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County behavioral health officials outline fixes after missed notice in Chapter 971/51 conversion; mental health board orders deep dive
Summary
County behavioral‑health officials told a County Board committee Thursday they have added electronic flags, tightened timelines and will provide targeted staff training after a conversion from a criminal competency proceeding (Wis. Stat. ch. 971) to a civil Chapter 51 commitment that county lawyers say lacked required notice to prosecutors and counsel.
Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services and county legal officials told the Health Equity, Human Needs and Strategic Planning Committee on Thursday that they are instituting new checks after a case that converted from Wis. Stat. ch. 971 criminal competency proceedings to a ch. 51 civil‑commitment case did not receive all required notice to prosecuting and court counsel.
Deputy Corporation Counsel Jennifer Rose explained the statutory difference between chapter 971, which arises during criminal competency proceedings, and chapter 51, the civil mental‑health commitment statute. She said a criminal competency finding and a civil determination of incapacity are separate legal processes and the statutes have distinct notice and…
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