AUTHORITY
938.48
938.48
Authority of department. The department may do all of the following:
938.48(1)
(1) Enforcement of laws. Promote the enforcement of the laws relating to delinquent juveniles and juveniles in need of protection or services and take the initiative in all matters involving the interests of those juveniles when adequate provision for those matters is not made. This duty shall be discharged in cooperation with the courts, county departments, licensed child welfare agencies, parents, and other individuals interested in the welfare of juveniles.
938.48(2)
(2) Juvenile welfare services. Assist in extending and strengthening juvenile welfare services with appropriate federal agencies and in conformity with the federal Social Security Act and in cooperation with parents, other individuals, and other agencies so that all juveniles needing such services are reached.
938.48(3)
(3) Supervision and special treatment or care. Accept supervision over juveniles transferred to it by the court under
s. 938.183,
938.34 (4h),
(4m), or
(4n), or
938.357 (4), and provide special treatment or care to juveniles when directed by the court. Except as provided in
s. 938.505 (2), a court may not direct the department to administer psychotropic medications to juveniles who receive special treatment or care under this subsection.
938.48(4)
(4) Care, training, and placement. Provide appropriate care and training for juveniles under its supervision under
s. 938.183,
938.34 (4h),
(4m), or
(4n), or
938.357 (4), including serving those juveniles in their own homes, placing them in licensed foster homes or licensed group homes under
s. 48.63, contracting for their care by licensed child welfare agencies, or replacing them in juvenile correctional facilities or secured residential care centers for children and youth in accordance with rules promulgated under
ch. 227, except that the department may not purchase the educational component of private day treatment programs for a juvenile in its custody unless the department, the school board, as defined in
s. 115.001 (7), and the state superintendent of public instruction all determine that an appropriate public education program is not available for the juvenile. Disputes between the department and the school district shall be resolved by the state superintendent of public instruction.
938.48(4m)
(4m) Continuing care and services for juveniles over 17. Continue to provide appropriate care, training and services to any person who meets all of the following qualifications:
938.48(4m)(d)
(d) Is determined by the department to be in need of care and services designed to fit the person for gainful employment and has requested and consented to receive the care and services.
938.48(5)
(5) Moral and religious training. Provide for the moral and religious training of a juvenile under its supervision under
s. 938.183,
938.34 (4h),
(4m), or
(4n), or
938.357 (4) according to the religious beliefs of the juvenile or of the juvenile's parents.
938.48(6)
(6) Emergency surgery. Consent to emergency surgery under the direction of a licensed physician or surgeon for any juvenile under its supervision under
s. 938.183,
938.34 (4h),
(4m), or
(4n), or
938.357 (4) upon notification by a licensed physician or surgeon of the need for the surgery and if reasonable effort, compatible with the nature and time limitation of the emergency, has been made to secure the consent of the juvenile's parent or guardian.
938.48(8p)
(8p) Indian juvenile placements. Reimburse Indian tribes and county departments, from the appropriation under
s. 20.410 (3) (kp), for unexpected or unusually high-cost out-of-home care placements of Indian juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent by tribal courts. In this subsection, "unusually high-cost out-of-home care placements" means the amount by which the cost to an Indian tribe or to a county department of out-of-home care placements of Indian juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent by tribal courts exceeds $50,000 in a fiscal year.
938.48(13)
(13) Allowances and cash grants. Promulgate rules for the payment of an allowance to juveniles in its institutions and a cash grant to a juvenile being discharged from its institutions or released to aftercare supervision.
938.48(14)
(14) School-related expenses for juveniles over 17. Pay maintenance, tuition, and related expenses from the appropriation under
s. 20.410 (3) (ho) for persons who, when they attained 17 years of age, were students regularly attending a school, college, or university or regularly attending a course of vocational or technical training designed to prepare them for gainful employment, and who upon attaining that age were under the supervision of the department under
s. 938.183,
938.34 (4h),
(4m), or
(4n), or
938.357 (4) as a result of a judicial decision.
938.48 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
DOC 371,
373,
374,
375,
376,
379,
380,
381,
383,
393, and
397, Wis. adm. code.
938.49
938.49
Notification by court of placement with department; information for department. 938.49(1)
(1)
Notice to department of placement. When a court places a juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth under the supervision of the department, the court shall immediately notify the department of that action. The court shall, in accordance with procedures established by the department, provide transportation for the juvenile to a receiving center designated by the department or deliver the juvenile to department personnel.
