Amendment CA1-SSA1-SB55

SB55-SSA1-CA1,256,5 39.41 (1m) (c) 2. For the school operated by the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, designate the senior with the highest grade point average in all subjects as a scholar.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1381r Section 1381r. 39.41 (1m) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,256,16 39.41 (1m) (fm) If 2 or more seniors from the school operated by the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing have the same grade point average and, except for the limitation of one designated senior, are otherwise eligible for designation under par. (c) 2., the executive secretary shall make the designation under par. (c) 2. of the senior who may be eligible for a higher education scholarship as a scholar and, if that senior does not qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), shall designate one or more of the remaining seniors with the same grade point average as eligible for a higher education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship may be awarded by the board.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,256,17 854. Page 523, line 18: delete lines 18 to 22.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,256,18 855. Page 523, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,256,19 " Section 1382r. 39.44 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,256,23 39.44 (1) (b) There is established, to be administered by the board, the minority undergraduate retention grant program for minority undergraduates students enrolled as freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors in private, nonprofit higher educational institutions in this state or in technical colleges in this state.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,256,24 856. Page 524, line 3: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,257,1 " Section 1384m. 39.75 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,257,8 39.75 (7) (d) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established by its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442, and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual reports of the commission.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,257,9 857. Page 524, line 16: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,257,10 " Section 1385m. 39.80 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,257,17 39.80 (5) (c) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the commission.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,257,19 858. Page 524, line 17: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 532, line 13.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,257,20 859. Page 532, line 13: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,257,21 " Section 1387e. 40.02 (17) (n) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,258,6 40.02 (17) (n) Notwithstanding par. (d), each participant who is a state forest ranger on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], shall be granted creditable service as a protective occupation participant for all covered service as a state forest ranger that was earned on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], but may not be granted creditable service as a protective occupation participant for any covered service as a state forest ranger that was earned before the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], unless that service was earned while the participant was classified under sub. (48) (a) and s. 40.06 (1) (d) as a protective occupation participant.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,258,7 860. Page 533, line 2: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,258,8 " Section 1389t. 40.02 (54) (a) of the statutes is repealed.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,258,9 861. Page 533, line 2: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,258,10 " Section 1389r. 40.02 (48) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,258,22 40.02 (48) (c) In s. 40.65, "protective occupation participant" means a participating employee who is a police officer, fire fighter, an individual determined by a participating employer under par. (a) or (bm) to be a protective occupation participant, county undersheriff, deputy sheriff, state probation and parole officer, county traffic police officer, conservation warden, state forest ranger, field conservation employee of the department of natural resources or the department of forestry who is subject to call for forest fire control or warden duty, member of the state traffic patrol, state motor vehicle inspector, University of Wisconsin System full-time police officer, guard or any other employee whose principal duties are supervision and discipline of inmates at a state penal institution, excise tax investigator employed by the department of revenue, person employed under s. 61.66 (1), or special criminal investigation agent employed by the department of justice.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,258,23 862. Page 533, line 4: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,258,24 " Section 1391h. 40.03 (2) (it) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,259,3 40.03 (2) (it) Shall promulgate, with the approval of the private employer health care coverage board, all rules required for the administration of the private employer health care coverage program established under subch. X.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,259,4 863. Page 534, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,259,5 " Section 1398mn. 40.21 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,259,12 40.21 (3m) A city-county health department that is established under s. 251.02 (1m), that is subject to s. 251.02 (1r), and that is not otherwise a participating employer, is a participating employer with respect to its employees who are included in a collective bargaining unit for which a representative is recognized or certified under subch. IV of ch. 111 and is not required to adopt a resolution electing to participate in the Wisconsin retirement system or provide notice of such election to the department under sub. (1).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,259,13 864. Page 534, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,259,14 " Section 1398r. 40.51 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,259,17 40.51 (12) Every managed care defined network plan, as defined in s. 609.01 (3c) (1b), and every limited service health organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (3), that is offered by the state under sub. (6) shall comply with ch. 609.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1398s Section 1398s. 40.51 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,259,22 40.51 (13) Every managed care defined network plan, as defined in s. 609.01 (3c) (1b), and every limited service health organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (3), that is offered by the group insurance board under sub. (7) shall comply with ch. 609.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,259,23 865. Page 534, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,259,24 " Section 1398s. 40.05 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,261,9 40.05 (4) (b) Except as provided under pars. (bc) and (bp), accumulated unused sick leave under ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, and 757.02 (5) and subch. I or V of ch. 111 of any eligible employee shall, at the time of death, upon qualifying for an immediate annuity or for a lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1) or upon termination of creditable service and qualifying as an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6. or 10., be converted, at the employee's current basic pay rate, to credits for payment of health insurance premiums on behalf of the employee or the employee's surviving insured dependents. Any supplemental compensation that is paid to a state employee who is classified under the state classified civil service as a teacher, teacher supervisor, or education director for the employee's completion of educational courses that have been approved by the employee's employer is considered as part of the employee's basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The full premium for any eligible employee who is insured at the time of retirement, or for the surviving insured dependents of an eligible employee who is deceased, shall be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted and paid from the account under s. 40.04 (10), and then deducted from annuity payments, if the annuity is sufficient. The department shall provide for the direct payment of premiums by the insured to the insurer if the premium to be withheld exceeds the annuity payment. Except as provided in par. (bd), upon Upon conversion of an employee's unused sick leave to credits under this paragraph or par. (bf), the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's surviving insured dependents may initiate deductions from those credits or may elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits for any period of time, but only if the employee or surviving insured dependents are covered by a comparable health insurance plan or policy during the period beginning on the date of the conversion and ending on the last day of the 2nd month after the date on which the employee or surviving insured dependents later elect to initiate deductions from those credits. If an employee or an employee's surviving insured dependents elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits, an employee or the employee's surviving insured dependents may only later elect to initiate deductions from those credits during the annual enrollment period under par. (be). A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance plan established under s. 40.52 (1).

