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AB68,713 3Section 713 . 40.04 (3) (am) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,648,84 40.04 (3) (am) 3. (intro.) Annually, on December 31, the sum of all of the
5following shall be distributed from the market recognition account to each
6participating account in the core retirement investment trust in the same ratio as
7each account's average daily balance bears to the total average daily balance of all
8participating accounts in the trust:
AB68,714 9Section 714 . 40.05 (2) (aw) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,648,1710 40.05 (2) (aw) For purposes of this subsection, the participating employer of an
11employee subject to s. 40.65 who is on a deployment, training, or readiness exercise
12as the member of an urban search and rescue task force under a contract under s.
13323.72 (1) is the local agency, and the local agency shall contribute any additional
14percentage or percentages related to the deployment, training, or readiness exercises
15under a contract under s. 323.72 (1) as calculated by the actuary under s. 40.03 (5)
16(c). A local agency may seek reimbursement from the department of military affairs
17under s. 323.72 (2m).
AB68,715 18Section 715. 40.05 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,649,719 40.05 (4) (a) 2. For an insured employee who is an eligible employee under s.
2040.02 (25) (a) 2. or (b) 1m. or 2c., the employer shall pay required employer
21contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee
22beginning on the date on which the employee becomes insured. For an insured state
23employee who is currently employed, but who is not a limited term appointment
24under s. 230.26 or an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (a) 2. or (b) 1m. or 2c., the
25employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance

1premium of the insured employee beginning on the first day of the 3rd 2nd month
2beginning after the date on which the employee begins employment with the state,
3not including any leave of absence. For an insured employee who has a limited term
4appointment under s. 230.26, the employer shall pay required employer
5contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee
6beginning on the first day of the 7th month beginning after the date on which the
7employee first becomes a participating employee.
AB68,716 8Section 716. 40.06 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,649,129 40.06 (8) For periods during which a protective occupation participant who is
10a participating employee is on a deployment, training, or readiness exercise with an
11urban search and rescue task force under a contract under s. 323.72 (1), all of the
12following shall apply:
AB68,649,1413 (a) The employer remits required contributions to the department under s.
1440.05 (1) (a) and (2) (a).
AB68,649,1715 (b) The employer reports to the department service and earnings that are at
16least the same rate the employee would have received if the employee had not been
17on the deployment, training, or readiness exercise.
AB68,717 18Section 717 . 40.08 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,650,219 40.08 (12) Court review. Notwithstanding s. 227.52, any action, decision, or
20determination of the board, the Wisconsin retirement board, the teachers retirement
21board,
the group insurance board, or the deferred compensation board in an
22administrative proceeding shall be reviewable only by an action for certiorari in the
23circuit court for Dane County that is commenced by any party to the administrative
24proceeding, including the department, within 30 days after the date on which notice

