28,801m
Section 801m. 40.51 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
40.51 (2m) (a) In addition to the restriction under par. (b), a domestic partner of an eligible employee may not become covered under a group health insurance plan under this subchapter unless the eligible employee submits an affidavit, designed by the group insurance board, attesting that the eligible employee and his or her domestic partner satisfy the requirements for a domestic partnership under s. 40.02 (21d). The eligible employee shall submit this affidavit to his or her employer at the time the eligible employee first enrolls in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter or at the time the eligible employee requests a change in dependent status while the eligible employee is enrolled in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter. Upon the dissolution of a domestic partnership, the eligible employee shall submit in a timely manner to his or her employer an affidavit, designed by the group insurance board, attesting to the dissolution of the domestic partnership.
(b) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in a dissolved domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse or domestic partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6 months have elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership.
40.51 (8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6) shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (3) to (6), 632.885, 632.895 (5m) and (8) to (16) (17), and 632.896.
40.51 (8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95, 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.885, and 632.895 (11) to (16)
(17).
28,802
Section
802. 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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.
28,803
Section
803. 40.53 of the statutes is renumbered 146.45, and 146.45 (2) and (3), as renumbered, are amended to read:
146.45 (2) The group insurance board
department shall develop a purchasing pool for pharmacy benefits that uses a preferred list of covered prescription drugs. The pool shall consist of the state and any eligible party that satisfies the conditions established under sub. (3) for joining the pool. The group insurance board department shall seek to develop the preferred list of covered prescription drugs under an evidence-based analysis that first identifies the relative effectiveness of prescription drugs within therapeutic classes for particular diseases and conditions and next identifies the least costly prescription drugs, including prescription drugs with generic names that are alternatives to prescription drugs with brand names, among those found to be equally effective.
(3) The group insurance board department shall propose conditions that an eligible party must satisfy to join the purchasing pool established under sub. (2).
28,804
Section
804. 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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 if the insurer requests that the policy be offered and 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.
40.62 (2) Sick leave accumulation shall be determined in accordance with rules of the department, any collective bargaining agreement under subch. I or, V, or VI of ch. 111, and ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 49.825 (4) (d), 49.826 (4) (d), 230.35 (2), 233.10, 757.02 (5) and 978.12 (3).
28,806
Section
806. 40.65 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.65 (5) (b) 1. Any OASDHI benefit payable to the participant or the participant's spouse, domestic partner, or a dependent because of the participant's work record.
28,807
Section
807. 40.65 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.65 (5) (c) The Wisconsin retirement board may not reduce a participant's benefit because of income or benefits that are attributable to the earnings or work record of the participant's spouse, domestic partner, or other member of the participant's family, or because of income or benefits attributable to an insurance contract, including income continuation programs.
28,808
Section
808. 40.65 (7) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.65 (7) (am) (intro.) This paragraph applies to benefits based on applications filed on or after May 3, 1988. If a protective occupation participant dies as a result of an injury or a disease for which a benefit is paid or would be payable under sub. (4), and the participant is survived by a spouse, domestic partner, or an unmarried child under the age of 18, a monthly benefit shall be paid as follows:
28,809
Section
809. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the surviving spouse remarries or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new domestic partnership or marries, if the spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 50% of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
28,810
Section
810. 40.65 (7) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.65 (7) (am) 2. To a guardian for each of that guardian's wards who is an unmarried surviving child under the age of 18, 10% of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, payable until the child marries, dies or reaches the age of 18, whichever occurs first. The marital or domestic partnership status of the surviving spouse
or domestic partner shall have no effect on the payments under this subdivision.
28,811
Section
811. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.65 (7) (ar) 1. This paragraph applies to benefits based on applications filed on or after May 12, 1998. If a protective occupation participant, who is covered by the presumption under s. 891.455, dies as a result of an injury or a disease for which a benefit is paid or would be payable under sub. (4), and the participant is survived by a spouse, domestic partner, or an unmarried child under the age of 18, a monthly benefit shall be paid as follows:
a. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the surviving spouse or domestic partner remarries
or enters into a new domestic partnership, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 70% of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
b. If there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner or the surviving spouse or domestic partner subsequently dies, to a guardian for each of that guardian's wards who is an unmarried surviving child under the age of 18, 10% of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, payable until the child marries, dies or reaches the age of 18, whichever occurs first.
