46.23(5)(h)
(h) Shall determine the number and location of outstations when appropriate to meet service demands.
46.23(5)(i)
(i) May recommend the removal of the county human services director for cause to each county board of supervisors which participated in the appointment of the county human services board, and each such county board of supervisors may remove the county human services director for cause by a two-thirds vote of each such county, on due notice in writing and hearing of the charges against the county human services director.
46.23(5)(j)
(j) Shall develop county human services board operating procedures.
46.23(5)(k)
(k) Shall oversee the operation of one or more service delivery programs.
46.23(5)(m)
(m) May perform such other general functions necessary to administer the program.
46.23(5)(n)1.1. Shall submit a final budget in accordance with
s. 46.031 (1) for authorized services, except for services under
subch. III of ch. 49 and juvenile delinquency-related services. Notwithstanding the categorization of or limits specified for funds allocated under
s. 46.495 or
51.423 (2), with the approval of the department of health and family services the county human services board may expend these funds consistent with any service provided under
s. 46.495 or
51.42.
46.23(5)(n)3.
3. Shall submit a final budget in accordance with
s. 301.031 (1) for authorized juvenile delinquency-related services.
46.23(5)(o)
(o) Shall cooperate to the extent feasible with the school board, health planning agencies, law enforcement agencies, and other human service agencies, committees and planning bodies in the geographic area served by the county human services board.
46.23(5m)
(5m) Powers and duties of county human services board in certain counties with a county executive or county administrator. A county human services board appointed under
sub. (4) (b) 2. shall:
46.23(5m)(a)
(a) Appoint committees consisting of residents of the county to advise the county human services board as it deems necessary.
46.23(5m)(b)
(b) Recommend program priorities and policies, identify unmet service needs and prepare short-term and long-term plans and budgets for meeting such priorities and needs.
46.23(5m)(c)
(c) Prepare, with the assistance of the county human services director under
sub. (6m) (e), a proposed budget for submission to the county executive or county administrator, a final budget for submission to the department of health and family services in accordance with
s. 46.031 (1) for authorized services, except services under
subch. III of ch. 49 and juvenile delinquency-related services, a final budget for submission to the department of workforce development in accordance with
s. 49.325 for authorized services under
subch. III of ch. 49 and a final budget for submission to the department of corrections in accordance with
s. 301.031 for authorized juvenile delinquency-related services.
46.23(5m)(d)
(d) Advise the county human services director under
sub. (6m) regarding purchasing and providing services and the selection of purchase of service vendors, and make recommendations to the county executive or county administrator regarding modifications in such purchasing, providing and selection.
46.23(5m)(e)
(e) Develop county human services board operating procedures.
46.23(5m)(g)
(g) Assist in arranging cooperative working agreements with persons providing health, education, vocational or welfare services related to services provided under this section.
46.23(6)
(6) Powers and duties of county human services director in certain counties. 46.23(6)(a)(a) A county human services director appointed under
sub. (5) (f) shall have all of the administrative and executive powers and duties of managing, operating, maintaining and improving the programs of the county department of human services, subject to the rules promulgated by the department of health and family services for programs, except services or programs under
subch. III of ch. 49 and juvenile delinquency-related services or programs, subject to the rules promulgated by the department of workforce development for services or programs under
subch. III of ch. 49 and subject to the rules promulgated by the department of corrections for juvenile delinquency-related services or programs. In consultation with the county human services board under
sub. (5) and subject to its approval, the county human services director shall prepare:
46.23(6)(a)1.
1. An annual comprehensive plan and budget of all funds necessary for the program and services authorized by this section in which priorities and objectives for the year are established as well as any modifications of long-range objectives.
46.23(6)(a)3.
3. Such other reports as are required by the secretary of health and family services, by the secretary of corrections or by the secretary of workforce development and the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department of human services or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department of human services.
46.23(6)(c)
(c) A county human services director under this subsection shall make recommendations to the county human services board under
sub. (5) for:
46.23(6)(c)2.
2. Changes in the organization and management of the program.
46.23(6)(e)
(e) A county human services director under this subsection shall comply with state requirements.
46.23(6m)
(6m) County human services director in certain counties with a county executive or county administrator. In any county with a county executive or county administrator in which the county board of supervisors has established a single-county department of human services, the county executive or county administrator shall appoint a county human services director on the basis of recognized and demonstrated interest in and knowledge of human services problems, 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 is subject to confirmation by the county board of supervisors 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 human services director, subject only to the supervision of the county executive or county administrator, shall:
46.23(6m)(a)
(a) Supervise and administer any program for which supervision and administration is authorized under this section.
