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AB68,665,75 46.011 (1p) “Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a
6juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s.
7938.183, 938.34 (2), (4h), (4m), (4n), or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).
AB68,772 8Section 772 . 46.011 (1p) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 8
9and 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68,665,1210 46.011 (1p) “Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a
11juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s.
12938.183, 938.34 (4m) or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).
AB68,773 13Section 773 . 46.057 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,666,814 46.057 (1) The department shall establish, maintain, and operate the Mendota
15juvenile treatment center on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute.
16The department may designate staff at the Mendota Mental Health Institute as
17responsible for administering, and providing services at, the center.
18Notwithstanding ss. 301.02, 301.03, and 301.36 (1), the department shall operate the
19Mendota juvenile treatment center as a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in
20s. 938.02 (10p). The center shall not be considered a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33
21(2), an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), a state treatment facility, as
22defined in s. 51.01 (15), or a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19). The center
23shall provide psychological and psychiatric evaluations and treatment for juveniles
24whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in other juvenile
25correctional facilities and whose mental health needs can be met at the center. With

1the approval of the department of health services, the department of corrections may
2transfer to the center any juvenile who has been placed in a juvenile correctional
3facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under the
4supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (4m),
5or 938.357 (3), (4), or (5) (e) in the same manner that the department of corrections
6transfers juveniles between other juvenile correctional facilities. Upon the
7recommendation of the department of health services, a court may place a juvenile
8at the center in a proceeding for a change in placement order under s. 938.357 (3).
AB68,774 9Section 774 . 46.057 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 185
10and 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68,667,511 46.057 (1) The department shall establish, maintain, and operate the Mendota
12juvenile treatment center on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute.
13The department may designate staff at the Mendota Mental Health Institute as
14responsible for administering, and providing services at, the center.
15Notwithstanding ss. 301.02, 301.03, and 301.36 (1), the department shall operate the
16Mendota juvenile treatment center as a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in
17s. 938.02 (10p). The center shall not be considered a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33
18(2), an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), a state treatment facility, as
19defined in s. 51.01 (15), or a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19). The center
20shall provide psychological and psychiatric evaluations and treatment for juveniles
21whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in other juvenile
22correctional facilities and whose mental health needs can be met at the center. With
23the approval of the department of health services, the department of corrections may
24transfer to the center any juvenile who has been placed in a juvenile correctional
25facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under the

1supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4m), or
2938.357 (3), (4), or (5) (e) in the same manner that the department of corrections
3transfers juveniles between other juvenile correctional facilities. Upon the
4recommendation of the department of health services, a court may place a juvenile
5at the center in a proceeding for a change in placement order under s. 938.357 (3).
AB68,775 6Section 775. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,667,167 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the
8department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435
9(2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s.
1020.410 (3)
or (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation
11account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $3,224,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $5,429,000 in
12fiscal year 2020-21, for
reimburse the department of health services for the cost of
13providing
services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center at
14a per person daily cost specified by the department of health services
. The
15department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more
16than the actual cost of providing those services.
AB68,776 17Section 776 . 46.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,668,2118 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person,
19including but not limited to a person admitted, committed, protected, or placed under
20s. 975.01, 1977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., s. 975.17, 1977 stats., s. 55.05 (5), 2003
21stats., and s. 55.06, 2003 stats., and ss. 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5),
2251.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.055, 55.12, 55.13, 55.135, 971.14 (2) and (5),
23971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services , and supplies
24provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals
25and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person's care,