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1398t Section 1398t. 40.05 (4) (bd) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1398u Section 1398u. 40.05 (4) (be) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,261,25 40.05 (4) (be) The department shall establish an annual enrollment period during which an employee or, if the employee is deceased, an employee's surviving insured dependents may elect to initiate or delay continuation of deductions from the employee's sick leave credits under par. (b). An employee or surviving insured dependent may elect to continue or delay continuation of such deductions any number of times. If an employee or surviving insured dependent has initiated the deductions but later elects to delay continuation of the deductions, the employee or surviving insured dependent must be covered by a comparable health insurance plan or policy during the period beginning on the date on which the employee or surviving insured dependent delays continuation of the deductions and ending on the date on which the employee or surviving insured dependent later elects to continue the deductions. A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance plan established under s. 40.52 (1).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,262,1 866. Page 534, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,262,2 " Section 1398r. 40.65 (4w) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,262,6 40.65 (4w) A state forest ranger who becomes a protective occupation participant on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], is not entitled to a duty disability benefit under this section for an injury or disease occurring before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,262,7 867. Page 535, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,262,8 " Section 1400m. 41.11 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,262,12 41.11 (7) Wild Rivers Interpretive Center grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.380 (1) (kg), the department shall make a grant of $20,000 in each fiscal year to the Florence County forestry and park department for distribution of state tourism materials at the Wild Rivers Interpretive Center.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,262,13 868. Page 535, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,262,14 " Section 1400m. 41.11 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,263,2 41.11 (4) Advertising. The department shall plan and conduct a program of advertising and promotion designed to attract interested persons to this state and to stimulate the enjoyment of its recreational opportunities by residents and nonresidents alike. Any contracts engaging a private agency to conduct an advertising or promotion program under this subsection shall reserve to the department the right to terminate the contract if the service is unsatisfactory to the department. The department shall encourage and coordinate the efforts of public and private organizations to publicize the facilities and attractions of the state for the purpose of stimulating their enjoyment by residents and tourists. The department shall advertise historic sites and state parks with funding from the same appropriation account or accounts.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,263,3 869. Page 535, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,263,4 " Section 1400b. 40.98 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,263,5 40.98 (1) (bm) "Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 632.745 (5) (a).

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400c Section 1400c. 40.98 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,263,10 40.98 (1) (d) "Employer" means any person doing business or operating an organization in this state and employing at least 2 eligible employees, except that for a person operating a farm business the person must employ at least one eligible employee. "Employer" does not include an employer as defined in s. 40.02 (28).

