SB502,17,2315 (b) Notice; information required. The person requesting the trial reunification
16shall submit the request to the court. That person or the court shall cause written
17notice of the requested or proposed trial reunification to be sent to the child, the
18parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, any foster parent or other physical
19custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child, the child's court-appointed special
20advocate, all parties who are bound by the dispositional order, and, if the child is an
21Indian child who has been removed from the home of his or her parent or Indian
22custodian, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe. The notice shall contain the
23information that is required to be included in the request or proposal under par. (a).
SB502,18,624 (c) Hearing; when required. Any person receiving the notice under par. (b),
25other than a court-appointed special advocate, may obtain a hearing on the matter

1by filing an objection with the court within 10 days after receipt of the notice. If a
2hearing is scheduled, not less than 3 days before the hearing the person requesting
3the trial reunification or the court shall provide notice of the hearing to all person
4who are entitled to receive notice under par. (b). A copy of the request or proposal
5for the trial reunification shall be attached to the notice. If all of the parties consent,
6the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
SB502,18,227 (d) Order. If the court finds that the trial reunification is in the best interests
8of the child and that the trial reunification satisfies the objectives of the child's case
9plan, the court shall grant an order authorizing the trial reunification. A trial
10reunification shall terminate 90 days after the date of the order, unless the court
11specifies a shorter period in the order, extends the trial reunification under sub. (3),
12or revokes the trial reunification under sub. (4) (c) or the person or agency primarily
13responsible for implementing the dispositional order makes an emergency change in
14placement as provided in sub. (4) (d). No trial reunification order may extend the
15expiration date of the original dispositional order under s. 48.355 or any extension
16order under s. 48.365. A trial reunification under this section is not a change in
17placement under s. 48.357. At the end of a trial reunification, the person or agency
18primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order may return the child
19to an out-of-home placement without further order of the court, notwithstanding s.
2048.357, or may request a change in placement under s. 48.357 (1) (am) to change the
21placement of the child to a placement in the home of the child's parent or other home
22from which the child was removed.
SB502,19,7 23(3) Extension of trial reunification. (a) Extension request or proposal. The
24person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order may
25request, or the court on its own motion may propose, an extension of the trial

1reunification. The request or proposal shall contain a statement describing how the
2trial reunification continues to be in the best interests of the child and continues to
3meet the objectives of the child's case plan. No later than 10 days prior to the
4expiration of the trial reunification, the person who requests or proposes the
5extension shall submit the request or proposal to the court that ordered the trial
6reunification and shall cause notice of the request or proposal to be provided to all
7persons who are entitled to receive notice under sub. (2) (b).
SB502,19,168 (b) Extension hearing; when required. Any person who is entitled to receive
9notice of the extension request or proposal under par. (a), other than a
10court-appointed special advocate, may obtain a hearing on the matter by filing an
11objection with the court within 5 days after receipt of the notice. If a hearing is
12scheduled, not less than 3 days before the hearing the person requesting the
13extension or the court shall provide notice of the hearing to all persons who are
14entitled to receive notice of the extension request or proposal under par. (a). A copy
15of the request or proposal for the extension shall be attached to the notice. If all of
16the parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
SB502,19,2217 (c) Extension order. If the court finds that the trial reunification continues to
18be in the best interests of the child and continues to meet the objectives of the child's
19case plan, the court shall grant an order extending the trial reunification for a period
20specified by the court not to exceed 60 days. Any number of extensions may be
21granted under this paragraph, but the total period for a trial reunification may not
22exceed 150 days.
SB502,20,10 23(4) Revocation of trial reunification. (a) Revocation request; information
24required.
If the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the
25dispositional order has reasonable cause to suspect that a child who has been

1returned to the home of his or her parent or other home from which the child was
2removed for a trial reunification has been abused or neglected, has reason to believe
3that such a child has been threatened with abuse or neglect and that abuse or neglect
4of the child is likely to occur, or otherwise has reason to believe that the trial
5reunification is longer in the best interests of the child, that person or agency may
6request the court to revoke the trial reunification. That person or agency shall
7submit the request to the court that ordered the trial reunification and shall cause
8notice of the request to be provided to all persons who are entitled to receive notice
9of the trial reunification under a sub. (2) (b). The request shall contain the reasons
10for the proposed revocation.
SB502,20,1811 (b) Revocation hearing; when required. Any person who is entitled to receive
12notice of the revocation request under par. (a), other than a court-appointed special
13advocate, may obtain a hearing on the matter by filing an objection with the court
14within 5 days after receipt of the notice. If a hearing is scheduled, not less than 3 days
15prior to the hearing the court shall provide notice of the hearing, together with a copy
16of the request for the revocation, to all persons who are entitled to receive notice
17under par. (a). If all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the
18hearing.
SB502,20,2519 (c) Revocation order. If the court finds that the child, while returned to the home
20of his or her parent or other home from which the child was removed for a trial
21reunification, has been abused or neglected, or has been threatened with abuse or
22neglect and that abuse or neglect of the child is likely to occur, or finds that the trial
23reunification is no longer in the best interests of the child, the court shall grant an
24order revoking the trial reunification and returning the child to an out-of-home
25placement.
SB502,21,4
1(d) Emergency change in placements. If an emergency condition necessitates
2an immediate removal of the child from the home of his or her parent or other home
3from which the child was removed, the person or agency primarily responsible for
4implementing the dispositional order may proceed as provided in s. 48.357 (2).
SB502,21,15 5(5) Removal from foster home or other physical custodian. If a hearing is
6held under sub. (2) (c) and the trial reunification would remove a child from a foster
7home or other placement with a physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), the court
8shall give the foster parent or other physical custodian a right to be heard at the
9hearing by permitting the foster parent or other physical custodian to make a written
10or oral statement during the hearing or to submit a written statement prior to the
11hearing relating to the child and the requested trial reunification. A foster parent
12or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who receives notice of a hearing
13under sub. (2) (c) and a right to be heard under this subsection does not become a
14party to the proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving
15that notice and right to be heard.
SB502,21,21 16(6) Prohibited trial reunifications based on homicide of parent. (a)
17Prohibition. Except as provided in par. (c), the court may not order a trial
18reunification in the home of a person who has been convicted under s. 940.01 of the
19first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional
20homicide, of a parent of the child, if the conviction has not been reversed, set aside,
21or vacated.
SB502,22,222 (b) Revocation. Except as provided in par. (c), if a parent in whose home a child
23is placed for a trial reunification is convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree
24intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of

1the child's other parent, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside, or
2vacated, the court shall revoke the trial reunification as provided in sub. (4) (c).
SB502,22,63 (c) Exception. Paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply if the court determines by
4clear and convincing evidence that the placement would be in the best interests of
5the child. The court shall consider the wishes of the child in making that
6determination.
SB502, s. 34 7Section 34. 48.363 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,22,218 48.363 (1) (a) A child, the child's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian
9custodian, an expectant mother, an unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad
10litem, any person or agency bound by a dispositional order, or the district attorney
11or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered
12may request a revision in the order that does not involve a change in placement or
13a trial reunification
, including a revision with respect to the amount of child support
14to be paid by a parent. The court may also propose a revision. The request or court
15proposal shall set forth in detail the nature of the proposed revision and what new
16information is available that affects the advisability of the court's disposition. The
17request or court proposal shall be submitted to the court. The court shall hold a
18hearing on the matter prior to any revision of the dispositional order if the request
19or court proposal indicates that new information is available which affects the
20advisability of the court's dispositional order, unless written waivers of objections to
21the revision are signed by all parties entitled to receive notice and the court approves.
SB502, s. 35 22Section 35. 48.365 (2g) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,23,223 48.365 (2g) (b) 2. An evaluation of the child's adjustment to the placement and
24of any progress the child has made, suggestions for amendment of the permanency
25case plan, and specific information showing the efforts that have been made to

1achieve the goal of the permanency case plan, including, if applicable, the efforts of
2the parents to remedy the factors that contributed to the child's placement.
SB502, s. 36 3Section 36. 48.365 (2g) (b) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
479
, is amended to read:
SB502,23,235 48.365 (2g) (b) 3. If the child has been placed outside of his or her home in a
6foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or shelter
7care facility for 15 of the most recent 22 months, not including any period during
8which the child was a runaway from the out-of-home placement or the first 6 months
9of any period during which the child
was returned to his or her home for a trial home
10visit
reunification, a statement of whether or not a recommendation has been made
11to terminate the parental rights of the parents of the child. If a recommendation for
12a termination of parental rights has been made, the statement shall indicate the date
13on which the recommendation was made, any previous progress made to accomplish
14the termination of parental rights, any barriers to the termination of parental rights,
15specific steps to overcome the barriers and when the steps will be completed, reasons
16why adoption would be in the best interest of the child, and whether or not the child
17should be registered with the adoption information exchange. If a recommendation
18for termination of parental rights has not been made, the statement shall include an
19explanation of the reasons why a recommendation for termination of parental rights
20has not been made. If the lack of appropriate adoptive resources is the primary
21reason for not recommending a termination of parental rights, the agency shall
22recommend that the child be registered with the adoption information exchange or
23report the reason why registering the child is contrary to the best interest of the child.
SB502, s. 37 24Section 37. 48.365 (2m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,24,11
148.365 (2m) (a) 1. Any party may present evidence relevant to the issue of
2extension. If the child is placed outside of his or her home, the person or agency
3primarily responsible for providing services to the child shall present as evidence
4specific information showing that the person or agency has made reasonable efforts
5to achieve the goal of the child's permanency case plan, including, if appropriate,
6through an out-of-state placement, under. If an Indian child is placed outside the
7home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the person or agency primarily
8responsible for providing services to the Indian child shall also present as evidence
9specific information showing that active efforts under s. 48.028 (4) (d) 2. have been
10made to prevent the breakup of the Indian child's family and that those efforts have
11proved unsuccessful.
SB502, s. 38 12Section 38. 48.365 (2m) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,24,2113 48.365 (2m) (a) 1m. The judge shall make findings of fact and conclusions of
14law based on the evidence. The findings of fact shall include a finding as to whether
15reasonable efforts were made by the person or agency primarily responsible for
16providing services to the child to achieve the goal of the child's permanency case plan,
17including, if appropriate, through an out-of-state placement, under. If the child is
18an Indian child who is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian
19custodian, the findings of fact shall also include a finding that active efforts under
20s. 48.028 (4) (d) 2. were made to prevent the breakup of the Indian child's family and
21that those efforts have proved unsuccessful. An order shall be issued under s. 48.355.
SB502, s. 39 22Section 39. 48.365 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,25,623 48.365 (2m) (a) 3. The judge shall make the findings under subd. 1m. relating
24to reasonable efforts to achieve the goal of the child's permanency case plan and the
25findings under subd. 2. on a case-by-case basis based on circumstances specific to

