Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 301.26

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)    Procedures. The department shall develop procedures for the implementation of this section and standards for the development and delivery of juvenile correctional services, and shall provide consultation and technical assistance to aid counties in the purchase of those services. The department shall establish information systems and monitoring and evaluation procedures to report periodically to the governor and legislature on the statewide impact of this section.
   (4)   State services.
      (a)    Except as provided in pars. (c) and (cm), the department of corrections shall bill counties, or the department of children and families shall deduct from the allocations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj), for the costs of care, services, and supplies purchased or provided by the department of corrections for each person receiving services under s. 938.183 or 938.34 or the department of health services for each person receiving services under s. 46.057 or 51.35 (3). The department of corrections may not bill a county, and the department of children and families may not deduct from a county’s allocation, for the cost of care, services, and supplies provided to a person subject to an order under s. 938.183 after the person reaches 18 years of age. Payment shall be due within 60 days after the billing date. If any payment has not been received within those 60 days, the department of children and families may withhold aid payments in the amount due from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (cj).
      (b)    Assessment of costs under par. (a) shall be made periodically on the basis of the per person per day cost estimate specified in par. (d) 2., 3., and 4. Except as provided in pars. (bm), (c), and (cm), liability shall apply to county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 in the county of the court exercising jurisdiction under ch. 938 for each person receiving services from the department of corrections under s. 938.183 or 938.34 or the department of health services under s. 46.057 or 51.35 (3). Except as provided in pars. (bm), (c), and (cm), in multicounty court jurisdictions, the county of residency within the jurisdiction shall be liable for costs under this subsection. Assessment of costs under par. (a) shall also be made according to the general placement type or level of care provided, as defined by the department, and prorated according to the ratio of the amount designated under s. 48.526 (3) (c) to the total applicable estimated costs of care, services, and supplies provided by the department of corrections under ss. 938.183 and 938.34 and the department of health services under s. 46.057 or 51.35 (3).
      (bm)    Notwithstanding par. (b), the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 of the county of residency of a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent by a court of another county or by a court of another multicounty jurisdiction may voluntarily assume liability for the costs payable under par. (a). A county department may assume liability under this paragraph by a written agreement signed by the director of the county department that assumes liability under this paragraph and the director of the county department that is otherwise liable under par. (b).
      (c)    Notwithstanding pars. (a), (b), and (bm), the department of corrections shall pay, from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), (ho). or (hr), the costs of care, services, and supplies provided for each person receiving services under s. 46.057, 51.35 (3), 938.183, or 938.34 who was under the guardianship of the department of children and families pursuant to an order under ch. 48 at the time that the person was adjudicated delinquent.
      (cm)   
         1.    Notwithstanding pars. (a), (b), and (bm), the department shall transfer funds from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (cg) to the appropriations under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), (ho), and (hr) for the purpose of reimbursing juvenile correctional facilities, secured residential care centers for children and youth, alternate care providers, and community supervision providers for costs incurred beginning on July 1, 1996, for the care of any juvenile 14 years of age or over who has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility based on a delinquent act that is a violation of s. 943.23 (1m) or (1r), 1999 stats., s. 948.35, 1999 stats., s. 948.36, 1999 stats., or s. 943.23 (1g), 2021 stats., or s. 939.32 (1) (a), 940.03, 940.06, 940.21, 940.225 (1), 940.305, 940.31, 941.327 (2) (b) 4., 943.02, 943.10 (2), 943.231 (1), 943.32 (2), 948.02 (1), 948.025 (1), or 948.30 (2), that is a conspiracy to commit any of those violations, or that is an attempted violation of s. 943.32 (2) and for the care of any juvenile 10 years of age or over who has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth for attempting or committing a violation of s. 940.01 or for committing a violation of s. 940.02 or 940.05.
         3.    The per person daily reimbursement rate for juvenile correctional services under this paragraph shall be equal to the per person daily cost assessment to counties under par. (d) 2., 3., and 4. for juvenile correctional services.
      (ct)   
         1.    Subject to subd. 2. and notwithstanding ss. 16.50 (2), 16.52, 20.002 (11), and 20.903, if there is a deficit in the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm) at the close of a fiscal year, any unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ho) at the close of that fiscal year, less the amounts required by s. 20.410 (3) (ho) to be remitted to counties or transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (kx), and any unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hr) at the close of that fiscal year, shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), up to the amount that when added to other amounts credited to that appropriation account in that fiscal year equals the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for that appropriation account for that fiscal year.
         2.    The total amount transferred at the end of a fiscal year under subd. 1. may not exceed the amount of the deficit in the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm) for that fiscal year, and if that deficit is less than the total amount of the unencumbered balances available for transfer under subd. 1., the amount transferred from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.410 (3) (ho) and (hr) shall be in proportion to the respective unencumbered balance available for transfer from each of those appropriation accounts.
      (cx)    If, notwithstanding ss. 16.50 (2), 16.52, 20.002 (11), and 20.903, there is a deficit in the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm) at the close of a fiscal biennium, the governor shall, to address that deficit, increase each of the rates specified under s. 301.26 (4) (d) 2. and 3. for care in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility and for care for juveniles transferred from a correctional institution by $6, in addition to any increase due to actual costs, in the executive budget bill for each fiscal biennium, until the deficit under s. 20.410 (3) (hm) is eliminated.
      (d)   
         1.    Except as provided in pars. (e) to (g), for services under s. 938.34, all payments and deductions made under this subsection and uniform fee collections made under s. 301.03 (18) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm).
         1m.    Except as provided in pars. (e) to (g), for services under s. 938.183, all payments and deductions made under this subsection and uniform fee collections made under s. 301.03 (18) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm).
         2.    Beginning on July 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2020, the per person daily cost assessment to counties shall be $532 for care in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (19), and $532 for care for juveniles transferred from a juvenile correctional institution under s. 51.35 (3). Beginning on July 1, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2022, the per person daily cost assessment to counties shall be $1,154 for care in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (19), and $1,154 for care for juveniles transferred from a juvenile correctional institution under s. 51.35 (3).
         3.    Beginning on July 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020, the per person daily cost assessment to counties shall be $550 for care in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (19), and $550 for care for juveniles transferred from a juvenile correctional institution under s. 51.35 (3). Beginning on January 1, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2021, the per person daily cost assessment to counties shall be $615 for care in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (19), and $615 for care for juveniles transferred from a juvenile correctional institution under s. 51.35 (3). Beginning on July 1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2023, the per person daily cost assessment to counties shall be $1,178 for care in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (19), and $1,178 for care for juveniles transferred from a juvenile correctional institution under s. 51.35 (3).
         4.    The per person daily cost assessment to counties for care in a foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth shall be an amount equal to the amount the provider charges the department for that care as authorized by the department of children and families.
         5.    The per person daily cost assessment to counties for community supervision services under s. 938.533 shall be an amount determined by the department based on the cost of providing those services. In determining that assessment, the department may establish multiple rates for varying types and levels of service. The department shall calculate the amounts of that assessment and, if applicable, those rates prior to the beginning of each fiscal year and the secretary shall submit that proposed assessment and, if applicable, those proposed rates to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance for review of the committee. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing that proposed assessment and, if applicable, those proposed rates within 14 working days after the date of the secretary’s submittal, the department may implement that proposed assessment and those proposed rates. If, within 14 working days after the date of the secretary’s submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing that proposed assessment and, if applicable, those proposed rates, the department may implement that proposed assessment and those proposed rates only as approved by the committee.
      (dt)    Except as provided in pars. (e) to (g), for serious juvenile offender services, all uniform fee collections under s. 301.03 (18) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm).
      (e)    For alternate care services for delinquent juveniles under ss. 49.19 (10) (d), 938.48 (4) and (14), and 938.52 all payments and deductions made under this subsection and uniform fee collections under s. 301.03 (18) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ho).
      (ed)    For alternate care services for serious juvenile offenders under ss. 49.19 (10) (d), 938.48 (4) and (14), and 938.52 all uniform fee collections under s. 301.03 (18) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ho).
      (eg)    For community supervision services under s. 938.533 (2), all payments and deductions made under this subsection and uniform fee collections under s. 301.03 (18) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hr).
      (f)    For services under s. 51.35 (3), payments made under par. (d) for services to juveniles who are ineligible for medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 and uniform fee collections under s. 46.03 (18) shall be deposited in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (2) (gk) and all other payments made under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund and treated as a nonappropriated receipt.
      (g)    For juvenile institutional services under ch. 938 and for the office of juvenile offender review, all payments and deductions made under this subsection and uniform fee collections under s. 301.03 (18) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm).