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2039.393 Nursing student loan program.
(1) The board shall establish a loan
21program to defray the cost of tuition, fees, and expenses for persons enrolled in any
22of the following:
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(a) A program in this state that confers an associate degree in nursing.
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(b) A program in this state that confers a bachelor's degree in nursing.
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1(c) A program in this state that confers a 2nd degree that will make the person
2eligible to sit for examination under s. 441.04 or 441.10.
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(d) A program in this state that confers a diploma in nursing.
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4(2) Beginning in the 2002-03 fiscal year, the board shall make loans under this
5section from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (cm). The maximum amount of
6loan for a person during any fiscal year is $3,000. The maximum that a person may
7receive under this section is $15,000. The board shall ensure that the terms of the
8loan do not require a loan recipient to repay the loan while the recipient is enrolled
9in a program under sub. (1).
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10(3) After the recipient of a loan under sub. (1) has completed the program
11described in sub. (1), the board shall forgive 25% of the loan's principal and interest
12after the first full year and 25% of the loan's principal and interest after the 2nd full
13year that the recipient has been employed full time in this state as a nurse. The board
14may forgive loans on a prorated basis for persons who are employed less than full
15time.
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16(4) The board shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
17section.".
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(1) (bm) "Senior" means a pupil enrolled in the 12th grade in a public or
21private high school, the
school operated by the Wisconsin
School Educational
22Services Program for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing or the school operated by the
23Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.".
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(1m) (c) 2. For the
school operated by the Wisconsin
School Educational
3Services Program for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing, designate the senior with the
4highest grade point average in all subjects as a scholar.
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(1m) (fm) If 2 or more seniors from the
school operated by the Wisconsin
7School Educational Services Program for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing have the
8same grade point average and, except for the limitation of one designated senior, are
9otherwise eligible for designation under par. (c) 2., the executive secretary shall
10make the designation under par. (c) 2. of the senior who may be eligible for a higher
11education scholarship as a scholar and, if that senior does not qualify for a higher
12education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), shall designate one or more of the
13remaining seniors with the same grade point average as eligible for a higher
14education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship
15may be awarded by the board.".
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(7) (d) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and
19disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject
20to the audit and accounting procedures established by its bylaws. However, all
21receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited
22yearly by a qualified
certified public accountant
licensed or certified under ch. 442,
23and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual reports
24of the commission.".
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(5) (c) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and
4disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject
5to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all
6receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited
7yearly by a certified
or licensed public accountant
licensed or certified under ch. 442 8and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report
9of the commission.".
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(48) (am) "Protective occupation participant" includes any participant
13whose name is certified to the fund as provided in s. 40.06 (1) (d) and (dm) and who
14is a conservation warden, conservation patrol boat captain, conservation patrol boat
15engineer, conservation pilot, conservation patrol officer, forest fire control assistant,
16environmental warden, member of the state traffic patrol, state motor vehicle
17inspector, police officer, fire fighter, sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, state
18probation and parole officer, county traffic police officer, state forest ranger, fire
19watcher employed at Wisconsin veterans facilities, state correctional-psychiatric
20officer, excise tax investigator employed by the department of revenue, special
21criminal investigation agent in the department of justice, assistant or deputy fire
22marshal, or person employed under s. 61.66 (1).
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(48) (c) In s. 40.65, "protective occupation participant" means a
2participating employee who is a police officer, fire fighter, an individual determined
3by a participating employer under par. (a) or (bm) to be a protective occupation
4participant, county undersheriff, deputy sheriff, state probation and parole officer,
5county traffic police officer, conservation warden, state forest ranger, field
6conservation employee of the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks,
7and forestry who is subject to call for forest fire control or warden duty,
8environmental warden, member of the state traffic patrol, state motor vehicle
9inspector, University of Wisconsin System full-time police officer, guard or any other
10employee whose principal duties are supervision and discipline of inmates at a state
11penal institution, excise tax investigator employed by the department of revenue,
12person employed under s. 61.66 (1), or special criminal investigation agent employed
13by the department of justice.".
