51.036(3)(c)(c) The department shall encourage each crisis urgent care and observation facility certified under this section to operate with the intent to admit individuals for no longer than 5 days, except in exceptional circumstances. 51.036(4)(4) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section, including all of the following: 51.036(4)(a)(a) Establishment of the grant program described under sub. (2), including procedures for administration and establishment of criteria for awarding grants. 51.036(4)(b)(b) Establishment of requirements for crisis urgent care and observation facilities to match a portion of any grant awarded by the department under this section, as set forth under sub. (2) (c) 10., and for determining what types of contributions may count toward the matching requirement. The matching requirement established by the department under this paragraph may be fulfilled through in-kind contributions. 51.036(4)(c)(c) Requirements for admitting, holding, and discharging individuals for purposes of emergency detention. 51.036(4)(d)(d) Minimum security requirements for crisis urgent care and observation facilities certified under this section. 51.036(4)(e)(e) Establishment of a target range for the number of beds in a crisis urgent care and observation facility certified under this section. 51.036(4)(f)(f) Establishment of policies and criteria to ensure that law enforcement and other persons authorized to transport or cause transportation of an individual for purposes of emergency detention have clear standards and procedures regarding all of the following: 51.036(4)(f)1.1. The circumstances under which law enforcement and other persons may bring an individual to a crisis urgent care and observation facility certified under this section. 51.036(4)(f)2.2. The determination as to which facility law enforcement and other persons authorized to transport or cause transportation of an individual for purposes of emergency detention may take an individual. 51.036(4)(g)(g) Establishment of policies relating to interfacility transfers initiated at a crisis urgent care and observation facility, including how such transfers should occur and who should be involved in such transfers. Barring exigent circumstances that necessitate law enforcement involvement, law enforcement may not transport an individual for purposes of an interfacility transfer from a crisis urgent care and observation facility. 51.036(4)(h)(h) Establishment of procedures to coordinate communication regarding bed availability in a crisis urgent care and observation facility before the arrival of a patient and establishment of a process for determining where to take an individual in need of crisis services if a crisis urgent care and observation facility does not have capacity or otherwise does not accept an individual. 51.036(4)(i)(i) Establishment of policies for coordination between crisis urgent care and observation facilities certified under this section and any facility established or operated with funding received under s. 165.12 from settlement proceeds from the opiate litigation, as defined in s. 165.12 (1), as well as policies to encourage awareness of and communication and coordination with other facilities that provide services similar to those provided by crisis urgent care and observation facilities. 51.036(4)(j)(j) Establishment of procedures to require a crisis urgent care and observation facility to coordinate continuity of care with, when appropriate, a hub-and-spoke health home pilot program for any patient treated at a crisis urgent care and observation facility for a period of 5 or fewer days. The department shall establish procedures for follow-up with other transition facilities in the event that a hub-and-spoke health home pilot program is appropriate but not available. 51.036(4)(k)(k) Establishment of policies and procedures for crisis urgent care and observation facilities that intend to accept both youths and adults, including requirements that youths be treated in a separate part of the facility from adults, policies to address youth-related treatment issues, including parental input, and staff training for youth-specific issues. 51.036(4)(L)(L) Establishment of appropriate staffing level requirements, including policies to ensure the availability of adequate in-person and on-site care. 51.036(4)(m)(m) Establishment of requirements to define the population to be served at a given crisis urgent care and observation facility, including establishment of any minimum age requirements. 51.036(5)(5) Coordination. In accordance with rules established by the department under sub. (4) (i), a crisis urgent care and observation facility certified under this section shall coordinate to the fullest extent possible with any facility established or operated with funding received under s. 165.12 from settlement proceeds from the opiate litigation, as defined in s. 165.12 (1), as well as with other facilities that provide services similar to those provided by crisis urgent care and observation facilities. 51.036 HistoryHistory: 2023 a. 249. 