2013 Wisconsin Act 20

20,713 Section 713. 40.03 (2) (vm) of the statutes is created to read:

40.03 (2) (vm) Annually, before July 1, shall submit a report to the secretary of administration and the joint committee on finance on the department's progress in modernizing its business processes and integrating its information technology systems.

20,714 Section 714. 40.03 (6) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

40.03 (6) (c) Shall not enter into any agreement to modify or expand benefits under any group insurance plan, unless the modification or expansion is required by law or would maintain or reduce premium costs for the state or its employees in the current or any future year. A reduction in premium costs in future years includes a reduction in any increase in premium costs that would have otherwise occurred without the modification or expansion. This paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the group insurance board from encouraging participation in wellness or disease management programs or providing optional coverages if the premium costs for those coverages are paid by the employees.

20,715 Section 715. 40.03 (6) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

40.03 (6) (cm) 1. Notwithstanding ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.35, beginning in 2014, the group insurance board shall impose a premium surcharge for health care coverage under ss. 40.51 (6) and 40.515 for eligible employees who use tobacco products and may require the retroactive payment of any premium surcharges by an eligible employee who falsely claims that he or she does not use tobacco products, to the extent permitted under federal law.

2. The premium surcharges paid by annuitants who use tobacco products shall be used to reduce future health care coverage premiums for annuitants and to reimburse the department for costs incurred by the department in providing health care coverage to annuitants. Annually, the secretary of administration shall determine the surcharge amounts that are to be used to reimburse the department for costs incurred by the department in providing health care coverage to annuitants and shall transfer that amount to the appropriation account under s. 20.515 (1) (w).

20,716 Section 716. 40.03 (6) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

40.03 (6) (k) Shall establish health savings accounts for state employees who select a high-deductible health plan under s. 40.515 for their health care coverage plan.

20,716b Section 716b. 40.04 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

40.04 (4) (a) 1. Credited with all employee contributions made under s. 40.05 (1), all employer additional contributions made under s. 40.05 (2) (g) 1., all additional contributions under s. 40.05 (2) (g) 2. and all contribution accumulations reestablished under s. 40.26 or 40.63 (10).

20,716d Section 716d. 40.04 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

40.04 (4) (a) 3. Debited by the amount available in any participant's account for funding a benefit elected by the participant or the participant's beneficiary. When the amount available has been applied to funding the benefit, no further right to the amounts, or to corresponding creditable service and employer contribution accumulations, shall exist other than the right to the annuity or benefit so granted except as provided in s. 40.26 or 40.63 (10).

20,716f Section 716f. 40.04 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.04 (4) (c) Whenever a participant's account is reestablished under s. 40.26 (2) or 40.63 (10), in lieu of interest credits as provided in par. (a), any balances remaining in the account at the end of the calendar year in which reestablished shall be credited with interest at one-twelfth the assumed benefit rate for the year for each full month between the date the account was reestablished and the end of the calendar year.

20,716h Section 716h. 40.04 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.04 (5) (d) Credited as of the date of termination of any annuity under s. 40.26 or 40.63 (9) (c) with the excess of the then present value of the terminated annuity over the aggregate amount of credits reestablished in the accounts of the participant.

20,716j Section 716j. 40.04 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.04 (6) An annuity reserve shall be maintained within the fund to which shall be transferred amounts equal to the present value as of the date of commencement of annuities granted under this chapter. The reserve shall be increased by investment earnings at the effective rate and shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of annuity payments and death benefits paid with respect to the annuities and by the present value at the date of termination of annuities terminated in accordance with s. 40.08 (3), 40.26 or 40.63 (9) (c).

20,717 Section 717. 40.04 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.04 (10) An accumulated sick leave conversion account shall be maintained within the fund, to which shall be credited all money received under s. 40.05 (4) (b), (bc), (bf), (bm), (br), and (bw) for health insurance premiums, as dividends or premium credits arising from the operation of health insurance plans and from investment income on any reserves established in the fund for health insurance purposes for retired employees and their surviving dependents, and for the payment of any employer share of OASDHI contributions for sick leave credits used to pay health insurance premiums for dependents who are not tax dependents under the Internal Revenue Code. Premium payments to health insurers authorized in s. 40.05 (4) (b), (bc), (bf), (bm), and (bw) shall be charged to this account. This subsection does not prohibit the direct payment of premiums to insurers when appropriate administrative procedures have been established for direct payments.

20,718 Section 718. 40.04 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.04 (11) A health insurance premium credit account shall be maintained within the fund, to which shall be credited all moneys received under s. 40.05 (4) (by) for the payment of health insurance premiums, as dividends or premium credits arising from the operation of health insurance plans and from investment income on any reserves established in the fund for health insurance purposes for retired employees and their surviving dependents, and for the payment of any employer share of OASDHI contributions for health insurance premium credits used to pay health insurance premiums for dependents who are not tax dependents under the Internal Revenue Code. Premium payments to health insurers authorized in subch. IX may only be charged to this account after all other health insurance premium credits under s. 40.05 (4) (b), (bc), (bf), (bm) and (bw) are exhausted. This subsection does not prohibit the direct payment of premiums to insurers when appropriate administrative procedures have been established for direct payments.

20,719 Section 719. 40.04 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

40.04 (12) The department shall establish and maintain a separate account in the fund to which shall be credited all moneys received from employees and employers in connection with health savings accounts established under s. 40.515.

20,720 Section 720. 40.05 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.05 (1) Employee retirement contributions. (intro.) For Wisconsin retirement system purposes employee contributions on earnings for service credited as creditable service shall be subject to the federal annual compensation limits under 26 USC 401 (a) (17) for a participating employee who first becomes a participating employee on or after January 1, 1996, and shall be made as follows:

20,721 Section 721. 40.05 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

40.05 (1) (a) 5. Additional contributions may be made by any participant by deduction from earnings or otherwise or may be provided on behalf of any participant in any calendar year in which the participant has earnings, subject to any limitations imposed on contributions by the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code, applicable regulations adopted under the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code and rules of the department.

20,722 Section 722. 40.05 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

40.05 (1) (a) 6. Under the rules promulgated under s. 40.03 (2) (r), additional contributions, other than the first $5,000 of contributions, or a beneficiary's prorated share thereof, that are attributable to a death benefit paid under s. 40.73, may be made to the core annuity division by any participant by rollover contribution of a payment or distribution from a pension or annuity qualified under section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to any limitations imposed on contributions by the Internal Revenue Code, applicable regulations adopted under the Internal Revenue Code, and rules of the department.

20,723 Section 723. 40.05 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.05 (2) Employer retirement contributions. (intro.) For Wisconsin retirement system purposes and subject to the federal annual compensation limits under 26 USC 401 (a) (17) for a participating employee who first becomes a participating employee on or after January 1, 1996:

20,724 Section 724. 40.05 (2r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.05 (2r) (a) Contributions made under this section are subject to the limitations under s. 40.32 and the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code.

20,725 Section 725. 40.05 (2r) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.05 (2r) (b) (intro.) If a participant in the Wisconsin retirement system also participates in a different retirement plan offered by an employer that is subject to section 401 of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code and the internal revenue service seeks to disqualify one or more of the plans because the aggregate contributions to the plans exceed the contribution limits under section 415 of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code, the internal revenue service, if it permits state law to determine the order of disqualification of such retirement plans, shall disqualify the retirement plans in the following order:

20,726 Section 726. 40.05 (4) (ag) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

40.05 (4) (ag) 2. For eligible employees not specified in subd. 1. and s. 40.02 (25) (b) 2., an amount not more than 88 percent of the average premium cost of plans offered in the each tier with the lowest employee premium cost under s. 40.51 (6), as determined annually by the director of the office of state employment relations under par. (ah).

20,727 Section 727. 40.05 (4) (ah) of the statutes is renumbered 40.05 (4) (ah) 1.

20,728 Section 728. 40.05 (4) (ah) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

40.05 (4) (ah) 2. For purposes of establishing the amount that employees are required to pay for health insurance premiums, if a tier under s. 40.51 (6) contains no health insurance plans, but that tier is used to establish the premium amounts for employees who work and reside outside of the state, the amount these employees are required to pay shall be based on the premium contribution amount for that tier in the prior year, adjusted by the average percentage change of the premium contribution amount of the other tiers from the prior year.

20,729 Section 729. 40.05 (4) (ah) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

40.05 (4) (ah) 3. A craft employee shall pay 100 percent of health insurance premiums, unless otherwise determined by the director.

20,730 Section 730. 40.05 (4) (ah) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

40.05 (4) (ah) 4. Annually, the director shall determine the amount of contributions, if any, that the state must contribute into an employee's health savings account under s. 40.515 and the amount that employees are required to pay for health insurance premiums for a high-deductible health plan under s. 40.515.

20,731 Section 731. 40.05 (4) (ah) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

40.05 (4) (ah) 5. For purposes of establishing the amount that employees are required to pay for health insurance premiums, the director shall consider the amount of premium surcharges that employees are required to pay under s. 40.03 (6) (cm) 1.

20,732 Section 732. 40.05 (4r) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.05 (4r) Payment of certain insurance premiums. If an annuitant is a an eligible retired public safety officer and receives health care coverage or long-term care coverage under a plan other than one offered under subch. IV, and if the annuitant so elects by providing written notice to the department, the premium shall be paid as a deduction under s. 40.06 (1) (a) from the annuitant's annuity. If the annuitant receives an annuity that is not sufficient to cover premium payments, the annuitant shall make premium payments directly to the insurer. The department shall establish procedures to permit an annuitant who is a an eligible retired public safety officer to elect to have his or her premium paid as a deduction under s. 40.06 (1) (a) from his or her annuity. The annuitant shall provide the department with all necessary information to permit the department to make the payment in a timely manner.

20,733 Section 733. 40.07 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:

40.07 (1r) Upon request of the department of revenue, the department may disclose information, including social security numbers, to the department of revenue concerning an annuity only for the following purposes:

(a) To administer the payment of state taxes.

