SB907: Bill Text

SB907,13 Section 13. 46.03 (34) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,30 46.03 (34) Fetal alcohol syndrome and drug danger information. The department shall acquire, without cost if possible, information that describes the causes and effects of fetal alcohol syndrome and the dangers to a fetus from the mother’s use of cocaine or other drugs by the pregnant person during pregnancy and shall distribute the information free of charge to each county clerk so that each county clerk may provide information to marriage license applicants under s. 765.12 (1) (a) and domestic partnership applicants under s. 770.07 (2).

SB907,14 Section 14. 46.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,32 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person, including but not limited to a person admitted, committed, protected, or placed under s. 975.01, 1977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., s. 975.17, 1977 stats., s. 55.05 (5), 2003 stats., and s. 55.06, 2003 stats., and ss. 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.055, 55.12, 55.13, 55.135, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person’s care, maintenance, services, and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established under s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) or 980.08 (4) (g) and the person’s property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse’s property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.

SB907,15 Section 15. 46.238 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,34 46.238 Infants and Infant or unborn children whose mothers abuse child of a person who has abused controlled substances, controlled substance analogs, or alcohol during pregnancy. If an agency, as defined in s. 48.981 (1) (ag), receives a report under s. 146.0255 (2) or 146.0257 (2) and that agency is a county department under s. 46.22 or 46.23 or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with that county department, the agency shall offer to provide appropriate services and treatment to the infant and the infant’s mother person who gave birth to the infant or to the unborn child, as defined in s. 48.02 (19), and the expectant mother of person pregnant with the unborn child or the agency shall make arrangements for the provision of appropriate services and treatment. If an agency receives a report under s. 146.0255 (2) or 146.0257 (2) and that agency is the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department, the agency shall refer the report to the county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 and that county department shall offer to provide, or make arrangements for the provision of, those services and that treatment.

SB907,16 Section 16. 48.02 (5k) of the statutes is created to read:

SB907,,36 48.02 (5k) “Expectant parent” means a person who is pregnant.

SB907,17 Section 17. 48.02 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,38 48.02 (13) “Parent” means a biological natural parent, a husband spouse who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife or her spouse under s. 891.40, or a parent by adoption. If the child is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, “parent” includes a person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father parent under s. 767.804 or, a person acknowledged under s. 767.805 or a substantially similar law of another state to be a natural parent, or a person adjudicated to be the biological father a natural parent. “Parent” does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated. For purposes of the application of s. 48.028 and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 USC 1901 to 1963, “parent” means a biological natural parent of an Indian child, an Indian husband spouse who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife or her spouse under s. 891.40, or an Indian person who has lawfully adopted an Indian child, including an adoption under tribal law or custom, and includes, in the case of a nonmarital Indian child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, a person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father parent under s. 767.804, a person acknowledged under s. 767.805, a substantially similar law of another state, or tribal law or custom to be the biological father natural parent, or a person adjudicated to be the biological father natural parent, but does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated.

SB907,18 Section 18. 48.025 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,40 48.025 (title) Declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting children.

SB907,19 Section 19. 48.025 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,42 48.025 (1) Any person claiming to be the father parent of a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803 and whose paternity parentage has not been established may, in accordance with procedures under this section, file with the department a declaration of his parental interest in matters affecting the child. The department may not charge a fee for filing a declaration under this section.

SB907,20 Section 20. 48.025 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,44 48.025 (2) (a) A declaration under sub. (1) may be filed at any time before a termination of the father’s a person’s parental rights under subch. VIII. This paragraph does not apply to a declaration that is filed on or after July 1, 2006.

SB907,21 Section 21. 48.025 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,46 48.025 (2) (b) A declaration under sub. (1) may be filed at any time before the birth of the child or within 14 days after the birth of the child, except that a man person who receives a notice under s. 48.42 (1g) (b) may file a declaration within 21 days after the date on which the notice was mailed. This paragraph does not apply to a declaration filed before July 1, 2006.

SB907,22 Section 22. 48.025 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,48 48.025 (2) (c) The declaration shall be in writing, shall be signed and verified upon oath or affirmation by the person filing the declaration, and shall contain the person’s name and address, the name and last-known address of the mother parent who gave birth or expectant parent, the month and year of the birth or expected birth of the child, and a statement that the person filing the declaration has reason to believe that he or she may be the father parent of the child. If the person filing the declaration is under 18 years of age, the declaration shall also be signed by a parent or guardian of the person.

