SE3 SB1: Bill Text

SB1,,264 (b) The authorized FTE positions for the department of children and families are increased by 4.0 GPR positions, to be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (c), for the purpose of administering the child care quality improvement program under s. 49.133.

SB1,,265 (8) Election to continue annuity suspension. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this subsection, if an individual who is employed by a covered employer under the Wisconsin Retirement System has his or her annuity suspended under s. 40.26 (1m), 2021 stats., on the effective date of this subsection and wants to continue the suspension, the individual shall notify the department of employee trust funds on a form provided by the department. An election to continue the suspension is irrevocable.

SB1,,266 (9) Health care provider innovation grants. Notwithstanding s. 46.48 (22), the department of health services may, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (bc), distribute not more than $7,225,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 as grants to health care providers and long-term care providers under s. 46.48 (22).

SB1,,267 (10) Paid family and medical leave.

SB1,,268 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

SB1,,269 1. “Family leave” means leave from employment for a reason specified in s. 103.10 (3) (b) 1. to 7.

SB1,,270 2. “Medical leave” means leave from employment when an employee has a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his or her employment duties, or makes the employee unable to perform the duties of any suitable employment or who is in medical isolation, as defined in s. 103.10 (1) (em).

SB1,,271 3. “Serious health condition” has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (g).

SB1,,272 (b) Program plan. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration, with its recommendations for adjustments to compensation and employee benefits for employees of the system under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. for 2023-25, a plan for a program to provide paid family and medical leave for 12 weeks annually to employees of the system.

SB1,94 Section 94. Fiscal changes.

SB1,,274 (1) Nurse aide training and recruitment grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (4) (bm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $6,000,000 for a workforce development program to train and recruit individuals to work as nurse aides in nursing homes, commonly known as the WisCaregiver Careers program.

SB1,,275 (2) Wisconsin grants to private, nonprofit college students. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the higher educational aids board under s. 20.235 (1) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $1,425,300 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $2,921,800.

SB1,,276 (3) Wisconsin grants to University of Wisconsin System students. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the higher educational aids board under s. 20.235 (1) (fe), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $3,094,800 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $6,344,300.

SB1,,277 (4) Wisconsin grants to technical college students. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the higher educational aids board under s. 20.235 (1) (ff), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $1,148,600 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $2,354,700.

SB1,,278 (5) Wisconsin grants to tribal college students. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the higher educational aids board under s. 20.235 (1) (km), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $24,100 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $49,400.

SB1,,279 (6) University of Wisconsin System; general program operations. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $22,100,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $44,300,000.

SB1,,280 (7) State aid to technical colleges. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the technical college system board under s. 20.292 (1) (d), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $20,500,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $20,500,000 to increase funding for state aid for technical colleges.

SB1,,281 (8) Nurse educators. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the higher educational aids board under s. 20.235 (1) (co), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $5,000,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $5,000,000 for the nurse educator program.

SB1,,282 (9) Health care apprenticeships. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of workforce development under s. 20.445 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $801,400 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department by 1.0 GPR position to conduct outreach to stakeholders and partners to develop new apprenticeship pathways related to health care. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of workforce development under s. 20.445 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $135,200 to provide funding for the position authorized under this subsection.

SB1,,283 (10) Treatment program grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (5) (bg), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $1,576,600 for grants to support treatment programs under s. 146.618.

SB1,,284 (11) Transfer to the capital improvement fund. There is transferred from the general fund to the capital improvement fund $197,336,000 during the 2023-25 fiscal biennium to fund the project enumerated under Section 92 of this act.

SB1,,285 (12) Transfers to family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund. There is transferred from the general fund to the family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund created under s. 25.52 $243,413,400 in the 2023-25 fiscal biennium.

SB1,,286 (13) Federal block grant operations. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (2) (mc), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $312,000 for the purpose of child care state administration and licensing activities. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (2) (mc), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $624,000 for the purpose of child care state administration and licensing activities.

SB1,,287 (14) Federal block grant aids. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (2) (md), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $19,000,000 for the child care quality improvement program under s. 49.133. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (2) (md), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $19,000,000 for the child care quality improvement program under s. 49.133.

SB1,,288 (15) Graduate medical education grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (4) (bf), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $627,800 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $639,900 for graduate medical training support grants.

SB1,,289 (16) Health care provider innovation grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (7) (bc), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $7,225,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $14,500,000 for health care provider innovation grants under Section 93 (9) and s. 46.48 (22).

SB1,,290 (17) Health care provider innovation grant program administration. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (4) (bm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $225,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $500,000 for state administration and evaluation of the health care provider innovation grant program.

SB1,,291 (18) Child care offset. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the joint committee on finance under s. 20.865 (4) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is decreased by $15,000,000, which had been reserved for child care under s. 20.192 (1) (bn) for the purpose of offsetting the amounts in the schedule under s. s. 20.437 (2) (d).

SB1,,292 (19) State employee paid family and medical leave. The amounts of the estimated expenditures in the compensation reserves general purpose revenue shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 (1) are increased by $8,352,800 in fiscal year 2023-24 and by $17,373,900 in fiscal year 2024-25.

SB1,95 Section 95. Initial applicability.

SB1,,294 (1) Family and medical leave. The treatment of s. 103.10 (12) (b) first applies to a violation that occurs, or that an employee should reasonably have known occurred, on the effective date of this subsection.

SB1,,295 (2) Paid family and medical leave insurance benefits.

SB1,,296 (a) Family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund contributions. Except as provided in par. (c), the treatment of s. 103.105 (8) first applies to wages earned on January 1, 2025.

SB1,,297 (b) Family or medical leave insurance benefits eligibility. Except as provided in par. (c), the treatment of s. 103.105 (3) first applies to a period of family leave, as defined in s. 103.105 (1) (f), or a period of medical leave, as defined in s. 103.105 (1) (h), commencing on January 1, 2025.

SB1,,298 (c) Collective bargaining agreements. The treatment of ss. 20.445 (6), 25.17 (1) (er), 25.52, 103.105, and 111.322 (2m) (a) and (b) first applies to an employee who is affected by a collective bargaining agreement that contains provisions inconsistent with the treatment of ss. 20.445 (6), 25.17 (1) (er), 25.52, 103.105, and 111.322 (2m) (a) and (b) on the day on which the collective bargaining agreement expires or is extended, modified, or renewed.

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