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(4) (c) If the court finds that adoption is not in the child's best interest,
10the court shall order that the child be placed in the guardianship of the department
11and place the child in the custody of a county department or, in a county having a
12population of
500,000 750,000 or more, the department or an agency under contract
13with the department.
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14Section
150. 48.839 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(4) (b) Shall transfer legal custody of the child to the department, in a
16county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more, to a county department or
17to a child welfare agency licensed under s. 48.60.
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18Section
151. 48.88 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(2) (c) If a stepparent has filed a petition for adoption and no agency has
20guardianship of the child, the court shall order the department, in a county having
21a population of
500,000 750,000 or more, or a county department or, with the consent
22of the department in a county having a population of less than
500,000 750,000 or
23a licensed child welfare agency, order the department or the child welfare agency to
24conduct a screening, consisting of no more than one interview with the petitioner and
25a check of the petitioner's background through public records, including records
1maintained by the department or any county department under s. 48.981. The
2department, county department or child welfare agency that conducts the screening
3shall file a report of the screening with the court within 30 days. After reviewing the
4report, the court may proceed to act on the petition, may order the department in a
5county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more or the county department to
6conduct an investigation as described under par. (a) (intro.) or may order the
7department in a county having a population of less than
500,000 750,000 or a
8licensed child welfare agency to make the investigation if the department or child
9welfare agency consents.
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10Section
152. 48.981 (1) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (ag) "Agency" means a county department, the department in a
12county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more or a licensed child welfare
13agency under contract with a county department or the department in a county
14having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more to perform investigations under this
15section.
SB317,153
16Section
153. 48.981 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (a) 1. A person required to report under sub. (2) shall immediately
18inform, by telephone or personally, the county department or, in a county having a
19population of
500,000 750,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare
20agency under contract with the department or the sheriff or city, village, or town
21police department of the facts and circumstances contributing to a suspicion of child
22abuse or neglect or of unborn child abuse or to a belief that abuse or neglect will occur.
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23Section
154. 48.981 (3) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (a) 2. (intro.) The sheriff or police department shall within 12 hours,
25exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, refer to the county department
1or, in a county having a population of
500,000
750,000 or more, the department or
2a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department all of the
3following types of cases reported to the sheriff or police department:
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4Section
155. 48.981 (3) (a) 2d. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (a) 2d. The sheriff or police department may refer to the county
6department or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more, the
7department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department
8a case reported to the sheriff or police department in which a person who is not a
9caregiver is suspected of abuse or of threatened abuse of a child.
SB317,156
10Section
156. 48.981 (3) (c) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (c) 2. a. If the person making the investigation is an employee of the
12county department or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more,
13the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the
14department and he or she determines that it is consistent with the child's best
15interest in terms of physical safety and physical health to remove the child from his
16or her home for immediate protection, he or she shall take the child into custody
17under s. 48.08 (2) or 48.19 (1) (c) and deliver the child to the intake worker under s.
1848.20.
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19Section
157. 48.981 (3) (c) 2m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (c) 2m. a. If the person making the investigation is an employee of
21the county department or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or
22more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the
23department and he or she determines that it is consistent with the best interest of
24the unborn child in terms of physical safety and physical health to take the expectant
25mother into custody for the immediate protection of the unborn child, he or she shall
1take the expectant mother into custody under s. 48.08 (2), 48.19 (1) (cm) or 48.193
2(1) (c) and deliver the expectant mother to the intake worker under s. 48.20 or 48.203.
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3Section
158. 48.981 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (c) 3. If the county department or, in a county having a population
5of
500,000 750,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under
6contract with the department determines that a child, any member of the child's
7family or the child's guardian or legal custodian is in need of services or that the
8expectant mother of an unborn child is in need of services, the county department,
9department or licensed child welfare agency shall offer to provide appropriate
10services or to make arrangements for the provision of services. If the child's parent,
11guardian or legal custodian or the expectant mother refuses to accept the services,
12the county department, department or licensed child welfare agency may request
13that a petition be filed under s. 48.13 alleging that the child who is the subject of the
14report or any other child in the home is in need of protection or services or that a
15petition be filed under s. 48.133 alleging that the unborn child who is the subject of
16the report is in need of protection or services.
