have been detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under
22s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care. The policies may provide for distinct
23management levels that are based on a person's treatment needs, on the person's
24participation in treatment and conduct, on the management and security needs of
25the facility at which a person is detained or placed and on other relevant factors, as

1determined by the department. The management levels may differ from each other
2as to the responsibilities required of, and the institution privileges allowed to, a
3person assigned to the management level. The policies may also provide for all of the
4following:
SB395,9,85 (a) That a person may be assigned to a management level that allows additional
6institution privileges if the person complies with the policies relating to conduct and
7participates in and completes prescribed treatment or any part or phase of prescribed
8treatment.
SB395,9,129 (b) That a person may be assigned to a management level that limits or denies
10institution privileges if the person violates any policy relating to conduct or fails or
11refuses to participate in or complete prescribed treatment or any part or phase of
12prescribed treatment.
SB395,9,1513 (c) The use of physical restraint and isolation for purposes relating to a person's
14treatment or for purposes of preventing a person from physically harming others or
15protecting a person from being physically harmed by others.
SB395,9,2116 (d) That all persons in a facility or in a unit of a facility may be locked in their
17rooms during the night shift, for a specified period during each change of shift by staff
18or as an emergency measure as needed for security purposes. If the policies provide
19for periods of unit-wide or facility-wide isolation, the policies shall require staff to
20periodically review the status of each person to ensure the health and safety of the
21person.
SB395,9,2322 (e) The use of physical restraint for security reasons during transport to or from
23the facility in which the person has been detained or placed.
SB395,10,3
1(3) Rights of detained and committed persons. The policies relating to
2treatment and conduct that are established and implemented under sub. (2) shall
3provide the following rights to a person to whom the policies apply:
SB395,10,84 (a) The right not to be subjected, without the person's informed written consent,
5to drastic treatment procedures, such as psychosurgery or electroconvulsive therapy,
6or experimental treatment or research that involves the use of any drug, ingested
7substance, surgical procedure or other drastic or extreme behavior modification
8techniques.
SB395,10,109 (b) The right to be informed of any experimental treatment or research that will
10be used, or that is being considered for use, to treat the person.
SB395,10,1211 (c) The right to refuse psychotropic medication except in an emergency
12situation or as ordered under sub. (5).
SB395,10,1613 (d) The right to reasonable privacy in toileting and bathing, subject to
14reasonable measures, including video and audio monitoring, that are related to the
15protection of the person from harm, to the protection of other persons from harm or
16to other security or management needs of the facility or unit.
SB395,10,21 17(4) Competency generally. (a) No person is deemed incompetent to manage
18his or her affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational or motor vehicle
19operator's licenses, to marry or to obtain a divorce, to vote, to make a will or to
20exercise any other civil right solely by reason of his or her detention under s. 980.04
21(1) or commitment under s. 980.06.
SB395,11,422 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the policies relating to treatment and conduct
23that are established and implemented under sub. (2) may limit the exercise of a civil
24right by a person who has been detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s.
25980.06 and placed in institutional care or may require the person to obtain the

1department's approval before exercise of a civil right, if the limitation or the
2requirement for the department's approval is reasonably related to the person's
3treatment needs, to the security or management needs of the facility or unit in which
4the person has been detained or placed or to the safety of others.
SB395,11,17 5(5) Competency to refuse psychotropic medication. (a) If a person detained
6under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care is
7not subject to a court order determining the person to be not competent to refuse
8psychotropic medication for the defendant's mental condition and if the facility at
9which the person has been detained or placed determines that the defendant should
10be subject to such a court order, the department may file with the court, with notice
11to the person and, if applicable, the person's attorney, a motion for a hearing under
12the standard specified in s. 51.61 (1) (g) 4., on whether the person is not competent
13to refuse psychotropic medication. A report on which the motion is based shall
14accompany the motion and notice of motion and shall include a statement signed by
15a licensed physician that asserts that the defendant needs psychotropic medication
16and that the person is not competent to refuse psychotropic medication, based on an
17examination of the person by a licensed physician.
SB395,12,318 (b) Within 10 days after a motion is filed under par. (a), the court, without a jury,
19shall determine the person's competency to refuse psychotropic medication. At the
20request of the person or the person's counsel, the hearing may be postponed, but in
21no case may the postponed hearing be held more than 20 days after a motion is filed
22under this subsection. If the person and the person's counsel waive the opportunity
23to present other evidence on the issue, the court shall determine the person's
24competency to refuse psychotropic medication on the basis of the report
25accompanying the motion. In the absence of these waivers, the court shall hold an

