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(10m) Any eligible employee, as defined in s. 40.02 (25) (b)
6e. and 6g.,
17may become covered under any health care coverage plan offered under sub. (6),
18without furnishing evidence of insurability, by submitting to the department, on a
19form provided by the department and within 30 days after the date on which the
20department receives the employee's application for a retirement annuity or for a
21lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1), an election to obtain the coverage, by obtaining
22coverage subject to contractual waiting periods and by paying the cost of the required
23premiums, as provided in s. 40.05 (4) (ad).
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2540.53 Pharmacy benefits purchasing pool. (1) In this section:
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1(a) "Brand name" has the meaning given in s. 450.12 (1) (a).
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(b) "Eligible party" means an employer, other than the state, or a person doing
3business or operating an organization in this state, including a self-employed
4individual.
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(c) "Generic name" has the meaning given in s. 450.12 (1) (b).
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(d) "Prescription drug" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (20).
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7(2) Beginning on January 1, 2005, the group insurance board shall develop a
8purchasing pool for pharmacy benefits that uses a preferred list of covered
9prescription drugs. The pool shall consist of the state and any eligible party that
10satisfies the conditions established under sub. (3) for joining the pool. The group
11insurance board shall seek to develop the preferred list of covered prescription drugs
12under an evidence-based analysis that first identifies the relative effectiveness of
13prescription drugs within therapeutic classes for particular diseases and conditions
14and next identifies the least costly prescription drugs, including prescription drugs
15with generic names that are alternatives to prescription drugs with brand names,
16among those found to be equally effective.
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17(3) The group insurance board shall propose conditions that an eligible party
18must satisfy to join the purchasing pool established under sub. (2) and shall submit
19the proposed conditions to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of
20the committee do not notify the group insurance board within 14 working days after
21the date of the group insurance board's submittal that the committee has scheduled
22a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed conditions, the conditions may
23be implemented as proposed by the group insurance board. If, within 14 working
24days after the date of the group insurance board's submittal, the cochairpersons of
25the committee notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled
1a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed conditions, the conditions may
2be implemented only upon approval of the committee.
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(1) (a) (intro.) Subject to sub. (2), the department shall administer a
5program that provides health insurance premium credits for the purchase of health
6insurance for a retired employee, or the retired employee's surviving insured
7dependents,
and for an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6e., or the eligible
8employee's surviving insured dependents, for the benefit of an eligible employee
9whose compensation includes such health insurance premium credits and who
10satisfies at least one of the following:
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(2) (h) The department may seek funding from any person for the
13payment of costs of designing, marketing, and contracting for or providing
14administrative services under the health care coverage program
and for lapsing to
15the general fund any amount required under sub. (6m). Any moneys received by the
16department under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account
17under s. 20.515 (2) (g).
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43.24
(1) (c) Beginning in the fiscal year in which the total amount of state aid
21appropriated for public library systems under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm), as
22determined by the department, equals at least 11.25% of the total operating
23expenditures for public library services from local and county sources in the calendar
24year ending in that fiscal year, the amount paid to each system shall be determined
25by adding the result of each of the following calculations:
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11. Multiply the system's percentage of the state's population by the product of
2the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm) and 0.85.
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2. Multiply the system's percentage of the state's geographical area by the
4product of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm) and 0.075.
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3. Divide the sum of the payments to the municipalities and counties in the
6system under subch. I of ch. 79 for the current fiscal year, as reflected in the
7statement of estimated payments under s. 79.015, by the total of all payments under
8subch. I of ch. 79 for the current fiscal year, as reflected in the statement of estimated
9payments under s. 79.015, and multiply the result by the product of the amount
10appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm) and 0.075.
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(3) Annually, the division shall review the reports and proposed service
13plans submitted by the public library systems under s. 43.17 (5) for conformity with
14this chapter and such rules and standards as are applicable. Upon approval, the
15division shall certify to the department of administration an estimated amount to
16which each system is entitled under this section. Annually on or before December
171 of the year immediately preceding the year for which aids are to be paid, the
18department of administration shall pay each system 75% of the certified estimated
19amount from the
appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm). The
20division shall, on or before the following April 30, certify to the department of
21administration the actual amount to which the system is entitled under this section.