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159. 48.981 (3) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (c) 4. The county department or, in a county having a population of
19500,000 750,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under
20contract with the department shall determine, within 60 days after receipt of a report
21that the county department, department, or licensed child welfare agency
22investigates under subd. 1., whether abuse or neglect has occurred or is likely to
23occur. The determination shall be based on a preponderance of the evidence
24produced by the investigation. A determination that abuse or neglect has occurred
25may not be based solely on the fact that the child's parent, guardian, or legal
1custodian in good faith selects and relies on prayer or other religious means for
2treatment of disease or for remedial care of the child. In making a determination that
3emotional damage has occurred, the county department or, in a county having a
4population of
500,000 750,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare
5agency under contract with the department shall give due regard to the culture of
6the subjects. This subdivision does not prohibit a court from ordering medical
7services for the child if the child's health requires it.
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8Section
160. 48.981 (3) (c) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (c) 5m. The county department or, in a county having a population
10of
500,000 750,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under
11contract with the department may include in a determination under subd. 4. a
12determination that a specific person has abused or neglected a child. If the county
13department, department, or licensed child welfare agency makes an initial
14determination that a specific person has abused or neglected a child, the county
15department, department, or licensed child welfare agency shall provide that person
16with an opportunity for a review of that initial determination in accordance with
17rules promulgated by the department before the county department, department, or
18licensed child welfare agency may make a final determination that the person has
19abused or neglected a child. Within 5 days after the date of a final determination that
20a specific person has abused or neglected a child, the county department,
21department, or licensed child welfare agency shall notify the person in writing of the
22determination, the person's right to a contested case hearing on the determination
23under ch. 227, and the procedures under sub. 5p. by which the person may receive
24that hearing.
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25Section
161. 48.981 (3) (c) 5r. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (c) 5r. Within 15 days after a final determination is made under subd.
25m. that a specific person has abused or neglected a child or, if a contested case
3hearing is held on such a determination, within 15 days after a final decision is made
4under subd. 5p. determining that a specific person has abused or neglected a child,
5the county department or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or
6more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the
7department shall provide the subunit of the department that administers s. 48.685
8with information about the person who has been determined to have abused or
9neglected the child.
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10Section
162. 48.981 (3) (c) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (c) 7. The county department or, in a county having a population of
12500,000 750,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under
13contract with the department shall cooperate with law enforcement officials, courts
14of competent jurisdiction, tribal governments and other human services agencies to
15prevent, identify and treat child abuse and neglect and unborn child abuse. The
16county department or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more,
17the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the
18department shall coordinate the development and provision of services to abused
19and neglected children, to abused unborn children to families in which child abuse
20or neglect has occurred, to expectant mothers who have abused their unborn
21children, to children and families when circumstances justify a belief that abuse or
22neglect will occur and to the expectant mothers of unborn children when
23circumstances justify a belief that unborn child abuse will occur.
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24Section
163. 48.981 (3) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (cm)
Contract with licensed child welfare agencies. A county
2department may contract with a licensed child welfare agency to fulfill the county
3department's duties specified under par. (c) 1., 2. b., 2m. b., 5., 5r., 6., 6m., and 8. The
4department may contract with a licensed child welfare agency to fulfill the
5department's duties specified under par. (c) 1., 2. a., 2m. b., 3., 4., 5., 5m., 5r., 6., 6m.,
67., 8,. and 9. in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more. The
7confidentiality provisions specified in sub. (7) shall apply to any licensed child
8welfare agency with which a county department or the department contracts.
SB317,164
9Section
164. 48.981 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (d) 1. In this paragraph, "agent" includes a foster parent or other
11person given custody of a child or a human services professional employed by a
12county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or by a child welfare agency who is
13working with a child or an expectant mother of an unborn child under contract with
14or under the supervision of the department in a county having a population of
15500,000 750,000 or more or a county department under s. 46.22.
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16Section
165. 48.981 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (d) 2. If an agent or employee of an agency required to investigate
18under this subsection is the subject of a report, or if the agency determines that,
19because of the relationship between the agency and the subject of a report, there is
20a substantial probability that the agency would not conduct an unbiased
21investigation, the agency shall, after taking any action necessary to protect the child
22or unborn child, notify the department. Upon receipt of the notice, the department,
23in a county having a population of less than
500,000
750,000 or a county department
24or child welfare agency designated by the department in any county shall conduct
25an independent investigation. If the department designates a county department
1under s. 46.22, 46.23, 51.42
, or 51.437, that county department shall conduct the
2independent investigation. If a licensed child welfare agency agrees to conduct the
3independent investigation, the department may designate the child welfare agency
4to do so. The powers and duties of the department or designated county department
5or child welfare agency making an independent investigation are those given to
6county departments under par. (c).