1maintenance, services, and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a
2county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established
3under s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or
4private agency under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s.
5971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) or 980.08 (4) (g) and the person's property and estate, including
6the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate,
7including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person,
8and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a
9foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his
10or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of
11this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child
12into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate,
13including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance,
14services, and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the
15department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an
16incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support,
17the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges
18that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make
19every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the
20beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition
21of liability.
AB68,777 22Section 777. 46.22 (1) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,668,2523 46.22 (1) (c) 1. b. `State institutions.' The Mendota Mental Health Institute,
24the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, centers for the developmentally disabled,
25and Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities, as defined in s. 938.02 (19) (10p).
AB68,778
1Section 778. 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,669,142 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. If the long-term care district offers employment to any
3individual who was previously employed by a county, which participated in creating
4the district and at the time of the offer had not withdrawn or been removed from the
5district under sub. (14), and who while employed by the county performed duties
6relating to the same or a substantially similar function for which the individual is
7offered employment by the district and whose wages were established in who was
8covered by
a collective bargaining agreement with the county under subch. IV of ch.
9111 that is in effect on the date that the individual commences employment with the
10district, with respect to that individual, abide by the terms of the collective
11bargaining agreement concerning the individual's wages until the time of the
12expiration of that collective bargaining agreement or adoption of a collective
13bargaining agreement with the district under subch. IV of ch. 111 covering the
14individual as an employee of the district, whichever occurs first.
AB68,779 15Section 779. 46.40 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,669,1916 46.40 (8) Alzheimer's family and caregiver support allocation. Subject to
17sub. (9), for services to persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers under
18s. 46.87, the department shall distribute not more than $2,558,900 $3,058,900 in
19each fiscal year.
AB68,780 20Section 780. 46.48 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,669,2521 46.48 (3m) Deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind behavioral health
22treatment center
. The department may distribute not more than $1,936,000 in
23each fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 2022-23, to a statewide provider of
24behavioral health treatment services for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing,
25or deaf-blind.
AB68,781
1Section 781. 46.48 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,670,52 46.48 (6) Trauma response teams. The department shall annually award a
3grant equal to $450,000 for the Milwaukee trauma response team. Notwithstanding
4sub. (1), grants awarded under this subsection shall be from the appropriation under
5s. 20.435 (5) (bc).
AB68,782 6Section 782. 46.48 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,670,117 46.48 (7) Medication-assisted treatment grants. The department shall
8award up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and up to $1,000,000 annually
9thereafter to develop or support entities that offer medication-assisted treatment.
10Notwithstanding sub. (1), grants awarded under this subsection shall be from the
11appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (bc).
AB68,783 12Section 783. 46.48 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,670,1713 46.48 (9) Substance use harm reduction grant. The department may annually
14award up to $250,000 to organizations with comprehensive harm reduction
15strategies for the development or support of substance use harm reduction programs,
16as determined by the department. Notwithstanding sub. (1), grants awarded under
17this subsection shall be from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (bc).
AB68,784 18Section 784. 46.536 of the statutes is renumbered 46.536 (intro.) and amended
19to read:
AB68,670,22 2046.536 Crisis program enhancement grants. (intro.) From the
21appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (cf), the department shall award all of the following
22grants:
AB68,671,2 23(1) A in the total amount of $250,000 in each fiscal biennium to counties or
24regions comprised of multiple counties to establish or enhance crisis programs to
25serve individuals having crises in rural areas. The department shall award a grant

1under this section subsection in an amount equal to one-half the amount of money
2the county or region provides to establish or enhance crisis programs.
AB68,785 3Section 785. 46.536 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,671,74 46.536 (2) At least $1,250,000 in each fiscal year to establish and enhance law
5enforcement and behavioral health services emergency response collaboration
6programs. Grant recipients under this subsection shall match at least 25 percent of
7the grant amount awarded for the purpose that the grant is received.
AB68,786 8Section 786. 46.536 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,671,109 46.536 (3) At least $850,000 in each fiscal year to a county with a population
10of more than 750,000 to enhance mobile crisis teams.
AB68,787 11Section 787. 46.537 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,671,18 1246.537 County crisis call center support grants. From the appropriation
13under s. 20.435 (5) (cj), the department shall award grants to support mental health
14professionals to provide supervision and consultation to individuals who support
15crisis call center services. Each county or multicounty program that receives
16supervision and consultation services from a grant recipient described under this
17section shall contribute at least 10 percent of the costs of the services that the grant
18recipient incurs for the purpose that the grant is received.
AB68,788 19Section 788. 46.87 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,672,220 46.87 (5m) A person is financially eligible for the program under this section
21if the joint income of the person with Alzheimer's disease and that person's spouse,
22if any, is $48,000 $55,000 per year or less, unless the department sets a higher
23limitation on income eligibility by rule. In determining joint income for purposes of
24this subsection, the administering agency shall subtract any expenses attributable

