Wisconsin Administrative Code

DHS 61.76 Rehabilitation program. The community mental health program shall be responsible for the provision of an organized rehabilitation service designed to reduce the residual effects of emotional disturbances and to facilitate the adjustment of individuals with mental illnes…

DHS 61.77 Consultation and education program. Prevention is as important to mental illness as it is to physical illness. Certain facts and relationships between mental illness and environmental factors, individual personal contacts, and human development stages can be the basis f…

DHS 61.78 Additional requirements for programs serving children and adolescents - introduction and personnel. (1) INTRODUCTION. The following standards have been developed for community mental health services for children and adolescents. Except for the substitution of minimal ho…

DHS 61.79 Children and adolescent inpatient program. The following personnel requirements are minimum. There is no intention to restrict new programs to these minimal staffing patterns. Existing treatment programs which exceed these requirements may not be reduced without extensi…

DHS 61.80 Children and adolescent outpatient program. (1) REQUIRED PERSONNEL. Of the treatment personnel required for any out-patient service, a minimum of 30% staff time must be devoted to children and adolescents services. If qualified children and adolescents mental health pro…

DHS 61.95 Procedures for approval. Outpatient psychotherapy clinics are certified by the department under the standards set forth in ch. DHS 35. History: Cr. Register, May, 1981, No. 305, eff. 6-1-81; r. and recr. (4), Register, October, 1985, No. 358, eff. 11-1-85; CR 06-080: r.…

DHS 61.96 Required personnel. Qualifications for a mental health professional in an outpatient psychotherapy clinic are set forth in ch. DHS 35. History: Cr. Register, May, 1981, No. 305, eff. 6-1-81; am. (1) and (3), cr. (4), Register, September, 1982, No. 321, eff. 10-1-82; am.…

DHS 62.01 Authority and purpose. (1) This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 343.30 (1q) (c) 2. and 343.305 (10) (c) 2., Stats., to establish standards for assessment and driver safety plans for persons who operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of intox…

DHS 62.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to the department, county human service boards, intoxicated driver assessment facilities, driver safety plan providers, and individuals who voluntarily or by order of a court or by order of the Wisconsin department of transportation u…

DHS 62.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Alternative education” means a course of traffic safety instruction that is designed to meet the goals of a group dynamic traffic safety program or a multiple offender traffic safety program for clients that cannot be accommodated by a…

DHS 62.04 Board responsibilities for the intoxicated driver program. Pursuant to authority under s. 51.42, Stats., a board shall implement an intoxicated driver program in the board’s geographic area. To implement the intoxicated driver program, the board shall do all of the foll…

DHS 62.05 Intoxicated driver assessment facilities. (1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. No agency may conduct intoxicated driver assessments and develop driver safety plans unless appointed by the board as a designated intoxicated driver assessment facility under s. DHS 62.04 (1). The poli…

DHS 62.06 Driver safety plan providers. In addition to complying with applicable provisions under this chapter, driver safety plan providers shall operate as follows: (1) A driver safety plan provider who provides treatment to a client under ss. DHS 75.49 to 75.60 shall comply wi…

DHS 62.07 Assessments and driver safety plans. (1) GENERAL ASSESSMENT AND DRIVER SAFETY PLAN PROVISIONS. (a) The assessment facility shall complete and submit the intoxicated driver assessment and driver safety plan to the Wisconsin department of transportation; the designated co…

DHS 62.08 Compliance and noncompliance reporting for assessments. (1) The assessment facility shall report a client’s compliance or noncompliance with an assessment to the Wisconsin department of transportation and the client, using form MV 3631, Driver Safety Plan Report. Note: …

DHS 62.09 Compliance and non compliance reporting for driver safety plans. (1) The assessment facility shall report a client’s compliance or noncompliance with a driver safety plan to the Wisconsin department of transportation; the driver safety plan provider; and the client usin…

DHS 62.10 Client responsibilities. (1) An individual who has been ordered by the court or by the Wisconsin department of transportation for an assessment and driver safety plan shall register with the assessment facility within 72 hours after the date of the court order or order …