22On or before July 1, the department of administration shall pay each system the
23difference between the amount paid on December 1 of the prior year and the certified
24actual amount of aid to which the system is entitled from the
appropriation 25appropriations under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm). The division may reduce state aid
1payments when any system or any participant thereof fails to meet the requirements
2of sub. (2). Beginning September 1, 1991, the division may reduce state aid payments
3to any system if the system or any participant in the system fails to meet the
4requirements of s. 43.15 (4).
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(3m) If the
appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm) 7in any one year
is are insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (1), state aid
8payments shall be prorated among the library systems entitled to such aid.
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(3) Immediately upon making such apportionment, the state
11superintendent shall certify to the department of administration the estimated
12amount that each school district is entitled to receive under this section and shall
13notify each school district administrator of the estimated amount so certified for his
14or her school district. The department of administration shall
issue its warrants
15upon which the state treasurer shall distribute each school district's aid entitlement
16in one payment on or before May 1. The amount paid to each school district shall be
17based upon the amount in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (s) on April
1815. All moneys distributed under this section shall be expended for the purchase of
19instructional materials from the state historical society for use in teaching Wisconsin
20history and for the purchase of library books and other instructional materials for
21school libraries, but not for public library facilities operated by school districts under
22s. 43.52, in accordance with rules promulgated by the state superintendent.
23Appropriate records of such purchases shall be kept and necessary reports thereon
24shall be made to the state superintendent.
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1CHAPTER 44
2
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
, and ARTS
3
BOARD
and technology for
4
educational achievement in
5
Wisconsin board
SB44-SSA1, s. 1035
8Section
1035. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 44 [precedes 44.70] of the
9statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1036d
10Section 1036d. 44.70 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (intro.).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1041d
15Section 1041d. 44.70 (2g) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (2g) and
16amended to read:
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16.99
(2g) "Educational agency" means a school district, charter school
18sponsor, secured correctional facility, private school, cooperative educational service
19agency, technical college district, private college, public library system, public library
20board,
public museum, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired,
21or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1053d
8Section 1053d. 44.71 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (intro.)
9and amended to read:
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1016.993 Duties Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin;
11departmental duties. (intro.) The
board department shall do all of the following:
SB44-SSA1, s. 1054d
12Section 1054d. 44.71 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (1) and
13amended to read:
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16.993
(1) In cooperation with school districts, cooperative educational service
15agencies, the technical college system board,
and the board of regents of the
16University of Wisconsin System
and the department, promote the efficient,
17cost-effective procurement, installation
, and maintenance of educational technology
18by school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, technical college
19districts
, and the University of Wisconsin System.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1056d
21Section 1056d. 44.71 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (3) and
22amended to read:
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16.993
(3) With the consent of the department, enter Enter into cooperative
24purchasing agreements under s. 16.73 (1) under which participating school districts
1and cooperative educational service agencies may contract for their professional
2employees to receive training concerning the effective use of educational technology.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1057d
3Section 1057d. 44.71 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (4) and
4amended to read:
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16.993
(4) In cooperation with the board of regents of the University of
6Wisconsin System, the technical college system board,
the department of public
7instruction and other entities, support the development of courses for the instruction
8of professional employees who are licensed by the state superintendent of public
9instruction concerning the effective use of educational technology.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1058d
10Section 1058d. 44.71 (2) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (5) and
11amended to read:
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16.993
(5) Subject to s. 44.73 (5), in cooperation with the department, provide 13Provide telecommunications access to educational agencies under the program
14established under s.