46.23(6m)(b)
(b) Determine administrative and program procedures and administrative policies.
46.23(6m)(c)
(c) Determine, subject to the approval of the county board of supervisors and with the advice of the county human services board under
sub. (5m), whether services are to be provided directly by the county department of human services or contracted for with other providers and make such contracts. The county board of supervisors may elect to require the approval of any such contract by the county board of supervisors.
46.23(6m)(f)
(f) Make recommendations to the county executive or county administrator regarding modifications to the proposed budget prepared by the county human services board under
sub. (5m) (c).
46.23(6m)(j)
(j) Perform other functions necessary to manage, operate, maintain and improve programs.
46.23(6m)(L)
(L) Represent human service agencies, professionals and consumers of services in negotiations with the state and federal governments.
46.23(6m)(m)
(m) Determine the number and location of outstations when appropriate to meet service demands.
46.23 History
History: 1975 c. 39,
224;
1977 c. 29;
1981 c. 20,
93,
291;
1981 c. 329 s.
31;
1983 a. 27 ss.
962,
2202 (20);
1985 a. 29 ss.
844m to
860,
3200 (56) (a);
1985 a. 120,
176,
332;
1987 a. 186;
1987 a. 403 s.
256;
1989 a. 56,
359;
1991 a. 274;
1993 a. 16,
27,
83,
445,
491;
1995 a. 27 ss.
2112 to
2127,
9126 (19),
9130 (4);
1995 a. 64,
201,
352,
417;
1997 a. 3,
164,
268,
283;
1999 a. 9.
46.23 Annotation
There is no unconditional guarantee of continued employment under sub. (3) (d); employment is continued during a reorganization unless civil service rules provide otherwise. Dane County v. McCartney,
166 Wis. 2d 956,
480 N.W.2d 830 (Ct. App. 1992).
46.23 Annotation
Boards and directors may view client information without written and informed consent for any purpose related to their powers and duties. 69 Atty. Gen. 273.
46.23 Annotation
Officers, employees, and directors of public or private entities that furnish "human services" to a county may not be appointed to the board under sub. (4) (a); this provision does not extend to family members of "human services" providers.
80 Atty. Gen. 30.
46.238
46.238
Infants and unborn children whose mothers abuse controlled substances or controlled substance analogs. If a county department under
s. 46.22 or
46.23 or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, a county department under
s. 51.42 or
51.437 receives a report under
s. 146.0255 (2), the county department shall offer to provide appropriate services and treatment to the child and the child's mother or to the unborn child, as defined in
s. 48.02 (19), and the expectant mother of the unborn child or the county department shall make arrangements for the provision of appropriate services or treatment.
46.24
46.24
Assistance to minors concerning parental consent for abortion. If a minor who is contemplating an abortion requests assistance from a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 in seeking the consent of the minor's parent, guardian or legal custodian, or in seeking the consent of an adult family member, as defined in
s. 48.375 (2) (b), for the contemplated abortion or in seeking a waiver from the circuit court, the county department shall provide assistance, including, if so requested, accompanying the minor as appropriate.
46.24 History
History: 1985 a. 56,
176;
1991 a. 263.
46.245
46.245
Information for certain pregnant women. Upon request, a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 shall distribute the materials described under
s. 253.10 (3) (d), as prepared and distributed by the department. A physician who intends to perform or induce an abortion or another qualified physician, as defined in
s. 253.10 (2) (g), who reasonably believes that he or she might have a patient for whom the information under
s. 253.10 (3) (d) is required to be given, shall request a reasonably adequate number of the materials from the county department under this section or from the department under
s. 253.10 (3) (d). An individual may request a reasonably adequate number of the materials.
46.247
46.247
Application of child support standard for certain children. For purposes of determining child support under
s. 46.10 (14) (b), the department shall promulgate rules related to the application of the standard established by the department of workforce development under
s. 49.22 (9) to a child support obligation for the care and maintenance of a child who is placed by a court order under
s. 48.355 or
48.357 in a residential, nonmedical facility. The rules shall take into account the needs of any person, including dependent children other than the child, whom either parent is legally obligated to support.
46.247 History
History: 1995 a. 404 s.
47;
1997 a. 3,
27,
237.
