51.44(5)(a)7. 7. Establish policies and procedures for the implementation of individual family services plans and case management services.

51.44(5)(a)8. 8. Develop requirements for local coordination and interagency agreements at state and local levels.

51.44(5)(a)9. 9. Establish requirements for public awareness activities and a statewide directory of services.

51.44(5)(am) (am) Promulgate rules that define the term “service coordinator”.

51.44(5)(b) (b) Ensure that the children eligible for early intervention services under this section receive all of the following services:

51.44(5)(b)1. 1. A multidisciplinary evaluation.

51.44(5)(b)2. 2. An individualized family service plan.

51.44(5)(b)3. 3. Assignment of a service coordinator, as defined by the department by rule, to provide case management services.

51.44(5)(c) (c) Annually, submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) a report on the department’s progress toward full implementation of the program under this section, including the progress of counties in implementing goals for participation in 5th-year requirements under 20 USC 1431 to 1444.

51.44 History History: 1991 a. 39, 269; 1993 a. 16, 27; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2013 a. 20, 203; 2017 a. 59.

51.44 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. DHS 90, Wis. adm. code.

51.441 51.441 Comprehensive mental health consultation program. The department shall convene a statewide group of interested persons, including at least one representative of the Medical College of Wisconsin, to develop a concept paper, business plan, and standards for a comprehensive mental health consultation program that incorporates general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, addiction medicine and psychiatry, a perinatal psychiatry consultation program, and the child psychiatry consultation program under s. 51.442.

51.441 History History: 2019 a. 9.

51.442 51.442 Child psychiatry consultation program.

51.442(1) (1) In this section, “participating clinicians” include pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

51.442(2) (2) The department shall create and administer a child psychiatry consultation program to assist participating clinicians in providing enhanced care to pediatric patients with mental health care needs, to provide referral support for pediatric patients, and to provide additional services described in this section. The consultation program created under this section is not an emergency referral service.

51.442(3) (3) 

51.442(3)(a) (a) In the period before January 1, 2015, the department shall review proposals submitted by organizations seeking to provide consultation services through the consultation program under this section and shall designate regional program hubs, in a number determined by the department, based on the submitted proposals. The department shall select and provide moneys to organizations to provide consultation services through the consultation program in a manner that maximizes medically appropriate access and services as described under sub. (4).

51.442(3)(b) (b) Beginning on January 1, 2016, the department shall create any additional regional program hubs in order to provide consultation services statewide.

51.442(4) (4) The department shall select qualified organizations to provide consultation program services through the regional hubs. Each regional hub shall make available its own qualified provider or consortium of providers. To be a qualified provider in the program under this section, an organization shall successfully demonstrate it meets all of the following criteria:

51.442(4)(a) (a) The organization has the required infrastructure to be located within the geographic service area of the proposed regional hub.

51.442(4)(b) (b) Any individual who would be providing consulting services through the program is located in this state.

51.442(4)(c) (c) The organization enters into a contract with the department agreeing to satisfy all of the following criteria as a condition of providing services through the consultation program:

51.442(4)(c)1. 1. The organization has at the time of participation in the program a psychiatrist, who is either eligible for certification or certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc., for either adult psychiatry or child and adolescent psychiatry or both, and has and maintains additional staff as specified by the department.

51.442(4)(c)2. 2. The organization operates during the normal business hours of Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., excluding weekends and holidays.

51.442(4)(c)3. 3. The organization shall be able to provide consultation services as promptly as is practicable.

51.442(4)(c)4. 4. The organization shall provide all of the following services:

51.442(4)(c)4.a. a. Support for participating clinicians to assist in the management of children and adolescents with mental health problems and to provide referral support for pediatric patients.

51.442(4)(c)4.b. b. A triage-level assessment to determine the most appropriate response to each request, including appropriate referrals to other mental health professionals.