SB317,75,522 48.981 (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.
SB317,168 6Section 168. 48.981 (7) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,75,117 48.981 (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.
SB317,169 12Section 169. 48.981 (7) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,75,1613 48.981 (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.
SB317,170 17Section 170. 48.981 (7) (a) 6m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,75,2318 48.981 (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.
SB317,171 24Section 171. 48.981 (7) (a) 15. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,76,3
148.981 (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.
SB317,172 4Section 172. 48.981 (7) (cr) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,76,165 48.981 (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.
SB317,173 17Section 173. 48.981 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,77,1218 48.981 (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.
SB317,174 13Section 174. 48.981 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,77,2014 48.981 (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.
SB317,175 21Section 175. 48.982 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,78,222 48.982 (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.
SB317,176 3Section 176. 48.983 (1) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,78,114 48.983 (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.
SB317,177 12Section 177. 48.983 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,78,1913 48.983 (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.
SB317,178 20Section 178. 48.983 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,79,821 48.983 (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
.
SB317,179 9Section 179. 48.983 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,79,1310 48.983 (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.
SB317,180 14Section 180. 48.983 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,79,1715 48.983 (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.
SB317,181 18Section 181. 48.983 (4) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,79,2519 48.983 (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:
SB317,81,32 48.983 (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.
SB317,183 4Section 183. 48.983 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,81,85 48.983 (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).
SB317,184 9Section 184. 48.983 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,82,510 48.983 (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.
SB317,185 6Section 185. 48.983 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,82,107 48.983 (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:
SB317,186 11Section 186. 48.983 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,82,1412 48.983 (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:
SB317,187 15Section 187. 48.983 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,82,2016 48.983 (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.
SB317,188 21Section 188. 48.983 (6) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,83,222 48.983 (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.
SB317,189 3Section 189. 48.983 (6) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,83,84 48.983 (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.
SB317,190 9Section 190. 48.983 (6) (d) (title) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
10renumbered 48.983 (6) (d) and amended to read:
SB317,83,1511 48.983 (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.
SB317,191 16Section 191. 48.983 (6) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB317,192 17Section 192. 48.983 (6) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,83,2118 48.983 (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.
SB317,193 22Section 193. 48.983 (6g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,84,323 48.983 (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.
SB317,194 4Section 194. 48.983 (7) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,84,95 48.983 (7) (ag) The department shall evaluate the availability of home
6visitation programs in the state and determine whether there are gaps in home
7visitation services in the state. The department shall cooperate with counties, cities,
8private agencies, and Indian tribes providing home visitation programs to address
9any gaps in services identified.
SB317,195 10Section 195. 48.983 (7) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,84,1511 48.983 (7) (ar) Each county, city, private agency, and Indian tribe providing a
12home visitation program shall collect and report data to the department, as required
13by the department. The department shall require each county, city, private agency,
14and Indian tribe providing a home visitation program to collect data using forms
15prescribed by the department.
SB317,196 16Section 196. 48.983 (7) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,84,2517 48.983 (7) (c) (intro.) Each county, city, private agency, and Indian tribe
18providing a home visitation program shall develop a plan for evaluating the
19effectiveness of its program for approval by the department. The plan shall
20demonstrate how the county, city, private agency, or Indian tribe will use the
21evaluation of its program to improve the quality and outcomes of the program and
22to ensure continued compliance with the home visitation program criteria under sub.
23(6) (a). The plan shall demonstrate how the outcomes will be tracked and measured.
24Under the plan, the extent to which all of the following outcomes are achieved shall
25be tracked and measured:
SB317,197
1Section 197. 48.983 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,85,92 48.983 (8) Technical assistance and training. The department shall provide
3technical assistance and training to counties, cities, private agencies, and Indian
4tribes that are selected to participate in the program under this section. The training
5may not be limited to a particular home visitation model. The training shall include
6training in best practices regarding basic skills, uniform administration of screening
7and assessment tools, the issues and challenges that families face, and supervision
8and personnel skills for program managers. The training may also include training
9on data collection and reporting.
SB317,198 10Section 198. 49.143 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,85,1711 49.143 (6) Geographical areas. The department shall determine the
12geographical area for which a Wisconsin works Works agency will administer
13Wisconsin works Works. Except for federally recognized American Indian
14reservations and in counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, no
15geographical area may be smaller than one county. A geographical area may include
16more than one county. The department need not establish the geographical areas by
17rule.
SB317,199 18Section 199. 49.155 (3g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,85,2019 49.155 (3g) Child care administration in certain counties. (intro.) In a county
20having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more all of the following apply:
SB317,200 21Section 200. 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,85,2422 49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect
23in counties having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, $1,489,600 in each fiscal
24year.
SB317,201 25Section 201. 49.195 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,86,3
149.195 (4) (b) 2. The recovery of benefits due to the efforts of an employee or
2officer of a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more under the
3supervision of the department.
SB317,202 4Section 202. 49.34 (5m) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,86,125 49.34 (5m) (em) Notwithstanding par. (b) 1. and 2., a county department under
6s. 46.215, 51.42, or 51.437 providing client services in a county having a population
7of 500,000 750,000 or more or a nonstock, nonprofit corporation providing client
8services in such a county may not retain a surplus generated by a rate-based service
9or accumulate funds from more than one contract period for a rate-based service
10from revenues that are used to meet the maintenance-of-effort requirement under
11the federal temporary assistance for needy families program under 42 USC 601 to
12619.
SB317,203 13Section 203. 49.343 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,86,2014 49.343 (5) Advisory committee. (intro.) The secretary shall create an advisory
15committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c) consisting of representatives of purchasers; county
16departments; the department, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000
17or more; tribes; consumers; and a statewide association of private, incorporated
18family and children's social service agencies representing all groups of providers that
19are affected by the rate regulation process. The committee shall advise the
20department on all of the following:
SB317,204 21Section 204. 49.45 (25) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,87,522 49.45 (25) (b) A county, city, village, town or, in a county having a population
23of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department may elect to make case management
24services under this subsection available in the county, city, village or town to one or
25more of the categories of beneficiaries under par. (am) through the medical

