51.41(1s)
(1s) Duties of the board. The Milwaukee County mental health board shall do all of the following:
51.41(1s)(a)
(a) Oversee the provision of mental health programs and services in Milwaukee County.
51.41(1s)(b)
(b) Allocate moneys for mental health functions, programs, and services in Milwaukee County within the mental health budget as defined in
sub. (4) (a) 2.
51.41(1s)(c)
(c) Make the final determination on mental health policy in Milwaukee County.
51.41(1s)(d)
(d) Replace the Milwaukee County board of supervisors in all mental health functions that are typically performed by a county board of supervisors.
51.41(1s)(e)
(e) Facilitate delivery of mental health services in an efficient and effective manner by making a commitment to all of the following:
51.41(1s)(e)1.
1. Community-based, person-centered, recovery-oriented, mental health systems.
51.41(1s)(e)3.
3. Prioritizing access to community-based services and reducing reliance on institutional and inpatient care.
51.41(1s)(e)4.
4. Protecting the personal liberty of individuals experiencing mental illness so that they may be treated in the least restrictive environment to the greatest extent possible.
51.41(1s)(e)5.
5. Providing early intervention to minimize the length and depth of psychotic and other mental health episodes.
51.41(1s)(e)6.
6. Diverting people experiencing mental illness from the corrections system when appropriate.
51.41(1s)(e)7.
7. Maximizing use of mobile crisis units and crisis intervention training.
51.41(1s)(f)
(f) Attempt to achieve costs savings in the provision of mental health programs and services in Milwaukee County.
51.41(1s)(g)
(g) Cooperate and consult with the department on recommendations for and establishing policy for inpatient mental health treatment facilities and related programs in Milwaukee County.
51.41(2)
(2) Powers of the board; limitations. The Milwaukee County mental health board may request information from the Milwaukee Mental Health Complex, a county department under
s. 46.21 or
51.42 or any other Milwaukee County governmental unit that possesses mental health information in order to fulfill its duties of overseeing mental health functions, programs, and services in Milwaukee County.
51.41(3)
(3) Public hearing; meetings. The Milwaukee County mental health board shall meet 6 times each year and may meet at other times on the call of the chairperson or a majority of the board's members. Annually, the Milwaukee County mental health board shall hold a public hearing in Milwaukee County as one of its required meetings.
51.41(4)
(4) Milwaukee County mental health budget. 51.41(4)(a)1.
1. "Community aids amount" means the amount of the mental health budget that is funded from the community aids allocation received under
s. 46.40.
51.41(4)(a)2.
2. "Mental health budget" means the part of the budget for Milwaukee County for a fiscal year that covers mental health functions, programs, and services in Milwaukee County.
51.41(4)(a)3.
3. "Tax levy amount" means the amount of the mental health budget that is funded from revenues from the tax levy.
51.41(4)(b)1.1. The Milwaukee County mental health board shall propose to the Milwaukee County executive the total amount of the mental health budget, the community aids amount, and the tax levy amount. The Milwaukee County mental health board may not propose a tax levy amount that is less than $53,000,000 or more than $65,000,000, except as provided in
subds. 5. and
6.
51.41(4)(b)2.
2. The county executive, in his or her proposed budget for Milwaukee County for a fiscal year, may include a tax levy amount that is different than the tax levy amount proposed under
subd. 1., but the county executive may not include a tax levy amount that is less than $53,000,000 or more than $65,000,000, except as provided in
subds. 5. and
6.
51.41(4)(b)3.
3. The county board of supervisors shall allocate to mental health functions, programs, and services an amount from the county's community aids allocation received under
s. 46.40 that maintains or increases the expenditures for mental health functions, programs, and services paid from the county's community aids allocation in the previous fiscal year to the extent of the availability of community aids funds from the state.
51.41(4)(b)4.
4. Except as provided in
subds. 5. and
6., the county board of supervisors shall incorporate into the budget for Milwaukee County for a fiscal year all of the following:
51.41(4)(b)4.a.
a. The tax levy amount as proposed by the county executive under
subd. 2. and the amount of the community aids allocation determined under
subd. 3.
51.41(4)(b)4.b.
b. An amount equal to the total amount of the mental health budget proposed under
subd. 1., less the community aids amount proposed under subd. 1 and the tax levy amount proposed under
subd. 1.