• If the agency or tribal child welfare department making the investigation has special concern as to the welfare of the child or the suitability of the placement, the investigation may include a clinical assessment of the petitioner’s mental health or alcohol or other drug use by an employee of the agency or tribal child welfare department who is not employed in the unit of the agency or tribal child welfare department that is making the investigation or by a person who is not employed by that agency or tribal child welfare department. A person who provides such an assessment shall be a licensed psychologist, licensed psychiatrist, certified advanced practice social worker, certified independent social worker, licensed clinical social worker, or licensed professional counselor.
4. Estimate of amount of time that state employees will spend developing the rule and of other resources necessary to develop the rule
300 hours
5. List with description of all entities that may be affected by the rule
Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services, county departments of social services and human services, child-placing agencies, residential care centers for children and youth, foster homes, group homes, and shelter care facilities.
6. Summary and preliminary comparison with any existing or proposed federal regulation that is intended to address the activities to be regulated by the rule:
States are required to implement the “reasonable and prudent parent” standard in Section 111 of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, Public Law 113-183, as a condition of funding under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.
7. Anticipated economic impact of implementing the rule (note if the rule is likely to have a significant economic impact on small businesses):
None or minimal
Contact Person:
Jonelle Brom
Bureau of Permanence and Out-of-Home Care
(608) 422-6930
Sara Buschman
Department head or authorized signature
May 5, 2016
Date submitted to Governor
