AB40,502,1511 48.069 (1) (intro.) The staff of the department, the court, a county department
12or a licensed child welfare agency designated by the court to carry out the objectives
13and provisions of this chapter, or, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000
14or more, the department or an agency under contract with the department to provide
15dispositional services, shall:
AB40,879 16Section 879. 48.069 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,502,2217 48.069 (2) Except in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more,
18licensed child welfare agencies and the department shall provide services under this
19section only upon the approval of the agency from whom services are requested. In
20a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department or, with the
21approval of the department, a licensed child welfare agency shall provide services
22under this section.
AB40,880 23Section 880. 48.069 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,503,224 48.069 (3) A court or county department responsible for disposition staff or, in
25a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department may agree

1with the court or county department responsible for providing intake services that
2the disposition staff may be designated to provide some or all of the intake services.
AB40,881 3Section 881. 48.07 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,503,184 48.07 (5) (b) 2. On receipt of an application from a prospective court-appointed
5special advocate, the court-appointed special advocate program, with the assistance
6of the department of justice, shall conduct a background investigation of the
7applicant. If the court-appointed special advocate program determines that any
8information obtained as a result of the background investigation provides a
9reasonable basis for further investigation, the court-appointed special advocate
10program may require the applicant to be fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each
11bearing a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints, or by other technologies
12approved by law enforcement agencies
. The department of justice may provide for
13the submission of the fingerprint cards or fingerprints by other technologies to the
14federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identification of the
15applicant and obtaining the applicant's criminal arrest and conviction record. The
16court-appointed special advocate program shall keep confidential all information
17received from the department of justice and the federal bureau of investigation under
18this subdivision.
AB40,882 19Section 882. 48.345 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,504,220 48.345 (6m) If the report prepared under s. 48.33 (1) recommends that the child
21is in need of a coordinated services plan of care and if an initiative under s. 46.56 has
22been established in for the county or, for a child who is a member of a tribe, as defined
23in s. 46.56 (1) (q), by for a tribe, the judge may order an assessment of the child and
24the child's family for eligibility for and appropriateness of the initiative, and if

1eligible for enrollment in the initiative, that a coordinated services plan of care be
2developed and implemented.
AB40,883 3Section 883. 48.355 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 48.355 (4) (a) and
4amended to read:
AB40,504,95 48.355 (4) (a) Except as provided under s. 48.368, an order under this section
6or s. 48.357 or 48.365 made before the child reaches 18 years of age that places or
7continues the placement of the child in his or her home shall terminate at the end
8of
one year after its entry the date on which the order is entered unless the judge
9specifies a shorter period of time or the judge terminates the order sooner.
AB40,504,15 10(b) Except as provided under s. 48.368, an order under this section or s. 48.357
11or 48.365 made before the child reaches 18 years of age that places or continues the
12placement of the child in a foster home, group home, or residential care center for
13children and youth or in the home of a relative other than a parent shall terminate
14when on the latest of the following dates, unless the judge specifies a shorter period
15or the judge terminates the order sooner:
AB40,504,16 161. The date on which the child reaches 18 years of age, at the end of.
AB40,504,18 172. The date that is one year after its entry, or, if the date on which the order is
18entered.
AB40,504,23 193. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or
20technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before
21reaching 19 years of age, when the date on which the child reaches 19 years of age,
22whichever is later, unless the judge specifies a shorter period of time or the judge
23terminates the order sooner
.
AB40,505,3 24(c) An order under this section or s. 48.357 or 48.365 relating to an unborn child
25in need of protection or services that is made before the unborn child is born shall

1terminate at the end of one year after its entry the date on which the order is entered
2unless the judge specifies a shorter period of time or the judge terminates the order
3sooner.
AB40,884 4Section 884. 48.355 (4) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,505,75 48.355 (4) (b) 4. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its
6vocational or technical equivalent and if an individualized education program under
7s. 115.787 is in effect for the child, the date on which the child reaches 21 years of age.
AB40,885 8Section 885. 48.357 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 48.357 (6) (a) (intro.) and
9amended to read:
AB40,505,1410 48.357 (6) (a) (intro.) No change in placement may extend the expiration date
11of the original order, except that if the change in placement is from a placement in
12the child's home to a placement outside the home the court may extend the expiration
13date of the original order to the latest of the following dates, unless the court specifies
14a shorter period:
AB40,505,15 151. The date on which the child reaches 18 years of age, to the.
AB40,505,17 162. The date that is one year after the date of on which the change in placement
17order, or, if is entered.
AB40,505,21 183. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or
19technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before
20reaching 19 years of age, to the date on which the child reaches 19 years of age,
21whichever is later, or for a shorter period of time as specified by the court
.
AB40,506,2 22(b) If the change in placement is from a placement outside the home to a
23placement in the child's home and if the expiration date of the original order is more
24than one year after the date of the change in placement order, the court shall shorten
25the expiration date of the original order to the date that is one year after the date of