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7Section
166. 48.981 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3m) (b) (intro.) The department shall establish a pilot program under
9which an agency in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more or a
10county department that is selected to participate in the pilot program may employ
11alternative responses to a report of abuse or neglect or of threatened abuse or neglect.
12The department shall select agencies and county departments to participate in the
13pilot program in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures
14and according to criteria developed by the department. Those criteria shall include
15an assessment of the plan of an agency or county department for involving the
16community in providing services for a family that is participating in the pilot
17program and a determination of whether an agency or a county department has an
18agreement with local law enforcement agencies and the representative of the public
19under s. 48.09 to ensure interagency cooperation in implementing the pilot program.
20To implement the pilot program, the department shall provide all of the following:
SB317,167
21Section
167. 48.981 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(5) Coroner's report. Any person or official required to report cases of
23suspected child abuse or neglect who has reasonable cause to suspect that a child
24died as a result of child abuse or neglect shall report the fact to the appropriate
25medical examiner or coroner. The medical examiner or coroner shall accept the
1report for investigation and shall report the findings to the appropriate district
2attorney; to the department or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 3or more, to a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department; to
4the county department and, if the institution making the report initially is a hospital,
5to the hospital.
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6Section
168. 48.981 (7) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(7) (a) 5. A professional employee of a county department under s. 51.42
8or 51.437 who is working with the child or the expectant mother of the unborn child
9under contract with or under the supervision of the county department under s. 46.22
10or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more, the department or
11a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department.
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12Section
169. 48.981 (7) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(7) (a) 6. A multidisciplinary child abuse and neglect or unborn child
14abuse team recognized by the county department or, in a county having a population
15of
500,000 750,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under
16contract with the department.
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17Section
170. 48.981 (7) (a) 6m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(7) (a) 6m. A person employed by a child advocacy center recognized by
19the county board, the county department or, in a county having a population of
20500,000 750,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under
21contract with the department, to the extent necessary to perform the services for
22which the center is recognized by the county board, the county department, the
23department or the licensed child welfare agency.
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24Section
171. 48.981 (7) (a) 15. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(7) (a) 15. A child fatality review team recognized by the county
2department or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more, the
3department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department.
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4Section
172. 48.981 (7) (cr) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(7) (cr) 3. a. Within 2 working days after receiving the information
6provided under subd. 2., the subunit of the department that received the information
7shall disclose to the public the fact that the subunit has received the information;
8whether the department is conducting a review of the incident and, if so, the scope
9of the review and the identities of any other agencies with which the department is
10cooperating at that point in conducting the review; whether the child was residing
11in the home or was placed in an out-of-home placement at the time of the incident;
12and information about the child, including the age of the child. If the information
13received is about an incident of egregious abuse or neglect, the subunit of the
14department shall make the same disclosure to a citizen review panel, as described
15in par. (a) 15g., and, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more, to
16the Milwaukee child welfare partnership council.
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17Section
173. 48.981 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(8) (a) The department, the county departments, and a licensed child
19welfare agency under contract with the department in a county having a population
20of
500,000 750,000 or more to the extent feasible shall conduct continuing education
21and training programs for staff of the department, the county departments, licensed
22child welfare agencies under contract with the department or a county department,
23law enforcement agencies, and the tribal social services departments, persons and
24officials required to report, the general public, and others as appropriate. The
25programs shall be designed to encourage reporting of child abuse and neglect and of
1unborn child abuse, to encourage self-reporting and voluntary acceptance of services
2and to improve communication, cooperation, and coordination in the identification,
3prevention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and of unborn child abuse.
4Programs provided for staff of the department, county departments, and licensed
5child welfare agencies under contract with county departments or the department
6whose responsibilities include the investigation or treatment of child abuse or
7neglect shall also be designed to provide information on means of recognizing and
8appropriately responding to domestic abuse, as defined in s. 49.165 (1) (a). The
9department, the county departments, and a licensed child welfare agency under
10contract with the department in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or
11more shall develop public information programs about child abuse and neglect and
12about unborn child abuse.
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13Section
174. 48.981 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(8) (c) In meeting its responsibilities under par. (a) or (b), the
15department, a county department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract
16with the department in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more may
17contract with any public or private organization which meets the standards set by
18the department. In entering into the contracts the department, county department
19or licensed child welfare agency shall give priority to parental organizations
20combating child abuse and neglect or unborn child abuse.