SB907,23 Section 23. 48.025 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,50 48.025 (2) (d) A person who has filed a declaration under sub. (1) may revoke the declaration at any time by filing with the department a statement, signed and verified upon oath or affirmation, that the person, to the best of his the person’s knowledge and belief, is not the father parent of the child or that another person has been adjudicated as the father parent of the child. If the person filing the revocation is under 18 years of age, the revocation shall also be signed by a parent or guardian of the person.

SB907,24 Section 24. 48.025 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,52 48.025 (3) (b) A copy of a declaration filed with the department under sub. (1) shall be sent to the mother at her last-known address of the expectant parent or the person who gave birth. Nonreceipt of such copy shall not affect the validity of the declaration. The mother expectant parent or the person who gave birth may send a written response to the declaration to the department, and the written response shall be filed with the declaration. Failure to send a written response shall not constitute an admission of the statements contained in the declaration.

SB907,25 Section 25. 48.025 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,54 48.025 (3) (c) A court in a proceeding under s. 48.13, 48.133, 48.14, or 938.13 or under a substantially similar law of another state or a person authorized to file a petition under s. 48.25, 48.42, 48.837, or 938.25 or under a substantially similar law of another state may request the department to search its files to determine whether a person who may be the father parent of the child who is the subject of the proceeding has filed a declaration under this section. If the department has on file a declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting the child, the department shall issue to the requester a copy of the declaration. If the department does not have on file a declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting the child, the department shall issue to the requester a statement that no declaration could be located. The department may require a person who requests a search under this paragraph to pay a reasonable fee that is sufficient to defray the costs to the department of maintaining its file of declarations and publicizing information relating to declarations of paternal parental interest under this section.

SB907,26 Section 26. 48.025 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,56 48.025 (5) (a) 1. That a person claiming to be the father parent of a nonmarital child may affirmatively protect his or her parental rights by filing a declaration of interest under this section.

SB907,27 Section 27. 48.19 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,58 48.19 (1) (cm) An order of the judge if made upon a showing satisfactory to the judge that the child is an expectant mother parent, that due to the child expectant mother’s parent’s habitual lack of self-control in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, there is a substantial risk that the physical health of the unborn child, and of the child when born, will be seriously affected or endangered unless the child expectant mother parent is taken into custody and that the child expectant mother parent is refusing or has refused to accept any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made a good faith effort to participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her. The order shall specify that the child expectant mother parent be held in custody under s. 48.207 (1).

SB907,28 Section 28. 48.193 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,60 48.193 (1) (c) An order of the judge if made upon a showing satisfactory to the judge that due to the adult expectant mother’s parent’s habitual lack of self-control in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, there is a substantial risk that the physical health of the unborn child, and of the child when born, will be seriously affected or endangered unless the adult expectant mother parent is taken into custody and that the adult expectant mother parent is refusing or has refused to accept any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made a good faith effort to participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her. The order shall specify that the adult expectant mother parent be held in custody under s. 48.207 (1m).

SB907,29 Section 29. 48.20 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,62 48.20 (8) (b) If the child is an expectant mother parent who has been taken into custody under s. 48.19 (1) (cm) or (d) 8., the unborn child’s guardian ad litem shall receive the same notice about the whereabouts of the child expectant mother, about the reasons for holding the child expectant mother in custody, and about the detention hearing as the child expectant mother and her parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian. The intake worker shall notify provide the notice under par. (a) to the child expectant mother parent, her the child expectant parent’s parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian, and the unborn child’s guardian ad litem.

SB907,30 Section 30. 48.203 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,64 48.203 (4) If the adult expectant mother parent is believed to be mentally ill, drug dependent or developmentally disabled, and exhibits conduct which constitutes a substantial probability of physical harm to herself or others any person, or a substantial probability of physical impairment or injury to the adult expectant mother parent exists due to the impaired judgment of the adult expectant mother parent, and the standards of s. 51.15 are met, the person taking the adult expectant mother parent into physical custody, the intake worker, or other appropriate person shall proceed under s. 51.15.

SB907,31 Section 31. 48.203 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,66 48.203 (5) If the adult expectant mother parent is believed to be an intoxicated person who has threatened, attempted, or inflicted physical harm on herself or on another any person and is likely to inflict such physical harm unless committed, or is incapacitated by alcohol or another drug, the person taking the adult expectant mother parent into physical custody, the intake worker, or other appropriate person shall proceed under s. 51.45 (11).

SB907,32 Section 32. 48.203 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,68 48.203 (6) (a) When an adult expectant mother parent is interviewed by an intake worker, the intake worker shall inform the adult expectant mother parent of her the expectant parent’s right to counsel.

SB907,33 Section 33. 48.205 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,70 48.205 (1) (d) Probable cause exists to believe that the child is an expectant mother parent, that if the child expectant mother parent is not held, there is a substantial risk that the physical health of the unborn child, and of the child when born, will be seriously affected or endangered by the child expectant mother’s parent’s habitual lack of self-control in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, and that the child expectant mother parent is refusing or has refused to accept any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made a good faith effort to participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her.

SB907,34 Section 34. 48.205 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,72 48.205 (1m) An adult expectant mother parent of an unborn child may be held under s. 48.207 (1m) if the intake worker determines that there is probable cause to believe that the adult expectant mother parent is within the jurisdiction of the court, to believe that if the adult expectant mother parent is not held, there is a substantial risk that the physical health of the unborn child, and of the child when born, will be seriously affected or endangered by the adult expectant mother’s parent’s habitual lack of self-control in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, and to believe that the adult expectant mother parent is refusing or has refused to accept any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made a good faith effort to participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her.

SB907,35 Section 35. 48.21 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,74 48.21 (1) (b) 4. That, if the child is an expectant mother parent who was taken into custody under s. 48.19 (1) (cm) or (d) 8., probable cause exists to believe that there is a substantial risk that if the child expectant mother parent is not held, the physical health of the unborn child, and of the child when born, will be seriously affected or endangered by the child expectant mother’s parent’s habitual lack of self-control in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances, or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, and to believe that the child expectant mother parent is refusing or has refused to accept any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made a good faith effort to participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her.

SB907,36 Section 36. 48.213 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,76 48.213 (1) (b) If no petition has been filed by the time of the hearing, an adult expectant mother parent of an unborn child may be held in custody with the approval of the judge or circuit court commissioner for an additional 72 hours after the time of the hearing, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, only if, as a result of the facts brought forth at the hearing, the judge or circuit court commissioner determines that probable cause exists to believe that there is a substantial risk that if the adult expectant mother parent is not held, the physical health of the unborn child, and of the child when born, will be seriously affected or endangered by the adult expectant mother’s parent’s habitual lack of self-control in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, and to believe that the adult expectant mother parent is refusing or has refused to accept any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made a good faith effort to participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her. The extension may be granted only once for any petition. In the event of failure to file a petition within the extension period provided for in this paragraph, the judge or circuit court commissioner shall order the adult expectant mother’s parent’s immediate release from custody.

SB907,37 Section 37. 48.217 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,78 48.217 (1) (c) 2. By the child expectant mother parent, if 12 years of age or over, her the child expectant parent’s parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian, and the unborn child’s guardian ad litem.

SB907,38 Section 38. 48.217 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,80 48.217 (4) Expectant mother parent; placement outside the home. The court may not change the placement of an expectant mother parent of an unborn child alleged to be in need of protection or services from a placement in the expectant mother’s parent’s home to a placement outside of the expectant mother’s parent’s home unless the court finds that the expectant mother parent is refusing or has refused to accept any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made a good faith effort to participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her.

SB907,39 Section 39. 48.23 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,82 48.23 (2m) (b) If a petition under s. 48.133 is contested, no expectant mother parent may be placed outside of her the expectant parent’s home unless the expectant mother parent is represented by counsel at the fact-finding hearing and subsequent proceedings. If the petition is not contested, the expectant mother parent may not be placed outside of his or her home unless the expectant mother parent is represented by counsel at the hearing at which the placement is made. An adult expectant mother parent, however, may waive counsel if the court is satisfied that the waiver is knowingly and voluntarily made and the court may place the adult expectant mother parent outside of her the expectant parent’s home even though the adult expectant mother parent was not represented by counsel.

SB907,40 Section 40. 48.245 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,84 48.245 (2r) The intake worker may, after giving written notice to the child, the child’s parent, guardian, and legal custodian, and their counsel, if any, or after giving written notice to the child expectant mother, her parent, the child expectant parent’s parent, guardian, and legal custodian, and their counsel, if any, or after giving written notice to the adult expectant mother parent and her the adult expectant parent’s counsel, if any, extend the informal disposition for up to an additional 6 months unless the parent, guardian, or legal custodian, the child or child expectant mother parent, if 12 years of age or over, or the adult expectant mother parent objects to the extension. If the parent, guardian, or legal custodian, the child or child expectant mother parent, if 12 years of age or over, or the adult expectant mother parent objects to the extension, the intake worker may request the district attorney or corporation counsel to file a petition under s. 48.13 or 48.133. An extension under this subsection may be granted only once for any informal disposition. An extension under this subsection of an informal disposition relating to an unborn child who is alleged to be in need of protection or services may be granted after the child is born.

SB907,41 Section 41. 48.245 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,86 48.245 (3) The obligations imposed under an informal disposition and its effective date shall be set forth in writing. The written agreement shall state whether the child has been adopted. The child and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian; the child expectant mother, her parent, the child expectant parent’s parent, guardian, and legal custodian, and the unborn child’s guardian ad litem; or the adult expectant mother parent and the unborn child’s guardian ad litem, shall receive a copy, as shall any agency providing services under the agreement.

SB907,42 Section 42. 48.245 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,88 48.245 (4) The intake worker shall inform the child, if 12 years of age or over, and the child’s parent, guardian, and legal custodian, the child expectant mother parent, if 12 years of age or over, and her the child expectant parent’s parent, guardian, and legal custodian, or the adult expectant mother parent in writing of their right to terminate the informal disposition at any time or object at any time to the fact or terms of the informal disposition. If there is an objection, the intake worker may alter the terms of the agreement or request the district attorney or corporation counsel to file a petition. If the informal disposition is terminated, the intake worker may request the district attorney or corporation counsel to file a petition.

SB907,43 Section 43. 48.245 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,90 48.245 (5) Informal disposition shall be terminated upon the request of the child, if 12 years of age or over, or the child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian, upon request of the child expectant mother parent, if 12 years of age or over, or her the child expectant parent’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian, or upon the request of the adult expectant mother parent.

SB907,44 Section 44. 48.245 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,92 48.245 (8) If the obligations imposed under the informal disposition are met, the intake worker shall so inform the child and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian; the child expectant mother, her parent, the child expectant parent’s parent, guardian, and legal custodian, and the unborn child’s guardian ad litem; or the adult expectant mother parent and the unborn child’s guardian ad litem, in writing, and no petition may be filed on the charges that brought about the informal disposition nor may the charges be the sole basis for a petition under ss. 48.13 to 48.14.

SB907,45 Section 45. 48.255 (1m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,94 48.255 (1m) (f) If the expectant mother parent is a child and the child expectant mother is being held in custody outside of her the child expectant parent’s home, reliable and credible information showing that continued placement of the child expectant mother parent in her the child expectant parent’s home would be contrary to the welfare of the child expectant mother parent and, unless any of the circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies, reliable and credible information showing that the person who took the child expectant mother parent into custody and the intake worker have made reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of the child expectant mother parent from the home, while assuring that the child expectant mother’s parent’s health and safety are the paramount concerns, and to make it possible for the child expectant mother parent to return safely home.

SB907,46 Section 46. 48.255 (1m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,96 48.255 (1m) (g) If the petitioner knows or has reason to know that the expectant mother parent is an Indian child, and if the child expectant mother who has been removed from the home of her the child expectant parent’s parent or Indian custodian, reliable and credible information showing that continued custody of the child expectant mother parent by his or her parent or Indian custodian is likely to result in serious emotional or physical damage to the child expectant mother parent under s. 48.028 (4) (d) 1. and reliable and credible information showing that active efforts under s. 48.028 (4) (d) 2. have been made to prevent the breakup of the Indian child’s family and that those efforts have proved unsuccessful. The petition shall set forth with specificity both the information required under this paragraph and the information required under par. (f).

SB907,47 Section 47. 48.255 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,98 48.255 (4) A copy of a petition under sub. (1) shall be given to the child if the child is 12 years of age or over and to a parent, guardian, legal custodian, and physical custodian. A copy of a petition under sub. (1m) shall be given to the child expectant mother parent, if 12 years of age or over, her the child expectant parent’s parent, guardian, legal custodian, and physical custodian, and the unborn child’s guardian ad litem or to the adult expectant mother parent, the unborn child’s guardian ad litem, and the physical custodian of the expectant mother parent, if any. If the child is an Indian child who has been removed from the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian or the unborn child will be an Indian child when born, a copy of a petition under sub. (1) or (1m) shall also be given to the Indian child’s Indian custodian and tribe or the Indian tribe with which the unborn child may be eligible for affiliation when born.

SB907,48 Section 48. 48.27 (3) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:

SB907,,100 48.27 (3) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if the petition that was filed relates to facts concerning a situation under s. 48.13 or a situation under s. 48.133 involving an expectant mother parent who is a child and if the child is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry as provided under s. 767.803 and if paternity the child’s parentage has not been established, the court shall notify, under s. 48.273, all of the following persons:

SB907,,101 a. A person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025.

