(c) Forfeiture for violation of statute or rule. Whoever violates, intentionally aids in violating, or knowingly permits a person over whom he or she has authority to violate a section of this chapter or a rule promulgated under this chapter shall forfeit to the state not more than $1,000 for each violation. If the section or rule violated imposes a duty to make a report to the commissioner, each week of delay in complying with the duty is a new violation.
(d) Procedure. The commissioner may order any person to pay a forfeiture imposed under this subsection, which shall be paid into the common school fund. If the order is issued without a hearing, the affected person may demand a hearing through procedures described under s. 601.62 (3) (a). If the person fails to request a hearing, the order is conclusive as to the person's liability. The scope of review for forfeitures ordered is that specified under s. 227.57. The commissioner may cause an action to be commenced to recover the forfeiture. Before an action is commenced, the commissioner may compromise the forfeiture.
(5) Criminal penalty. Whoever intentionally violates or intentionally permits any person over whom he or she has authority to violate or intentionally aids any person in violating any section of this chapter, any rule promulgated to administer this chapter, or any order issued under s. 648.10 (2) that is effective under s. 601.63 is guilty of a Class I felony, unless a specific penalty is provided elsewhere in the statutes. Intent has the meaning expressed under s. 939.23.
648.45 Affiliates of permittee. (1) Information. A permittee and a person attempting to acquire or having control of a permittee, shall report to the commissioner the information concerning the permittee, its affiliates, and the person attempting to acquire control of the permittee that the commissioner requires by rule. The commissioner may promulgate rules prescribing the timing of reports under this subsection, including requiring periodic reporting and the form and procedure for filing reports.
(2) Report for affiliates. The permittee may report on behalf of all affiliated entities if it provides all the information that would be required if each affiliate reported separately.
(3) Consent to jurisdiction. Every permittee shall promptly submit to the commissioner a statement from each of its affiliates that the affiliate agrees to be subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner and the courts of this state for the purposes of this chapter. A governmental unit is not subject to this requirement. The commissioner may exempt other affiliates from this subsection.
(4) Information order. The commissioner may, by order, require any permittee or any person attempting to acquire or having control of the permittee, to report information under sub. (1) or other information to the commissioner.
(5) Transactions with affiliates. Neither a permittee nor an affiliate of the permittee may enter into a transaction between the permittee and affiliate unless all of the following apply:
(a) The transaction at the time it is entered into is reasonable and fair to the interests of the permittee.
(b) The books, accounts, and records of each party to the transaction are kept in a manner that clearly and accurately discloses the nature and details of the transaction and, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, permits ascertainment of charges relating to the transaction.
(c) The permittee's financial condition following any dividends or distributions to shareholders or a person having control of the permittee is reasonable in relation to the permittee's outstanding liabilities and is adequate to its financial needs.
(d) The transaction complies with any other standard that the commissioner, after consulting with the department, prescribes by rule.
(6) Transactions subject to disclosure. (a) Affiliated transactions to be reported. 1. The commissioner, after consulting with the department, may promulgate rules requiring a permittee, a person attempting to acquire or having control of a permittee, and affiliates of a permittee to report a transaction or a group or series of transactions, if all of the following are satisfied:
a. The transaction is between a permittee and a person attempting to acquire or having control of the permittee or an affiliate of the permittee, or the transaction directly or indirectly benefits the person or affiliate.
b. The transaction is, or the group or series of transactions are, material to the permittee.
2. Transactions that are material to a permittee for the purposes of subd. 1. include management contracts, service contracts, and cost-sharing arrangements. The commissioner, after consulting with the department, may prescribe by rule standards for determining whether a transaction is material under this subsection.
3. No permittee, person attempting to acquire or having control of a permittee, or affiliate of the permittee may enter into a transaction required to be reported to the commissioner under this subsection unless the permittee, person, and affiliate report the transaction to the commissioner in the form and by the date before the effective date of the transaction that are prescribed by the commissioner by rule, after consulting with the department. The commissioner may not require the transaction to be reported earlier than 30 days before the effective date of the transaction.
(b) Disapproval. The commissioner may, within the period prescribed in par. (a) 3., disapprove any transaction reported under par. (a) if the commissioner finds, after consulting with the department, that it would violate the law or would be contrary to the interests of enrollees of the permittee, the department, or the public.
(c) Transactions prohibited. No permittee, person attempting to acquire or having control of the permittee, or affiliate of the permittee may enter into a transaction that is not reported as required under par. (a) or that is disapproved by the commissioner under par. (b).
(d) Voidable transactions. If a permittee, person attempting to acquire or having control of the permittee, or affiliate enters into a transaction in violation of this section, the permittee may void the transaction, obtain an injunction, and recover from the person or affiliate the amount necessary to restore the permittee to its condition had the transaction not occurred. The commissioner may order a permittee to void the transaction, to commence an action against the person or affiliate, or to take other action.
(e) Required financial conditions. The commissioner, after consulting with the department, may promulgate rules for determining adequacy of financial condition under this section.
(f) Exemption if permittee reports. Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person attempting to acquire or having control of, or an affiliate of, a permittee, if the permittee reports on behalf of the person or on behalf of the affiliate, and the transaction is not disapproved by the commissioner under par. (b).
(7) Dividends and distributions. (a) A permittee may not pay a dividend or distribution, and an affiliate of a permittee may not accept a dividend or distribution, unless the permittee reports the dividend or distribution to the commissioner at least 30 days before payment and the commissioner does not disapprove the dividend or distribution within that period.
(b) The commissioner, after consulting with the department, may promulgate rules under this section that do any of the following:
1. Prescribe the form and content of and procedure for filing reports under this subsection.
2. Exempt dividends or distributions from the reporting requirement under par. (a) under conditions that the commissioner determines will not jeopardize the financial condition of the permittee.
(c) A permittee may declare a dividend or distribution that is conditioned upon the permitee's compliance with this subsection. A declaration of a dividend or distribution under this subsection does not confer rights to the proposed recipient of the dividend or distribution unless this subsection is complied with and is void if the dividend or distribution is disapproved by the commissioner under par. (a).
(d) In addition to any other remedies available, a permittee may recover from the recipient any dividend or distribution paid in violation of this subsection.
(8) Duties of officers and directors. (a) No director or officer of a permittee or of an affiliate of a permittee may permit, participate in, or assent to a transaction or payment or acceptance of a dividend or distribution prohibited under this chapter.
(b) An officer or director of a permittee or of an affiliate of a permittee who knows, or reasonably should know, that the permittee or affiliate has entered into a transaction or paid a dividend or distribution that violates this chapter shall report the transaction, dividend, or distribution to the commissioner in writing within 30 days after attaining that knowledge. Section 648.15 (6) applies to a report under this section, and the report is confidential unless the commissioner finds it necessary to disclose the report for the purpose of enforcing this chapter.
648.50 Management changes. (1) Approval required. No proposed plan of merger or other plan for acquisition of control of a permittee may be executed unless the commissioner, after consulting with the department, approves the plan.
(2) Grounds for approval. The commissioner shall approve the plan under this section if the commissioner finds, after a hearing, that it would not violate the law or be contrary to the interests of the public, the department, or the enrollees.
(3) Information required. A permittee shall report to the commissioner any changes in directors or principal officers after a permit is issued, together with biographical data on the new director or officer that the commissioner requires by rule.
648.55 Commissioner's summary orders. (1) The commissioner, after consulting with the department, may make and serve an order on a permittee, requiring it to stop providing services under the department contract, or to take corrective measures, without notice and before hearing, if it appears to the commissioner that irreparable harm to the property or business of the permittee or to the interests of its enrollees or the public, will occur unless the commissioner acts with immediate effect and one of the following applies:
(a) The permittee is not in compliance with a rule establishing standards for the financial condition of care management organizations.
(b) Grounds exist to suspend or revoke the permittee's permit.
(2) An order issued under this subsection is effective immediately.
(3) The permittee has the rights provided under s. 601.62. The commissioner may serve upon the permittee notice of hearing under the procedures under s. 601.62 simultaneously with service of the order under sub. (1).
(4) The commissioner may keep proceedings under this section confidential.
648.65 Enrollee immunity. (1) Immunity. An enrollee of a care management organization is not liable for health care, service, equipment, or supply charges that are covered under the care management organization's contract with the department.
(2) Prohibited recovery attempts. No person may bill, charge, collect a deposit from, seek compensation from, file or threaten to file with a credit reporting agency with respect to, or have any recourse against an enrollee or any person acting on the enrollee's behalf, for any health care, service, equipment, or supply charges for which the enrollee or person acting on his or her behalf is not liable under sub. (1).
(3) Immunity not affected. The immunity of an enrollee under subs. (1) and (2) is not affected by any of the following:
(a) A breach or default on an agreement by the care management organization or the failure of any person to compensate the provider.
(b) The insolvency of the care management organization or any person contracting with the care management organization or the commencement or the existence of conditions permitting the commencement of insolvency, delinquency, or bankruptcy proceedings involving the care management organization or other person, regardless of whether the care management organization or other person has agreed to compensate, directly or indirectly, the provider for health care, services, equipment, or supplies for which the enrollee is not liable under sub. (1)
(c) The inability of the provider or other person who is owed compensation for health care, services, equipment, or supplies to obtain compensation from the care management organization.
648.75 Insolvency funding. (1) Deposit required. A permittee shall deposit an amount established by the contract with the department, and not less than $250,000, using the procedures under. s. 601.13.
(2) Release of deposit. A deposit under this section may be released only with the approval of the commissioner, after consulting with the department, by the procedures under s. 601.13 (10) and only in one of the following circumstances:
(a) To pay an assessment under sub. (3).
(b) To pay creditors of the permittee according to the priority determined by the department if the permittee is insolvent, dissolves, or is subject to an insolvency proceeding, including a bankruptcy proceeding.
(3) Assessment. The department may assess an amount from each permittee's deposit for the purpose of funding arrangements for, or to pay expenses related to, services for enrollees of an insolvent or financially hazardous permittee. The department's assessment shall be allocated to each permittee's deposit in an amount that reflects the permittee's proportionate share of projected enrollment in the department's annual contracting period. The commissioner may authorize release, and the department of administration shall pay to the department the assessed amount for the purposes of this subsection.
(4) Restoration. A permittee shall restore its deposit that is subject to an assessment under sub. (3) within 30 days after the assessment, unless the office, after consulting with the department, authorizes a longer period, which shall not exceed 2 years.
(5) Recovery. The department may recover, and may file a claim or bring civil action to recover, from the insolvent or financially hazardous permittee any amount that the department assesses and pays under sub. (3). Any amount recovered shall be restored to each permittee's deposit in the same proportion as the assessment.
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Section
3200. 700.19 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
700.19 (2m) Domestic partners. If persons named as owners in a document of title, transferees in an instrument of transfer, or buyers in a bill of sale are described in the document, instrument, or bill of sale as domestic partners under ch. 770, or are in fact domestic partners under ch. 770, they are joint tenants, unless the intent to create a tenancy in common is expressed in the document, instrument, or bill of sale.
28,3202
Section
3202. 704.31 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
704.31 (3) This section does not apply to a lease to which a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, or the Fox River Navigational System Authority is a party.
28,3203m
Section 3203m. 757.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
757.05 (1) (a) Whenever a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of state law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance except for a violation of s. 101.123 (2) (a), (am) 1., (ar), (bm), (br), or (bv) or (5), for a financial responsibility violation under s. 344.62 (2), or for a first violation of s. 23.33 (4c) (a) 2., 30.681 (1) (b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b), if the person who committed the violation had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than 0.1 at the time of the violation, or for a violation of state laws or municipal or county ordinances involving nonmoving traffic violations, violations under s. 343.51 (1m) (b), or safety belt use violations under s. 347.48 (2m), there shall be imposed in addition a penalty surcharge under ch. 814 in an amount of 26 percent of the fine or forfeiture imposed. If multiple offenses are involved, the penalty surcharge shall be based upon the total fine or forfeiture for all offenses. When a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the penalty surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension.
28,3205
Section
3205. 758.19 (8) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
758.19 (8) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (c), the director of state courts shall reimburse counties up to 4 times each year for the actual expenses paid for interpreters required by circuit courts to assist persons with limited English proficiency under s. 885.38 (8) (a) 1. The amount of the reimbursement for mileage shall be 20 cents per mile going and returning from his or her residence if within the state; or, if without the state, from the point where he or she crosses the state boundary to the place of attendance, and returning by the usually traveled route between such points. The amount of the maximum hourly reimbursement for court interpreters shall be as follows:
28,3205r
Section 3205r. 765.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
765.08 (2) The county clerk may, at his or her discretion, issue a marriage license within less than 5 days after application if the applicant pays an additional fee of not more than $10 $25 to cover any increased processing cost incurred by the county. The county clerk shall pay this fee into the county treasury.