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21Section
175. 48.982 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(6) (am) Notwithstanding the geographical and urban and rural
23distribution requirements under sub. (2) (a), the board shall allocate not more than
24$150,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.433 (1) (h) in each fiscal year for the
25awarding of grants, in accordance with the request-for-proposal procedures
1developed under sub. (2) (a), to organizations located in counties with a population
2of
500,000 750,000 or more.
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3Section
176. 48.983 (1) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (b) 1. c. A family that includes a person who has contacted a county
5department, a , city, private agency, or Indian tribe that has been awarded a grant
6under this section or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more that
7has been awarded a grant under this section, the
department, a county, city, private
8agency, or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department
9requesting assistance to prevent poor birth outcomes or abuse or neglect of a child
10in the person's family and with respect to which an individual responding to the
11request has determined that all of the conditions in subd. 2. exist.
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12Section
177. 48.983 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(2) (a) If a county,
city, private agency, or Indian tribe applies and is
14selected by the department under sub. (5) to participate in the program under this
15section, the department shall award, from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (ab),
16a grant annually to be used only for the purposes specified in sub. (4) (a) and (am).
17The minimum amount of a grant is $10,000. The county,
city, private agency, or
18Indian tribe shall agree to match at least 25 percent of the grant amount annually
19in funds or in-kind contributions.
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20Section
178. 48.983 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(2) (b) The department shall determine the amount of a grant awarded
22to a county, private agency, or Indian tribe under this section in excess of the
23minimum amount based on the need of the county,
city, private agency, or Indian
24tribe for a grant
, as determined by a formula that the department shall promulgate
25by rule. That formula shall determine that need based on the number of births that
1are funded by Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in that county, the area
2in which that private agency is providing services, or the reservation of that Indian
3tribe and on the rate of poor birth outcomes, including infant mortality, premature
4births, low birth weights, and racial or ethnic disproportionality in the rates of those
5outcomes, in that county, the area in which that private agency is providing services,
6or the reservation of that Indian tribe and the capacity of the county, city, private
7agency, or Indian tribe to participate in the program under this section, as
8determined by the department.
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9Section
179. 48.983 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(2) (c) The department shall allocate 10 percent of the funds available
11from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (ab) in each fiscal year for grants
12under this section to counties,
cities, private agencies, or Indian tribes that have not
13previously received those grants.
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14Section
180. 48.983 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) Joint application permitted. Any combination of 2 or more counties,
16cities, private agencies, or Indian tribes may submit a joint application to the
17department.
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18Section
181. 48.983 (4) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(4) (am)
Grants; start-up costs and capacity building. In the first year
20in which a grant under this section is awarded to a county,
city, private agency, or
21Indian tribe, the county,
city, private agency, or Indian tribe may use a portion of the
22grant to pay for start-up costs and capacity building related to the program under
23this section. The department shall determine the maximum amount of a grant that
24a county,
city, private agency, or Indian tribe may use to pay for those start-up costs
25and that capacity building.
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1Section
182. 48.983 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(4) (b) 1. A county,
city, private agency, or Indian tribe that is selected
3to participate in the program under this section shall offer all pregnant women in the
4county
or city, the area in which that private agency is providing services, or the
5reservation of the tribe who are eligible for Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch.
649 an opportunity to undergo an assessment through use of a risk assessment
7instrument to determine whether the person assessed presents risk factors for poor
8birth outcomes or for perpetrating child abuse or neglect. Persons who agree to be
9assessed shall be assessed during the prenatal period. The risk assessment
10instrument shall be developed by the department and shall be based on risk
11assessment instruments developed by the department for similar programs that are
12in operation. The department need not promulgate as rules under ch. 227 the risk
13assessment instrument developed under this subdivision. A person who is assessed
14to be at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting his or her child shall
15be offered home visitation program services that shall be commenced during the
16prenatal period. Home visitation program services may be provided to a family with
17a child identified as being at risk of child abuse or neglect until the identified child
18reaches 3 years of age. If a family has been receiving home visitation program
19services continuously for not less than 12 months, those services may continue to be
20provided to the family until the identified child reaches 3 years of age, regardless of
21whether the child continues to be eligible for Medical Assistance under subch. IV of
22ch. 49. If risk factors for child abuse or neglect with respect to the identified child
23continue to be present when the child reaches 3 years of age, home visitation program
24services may be provided until the identified child reaches 5 years of age. Home
25visitation program services may not be provided to a person unless the person gives
1his or her written informed consent to receiving those services or, if the person is a
2child, unless the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian gives his or her written
3informed consent for the child to receive those services.
