46.04 Anchorage program.
(1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Adolescent" means an individual who is at least 12 years of age and under 18 years of age.
(b) “Drug dependent" has the meaning specified under s. 51.01 (8b).
(c) “Mental illness" has the meaning given in s. 51.01 (13).
(2) Program. From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (2) (a) and (gk), the department shall establish at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute a program of inpatient assessment and treatment to be known as the “Anchorage program," which is designed primarily to meet the needs of adolescents who are drug dependent, who evidence drug-related behavior that may be dangerous to the adolescent or to others, and who have a history of drug dependency and resistance to less restrictive forms of treatment, but that also may be used by the department to provide inpatient assessment and treatment of adolescents who have mental illness, who evidence mental illness-related behavior that may be dangerous to the adolescent or to others, and who have a history of mental illness and resistance to less restrictive forms of treatment. A county department under s. 51.42 may refer an adolescent for assessment or treatment under this section and shall approve all admissions to the program under this section of adolescents committed under s. 51.20 or 51.45 or admitted under s. 51.13. Transfers under s. 51.35 (3) or 51.37 (5) may also be made to the program under this section.
History: 1987 a. 96; 1993 a. 16; 2001 a. 103; 2017 a. 34.