Wisconsin Legislature: 1999 Wisconsin Act 20

Date of enactment: December 17, 1999
1999 Assembly Bill 144 Date of publication*: December 31, 1999

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1997-98: Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1999 WISCONSIN ACT 20

An Act to create 48.981 (1) (b) and 48.981 (7) (a) 8m. of the statutes; relating to: disclosure of child abuse and neglect reports for the purpose of investigating or providing services to a person who is subject to a correctional community placement and who is the subject of such a report.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

20,1 Section 1. 48.981 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

48.981 (1) (b) "Community placement" means probation; extended supervision; parole; aftercare; conditional transfer into the community under s. 51.35 (1); conditional transfer or discharge under s. 51.37 (9); placement in a Type 2 child caring institution or a Type 2 secured correctional facility authorized under s. 938.539 (5); conditional release under s. 971.17; supervised release under s. 980.06 or 980.08; participation in the community residential confinement program under s. 301.046, the intensive sanctions program under s. 301.048, the corrective sanctions program under s. 938.533, the intensive supervision program under s. 938.534 or the serious juvenile offender program under s. 938.538; or any other placement of an adult or juvenile offender in the community under the custody or supervision of the department of corrections, the department of health and family services, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 or any other person under contract with the department of corrections, the department of health and family services or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 to exercise custody or supervision over the offender.

20,2 Section 2. 48.981 (7) (a) 8m. of the statutes is created to read:

48.981 (7) (a) 8m. The department of corrections, the department of health and family services, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 or any other person under contract with the department of corrections, the department of health and family services or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 to exercise custody or supervision over a person who is subject to community placement for purposes of investigating or providing services to a person who is subject to community placement and who is the subject of a report. In making its investigation, the department of corrections, department of health and family services, county department or other person shall cooperate with the agency making the investigation under sub. (3) (c) or (d).

20,3 Section 3. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to child abuse and neglect reports and records, as defined in section 48.981 (1) (f) of the statutes, that are disclosed on the effective date of this subsection.