1of the action, decision, or determination is mailed to that party, and any party to the
2certiorari proceedings may appeal the decision of that court.
AB68,718 3Section 718. 40.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,650,84 40.22 (1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) and s. 40.26 (6) and (7), each
5employee currently in the service of, and receiving earnings from, a state agency or
6other participating employer shall be included within the provisions of the Wisconsin
7retirement system as a participating employee of that state agency or participating
8employer.
AB68,719 9Section 719. 40.22 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,650,1610 40.22 (2m) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6) and (7), an
11employee who was a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected
12to work at least one-third of what is considered full-time employment by the
13department, as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2)
14from becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he
15or she is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer
16for either of the following periods:
AB68,720 17Section 720. 40.22 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,650,2418 40.22 (2r) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6) and (7), an
19employee who was not a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not
20expected to work at least two-thirds of what is considered full-time employment by
21the department, as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub.
22(2) from becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee
23if he or she is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating
24employer for either of the following periods:
AB68,721 25Section 721 . 40.22 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,651,3
140.22 (3) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6) and (7), a person
2who qualifies as a participating employee shall be included within, and shall be
3subject to, the Wisconsin retirement system effective on one of the following dates:
AB68,722 4Section 722 . 40.23 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,651,115 40.23 (1) (bm) If an application by a participant age 55 or over, or by a protective
6occupation participant age 50 or over, for long-term disability insurance benefits
7under s. 40.64 is disapproved under rules promulgated by the department, the date
8which would have been the effective date for the insurance benefits shall be is the
9retirement annuity effective date if requested by the applicant within 60 days of the
10disapproval or, if the disapproval is appealed, within 60 days of the final disposition
11of the appeal.
AB68,723 12Section 723. 40.26 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,651,1813 40.26 (7) Subsections (1) to (5) do not apply to a participant who applies for an
14annuity or lump sum payment during the period in which at least 15 days have
15elapsed between the participant's termination of employment as a teacher with a
16school district that is a participating employer and becoming a teacher as an
17employee or contractor providing employee services with any school district that is
18a participating employer if all of the following conditions are met:
AB68,651,2219 (a) At the time the participant terminates his or her employment as a teacher
20with a school district, the participant does not have an agreement with any school
21district that is a participating employer to return to employment as a teacher or enter
22into a contract to provide employee services as a teacher for the school district.
AB68,651,2423 (b) The participant elects on a form provided by the department to not become
24a participating employee.
AB68,724 25Section 724 . 40.27 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,725
1Section 725. 40.51 (2m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,726 2Section 726. 40.51 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 40.51 (2m) and
3amended to read:
AB68,652,74 40.51 (2m) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in a
5dissolved domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse
6or domestic partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6
7months have elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership.
AB68,727 8Section 727. 40.51 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,652,209 40.51 (7) (a) Any employer, other than the state, including an employer that
10is not a participating employer, may offer to all of its employees a health care
11coverage plan through a program offered by the group insurance board.
12Notwithstanding sub. (2) and ss. 40.05 (4) and 40.52 (1), the department may by rule
13establish different eligibility standards or contribution requirements for such
14employees and employers. Beginning on January 1, 2012, except as otherwise
15provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV of ch. 111 that covers
16public safety employees or transit employees
and except as provided in par. (b), an
17employer may not offer a health care coverage plan to its employees under this
18subsection if the employer pays more than 88 percent of the average premium cost
19of plans offered in any tier with the lowest employee premium cost under this
20subsection.
AB68,728 21Section 728 . 40.51 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,653,222 40.51 (8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6)
23shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.729, 632.746
24(1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853,

1632.855, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (3) to (6), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (5m)
2and (8) to (17), and 632.896.
AB68,729 3Section 729 . 40.51 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
4(this act), section 728, is amended to read:
AB68,653,95 40.51 (8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6)
6shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.728, 632.729,
7632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85,
8632.853, 632.855, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (3) to (6), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89,
9632.895 (5m) and (8) to (17), and 632.896.
AB68,730 10Section 730 . 40.51 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
11(this act), section 729, is amended to read:
AB68,653,1612 40.51 (8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6)
13shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.728, 632.729,
14632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85,
15632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (3) to (6), 632.871, 632.885,
16632.89, 632.895 (5m) and (8) to (17), and 632.896.
AB68,731 17Section 731 . 40.51 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,653,2118 40.51 (8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance
19board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95, 632.729, 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10),
20632.747, 632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.862,
21632.867, 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, and 632.895 (11) to (17).
AB68,732 22Section 732 . 40.51 (8m) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
23(this act), section 731, is amended to read:
AB68,654,224 40.51 (8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance
25board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95, 632.728, 632.729, 632.746 (1) to

