AB130,374,2 (b) In the selection of classified service employes for a secured correctional facility operated by the department for the placement of program participants under this section, the appointing authority shall make every effort to use the expanded certification program under s. 230.25 (1n) or rules of the administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the department of employment relations to ensure that the percentage of employes who are minority group members approximates the percentage of the juveniles placed at that secured correctional facility who are minority group members. The administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the department of employment relations shall provide guidelines for the administration of this selection procedure.

AB130,374,3 (7) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.

AB130,374,9 938.54 Records. The department shall keep a complete record on each juvenile under its supervision under s. 938.183 or 938.34 (4m) or (4n). This record shall include the information received from the court, the date of reception, all available data on the personal and family history of the juvenile, the results of all tests and examinations given the juvenile, and a complete history of all placements of the juvenile while under the supervision of the department.

AB130,374,23 938.547 Juvenile alcohol and other drug abuse pilot program. (1) Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds that the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs by juveniles is a state responsibility of statewide dimension. The legislature recognizes that there is a lack of adequate procedures to screen, assess and treat juveniles for alcohol and other drug abuse. To reduce the incidence of alcohol and other drug abuse by juveniles, the legislature deems it necessary to experiment with solutions to the problems of the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs by juveniles by establishing a juvenile alcohol and other drug abuse pilot program in a limited number of counties. The purpose of the program is to develop intake and court procedures that screen, assess and give new dispositional alternatives for juveniles with needs and problems related to the use of alcohol beverages or controlled substances who come within the jurisdiction of a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 in the pilot counties selected by the department.

AB130,375,8 (2) Department responsibilities. Within the availability of funding under s. 20.435 (7) (mb) that is available for the pilot program, the department shall select counties to participate in the pilot program. Unless a county department of human services has been established under s. 46.23 in the county that is seeking to implement a pilot program, the application submitted to the department shall be a joint application by the county department that provides social services and the county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437. The department shall select counties in accordance with the request-for-proposal procedures established by the department. The department shall give a preference to county applications that include a plan for case management.

AB130,375,12 (3) Multidisciplinary screen. The multidisciplinary screen developed for the pilot program shall be used by an intake worker to determine whether or not a juvenile is in need of an alcohol or other drug abuse assessment. The screen shall also include indicators that screen juveniles for:

AB130,375,13 (a) Family dysfunction.

AB130,375,14 (b) School or truancy problems.

AB130,375,15 (c) Mental health problems.

AB130,375,16 (d) Delinquent behavior patterns.

AB130,375,24 (4) Assessment criteria. The uniform alcohol and other drug abuse assessment criteria that the department developed shall be used in the pilot program under ss. 938.245 (2) (a) 3., 938.295 (1), 938.32 (1g), 938.343 (10) and 938.344 (2g). An approved treatment facility that assesses a person under ss. 938.245 (2) (a) 3., 938.295 (1), 938.32 (1g), 938.343 (10) and 938.344 (2g) may not also provide the person with treatment unless the department permits the approved treatment facility to do both in accordance with the criteria established by rule by the department.

AB130,376,3 938.548 Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria. The department shall make the multidisciplinary screen developed under s. 938.547 (3) and the assessment criteria developed under s. 938.547 (4) available to all counties.

AB130,376,6 938.549 Juvenile classification system. (1) The department shall make available to all counties a juvenile classification system that includes at least all of the following:

AB130,376,8 (a) A risk assessment instrument for determining the probability that a juvenile who has committed an offense will commit another offense.

AB130,376,10 (b) A needs assessment instrument for determining the service needs of a juvenile who has committed an offense.

AB130,376,13 (c) A services and placement guide for integrating the risk and needs of a juvenile who has committed an offense with other factors to determine an appropriate placement and level of services for the juvenile.

AB130,376,15 (2) A county may use the juvenile classification system to do any of the following:

AB130,376,17 (a) At the time of an intake inquiry, determine whether to close a case, enter into a deferred prosecution agreement or refer the case to the district attorney.

AB130,376,19 (b) At the time of disposition, recommend a placement and a plan of rehabilitation, treatment and care for the juvenile.

AB130,376,21 (c) After disposition, determine the level or intensity of supervisory contacts required for a juvenile under county supervision.

AB130,376,24 (3) Subject to the availability of resources, the department may provide training and technical assistance in the use of the juvenile classification system to any county that requests that training and technical assistance.

AB130,377,3 Subchapter XII County JUVENILE welfare services

AB130,377,9 938.57 Powers and duties of county departments providing juvenile welfare services. (1) Each county department shall administer and expend such amounts as may be necessary out of any moneys which may be appropriated for juvenile welfare purposes by the county board of supervisors or donated by individuals or private organizations. A county department may do any of the following:

AB130,377,17 (a) Investigate the conditions surrounding delinquent juveniles and juveniles in need of protection or services within the county and take every reasonable action within its power to secure for them the full benefit of all laws enacted for their benefit. Unless provided by another agency, the county department shall offer social services to the caretaker of any juvenile who is referred to it under the conditions specified in this paragraph. This duty shall be discharged in cooperation with the court and with the public officers or boards legally responsible for the administration and enforcement of these laws.

AB130,377,22 (b) Accept legal custody or supervision of juveniles transferred to it by the court under s. 938.355 and provide special treatment and care if ordered by the court. Except as provided in s. 938.505 (2), a court may not order a county department to administer psychotropic medications to juveniles who receive special treatment or care under this paragraph.

AB130,378,10 (c) Provide appropriate protection and services for juveniles in its care, including providing services for juveniles and their families in their own homes, placing the juveniles in licensed foster homes, licensed treatment foster homes or licensed group homes in this state or another state within a reasonable proximity to the agency with legal custody or contracting for services for them by licensed child welfare agencies or replacing them in juvenile correctional institutions or secured child caring institutions in accordance with rules promulgated under ch. 227, except that the county department may not purchase the educational component of private day treatment programs unless the county 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. Disputes between the county department and the school district shall be resolved by the state superintendent of public instruction.

AB130,378,12 (d) Provide for the moral and religious training of juveniles in its care according to the religious belief of the juvenile or of his or her parents.

AB130,378,13 (f) Provide services to the court under s. 938.06.

AB130,378,15 (g) Upon request of the department, provide service for any juvenile in the care of the department.