DCF 1.02(17)(17) “Service” includes care, maintenance, supplies, and other services purchased or provided by a county department or the department under ch. 48, Stats., or as a community-based youth justice service under ch. 938, Stats.

DCF 1.02(18)(18) “Shelter care facility” has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (17), Stats.

DCF 1.02(19)(19) “Social security disability insurance” means payments under 42 USC 401 to 433 for individuals determined disabled under program requirements.

DCF 1.02(20)(20) “Spouse” means an individual who is married to a client at the time a service is provided or at the time a county department or the department is attempting to collect a fee.

DCF 1.02(21)(21) “Subsidized guardianship home” means the home of an individual receiving payments under s. 48.623, Stats.

DCF 1.02(22)(22) “Supplemental security income” means payments under 42 USC 1381 to 1385.

DCF 1.03(1)(1) Establishment of fees. Except as provided under sub. (2), a county department or the department may establish fees for child welfare services under ch. 48, Stats., and community-based youth justice services under ch. 938, Stats., purchased or provided for a client.

DCF 1.03(2)(2) Services for which fee is prohibited. A county department or the department may not charge a fee for a service if any of the following conditions is met:

DCF 1.03(2)(b)(b) The county department or the department has determined that charging a fee for the service would be administratively unfeasible or would significantly prevent accomplishing the purpose of the service.

DCF 1.03(2)(c)(c) The service is a children and family support service provided under subch. III of ch. 49, Stats.

DCF 1.03(3)(3) Residential services fee. A county department or the department may charge a minor client’s parent a fee for the care and maintenance of the minor client in a residential, nonmedical facility or juvenile detention facility only if the parent has not been ordered to pay child support as provided under s. 49.345 (14) (b) or (c) or ch. 767, Stats., for placement of the minor client in a residential nonmedical facility or a juvenile detention facility.

DCF 1.03(4)(4) Transparency and notice. If a county department or the department establishes fees under sub. (1), it shall do all of the following:

DCF 1.03(4)(a)(a) Make both printed and electronic information widely available on all of the following:

DCF 1.03(4)(a)2.2. The fee amounts charged for the services or the method for determining the fee amounts.

DCF 1.03(4)(b)(b) Make reasonable efforts to provide written notice of the amount of any fee that will be charged to all individuals who may be liable for the fee before the service is provided or as soon as feasible after the service begins.

DCF 1.04(1)(1) Persons liable. Except as provided in sub. (2), any of the following persons shall be liable for a fee:

DCF 1.04(1)(d)(d) The surety company if the condition of a bond under s. 48.839 (1) or 48.98 (2), Stats., is met.

DCF 1.04(1)(e)(e) A person, other than a county department or a licensed child-placing agency, that brought a child into this state for the purpose of placing the child in a foster home if the conditions in s. 48.98 (2), Stats., are met.