AB43,714
22Section
714. 40.22 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.22
(2m) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26
(6) (1), an employee
24who was a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work
25at least one-third of what is considered full-time employment by the department,
1as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from
2becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she
3is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for
4either of the following periods:
AB43,715
5Section
715. 40.22 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,629,126
40.22
(2r) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26
(6) (1), an employee
7who was not a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work
8at least two-thirds of what is considered full-time employment by the department,
9as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from
10becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she
11is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for
12either of the following periods:
AB43,716
13Section
716. 40.22 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,629,1614
40.22
(3) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26
(6) (1), a person who
15qualifies as a participating employee shall be included within, and shall be subject
16to, the Wisconsin retirement system effective on one of the following dates:
AB43,717
17Section 717
. 40.23 (1) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 40.23 (1) (bm) 1. and
18amended to read:
AB43,629,2519
40.23
(1) (bm) 1. If an application by a participant age 55 or over, or by a
20protective occupation participant age 50 or over, for
group long-term disability
21insurance benefits
under s. 40.64 is disapproved under rules promulgated by the
22department, the date which would have been the effective date for the insurance
23benefits
shall be is the retirement annuity effective date if requested by the applicant
24within 60 days of the disapproval or, if the disapproval is appealed, within 60 days
25of the final disposition of the appeal.
AB43,718
1Section
718. 40.26 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.26
(1) Except as provided in
sub. (1m) and ss. 40.05 (2) (g) 2. and 40.23 (1)
3(am), if a participant receiving a retirement annuity, or a disability annuitant who
4has attained his or her normal retirement date, receives earnings that are subject
5to s. 40.05 (1) or that would be subject to s. 40.05 (1) except for the exclusion specified
6in s. 40.22 (2) (L), the annuity shall be suspended, including any amount provided
7by additional contributions, and no annuity payment shall be payable after the
8month in which the participant files with the department a written election to be
9included within the provisions of the Wisconsin retirement system as a participating
10employee.
AB43,719
11Section
719. 40.26 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,720
12Section
720. 40.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,630,1513
40.26
(2) (intro.) Upon suspension of an annuity under sub. (1)
or (1m), the
14retirement account of the participant whose annuity is so suspended shall be
15established on the following basis:
AB43,721
16Section
721. 40.26 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.26
(5) (intro.)
Except as otherwise provided in sub. (5m), if If a participant
18applies for an annuity or lump sum payment during the period in which less than
75 1930 days have elapsed between the termination of employment with a participating
20employer and becoming a participating employee with any participating employer,
21all of the following shall apply:
AB43,722
22Section
722. 40.26 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,723
23Section
723. 40.26 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,724
24Section 724
. 40.51 (2m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,725
1Section
725. 40.51 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 40.51 (2m) and
2amended to read:
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40.51
(2m) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in a
4dissolved domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse
5or domestic partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6
6months have elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership.
AB43,726
7Section
726. 40.51 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.51
(7) (a) Any employer, other than the state, including an employer that
9is not a participating employer, may offer to all of its employees a health care
10coverage plan through a program offered by the group insurance board.
11Notwithstanding sub. (2) and ss. 40.05 (4) and 40.52 (1), the department may by rule
12establish different eligibility standards or contribution requirements for such
13employees and employers. Beginning on January 1, 2012, except as otherwise
14provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV of ch. 111
that covers
15public safety employees or transit employees and except as provided in par. (b), an
16employer may not offer a health care coverage plan to its employees under this
17subsection if the employer pays more than 88 percent of the average premium cost
18of plans offered in any tier with the lowest employee premium cost under this
19subsection.
AB43,727
20Section
727. 40.51 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,631,2521
40.51
(8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6)
22shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2),
632.728, 632.729,
23632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85,
24632.853, 632.855, 632.861,
632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (3) to
(6) (8), 632.871, 632.885,
25632.89, 632.895 (5m) and (8) to (17), and 632.896.
AB43,728
1Section
728. 40.51 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,632,62
40.51
(8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance
3board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95,
632.728, 632.729, 632.746 (1) to
4(8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855,
5632.861,
632.862, 632.867,
632.87 (7) and (8), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, and 632.895
6(11) (8) and (10) to (17).
AB43,729
7Section 729
. 40.513 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,632,98
40.513
(3) (b) The employee's spouse
or domestic partner is receiving health
9care coverage under s. 40.51 (6).
AB43,730
10Section 730
. 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,632,2311
40.52
(2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated,
12with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits
13under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled.
14Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be
15established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for
16the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age
17limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions
18for spouses
, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan
19established under this subchapter where one spouse
or domestic partner is eligible
20under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others are not
21eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department
22may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal
23health insurance.
AB43,731
24Section 731
. 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,633,7
140.55
(1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group
2insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state
3annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office
4of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under
5contracts established by the group insurance board. The state shall also allow an
6eligible employee or a state annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse
,
7domestic partner, or parent.
AB43,732
8Section 732
. 40.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.61
(1) The procedures and provisions pertaining to enrollment, premium
10transmitted and coverage of eligible employees for
group income continuation
11benefits shall be established by contract or rule except as otherwise specifically
12provided by this chapter.
AB43,733
13Section 733
. 40.61 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,634,514
40.61
(2) Except as provided in sub. (4),
any an eligible employee may become
15covered by
group income continuation insurance by electing coverage within 30 days
16of initial eligibility, to be effective as of the first day of the month that first occurs
17during the 30-day period, or by electing coverage within 60 days of initially becoming
18eligible for a higher level of employer contribution towards the premium cost to be
19effective as of the first day of the month following the date of eligibility for teachers
20employed by the university and effective as of the following April 1 for all other
21employees.
Any An employee who does not so elect at one of these times, or who
22subsequently cancels the insurance, may not thereafter become insured unless the
23employee furnishes evidence of insurability under the terms of the contract, or as
24otherwise provided by rule for employees under sub. (3), at the employee's own
25expense or obtains coverage subject to contractual waiting periods if contractual
1waiting periods are provided for by the contract or by rule for employees under sub.
2(3). An employee who furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability under the terms
3of the contract shall become insured as of the first day of the month following the date
4of approval of evidence. The method to be used shall be determined by the
group
5insurance board under sub. (1).
AB43,734
6Section 734
. 40.61 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act ....
7(this act), is amended to read:
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40.61
(2) Except as provided in sub. (4), an eligible employee may become
9covered by group income continuation insurance by electing coverage within 30 days
10of initial eligibility, to be effective as of the first day of the month that first occurs
11during the 30-day period
, or by electing coverage within 60 days of initially becoming
12eligible for a higher level of employer contribution towards the premium cost to be
13effective as of the first day of the month following the date of eligibility for teachers
14employed by the university and effective as of the following April 1 for all other
15employees. An employee who does not so elect
at one of these times, or who
16subsequently cancels the insurance, may not thereafter become insured unless the
17employee furnishes evidence of insurability under the terms of the contract, or as
18otherwise provided by rule for employees under sub. (3), at the employee's own
19expense or obtains coverage subject to contractual waiting periods if contractual
20waiting periods are provided for by the contract or by rule for employees under sub.
21(3). An employee who furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability under the terms
22of the contract shall become insured as of the first day of the month following the date
23of approval of evidence. The method to be used shall be determined by the board
24under sub. (1).
AB43,735
25Section 735
. 40.61 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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140.61
(3) Any An employer under s. 40.02 (28), other than the state, may offer
2to all of its employees
an a group income continuation insurance plan through a
3program offered by the
group insurance board. Notwithstanding sub. (2) and ss.
440.05 (5) and 40.62, the department may by rule establish different eligibility
5standards or contribution requirements for
such
those employees and employers and
6may by rule limit the categories of employers
which
that may be included as
7participating employers under this subchapter.
AB43,736
8Section 736
. 40.62 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.62
(1) The
group insurance board shall establish
an a group income
10continuation insurance plan providing for full or partial payment of the financial loss
11of earnings incurred as a result of injury or illness with separate provisions for
12short-term insurance with a benefit duration of no more than one year and
13long-term insurance covering injury or illness of indefinite duration.
Employees An
14employee insured under the plan
shall be
is eligible for benefits upon exhaustion of
15accumulated sick leave and completion of the
elimination waiting period established
16by the
group insurance board.
AB43,737
17Section 737
. 40.62 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act ....
18(this act), is renumbered 40.62 and amended to read:
AB43,636,2
1940.62 Income continuation insurance benefits. The board shall establish
20a group income continuation insurance plan providing for full or partial payment of
21the financial loss of earnings incurred as a result of injury or illness
with separate
22provisions for short-term insurance with a benefit duration of no more than one year
23and long-term insurance covering injury or illness of indefinite duration. An
24employee insured under the plan is eligible for benefits upon
exhaustion of
1accumulated sick leave and completion of
the a waiting period
selected by the
2employee from the available options established by the board.
AB43,738
3Section 738
. 40.62 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,739
4Section 739
. 40.62 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,740
5Section 740
. 40.63 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 40.23 (1) (bm) 2.
AB43,741
6Section 741
. 40.64 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,636,8
740.64 Long-term disability insurance coverage. The board may establish
8a group long-term disability insurance plan.
AB43,742
9Section 742
. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,636,1710
40.65
(7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse
or surviving domestic partner until
11the surviving spouse remarries,
or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new
12domestic partnership or marries, if the
surviving spouse was married to the
13participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4),
or the
14surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership on the date that the
15participant was disabled under sub. (4), 50 percent of the participant's monthly
16salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1.
17to 6.
AB43,743
18Section 743
. 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,744
19Section 744
. 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,745
20Section 745
. 40.65 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,636,2421
40.65
(7) (am) 3. The total monthly amount paid under subds. 1.
, 1g., 1m., and
222. may not exceed 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death
23reduced by any amounts under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. that relate to the participant's work
24record.
AB43,746
25Section 746
. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,637,8
140.65
(7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse
or the surviving domestic partner 2until the surviving spouse remarries
, or the surviving domestic partner enters into
3a new domestic partnership or marries, if the surviving spouse was married to the
4participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4),
or the
5surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on
6the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 70 percent of the
7participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable
8under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB43,747
9Section 747
. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,748
10Section 748
. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,749
11Section 749
. 40.80 (2r) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,637,1312
40.80
(2r) (a) 1. Relates to a marriage
or domestic partnership that terminated
13after December 1, 2001.
AB43,750
14Section 750
. 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,637,1815
40.80
(2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant's accumulated assets held
16in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse,
17domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a
18family support or marital property obligation.
AB43,751
19Section
751. 41.11 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
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41.11
(1) (gm) From the appropriation under s. 20.380 (1) (c), expend moneys
21to attract major opportunities and events to this state, including expenditures for
22major marketing and professional efforts. The department shall collaborate with the
23Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to implement the department's
24duties under this paragraph.
AB43,752
25Section
752. 41.11 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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141.11
(1) (h) Annually report to the
senate natural resources committee and
2the assembly committee on tourism appropriate standing committees of the
3legislature under s. 13.172 (3) the activities, marketing efforts, receipts, and
4disbursements of the department for the previous fiscal year. The report under this
5paragraph shall include information on the marketing efforts conducted for the
6Frank Lloyd Wright Trail established under s. 84.10255.
AB43,753
7Section
753. 41.11 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,754
8Section
754. 41.12 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,755
9Section
755. 41.17 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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41.17
(5) Funding source. Subject to the 50 percent limitation under s. 20.380
11(1) (b)
and the proportional expenditure requirements under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and
12(kg), the department shall expend, from the appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (b)
,
13(kg), and (w), at least $1,130,000 in the aggregate in each fiscal year in joint effort
14marketing funds under this section.
AB43,756
15Section
756. 41.21 of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,757
16Section
757. 41.24 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,758
17Section
758. 43.05 (12m) of the statutes is created to read:
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43.05
(12m) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (cL), beginning in the
192024-25 school year, provide payments, in the amount of $2,500 per student per
20semester, to students who are pursuing a degree in library science and are placed as
21an intern in a public library. The division may promulgate rules to implement this
22subsection.
AB43,759
23Section 759
. 45.01 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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145.01
(6) (c) The
biological natural or adoptive parent or a person who acts in
2the place of a parent and who has so acted for not less than 12 months prior to the
3veteran's entrance into active service.
AB43,760
4Section
760. 45.01 (12) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
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45.01
(12) (fm) A person who was naturalized pursuant to section 2 (1) of the
6federal Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000, P.L.
106-207, and resides in
7this state or a person who the secretary determines served honorably with a special
8guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the
9armed forces of the United States at any time during the period beginning February
1028, 1961, and ending May 7, 1975; is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully
11admitted for permanent residence in the United States; and resides in the state.
AB43,761
12Section
761. 45.12 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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45.12
(1) (a) “Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by
14the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3)
that has an owner who owns
15not less than 51 percent of the business who is in receipt of an award from the U.S.
16department of veterans affairs of a service-connected disability rating under 38 USC
171114 or 1134.
AB43,762
18Section
762. 45.40 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB43,639,19
1945.40 (title)
Veterans assistance grants.
AB43,763
20Section
763. 45.40 (1g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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45.40
(1g) (a) “Health care provider"
means an advanced practice nurse
22prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2), an audiologist licensed under ch. 459, a
23dentist licensed under ch. 447, an optometrist licensed under ch. 449, a physician
24licensed under s. 448.02, or a podiatrist licensed under s. 448.63
has the meaning
25given in s. 146.81 (1) and includes an ambulatory surgery center.
AB43,764
1Section
764. 45.40 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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45.40
(1m) (a) The department may provide subsistence payments to a veteran
3on a month-to-month basis or for a 3-month period. The department may pay
4subsistence aid for a 3-month period if the veteran will be incapacitated for more
5than 3 months and if earned or unearned income or aid from sources other than those
6listed in the application will not be available in the 3-month period. The department
7may provide subsistence payments only to a veteran who has suffered a loss of
8income
due to illness, injury, or natural disaster. The department may grant
9subsistence aid under this subsection to a veteran whose loss of income is the result
10of abuse of alcohol or other drugs only if the veteran is participating in an alcohol and
11other drug abuse treatment program that is approved by the department. No
12payment may be made under this subsection if the veteran has other assets or income
13available to meet basic subsistence needs or if the veteran is eligible to receive aid
14from other sources to meet those needs. When determining the assets available to
15the veteran, the department may not include the first $50,000 of cash surrender
16value of any life insurance.