1on which the change in placement order is entered or to an earlier date as specified
2by the court.
AB40,886 3Section 886. 48.357 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,506,64 48.357 (6) (a) 4. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its
5vocational or technical equivalent and if an individualized education program under
6s. 115.787 is in effect for the child, the date on which the child reaches 21 years of age.
AB40,887 7Section 887. 48.365 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 48.365 (5) (a) and
8amended to read:
AB40,506,129 48.365 (5) (a) Except as provided in s. 48.368, an order under this section that
10continues the placement of a child in his or her home or that relates to an unborn
11child of an adult expectant mother shall be for a specified length of time not to exceed
12one year after its the date of entry on which the order is entered.
AB40,506,15 13(b) Except as provided in s. 48.368, an order under this section that continues
14the placement of a child in an out-of-home placement shall be for a specified length
15of time not to exceed the latest of the following dates:
AB40,506,16 161. The date on which the child reaches 18 years of age,.
AB40,506,18 172. The date that is one year after the date of entry of on which the order, or, if
18is entered.
AB40,506,22 193. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or
20technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before
21reaching 19 years of age, the date on which the child reaches 19 years of age,
22whichever is later
.
AB40,888 23Section 888. 48.365 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,507,3
148.365 (5) (b) 4. If the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its
2vocational or technical equivalent and if an individualized education program under
3s. 115.787 is in effect for the child, the date on which the child reaches 21 years of age.
AB40,889 4Section 889. 48.385 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,507,17 548.385 Plan for transition to independent living. During the 90 days
6immediately before a child who is placed in a foster home, group home, or residential
7care center for children and youth or in the home of a relative other than a parent
8attains 18 years of age or, if the child is placed in such a placement under an order
9under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates under
10s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the child attains 18 years of age, during the
1190 days immediately before the termination of the order, the agency primarily
12responsible for providing services to the child under the order shall provide the child
13with assistance and support in developing a plan for making the transition from
14out-of-home care to independent living. The transition plan shall be personalized
15at the direction of the child, shall be as detailed as the child directs, and shall include
16specific options for obtaining housing, health care, education, mentoring and
17continuing support services, and workforce support and employment services.
AB40,890 18Section 890. 48.43 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 48.43 (7) (a) and amended
19to read:
AB40,507,2420 48.43 (7) (a) If the agency specified under sub. (1) (a) is the department and,
21the department shall seek a permanent adoptive placement for the child or seek to
22enter into a subsidized guardianship agreement under s. 48.623 (2) with a proposed
23guardian of the child and petition the court for the appointment of that individual
24as the guardian of the child under s. 48.977 (2).
AB40,508,7
1(b) If a permanent adoptive or subsidized guardianship placement is not in
2progress 2 years after entry of the order, the department may petition the court to
3transfer legal custody of the child to a county department, except that the
4department may not petition the court to transfer to a county department legal
5custody of a child who was initially taken into custody under s. 48.195 (1). The court
6shall transfer the child's legal custody to the county department specified in the
7petition. The department shall remain the child's guardian.
AB40,891 8Section 891. 48.48 (3m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,508,129 48.48 (3m) (d) The tribal court has signed a written contract that addresses
10federal and state law and that provides that the tribal court will accept the return
11of the legal custody or the legal custody and guardianship of the child if the
12department petitions the tribal court to do so under s. 48.485 (2).
AB40,892 13Section 892. 48.48 (8p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,508,2114 48.48 (8p) To reimburse tribes and county departments, from the
15appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (kz), for unexpected or unusually high-cost
16out-of-home care placements of Indian children by tribal courts and for subsidized
17guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (1) or (6) for guardianships of Indian
18children ordered by tribal courts
. In this subsection, "unusually high-cost
19out-of-home care placements" means the amount by which the cost to a tribe or to
20a county department of out-of-home care placements of Indian children by tribal
21courts exceeds $50,000 in a fiscal year.
AB40,893 22Section 893. 48.48 (16m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,509,423 48.48 (16m) To employ under the unclassified service in an office of the
24department that is located in a 1st class city a director of the office of urban
25development who shall be appointed by the secretary to serve at the pleasure of the