28,812
Section
812. 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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.
28,813
Section
813. 40.80 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.80 (3) Any action taken under this section shall apply to employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111.
28,814
Section
814. 40.81 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.81 (3) Any action taken under this section shall apply to employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV or, V, or VI of ch. 111.
28,815
Section
815. 40.95 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.95 (1) (a) 2. The employee has his or her compensation established in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111.
28,816m
Section 816m. 41.11 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
41.11 (6) (d) In each biennium, at least not less than $200,000 for grants to conduct or contract for marketing activities related to exhibits or activities on behalf of the Milwaukee Public Museum for Native American exhibits and activities.
28,817
Section
817. 41.11 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
41.11 (6) (e) In each fiscal year, at least $200,000 for grants to Native American Tourism of Wisconsin.
28,817m
Section 817m. 41.16 of the statutes is created to read:
41.16 Grants to municipalities and organizations for regional tourist information centers. (1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a) "Applicant" means any of the following and any combination of any of the following:
1. A nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 106.13 (4) (a) 1r., whose purposes include tourism to or within the state or a particular region in the state.
2. An organization, including an elected governing body, of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.
3. A city, village, town, or county.
(b) "Region" means 2 or more counties in this state.
(2) Grant eligibility. From the appropriation under s. 20.380 (1) (km), the department may award a grant under this section to an applicant to reimburse the applicant for up to 50 percent of eligible costs incurred by the applicant to operate a regional tourist information center. The tourist information center must provide informational and promotional materials on cultural or recreational attractions in the region and must be located in a place at which a tourist to the state or region would be reasonably assumed to stop while traveling to or from a recreational or cultural destination. Eligible costs under this subsection include costs to staff the regional tourist information center and to acquire promotional materials and standard display equipment for the tourist information center.
(3) Application and written agreement. (a) An applicant shall apply for a grant under this section on a form prepared by the department.
(b) The department shall enter into a written agreement with each grant recipient.
The agreement shall specify the terms of the grant, including all of the following:
1. The name, address, and contact person of the grant recipient.
2. A description of the regional tourist information center being operated with grant moneys.
3. A preliminary itemized statement of the estimated total costs of the project.
4. A statement that the grant recipient must submit to the department an itemized statement of the actual expenditures incurred as a condition for receiving reimbursement under the grant.
5. Any conditions for the release of the grant funds under this section.
(4) Limitations. (a) No funds may be released except in accordance with the written agreement under sub. (3) and only upon presentation of receipted vouchers for project expenditures by the applicant, together with such other documentary evidence substantiating payments and the purposes for which the payments were made as the departmental rules require.
(b) Funds released in any given project may not exceed 50 percent of the total project costs.
(c) The department shall promulgate rules to administer the grants under this section, including the preparation of an application form.
28,818
Section
818. 43.24 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
43.24 (1) (a) 1. Determine the percentage change in the total amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
(qm) between the previous fiscal year and the current fiscal year, except that for the 2009-10 fiscal year, determine the percentage change in the total amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e), 2007 stats., and (qm) in the previous fiscal year, and s. 20.255 (3) (qm) in the current fiscal year.
28,819
Section
819. 43.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.24 (1) (c) Beginning in the fiscal year in which the total amount of state aid appropriated for public library systems under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm), as determined by the department, equals at least 11.25% of the total operating expenditures for public library services from local and county sources in the calendar year ending in that fiscal year, the amount paid to each system shall be determined by adding the result of each of the following calculations:
1. Multiply the system's percentage of the state's population by the product of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm) and 0.85.
2. Multiply the system's percentage of the state's geographical area by the product of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm) and 0.075.
3. Divide the sum of the payments to the municipalities and counties in the system under subch. I of ch. 79 for the current fiscal year, as reflected in the statement of estimated payments under s. 79.015, by the total of all payments under subch. I of ch. 79 for the current fiscal year, as reflected in the statement of estimated payments under s. 79.015, and multiply the result by the product of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm) and 0.075.
