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FORMS, PUBLICATIONS AND POSTERS

There are FREE forms, publications and posters available. Complete form DMT-25 and send it to Lois Mulder at:

Division of Enterprise Services
1 West Wilson Street, Room 672
P.O. Box 7850
Madison, WI 53707-7850
E-mail: muldelj@dhfs.state.wi.us
(608) 266-8502 (voice)
(608) 267-6749 (fax)

Special Note re Group Foster Homes and HFS 57:

In accordance with HFS 57, effective January 1, 2006, residents of Group Foster Homes have the same client rights as individuals receiving services for mental illness, developmental disabilities or substance abuse.

Specific rights materials for Group Foster Homes are being developed. When they are completed, they will be available through this site. Until such materials are developed, operators of Group Foster Homes can use the Client Rights materials available below.

Residents can be informed that they have these rights, even though the materials may not specifically mention Group Foster Homes. We recommend using the red poster (PDE-3127) and brochure PDE-195AB. PDE-470 (teen rights) only applies to teens receiving inpatient mental health treatment, so it should not be used for Group Foster Homes.


Copies of the following posters are available from Lois Mulder (see top):

  • Clients Rights for Community Services (blue poster- PDE-3126) [Outpatient]

  • Clients Rights for Inpatient and Residential Services (red poster – PDE-3127)

Copies of the following Administrative Rules are also available online via Wisconsin Administrative Codes, Department of Health and Family Services. (exit DHFS)

HFS 92, Confidentiality of Treatment Records (PDE-379) (exit DHFS; PDF)

HFS 94, Patient Rights (exit DHFS; PDF) is no longer available from our office but can be accessed online.

Brochure PDE-195AB: Client Rights and the Grievance Procedure for In-Patient and Residential Services (PDF, 24 KB) - Note this is prepared as an 8-1/2 x 14" document, you will need to adjust printer settings accordingly.

Brochure PDE-470: State of Wisconsin Rights of Children and Adolescents in Inpatient Mental Health Facilities (PDF, 212 KB)

Brochure PDE-142: State of Wisconsin Client Rights and the Grievance Procedure For the Conditional Release Program (PDF, 191 KB)

PDE-142A: State of Wisconsin Client Rights and the Grievance Procedure For the Conditional Release Program (8-1/2" by 11" paper version) (PDF, 29 KB)


The following brochures are available only via the DHFS web site. They are no longer available in printed format.

You may, when on this web site, print the brochures in the HTML format (standard 8½ X 11 page), in English, Spanish or Hmong, by clicking on the corresponding letters. Feel free to make as many copies as you need.

Note: In regard the two client rights brochures (PDE-195 and PDE-3112 and their Spanish and Hmong versions):

  • A program may create a personalized brochure by highlighting and copying the text from the HTML version of the applicable brochure into one with the program’s name, logo, or other identifying information (such as the Client Rights Specialist’s name and contact information).

  • There is no copyright on these publications. If this is done, all of the text in the applicable brochure must be included in the information provided to clients about their rights.

Client Rights and the Grievance Resolution Procedure for In-Patient or Residential Services

Language

Format

English

PDE-195A Client Rights and Grievance Procedure Version Acrobat (12 point 8-1/2 x 11") (PDF, 17 KB) PDE 195AB Client Rights and the Grievance Procedure for In-Patient and Residential Services Acrobat (8-1/2 x 14") (PDF, 25 KB)

Hmong

PDE 3133H Browser Version (HTML)

PDE 3133H Acrobat Version (PDF, 19 KB)

Spanish

PDE 3136S Browser Version (HTML)

PDE 3136S Acrobat Version (PDF, 41 KB)

Client Rights and the Grievance Procedure for Community Services [Outpatient] (PDE-3112)

Language

Format

English

PDE 3112 Browser Version (HTML)

PDE 3112 Acrobat Version (PDF, 20 KB)

Hmong

PDE 3132H Browser Version (HTML)

PDE 3132H Acrobat Version (PDF, 20 KB)

Spanish

PDE 3135S Browser Version (HTML)

PDE 3135S Acrobat Version (PDF, 43 KB)

Also available are:

  • Complaint form for use in state-operated Mental Health Institutes or Centers for the Developmentally Disabled. (DDE-0009)

  • Brochure for Patient Rights and the Division of Disability and Elder Services Grievance Resolution Process. (PDE-377)

  • Chapter 980, Wisconsin Statutes (exit DHFS; PDF), Patient Rights Exceptions Supplement (PDE-377A)

  • Rights of Individuals Receiving Services from State Centers for the Developmentally Disabled Under Federal Law and HFS 94, Wisconsin Administrative Code. (PDE-330)

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Last Updated: May 08, 2008

 

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