302.383(2)(b)
(b) The length of stay in the treatment facility of each prisoner reported under
par. (a).
302.383(2)(c)
(c) The number of prisoners committed to treatment on an outpatient basis in the jail or house of correction under
s. 51.20 (1) (av) who were treated in the jail or house of correction with psychotropic drugs during the year and, for each such prisoner, the prisoner's diagnosis and the types of drugs used.
302.383(3)
(3) The report under
sub. (2) shall include a description of the mental health services that are available to prisoners on either a voluntary or involuntary basis.
302.383 History
History: 1987 a. 394;
1989 a. 31 s.
1658; Stats. 1989 s. 302.383.
302.383 Note
NOTE: 1987 Wis. Act 394, which created this section contains explanatory notes.
302.384
302.384
Procedure if a prisoner refuses appropriate care or treatment. A sheriff, jailer, keeper of any prison, jail or house of correction and the arresting officer are immune from civil liability for any acts or omissions that occur as the result of a good faith effort to allow a prisoner to refuse appropriate care or treatment if all of the following occur:
302.384(1)
(1) A sheriff, jailer, keeper or officer arranges for a health care professional, as defined in
s. 154.01 (3), to observe the prisoner.
302.384(2)
(2) The health care professional informs the prisoner of the availability of appropriate care or treatment.
302.384(3)
(3) The health care professional indicates on records kept by a sheriff, jailer, keeper or officer that appropriate care or treatment was offered and that the prisoner refused that care or treatment.
302.384 History
History: 1987 a. 269,
403;
1989 a. 31 s.
1659; Stats. 1989 s. 302.384.
302.385
302.385
Correctional institution health care. The standards for delivery of health services in state correctional institutions governed under
s. 301.02 shall be based on the standards of any professional organization that establishes standards for health services in prisons and that is recognized by the department.
302.385 History
History: 1979 c. 221;
1983 a. 27;
1989 a. 31 s.
1660; Stats. 1989 s. 302.385;
1997 a. 289.
302.385 Annotation
This section does not confer a constitutionally protected substantive property right in an inmate's prescription medication. An inmate denied medication need not have been afforded procedural due process either before or after the deprivation. Ledford v. Sullivan,
105 F.3d 354 (1997).
302.386
302.386
Medical and dental services for prisoners and forensic patients. 302.386(1)(1) Except as provided in
sub. (5), liability for medical and dental services furnished to residents housed in prisons identified in
s. 302.01 or in a secured correctional facility as defined in
s. 938.02 (15m), or in a secured child caring institution, as defined in
s. 938.02 (15g), or to forensic patients in state institutions for those services which are not provided by employees of the department shall be limited to the amounts payable under
ss. 49.43 to
49.47, except
s. 49.468, for similar services. The department may waive any such limit if it determines that needed services cannot be obtained for the applicable amount. No provider of services may bill the resident or patient for the cost of services exceeding the amount of the liability under this subsection.
302.386(2)
(2) The liability of the state for medical and dental services under
sub. (1) does not extend to that part of the medical or dental services of a resident housed in a prison identified in
s. 302.01, a secured correctional facility as defined in
s. 938.02 (15m), or a secured child caring institution, as defined in
s. 938.02 (15g), for which any of the following applies:
302.386(2)(b)
(b) The service is payable under any of the following:
302.386(2)(b)3.
3. Benefits from the state department of veterans affairs or the federal department of veterans affairs.
302.386(2m)
(2m) The department shall collect moneys under
sub. (2) for medical and dental services furnished to residents under
sub. (1) and credit those moneys to the appropriation account under
s. 20.410 (1) (gi).
302.386(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), the department may require a resident housed in a prison identified in
s. 302.01 or in a secured correctional facility as defined in
s. 938.02 (15m) who earns wages during residency and who receives medical or dental services to pay a deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge upon the medical or dental service that he or she receives. The department shall collect the allowable deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge.
302.386(3)(b)
(b) If the resident under
par. (a) requests the medical services or dental services, the department shall require the resident to pay the deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge. The department may not charge the person less than $2.50 for each request. The requirements under this paragraph are subject to the exception and waiver provisions under
par. (c).
302.386(3)(c)
(c) No provider of services may deny care or services because the resident is unable to pay the applicable deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge, but an inability to pay these charges does not relieve the resident of liability for the charges unless the department excepts or waives the liability under criteria that the department shall establish by rule.
302.386(3)(d)
(d) The department shall credit all moneys that it collects under this subsection to the appropriation account under
s. 20.410 (1) (gi).
302.386(4)
(4) The department shall promulgate rules to establish all of the following:
302.386(4)(a)
(a) The specific medical or dental services on which a deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge may be imposed under
sub. (3) (a) or must be imposed under
sub. (3) (b).
302.386(4)(b)
(b) The amounts of deductibles, coinsurances, copayments or similar charges for the medical or dental services under
par. (a).
302.386(5)
(5) The state is not required to provide medical or dental services to any of the following:
302.386(5)(b)
(b) Any participant in the intensive sanctions program under
s. 301.048 unless he or she is imprisoned in a Type 1 prison other than the institution authorized in
s. 301.046 (1).
302.386(5)(c)
(c) Any participant in the corrective sanctions program under
s. 938.533 unless he or she is placed in a Type 1 secured correctional facility, as defined in
s. 938.02 (19).
302.386(5)(d)
(d) Any participant in the serious juvenile offender program under
s. 938.538 unless he or she is placed in a Type 1 secured correctional facility, as defined in
s. 938.02 (19), or in a Type 1 prison other than the institution authorized under
s. 301.046 (1).
302.386(6)
(6) The department may collect a deductible, coinsurance, copayment or similar charge under this section or the department or the attorney general may collect under
s. 301.325, but the state may not collect for the same expense twice.
302.386 History
History: 1985 a. 29;
1989 a. 31 ss.
1661,
1662; Stats. 1989 s. 302.386;
1991 a. 39;
1995 a. 27,
77.
302.388
302.388
Prisoner medical records. 302.388(1)(c)
(c) "Jailer" means the sheriff, superintendent or other keeper of a jail.
302.388(1)(d)
(d) "Medical staff" means health care providers employed by the department or a jail.
302.388(1)(f)
(f) "Prisoner" means any person who is either arrested, incarcerated, imprisoned or otherwise detained in a jail or prison but does not include any of the following:
302.388(1)(g)
(g) "Receiving institution intake staff" means the warden or superintendent or his or her designee, if a prisoner is transferred to a prison, or the jailer or his or her designee, if a prisoner is transferred to a jail.
302.388(2)(a)(a) The department shall provide each jailer a standardized form for recording the medical conditions and history of prisoners being transferred to the department or another county's jail. Except as provided in
pars. (b) and
(bm), jail medical staff shall complete the form and provide it to the receiving institution intake staff at the time of each such transfer.
302.388(2)(b)
(b) If the jail does not have medical staff on duty at the time of a transfer, the jailer or his or her designee shall complete as much of the form as possible and provide it to the receiving institution intake staff at the time of the transfer. The jailer shall ensure that all of the following occur within 24 hours after the transfer:
302.388(2)(b)1.
1. The jail medical staff, the prisoner's health care provider or, if the prisoner does not have a health care provider, a health care provider under contract with the jail reviews the form provided to the receiving institution at the time of the transfer.
302.388(2)(b)2.
2. The medical staff or health care provider reviewing the form corrects any errors in the form and includes in it any additional available information.
302.388(2)(b)3.
3. The medical staff or health care provider reviewing the form transmits the updated form or the information included on the form by the quickest available means to the receiving institution intake staff.
302.388(2)(bm)
(bm) Jail medical staff need not complete the form if the jailer or his or her designee provides a copy of the prisoner's complete medical file to the receiving institution intake staff at the time of the transfer.
302.388(2)(c)
(c) Except as provided in
pars. (d) and
(e), the department shall complete the form described in
par. (a) for each prisoner whom the department transfers to a jail and shall provide it to the receiving institution intake staff at the time of the transfer.