SB907,,102 b. A person alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to the court, be the father a parent of the child.

SB907,,103 2. A court is not required to provide notice, under subd. 1., to any person who may be the father parent of a child conceived as a result of a sexual assault if a physician attests to his or her belief that there was a sexual assault of the child’s mother person who gave birth that may have resulted in the child’s conception.

SB907,49 Section 49. 48.27 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,105 48.27 (3) (c) If the petition that was filed relates to facts concerning a situation under s. 48.133 involving an expectant mother parent who is an adult, the court shall notify, under s. 48.273, the unborn child’s guardian ad litem, the expectant mother parent, the physical custodian of the expectant mother parent, if any, and any person specified in par. (d), if applicable, of all hearings involving the unborn child and expectant mother parent except hearings on motions for which notice need only be provided to the expectant mother parent and her the expectant parent’s counsel and the unborn child’s guardian ad litem. The first notice to any interested party shall be written and may have a copy of the petition attached to it. Thereafter, notice of hearings may be given by telephone at least 72 hours before the time of the hearing. The person giving telephone notice shall place in the case file a signed statement of the time notice was given and the person to whom he or she spoke.

SB907,50 Section 50. 48.27 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,107 48.27 (4) (b) 2. Advise the adult expectant mother parent of her the expectant parent’s right to legal counsel regardless of ability to pay.

SB907,51 Section 51. 48.27 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,109 48.27 (5) Subject to sub. (3) (b), the court shall make every reasonable effort to identify and notify any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025, any person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father parent under s. 767.804 (1), any person who has acknowledged paternity parentage of the child under s. 767.805 (1), and any person who has been adjudged to be the father parent of the child in a judicial proceeding unless the person’s parental rights have been terminated.

SB907,52 Section 52. 48.295 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,111 48.295 (1) After the filing of a petition and upon a finding by the court that reasonable cause exists to warrant a physical, psychological, mental, or developmental examination or an alcohol and other drug abuse assessment that conforms to the criteria specified under s. 48.547 (4), the court may order any child coming within its jurisdiction to be examined as an outpatient by personnel in an approved treatment facility for alcohol and other drug abuse, by a physician, psychiatrist or licensed psychologist, or by another expert appointed by the court holding at least a master’s degree in social work or another related field of child development, in order that the child’s physical, psychological, alcohol or other drug dependency, mental, or developmental condition may be considered. The court may also order a physical, psychological, mental, or developmental examination or an alcohol and other drug abuse assessment that conforms to the criteria specified under s. 48.547 (4) of a parent, guardian, or legal custodian whose ability to care for a child is at issue before the court or of an expectant mother parent whose ability to control her use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances, or controlled substance analogs is at issue before the court. The court shall hear any objections by the child or the child’s parents, guardian, or legal custodian to the request for such an examination or assessment before ordering the examination or assessment. The expenses of an examination, if approved by the court, shall be paid by the county of the court ordering the examination in a county having a population of less than 750,000 or by the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. The payment for an alcohol and other drug abuse assessment shall be in accordance with s. 48.361.

SB907,53 Section 53. 48.299 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,113 48.299 (1) (a) The general public shall be excluded from hearings under this chapter and from hearings by courts exercising jurisdiction under s. 48.16 unless a public fact-finding hearing is demanded by a child through his or her counsel, by an expectant mother parent through her counsel, or by an unborn child’s guardian ad litem. However, the court shall refuse to grant the public hearing in a proceeding other than a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), if a parent, guardian, expectant mother parent, or unborn child’s guardian ad litem objects.

SB907,54 Section 54. 48.299 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,115 48.299 (6) (intro.) If a man person who has been given notice under s. 48.27 (3) (b) 1., 48.977 (4) (c) 1., 48.978 (2) (c) 1., or 48.9795 (4) (c) 1. appears at any hearing for which he the person received the notice, alleges that he is the father to be the parent of the child, and states that he wishes requests to establish the paternity of the child child’s parentage, all of the following apply:

SB907,55 Section 55. 48.299 (6) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB907,,117 48.299 (6) (e) 1. In this paragraph, “genetic test” means a test that examines genetic markers present on blood cells, skin cells, tissue cells, bodily fluid cells or cells of another body material for the purpose of determining the statistical probability that a man person who is alleged to be a child’s father parent is the child’s biological father parent.