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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
October 17, 2013 - Introduced by Joint Legislative Council. Referred to
Committee on Health.
AB436,1,4 1An Act to amend 51.42 (4) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes; relating to: requiring
2county community programs board appointees to include consumers, family
3members of consumers, law enforcement personnel, and hospital employees or
4representatives and increasing the size of county community programs boards.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill is explained in the Notes provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
the bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
Joint Legislative Council prefatory note: This bill was prepared for the Joint
Legislative Council's Special Committee on Review of Emergency Detention and
Admission of Minors Under Chapter 51.
Under current law, county departments of community programs are governed by
boards comprised of members of the county board of supervisors and citizen members.
The county community programs board is a governing and policy-making board. In a
single-county department, the board must be composed of 9 to 15 persons. Members
must have a recognized ability and demonstrated interest in the problems of the mentally
ill, developmentally disabled, alcoholic, or drug dependent persons and shall have
representation from the interest group of the mentally ill, the interest group of the
developmentally disabled, the interest group of the alcoholic, and the interest group of

the drug dependent. At least one member must be a consumer of services or a family
member of the consumer. No more than 5 members may be county board of supervisors
members.
In a multicounty department, the board is composed of 11 members, with 3
additional members for each county in a multicounty department of community
programs in excess of 2. As with the single-county department board, a multicounty
department board shall have representation from the interest group of the mentally ill,
the interest group of the developmentally disabled, the interest group of the alcoholic, and
the interest group of the drug dependent. At least one member must be a consumer of
services or a family member of the consumer. Each of the counties in the multicounty
department of community programs may appoint to the county community programs
board not more than 3 members from its county board of supervisors.
This bill requires at least one of the members appointed to a single-county or
multicounty community programs board to be each of the following:
A person who has received services for mental illness, developmental disability,
alcoholism, or drug dependence.
A family member of a person who has received services for mental illness,
developmental disability, alcoholism, or drug dependence.
A law enforcement officer.
A hospital employee or representative.
The maximum number of members for a single-county department is accordingly
increased to 17. The number of members for a multicounty department is increased to
13, with 3 additional members for each county in the multicounty department in excess
of 2.
AB436,1 1Section 1. 51.42 (4) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB436,3,32 51.42 (4) (b) 1. In a single-county department of community programs the
3county community programs board shall be composed of not less than 9 nor more
4than 15 17 persons of recognized ability and demonstrated interest in the problems
5of the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, alcoholic or drug dependent persons
6who have mental illness, developmental disability, alcoholism, or drug dependence,
7and shall have representation from the interest group of the mentally ill, the interest
8group of the developmentally disabled, the interest group of the alcoholic and the
9interest group of the drug dependent. At least one member
groups of persons with
10mental illness, developmental disability, alcoholism, and drug dependence. Of the
11members
appointed to a county community programs board, at least one member
12shall be an individual who receives or has received services for mental illness,
13developmental disability, alcoholism or drug dependency or , at least one member
14shall be a family member of such an individual, at least one member shall be a law

1enforcement officer, and at least one member shall be a hospital employee or
2representative
. No more than 5 members may be appointed from the county board
3of supervisors.
AB436,3,214 2. In a multicounty department of community programs, the county
5community programs board shall be composed of 11 13 members with 3 additional
6members for each county in a multicounty department of community programs in
7excess of 2. Appointments shall be made by the county boards of supervisors of the
8counties in a multicounty department of community programs in a manner
9acceptable to the counties in the multicounty department of community programs
10and shall have representation from the interest group of the mentally ill, the interest
11group of the developmentally disabled, the interest group of the alcoholic and the
12interest group of the drug dependent. At least one member
groups of persons with
13mental illness, developmental disability, alcoholism, and drug dependence. Of the
14members
appointed to a county community programs board, at least one member
15shall be an individual who receives or has received services for mental illness,
16developmental disability, alcoholism or drug dependency or , at least one member
17shall be a family member of such an individual, at least one member shall be a law
18enforcement officer, and at least one member shall be a hospital employee or
19representative
. Each of the counties in the multicounty department of community
20programs may appoint to the county community programs board not more than 3
21members from its county board of supervisors.
AB436,3,2222 (End)
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