City of Madison v. State Department of Health Services

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KLOPPENBURG, P.J.

The emergency detention statute in Wisconsin's Mental Health Act sets out a statewide process for providing, on an emergency basis, treatment to individuals who are mentally ill, drug dependent, or developmentally disabled, and who meet certain other criteria set out in the statute. Wis. Stat. § 51.15(1) (2015-16).1 Under Wis. Stat. § 51.15(2), local law enforcement officers may transport an individual for emergency detention and treatment to only two types of facilities: "a treatment facility approved by the [Department of Health Services] or the county department [of…