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4Section
183. 48.983 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(4) (b) 3. A county,
city, private agency, or Indian tribe that is providing
6home visitation program services under subd. 1. shall provide to a person receiving
7those services the information relating to shaken baby syndrome and impacted
8babies required under s. 253.15 (6).
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9Section
184. 48.983 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(5) Selection of counties, cities, private agencies, and Indian tribes. 11The department shall provide competitive application procedures for selecting
12counties,
cities, private agencies, and Indian tribes for participation in the program
13under this section. The department shall establish a method for ranking applicants
14for selection based on the quality of their applications. In ranking the applications,
15the department shall give favorable consideration to a county,
city, private agency,
16or Indian tribe that submits a joint application under sub. (3)
and to a county that
17has indicated under sub. (6) (d) 2. that it is willing to use a portion of any moneys
18distributed to the county under s. 48.565 (2) (a) to provide case management services
19to a Medical Assistance beneficiary under s. 49.45 (25) (am) 9. who is a case or who
20is a member of a family that is a case and that has explained under sub. (6) (d) 2. how
21the county plans to use that portion of those moneys to promote the provision of those
22services for the case by using a wraparound process so as to provide those services
23in a flexible, comprehensive and individualized manner in order to reduce the
24necessity for court-ordered services. The department shall also provide application
25requirements and procedures for the renewal of a grant awarded under this section.
1The application procedures and the renewal application requirements and
2procedures shall be clear and understandable to the applicants. The department
3need not promulgate as rules under ch. 227 the application procedures, the renewal
4application requirements or procedures, or the method for ranking applicants
5established under this subsection.
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6Section
185. 48.983 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(6) Criteria for awarding grants. (intro.) In addition to any other
8criteria developed by the department, a county,
city, private agency, or Indian tribe
9shall meet all of the following criteria in order to be selected for participation in the
10program under this section:
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186. 48.983 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(6) (a) (intro.) The part of an application, other than a renewal
13application, submitted by a county,
city, private agency, or Indian tribe that relates
14to home visitation programs shall include all of the following:
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187. 48.983 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(6) (a) 3. An identification of existing poor birth outcome and child abuse
17and neglect prevention services that are available to residents of the county
or city,
18the area in which the private agency is providing services, or the reservation of the
19Indian tribe and a description of how those services and any additional needed
20services will support a comprehensive home visitation program.
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188. 48.983 (6) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(6) (a) 5. An explanation of how the applicant, in collaboration with local
23prenatal care coordination providers, will implement strategies aimed at achieving
24healthy birth outcomes, as determined by performance measures prescribed by the
1department and the department of health services, in the county
, city, or reservation
2of the Indian tribe.
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189. 48.983 (6) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(6) (b) 4. `Nonentitlement.' No individual is entitled to any payment
5from a fund established under subd. 1. or 2. Nothing in this section shall be construed
6as requiring a county,
city, private agency, or Indian tribe to make a determination
7described in sub. (1) (b) 2. A determination described in sub. (1) (b) 2. may not be
8construed to be a determination described in s. 48.981 (3) (c) 4.
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190. 48.983 (6) (d) (title) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
10renumbered 48.983 (6) (d) and amended to read:
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(6) (d)
Wraparound process. 1. The applicant demonstrates in the grant
12application that the payments that will be made from the fund established under par.
13(b) 2. will promote the provision of services for the case by using a wraparound
14process so as to provide those services in a flexible, comprehensive and
15individualized manner in order to reduce the necessity for court-ordered services.
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191. 48.983 (6) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
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192. 48.983 (6) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(6) (g)
Private agency applicant. If the applicant is a private agency, the
19applicant submits documentation with the grant application that demonstrates that
20the application is supported by a county
or city and that a county
or city will
21collaborate with the private agency in providing services.
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193. 48.983 (6g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(6g) (b) A county,
city, private agency, or Indian tribe that is selected to
24participate in the program under this section shall provide or shall designate an
25individual or entity to provide an explanation of the confidentiality requirements
1under par. (a) to each individual who is offered an assessment under sub. (4) (b) or
2who is offered services under the home visitation program of the county,
city, private
3agency, or Indian tribe.
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194. 48.983 (7) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read: