SB161,21,3 48.38 (4) (k) If the child is placed in a qualified residential treatment program, all of the following:

SB161,21,5 1. Documentation of reasonable and good faith efforts to identify and include all required individuals on the family permanency team.

SB161,21,6 2. The contact information for the members of the family permanency team.

SB161,21,8 3. Information showing that meetings of the family permanency team are held at a time and place convenient for the family to the extent possible.

SB161,21,11 4. If reunification is the child's permanency goal, information demonstrating that the parent from whom the child was removed provided input on the members of the family permanency team or why that input was not obtained.

SB161,21,14 5. Information showing that the standardized assessment, as determined by the department, was used to determine the appropriateness of the placement in a qualified residential treatment program

SB161,21,18 6. The placement preferences of the family permanency team, including a recognition that a child should be placed with his or her siblings unless the court determines that a joint placement would be contrary to the safety or well-being of the child or any of those siblings.

SB161,21,22 7. If placement preferences of the family permanency team are not the placement recommended by the qualified individual who conducted the standardized assessment, the reasons why these preferences were not recommended.

SB161,21,24 8. The recommendations of the qualified individual who conducted the standardized assessment, including all of the following:

SB161,22,5 a. Whether the recommended placement in a qualified residential treatment program is the placement that will provide the child with the most effective and appropriate level of care in the least restrictive environment and how that placement is consistent with the short-term and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the permanency plan.

SB161,22,8 b. Whether and why the child's needs can or cannot be met by the child's family or in a foster home. A shortage or lack of foster homes is not an acceptable reason for determining that the child's needs cannot be met in a foster home.

SB161,22,10 9. Documentation of the approval or disapproval of the placement in a qualified residential treatment program by a court, if such a determination has been made.

SB161,38 Section 38. 48.38 (4) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

SB161,22,12 48.38 (4) (L) If the child is a parent or is pregnant, all of the following:

SB161,22,15 1. A list of the services or programs to be provided to or on behalf of the child to ensure that the child, if pregnant, is prepared and, if a parent, is able to be a parent.

SB161,22,17 2. The out-of-home care prevention strategy for any child born to the parenting or pregnant child.

SB161,39 Section 39. 48.38 (5) (bm) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

SB161,22,23 48.38 (5) (bm) 4. If the child is placed in a qualified residential treatment program, the agency that prepared the permanency plan shall submit to the court or panel specific information showing all of the following, which the court or panel shall consider when determining the continuing necessity for and the safety and appropriateness of the placement:

SB161,23,5 a. Whether ongoing assessment of the strengths and needs of the child continues to support the determination that the needs of the child cannot be met through placement in a foster home, whether the placement in a qualified residential treatment program provides the most effective and appropriate level of care for the child in the least restrictive environment, and how the placement is consistent with the short-term and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the child's permanency plan.

SB161,23,8 b. The specific treatment or service needs that will be met for the child in the placement and the length of the time the child is expected to need the treatment or services.

SB161,23,11 c. The efforts made by the agency to prepare the child to return home or to be placed with a fit and willing relative, a guardian, or an adoptive parent or in a foster home.

SB161,40 Section 40. 48.38 (5) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB161,23,21 48.38 (5) (c) 1. The continuing necessity for and the safety and appropriateness of the placement, subject to par. (bm) 4. and sub. (5m) (c) 4. If the permanency goal of the child's permanency plan is placement of the child in a planned permanent living arrangement described in sub. (4) (fg) 5., the determination under this subdivision shall include an explanation of why the planned permanent living arrangement is the best permanency goal for the child and why, supported by compelling reasons, it continues not to be in the best interests of the child to be returned to his or her home or to be placed for adoption, with a guardian, or with a fit and willing relative.

SB161,41 Section 41. 48.38 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB161,24,13 48.38 (5) (d) Notwithstanding s. 48.78 (2) (a), the agency that prepared the permanency plan shall, at least 5 days before a review by a review panel, provide to each person appointed to the review panel, the child's parent, guardian, and legal custodian, the person representing the interests of the public, the child's counsel, the child's guardian ad litem, the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is an Indian child who is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe a copy of the permanency plan, any information submitted under par. (bm) 4., and any written comments submitted under par. (bm) 1. Notwithstanding s. 48.78 (2) (a), a person appointed to a review panel, the person representing the interests of the public, the child's counsel, the child's guardian ad litem, the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is an Indian child who is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe may have access to any other records concerning the child for the purpose of participating in the review. A person permitted access to a child's records under this paragraph may not disclose any information from the records to any other person.

SB161,42 Section 42. 48.38 (5m) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

SB161,24,19 48.38 (5m) (c) 4. If the child is placed in a qualified residential treatment program, the agency that prepared the permanency plan shall present to the court specific information showing all of the following, which the court shall consider when determining the continuing necessity for and the safety and appropriateness of the placement under sub. (5) (c) 1.:

SB161,25,2 a. Whether ongoing assessment of the strengths and needs of the child continues to support the determination that the needs of the child cannot be met through placement in a foster home, whether the placement in a qualified residential treatment program provides the most effective and appropriate level of care for the child in the least restrictive environment, and how the placement is consistent with the short-term and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the child's permanency plan.

SB161,25,5 b. The specific treatment or service needs that will be met for the child in the placement and the length of the time the child is expected to need the treatment or services.