SB323: Bill Text

SB323, s. 41 Section 41. 102.29 (8r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB323,24,6 102.29 (8r) No participant in a food stamp employment and training program under s. 49.124 (1m) who, under s. 49.124 (1m) (d), is provided worker's compensation coverage by the department or by a Wisconsin works agency, as defined in s. 49.001 (9), and who makes a claim for compensation under this chapter may make a claim or maintain an action in tort against the employer who provided the employment and training from which the claim arose.

SB323, s. 42 Section 42. 102.29 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB323,24,15 102.29 (9) No participant in a work experience component of a job opportunities and basic skills program who, under s. 49.193 (6) (a), is considered to be an employe of the agency administering that program, or who, under s. 49.193 (6) (a), is provided worker's compensation coverage by the person administering the work experience component, and who makes a claim for compensation under this chapter may make a claim or maintain an action in tort against the employer who provided the work experience from which the claim arose. This subsection does not apply to injuries occurring after December 31, 1997 February 28, 1998.

SB323, s. 43 Section 43. 102.42 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB323,25,7 102.42 (2) (a) Where the employer has notice of an injury and its relationship to the employment the employer shall offer to the injured employe his or her choice of any physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist or podiatrist licensed to practice and practicing in this state for treatment of the injury. By mutual agreement, the employe may have the choice of any qualified practitioner not licensed in this state. In case of emergency, the employer may arrange for treatment without tendering a choice. After the emergency has passed the employe shall be given his or her choice of attending practitioner at the earliest opportunity. The employe has the right to a 2nd choice of attending practitioner on notice to the employer or its insurance carrier. Any further choice shall be by mutual agreement. Partners and clinics are deemed to be one practitioner. Treatment by a practitioner licensed to practice and practicing in this state on referral from another practitioner is deemed to be treatment by one practitioner. Except by mutual agreement, an employer or worker's compensation insurer is not liable for treatment provided by a practitioner not licensed to practice and practicing in this state on referral from another practitioner.

SB323, s. 44 Section 44. 102.42 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

SB323,25,21 102.42 (2) (a) Where the employer has notice of an injury and its relationship to the employment the employer shall offer to the injured employe his or her choice of any physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist or podiatrist licensed to practice and practicing in this state for treatment of the injury. By mutual agreement, the employe may have the choice of any qualified practitioner not licensed in this state. In case of emergency, the employer may arrange for treatment without tendering a choice. After the emergency has passed the employe shall be given his or her choice of attending practitioner at the earliest opportunity. The employe has the right to a 2nd choice of attending practitioner on notice to the employer or its insurance carrier. Any further choice shall be by mutual agreement. Partners and clinics are deemed to be one practitioner. Treatment by a practitioner on referral from another practitioner is deemed to be treatment by one practitioner.

SB323, s. 45 Section 45. 102.42 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB323,26,9 102.42 (6) Treatment rejected by employe. Unless the employe shall have elected Christian Science treatment in lieu of medical, surgical, dental, hospital or sanatorium treatment, no compensation shall be payable for the death or disability of an employe, if the death be caused, or insofar as the disability may be aggravated, caused or continued (a) by an unreasonable refusal or neglect to submit to or follow any competent and reasonable medical or, surgical or dental treatment, (b) or, in the case of tuberculosis, by refusal or neglect to submit to or follow hospital or sanatorium treatment when found by the department to be necessary. The right to compensation accruing during a period of refusal or neglect under (b) to submit to or follow hospital or sanatorium treatment when found by the department to be necessary in the case of tuberculosis shall be barred, irrespective of whether disability was aggravated, caused or continued thereby.

SB323, s. 46 Section 46. 102.82 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB323,26,17 102.82 (1) An uninsured employer shall reimburse the department for any payment made under s. 102.81 (1) to an employe of the uninsured employer or to an employe's dependents, less amounts repaid by the employe or dependents under s. 102.81 (4) (b). The reimbursement owed under this subsection is due within 30 days after the date on which the department notifies the uninsured employer that the reimbursement is owed. Interest shall accrue on amounts not paid when due at the rate of 1% per month.

SB323, s. 47 Section 47. 102.83 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB323,27,6 102.83 (8) Any officer or director of an uninsured employer that is a corporation and any member or manager of an uninsured employer that is a limited liability company may be found individually and jointly and severally liable for the payments, interest, costs and other fees specified in a warrant under this section if after proper proceedings for the collection of those amounts from the corporation or limited liability company, as provided in this section, the corporation or limited liability company is unable to pay those amounts to the department. The personal liability of the officers and directors of a corporation or of the members and managers of a limited liability company as provided in this subsection survives dissolution, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, judicially confirmed extension or composition, or any analogous situation of the corporation or limited liability company and shall be set forth in a determination or decision issued under s. 102.82.

SB323, s. 48 Section 48 . Initial applicability.

SB323,27,12 (1) Temporary help agencies. The treatment of section 102.04 (2m) of the statutes first applies to reimbursement sought or received by a temporary help agency, as defined in section 102.01 (2) (f) of the statutes, on the effective date of this subsection, notwithstanding that the reimbursement is of a payment made before the effective date of this subsection.

SB323,27,15 (2) Elections by corporate officers. The treatment of section 102.076 (1) of the statutes first applies to elections under that subsection that are in effect on the effective date of this subsection.

SB323,27,18 (3) Computations of earnings. The treatment of section 102.11 (1) (d) of the statutes first applies to injuries or deaths occurring on the effective date of this subsection.

SB323,27,19 (4) Fee and necessity of treatment disputes.

SB323,27,22 (a) The treatment of sections 102.16 (1m) and 102.18 (1) (bg) of the statutes first applies to orders under section 102.16 (1) and 102.18 (1) (b) of the statutes issued on the effective date of this paragraph.

SB323,27,25 (b) The treatment of section 102.16 (2) (f) and (2m) (e) of the statutes first applies to determinations under section 102.16 (2) and (2m) of the statutes made 30 days before the effective date of this paragraph.

SB323,28,1 (5) Out-of-state treatment.

SB323,28,4 (a) The amendment of section 102.42 (2) (a) of the statutes first applies to referrals made to a practitioner not licensed and practicing in this state on referral by another practitioner on the effective date of this paragraph.

SB323,28,7 (b) The repeal and recreation of section 102.42 (2) (a) of the statutes first applies to referrals made to a practitioner by another practitioner on the effective date of this paragraph.

SB323,28,8 (6) Uninsured employers.

SB323,28,11 (a) The treatment of section 102.82 (1) of the statutes first applies to reimbursements of which the department of workforce development provides notice on the effective date of this paragraph.

SB323,28,15 (b) The treatment of section 102.83 (8) of the statutes first applies to the members and managers of a limited liability company that is unable to pay an amount owed to the uninsured employers fund on the effective date of this paragraph.

SB323, s. 49 Section 49. Effective dates. This act takes effect on January 1, 1998, or on the day after publication whichever is later, except as follows:

SB323,28,19 (1) Out-of-state treatment. The repeal and recreation of section 102.42 (2) (a) of the statutes and Section 48 (5) (b ) this act take effect on January 1, 2000.

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