28,820
Section
820. 43.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.24 (3) Annually, the division shall review the reports and proposed service plans submitted by the public library systems under s. 43.17 (5) for conformity with this chapter and such rules and standards as are applicable. Upon approval, the division shall certify to the department of administration an estimated amount to which each system is entitled under this section. Annually on or before December 1 of the year immediately preceding the year for which aids are to be paid, the department of administration shall pay each system 75% of the certified estimated amount from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm). The division shall, on or before the following April 30, certify to the department of administration the actual amount to which the system is entitled under this section. On or before July 1, the department of administration shall pay each system the difference between the amount paid on December 1 of the prior year and the certified actual amount of aid to which the system is entitled from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm). The division may reduce state aid payments when any system or any participant thereof fails to meet the requirements of sub. (2). Beginning September 1, 1991, the division may reduce state aid payments to any system if the system or any participant in the system fails to meet the requirements of s. 43.15 (4).
28,821
Section
821. 43.24 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.24 (3m) If the appropriations
appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm) in any one year are is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (1), state aid payments shall be prorated among the library systems entitled to such aid.
28,822
Section
822. 43.24 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.24 (6) In submitting information under s. 16.42 for purposes of the biennial budget bill, the department shall include an amount for public library services for each fiscal year of the fiscal biennium equal to 13% of the total operating expenditures for public library services, in territories anticipated to be within all systems in the state, from local and county sources in the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which aid under this section is to be paid. The amount shall include a recommendation for the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (e) (qm) and recommendations for the funding of other public library services, as determined by the department in conjunction with public libraries and public library systems.
28,823
Section
823. 44.02 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.02
(24) Promulgate by rule procedures, standards and forms necessary to certify, and shall certify, expenditures for preservation or rehabilitation of historic property for the purposes of
s. ss. 71.07
(9m) and (9r)
, 71.28 (6), and 71.47 (6). These standards shall be substantially similar to the standards used by the secretary of the interior to certify rehabilitations under
26 USC 47 (c) (2).
28,824
Section
824. 45.03 (13) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.03 (13) (j) Provide grants to eligible persons who administer a program to identify, train, and place volunteers at the community level who will assist national guard members, members of the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, and their spouses and dependents, who return to this state after serving on active duty. The department shall make available to the volunteers, veterans, and their spouses and dependents, a packet of information about the benefits that they may be eligible to receive from the state or federal government. The annual amount that may be expended under this paragraph may not exceed $201,000. This paragraph does not apply after June 30, 2007 2011.
28,825
Section
825. 45.20 (2) (c) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
45.20 (2) (c) 2. a. Be completed and received by the department no later than 60 days after the completion of the semester or course. The department may accept an application received more than 60 days after the completion of the semester or course if the applicant shows good cause for the delayed receipt in a time limit set by administrative rule.
28,826
Section
826. 45.20 (2) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
28,827
Section
827. 45.43 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.43 (1) The department shall administer a program to provide assistance to persons who served in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces and who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. The department shall provide assistance to persons whose need for services is based upon homelessness, incarceration, or other circumstances designated by the department by rule. The department shall designate the assistance available under this section, which may include assistance in receiving medical care, dental care, education, employment, single room occupancy housing, and transitional housing. The department may provide payments to facilitate the provision of services under this section. From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (ac), the department shall provide $15,000 annually during fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09 to the Center for Veterans Issues, Ltd., of Milwaukee, to provide outreach services to homeless veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
28,828
Section
828. 45.43 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.43 (2) The department may charge fees for single room occupancy housing, transitional housing, and for other assistance provided under this section that the department designates. The department shall promulgate rules establishing the fee schedule and the manner of implementation of that schedule.
28,829
Section
829. 46.028 of the statutes is created to read:
46.028 Electronic benefit transfer. The department may deliver benefits that are administered by the department to recipients of the benefits by an electronic benefit transfer system if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The department obtains any authorization from a federal agency that is required under federal law to deliver the benefits by an electronic benefit transfer system.
(2) The department promulgates an administrative rule to deliver the benefits by an electronic benefits transfer system.
(3) The department does not require a county or tribal governing body to use the electronic benefit transfer system if the costs to the county or tribal government of delivering the benefits by the electronic benefit transfer system would be greater than the costs to the county or tribal government of delivering the benefits by means other than an electronic benefit transfer system.