1to the Alzheimer's-related needs of the person with Alzheimer's disease or of the
2person's caregiver.
AB68,789 3Section 789 . 46.977 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
4renumbered 46.977 (1) and amended to read:
AB68,672,65 46.977 (1) Definitions Definition. In this section : (a) “Guardian", “guardian”
6has the meaning given in s. 54.01 (10).
AB68,790 7Section 790 . 46.977 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 46.977 (2) (ag) and
8amended to read:
AB68,672,119 46.977 (2) (ag) “Organization" In this subsection, “organization” means a
10private, nonprofit agency or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42
11or 51.437.
AB68,791 12Section 791 . 46.977 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 46.977 (2) (am) and
13amended to read:
AB68,672,1814 46.977 (2) (am) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cg), the department
15may under this section subsection, based on the criteria under par. (c), award grants
16to applying organizations for the purpose of training and assisting guardians for
17individuals found incompetent under ch. 54. No grant may be paid unless the
18awardee provides matching funds equal to 10 percent of the amount of the award.
AB68,792 19Section 792 . 46.977 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,672,2120 46.977 (2) (b) (intro.) Organizations awarded grants under par. (a) (am) shall
21do all of the following:
AB68,793 22Section 793 . 46.977 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,672,2523 46.977 (2) (c) In reviewing applications for grants under par. (am), the
24department shall consider the extent to which the proposed program will effectively
25train and assist guardians for individuals found incompetent under ch. 54.
AB68,794
1Section 794. 46.977 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,673,32 46.977 (3) Grant for initial training. (a) The department shall award a grant
3to develop, administer, and conduct the guardian training required under s. 54.26.
AB68,673,74 (b) The department shall require the grantee to have expertise in state
5guardianship law, experience with technical assistance and support to guardians
6and wards, and knowledge of common challenges and questions encountered by
7guardians and wards.
AB68,673,128 (c) The grantee selected to develop training that meets the requirements under
9s. 54.26 (1) shall develop plain-language, web-based training modules using
10adult-learning design principles that can be accessed for free by training topic and
11in formats that maximize accessibility, with printed versions available for free upon
12request.
AB68,795 13Section 795. 46.995 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,673,1714 46.995 (4) The department shall ensure that any child who is eligible and who
15applies for the disabled children's long-term support program that is operating
16under a waiver of federal law receives services under the disabled children's
17long-term support program that is operating under a waiver of federal law.
AB68,796 18Section 796. 47.02 (3m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,674,219 47.02 (3m) (f) Assure that eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services
20under this chapter is determined without regard to the sex, race, age, creed, color,
21or national origin, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender
22expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), or gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k)

23of the individual applying for services, that no class of individuals is found ineligible
24solely on the basis of type of disability and that no age limitations for eligibility exist

1which that, by themselves, would result in ineligibility for vocational rehabilitation
2services.
AB68,797 3Section 797. 47.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,674,64 47.07 (1) The department shall allocate for each fiscal year at least $250,000
5from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) (5) (b) for contracts and activities
6entered into under this section.
AB68,798 7Section 798. 47.07 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,674,128 47.07 (3) The department may facilitate Project SEARCH opportunities for
9young adults with disabilities, administer operations, contracts, and services related
10to the Project SEARCH program, provide training related to the Project SEARCH
11program, maintain existing Project SEARCH program sites, and manage the timing
12for expanding the number of available Project SEARCH program sites.
AB68,799 13Section 799 . 48.02 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,674,1714 48.02 (1d) “Adult" means a person who is 18 years of age or older, except that
15for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated
16any state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, “ adult"
17means a person who has attained 17 years of age
.
AB68,800 18Section 800 . 48.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,674,2319 48.02 (2) “Child," when used without further qualification, means a person who
20is less than 18 years of age, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting
21a person who is alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil
22law or municipal ordinance, “child" does not include a person who has attained 17
23years of age
.
AB68,801 24Section 801 . 48.02 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,675,20
148.02 (13) “Parent" means a biological natural parent, a husband who has
2consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40,
or a parent by
3adoption. If the child is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do
4not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, “parent" includes a person
5conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804
6or, a person acknowledged under s. 767.805 or a substantially similar law of another
7state to be a natural parent, or a person adjudicated to be the biological father a
8natural parent
. “Parent" does not include any person whose parental rights have
9been terminated. For purposes of the application of s. 48.028 and the federal Indian
10Child Welfare Act, 25 USC 1901 to 1963, “parent" means a biological natural parent
11of an Indian child, an Indian husband spouse who has consented to the artificial
12insemination of his wife or her spouse under s. 891.40, or an Indian person who has
13lawfully adopted an Indian child, including an adoption under tribal law or custom,
14and includes, in the case of a nonmarital Indian child who is not adopted or whose
15parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, a person conclusively
16determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804, a person
17acknowledged under s. 767.805, a substantially similar law of another state, or tribal
18law or custom to be the biological father natural parent, or a person adjudicated to
19be the biological father natural parent, but does not include any person whose
20parental rights have been terminated.
AB68,802 21Section 802. 48.02 (14k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,675,2322 48.02 (14k) “Qualified individual” has the meaning given under 42 USC 675a
23(c) (1) (D).
AB68,803 24Section 803. 48.02 (17t) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,676,5
148.02 (17t) “Standardized assessment” means an assessment, using a tool
2determined by the department, of the strengths and needs of a child to determine
3appropriateness of a placement in a residential care center, group home, or shelter
4care facility certified under s. 48.675. This definition does not apply to s. 48.62 (8)
5(b).
AB68,804 6Section 804 . 48.023 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,676,117 48.023 (4) The rights and responsibilities of legal custody except when legal
8custody has been vested in another person or when the child is under the supervision
9of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), (4m), or (4n), or
10938.357 (3) or (4) or the supervision of a county department under s. 938.34 (4d),
11(4m), or (4n).
AB68,805 12Section 805 . 48.023 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 8 and
132021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68,676,1714 48.023 (4) The rights and responsibilities of legal custody except when legal
15custody has been vested in another person or when the child is under the supervision
16of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4m), or 938.357 (3) or (4)
17or the supervision of a county department under s. 938.34 (4m) or (4n).
AB68,806 18Section 806 . 48.025 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,676,20 1948.025 (title) Declaration of paternal parental interest in matters
20affecting children.
AB68,807 21Section 807 . 48.025 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,677,222 48.025 (2) (b) A declaration under sub. (1) may be filed at any time before the
23birth of the child or within 14 days after the birth of the child, except that a man
24person who receives a notice under s. 48.42 (1g) (b) may file a declaration within 21

