AB143,19,14 d. Whether the court approves or disapproves the placement.

AB143,19,20 6. If the results of the standardized assessment and recommendation of the qualified individual who conducted the standardized assessment are not available at the time of the order, the court shall defer making the findings under subd. 5. as provided in this paragraph. No later than 60 days after the date on which the placement was made, the court shall issue an order making the findings under subd. 5.

AB143,33 Section 33. 48.38 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB143,19,23 48.38 (1) (ag) “Family permanency team” means the team of individuals assembled under sub. (3m) to participate in a child's permanency planning.

AB143,34 Section 34. 48.38 (1) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:

AB143,20,3 48.38 (1) (ap) “Like-kin” means a person who has a significant emotional relationship with a child or the child's family and to whom any of the following applies:

AB143,20,6 1. Prior to the child's placement in out-of-home care, the person had an existing relationship with the child or the child's family that is similar to a familial relationship.

AB143,20,9 2. During the child's placement in out-of-home care, the person developed a relationship with the child or the child's family that is similar to a familial relationship.

AB143,35 Section 35. 48.38 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB143,20,13 48.38 (1) (c) “Qualified residential treatment program” means a residential care center for children and youth, group home, or shelter care facility certified under s. 48.675.

AB143,36 Section 36. 48.38 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB143,20,19 48.38 (3m) Family permanency team. If a child is placed in a qualified residential treatment program, the agency that placed the child or arranged the placement or the agency assigned primary responsibility for providing services to the child under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 6g. shall invite all of the following to participate in permanency planning and may invite others at the agency's discretion:

AB143,20,21 (a) All appropriate biological family members, relatives, and like-kin of the child, as determined by the agency.

AB143,20,24 (b) Appropriate professionals who serve as a resource for the family of the child, such as teachers, medical or mental health providers who have treated the child, or clergy.

AB143,20,25 (c) Others identified by a child over the age of 14 as provided under sub. (2m).

AB143,37 Section 37. 48.38 (4) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB143,21,3 48.38 (4) (k) If the child is placed in a qualified residential treatment program, all of the following:

AB143,21,5 1. Documentation of reasonable and good faith efforts to identify and include all required individuals on the family permanency team.

AB143,21,6 2. The contact information for the members of the family permanency team.

AB143,21,8 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.

AB143,21,11 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.

AB143,21,14 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

AB143,21,18 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.

AB143,21,22 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.

AB143,21,24 8. The recommendations of the qualified individual who conducted the standardized assessment, including all of the following:

AB143,22,5 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.

AB143,22,8 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.

AB143,22,10 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.