AB50: Bill Text

AB50,435,10 40.51 (8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95, 632.722, 632.729, 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.7498, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.848, 632.85, 632.851, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (4e), (7), and (8), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.891, and 632.895 (11) to (17).

AB50,693 Section 693. 40.513 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,435,13 40.513 (3) (b) The employee’s spouse or domestic partner is receiving health care coverage under s. 40.51 (6).

AB50,694 Section 694. 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,436,3 40.52 (2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated, with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled. Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions for spouses, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan established under this subchapter where one spouse or domestic partner is eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others are not eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal health insurance.

AB50,695 Section 695. 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,436,11 40.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under contracts established by the group insurance board. The state shall also allow an eligible employee or a state annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse, domestic partner, or parent.

AB50,696 Section 696. 40.65 (4y) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,436,17 40.65 (4y) A marshal of the supreme court under s. 758.195 who becomes a protective occupation participant on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], is not entitled to a duty disability benefit under this section for an injury or disease occurring before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].

AB50,697 Section 697. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,437,3 40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner until the surviving spouse remarries, or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new domestic partnership or marries, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), or the surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 50 percent of the participant’s monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB50,698 Section 698. 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,699 Section 699. 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,700 Section 700. 40.65 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,437,10 40.65 (7) (am) 3. The total monthly amount paid under subds. 1., 1g., 1m., and 2. may not exceed 70 percent of the participant’s monthly salary at the time of death reduced by any amounts under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. that relate to the participant’s work record.

AB50,701 Section 701. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,437,19 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse or the surviving domestic partner until the surviving spouse remarries, or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new domestic partnership or marries, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), or the surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 70 percent of the participant’s monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB50,702 Section 702. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,703 Section 703. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,704 Section 704. 40.80 (2r) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,438,2 40.80 (2r) (a) 1. Relates to a marriage or domestic partnership that terminated after December 1, 2001.

AB50,705 Section 705. 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,438,7 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant’s accumulated assets held in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a family support or marital property obligation.

AB50,706 Section 706. 41.152 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,438,12 41.152 Film production tax credits. (1) The department shall implement a program to accredit productions for purposes of ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h). Application for accreditation shall be made to the office in each taxable year for which accreditation is desired.

AB50,439,2 (2) If the department accredits a production under sub. (1), the office shall determine the amount of the production’s production expenditures, as defined in s. 71.07 (5f) (a) 4. The department shall not issue an accreditation under sub. (1) without first receiving written confirmation from the applicant that the applicant has retained a certified public accountant located in this state to conduct periodic audits to ensure compliance with this section and ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h), as prescribed by rule by the office. An entity applying for a credit under s. 71.07 (5f), 71.28 (5f), or 71.47 (5f) that does not have its commercial domicile in this state shall indicate that on its application along with the amount of production expenditures it anticipates spending in this state and the amount of expenditures, if any, it anticipates spending in another state on the same production.

AB50,439,6 (3) The department shall notify the department of revenue of every production accredited under sub. (1), the amount of the production’s production expenditures, and the amount of the credits allocated to the applicant for the taxable year for which the applicant’s claim relates.

AB50,439,9 (4) The department may not allocate more than $10,000,000 in tax credits in each fiscal year and no more than $1,000,000 in tax credits to any single applicant in each fiscal year.

AB50,439,14 (5) Each applicant who produces an accredited production, as defined in s. 71.07 (5f) (a) 1., that is eligible for a credit under s. 71.07 (5f), 71.28 (5f), or 71.42 (5f) shall include in the finished production an acknowledgment to the state of Wisconsin and the department as designed by the department, including a logo designed by the department.

AB50,439,21 (6) Annually, beginning in 2027, the department shall prepare a report specifying the number of persons who submitted credit applications in the previous year and the amount of the credits allocated to each such applicant. The report shall also provide recommendations and suggestions on improving the efficiency of the program implemented under this section. The office shall submit the report to the legislature, in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2), no later than April 30 each year.

AB50,439,22 (7) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section.

AB50,707 Section 707. 41.17 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,440,5 41.17 (5) Funding source. Subject to the 50 percent limitation under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and the proportional expenditure requirements under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and (kg), the department shall expend, from the appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (b), (kg), and (w), at least $1,130,000 in the aggregate in each fiscal year in joint effort marketing funds under this section.

AB50,708 Section 708. 43.05 (12m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,440,11 43.05 (12m) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (cL), beginning in the 2026-27 school year, provide payments, in the amount of $2,500 per student per semester, to students who are enrolled in a program leading to a master’s degree in library and information sciences and are placed as an intern in a public library or school library. The division may promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

AB50,709 Section 709. 44.02 (5s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,440,15 44.02 (5s) Except as provided in s. 16.84 (2), have responsibility for security at the Wisconsin Historical Museum located at 30 N. Carroll Street in Madison and at any subsequent museum located on N. Carroll Street in Madison.

AB50,710 Section 710. 45.01 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,440,19 45.01 (6) (c) The biological natural or adoptive parent or a person who acts in the place of a parent and who has so acted for not less than 12 months prior to the veteran’s entrance into active service.

AB50,711 Section 711. 45.01 (12) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,440,22 45.01 (12) (fm) A person who resides in this state, if any of the following applies:

AB50,441,2 1. The person was naturalized pursuant to section 2 (1) of the federal Hmong Veterans’ Naturalization Act of 2000, P.L. 106-207.

AB50,441,7 2. The person is a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States and the secretary has determined that the person served honorably with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the armed forces of the United States at any time during the period beginning February 28, 1961, and ending September 18, 1978.

AB50,712 Section 712. 45.01 (12) (k) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,713 Section 713. 45.40 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB50,441,10 45.40 (title) Veterans assistance grants.

AB50,714 Section 714. 45.40 (1g) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 45.40 (1g) and amended to read:

AB50,441,20 45.40 (1g) Definitions. In this section: (a) “Health, “health care provider” means an advanced practice nurse prescriber who is certified under s. 441.16 (2), an audiologist who is licensed under subch. II of ch. 459 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. III of ch. 459, a dentist who is licensed under subch. I of ch. 447 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. II of ch. 447, an optometrist who is licensed under ch. 449, a physician who is licensed under s. 448.02, or a podiatrist who is licensed under s. 448.63 has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1) and includes an ambulatory surgery center.

AB50,715 Section 715. 45.40 (1g) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,716 Section 716. 45.40 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,442,13 45.40 (1m) (a) The department may provide subsistence payments to a veteran on a month-to-month basis or for a 3-month period. The department may pay subsistence aid for a 3-month period if the veteran will be incapacitated for more than 3 months and if earned or unearned income or aid from sources other than those listed in the application will not be available in the 3-month period. The department may provide subsistence payments only to a veteran who has suffered a loss of income due to illness, injury, or natural disaster. The department may grant subsistence aid under this subsection to a veteran whose loss of income is the result of abuse of alcohol or other drugs only if the veteran is participating in an alcohol and other drug abuse treatment program that is approved by the department. No payment may be made under this subsection if the veteran has other assets or income available to meet basic subsistence needs or if the veteran is eligible to receive aid from other sources to meet those needs. When determining the assets available to the veteran, the department may not include the first $50,000 of cash surrender value of any life insurance.

AB50,717 Section 717. 45.40 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,442,17 45.40 (1m) (b) The maximum amount that any veteran may receive under this subsection per occurrence during a consecutive 12-month period may not exceed $3,000 $5,000.

AB50,718 Section 718. 45.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,442,22 45.40 (2) (a) The department may provide health care aid to a veteran for dental care, including dentures; vision care, including eyeglass frames and lenses; and hearing care, including hearing aids; and any other medical device prescribed by a health care provider.

AB50,719 Section 719. 45.40 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,443,6 45.40 (2m) (a) The unremarried spouse and dependent children of a veteran who died on active duty, or in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes, in the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces are eligible to receive payments under subs. (1m) and (2) if the household income of those persons does not exceed the income limitations established under sub. (3m).

AB50,720 Section 720. 45.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,443,9 45.40 (3) Limitations. The total cumulative amount that any veteran may receive under this section may not exceed $7,500 $10,000.

AB50,721 Section 721. 45.41 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,443,13 45.41 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vs), the department may annually grant up to $75,000 $100,000 to the Wisconsin department of the American Legion for the operation of Camp American Legion.

AB50,722 Section 722. 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,443,16 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) A veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to (f) (fm), or one of the following:

AB50,723 Section 723. 45.49 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,443,20 45.49 Veterans mental health grant program. (1) The department shall promote and assist veterans’ access to, and provide grants to organizations that provide to veterans, community-based and emergency crisis mental health services.

AB50,444,2 (2) The department may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 as necessary to administer this section. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

AB50,724 Section 724. 45.51 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,444,5 45.51 (2) (a) 1. A veteran, other than a veteran described under s. 45.01 (12) (fm).

AB50,725 Section 725. 45.51 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,444,8 45.51 (3) (c) 2. The department may deviate from this sequence upon order of the board to prevent the separation of a husband and wife spouses.

AB50,726 Section 726. 45.51 (5) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,444,13 45.51 (5) (a) 1. b. Was married to the person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. at the time the person entered the service and who became a widow or widower surviving spouse by the death of the person while in the service or as a result of physical disability of the person incurred during the service.

AB50,727 Section 727. 45.51 (5) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,444,18 45.51 (5) (a) 1. c. The period during which the surviving spouse was married to and lived with the deceased person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. plus the period of widowhood or widowerhood after the death of the deceased person is 6 months or more.

AB50,728 Section 728. 45.55 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,445,11 45.55 Notes and mortgages of minor veterans. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, any minor who served in the active armed forces of the United States at any time after August 27, 1940, and the husband or wife spouse of such a minor may execute, in his or her own right, notes or mortgages, as defined in s. 851.15, the payment of which is guaranteed or insured by the U.S. department of veterans affairs or the federal housing administrator under the servicemen’s readjustment act of 1944, the national housing act, or any acts supplementing or amending these acts. In connection with these transactions, the minors may sell, release, or convey the mortgaged property and litigate or settle controversies arising therefrom, including the execution of releases, deeds, and other necessary papers or instruments. The notes, mortgages, releases, deeds, and other necessary papers or instruments when so executed are not subject to avoidance by the minor or the husband or wife spouse of the minor upon either or both of them attaining the age of 18 because of the minority of either or both of them at the time of the execution thereof.

AB50,729 Section 729. 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,445,24 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015, is elected or appointed under s. 45.80 (1). A grant for $11,688 $12,300 shall be awarded for a county with a population of less than 20,000, a grant for $13,750 $14,400 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, a grant for $15,813 $16,600 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and a grant for $17,875 $18,800 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.

AB50,730 Section 730. 45.82 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,731 Section 731. 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,446,12 45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may make in an amount not to exceed $20,625 $21,700 per grant annual grants under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

AB50,732 Section 732. 46.03 (44) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,446,23 46.03 (44) Sexually transmitted disease treatment information. Prepare and keep current an information sheet to be distributed to a patient by a physician, a physician assistant, or certified an advanced practice registered nurse prescriber who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2) providing expedited partner therapy to that patient under s. 441.092, 448.035, or 448.9725. The information sheet shall include information about sexually transmitted diseases and their treatment and about the risk of drug allergies. The information sheet shall also include a statement advising a person with questions about the information to contact his or her physician, advanced practice registered nurse, pharmacist, or local health department, as defined in s. 250.01 (4).

AB50,733 Section 733. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,447,7 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba) or (hm), the department of corrections shall reimburse the department of health services for the cost of providing services for juveniles who are under the supervision of the department of corrections and are placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center at a per person daily cost specified by the department of health services. The department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.

AB50,734 Section 734. 46.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,447,13 46.10 (1) Liability and the collection and enforcement of such liability for the care, maintenance, services, and supplies specified in this section is governed exclusively by this section, except in cases of child support ordered by a court under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4. or (4g) (a), 48.357 (5m) (a), or 48.363 (2) or ch. 767 or s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 2023 stats., or s. 48.357 (5m) (a), 2023 stats.

AB50,735 Section 735. 46.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,448,19 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person, including but not limited to a person admitted, committed, protected, or placed under s. 975.01, 1977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., s. 975.17, 1977 stats., s. 55.05 (5), 2003 stats., and s. 55.06, 2003 stats., and ss. 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.055, 55.12, 55.13, 55.135, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person’s care, maintenance, services, and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established under s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) or 980.08 (4) (g) and the person’s property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse’s property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.