1(8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855,
2632.862, 632.867, 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, and 632.895 (11) (8) and (10) to (17).
AB68,733 3Section 733 . 40.51 (8m) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
4(this act), section 732, is amended to read:
AB68,654,85 40.51 (8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance
6board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95, 632.728, 632.729, 632.746 (1) to
7(8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855,
8632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, and 632.895 (8) and (10) to (17).
AB68,734 9Section 734 . 40.51 (15m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,735 10Section 735. 40.513 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,654,1211 40.513 (3) (b) The employee's spouse or domestic partner is receiving health
12care coverage under s. 40.51 (6).
AB68,736 13Section 736. 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,655,214 40.52 (2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated,
15with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits
16under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled.
17Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be
18established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for
19the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age
20limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions
21for spouses, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan
22established under this subchapter where one spouse or domestic partner is eligible
23under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others are not
24eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department

1may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal
2health insurance.
AB68,737 3Section 737. 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,655,104 40.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group
5insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state
6annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office
7of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under
8contracts established by the group insurance board. The state shall also allow an
9eligible employee or a state annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse,
10domestic partner,
or parent.
AB68,738 11Section 738 . 40.61 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,656,312 40.61 (2) Except as provided in sub. (4), any an eligible employee may become
13covered by income continuation insurance by electing coverage within 30 days of
14initial eligibility, to be effective as of the first day of the month that first occurs during
15the 30-day period, or by electing coverage within 60 days of initially becoming
16eligible for a higher level of employer contribution towards the premium cost to be
17effective as of the first day of the month following the date of eligibility for teachers
18employed by the university and effective as of the following April 1 for all other
19employees. Any An employee who does not so elect at one of these times, or who
20subsequently cancels the insurance, may not thereafter become insured unless the
21employee furnishes evidence of insurability under the terms of the contract, or as
22otherwise provided by rule for employees under sub. (3), at the employee's own
23expense or obtains coverage subject to contractual waiting periods if contractual
24waiting periods are provided for by the contract or by rule for employees under sub.
25(3). An employee who furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability under the terms

1of the contract shall become insured as of the first day of the month following the date
2of approval of evidence. The method to be used shall be determined by the group
3insurance
board under sub. (1).
AB68,739 4Section 739 . 40.61 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,656,115 40.61 (3) Any An employer under s. 40.02 (28), other than the state, may offer
6to all of its employees an a group income continuation insurance plan through a
7program offered by the group insurance board. Notwithstanding sub. (2) and ss.
840.05 (5) and 40.62, the department may by rule establish different eligibility
9standards or contribution requirements for such those employees and employers and
10may by rule limit the categories of employers which that may be included as
11participating employers under this subchapter.
AB68,740 12Section 740. 40.62 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,656,2013 40.62 (1) The group insurance board shall establish an a group income
14continuation insurance plan providing for full or partial payment of the financial loss
15of earnings incurred as a result of injury or illness with separate provisions for
16short-term insurance with a benefit duration of no more than one year and
17long-term insurance covering injury or illness of indefinite duration. Employees An
18employee
insured under the plan shall be eligible for benefits upon exhaustion of
19accumulated sick leave and completion of the elimination period established by the
20group insurance board.
AB68,741 21Section 741 . 40.63 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,657,1522 40.63 (5) The department shall make a report based on the evidence prescribed
23in subs. (1) to (4) as to whether a disability benefit shall be granted and the
24department shall submit the report to the teachers retirement board for teacher
25participants and to the Wisconsin retirement board for participants other than

1teachers
. A copy of the report and notice of the date that the report was presented,
2or will be presented, to the appropriate board and the board's name, shall be mailed
3to the applicant and to the applicant's former employer. Either the applicant or the
4employer may request a hearing under s. 227.44 to contest the department's
5determination by filing a timely appeal with the appropriate board. If a request for
6a hearing is not timely filed, and the appropriate board does not disapprove the
7department's determination or request additional information within the time
8allowed for filing appeals, the report shall be final. If the board requests additional
9information, the report shall be final 30 days after the board's receipt of the requested
10information unless the board disapproves the report. If the report is disapproved,
11notice of the board's action shall be sent to the applicant and the applicant's former
12employer. Either the applicant or the employer may contest the board's action by
13submitting a written request for a hearing under s. 227.44 to the appropriate board
14within 30 days following the date on which the notice of the board's action was mailed
15to the applicant or the employer.
AB68,742 16Section 742 . 40.63 (9) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,658,517 40.63 (9) (d) If the department terminates a disability annuity under this
18subsection, the department shall make a report which shall include the department's
19determination and the reasons for the determination. The department shall submit
20the report to the teachers retirement board for teacher participants and to the
21Wisconsin retirement board for participants other than teachers
. A copy of the report
22and notice of the date that the report was presented, or will be presented, to the
23appropriate board, and the board's name, shall be mailed to the affected annuitant.
24An annuitant may request a hearing under s. 227.44 to contest the department's
25determination by filing a timely appeal with the appropriate board. If a request for

