SECTION 1. DHS 95.03 (11) is repealed.
SECTION 2. DHS 95.06 (1) (title) and (1) (a) are amended to read:
DHS 95.06 (1) Force option continuum. Intervention options.
(a) Policies and procedures. The director shall adopt written policies and procedures that establish a systematic progression of force an intervention options model of force based on the perceived level of threat to guide staff in the use of force during a disturbance or emergency, to prevent escapes or to pursue and capture escapees. This progression includes These intervention options shall include staff presence, dialogue, empty-hand control, incapacitating devices, control alternatives, protective alternatives and lethal force. The policies and procedures shall be designed to help ensure that force is only used when necessary and that only the amount of force that is necessary under the circumstances is used.
SECTION 3. DHS 95.06 (3) is repealed.
SECTION 4. DHS 95.08 (1) is amended to read:
DHS 95.08 Training. (1) The director shall adopt written policies and procedures to ensure that facility staff who may be called upon to use force under S. DHS 95.06 are properly trained and regularly updated on the systematic progression intervention options model of force policies and procedures adopted under s. DHS 95.06 (1) (a). SECTION 5. DHS 95.08 (3) is repealed.
SECTION 6. DHS 95.10 (1) (intro.) and (c) are amended to read:
DHS 95.10 (1) Pursuant to s. 980.067, Stats., the director of the secure mental health facility established under s. 46.055, Stats., the Wisconsin resource center established under s. 46.056, Stats., or any secure mental health unit or facility provided by the department of corrections under s. 980.065 (2), Stats., may, at his or her discretion, allow a patient detained or committed under ch. 980, Stats., to leave the grounds of a facility under staff escort and be escorted by staff to a location within the state of Wisconsin for a purpose consistent with the therapeutic interests of the patient and the security interests of the facility and the community, including any of the following:
DHS 95.10 (1) (c) To engage in pre-placement or pre-discharge activities when the patient has a proposed or approved supervised release plan under s. 980.08 (5), Stats., or a discharge plan.
SECTION 7.
DHS 95.10 (1) (Note) is repealed.
SECTION 8.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin administrative register, as provided in s. 227.22 (2), Stats.
