SB565: Bill Text

SB565,42 Section 42. 51.42 (6m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB565,40,12 51.42 (6m) County community programs director in certain counties with a county executive or county administrator. (intro.) In any county with a county executive or county administrator in which the county board of supervisors or the Milwaukee County mental health board has established a single-county department of community programs, the county executive or county administrator shall appoint and supervise the county community programs director. In any county with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the county executive or county administrator shall appoint the director of the county department of human services under s. 46.21 as the county community programs director. The appointment of a county community programs director under this subsection shall be on the basis of recognized and demonstrated interest in and knowledge of the problems of mental health, intellectual disability, alcoholism and drug addiction, with due regard to training, experience, executive and administrative ability, and general qualification and fitness for the performance of the duties of the director. The appointment of a county community programs director under this subsection is subject to confirmation by the county board of supervisors, except in Milwaukee County, unless the county board of supervisors, by ordinance, elects to waive confirmation or unless the appointment is made under a civil service system competitive examination procedure established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. The county community programs director, subject only to the supervision of the county executive or county administrator, shall:

SB565,43 Section 43. 51.42 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB565,40,21 51.42 (6m) (c) Determine, subject to the approval of the county board of supervisors or the Milwaukee County mental health board, as applicable, and with the advice of the county community programs board, whether services are to be provided directly by the county department of community programs or contracted for with other providers and make such contracts. The county board of supervisors, except in Milwaukee County, or the Milwaukee County mental health board in Milwaukee County may elect to require the approval of any such contract by the county board of supervisors or the Milwaukee County mental health board.

SB565,44 Section 44. 51.42 (6m) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB565,41,3 51.42 (6m) (i) Establish salaries and personnel policies of the programs of the county department of community programs subject to approval of the county executive or county administrator and county board of supervisors, except in Milwaukee County, or the Milwaukee County mental health board in Milwaukee County unless the county board of supervisors or the Milwaukee County mental health board elects not to review the salaries and personnel policies.

SB565,45 Section 45. 51.42 (6m) (m) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB565,41,7 51.42 (6m) (m) 3. Such other reports as are required by the secretary and the county board of supervisors or, as applicable, the Milwaukee County mental health board.

SB565,46 Section 46. 51.423 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB565,42,12 51.423 (11) Each county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437, or both, shall apply all funds it receives under subs. (1) to (7) to provide the services required under ss. 51.42, 51.437 and 51.45 (2) (g) to meet the needs for service quality and accessibility of the persons in its jurisdiction, except that the county department may pay for inpatient treatment only with funds designated by the department for inpatient treatment. The county department may expand programs and services with county funds not used to match state funds under this section subject to the approval of the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department, except in Milwaukee County, the Milwaukee County mental health board in Milwaukee County, or the county boards of supervisors in counties with multicounty departments and with other local or private funds subject to the approval of the department and the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437, the Milwaukee County mental health board with a department under s. 51.42, or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department under s. 51.42 or 51.437. The county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437, the Milwaukee County mental health board with a department under s. 51.42, or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 may delegate the authority to expand programs and services to the county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437. The county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 shall report to the department all county funds allocated to the county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 and the use of such funds. Moneys collected under s. 46.10 shall be applied to cover the costs of primary services, exceptional and specialized services or to reimburse supplemental appropriations funded by counties. County departments under ss. 51.42 and 51.437 shall include collections made on and after October 1, 1978, by the department that are subject to s. 46.10 (8m) (a) 3. and 4. and are distributed to county departments under ss. 51.42 and 51.437 from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (gg), as revenues on their grant-in-aid expenditure reports to the department.

SB565,47 Section 47. 51.44 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB565,42,18 51.44 (4) Each county board of supervisors, except in Milwaukee County, and the Milwaukee County mental health board in Milwaukee County shall designate the appropriate county department under s. 46.21, 46.23 or 51.437, the local health department of the county or another entity as the local lead agency to provide early intervention services under the funding specified in sub. (3).

SB565,48 Section 48. 51.61 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB565,43,2 51.61 (1) (e) Except in the case of a patient who is admitted or transferred under s. 51.35 (3) or 51.37 or under ch. 971 or 975, have the right to the least restrictive conditions necessary to achieve the purposes of admission, commitment or protective placement, under programs, services and resources that the county board of supervisors or the Milwaukee County mental health board, as applicable, is reasonably able to provide within the limits of available state and federal funds and of county funds required to be appropriated to match state funds.