DHS 62.11 Fees. (1) A client is required to pay a reasonable fee for an assessment or driver safety plan program to the appropriate agency. A client may be allowed to pay the assessment fee in 1, 2, 3, or 4 equal installments before an assessment is conducted. The fee for driver …

DHS 62.12 Conflict of interest guidelines. (1) (a) An assessment facility may not also be a client’s driver safety plan provider unless at least one of the following conditions applies: 1. The board operates or contracts for both assessment and treatment programming from the same…

DHS 62.13 Confidentiality of client records. (1) CONFIDENTIALITY. Confidentiality of clients’ records shall be consistent with all applicable state and federal laws. (2) INFORMED CONSENT. No assessment or driver safety plan, compliance report or any other report related to a clie…

DHS 62.14 Client rights. (1) Any client may file a grievance under ch. DHS 94 or s. 51.61, Stats., if the client believes that the client rights specified under ch. DHS 94 or s. 51.61, Stats., have been violated. (2) If a client files a grievance under ch. DHS 94 or s. 51.61, Sta…

DHS 62.15 Appeals. (1) APPEALS DURING ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRIVER SAFETY PLAN RECOMMENDATION. (a) A client who does not agree with an assessment finding or with driver safety plan recommendations is encouraged to discuss the assessment findings and recommended plan w…

DHS 62.16 Funding for services. To support the provision of services under this chapter, the department shall distribute emergency funds authorized under s. 20.435 (5) (hy), Stats., and surcharge revenues authorized under ss. 20.435 (5) (hy) and 346.655, Stats., by an allocation …

DHS 63.01 Introduction. (1) AUTHORITY AND PURThis chapter is promulgated under authority set out in ss. 51.42 (7) (b), 51.421 (3) (a) and (c), and 227.11 (2) (a), Stats., to establish standards for community support programs under s. 51.421, Stats. These programs are for chronica…

DHS 63.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Alcoholic” has the meaning prescribed in s. 51.01 (1h), Stats., namely, a person who is suffering from alcoholism. (2) “Alcoholism” has the meaning prescribed in s. 51.01 (1m), Stats., namely, a disease which is characterized by the de…

DHS 63.03 Certification. (1) APPLICATION. A county department shall submit written application to the department to initiate the CSP certification process. Note: The format for the written application can be obtained from the CSP Unit, Bureau of Community Mental Health, Division …

DHS 63.04 Termination, suspension or denial of certification. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, “suspension” means a temporary withdrawal of certification. (2) TERMINATION, SUSPENSION, OR DENIAL OF CERTIFICATION AFTER PRIOR NOTICE AND REQUESTED HEARING. The department may terminat…

DHS 63.05 Waivers. (1) POLICY. The department may grant a waiver of any requirement of this chapter when the department determines that granting a waiver would not diminish the effectiveness of the CSP, violate the purposes of the program, or adversely affect clients’ health and …

DHS 63.06 Personnel. (1) POLICIES. (a) A CSP shall have written personnel policies to ensure that employment practices do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sexual orientation, marital status, arrest and c…

DHS 63.07 Outreach and screening. A CSP shall have written procedures for contacting and identifying persons with chronic mental illness and for having those persons referred to the CSP. The procedures shall include: (1) Outreach activities and direct contact with potential CSP c…

DHS 63.08 Criteria for admission. (1) CRITERIA. Admission to a CSP shall be limited to an individual who has chronic mental illness which by history or prognosis requires repeated acute treatment or prolonged periods of institutional care and who exhibits persistent disability or…

DHS 63.09 Admission. (1) A CSP may not deny admission to an applicant solely on the basis of the number of previous admissions to any program or service provider. (2) A CSP shall have written policies and procedures governing the admissions process. The policies and procedures sh…

DHS 63.10 Assessment and treatment planning. (1) ASSESSMENT. (a) An initial assessment shall be done at the time of the client’s admission to the CSP, and an in-depth assessment shall be completed within one month after a client’s admission. The physician shall make a psychiatric…

