Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 34-90, (1990)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided November 26, 1990Published
1Opinion of the Court
T.N. FREDERICK, Corporation Counsel Juneau County
You ask whether Juneau County is financially responsible for providing mental health services through its human services agency to residents conditionally released under section 971.17, Stats.
In my opinion, the answer is yes.
Your county department of human services is established pursuant to section 46.23 (3)(a). Under sections 46.23 (3)(b) and51.42 (3)(b), its financial obligations are specified in section51.42 (1)(b), which provides in part as follows:
County liability. The county board of supervisors has the primary responsibility for the…