Chapter 51, STATE ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESAND MENTAL HEALTH ACT
76 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 51.49 Pretrial intoxicated driver intervention grant program
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51.49 Pretrial intoxicated driver intervention grant program. (1) In this section: (a) “Defendant” means a person accused of or charged with a 2nd or subsequent violation of operating while intoxicated. (b) “Eligible applicant” means a city, village, town, county or private nonpr…
Wis. Stat. § 51.59 Incompetency not implied
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51.59 Incompetency not implied. (1) No person is deemed incompetent to manage his or her affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational or motor vehicle operator’s licenses, to marry or to obtain a divorce, to vote, to make a will or to exercise any other civil right so…
Wis. Stat. § 51.60 Appointment of counsel
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51.60 Appointment of counsel. (1) ADULTS. (a) In any situation under this chapter in which an adult individual has a right to be represented by counsel, the individual shall be referred as soon as practicable to the state public defender, who shall appoint counsel for the individ…
Wis. Stat. § 51.605 Reimbursement for counsel provided by the state
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51.605 Reimbursement for counsel provided by the state. (1) INQUIRY. At or after the conclusion of a proceeding under this chapter in which the state public defender has provided counsel for an adult individual, the court may inquire as to the individual’s ability to reimburse th…
Wis. Stat. § 51.61 Patients rights
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51.61 Patients rights. (1) In this section, “patient” means any individual who is receiving services for mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism or drug dependency, including any individual who is admitted to a treatment facility in accordance with this chapter or …
Wis. Stat. § 51.62 Protection and advocacy system
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51.62 Protection and advocacy system. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (ag) “Abuse” has the meaning given in s. 46.90 (1) (a). (am) “Developmental disability” means a severe, chronic disability of a person that is characterized by all of the following: 1. Is attributable to a me…
Wis. Stat. § 51.63 Private pay for patients
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51.63 Private pay for patients. Any person may pay, in whole or in part, for the maintenance and clothing of any mentally ill, developmentally disabled, alcoholic or drug dependent person at any institution for the treatment of persons so afflicted, and his or her account shall b…
Wis. Stat. § 51.64 Reports of death required; penalty; assessment
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51.64 Reports of death required; penalty; assessment. (1) In this section: (a) “Physical restraint” includes all of the following: 1. A locked room. 2. A device or garment that interferes with an individual’s freedom of movement and that the individual is unable to remove easily.…
Wis. Stat. § 51.65 Segregation of tuberculosis patients
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51.65 Segregation of tuberculosis patients. The department shall make provision for the segregation of tuberculosis patients in the state-operated and community-operated facilities, and for that purpose may set apart facilities and equip facilities for the care and treatment of s…
Wis. Stat. § 51.67 Alternate procedure; protective services
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51.67 Alternate procedure; protective services. If, after a hearing under s. 51.13 (4) or 51.20, the court finds that commitment under this chapter is not warranted and that the subject individual is a fit subject for guardianship and protective placement or services, the court m…
Wis. Stat. § 51.72 Suicide prevention programming grants
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51.72 Suicide prevention programming grants. (1) From the federal funds set aside under sub. (2), the department shall award grants to organizations or coalitions of organizations, which may include a city, village, town, county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or b…
Wis. Stat. § 51.75 Interstate compact on mental health
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51.75 Interstate compact on mental health. The interstate compact on mental health is enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein substantially in the following form: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH. The contracting states…
Wis. Stat. § 51.76 Compact administrator
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51.76 Compact administrator. Pursuant to the interstate compact on mental health, the secretary shall be the compact administrator and, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, may promulgate rules to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compac…
Wis. Stat. § 51.77 Transfer of patients
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51.77 Transfer of patients. (1) In this section “relatives” means the patient’s spouse, parents, grandparents, adult children, adult siblings, adult aunts, adult uncles and adult cousins, and any other relative with whom the patient has resided in the previous 10 years. (2) Trans…
Wis. Stat. § 51.78 Supplementary agreements
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51.78 Supplementary agreements. The compact administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states under s. 51.75 (7) and (11). If such supplementary agreements require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state o…
Wis. Stat. § 51.79 Transmittal of copies
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51.79 Transmittal of copies. Duly authorized copies of ss. 51.75 to 51.80 shall, upon its approval, be transmitted by the secretary of state to the governor of each state, the attorney general and the administrator of general services of the United States and the council of state…
Wis. Stat. § 51.80 Patients’ rights
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51.80 Patients’ rights. Nothing in the interstate compact on mental health shall be construed to abridge, diminish or in any way impair the rights or liberties of any patient affected by the compact.
Wis. Stat. § 51.81 Uniform extradition of persons of unsound mind act; definitions
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51.81 Uniform extradition of persons of unsound mind act; definitions. The terms “flight” and “fled” as used in ss. 51.81 to 51.85 shall be construed to mean any voluntary or involuntary departure from the jurisdiction of the court where the proceedings hereinafter mentioned may …
Wis. Stat. § 51.82 Delivery of certain nonresidents
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51.82 Delivery of certain nonresidents. A person alleged to be of unsound mind found in this state, who has fled from another state, in which at the time of the flight: (a) The person was under detention by law in a hospital, asylum or other institution for the insane as a person…
Wis. Stat. § 51.83 Authentication of demand; discharge; costs
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51.83 Authentication of demand; discharge; costs. (1) Whenever the executive authority of any state demands of the executive authority of this state, any fugitive within the purview of s. 51.82 and produces a copy of the commitment, decree or other judicial process and proceeding…
Wis. Stat. § 51.84 Limitation of time to commence proceeding
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51.84 Limitation of time to commence proceeding. Any proceedings under ss. 51.81 to 51.85 shall be begun within one year after the flight referred to in ss. 51.81 to 51.85. History: 1971 c. 40 s. 93; 1981 c. 314 s. 146. The limitation period commences on the date the committing s…
Wis. Stat. § 51.85 Interpretation
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51.85 Interpretation. Sections 51.81 to 51.85 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. History: 1971 c. 40 s. 93.
Wis. Stat. § 51.87 Interstate contracts for services under this chapter
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51.87 Interstate contracts for services under this chapter. (1) PURPOSE AND POLICY. The purpose of this section is to enable appropriate treatment to be provided to individuals, across state lines from the individuals’ state of residence, in qualified facilities that are closer t…
Wis. Stat. § 51.90 Antidiscrimination
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51.90 Antidiscrimination. No employee, prospective employee, patient or resident of an approved treatment facility, or consumer of services provided under this chapter may be discriminated against because of age, race, creed, color, sex or handicap. History: 1975 c. 430.
Wis. Stat. § 51.91 Supplemental aid
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51.91 Supplemental aid. (1) DECLARATION OF POLICY. The legislature recognizes that mental health is a matter of statewide and county concern and that the protection and improvement of health are governmental functions. It is the intent of the legislature, therefore, to encourage …
Wis. Stat. § 51.95 Short title
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51.95 Short title. This chapter shall be known as the “State Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Act”. History: 1975 c. 430 s. 59; Stats. 1975 s. 51.95; 1985 a. 264.