LRB-2568/1
JPC:amn
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
April 3, 2023 - Introduced by
Joint Legislative Council. Referred to Committee
on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism.
SB189,1,3
1An Act to amend 101.022; and
to create 440.041 of the statutes;
relating to:
2biennial report on various metrics related to the issuance of occupational
3credentials.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill is explained in the Notes provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
the bill.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
Joint Legislative Council prefatory note: This bill was prepared for the Joint
Legislative Council's Study Committee on Occupational Licenses.
The bill requires the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) to
include the following information in its biennial report to the Legislature, for the time
period since the prior report:
• The number of applications for initial, renewal, and reciprocal credentials
received by DSPS and any credentialing board, and the number of those credentials
granted and issued. DSPS must also separately report these numbers for each profession.
•The lowest, highest, and median number of days from the day that an application
for initial, renewal, or reciprocal credential is initiated to the date that a final
determination is made. DSPS must also separately report these numbers for applications
in the health professions, business professions, trades professions, all other professions,
and each profession individually.
•The median number of contacts made to and received from an applicant for an
initial, renewal, or reciprocal credential before a final determination on the applicant's
credential is issued. DSPS must also separately report these numbers for each profession.
•The number of applications for initial, renewal, and reciprocal credentials for
which DSPS or a credentialing board requested more information. DSPS must also
separately report these numbers for each profession.
•The number of applications for initial, renewal, and reciprocal credentials that
required DSPS or a credentialing board to review an arrest, conviction, or other offense
record. DSPS must also separately report these numbers for each profession.
SB189,1
1Section
1. 101.022 of the statutes is amended to read:
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2101.022 Certain laws applicable to occupational licenses. Sections
3440.03 (1), (3m), (4), (11m), and (13) (a), (am), and (b) 75.,
440.041, 440.05 (1) (a) and
4(2) (b), 440.075, 440.09 (2), 440.11, 440.12, 440.121, 440.13, 440.14, 440.15, 440.19,
5440.20 (1), (3), (4) (a), and (5) (a), 440.205, 440.21, and 440.22, and the requirements
6imposed on the department under those statutes, apply to occupational licenses, as
7defined in s. 101.02 (1) (a) 2., in the same manner as those statutes apply to
8credentials, as defined in s. 440.01 (2) (a).
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9Section
2. 440.041 of the statutes is created to read:
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10440.041 Biennial report on issuance of credentials. The department
11shall, in its report under s. 15.04 (1) (d), include all of the following covering the time
12period since the previous report:
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13(1) The number of applications for initial credentials, the number of
14applications for the renewal of a credential, and the number of applications for a
15reciprocal credential that were received by the department and by any credentialing
16board and the number of initial credentials, the number of renewed credentials, and
17the number of reciprocal credentials granted and issued. The department shall
18separately report for each profession the number of applications for initial
19credentials, the number of applications for the renewal of a credential, and the
1number of applications for a reciprocal credential that were received and the number
2of initial credentials, the number of renewed credentials, and the number of
3reciprocal credentials granted and issued.
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4(2) The lowest, highest, and median number of days from the day that an
5application for an initial credential is initiated by an applicant to the date that a final
6determination on the application is made; the lowest, highest, and median number
7of days from the day that an application for the renewal of a credential is initiated
8by an applicant to the date that a final determination on the application is made; and
9the lowest, highest, and median number of days from the day that an application for
10a reciprocal credential is initiated by an applicant to the date that a final
11determination on the application is made. The department shall separately report
12the lowest, highest, and median number of days for all such applications in the health
13professions, business professions, trade professions, all other professions, and each
14profession individually.
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15(3) The median number of contacts made to and received from an applicant for
16an initial credential, the median number of contacts made to and received from an
17applicant for the renewal of a credential, and the median number of contacts made
18to and received from an applicant for a reciprocal credential before a final
19determination on the applicant's application is issued. The department shall
20separately report for each profession the median number of contacts made to and
21received from an applicant for an initial credential, the median number of contacts
22made to and received from an applicant for the renewal of a credential, and the
23median number of contacts made to and received from an applicant for a reciprocal
24credential before a final determination on the applicant's application is issued.
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1(4) The number of applications for an initial credential, the number of
2applications for the renewal of a credential, and the number of applications for a
3reciprocal credential submitted for which the department or a credentialing board
4requested more information. The department shall separately report for each
5profession the number of applications for an initial credential, the number of
6applications for the renewal of a credential, and the number of applications for a
7reciprocal credential for which the department or a credentialing board requested
8more information.
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9(5) The number of applications for an initial credential, the number of
10applications for the renewal of a credential, and the number of applications for a
11reciprocal credential that required the department or a credentialing board to review
12an arrest or conviction record or any other offense if the offense is reviewable by the
13department or credentialing board that issues the credential. The department shall
14separately report for each profession the number of applications for an initial
15credential, the number of applications for the renewal of a credential, and the
16number of applications for a reciprocal credential that required the department or
17a credentialing board to review an arrest or conviction record or any other offense if
18the offense is reviewable by the department or credentialing board that issues the
19credential.