28,3209
Section
3209. 767.41 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.41 (3) (c) The court shall hold a hearing to review the permanency plan within 30 days after receiving a report under par. (b). At least 10 days before the date of the hearing, the court shall provide notice of the time, date, and purpose of the hearing to the agency that prepared the report, the child's parents, the child, if he or she is 12 years of age or over, and the child's foster parent, treatment foster parent or the operator of the facility in which the child is living.
28,3211p
Section 3211p. 767.57 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
767.57 (1) (d) The department or its designee shall offer to every individual to whom child support or family support payments are disbursed under this section the option to receive a paper statement of account that will be sent to the individual whenever money is received on behalf of or disbursed to the individual under this section. The department or its designee may not charge an individual a fee for providing the statements of account.
28,3218
Section
3218. Chapter 770 of the statutes is created to read:
Chapter 770
Domestic partnership
770.001 Declaration of policy. The legislature finds that it is in the interests of the citizens of this state to establish and provide the parameters for a legal status of domestic partnership. The legislature further finds that the legal status of domestic partnership as established in this chapter is not substantially similar to that of marriage. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as inconsistent with or a violation of article XIII, section 13, of the Wisconsin Constitution.
770.01 Definitions. In this chapter:
(1) "Domestic partner" means an individual who has signed and filed a declaration of domestic partnership in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which he or she resides.
(2) "Domestic partnership" means the legal relationship that is formed between 2 individuals under this chapter.
770.05 Criteria for forming a domestic partnership. Two individuals may form a domestic partnership if they satisfy all of the following criteria:
(1) Each individual is at least 18 years old and capable of consenting to the domestic partnership.
(2) Neither individual is married to, or in a domestic partnership with, another individual.
(3) The 2 individuals share a common residence. Two individuals may share a common residence even if any of the following applies:
(a) Only one of the individuals has legal ownership of the residence.
(b) One or both of the individuals have one or more additional residences not shared with the other individual.
(c) One of the individuals leaves the common residence with the intent to return.
(4) The 2 individuals are not nearer of kin to each other than 2nd cousins, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.
(5) The individuals are members of the same sex.
770.07 Application and declaration.
(1) (a) Individuals who wish to form a domestic partnership shall apply on or after the 31st day beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], for a declaration of domestic partnership to the county clerk of the county in which at least one of the individuals has resided for at least 30 days immediately before applying.
(b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the county clerk may not issue a declaration of domestic partnership until at least 5 days after receiving the application for the declaration of domestic partnership.
2. The county clerk may, at his or her discretion, issue a declaration of domestic partnership less than 5 days after application if the applicant pays an additional fee of not more than $10 to cover any increased processing cost incurred by the county. The county clerk shall pay this fee into the county treasury.
(c) No declaration of domestic partnership may be issued unless the application for it is subscribed to by the parties intending to form the domestic partnership; it contains the social security number of each party who has a social security number; and it is filed with the clerk who issues the declaration of domestic partnership.
(d) 1. Each party shall present satisfactory, documentary proof of identification and residence and shall swear, or affirm, to the application before the clerk who is to issue the declaration of domestic partnership. In addition to the social security number of each party who has a social security number, the application shall contain such informational items as the state registrar of vital statistics directs. The portion of the application form that is collected for statistical purposes only shall indicate that the address of an applicant may be provided by a county clerk to a law enforcement officer under the conditions specified under s. 770.18 (2).
2. Each applicant shall exhibit to the clerk a certified copy of a birth certificate, and each applicant shall submit a copy of any judgment, certificate of termination of domestic partnership, or death certificate affecting the domestic partnership status. If any applicable birth certificate, death certificate, notice of termination of domestic partnership, or judgment is unobtainable, other satisfactory documentary proof may be presented instead. Whenever the clerk is not satisfied with the documentary proof presented, he or she shall submit the proof, for an opinion as to its sufficiency, to a judge of a court of record in the county of application.
(2) If sub. (1) and s. 770.05 are complied with, the county clerk shall issue a declaration of domestic partnership. With each declaration of domestic partnership the county clerk shall provide a pamphlet describing the causes and effects of fetal alcohol syndrome. After the application for the declaration of domestic partnership is filed, the clerk shall, upon the sworn statement of either of the applicants, correct any erroneous, false, or insufficient statement in the application that comes to the clerk's attention and shall notify the other applicant of the correction, as soon as reasonably possible.