1evidentiary hearing on the issue. Upon consent of all parties and approval by the
2court for good cause shown, testimony may be received into the record of the hearing
3by telephone or live audiovisual means.
SB395,12,104 (c) If, at a hearing under par. (b), the department proves by evidence that is
5clear and convincing that the person is not competent to refuse psychotropic
6medication under the standard specified in s. 51.61 (1) (g) 4., the court shall make
7a determination and issue as part of the detention order under s. 980.04 (1) or the
8commitment order under s. 980.06, whichever is applicable, an order that the person
9is not competent to refuse psychotropic medication and that whoever administers the
10medication to the person shall observe appropriate medical standards.
SB395,12,19 11(6) Grievance system. The department shall establish a system by which a
12person detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 and placed in
13institutional care may file a grievance concerning a policy established under sub. (2)
14or an action taken toward the person under those policies. The grievance system
15shall have written policies and procedures regarding the uses and operation of the
16grievance system and may provide for an informal process for resolving grievances,
17a formal process for resolving grievances in cases in which the informal process fails
18to resolve grievances, and a process to appeal to the director of the unit or facility a
19decision made as part of any formal process for resolving grievances.
SB395,13,2 20(7) Notice of policies and grievance system. A person detained under s.
21980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care shall, upon
22admission to the facility at which he or she is detained or placed, be informed orally
23and in writing of the policies established under sub. (2) and the grievance system
24established under sub. (6). Copies of the policies relating to conduct shall be posted

1conspicuously in areas of the facility that are regularly accessible to persons detained
2under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care.
SB395,13,7 3(8) Applicability. A person detained under s. 980.04 (1) or committed under
4s. 980.06 and placed in institutional care is subject to the policies established under
5sub. (2) and is not subject to s. 51.61, 1997 stats., regardless of whether the detention
6order or commitment order was issued before, on or after the effective date of this
7subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
SB395, s. 11 8Section 11. 980.08 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is
9amended to read:
SB395,13,1610 980.08 (1) Any person who is committed under s. 980.06 and placed in
11institutional care
may petition the committing court to modify its the commitment
12order by authorizing placement on supervised release if at least 18 months have
13elapsed since the initial commitment order was entered or at least 6 months have
14elapsed since the most recent release petition was denied or the most recent order
15for supervised release was revoked. The director of the facility at which the person
16is placed may file a petition under this subsection on the person's behalf at any time.
SB395, s. 12 17Section 12. 980.08 (6m) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
18is amended to read:
SB395,14,2319 980.08 (6m) An order for supervised release places the person in the custody
20and control of the department. The department shall arrange for control, care and
21treatment of the person in the least restrictive manner consistent with the
22requirements of the person and in accordance with the plan for supervised release
23approved by the court under sub. (5). A person on supervised release is subject to the
24conditions set by the court and to the rules of the department. Before a person is
25placed on supervised release by the court under this section, the court shall so notify

1the municipal police department and county sheriff for the municipality and county
2in which the person will be residing. The notification requirement under this
3subsection does not apply if a municipal police department or county sheriff submits
4to the court a written statement waiving the right to be notified. If the department
5alleges that a released person has violated any condition or rule, or that the safety
6of others requires that supervised release be revoked, he or she may be taken into
7custody under the rules of the department. The department shall submit a
8statement showing probable cause of the detention and a petition to revoke the order
9for supervised release to the committing court and the regional office of the state
10public defender responsible for handling cases in the county where the committing
11court is located within 72 hours after the detention, excluding Saturdays, Sundays
12and legal holidays. The court shall hear the petition within 30 days, unless the
13hearing or time deadline is waived by the detained person. Pending the revocation
14hearing, the department may detain the person in a jail or in a hospital, center or
15facility specified by s. 51.15 (2). The state has the burden of proving by clear and
16convincing evidence that any rule or condition of release has been violated, or that
17the safety of others requires that supervised release be revoked. If the court
18determines after hearing that any rule or condition of release has been violated, or
19that the safety of others requires that supervised release be revoked, it may revoke
20the order for supervised release and order that the released person be placed again
21in an appropriate institution institutional care until the person is discharged from
22the commitment under s. 980.09 or until again placed on supervised release under
23this section.
SB395, s. 13 24Section 13. 980.09 (1) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
25is amended to read:
SB395,15,6
1980.09 (1) (c) If the court is satisfied that the state has not met its burden of
2proof under par. (b), the petitioner shall be discharged from the custody or
3supervision of the department. If the court is satisfied that the state has met its
4burden of proof under par. (b), the court may proceed to determine, using the criterion
5specified in s. 980.08 (4), whether to modify the petitioner's existing commitment
6order by authorizing placement on supervised release.
SB395, s. 14 7Section 14. 980.09 (2) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
8is amended to read:
SB395,15,149 980.09 (2) (c) If the court is satisfied that the state has not met its burden of
10proof under par. (b), the person shall be discharged from the custody or supervision
11of the department. If the court is satisfied that the state has met its burden of proof
12under par. (b), the court may proceed to determine, using the criterion specified in
13s. 980.08 (4), whether to modify the person's existing commitment order by
14authorizing placement on supervised release.
SB395, s. 15 15Section 15. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB395,16,216 (1) Determination of management level for persons committed under
17chapter 980.
If the policies established under section 980.066 (2) of the statutes, as
18created by this act, relating to treatment for and conduct of persons detained or
19committed under chapter 980 of the statutes create distinct management levels for
20those persons, the department of health and family services shall, no later than the
21first day of the 7th month beginning after the date on which the policies take effect,
22conduct an assessment of each person in its custody who has been detained under
23section 980.04 (1) of the statutes or placed in institutional care pursuant to a
24commitment order issued under section 980.06 of the statutes, regardless of the date

1on which the detention order or commitment order was issued, to determine the
2management level at which the person is to be placed.
SB395, s. 16 3Section 16. Effective date.
SB395,16,54 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after
5publication.
SB395,16,66 (End)
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