1a hearing is not timely filed, and the appropriate board does not disapprove the
2department's determination or request additional information within the time
3allowed for filing appeals, the report shall be final. If the board requests additional
4information, the report shall be final 30 days after the board's receipt of the requested
5information unless the board disapproves the department's determination.
AB68,743 6Section 743 . 40.64 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,658,8 740.64 Long-term disability insurance coverage. The board may establish
8a long-term disability insurance plan.
AB68,744 9Section 744 . 40.65 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,658,2010 40.65 (3) The Wisconsin retirement board shall determine the amount of each
11monthly benefit payable under this section and its effective date. The board shall
12periodically review the dollar amount of each monthly benefit and adjust it to
13conform with the provisions of this section. The board may request any income or
14benefit information, or any information concerning a person's marital status, which
15it considers to be necessary to implement this subsection and may require a
16participant to authorize the board to obtain a copy of his or her most recent state or
17federal income tax return. The board may terminate the monthly benefit of any
18person who refuses to submit information requested by the board, who refuses to
19authorize the board to obtain a copy of his or her most recent state or federal income
20tax return, or who submits false information to the board.
AB68,745 21Section 745 . 40.65 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,659,522 40.65 (5) (b) (intro.) The Wisconsin retirement board shall reduce the amount
23of a participant's monthly benefit under this section by the amounts under subds. 1.
24to 6., except that the board may determine not to reduce a participant's benefit
25because of income related to therapy or rehabilitation. The Wisconsin retirement

1board may assume that any benefit or amount listed under subds. 1. to 6. is payable
2to a participant until it is determined to the board's satisfaction that the participant
3is ineligible to receive the benefit or amount, except that the department shall
4withhold an amount equal to 5 percent of the monthly benefit under this section until
5the amount payable under subd. 3. is determined.
AB68,746 6Section 746 . 40.65 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,659,97 40.65 (6) (intro.) The Wisconsin retirement board shall adjust the monthly
8salary of every participant receiving a benefit under this section using the salary
9index for the previous calendar year as follows:
AB68,747 10Section 747. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,659,1811 40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner until
12the surviving spouse remarries, or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new
13domestic partnership or marries,
if the surviving spouse was married to the
14participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), or the
15surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership on the date that the
16participant was disabled under sub. (4),
50 percent of the participant's monthly
17salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1.
18to 6.
AB68,748 19Section 748. 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,749 20Section 749. 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,750 21Section 750. 40.65 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,659,2522 40.65 (7) (am) 3. The total monthly amount paid under subds. 1., 1g., 1m., and
232. may not exceed 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death
24reduced by any amounts under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. that relate to the participant's work
25record.
AB68,751
1Section 751. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,660,92 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse or the surviving domestic partner
3until the surviving spouse remarries, or the surviving domestic partner enters into
4a new domestic partnership or marries
, if the surviving spouse was married to the
5participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), or the
6surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on
7the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4),
70 percent of the
8participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable
9under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB68,752 10Section 752. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,753 11Section 753. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,754 12Section 754. 40.80 (2r) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,660,1413 40.80 (2r) (a) 1. Relates to a marriage or domestic partnership that terminated
14after December 1, 2001.
AB68,755 15Section 755. 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,660,1916 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant's accumulated assets held
17in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse,
18domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a
19family support or marital property obligation.
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