46.261
46.261
Foster care aid. 46.261(1)(1)
Definition. In this section, "dependent child" means a child under the age of 18 or, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before reaching 19, is under the age of 19, who meets all of the following conditions:
46.261(1)(a)
(a) The child is living in a foster home or treatment foster home licensed under
s. 48.62 if a license is required under that section, in a foster home or treatment foster home located within the boundaries of a federally recognized American Indian reservation in this state and licensed by the tribal governing body of the reservation, in a group home licensed under
s. 48.625 or in a child caring institution licensed under
s. 48.60, and has been placed in the foster home, treatment foster home, group home or institution by a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23, by the department or by a federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body in this state under an agreement with a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23.
46.261(2)(a)(a) The department or a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 shall grant aid on behalf of a dependent child to any of the following:
46.261(2)(a)1.
1. A nonrelative who cares for the dependent child in a foster home or treatment foster home having a license under
s. 48.62, in a foster home or treatment foster home located within the boundaries of a federally recognized American Indian reservation in this state and licensed by the tribal governing body of the reservation or in a group home licensed under
s. 48.625 or a minor custodial parent who cares for the dependent child, regardless of the cause or prospective period of dependency. The state shall reimburse counties pursuant to the procedure under
s. 46.495 (2) and the percentage rate of participation set forth in
s. 46.495 (1) (d) for aid granted under this section except that if the child does not have legal settlement in the granting county, state reimbursement shall be at 100%. The county department under
s. 46.215 or
46.22 or the department under
s. 48.48 (17) shall determine the legal settlement of the child. A child under one year of age shall be eligible for aid under this subsection irrespective of any other residence requirement for eligibility within this section.
46.261(2)(a)2.
2. A county or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department, on behalf of a child in the legal custody of a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 or the department under
s. 48.48 (17) or on behalf of a child who was removed from the home of a relative, as defined under
s. 48.02 (15), as a result of a judicial determination that continuance in the home of a relative would be contrary to the child's welfare for any reason when such child is placed in a licensed child caring institution by the county department or the department. Reimbursement shall be made by the state pursuant to
subd. 1.
46.261(2)(a)3.
3. A county or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department, when the child is placed in a licensed foster home, treatment foster home, group home or child caring institution by a licensed child welfare agency or by a federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body in this state or by its designee, if the child is in the legal custody of the county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 or the department under
s. 48.48 (17) or if the child was removed from the home of a relative, as defined under
s. 48.02 (15), as a result of a judicial determination that continuance in the home of the relative would be contrary to the child's welfare for any reason and the placement is made pursuant to an agreement with the county department or the department.
46.261(2)(a)4.
4. A licensed foster home, treatment foster home, group home or child caring institution when the child is in the custody or guardianship of the state, when the child is a ward of an American Indian tribal court in this state and the placement is made under an agreement between the department and the tribal governing body or when the child was part of the state's direct service case load and was removed from the home of a relative, as defined under
s. 48.02 (15), as a result of a judicial determination that continuance in the home of a relative would be contrary to the child's welfare for any reason and the child is placed by the department.
46.261(2)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding
par. (a), aid under this section may not be granted for placement of a child in a foster home or treatment foster home licensed by a federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body, for placement of a child in a foster home, treatment foster home or child caring institution by a tribal governing body or its designee, for the placement of a child who is a ward of a tribal court if the tribal governing body is receiving or is eligible to receive funds from the federal government for that type of placement or for placement of a child in a group home licensed under
s. 48.625.
46.261(3)
(3) Assignment of support. When any person applies for or receives aid under this section, any right of the parent or any dependent child to support or maintenance from any other person, including any right to unpaid amounts accrued at the time of application and any right to amounts accruing during the time aid is paid under this section, is assigned to the state. If a minor who is a beneficiary of aid under this section is also the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order that includes support for one or more children not receiving aid under this section, any support payment made under the judgment or order is assigned to the state in the amount that is the proportionate share of the minor receiving aid under this section, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the motion of a party.
46.261 History
History: 1995 a. 289;
1997 a. 27.
46.266
46.266
Treatment funds for mentally ill persons. 46.266(1)(1) Notwithstanding
s. 49.45 (6m) (ag) and except as provided in
sub. (3), if before July 1, 1989, the federal health care financing administration or the department found a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility in this state that provides care to medical assistance recipients for which the facility receives reimbursement under
s. 49.45 (6m) to be an institution for mental diseases, the department shall allocate funds from the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (be) for distribution under this section to a county department under
s. 51.42 for the care, in the community or in a facility found to be an institution for mental diseases, of the following persons:
46.266(1)(a)
(a) A person who resided in the facility on the date of the finding whose care in the facility is disallowed for federal financial participation.