DHS 63.11 Required program components. (1) SERVICES. A CSP shall provide or make arrangements for the provision of the services specified in this section. (2) TREATMENT. The CSP shall provide or make arrangements for provision of treatment services, which shall include: (a) Crisi…

DHS 63.12 Case management. (1) SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR A CLIENT. Each CSP client shall have a designated case manager who shall be responsible for maintaining a clinical treatment relationship with the client on a continuing basis whether the client is in the hospital, in the…

DHS 63.13 Client rights. A CSP shall have policies and procedures that ensure that client rights are protected in accordance with s. 51.61, Stats., and ch. DHS 94. The CSP shall require all case managers to assist clients in asserting their rights under s. 51.61, Stats., and ch. …

DHS 63.14 Complaints. A CSP shall have procedures for reporting and investigating alleged unethical, illegal or grossly negligent acts affecting clients and violation of written policies and procedures. The procedures shall also address both client and staff reporting of complain…

DHS 63.15 Client records. (1) A CSP shall maintain a treatment record for each client. The record shall include information that is sufficiently detailed to enable a person not familiar with the CSP to identify the types of services the client has received. (2) The CSP director i…

DHS 63.16 Discharge. Documentation by the client’s case manager, clinical coordinator and psychiatrist of a client’s discharge from a CSP shall be entered in the client’s treatment record within one week after termination of treatment or services. Documentation of discharge shall…

DHS 63.17 Program evaluation. (1) Each CSP shall have an evaluation plan, which shall include: (a) A statement of the program’s objectives. The objectives shall relate directly to the program’s clients or target population; (b) Measurable criteria to be applied in determining whe…

DHS 66.01 Introduction. (1) AUTHORITY AND PURThis chapter implements the alcohol or other drug abuse (AODA) treatment alternative program (TAP) under s. 46.65, Stats., for persons referred from the criminal justice system. The program consists of grants made by the department to …

DHS 66.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAdmissionY means that a potential client has undergone an assessment and has been found appropriate to participate in TAP. (2) XAlcohol abuseY means the use of alcohol for non-medical purposes in a manner which interferes with one or m…

DHS 66.03 Application for a grant. (1) ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible for a TAP grant an agency shall be certified to operate one or more AODA programs under ch. DHS 75 and shall be one of the following: (a) A county department of community programs established under s. 51.42, Stats…

DHS 66.04 Organization and administration. Each TAP agency shall, within 6 weeks after being notified that it has been awarded a grant, provide the department with the following documents: (1) Articles of incorporation or written assurances from the parent agency or organization,…

DHS 66.05 Agreements and communication. (1) TAP AGENCY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. Each TAP agency shall negotiate a written agreement with local criminal justice system components to assure the effective and accountable operation of the local TAP and maintain necessary communic…

DHS 66.06 Eligibility for treatment. Any person is eligible for treatment if he or she: (1) Is involved with the criminal justice system as evidenced by a formal charge or diversion agreement; is charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony; or is currently or has previ…

DHS 66.07 Early identification of potential clients. To assure the earliest possible identification and screening of potential TAP clients within the criminal justice system, each TAP agency shall develop: (1) Written procedures for the initial screening of potential TAP clients,…

DHS 66.08 Assessment and referral for treatment and monitoring. (1) ASSESSMENT. Each TAP agency shall have a standardized assessment process for persons referred from the criminal justice system to ensure that all eligibility criteria are met and that a person who is referred for…

DHS 66.09 Staff training. Each TAP agency shall: (1) Ensure that all staff understand the TAP agency mission, philosophy and operating procedures; (2) Have a written master plan for staff training that identifies training goals and specifies training procedures and schedules; (3)…

DHS 66.10 Data collection. (1) Upon request of the department, each TAP agency shall submit the following program information to the department on forms provided by the department: 4 (a) The number of potential clients identified and referred to the TAP agency from each cooperati…