938.49(2)
(2) Transfer of court report and pupil records. When a court places a juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under the supervision of the department, the court and all other public agencies shall immediately do all of the following:
938.49(2)(a)
(a) Transfer to the department a copy of the report submitted to the court under
s. 938.33 or, if the report was presented orally, a transcript of the report and all other pertinent data in their possession.
938.49(2)(b)
(b) Notify the juvenile's last school district or, if the juvenile was last enrolled in a private school participating in the program under
s. 118.60 or in the program under
s. 119.23, the private school, in writing of its obligation under
s. 118.125 (4).
938.50
938.50
Examination of juveniles under supervision of department. The department shall examine every juvenile who is placed under its supervision to determine the type of placement best suited to the juvenile and to the protection of the public. The examination shall include an investigation of the personal and family history of the juvenile and his or her environment, any physical or mental examinations necessary to determine the type of placement appropriate for the juvenile, and an evaluation under
s. 938.533 (2) to determine whether the juvenile is eligible for corrective sanctions supervision or serious juvenile offender supervision. The department shall screen a juvenile who is examined under this section to determine whether the juvenile is in need of special treatment or care because of alcohol or other drug abuse, mental illness, or severe emotional disturbance. In making the examination the department may use any facilities, public or private, that offer assistance in determining the correct placement for the juvenile.
938.50 History
History: 1995 a. 77;
2005 a. 344.
938.505
938.505
Juveniles placed under correctional supervision. 938.505(1)(1)
Rights and duties of department or county department. When a juvenile is placed under the supervision of the department under
s. 938.183,
938.34 (4h),
(4m) or
(4n) or
938.357 (4) or
(5) (e) or under the supervision of a county department under
s. 938.34 (4n), the department or county department having supervision over the juvenile shall have the right and duty to protect, train, discipline, treat and confine the juvenile and to provide food, shelter, legal services, education and ordinary medical and dental care for the juvenile, subject to the rights, duties and responsibilities of the guardian of the juvenile and subject to any residual parental rights and responsibilities and the provisions of any court order.
938.505(2)(a)(a) If a juvenile 14 years of age or older is under the supervision of the department or a county department as described in
sub. (1), is not residing in his or her home, and wishes to be administered psychotropic medication but a parent with legal custody or the guardian refuses to consent to the administration of psychotropic medication or cannot be found, or if there is no parent with legal custody, the department or county department acting on the juvenile's behalf may petition the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and
ch. 48 in the county in which the juvenile is located for permission to administer psychotropic medication to the juvenile. A copy of the petition and a notice of hearing shall be served upon the parent or guardian at his or her last-known address. If, after hearing, the court determines that all of the following apply, the court shall grant permission for the department or county department to administer psychotropic medication to the juvenile without the parent's or guardian's consent:
938.505(2)(a)1.
1. The parent's or guardian's consent is unreasonably withheld, the parent or guardian cannot be found, or there is no parent with legal custody, except that the court may not determine that a parent's or guardian's consent is unreasonably withheld solely because the parent or guardian relies on treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing in accordance with his or her religious tradition.
938.505(2)(a)2.
2. The juvenile is 14 years of age or older, is competent to consent to the administration of psychotropic medication, and voluntarily consents to the administration of psychotropic medication.
938.505(2)(a)3.
3. The juvenile, based on the recommendation of a physician, is in need of psychotropic medication, and psychotropic medication is appropriate for the juvenile's needs and is the least restrictive treatment consistent with those needs.
938.505(2)(b)
(b) The court may, at the request of the department or county department, temporarily approve the administration of psychotropic medication, for not more than 10 days after the date of the request, pending the hearing on the petition. The hearing shall be held within that 10-day period.
938.505 History
History: 1995 a. 77;
2005 a. 344.
938.505 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
DOC 375 and
383, Wis. adm. code.
938.51
938.51
Notification of release or escape of juvenile from correctional custody or supervision. 938.51(1)
(1)
Release from secured facility or supervision. At least 15 days prior to the date of release from a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth of a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent and at least 15 days prior to the release from the supervision of the department or a county department of a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent, the department or county department having supervision over the juvenile shall make a reasonable attempt to do all of the following:
938.51(1)(a)
(a) Notify all of the following local agencies in the community in which the juvenile will reside of the juvenile's return to the community:
938.51(1)(b)
(b) Subject to
pars. (c) and
(cm), notify any known victim of the act for which the juvenile has been found delinquent of the juvenile's release, if all of the following apply:
938.51(1)(b)3.
3. The victim has sent in a request card under
sub. (2) or, if the victim was under 18 years of age when his or her parent sent in a request card under
sub. (2), the parent or guardian authorized on the request card direct notification of the victim after the victim attains 18 years of age.
938.51(1)(c)
(c) Subject to
par. (cm), notify an adult relative of the victim of the juvenile's release if all of the following apply:
938.51(1)(c)1.
1. The victim died as a result of the juvenile's delinquent act.
938.51(1)(cm)
(cm) Notify the victim's parent or legal guardian of the juvenile's release if all of the following apply:
938.51(1)(cm)3.
3. The parent or legal guardian has sent in a request card under
sub. (2).
938.51(1)(d)
(d) Notify any witness who testified against the juvenile in any court proceeding involving the delinquent act of the juvenile's release if all of the following apply:
938.51(1d)
(1d) Release from nonsecured residential care center. At least 15 days prior to the release from a nonsecured residential care center for children and youth of a juvenile who has either been adjudicated delinquent under s.
48.12, 1993 stats., or s.
938.12 or been found to be in need of protection or services under s.
48.13 (12), 1993 stats., or
s. 938.13 (12) and who has been found to have committed a violation of
ch. 940 or of
s. 948.02,
948.025,
948.03, or
948.085 (2), and at least 15 days prior to the release from a nonsecured residential care center for children and youth of a juvenile who has been found to be in need of protection or services under s.
48.13 (14), 1993 stats., or
s. 938.13 (14), the department or county department having supervision over the juvenile shall notify all of the following persons of the juvenile's release:
938.51(1d)(a)
(a) Any known victim of the act for which the juvenile was found delinquent or to be in need of protection or services, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (b) are met; an adult relative of the victim, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (c) are met; or the victim's parent or guardian, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (cm) are met.
938.51(1d)(b)
(b) Any witness who testified against the juvenile in any court proceeding involving the act for which the juvenile was found delinquent or to be in need of protection or services, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (d) are met.
938.51(1g)
(1g) Release from inpatient facility. At least 15 days prior to the release from an inpatient facility, as defined in
s. 51.01 (10), of a juvenile who has been found to be in need of protection or services under s.
48.13 (14), 1993 stats., or
s. 938.13 (14), the county department having supervision over the juvenile shall notify all of the following persons of the juvenile's release:
938.51(1g)(a)
(a) Any known victim of the act for which the juvenile was found to be in need of protection or services, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (b) are met; an adult relative of the victim, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (c) are met; or the victim's parent or guardian, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (cm) are met.
938.51(1g)(b)
(b) Any witness who testified against the juvenile in any court proceeding involving the act for which the juvenile was found to be in need of protection or services, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (d) are met.
938.51(1m)
(1m) Notification of local agencies. The department or county department having supervision over a juvenile described in
sub. (1) shall determine the local agencies that it will notify under
sub. (1) (a) based on the residence of the juvenile's parents or on the juvenile's intended residence specified in the juvenile's aftercare supervision plan or, if those methods do not indicate the community in which the juvenile will reside following release from a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth or from the supervision of the department or county department, the community in which the juvenile states that he or she intends to reside.
938.51(1r)
(1r) Contents of notice. The notification under
sub. (1),
(1d) or
(1g) shall include only the juvenile's name, the date of the juvenile's release and the type of placement to which the juvenile is released.
938.51(2)
(2) Notification request cards. The department shall design and prepare cards for any person specified in
sub. (1) (b),
(c),
(cm), or
(d) to send to the department or county department having supervision over a juvenile described in
sub. (1),
(1d), or
(1g). The cards shall have space for the person's name, telephone number and mailing address, the name of the applicable juvenile, and any other information that the department determines is necessary. The cards shall advise a victim who is under 18 years of age that he or she may complete a card requesting notification under
sub. (1) (b),
(1d), or
(1g) if the notification occurs after the victim attains 18 years of age and advising the parent or guardian of a victim who is under 18 years of age that the parent or guardian may authorize on the card direct notification of the victim under
sub. (1) (b),
(1d), or
(1g) if the notification occurs after the victim attains 18 years of age. The department shall provide the cards, without charge, to district attorneys. District attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to persons specified in
sub. (1) (b) to
(d). These persons may send completed cards to the department or county department having supervision over the juvenile. Department and county department records or portions of records that relate to telephone numbers and mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under
s. 19.35 (1).
938.51(3)
(3) Release not affected by failure to notify. Timely release of a juvenile specified in
sub. (1),
(1d) or
(1g) shall not be prejudiced by the fact that the department or county department having supervision over the juvenile did not provide notification as required under
sub. (1),
(1d) or
(1g), whichever is applicable.
938.51(4)
(4) Notification if escape or absence. If a juvenile described in
sub. (1),
(1d), or
(1g) escapes from a juvenile correctional facility, residential care center for children and youth, inpatient facility, juvenile detention facility, or juvenile portion of a county jail, or from the custody of a peace officer or a guard of such a facility, center, home, or jail, or has been allowed to leave a juvenile correctional facility, residential care center for children and youth, inpatient facility, juvenile detention facility, or juvenile portion of a county jail for a specified period of time and is absent from the facility, center, home, or jail for more than 12 hours after the expiration of the specified period, as soon as possible after the department or county department having supervision over the juvenile discovers the escape or absence, the department or county department shall make a reasonable attempt to notify by telephone all of the following persons:
938.51(4)(a)
(a) Any known victim of the act for which the juvenile was found delinquent or to be in need of protection or services, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (b) are met; an adult relative of the victim, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (c) are met; or the victim's parent or guardian, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (cm) are met.
938.51(4)(b)
(b) Any witness who testified against the juvenile in any court proceeding involving the act for which the juvenile was found delinquent or to be in need of protection or services, if the criteria under
sub. (1) (d) are met.
938.52
938.52
Facilities for care of juveniles in care of department. 938.52(1)(1)
Facilities maintained or used for juveniles. The department may maintain or use the following facilities for juveniles in its care:
938.52(1)(a)
(a) Receiving homes to be used for the temporary care of juveniles.
938.52(1)(d)
(d) Institutions, facilities, and services, including forestry or conservation camps, for the training and treatment of juveniles 10 years of age or older who have been adjudged delinquent.
938.52(1)(f)
(f) Other facilities deemed by the department to be appropriate for the juvenile, except that no state funds may be used for the maintenance of a juvenile in the home of a parent or relative eligible for aid under
s. 49.19 if such funds would reduce federal funds to this state.
938.52(2)(a)(a) In addition to facilities and services under
sub. (1), the department may use other facilities and services under its jurisdiction. The department may contract for and pay for the use of other public facilities or private facilities for the care and treatment of juveniles in its care. Placement of juveniles in private or public facilities not under the department's jurisdiction does not terminate its supervision under
s. 938.183,
938.34 (4h),
(4m), or
(4n), or
938.357 (4). Placements in institutions for persons with a mental illness or development disability shall be made in accordance with
ss. 48.14 (5),
48.63, and
938.34 (6) (am) and
ch. 51.
938.52(2)(b)
(b) Public facilities shall accept and care for persons placed with them by the department in the same manner as they would be required to do had the legal custody of these persons been transferred by a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this subsection requires any public facility to serve the department in a manner that is inconsistent with the facility's functions or with the laws and regulations governing its activities or gives the department authority to use any private facility without its consent.
938.52(4)
(4) Coeducational programs and institutions. The department may establish and maintain coeducational programs and institutions under this chapter.
938.53
938.53
Duration of control of department over delinquents. Except as provided under
ss. 48.366 and
938.183, a juvenile adjudged delinquent who has been placed under the supervision of the department under
s. 938.183,
938.34 (4h),
(4m), or
(4n), or
938.357 (4) shall be discharged as soon as the department determines that there is a reasonable probability that departmental supervision is no longer necessary for the rehabilitation and treatment of the juvenile or for the protection of the public.
938.533
938.533
Corrective sanctions. 938.533(2)
(2)
Corrective sanctions program. From the appropriation under
s. 20.410 (3) (hr), the department shall provide a corrective sanctions program to serve an average daily population of 136 juveniles unless the appropriation under
s. 20.410 (3) (hr) is supplemented under
s. 13.101 or
16.515 and the positions for the program are increased under
s. 13.101 or
16.505 (2) or unless funding and positions to serve more than that average daily population are otherwise available, in at least 3 counties, including Milwaukee County. The department's office of juvenile offender review shall evaluate and select for participation in the program juveniles who have been placed under the supervision of the department under
s. 938.183,
938.34 (4h) or
(4m), or
938.357 (4). The department shall place a program participant in the community, provide intensive surveillance of that participant, and provide an average of not more than $3,000 per year per slot to purchase community-based treatment services for each participant. The department shall make the intensive surveillance available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and may purchase or provide electronic monitoring for the intensive surveillance of program participants. The department shall provide a report center in Milwaukee County to provide on-site programming after school and in the evening for juveniles from Milwaukee County who are placed in the corrective sanctions program. A contact worker providing services under the program shall have a case load of approximately 10 juveniles and, during the initial phase of placement in the community under the program of a juvenile who is assigned to that contact worker, shall have not less than one face-to-face contact per day with that juvenile. Case management services under the program shall be provided by a corrective sanctions agent who shall have a case load of approximately 15 juveniles. The department shall promulgate rules to implement the program.
