AB56,429 Section 429. 45.03 (16) (c) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,464,16 45.03 (16) (c) 3. (intro.) Loan application forms processed by the department for programs administered under s. 45.40 or subch. III shall do all of the following:

AB56,430 Section 430. 45.03 (16) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,464,20 45.03 (16) (c) 4. The department shall incorporate the payment acceleration requirements of subd. 2. in all loan documents for programs administered by the department under s. 45.40 or subch. III.

AB56,431 Section 431. Subchapter III of chapter 45 [precedes 45.30] of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,432 Section 432. 45.42 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,465,5 45.42 (4) The department may execute necessary instruments, collect interest and principal, compromise indebtedness, sue and be sued, post bonds, and write off indebtedness that it considers uncollectible. If a loan under this section is secured by a real estate mortgage, the department may exercise the rights of owners and mortgagees generally and the rights and powers set forth in s. 45.32 , 2017 stats. The department shall pay all interest and principal repaid on the loan into the veterans trust fund.

AB56,433 Section 433. 45.42 (8) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,434 Section 434. 45.42 (8) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 45.42 (8).

AB56,435 Section 435. 45.48 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,465,13 45.48 Veterans outreach and recovery program. (1) To be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (qs), the department shall administer a program to provide outreach, mental health services, and support to individuals who reside in this state, who may have a mental health condition or substance use disorder, and who meet one of the following conditions:

AB56,465,15 (a) Are serving in the national guard of any state or a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces.

AB56,465,19 (b) Served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, or the national guard of any state and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

AB56,465,21 (2) The eligibility requirements under s. 45.02 do not apply to an individual receiving services under sub. (1).

AB56,465,23 (3) The department may provide payments to facilitate the provision of services under sub. (1).

AB56,436 Section 436 . 45.57 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,466,5 45.57 Veterans homes; transfer of funding. The department may transfer all or part of the unencumbered balance of any of the appropriations under s. 20.485 (1) (g), (gd), (gk), or (i) to the veterans trust fund or to the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund. The department shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing of any balance transferred under this section.

AB56,437 Section 437. 46.057 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,467,3 46.057 (1) The department shall establish, maintain, and operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. The department may designate staff at the Mendota Mental Health Institute as responsible for administering, and providing services at, the center. Notwithstanding ss. 301.02, 301.03, and 301.36 (1), the department shall operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center as a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p). The center shall not be considered a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), a state treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (15), or a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19). The center shall provide psychological and psychiatric evaluations and treatment for juveniles whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in other juvenile correctional facilities or in secured residential care centers for children and youth and whose mental health needs can be met at the center. With the approval of the department of health services, the department of corrections may transfer to the center any juvenile who has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (4m), or 938.357 (3), (4), or (5) (e) in the same manner that the department of corrections transfers juveniles between other juvenile correctional facilities. Upon the recommendation of Subject to s. 938.357 (3) (c), with the approval of the department of health services, a court may place a juvenile at the center in a proceeding for a change in placement order under s. 938.357 (3).

AB56,438 Section 438 . 46.057 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, section 15, and 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB56,468,2 46.057 (1) The department shall establish, maintain, and operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. The department may designate staff at the Mendota Mental Health Institute as responsible for administering, and providing services at, the center. Notwithstanding ss. 301.02, 301.03, and 301.36 (1), the department shall operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center as a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p). The center shall not be considered a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), a state treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (15), or a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19). The center shall provide psychological and psychiatric evaluations and treatment for juveniles whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in other juvenile correctional facilities or in secured residential care centers for children and youth and whose mental health needs can be met at the center. With the approval of the department of health services, the department of corrections may transfer to the center any juvenile who has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), or 938.357 (3), (4), or (5) (e) in the same manner that the department of corrections transfers juveniles between other juvenile correctional facilities. Subject to s. 938.357 (3) (c), with the approval of the department of health services, a court may place a juvenile at the center in a proceeding for a change in placement order under s. 938.357 (3).

AB56,439 Section 439. 46.057 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,468,7 46.057 (1m) Only the director of the Mendota Mental Health Institute, or his or her designee, is authorized to make decisions regarding the admission of juveniles to and treatment of juveniles at the center and the release and return of juveniles to the appropriate state or county facility.

AB56,440 Section 440. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,468,17 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $2,869,200 $3,224,100 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $2,932,600 $5,878,100 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21, for services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.

AB56,441 Section 441. 46.10 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,469,4 46.10 (16) The department shall delegate to county departments under ss. 51.42 and 51.437 or the local providers of care and services meeting the standards established by the department under s. 46.036, the responsibilities vested in the department under this section for collection of patient fees for services other than those provided at state facilities, those provided to children that are reimbursed under a waiver under s. 46.27 (11), 46.275, 46.278, or 46.2785, or those provided under the disabled children's long-term support program if the county departments or providers meet the conditions that the department determines are appropriate. The department may delegate to county departments under ss. 51.42 and 51.437 the responsibilities vested in the department under this section for collection of patient fees for services provided at the state facilities if the necessary conditions are met.

AB56,442 Section 442. 46.21 (2m) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,469,9 46.21 (2m) (b) 1. a. The powers and duties of the county departments under ss. 46.215, 51.42 and 51.437, including the administration of the long-term support community options program under s. 46.27, if the county department under s. 46.215 is designated as the administering agency under s. 46.27 (3) (b) 1.