51.03851.038 Outpatient mental health clinic certification. Except as provided in s. 51.032, if a facility that provides mental health services on an outpatient basis holds current accreditation from the council on accreditation of services for families and children, the department may accept evidence of this accreditation as equivalent to the standards established by the department, for the purpose of certifying the facility for the receipt of funds for services provided as a benefit to a medical assistance recipient under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. f. or 49.471 (11) (k), a community aids funding recipient under s. 51.423 (2) or as mandated coverage under s. 632.89. 51.0451.04 Treatment facility certification. Except as provided in s. 51.032, any treatment facility may apply to the department for certification of the facility for the receipt of funds for services provided as a benefit to a medical assistance recipient under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. f. or 49.471 (11) (k) or to a community aids funding recipient under s. 51.423 (2) or provided as mandated coverage under s. 632.89. The department shall annually charge a fee for each certification. 51.04 HistoryHistory: 1975 c. 224; Stats. 1975 s. 51.44; 1975 c. 430 s. 53m; Stats. 1975 s. 51.04; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 29, 176; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 237; 2007 a. 20. 51.04 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also ch. DHS 35, Wis. adm. code. 51.04251.042 Youth crisis stabilization facilities. 51.042(1)(a)(a) “Crisis” means a situation caused by an individual’s apparent mental disorder that results in a high level of stress or anxiety for the individual, persons providing care for the individual, or the public and that is not resolved by the available coping methods of the individual or by the efforts of those providing ordinary care or support for the individual. 51.042(1)(b)(b) “Youth crisis stabilization facility” is a treatment facility with a maximum of 8 beds that admits a minor to prevent or de-escalate the minor’s mental health crisis and avoid admission of the minor to a more restrictive setting. 51.042(2)(2) Certification required; exemption. 51.042(2)(a)(a) No person may operate a youth crisis stabilization facility without a certification from the department. The department may limit the number of certifications it grants to operate a youth crisis stabilization facility. 51.042(2)(b)(b) A youth crisis stabilization facility that has a certification from the department under this section is not subject to facility regulation under ch. 48. 51.042(3)(3) Admission of minors. A minor may be admitted to a youth crisis stabilization facility under this section by a court order under s. 51.20 (13) (a) 3. or through the procedure under s. 51.13. No person may transport a minor to a youth crisis stabilization facility for detention under s. 51.15. 51.042(4)(4) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement this section. 51.042 HistoryHistory: 2017 a. 59. 51.043(1)(a)(a) “Crisis hostel” means a mental health stabilization program with a maximum of 15 beds that provides crisis stabilization services to an adult individual to prevent or de-escalate the individual’s mental health crisis and avoid admission of the individual to a more restrictive setting. 51.043(1)(b)(b) “Crisis stabilization services” means optional emergency mental health services that provide short-term, intensive, community-based services to avoid the need for inpatient hospitalization. 51.043(2)(2) Certification required; exemption. 51.043(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), no person may operate a crisis hostel without a certification from the department. 51.043(2)(b)(b) If a county has, by March 31, 2024, established a crisis hostel and operates the crisis hostel pursuant only to certification under ch. DHS 34, Wis. Adm. Code, where individuals whose anticipated length-of-stay is longer than 23 hours due to needs outside of crisis stabilization, and crisis stabilization services are provided in a distinct and separate area from where an individual may spend the night, the county may continue to provide crisis stabilization services without obtaining additional residential licensure and is not required to receive a certification under this section. Needs outside of crisis stabilization may include housing insecurity or stability issues necessitating coordination of transportation, advocacy, and housing assistance. 51.043(2)(c)(c) The department may not limit the number of certifications it issues to operate a crisis hostel. 51.043(2)(d)(d) The department shall establish application fees and biennial certification fees. 51.043(2)(e)(e) A crisis hostel operated under par. (a) or (b) is not subject to facility regulation under ch. 50. 51.043(3)(a)(a) An individual 18 years of age or older may be admitted to a crisis hostel to receive crisis stabilization services. 51.043(3)(b)(b) Crisis stabilization services may only be provided at a crisis hostel on a voluntary basis to individuals who are 18 years of age or older. Crisis hostel staff may not admit an individual who is transported to the hostel involuntarily for emergency detention under s. 51.15. 51.043(4)(4) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section. 51.043 HistoryHistory: 2023 a. 249. 51.04551.045 Availability of inpatient psychiatric and other beds. 51.045(1m)(1m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (2) (cm), the department shall award a grant in the amount of $80,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $50,000 in each fiscal year thereafter to the entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a) to develop and operate an Internet site and system to show the availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, peer run respite beds, and crisis stabilization beds statewide. To receive the grant, the entity shall use a password protected Internet site to allow an inpatient psychiatric unit or hospital or a facility, center, or program that has inpatient psychiatric, peer run respite, or crisis stabilization beds to enter all of the following information and to enable any hospital emergency department or person who approves emergency detentions under s. 51.15 (2) (c) in the state to view all of the following information reported to the system: 51.045(1m)(a)(a) The number of available child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric beds, as applicable, that are inpatient psychiatric, peer run respite, or crisis stabilization beds and that are currently available at the hospital, unit, facility, center, or program at the time of reporting. 51.045(1m)(b)(b) Any special information that the hospital, unit, facility, center, or program reports regarding the available beds under par. (a). 51.045(1m)(c)(c) The date the hospital, unit, facility, center, or program reports the information under pars. (a) and (b). 51.045(1m)(d)(d) The location of the hospital, unit, facility, center, or program that is reporting. 51.045(1m)(e)(e) The contact information for admission coordination for the hospital, unit, facility, center, or program. 51.045 HistoryHistory: 2015 a. 153; 2021 a. 58. 51.04751.047 Mental health services. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (fr), the department may not award more than $45,000 in each fiscal year to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing certain mental health services to homeless individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. Entities that receive funds awarded by the department under this section shall provide the mental health services required under 42 USC 290cc-24. The amount that the department awards to an applying entity may not exceed 50 percent of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 290cc-23. 51.047 HistoryHistory: 2005 a. 25 s. 908; 2005 a. 264; 2007 a. 45; 2011 a. 32 s. 3461m; Stats.
2011 s. 16.311; 2017 a. 59 s. 132; Stats. 2017 s. 51.047. 51.0551.05 Mental health institutes. 51.05(1)(1) Designation. The mental health institute located at Mendota is known as the “Mendota Mental Health Institute” and the mental health institute located at Winnebago is known as the “Winnebago Mental Health Institute”. Goodland Hall West, a facility located at Mendota Mental Health Institute, is designated as the “Maximum Security Facility at Mendota Mental Health Institute”. The department shall divide the state by counties into 2 districts, and may change the boundaries of these districts, arranging them with reference to the number of patients residing in them at a given time, the capacity of the institutes and the convenience of access to them. 51.05(2)(2) Admissions authorized by counties. The department may not accept for admission to a mental health institute any resident person, except in an emergency, unless the county department under s. 51.42 in the county where the person has residence authorizes the care under s. 51.42 (3) (as). Patients who are committed to the department under s. 975.01, 1977 stats., or s. 975.02, 1977 stats., or s. 971.14, 971.17, 975.06, or 980.06, admitted by the department under s. 975.17, 1977 stats., or are transferred from a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth to a state treatment facility under s. 51.35 (3) or from a jail or prison to a state treatment facility under s. 51.37 (5) are not subject to this subsection. 51.05(3)(3) Admissions authorized by department. Any person who is without a county responsible for his or her care and any person entering this state through the compact established under s. 51.75 may be accepted by the department and temporarily admitted to an institute. Such person shall be transferred to the county department under s. 51.42 for the community where the best interests of the person can best be served, as soon as practicable. 51.05(4)(4) Transfers and discharges. The transfer or discharge of any person who is placed in a mental health institute shall be made subject to s. 51.35. 51.05(5)(5) School activities. If an individual over the age of 2 and under the age of 22 and eligible for special education and related services under subch. V of ch. 115 is committed, admitted or transferred to or is a resident of the Mendota Mental Health Institute or Winnebago Mental Health Institute, the individual shall attend a school program operated by the applicable mental health institute or a school outside the applicable mental health institute which is approved by the department of public instruction. A school program operated by the Mendota Mental Health Institute or Winnebago Mental Health Institute shall be under the supervision of the department of public instruction and shall meet standards prescribed by that agency. 51.05(6)(6) Hearing-impaired individuals. The department shall provide mental health services appropriate for hearing-impaired individuals who are residents of or are committed, admitted or transferred to a mental health institute. 51.0651.06 Centers for the developmentally disabled. 51.06(1)(1) Purpose. The purpose of the northern center for developmentally disabled, central center for developmentally disabled and southern center for developmentally disabled is to provide services needed by developmentally disabled citizens of this state that are otherwise unavailable to them, and to return those persons to the community when their needs can be met at the local level. 51.06(1m)(1m) Services. Services to be provided by the department at centers for the developmentally disabled shall include: 51.06(1m)(a)(a) Education within the requirements of sub. (2), training, habilitative and rehabilitative services to those persons placed in its custody. 51.06(1m)(c)(c) Assistance to such community boards in meeting the needs of developmentally disabled citizens. 51.06(1m)(d)(d) Services for individuals with developmental disability who are also diagnosed as mentally ill or who exhibit extremely aggressive and challenging behaviors. 51.06(1r)(a)(a) In addition to services provided under sub. (1m), the department may, when the department determines that community services need to be supplemented, authorize a center for the developmentally disabled to offer short-term residential services, dental and mental health services, therapy services, psychiatric and psychological services, general medical services, pharmacy services, and orthotics. 51.06(1r)(b)(b) Services under this subsection may be provided only under contract between the department and a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437, a school district, or another public or private entity within the state to persons referred from those entities, at the discretion of the department. The department shall charge the referring entity all costs associated with providing the services. Unless a referral is made, the department may not offer services under this subsection to the person who is to receive the services or to his or her family. The department may not impose a charge for services under this subsection upon the person receiving the services or upon his or her family. Any revenues received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (g). 51.06(1r)(c)1.1. Services under this subsection are governed by subchapter XVI of ch. 48 and ss. 50.03, 50.032, 50.033, 50.034 (1) to (3), 50.035, 50.04, 50.09, 51.04, 51.42 (7) (b), and 51.61, for the application of which the services shall be considered to be provided by a private entity, by rules promulgated under those statutes, and by the terms of the contract between the department, except that, in the event of a conflict between the contractual terms and the statutes or rules, the services shall comply with the contractual, statutory, or rules provision that is most protective of the service recipient’s health, safety, welfare, or rights. 51.06(1r)(c)3.3. The department may not be required, by court order or otherwise, to offer services under this subsection. 51.06(1r)(d)(d) A residential facility operated by a center for the developmentally disabled that is authorized by the department under this subsection may not be considered to be a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), an inpatient facility, a state treatment facility, or a treatment facility. 51.06(2)(2) School activities. If an individual over the age of 2 years and under the age of 22 years and eligible for special education and related services under subch. V of ch. 115 is admitted to, is placed in or is a resident of a center, the individual shall attend a school program operated by the center or a school outside the center which is approved by the department of public instruction. A school program operated by the center shall be under the supervision of the department of public instruction and shall meet standards prescribed by that agency. 51.06(3)(a)(a) Subject to par. (b), individuals under the age of 22 years shall be placed only at the central center for the developmentally disabled unless the department authorizes the placement of the individual at the northern or southern center for the developmentally disabled. 51.06(3)(b)(b) An individual may be placed at or transferred to a center for the developmentally disabled for services under sub. (1m) (d) only after all of the following conditions are met: 51.06(3)(b)1.1. The department determines that a licensed bed and other necessary resources are available to provide services to the individual. 51.06(3)(b)2.2. The department and the county of residence of the individual agree on a maximum discharge date for the individual. 51.06(4)(4) Transfer or discharge. The transfer or discharge of any person who is placed in a center for the developmentally disabled shall be made subject to s. 51.35.
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