2. Expressly providing that DWD may conduct alternative dispute resolution activities for certain cases.

3. Transferring from DWD to DHA the authority to grant licenses for non-attorneys to appear in worker's compensation cases.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB911,1 Section 1 . 46.275 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,4,7 46.275 (4m) Worker's compensation coverage. An individual who is performing services for a person receiving long-term care benefits under this section on a self-directed basis and who does not otherwise have worker's compensation coverage for those services is considered, for purposes of worker's compensation coverage, to be an employee of the entity that is providing financial management services for that person.

AB911,2 Section 2 . 46.277 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,5,6 46.277 (3r) Worker's compensation coverage. An individual who is performing services for a person receiving long-term care benefits under this section on a self-directed basis and who does not otherwise have worker's compensation coverage for those services is considered, for purposes of worker's compensation coverage, to be an employee of the entity that is providing financial management services for that person.

AB911,3 Section 3 . 46.281 (1k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,5,13 46.281 (1k) Worker's compensation coverage. An individual who is performing services for a person receiving the Family Care benefit, or benefits under Family Care Partnership, on a self-directed basis and who does not otherwise have worker's compensation coverage for those services is considered, for purposes of worker's compensation coverage, to be an employee of the entity that is providing financial management services for that person.

AB911,4 Section 4 . 46.2897 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,5,19 46.2897 (3) Worker's compensation coverage. An individual who is performing services for a person participating in the self-directed services option and who does not otherwise have worker's compensation coverage for those services is considered, for purposes of worker's compensation coverage, to be an employee of the entity that is providing financial management services for that person.

AB911,5 Section 5 . 46.995 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,6,2 46.995 (3) An individual who is performing services for a person receiving long-term care benefits under any children's long-term support waiver program on a self-directed basis and who does not otherwise have worker's compensation coverage for those services is considered, for purposes of worker's compensation coverage, to be an employee of the entity that is providing financial management services for that person.

AB911,6 Section 6 . 73.0301 (1) (d) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,6,6 73.0301 (1) (d) 3m. A license or certificate issued by the department of workforce development under s. 102.17 (1) (c), 103.275 (2) (b), 103.34 (3) (c), 103.91 (1), 103.92 (3), 104.07 (1) or (2), or 105.13 (1).

AB911,7 Section 7 . 73.0301 (1) (d) 15. of the statutes is created to read:

AB911,6,9 73.0301 (1) (d) 15. A license issued by the division of hearings and appeals under s. 102.17 (1) (c).

AB911,8 Section 8 . 73.0301 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,6,18 73.0301 (1) (e) “Licensing department" means the department of administration; the division of hearings and appeals; the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; the board of commissioners of public lands; the department of children and families; the ethics commission; the department of financial institutions; the department of health services; the department of natural resources; the department of public instruction; the department of safety and professional services; the department of workforce development; the office of the commissioner of insurance; or the department of transportation.

AB911,9 Section 9 . 102.04 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,6,25 102.04 (1) (b) 1. Every person who usually at any time employs 3 or more employees for services performed in this state, whether in one or more trades, businesses, professions, or occupations, and whether in one or more locations. A person who employs 3 or more employees for services performed in this state becomes subject to this chapter on the day on which the person employs 3 or more such employees.

AB911,10 Section 10. 102.04 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,7,5 102.04 (1) (b) 2. Every person who usually employs less fewer than 3 employees, provided the person has paid wages of $500 or more in any calendar quarter for services performed in this state. Such employer a person shall become subject to this chapter on the 10th day of the month next succeeding such quarter.

AB911,11 Section 11. 102.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,7,10 102.05 (1) Withdrawal. (a) An employer, including a person engaged in farming who has become subject to this chapter, who has had no employee at any time within a continuous period of 2 years shall be deemed to have effected withdrawal, which shall be effective on the last day of such that 2-year period. An

AB911,7,17 (b) 1. If an employer who has not usually, in every calendar quarter in a calendar year, employed 3 employees and who has not paid wages of at least $500 for employment in this state in every calendar quarter in a calendar year, the employer may file a withdrawal notice with the department, which withdrawal shall take effect 30 days after the date of such filing or at such later date as is specified in the notice. Such employer may again become subject to this chapter as provided by s. 102.04 (1) (b) and (e). This subdivision shall not apply to farmers.