1days after the date on which the notice was mailed. This paragraph does not apply
2to a declaration filed before July 1, 2006.
AB68,808 3Section 808 . 48.025 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,677,174 48.025 (3) (c) A court in a proceeding under s. 48.13, 48.133, 48.14, or 938.13
5or under a substantially similar law of another state or a person authorized to file
6a petition under s. 48.25, 48.42, 48.837, or 938.25 or under a substantially similar
7law of another state may request the department to search its files to determine
8whether a person who may be the father parent of the child who is the subject of the
9proceeding has filed a declaration under this section. If the department has on file
10a declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting the child, the
11department shall issue to the requester a copy of the declaration. If the department
12does not have on file a declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting
13the child, the department shall issue to the requester a statement that no declaration
14could be located. The department may require a person who requests a search under
15this paragraph to pay a reasonable fee that is sufficient to defray the costs to the
16department of maintaining its file of declarations and publicizing information
17relating to declarations of paternal parental interest under this section.
AB68,809 18Section 809. 48.21 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,678,219 48.21 (1) (c) If the child is held in custody in a residential care center for
20children and youth, group home, or shelter care facility certified under s. 48.675, the
21qualified individual shall conduct a standardized assessment and the intake worker
22or agency primarily responsible for providing services under the custody order shall
23submit it and the recommendation of the qualified individual who conducted the
24standardized assessment, including all of the following, to the court and all persons
25who are required to receive a copy of the petition or request under par. (b) no later

1than the hearing or, if not available by that time, no later than 30 days after the date
2on which the placement is made:
AB68,678,43 1. Whether the proposed placement will provide the child with the most
4effective and appropriate level of care in the least restrictive environment.
AB68,678,65 2. How the placement is consistent with the short-term and long-term goals
6for the child, as specified in the permanency plan.
AB68,678,97 3. The reasons why the child's needs can or cannot be met by the child's family
8or in a foster home. A shortage or lack of foster homes is not an acceptable reason
9for determining that the child's needs cannot be met in a foster home.
AB68,678,1210 4. The placement preference of the family permanency team under s. 48.38
11(3m) and, if that preference is not the placement recommended by the qualified
12individual, why that recommended placement is not preferred.
AB68,810 13Section 810. 48.21 (5) (b) 2g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,678,1914 48.21 (5) (b) 2g. Except as provided in par. (cm), if the child is held in custody
15in a residential care center for children and youth, group home, or shelter care facility
16certified under s. 48.675, a finding as to each of the following, the answers to which
17do not affect whether the placement may be made, after considering the
18standardized assessment and the recommendation of the qualified individual under
19sub. (1) (c):
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