1the child and shall document or reference the specific information on which those
2findings are based in the order issued under s. 48.355. An order that merely
3references subd. 1m. or 2. without documenting or referencing that specific
4information in the order or an amended order that retroactively corrects an earlier
5order that does not comply with this subdivision is not sufficient to comply with this
6subdivision.
SB502, s. 40 7Section 40. 48.365 (2m) (ad) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,25,118 48.365 (2m) (ad) If the judge finds that any of the circumstances under s.
948.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies with respect to a parent, the judge shall hold a hearing
10under s. 48.38 (4m) within 30 days after the date of that finding to determine the
11permanency case plan for the child.
SB502, s. 41 12Section 41. 48.365 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,25,1513 48.365 (7) Nothing in this section may be construed to allow any changes in
14placement or trial reunifications. Changes in placement may take place only under
15s. 48.357, and trial reunifications may take place only under s. 48.358.
SB502, s. 42 16Section 42. 48.371 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,25,2217 48.371 (1) (a) Results of an HIV test, as defined in s. 252.01 (2m), of the child,
18as provided under s. 252.15 (3m) (d) 15., including results included in a court report
19or permanency case plan. At the time that the HIV test results are provided, the
20agency shall notify the foster parent, relative, or operator of the group home or
21residential care center for children and youth of the confidentiality requirements
22under s. 252.15 (6).
SB502, s. 43 23Section 43. 48.371 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,26,3
148.371 (1) (b) Results of any tests of the child to determine the presence of viral
2hepatitis, type B, including results included in a court report or permanency case
3plan.
SB502, s. 44 4Section 44. 48.371 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,26,165 48.371 (3) (intro.) At the time of placement of a child in a foster home, group
6home, or residential care center for children and youth or in the home of a relative
7other than a parent or, if the information is not available at that time, as soon as
8possible after the date on which the court report or permanency case plan has been
9submitted, but no later than 7 days after that date, the agency, as defined in s. 48.38
10(1) (a), responsible for preparing the child's permanency case plan shall provide to
11the foster parent, relative, or operator of the group home or residential care center
12for children and youth information contained in the court report submitted under s.
1348.33 (1), 48.365 (2g), 48.425 (1), 48.831 (2), or 48.837 (4) (c) or permanency case plan
14submitted under s. 48.355 (2e), 48.38, 48.43 (1) (c) or (5) (c), 48.63 (4) or (5) (c), or
1548.831 (4) (e) relating to findings or opinions of the court or agency that prepared the
16court report or permanency case plan relating to any of the following:
SB502, s. 45 17Section 45. 48.371 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,26,2418 48.371 (4) Subsection (1) does not preclude an agency, as defined in s. 48.38 (1)
19(a), that is arranging for the placement of a child from providing the information
20specified in sub. (1) (a) to (c) to a person specified in sub. (1) (intro.) before the time
21of placement of the child. Subsection (3) does not preclude an agency, as defined in
22s. 48.38 (1) (a), responsible for preparing a child's court report or permanency case
23plan from providing the information specified in sub. (3) (a) to (e) to a person specified
24in sub. (3) (intro.) before the time of placement of the child.
SB502, s. 46 25Section 46. 48.371 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,27,6
148.371 (5) Except as permitted under s. 252.15 (6), a foster parent, relative, or
2operator of a group home or residential care center for children and youth that
3receives any information under sub. (1) or (3), other than the information described
4in sub. (3) (e), shall keep the information confidential and may disclose that
5information only for the purposes of providing care for the child or participating in
6a court hearing or permanency case plan review concerning the child.
SB502, s. 47 7Section 47. Subchapter VII (title) of chapter 48 [precedes 48.38] of the statutes
8is amended to read:
SB502,27,9 9chapter 48
SB502,27,10 10Subchapter VII
SB502,27,11 11permanency case planning; records
SB502, s. 48 12Section 48. 48.38 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,27,13 1348.38 (title) Permanency Case planning.
SB502, s. 49 14Section 49. 48.38 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,27,1815 48.38 (1) (am) "Independent agency" means a private, nonprofit organization,
16but does not include a licensed child welfare agency that is authorized to prepare
17permanency case plans or that is assigned the primary responsibility of providing
18services under a permanency case plan.
SB502, s. 50 19Section 50. 48.38 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 48.02 (1v) and amended
20to read:
SB502,27,2321 48.02 (1v) "Permanency Case plan" means a plan designed to ensure that a
22child is reunified with his or her family whenever appropriate, or that the child
23quickly attains a placement or home providing long-term stability.
SB502, s. 51 24Section 51. 48.38 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,28,9
148.38 (2) Permanency Case plan required. (intro.) Except as provided in sub.
2(3), for each child living in a foster home, group home, residential care center for
3children and youth, juvenile detention facility, or shelter care facility, the agency that
4placed the child or arranged the placement or the agency assigned primary
5responsibility for providing services to the child under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 6g. shall
6prepare a written permanency case plan, if any of the following conditions exists,
7and, for each child living in the home of a relative other than a parent, that agency
8shall prepare a written permanency case plan, if any of the conditions specified in
9pars. (a) to (e) exists:
SB502, s. 52 10Section 52. 48.38 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,28,1611 48.38 (3) Time. Subject to sub. (4m) (a), the agency shall file the permanency
12case plan with the court within 60 days after the date on which the child was first
13removed from his or her home, except that if the child is held for less than 60 days
14in a juvenile detention facility, juvenile portion of a county jail, or a shelter care
15facility, no permanency case plan is required if the child is returned to his or her home
16within that period.
SB502, s. 53 17Section 53. 48.38 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,28,1918 48.38 (4) Contents of plan. (intro.) The permanency case plan shall include
19all of the following:
SB502, s. 54 20Section 54. 48.38 (4) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,29,321 48.38 (4) (ar) A description of the services offered and any services provided in
22an effort to prevent the removal of the child from his or her home, while assuring that
23the health and safety of the child are the paramount concerns, and to achieve the goal
24of the permanency case plan, except that the permanency case plan is not required
25to include a description of the services offered or provided with respect to a parent

