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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Frederick, BB0336 - Domestic partner coverage under state insurance plans
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Retirement and group insurance
Under current law, the Group Insurance Board offers health care coverage plans for state employees, local government employees, school district employees, and annuitants under the Wisconsin Retirement System. This bill provides that domestic partners of state employees and annuitants are eligible to receive coverage under the health care coverage plans offered by the Group Insurance Board and that state employees and state annuitants are able to purchase the policies for their domestic partners. Under the bill, a domestic partner is defined as any individual who is in a relationship with any other individual that satisfies all of the following:
1. Each individual is at least 18 years old and otherwise competent to enter into a contract.
2. Neither individual is married to, or in a domestic partnership with, another individual.
3. The two individuals are not related by blood in any way that would prohibit marriage under current law.
4. The two individuals consider themselves to be members of each other's immediate family.
5. The two individuals agree to be responsible for each other's basic living expenses.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 40.02 (20) of the statutes is renumbered 40.02 (20) (intro.) and amended to read:
40.02 (20) (intro.) "Dependent" means the:
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), the spouse, minor child, including stepchildren of the current marriage dependent on the employee for support and maintenance, or child of any age, including stepchildren of the current marriage, if handicapped to an extent requiring continued dependence. For group insurance purposes only, the department may promulgate rules with a different definition of "dependent" than the one otherwise provided in this subsection paragraph for each group insurance plan.
SECTION 2. 40.02 (20) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
40.02 (20) (b) For a state employee or for an annuitant who was employed by a state agency on the day on which he or she terminated covered employment, the spouse, domestic partner, minor child, including stepchildren of the current marriage or children of a domestic partner dependent on the employee for support and maintenance, or child of any age, including stepchildren of the current marriage or children of a domestic partner, if handicapped to an extent requiring continued dependence.
SECTION 3. 40.02 (21c) of the statutes is created to read:
40.02 (21c) "Domestic partner" means an individual in a domestic partnership.
SECTION 4. 40.02 (21d) of the statutes is created to read:
40.02 (21d) "Domestic partnership" means a relationship between 2 individuals that satisfies all of the following:
(a) Each individual is at least 18 years old and otherwise competent to enter into a contract.
(b) Neither individual is married to, or in a domestic partnership with, another individual.
(c) The 2 individuals are not related by blood in any way that would prohibit marriage under s. 765.03.
(d) The 2 individuals consider themselves to be members of each other's immediate family.
(e) The 2 individuals agree to be responsible for each other's basic living expenses.
SECTION 9314. Initial applicability; Employee Trust Funds.
(1) DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES AND ANNUITANTS. The treatment of section 40.02 (21c) and (21d) of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section 40.02 (20) of the statutes, and the creation of section 40.02 (20) (b) of the statutes first apply to coverage under group insurance plans offered by the group insurance board on January 1, 2009.
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LRB-1475LRB-1475/5
RAC:wlj&kjf:rs
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Frederick, BB0337 - Executive salary group changes
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
State employment
This bill makes the following reassignments in the state civil service executive salary group (ESG) ranges: the secretary of corrections is reassigned from ESG 6 to ESG 8; the governor's chief of staff is reassigned from ESG 4 to ESG 6; the secretary of health and family services is reassigned from ESG 9 to ESG 8; the secretary of workforce development is reassigned from ESG 6 to ESG 7; the secretary of regulation and licensing is reassigned from ESG 4 to ESG 6; the adjutant general in DMA is reassigned from ESG 5 to ESG 6; the insurance commissioner is reassigned from ESG 5 to ESG 6; and the public service commissioners are reassigne
d from ESG 5 to ESG 6.
The bill further provides that the salaries for certain division administrators and bureau directors in DRL may not exceed the maximum of the salary range for ESG 3. Currently, the salary maximum is capped at ESG 1.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.923 (4) (d) 7. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 7t.
SECTION 2. 20.923 (4) (d) 10s. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 8m.
SECTION 3. 20.923 (4) (e) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 7v.
SECTION 4. 20.923 (4) (e) 7. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 8e.
SECTION 5. 20.923 (4) (e) 10. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 8h.
SECTION 6. 20.923 (4) (f) 2g. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (h) 2g.
SECTION 7. 20.923 (4) (f) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (g) 6.
SECTION 8. 20.923 (4) (h) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
20.923 (4) (h) 5. Health and family services, department of: secretary.
SECTION 9. 20.923 (4) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 10. 20.923 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (12) OTHER DEPARTMENT OF REGULATION AND LICENSING POSITIONS. The salaries for division administrators and bureau directors appointed under s. 440.04 (6) shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range for executive salary group 1 3.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Frederick, BB0362 - State premium pickup for health insurance coverage
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Retirement and group insurance
Currently, the state pays employer contributions toward health insurance premiums for most state employees beginning on the first day of the seventh month after the employee begins state employment. This bill changes the date to the first day of the third month after the employee begins state employment, beginning on July 1, 2008, for all state employees other than limited term appointments.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 40.05 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.05 (4) (a) 2. For an insured employee who is an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (a) 2. or (b) 1m., the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee beginning on the date on which the employee becomes insured. For an insured state employee who is currently employed, but who is not a limited term appointment under s. 230.26 or an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (a) 2. or (b) 1m., the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee beginning on the first day of the 7th 3rd month beginning after the date on which the employee begins employment with the state, not including any leave of absence. For an insured employee who has a limited term appointment under s. 230.26, the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee beginning on the first day of the 7th month beginning after the date on which the employee first becomes a participating employee.
SECTION 9414. Effective dates; Employee Trust Funds.
(1) PAYMENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES. The treatment of section 40.05 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2008.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath, BB0346 - Grants for four-year-old kindergarten
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Primary and secondary education
Beginning in the 2008-09 fiscal year, this bill authorizes DPI to award grants to school boards to implement four-year-old kindergarten programs. A school board is eligible for an initial grant of up to $3,000 for each pupil enrolled in a four-year-old kindergarten program in the school district and a second grant, in the succeeding school year, of up to $1,500 for each such pupil.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.255 (2) (dp) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (2) (dp) Four-year-old kindergarten grants. The amounts in the schedule for 4-year-old kindergarten grants under s. 115.445.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 115.445 of the statutes is created to read:
115.445 Four-year-old kindergarten grants. (1) A school board may apply to the department for a 2-year grant under this section to implement a 4-year-old kindergarten program.
(2) (a) In the first school year of a grant awarded under this section, the department shall pay the school board up to $3,000 for each 4-year-old kindergarten pupil enrolled in the school district. In the succeeding school year, the department shall pay the school board up to $1,500 for each 4-year-old kindergarten pupil enrolled in the school district.