46.266(1)(b)
(b) A person who is aged 21 to 64, who has a primary diagnosis of mental illness, who would meet the level of care requirements for medical assistance reimbursement in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility but for a finding that the facility is an institution for mental diseases, and for whom services would be provided in place of a person specified in
par. (a) who discontinues services.
46.266(1)(c)
(c) A person who is provided services in the community under this subsection, who was relocated from a nursing home found to be an institution for mental diseases and who reenters, within 6 months following his or her first receipt of services under this subsection, a nursing home that was, before July 1, 1989, found to be an institution for mental diseases.
46.266(1)(d)
(d) A person in the facility who has been determined under
s. 49.45 (6c) (b) to require active treatment for mental illness.
46.266(2)
(2) Funds distributed under
sub. (1) shall be all of the following:
46.266(2)(a)
(a) The amount of $10,914,700 in each fiscal year, subject to all of the following conditions:
46.266(2)(a)1.
1. Funding for treatment in an institution for mental diseases may not exceed 90% of the daily medical assistance reimbursement rate under
s. 49.45 (6m) of the facility.
46.266(2)(a)2.
2. Funding for community care, for persons who were relocated by a county department to the community from an institution for mental diseases before January 1, 1993, may not exceed 60% of the daily medical assistance reimbursement rate under
s. 49.45 (6m) of the facility.
46.266(2)(a)3.
3. Funding for community care, for persons who were relocated by a county department to the community from an institution for mental diseases after December 31, 1992, may not exceed 90% of the daily medical assistance reimbursement rate under
s. 49.45 (6m) of the facility, if the facility closes a bed under
sub. (8) (a).
46.266(2)(a)4.
4. Funding for community care, for persons who were relocated by a county department to the community from an institution for mental diseases after December 31, 1992, may not exceed 60% of the daily medical assistance reimbursement rate under
s. 49.45 (6m) of the facility, if the requirement to close a bed under
sub. (8) (a) is waived by the department under
sub. (8) (b) or if
sub. (9) applies.
46.266(2)(a)5.
5. Funding for services in the community is not authorized under
s. 46.277 for the person or for a person receiving care under
s. 46.40 and for whom care under
s. 46.277 might be substituted.
46.266(2)(a)6.
6. If funding for treatment in institutions for mental diseases and for community care under this section is insufficient to reimburse all eligible costs, the department shall prorate the funds.
46.266(2)(a)7.
7. Funding under this paragraph shall be reduced by the amount of any funds provided as reimbursement to a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility under this paragraph after the date of a finding, if any, by the federal health care financing administration that the facility is no longer an institution for mental diseases and is eligible for reimbursement under
s. 49.45 (6m).
46.266(2)(a)8.
8. Funding under this paragraph requires compliance by an institution for mental diseases with the requirements under
s. 49.45 (6c).
46.266(2)(b)
(b) Funds, calculated according to a method specified by the department, equivalent to the state share of the average daily medical assistance payment for noninstitutional medical services for residents of skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities found to be institutions for mental diseases whose care has been disallowed for federal financial participation.
46.266(3)
(3) The total number of beds in skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities that are funded at any one time under
subs. (1) and
(2) may not exceed the number of beds available for the persons specified in
sub. (1) (a), minus the number of beds reduced under
sub. (8) (a), plus the number of beds added for persons who are specified under
sub. (1) (c) and
(d). The department may redistribute funds for a vacant bed from one county to another county that is seeking to effect the placement of a person in an institution for mental diseases.
46.266(4)
(4) The county department under
s. 51.42 to which funding shall be provided under
sub. (1) is one of the following:
46.266(4)(a)
(a) The county department in the county of residence of the person whose care in the facility has been disallowed for federal financial participation.
46.266(4)(b)
(b) If the department is unable to determine the county of residence under
par. (a), the county department of the county in which is located the facility where the person resided on the date of the finding by the federal health care financing administration or the department.
46.266(5)
(5) The board under
s. 51.42 (5) or, in a county with a county administrator or a county executive, the director under
s. 51.42 (6m) shall use funds provided under this section to contribute to the cost of the person's continued care in an institution for mental diseases or in the community.
46.266(6)
(6) No skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility that has residents who are 21 to 64 years of age and have primary diagnoses of mental illness may receive funds under this section unless the skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility has received distinct part or separate licensure under
s. 50.03 (1m).