1of the child to prevent the removal of the child from the home or to achieve the
2permanency case plan goal of returning the child safely to his or her home if any of
3the circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies to that parent.
SB502, s. 55 4Section 55. 48.38 (4) (br) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,29,145 48.38 (4) (br) 2. If the child has one or more siblings who have also been
6removed from the home, a description of the efforts made to place the child in a
7placement that enables the sibling group to remain together and, if a decision is made
8not to place the child and his or her siblings in a joint placement, a statement as to
9why a joint placement would be contrary to the safety or well-being of the child or
10any of those siblings and a description of the efforts made to provide for frequent
11visitation or other ongoing interaction between the child and those siblings. If a
12decision is made not to provide for that visitation or interaction, the permanency case
13plan shall include a statement as to why that visitation or interaction would be
14contrary to the safety or well-being of the child or any of those siblings.
SB502, s. 56 15Section 56. 48.38 (4) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,29,2016 48.38 (4) (f) 3. Improve the conditions of the parents' home to facilitate the safe
17return of the child to his or her home, or, if appropriate, obtain an alternative
18permanent placement
for the child a placement for adoption, with a guardian, with
19a fit and willing relative, or in some other planned permanent living arrangement
20in which the child is in a long-term relationship with an adult
.
SB502, s. 57 21Section 57. 48.38 (4) (fg) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,30,1122 48.38 (4) (fg) (intro.) The goal of the permanency case plan or, if the agency is
23making concurrent reasonable efforts under engaging in concurrent planning, as
24defined in
s. 48.355 (2b) (a), the primary and concurrent goals of the permanency case
25plan. If a goal of the permanency case plan is any goal other than return of the child

1to his or her home
to place the child for adoption, with a guardian, or with a fit and
2willing relative
, the permanency case plan shall include the rationale for deciding
3on that goal. If a goal of the permanency plan is an alternative permanent placement
4under subd. 5., the permanency plan shall document a compelling reason why it
5would not be in the best interest of the child to pursue a goal specified in subds. 1.
6to 4.
and the efforts made to achieve that goal, including, if appropriate, through an
7out-of-state placement. If the agency determines under s. 48.355 (2b) (b) to engage
8in concurrent planning, the case plan shall include the rationale for that
9determination and a description of the concurrent plan and the primary and
10concurrent goals of the concurrent plan.
The agency shall determine one or more of
11the following goals to be the goal or goals of a child's permanency case plan:
SB502, s. 58 12Section 58. 48.38 (4) (fg) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,30,1613 48.38 (4) (fg) 5. Some As provided in par. (fm), some other alternative planned
14permanent placement living arrangement in which the child is in a long-term
15relationship with an adult
, including sustaining care, independent living, or
16long-term foster care, but not including independent living.
SB502, s. 59 17Section 59. 48.38 (4) (fm) of the statutes is renumbered 48.38 (4) (fm) (intro.)
18and amended to read:
SB502,30,2519 48.38 (4) (fm) (intro.) If the goal of the permanency plan is to agency determines
20that there is a compelling reason why it would not be in the best interests of the child
21to return the child to his or her home or to
place the child for adoption, with a
22guardian, or with a fit and willing relative, or the permanency goal of placing the
23child
in some other alternative planned permanent placement, living arrangement
24described in par. (fg) 5. If the agency makes that determination, the plan shall
25include all of the following:
SB502,31,4
12. The compelling reason why it would not be in the best interests of the child
2to return the child to his or her home or to place the child for adoption, with a
3guardian, or with a fit and willing relative and
the efforts made to achieve that goal,
4including, if appropriate, through an out-of-state placement.
SB502, s. 60 5Section 60. 48.38 (4) (fm) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB502,31,86 48.38 (4) (fm) 1. A concurrent plan under s. 48.355 (2b) (b) towards achieving
7a permanency goal under par. (fg) 1. to 4. as well as the permanency goal under par.
8(fg) 5.
SB502, s. 61 9Section 61. 48.38 (4) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,31,1710 48.38 (4) (i) A statement as to whether the child's age and developmental level
11are sufficient for the court to consult with the child at the permanency case plan
12determination hearing under sub. (4m) (c) or at the permanency case plan hearing
13under sub. (5m) (c) 2. or s. 48.43 (5) (b) 2. or for the court or panel to consult with the
14child at the permanency case plan review under sub. (5) (bm) 2. and, if a decision is
15made that it would not be age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for the
16court or panel to consult with the child, a statement as to why consultation with the
17child would not be appropriate.
SB502, s. 62 18Section 62. 48.38 (4m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,31,2019 48.38 (4m) (title) Reasonable efforts not required; Permanency permanency
20case plan determination hearing.
SB502, s. 63 21Section 63. 48.38 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,32,622 48.38 (4m) (a) If in a proceeding under s. 48.21, 48.32, 48.355, 48.357, or 48.365
23the court finds that any of the circumstances under s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies
24with respect to a parent, the court shall hold a hearing within 30 days after the date
25of that finding to determine the permanency case plan for the child. If a hearing is

