DCFS INFO MEMO 2005 -09           October 26, 2005

STATE OF WISCONSIN
Department of Health and Family Services
Division of Children and Family Services

To:  Area Administrators/Assistant Area Administrators
Bureau Directors
County Departments of Community Programs Directors
County Departments of Developmental Disabilities Services Directors
County Departments of Human Services Directors
County Departments of Social Services Directors
Section Chiefs/Licensing Chiefs
Tribal Chairpersons/Human Services Facilitators
From: Burnie Bridge
Administrator
Re: 2005 Wisconsin Act 5, Regarding Juvenile Sex Offenders

Governor Doyle recently signed 2005 Wisconsin Act 5 into law. A brief description of the new law is provided and a copy is attached.

2005 Wisconsin Act 5 authorizes a police chief or sheriff to provide information from the Sex Offender Registry concerning a registrant who is a child or a registrant who entered the registry as a result of a juvenile proceeding in which the registrant was adjudicated. Information may be released to an organization, including schools, day care providers, and some government agencies, an individual, or the general public if the police chief or sheriff determines that doing so is necessary to protect the public. Act 5 applies to both persons who were on the Sex Offender Registry before the Act's effective date and those who are placed on the Registry after that date.

Effective Date: This law became effective on May 17, 2005.

REGIONAL OFFICE CONTACT: Area Administrator
CENTRAL OFFICE CONTACT:  Cathleen Connolly
DHFS/DCFS/BPP
P.O. Box 8916
Madison, WI 53708-8916
Phone: 608-267-2073
E-Mail: connoc1@dhfs.state.wi.us

Attachment:
2005 WI Act 5  (PDF, 65 kb)

cc: County Child Protective Services Supervisors
County Foster Care Coordinators
Directors, Private Child Placing Agencies
Tribal Child Welfare Contact Persons