1secretary and who shall coordinate the provision of child welfare services in a county
2having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more with the implementation of the
3Wisconsin works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 in a county having a population
4of 500,000 750,000 or more.
AB40,894 5Section 894. 48.48 (17) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,509,116 48.48 (17) (a) (intro.) In a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or
7more, to administer child welfare services and to expend such amounts as may be
8necessary out of any moneys which may be appropriated for child welfare services
9by the legislature, which may be donated by individuals or private organizations or
10which may be otherwise provided. The department shall also have authority to do
11all of the following:
AB40,895 12Section 895. 48.481 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,509,2313 48.481 (1) (a) The department shall distribute $497,200 foster care
14continuation grants
in each fiscal year to counties for the purpose of supplementing
15payments for the care of an individual who attains age 18 after 1986 and who resided
16in a home licensed under s. 48.62 for at least 2 years immediately prior to attaining
17age 18 and, for at least 2 years, received payments for exceptional circumstances in
18order to avoid institutionalization, as provided under rules promulgated by the
19department, so that the individual may live in a family home or other
20noninstitutional situation after attaining age 18. No county may use funds provided
21under this paragraph to replace funds previously used by the county for this purpose.
22Beginning in fiscal year 2013-14, a county is eligible to receive funding under this
23paragraph only if the county received such funding in fiscal year 2012-13.
AB40,896 24Section 896. 48.481 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,510,7
148.481 (2) Transition to independent living. The department shall distribute
2at least $231,700 in each fiscal year to counties for the purpose of assisting
3individuals who attain the age of 18 while residing in a foster home, group home, or
4residential care center for children and youth or in the home of a relative other than
5a parent to make the transition from out-of-home care to independent living. No
6county may use funds provided under this subsection to replace funds previously
7used by the county for this purpose.
AB40,897 8Section 897. 48.485 of the statutes is renumbered 48.485 (1) and amended to
9read:
AB40,510,1510 48.485 (1) If the department accepts guardianship or legal custody or both from
11a tribal court under s. 48.48 (3m), the department shall seek a permanent adoptive
12placement for the child or seek to enter into a subsidized guardianship agreement
13under s. 48.623 (2) with a proposed guardian of the child and petition the court for
14the appointment of that individual as the guardian of the child under s. 48.977 (2)
15or under a substantially similar tribal law
.
AB40,510,22 16(2) If a permanent adoptive or subsidized guardianship placement is not in
17progress within 2 years after entry of the termination of parental rights order by the
18tribal court, the department may petition the tribal court to transfer legal custody
19or guardianship of the Indian child back to the Indian tribe, except that the
20department may not petition the tribal court to transfer back to an Indian tribe legal
21custody or guardianship of an Indian child who was initially taken into custody
22under s. 48.195 (1).
AB40,898 23Section 898. 48.487 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,510,24 2448.487 (title) Tribal adolescent family services.
AB40,899 25Section 899. 48.487 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,511,7
148.487 (1m) Tribal adolescent family services allocation grants. From the
2appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (eg) (bd), the department may allocate
3$210,000 in each fiscal year to provide the grants specified
distribute tribal family
4services grants to the elected governing bodies of the Indian tribes in this state. An
5elected governing body that receives a grant under this subsection may expend the
6grant moneys received for any of the purposes specified
in subs. (2), (3) (b), and (4m)
7(b), (5) (b), (6), and (7) as determined by that body.
AB40,900 8Section 900. 48.487 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,511,189 48.487 (2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. From the allocation under
10sub. (1m), the department may provide a grant annually in the amount of $85,000
11to the
An elected governing body of an Indian tribe may expend moneys from a grant
12received under sub. (1m)
to provide services for adolescent parents which. Those
13services
shall emphasize high school graduation and vocational preparation,
14training, and experience and may be structured so as to strengthen the adolescent
15parent's capacity to fulfill parental responsibilities by developing social skills and
16increasing parenting skills. The Indian tribe seeking to receive a grant to provide
17these
An Indian tribe that provides those services shall develop a proposed service
18plan that is approved by the department.
AB40,901 19Section 901. 48.487 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,512,220 48.487 (3) (b) From the allocation under sub. (1m), the department may provide
21a grant annually in the amount of $65,000 to the
An elected governing body of an
22Indian tribe may expend moneys from a grant received under sub. (1m) to provide
23to high-risk adolescents pregnancy and parenthood prevention services which to
24high-risk adolescents. Those services
shall be structured so as to increase the
25development of decision-making and communications skills, promote graduation

1from high school, and expand career and other options and which may address needs
2of adolescents with respect to pregnancy prevention.
AB40,902 3Section 902. 48.487 (4m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,512,44 48.487 (4m) (title) Adolescent choices project grants projects.
AB40,903 5Section 903. 48.487 (4m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,512,126 48.487 (4m) (b) (intro.) From the allocation under sub. (1m), the department
7may provide a grant annually in the amount of $60,000 to the
An elected governing
8body of an Indian tribe for the provision of may expend moneys from a grant received
9under sub. (1m) to provide
information to members of the Indian tribe in order to
10increase community knowledge about the problems of adolescents and to provide
11information to and activities for adolescents, particularly female adolescents, in
12order to enable the adolescents to develop skills with respect to all of the following:
AB40,904 13Section 904. 48.487 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,512,2014 48.487 (4m) (c) Each funded tribal project An Indian tribe that provides
15services
under par. (b) shall provide those services in areas an area of the state as that
16is
approved by the Indian tribe and the department. The department shall
17determine the boundaries of the regional areas prior to soliciting project grant
18applications
regions in this state within which the Indian tribes may provide services
19under par. (b) before approving the service area of an Indian tribe under this
20paragraph
.
AB40,905 21Section 905. 48.487 (4m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,513,222 48.487 (4m) (d) Prior to making grants to applying Indian tribes under par. (b)
23approving the service area of an Indian tribe under par. (c), the department shall
24consider whether and how the applying Indian tribe proposes to coordinate its

1services with other public or private resources, programs, or activities in the region
2and the state.
AB40,906 3Section 906. 48.487 (4m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,513,74 48.487 (4m) (e) The department shall work closely with the women's council
5and the department of public instruction, on a continuing basis, concerning the scope
6and direction of activities under projects funded by the program conducted under
7par. (b).
AB40,907 8Section 907. 48.487 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,513,99 48.487 (5) Domestic abuse services. (a) In this subsection:
AB40,513,1410 1. "Domestic abuse" means physical abuse, including a violation of s. 940.225
11(1), (2), or (3), or any threat of physical abuse between adult family or adult household
12members, by a minor family or minor household member against an adult family or
13adult household member, by an adult against his or her adult former spouse or by an
14adult against an adult with whom the person has a child in common.
AB40,513,1515 2. "Domestic abuse services" means any of the following:
AB40,513,1616 a. Shelter facilities or private home shelter care.
AB40,513,1717 b. Advocacy and counseling for victims.
AB40,513,1818 c. A 24-hour telephone service.
AB40,513,1919 d. Community education.
AB40,513,2120 3. "Family member" means a spouse, a parent, a child, or a person related by
21blood or adoption to another person.
AB40,513,2322 4. "Household member" means a person currently or formerly residing in a
23place of abode with another person.
AB40,514,424 (b) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), an elected governing body of an Indian tribe may
25expend moneys from a grant received under sub. (1m) to provide domestic abuse

1services. If an elected governing body of an Indian tribe expends those moneys for
2those services, the body shall provide matching funds or in-kind contributions in an
3amount to be determined by the department. The department shall establish
4guidelines regarding the types of contributions that qualify as in-kind contributions.
AB40,514,115 (c) An elected governing body of an Indian tribe may provide shelter facilities
6only if the department of safety and professional services determines that the
7physical plant of the facility will not be dangerous to the health or safety of the
8residents when the facility is in operation. An elected governing body of an Indian
9tribe may provide shelter facilities or private home shelter care only if the body
10ensures that the following services will be provided either by that Indian tribe or by
11another person:
AB40,514,1212 1. A 24-hour telephone service.
AB40,514,1313 2. Temporary housing and food.
AB40,514,1414 3. Advocacy and counseling for victims.
AB40,514,1515 4. Referral and follow-up services.
AB40,514,1616 5. Arrangements for education of school-age children.
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