1held under this paragraph, the agency responsible for preparing the permanency
2case plan shall file the permanency case plan with the court not less than 5 days
3before the date of the hearing. At the hearing, the court shall consider placing the
4child in a placement outside this state if the court determines that such a placement
5would be in the best interests of the child and appropriate to achieving the goal of the
6child's permanency case plan.
SB502, s. 64 7Section 64. 48.38 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,32,228 48.38 (4m) (c) If the child's permanency case plan includes a statement under
9sub. (4) (i) indicating that the child's age and developmental level are sufficient for
10the court to consult with the child regarding the child's permanency case plan or if,
11notwithstanding a decision under sub. (4) (i) that it would not be appropriate for the
12court to consult with the child, the court determines that consultation with the child
13would be in the best interests of the child, the court shall consult with the child, in
14an age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate manner, regarding the child's
15permanency case plan and any other matters the court finds appropriate. If none of
16those circumstances apply, the court may permit the child's caseworker, the child's
17counsel, or, subject to s. 48.235 (3) (a), the child's guardian ad litem to make a written
18or oral statement during the hearing, or to submit a written statement prior to the
19hearing, expressing the child's wishes, goals, and concerns regarding the
20permanency case plan and those matters. If the court permits such a written or oral
21statement to be made or submitted, the court may nonetheless require the child to
22be physically present at the hearing.
SB502, s. 65 23Section 65. 48.38 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,33,824 48.38 (5) (a) Except as provided in s. 48.63 (5) (d), the court or a panel appointed
25under par. (ag) shall review the permanency case plan in the manner provided in this

1subsection not later than 6 months after the date on which the child was first
2removed from his or her home and every 6 months after a previous review under this
3subsection for as long as the child is placed outside the home, except that for the
4review that is required to be conducted not later than 12 months after the child was
5first removed from his or her home and the reviews that are required to be conducted
6every 12 months after that review the court shall hold a hearing under sub. (5m) to
7review the permanency case plan, which hearing may be instead of or in addition to
8the review under this subsection.
SB502, s. 66 9Section 66. 48.38 (5) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,33,1710 48.38 (5) (ag) If the court elects not to review the permanency case plan, the
11court shall appoint a panel to review the permanency case plan. The panel shall
12consist of 3 persons who are either designated by an independent agency that has
13been approved by the chief judge of the judicial administrative district or designated
14by the agency that prepared the permanency case plan. A voting majority of persons
15on each panel shall be persons who are not employed by the agency that prepared the
16permanency case plan and who are not responsible for providing services to the child
17or the parents of the child whose permanency case plan is the subject of the review.
SB502, s. 67 18Section 67. 48.38 (5) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,34,219 48.38 (5) (am) The court may appoint an independent agency to designate a
20panel to conduct a permanency case plan review under par. (a). If the court in a
21county having a population of less than 500,000 appoints an independent agency
22under this paragraph, the county department of the county of the court shall
23authorize and contract for the purchase of services from the independent agency. If
24the court in a county having a population of 500,000 or more appoints an independent

1agency under this paragraph, the department shall authorize and contract for the
2purchase of services from the independent agency.
SB502, s. 68 3Section 68. 48.38 (5) (bm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,34,194 48.38 (5) (bm) 2. If the child's permanency case plan includes a statement under
5sub. (4) (i) indicating that the child's age and developmental level are sufficient for
6the court or panel to consult with the child regarding the child's permanency case
7plan or if, notwithstanding a decision under sub. (4) (i) that it would not be
8appropriate for the court or panel to consult with the child, the court or panel
9determines that consultation with the child would be in the best interests of the child,
10the court or panel shall consult with the child, in an age-appropriate and
11developmentally appropriate manner, regarding the child's permanency case plan
12and any other matters the court or panel finds appropriate. If none of those
13circumstances apply, the court or panel may permit the child's caseworker, the child's
14counsel, or, subject to s. 48.235 (3) (a), the child's guardian ad litem to make a written
15or oral statement during the review, or to submit a written statement prior to the
16review, expressing the child's wishes, goals, and concerns regarding the permanency
17case plan and those matters. If the court or panel permits such a written or oral
18statement to be made or submitted, the court or panel may nonetheless require the
19child to be physically present at the review.
SB502, s. 69 20Section 69. 48.38 (5) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB502,34,2321 48.38 (5) (c) 2. The extent of compliance with the permanency case plan by the
22agency and any other service providers, the child's parents, the child and the child's
23guardian, if any.
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