1assistance program. A county, city, village, town or, in a county having a population
2of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department that elects to make the services available
3shall reimburse a case management provider for the amount of the allowable charges
4for those services under the medical assistance program that is not provided by the
5federal government.
SB317,205 6Section 205. 49.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,87,97 49.71 (2) In counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, an
8institution established under sub. (1) shall be governed under s. 46.21 or 59.79 (10),
9but in all other counties it shall be governed under ss. 46.18, 46.19 , and 46.20.
SB317,206 10Section 206. 49.72 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,87,1311 49.72 (2) In counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, such
12institution shall be governed pursuant to s. 46.21, but in all other counties it shall
13be governed pursuant to ss. 46.18, 46.19, and 46.20.
SB317,207 14Section 207. 49.826 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,87,1615 49.826 (1) (a) "County" means a county having a population of 500,000 750,000
16or more.
SB317,208 17Section 208. 49.84 (7) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,87,2118 49.84 (7) (c) 3. A child residing in a foster care placement under the care and
19placement responsibility of a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or,
20in a county with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, under the care and
21placement responsibility of the department of children and families.
SB317,209 22Section 209. 49.855 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,88,623 49.855 (4m) (c) Except as provided by order of the court after hearing under
24par. (b), the department of administration shall continue withholding until the
25amount certified is recovered in full. The department of administration shall

1transfer the amounts withheld under this paragraph to the department of children
2and families or its designee, the department of health services, or the department of
3corrections, whichever is appropriate. The department of children and families or
4its designee shall deposit amounts withheld for delinquent child or family support,
5maintenance, or receiving and disbursing fees or past support, medical expenses, or
6birth expenses in the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (kp) (ja).
SB317,210 7Section 210. 253.15 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,88,148 253.15 (4) (b) Before an individual may be certified under s. 48.651 as a child
9care provider of children under 5 years of age, the individual shall receive training
10relating to shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies that is approved or provided
11by the certifying department in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or
12more, county department, or agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) or that is
13provided by a nonprofit organization arranged by that department, county
14department, or contracted agency to provide that training.
SB317,211 15Section 211. 767.41 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB317,89,316 767.41 (3) (a) If the interest of any child demands it, and if the court finds that
17neither parent is able to care for the child adequately or that neither parent is fit and
18proper to have the care and custody of the child, the court may declare the child to
19be in need of protection or services and transfer legal custody of the child to a relative
20of the child, as defined in s. 48.02 (15), to a county department, as defined under s.
2148.02 (2g), to a licensed child welfare agency, or, in a county having a population of
22500,000 750,000 or more, the department of children and families. If the court
23transfers legal custody of a child under this subsection, in its order the court shall
24notify the parents of any applicable grounds for termination of parental rights under
25s. 48.415. If the court transfers legal custody under this section to an agency, the

1court shall also refer the matter to the court intake worker, as defined in s. 48.02 (3),
2who shall conduct an inquiry under s. 48.24 to determine whether a petition should
3be filed under s. 48.13.
SB317,212 4Section 212. 767.75 (1f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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