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(2) (it) Shall promulgate, with the approval of the private employer
19health care coverage board, all rules required for the administration of the private
20employer health care coverage program established under subch. X.".
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(8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6)
24shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.746 (1) to (8)
1and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (3) to
2(5),
632.872, 632.895 (5m) and (8) to (14)
, and 632.896.
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(8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance
5board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95, 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747,
6632.748, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855
, 632.872, and 632.895 (11) to
7(14).".
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(4) (ag) 2. For eligible employees not specified in subd. 1., 90% of the gross
12premium for the standard health insurance plan offered to state employees by the
13group insurance board or 105% of the gross premium
, excluding any premium cost
14related to the point-of-service option plan required to be offered under s. 609.10, of
15the alternative qualifying plan offered under s. 40.03 (6) that is the least costly
16qualifying plan within the county in which the alternate plan is located, whichever
17is lower, but not more than the total amount of the premium. Employer contributions
18for employees who select the standard plan shall be based on their county of
19residence. Qualifying health insurance plans shall be determined in accordance
20with standards established by the group insurance board.".
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(12) Every
managed care
defined network plan, as defined in s. 609.01
2(3c) (1b), and every limited service health organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (3),
3that is offered by the state under sub. (6) shall comply with ch. 609.
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(13) Every
managed care defined network plan, as defined in s. 609.01
6(3c) (1b), and every limited service health organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (3),
7that is offered by the group insurance board under sub. (7) shall comply with ch.
8609.".
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(1) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b)
and sub. (2n):
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(1) (a) 2. For each participating employee whose formula rate is
14determined under s. 40.23 (2m) (e) 2.,
5.5% 5% of each payment of earnings.
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(1) (a) 3. For each participating employee whose formula rate is
17determined under s. 40.23 (2m) (e) 3.,
6% 5% of each payment of earnings.
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(1) (a) 4. For each participating employee whose formula rate is
20determined under s. 40.23 (2m) (e) 4.,
8% 5% of each payment of earnings.
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(1) The sum of all contributions allocated to a participant's account under
2each defined contribution plan sponsored by the employer, including all employer
3contributions and picked-up contributions credited with interest at the effective rate
4under ss. 40.04 (4) (a) and (5) (b) and 40.05 (2) (g) and all employee contributions
5made under ss. 40.02 (17) and 40.05 (1)
and (2m), may not in any calendar year
6exceed the maximum contribution limitation established under section
415 (c) of the
7Internal Revenue Code.".
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(4) (a) 1. For health insurance, each insured employee
shall contribute
11$5 per month and shall contribute the balance of the required premium amounts
12after applying required employer contributions, if any, and
each insured retired
13employee shall contribute the balance of the required premium amounts after
14applying required employer contributions, if any.".
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(4) (b) Except as provided under pars. (bc) and (bp), accumulated unused
18sick leave under ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10
, and 757.02 (5) and subch.
19I or V of ch. 111 of any eligible employee shall, at the time of death, upon qualifying
20for an immediate annuity or for a lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1) or upon
21termination of creditable service and qualifying as an eligible employee under s.
2240.02 (25) (b) 6. or 10., be converted, at the employee's current basic pay rate, to
23credits for payment of health insurance premiums on behalf of the employee or the
24employee's surviving insured dependents. Any supplemental compensation that is
1paid to a state employee who is classified under the state classified civil service as
2a teacher, teacher supervisor
, or education director for the employee's completion of
3educational courses that have been approved by the employee's employer is
4considered as part of the employee's basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The
5full premium for any eligible employee who is insured at the time of retirement, or
6for the surviving insured dependents of an eligible employee who is deceased, shall
7be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted and paid from the
8account under s. 40.04 (10), and then deducted from annuity payments, if the
9annuity is sufficient. The department shall provide for the direct payment of
10premiums by the insured to the insurer if the premium to be withheld exceeds the
11annuity payment.
Except as provided in par. (bd), upon Upon conversion of an
12employee's unused sick leave to credits under this paragraph or par. (bf), the
13employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's surviving insured
14dependents may
initiate deductions from those credits or may elect to delay
15initiation of deductions from those credits
for any period of time, but only if the
16employee or surviving insured dependents are covered by a comparable health
17insurance plan or policy during the period beginning on the date of the conversion
18and ending on the
last day of the 2nd month after the date on which the employee
19or surviving insured dependents later elect to initiate deductions from those credits.
20If an employee or an employee's surviving insured dependents elect to delay
21initiation of deductions from those credits, an employee or the employee's surviving
22insured dependents may only later elect to initiate deductions from those credits
23during the annual enrollment period under par. (be). A health insurance plan or
24policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and medical benefits that are
1substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance plan established under s.
240.52 (1).
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(4) (be) The department shall establish an annual enrollment period
6during which an employee or, if the employee is deceased, an employee's surviving
7insured dependents may elect to initiate or delay continuation of deductions from the
8employee's sick leave credits under par. (b). An employee or surviving insured
9dependent may elect to continue or delay continuation of such deductions any
10number of times. If an employee or surviving insured dependent has initiated the
11deductions but later elects to delay continuation of the deductions, the employee or
12surviving insured dependent must be covered by a comparable health insurance plan
13or policy during the period beginning on the date on which the employee or surviving
14insured dependent delays continuation of the deductions and ending on the date on
15which the employee or surviving insured dependent later elects to continue the
16deductions. A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides
17hospital and medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard
18health insurance plan established under s. 40.52 (1).".
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(1) (bm) "Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 632.745 (5) (a).
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(1) (d) "Employer" means any person doing business or operating an
24organization in this state and employing at least 2
eligible employees, except that for
1a person operating a farm business the person must employ at least one
eligible 2employee. "Employer" does not include an employer as defined in s. 40.02 (28).
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(2) (a) 3. The
administrator selected under subd. 2., or the department
5if no administrator has been selected under subd. 2., shall enter into contracts with
6insurers who are to provide health care coverage under the health care coverage
7program.
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(2) (a) 4. The department
or the administrator selected under subd. 2. 10shall solicit and accept bids and shall enter into a contract for marketing the health
11care coverage program.
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(2) (a) 5. The department
or the administrator selected under subd. 2. 14shall maintain a toll-free telephone number to provide information on the health
15care coverage program.
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(2) (d) All insurance rates for health care coverage under the program
18shall be
published annually in a single publication that is made available to
19employers and employees
in a manner determined by the board. Rates that apply
20to coverage for small employers, as defined in s. 635.02 (7), shall be published at least
21annually, as required in s. 635.12. The rates may be listed by county or by any other
22regional factor that the board considers appropriate.
Annually, the board shall
23submit a report to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3)
24specifying the average insurance rate for health care coverage under the program by
25county or by any other regional factor the board considers appropriate.
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(3) (a) Offer health care coverage under one or more plans to all of its
3permanent eligible employees
who have a normal work week of 30 or more hours and
,
4if permitted by any plan offered by an insurer under the health care coverage
5program, may offer health care coverage under
one or more plans such a plan to any
6of its other employees.
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(3) (b) Provide health care coverage under one or more plans to at least
950% of its
permanent eligible employees
who have a normal work week of 30 or more
10hours and who do not otherwise receive health care coverage as a dependent under
11any other plan that is not offered by the employer or a percentage of such employees
12specified by the board, whichever percentage is greater.
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(3) (c) Pay for each
eligible employee at least 50%
but not more than 100%
15of the lowest premium rate that would be of the lowest premium rate for single
16coverage that is available to the employer for that employee's coverage under the
17health care coverage program.