44.73 16.997.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1059d
15Section 1059d. 44.71 (2) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (6) and
16amended to read:
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16.993
(6) No later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, submit a
18biennial report concerning the
board's department's activities
under this subchapter 19to the governor, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under
20s. 13.172 (3).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1060d
21Section 1060d. 44.71 (2) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (7) and
22amended to read:
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16.993
(7) Coordinate the purchasing of Purchase educational technology
24materials, supplies, equipment, and contractual services for school districts,
25cooperative educational service agencies, technical college districts, and the board
1of regents of the University of Wisconsin System
by the department under s. 16.72
2(8), and
, in cooperation with the department and subject to the approval of the
3department of electronic government, establish standards and specifications for
4purchases of educational technology hardware and software by school districts,
5cooperative educational service agencies, technical college districts, and the board
6of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1061d
7Section 1061d. 44.71 (2) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (8) and
8amended to read:
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(8) With the approval of the department of electronic government,
10purchase Purchase educational technology equipment for use by school districts,
11cooperative educational service agencies, and public educational institutions in this
12state and permit the districts, agencies, and institutions to purchase or lease the
13equipment, with an option to purchase the equipment at a later date. This
paragraph 14subsection does not require the purchase or lease of any educational technology
15equipment from the
board department.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1068d
22Section 1068d. 44.72 (4) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 16.995 (title).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1069d
23Section 1069d. 44.72 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.995 (1) and
24amended to read:
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116.995
(1) Financial assistance authorized. The
board department may
2provide financial assistance under this
subsection
section to school districts
and
3charter school sponsors from the proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866
4(2) (zc) and to public library boards from the proceeds of public debt contracted under
5s. 20.866 (2) (zcm). Financial assistance under this
subsection section may be used
6only for the purpose of upgrading the electrical wiring of school and library buildings
7in existence on October 14, 1997, and installing and upgrading computer network
8wiring.
The department may not provide any financial assistance under this section
9after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
SB44-SSA1, s. 1070d
10Section 1070d. 44.72 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 16.995 (2) and
11amended to read:
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(2) Financial assistance applications, terms, and conditions. The
13board department shall establish application procedures for, and the terms and
14conditions of, financial assistance under this
subsection, including a condition
15requiring a charter school sponsor to use financial assistance under this subsection
16for wiring upgrading and installation that benefits pupils attending the charter
17school section. The
board department shall make a loan to a school district
, charter
18school sponsor, or public library board
, or to a municipality on behalf of a public
19library board, in an amount equal to 50% of the total amount of financial assistance
20for which the
board department determines the school district or public library board
21is eligible and provide a grant to the school district or public library board for the
22remainder of the total. The terms and conditions of any financial assistance under
23this
subsection section may include
the provision of professional building
24construction services under s. 16.85 (15). The
board
department shall determine the
25interest rate on loans under this
subsection section. The interest rate shall be as low
1as possible but shall be sufficient to fully pay all interest expenses incurred by the
2state in making the loans and to provide reserves that are reasonably expected to be
3required in the judgment of the
board department to ensure against losses arising
4from delinquency and default in the repayment of the loans. The term of a loan under
5this
subsection section may not exceed 10 years.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1071d
6Section 1071d. 44.72 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 16.995 (3) and
7amended to read:
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(3) Repayment of loans. The
board department shall credit all moneys
9received from school districts
and charter school sponsors for repayment of loans
10under this
subsection section to the appropriation account under s.
20.275 (1) (h) 1120.505 (4) (ha). The
board department shall credit all moneys received from public
12library boards
or from municipalities on behalf of public library boards for
13repayment of loans under this
subsection section to the appropriation account under
14s.
20.275 (1) 20.505 (4) (hb).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1072d
15Section 1072d. 44.72 (4) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 16.995 (4) and
16amended to read:
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16.995
(4) Funding for financial assistance. The
board, with the approval of
18the governor and department, subject to the limits of s. 20.866 (2) (zc) and (zcm), may
19request that the building commission contract public debt in accordance with ch. 18
20to fund financial assistance under this
subsection
section.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1073d
21Section 1073d. 44.73 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (title).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1074d
22Section 1074d. 44.73 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (1) and
23amended to read:
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(1) Except as provided in s. 196.218 (4t), the
board, in consultation with
25the department and subject to the approval of the department of electronic
1government, department shall promulgate rules establishing an educational
2telecommunications access program to provide educational agencies with access to
3data lines and video links.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1075d
4Section 1075d. 44.73 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (2)
5(intro.).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1076d
6Section 1076d. 44.73 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (2) (a) and
7amended to read:
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(2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the
board 9department for access to either one data line or one video link, except that any
10educational agency may request access to additional data lines if the agency shows
11to the satisfaction of the
board department that the additional data lines are more
12cost-effective than a single data line and except that a school district that operates
13more than one high school or a public library board that operates more than one
14library facility may request access to both a data line and a video link and access to
15more than one data line or video link.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1077d
16Section 1077d. 44.73 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (2) (b).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1078d
17Section 1078d. 44.73 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (2) (c).