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400d Section 1400d. 40.98 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,263,15 40.98 (2) (a) 3. The administrator selected under subd. 2., or the department if no administrator has been selected under subd. 2., shall enter into contracts with insurers who are to provide health care coverage under the health care coverage program.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400e Section 1400e. 40.98 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,263,19 40.98 (2) (a) 4. The department or the administrator selected under subd. 2. shall solicit and accept bids and shall enter into a contract for marketing the health care coverage program.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400em Section 1400em. 40.98 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,263,23 40.98 (2) (a) 5. The department or the administrator selected under subd. 2. shall maintain a toll-free telephone number to provide information on the health care coverage program.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400f Section 1400f. 40.98 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,264,9 40.98 (2) (d) All insurance rates for health care coverage under the program shall be published annually in a single publication that is made available to employers and employees in a manner determined by the board. Rates that apply to coverage for small employers, as defined in s. 635.02 (7), shall be published at least annually, as required in s. 635.12. The rates may be listed by county or by any other regional factor that the board considers appropriate. Annually, the board shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) specifying the average insurance rate for health care coverage under the program by county or by any other regional factor the board considers appropriate.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400g Section 1400g. 40.98 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,264,15 40.98 (3) (a) Offer health care coverage under one or more plans to all of its permanent eligible employees who have a normal work week of 30 or more hours and, if permitted by any plan offered by an insurer under the health care coverage program, may offer health care coverage under one or more plans such a plan to any of its other employees.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400h Section 1400h. 40.98 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,264,21 40.98 (3) (b) Provide health care coverage under one or more plans to at least 50% of its permanent eligible employees who have a normal work week of 30 or more hours and who do not otherwise receive health care coverage as a dependent under any other plan that is not offered by the employer or a percentage of such employees specified by the board, whichever percentage is greater.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400i Section 1400i. 40.98 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,265,2 40.98 (3) (c) Pay for each eligible employee at least 50% but not more than 100% of the lowest premium rate that would be of the lowest premium rate for single coverage that is available to the employer for that employee's coverage under the health care coverage program.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400j Section 1400j. 40.98 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 40.98 (5) (am).

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400k Section 1400k. 40.98 (5) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,265,7 40.98 (5) (bm) Notwithstanding par. (am), the department, in consultation with the board, may limit the requirement under par. (am) to compliance with s. 635.19.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400L Section 1400L. 40.98 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,265,12 40.98 (6) (b) An insurance agent may not sell any health care coverage under the health care coverage program on behalf of an insurer unless he or she is employed by the insurer or has a contract with the insurer to sell the health care coverage on behalf of listed by the insurer under s. 628.11.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400m Section 1400m. 40.98 (6) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,265,16 40.98 (6) (d) The board may establish training requirements that an insurance agent must satisfy, in addition to any requirements under s. 628.04 (3), to sell health care coverage under the health care coverage program.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1400n Section 1400n. 40.98 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,266,2 40.98 (6m) The secretary of administration shall lapse from the appropriation under s. 20.515 (2) (g) to the general fund the amounts necessary to repay the loan from the state life insurance fund under s. 607.25 when the secretary of administration, after consulting with the board, determines that funds in the appropriation under s. 20.515 (2) (g) are sufficient to make the lapse. The amounts that are required to be lapsed under s. 20.515 (2) (g) shall equal the amount necessary to repay the loan, less any amount that is lapsed to the general fund under s. 20.515 (2) (a) at the end of the 2001-03 fiscal biennium. The secretary of administration may lapse the amounts under s. 20.515 (2) (g) in installments.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,266,3 870. Page 535, line 12: delete that line and substitute:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,266,4 " Section 1401. 41.19 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,266,5 41.19 (1) (b) "Nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19).

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1402 Section 1402. 41.19 (2m) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,266,10 41.19 (2m) (c) (intro.) Subject to par. (d), from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (bm) and (kg), the department shall, in the fiscal biennium in which an area is selected under par. (a), award a grant to the applicant on behalf of an the area of the state selected under par. (a) if all of the following apply:

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1403 Section 1403. 41.19 (2m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,266,17 41.19 (2m) (d) The department may not, under par. (c), award to an applicant on behalf of an area selected under par. (a) more than one grant per fiscal year to an applicant on behalf of an area under par. (c) and may not or award grants to the applicant for more than 2 fiscal years. Grants awarded to an applicant under par. (c) may not exceed $25,000 in the first fiscal year, or $15,000 in the 2nd fiscal year, in which the applicant receives a grant under par. (c).

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 1404 Section 1404. 41.19 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,267,3 41.19 (2r) From the appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (bm) and (kg), the department may award to a nonprofit organization that is located in an area of the state that was selected under sub. (2m) (a) grants of up to $5,000 in any fiscal year after the fiscal biennium in which the area was selected under sub. (2m) (a). Grant proceeds must be used to promote historic and prehistoric attractions in the area, and may be used for such purposes as interpretive or directional signs, website development, advertising, and public relations. The department may award grants under this subsection to a nonprofit organization that received grants under sub. (2m) (c) as an applicant on behalf of an area of the state selected under sub. (2m) (a).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,267,4 871. Page 536, line 14: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,267,5 " Section 1405g. 42.09 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,267,10 42.09 (2) (b) The state fair park board shall allow the department of natural resources and the department of forestry access to and use of the buildings, appurtenances, fixtures, exhibits and other structures and facilities described in par. (a) so that the department departments may prepare, display and dismantle exhibits during events occurring at state fair park.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,267,11 872. Page 536, line 19: after that line insert: