Wis. Stat. § 46.041
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Children’s consultation service; establishment; purposes.
Official statutory text
A program to be known as the “children’s consultation service” shall be provided. The service shall be established at the Mendota Mental Health Institute or the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, or at both institutions. The service shall:
(1m) Provide for the temporary residence and evaluation of children referred from courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 , the institutions and services under the jurisdiction of the department, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, county departments under s. 46.215 , 46.22 or 46.23 , private child welfare agencies, the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and mental health facilities within the state at the discretion of the director of the institution providing services under this section.
(2) Promote the development of preventive mental health services to children in communities by participating in the training of mental health personnel, by demonstration of methods of evaluation, care and treatment, by assisting in the assessment of community services and the development of the most effective coordination between the institution and the community, and by offering services when community resources need to be supplemented.
History: 1973 c. 90 s. 560 (3) ; 1977 c. 418 s. 924 (50) ; 1977 c. 447 s. 206 ; 1977 c. 449 ; 1985 a. 29 , 176 ; 1995 a. 27 , 77 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 57 , 103 ; 2021 a. 239 s. 73 .
(1m) Provide for the temporary residence and evaluation of children referred from courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 , the institutions and services under the jurisdiction of the department, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, county departments under s. 46.215 , 46.22 or 46.23 , private child welfare agencies, the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and mental health facilities within the state at the discretion of the director of the institution providing services under this section.
(2) Promote the development of preventive mental health services to children in communities by participating in the training of mental health personnel, by demonstration of methods of evaluation, care and treatment, by assisting in the assessment of community services and the development of the most effective coordination between the institution and the community, and by offering services when community resources need to be supplemented.
History: 1973 c. 90 s. 560 (3) ; 1977 c. 418 s. 924 (50) ; 1977 c. 447 s. 206 ; 1977 c. 449 ; 1985 a. 29 , 176 ; 1995 a. 27 , 77 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 57 , 103 ; 2021 a. 239 s. 73 .
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