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40.85 HistoryHistory: 1987 a. 399; 1989 a. 14; 2001 a. 16.
40.8640.86Covered expenses. An employee-funded reimbursement account plan may provide reimbursement to an employee for only the following expenses that are actually incurred and paid by an employee and that the board determines are consistent with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code:
40.86(1)(1)Expenses authorized under section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, which may include any of the following:
40.86(1)(a)(a) Dependent care assistance for a person who is dependent on the employee.
40.86(1)(b)(b) The employee’s share of premiums for any group insurance benefit plan provided by the department under this chapter, or any other group insurance benefit plan approved under s. 20.921 (1) (a) 3., except premiums for income continuation benefits under s. 40.62.
40.86(1)(c)(c) Medical expenses which are not covered under a health insurance contract.
40.86(2m)(2m)Transportation expenses authorized under section 132 of the Internal Revenue Code.
40.8740.87Treatment of compensation. Any part of gross compensation that an employer places in a reimbursement account under an employee-funded reimbursement account plan established under this subchapter which would have been treated as current earnings or wages if paid immediately to the employee shall be treated as current earnings or wages for purposes of any retirement or group insurance benefit plan provided by the department.
40.87 HistoryHistory: 1987 a. 399; 1991 a. 39.
40.87540.875Administrative and contract costs.
40.875(1)(1)The department shall do all of the following:
40.875(1)(a)(a) Beginning on January 1, 1990, collect, from each state agency with employees eligible to participate in an employee-funded reimbursement account plan, a fee in an amount determined by the department to equal that state agency’s share of all of the following:
40.875(1)(a)1.1. Costs under contracts with employee-funded reimbursement account plan providers.
40.875(1)(a)2.2. The department’s administrative costs under this subchapter.
40.875(1)(b)(b) Establish a formula, subject to approval by the board, to determine the fees charged to state agencies under par. (a).
40.875(1)(c)(c) Establish procedures for collecting the fees charged under par. (a).
40.875(1)(d)(d) Collect forfeitures from employee-funded reimbursement accounts, under the terms of contracts with employee-funded reimbursement account plan providers or with employees.
40.875(1)(e)(e) Deposit fees collected under par. (a), forfeitures collected under par. (d) and interest earned on the fees and forfeitures in the fund, credited to the account established under s. 40.04 (9m) (a) to pay costs described in par. (a) 1. and 2.
40.875(1)(f)(f) Charge costs described in par. (a) 1. and 2. to the account established under s. 40.04 (9m) (a).
40.875(2)(2)The department may base the fees charged under sub. (1) (a) on estimates of anticipated administrative and contract costs.
40.875 HistoryHistory: 1989 a. 14.
subch. IX of ch. 40SUBCHAPTER IX
HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM CREDITS
40.9540.95Health insurance premium credits.
40.95(1)(1)
40.95(1)(a)(a) Subject to sub. (2), the department shall administer a program that provides health insurance premium credits for the purchase of health insurance for a retired employee, or the retired employee’s surviving insured dependents; for an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6e., or the eligible employee’s surviving insured dependents; for an employee who is laid off, but who is not on a temporary, school year, seasonal, or sessional layoff, and his or her surviving insured dependents; and for the surviving insured dependents of an employee who dies while employed by the state, for the benefit of an eligible employee whose compensation includes such health insurance premium credits and who satisfies at least one of the following:
40.95(1)(a)1.1. The employee accrues accumulated unused sick leave under s. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), or 757.02 (5).
40.95(1)(a)2.2. The employee has his or her compensation established in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111.
40.95(1)(a)3.3. The employee has his or her compensation established in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I of ch. 111 and the employee is employed by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
40.95 NoteNOTE: Collective bargaining under subch. I of ch. 111 for employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority was eliminated by 2011 Wis. Act 10.
40.95(1)(b)(b) The health insurance premium credits shall be based on the employee’s years of continuous service, accumulated unused sick leave and any other factor specified as part of the employee’s compensation.
40.95(2)(2)The department is not required to administer any program that provides health insurance premium credits for the purchase of health insurance for a retired employee, or the retired employee’s surviving insured dependents; for an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6e., or the eligible employee’s surviving insured dependents; for an employee who is laid off, but who is not on a temporary, school year, seasonal, or sessional layoff, and his or her surviving insured dependents; and for the surviving insured dependents of an employee who dies while employed by the state, if the department determines that the program does not conform to the program approved by the joint committee on employment relations under s. 230.12 (9).
40.95 HistoryHistory: 1995 a. 88, 89, 216; 2003 a. 33, 117, 326; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 10, 32.
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2021-22 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2023 Wis. Act 272 and through all Supreme Court and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on November 8, 2024. Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after November 8, 2024, are designated by NOTES. (Published 11-8-24)