302.388(2)(d)
(d) If the prison does not have medical staff on duty at the time of a transfer, the warden or superintendent or his or her designee shall complete as much of the form as possible and provide it to the receiving institution intake staff at the time of the transfer. The department shall ensure that all of the following occur within 24 hours after the transfer, unless the prisoner returns to the prison within that time:
302.388(2)(d)1.
1. The prison medical staff, the prisoner's health care provider or, if the prisoner does not have a health care provider, a health care provider under contract with the department reviews the form provided to the receiving institution at the time of the transfer.
302.388(2)(d)2.
2. The medical staff or health care provider reviewing the form corrects any errors in the form and includes in it any additional available information.
302.388(2)(d)3.
3. The medical staff or health care provider reviewing the form transmits the updated form or the information included on the form by the quickest available means to the receiving institution intake staff.
302.388(2)(e)
(e) Paragraph (c) does not apply if the department provides a copy of the prisoner's complete medical file to the receiving institution intake staff at the time of the transfer.
302.388(2)(f)
(f) Receiving institution intake staff may make a health summary form available to any of the following:
302.388(2)(f)3.
3. In the case of a prison or jail that does not have medical staff on duty at the time of the transfer, a health care provider designated by the department or the jailer to review health summary forms.
302.388(2)(f)4.
4. In the case of a jail that does not have medical staff, a person designated by the jailer to maintain prisoner medical records.
302.388(3)
(3) Treatment summaries. Each health care provider, other than medical staff, who provides health care services to a prisoner shall provide the department or the jail in which the prisoner is confined a written summary of the services provided and a description of follow-up care and treatment that the prisoner requires. The treatment summary may be made available to medical staff at the prison or jail at which the prisoner is confined or the prisoner's health care provider or, in the case of a jail that does not have medical staff, to a person designated by the jailer to maintain prisoner medical records.
302.388(4)
(4) Requests for prisoner medical records. Health care providers providing health care services to a prisoner or medical staff at the prison or jail in which a prisoner is confined may obtain patient health care records for the prisoner from other health care providers who have provided health care services to the prisoner while he or she has been confined in a prison or jail and from other prisons or jails in which the prisoner has been confined.
302.388 History
History: 1999 a. 151.
302.39
302.39
Freedom of worship; religious ministration. Insofar as practicable,
s. 301.33 shall apply to county jails.
302.39 History
History: 1989 a. 31 s.
1663; Stats. 1989 s. 302.39.
302.40
302.40
Discipline; solitary confinement. For violating the rules of the jail, an inmate may be kept in solitary confinement, under the care and advice of a physician, but not over 10 days.
302.40 History
History: 1989 a. 31 s.
1664; Stats. 1989 s. 302.40.
302.40 Annotation
Pretrial detainees in jail are entitled to a due process hearing prior to more than slight deprivation of privileges, including loss of any privilege for more than one day. Representation by counsel is not essential. Inmates of Milwaukee Co. Jail v. Petersen,
353 F. Supp. 1157.
302.41
302.41
Care of prisoners. Whenever there is a prisoner in any jail there shall be at least one person of the same sex on duty who is wholly responsible to the sheriff or keeper for the custody, cleanliness, food and care of such prisoner.
302.41 History
History: 1975 c. 94;
1989 a. 31 s.
1665; Stats. 1989 s. 302.41.
302.41 Annotation
This section does not conflict with Wisconsin fair employment act. Concept of "bona fide occupational qualification" under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act discussed. Counties must comply with this section when they can do so without conflict with Title VII. 70 Atty. Gen. 202.
302.42
302.42
Jailer constantly at jail. There shall be a keeper or custodian or attendant present at every jail while there is a prisoner therein.
302.42 History
History: 1989 a. 31 s.
1666; Stats. 1989 s. 302.42.
302.425
302.425
Home detention programs. 302.425(2)
(2) Sheriff's or superintendent's general authority. Subject to the limitations under
sub. (3), a county sheriff or a superintendent of a house of correction may place in the home detention program any person confined in jail who has been arrested for, charged with, convicted of or sentenced for a crime. The sheriff or superintendent may transfer any prisoner in the home detention program to the jail.
