Wis. Stat. § 46.537 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.537
Section 46.537
Status: in_force

(4) Safety plan network.

(a) Two or more persons, including any of the following, may form a network for the purpose of sharing safety plans of minors who are at risk of an encounter with law enforcement or other emergency service providers during a behavioral or developmental health challenge or crisis:

1. A system of care, as defined in s. 46.56 (1) (or) .

2. A physical or mental health care provider.

3. A county department of human services.

4. A county department of social services.

5. A school.

6. A school district.

7. A law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.77 (1) (b) .

8. A fire department, as defined in s. 66.0314 (1) (c) .

9. An emergency medical services provider, as defined in s. 256.215 (1) (d) .

10. A tribal agency.

11. The division of the department of children and families that is responsible for administering child welfare services in Milwaukee County.

12. A public safety answering point, as defined in s. 256.35 (1) (gm) .

13. A center designated to respond to statewide or regional contacts with the universal telephone number for the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system maintained under 42 USC 290bb-36c .

(b) When a network is formed under par. (a) , the safety plan partners shall enter into a formalized agreement that addresses the expectations for the safety plan partners, such as the safety plan partners’ obligations, training requirements, and roles in the network.

(5) Safety plan sharing portal. The department shall develop and maintain, or make payments to a nonprofit corporation that supports the state’s electronic health information exchange under ss. 153.80 to 153.82 to develop and maintain, a portal that is available throughout the state to facilitate sharing of safety plans among safety plan partners. The portal developed under this subsection shall include all of the following:

(a) The ability to fill out a safety plan online and download the safety plan for the purpose of obtaining a handwritten or electronic signature on the safety plan.

(b) The standard safety plan template developed by the department under sub. (6) .

(c) Simplified views for law enforcement officers for quick access to safety plan information.

(d) The capacity to support several thousand users in the system with role-based access for roles such as facilitators, law enforcement officers, and 911 dispatchers.

(e) The potential for future integrations or single sign-on with other systems, including electronic health records systems and 911 dispatch systems.

(f) Scalable storage capacity to support unlimited numbers of safety plans as discrete data and as printable documents.

(g) Cloud-hosted, technical infrastructure certified by the Underlying Health Information Trust Alliance, or its successor, and technical audit-logging capabilities that meet the requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

(h) Flexibility to allow a network formed under sub. (4) (a) to share a safety plan with another network formed under sub. (4) (a) or keep access to the safety plan restricted to within that network.

(i) Notifications to a minor and facilitator when the minor’s safety plan is about to expire, if a safety plan is accessed, and any other activity that occurs related to a safety plan.

(j) Safety plan audit data and use logging with reporting capabilities.

(6) Standard safety plan template. The department shall develop a standard safety plan template to be used under this section.

History: 2025 a. 10 .