SB565,49 Section 49. 51.61 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB565,43,9 51.61 (1) (f) Have a right to receive prompt and adequate treatment, rehabilitation and educational services appropriate for his or her condition, under programs, services and resources that the county board of supervisors or the Milwaukee County mental health board, as applicable, is reasonably able to provide within the limits of available state and federal funds and of county funds required to be appropriated to match state funds.

SB565,50 Section 50. 55.001 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB565,44,2 55.001 Declaration of policy. The legislature recognizes that many citizens of the state, because of serious and persistent mental illness, degenerative brain disorder, developmental disabilities, or other like incapacities, are in need of protective services or protective placement. Except as provided in s. 49.45 (30m) (a), the protective services or protective placement should, to the maximum degree of feasibility under programs, services and resources that the county board of supervisors or the Milwaukee County mental health board, as applicable, is reasonably able to provide within the limits of available state and federal funds and of county funds required to be appropriated to match state funds, allow the individual the same rights as other citizens, and at the same time protect the individual from financial exploitation, abuse, neglect, and self-neglect. This chapter is designed to establish those protective services and protective placements, to assure their availability to all individuals when in need of them, and to place the least possible restriction on personal liberty and exercise of constitutional rights consistent with due process and protection from abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, and self-neglect.

SB565,51 Section 51. 59.53 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB565,44,6 59.53 (7) Initiative to provide coordinated services. The Except in Milwaukee County, the board may establish an initiative to provide coordinated services under s. 46.56.

SB565,52 Section 52. 59.53 (25) of the statutes is created to read:

SB565,44,11 59.53 (25) Milwaukee County mental health. The Milwaukee County board has no jurisdiction and may not take any actions, including under ss. 59.52 (6) and (31), 66.0301, and 66.0607 (2), related to mental health functions, programs, and services.

SB565,53 Section 53. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB565,44,18 (1) Initial terms of the Milwaukee County mental health board. Notwithstanding the length of terms for the members of the Milwaukee County mental health board specified in sections 15.07 (1) (cm) and 15.195 (9) of the statutes the initial members, other than the members approved under section 15.195 (9) (b) 10. and 11. of the statutes, as created by this act, shall be appointed for the following terms:

SB565,44,21 (a) Three members, as designated by the governor, specified under section 15.195 (9) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, for terms that expire on May 1, 2016.

SB565,44,24 (b) Three members, as designated by the governor, specified under section 15.195 (9) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, for terms that expire on May 1, 2017.

SB565,45,3 (c) Three members, as designated by the governor, specified under section 15.195 (9) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, for terms that expire on May 1, 2018.

SB565,45,5 (d) The members specified under section 15.195 (9) (c) of the statutes, as created by this act, for terms that expire on May 1, 2017.

SB565,45,6 (2) Provisional appointments to the Milwaukee County mental health board.

SB565,45,15 (a) Notwithstanding section 15.07 (1) (b) 24. of the statutes, as created by this act, within 60 days after the effective date of this act, the governor shall provisionally appoint initial members of the Milwaukee County mental health board under section 15.195 (9) of the statutes, as created by this act. Those provisional appointments remain in force until withdrawn by the governor or acted upon by the senate, and if confirmed by the senate shall continue for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any, of the member and until a successor is chosen and qualifies. A provisional appointee under this paragraph may exercise all the powers and duties of the office to which the person is appointed during the time in which the appointee qualifies.

SB565,45,22 (b) A provisional appointment made under paragraph (a) that is withdrawn by the governor lapses and such withdrawal creates a vacancy for provisional appointment of a replacement initial member of the Milwaukee County mental health board. Any provisional appointment made under paragraph (a) that is rejected by the senate lapses and such rejection creates a vacancy for nomination and appointment under section 15.07 (1) (b) 24. of the statutes, as created by this act, of a replacement initial board member.

SB565,46,3 (3) Jurisdiction of the Milwaukee County mental health board. The mental health functions, programs, and services over which the Milwaukee County mental health board has jurisdiction upon appointment of the Milwaukee County mental health board are those functions, programs, and services that Milwaukee County included in its 2014 budget under the behavioral health division unit 6300 and under the behavioral health community services strategic program area of unit 8000.

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