(am) To aid in collecting debts owed to the department of revenue.

(b) To locate participants, or the assets of participants, who have failed to file tax returns, underreported their taxable income, or who are delinquent debtors.

(c) To identify fraudulent tax returns and credit claims.

(d) To provide information for tax-related prosecutions.

20,733m Section 733m. 40.08 (1m) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

40.08 (1m) (f) 2. Subject to subd. 3., if the participant is an annuitant on the decree date, the annuity shall be recomputed using the total value of the participant's account determined under par. (b) reduced by the total of the alternate payee share transferred under par. (e) 1., in accordance with the actuarial tables in effect and using the participant's age on the decree date. The decree date shall be the effective date of recomputation. If the optional annuity form before division of the participant's account under par. (b) was not a joint and survivor annuity with the alternate payee as the named survivor, the same annuity option with no change in the remaining guarantee period, if any, shall be continued upon recomputation to the participant. The present value of the alternate payee's share of the annuity after division shall be paid to the alternate payee as a straight life annuity based on the age of the alternate payee on the decree date. The alternate payee's annuity shall have the same remaining guarantee period, if any, as the participant's annuity. If the optional annuity form before division of the participant's account under par. (b) was a joint and survivor annuity with the alternate payee as the named survivor, the present value of the annuity after division shall be paid to both the participant and the alternate payee as a straight life annuity based upon their respective ages on the decree date. If the participant's account is reestablished under s. 40.26 (2) after the decree date, the memorandum account created under s. 40.26 (2) (b) shall be adjusted by the total of the alternate payee share computed under this subdivision. If the participant's account is reestablished under s. 40.63 (10) after the decree date, the amounts and creditable service reestablished shall be reduced by an amount equal to the percentage of the alternate payee share computed under this subdivision.

20,734 Section 734. 40.08 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.08 (2) (b) If permitted under a deferred compensation plan established under subch. VII, insurance premiums for health or long-term care insurance coverage for a an eligible retired public safety officer may be deducted from an amount distributed under a deferred compensation plan and paid directly to an insurer.

20,735 Section 735. 40.08 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.08 (14) Rollovers to other retirement plans. If a participant who is entitled to receive a lump sum payment or a monthly annuity certain under s. 40.24 (1) (f) for which the participant has specified a term of less than 120 months or an annuity certain of less than 10 years in duration from the Wisconsin retirement system and who has an account established under any other retirement plan located in the United States so directs in writing, on a form prescribed by the department, the department shall pay the lump sum payment or the monthly annuity directly to the participant's account under that other retirement plan for credit under that other retirement plan. The department shall cease payment of the monthly annuity payments to the annuitant's account under the other retirement plan within 30 days of the written request of the annuitant or written notice of the annuitant's death. This subsection shall be applied in compliance with section 401 (a) (31) of the Internal Revenue Code pursuant to any applicable federal regulations or guidance adopted under the Internal Revenue Code.

20,736 Section 736. 40.19 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

40.19 (5) For the purpose of complying with section 401 (a) (7) of the Internal Revenue Code, a participant shall be 100 percent vested in, and have a nonforfeitable right to, his or her retirement benefits upon attaining eligibility for the retirement benefits. A participant shall also be 100 percent vested in, and have a nonforfeitable right to, his or her accumulated employee contributions at all times. In the event of a termination of, or a complete discontinuance of employer contributions to the Wisconsin retirement system, a participant shall be 100 percent vested in, and have a nonforfeitable right to, his or her accrued retirement benefits. All such benefits are nonforfeitable to the extent funded. For the purpose of complying with section 401 (a) (8) of the Internal Revenue Code, any forfeitures of benefits by participants or former participants of the Wisconsin retirement system may not be used to pay benefit increases.

20,737 Section 737. 40.22 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.22 (2) (a) Except as provided in sub. (2m), the employee was initially employed by a participating employer a participating employee before July 1, 2011, and is not expected to work at least one-third of what is considered full-time employment by the department, as determined by rule.

20,737m Section 737m. 40.22 (2) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.22 (2) (L) The employee is employed by a participating employer after the person becomes an annuitant, unless the service is after the annuity is terminated suspended under s. 40.26.

20,738 Section 738. 40.22 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.22 (2m) (intro.) An employee who was initially employed by a participating employer a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work at least one-third of what is considered full-time employment by the department, as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for either of the following periods:

20,738d Section 738d. 40.23 (1) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

40.23 (1) (am) 3. No participant who elects under subd. 2. may have his or her annuity terminated suspended under s. 40.26 (1) because of earnings received for any part-time services as an elected official.

20,738p Section 738p. 40.23 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.23 (2) (intro.) Except as provided in ss. s. 40.19 (2) and 40.26, this subsection applies only to participants who are not participating employees after March 9, 1984. The retirement annuity in the normal form shall be an annuity payable for the life of the annuitant with a guarantee of 60 monthly payments. Except as provided in sub. (3) and s. 40.26, the initial monthly amount of the normal form annuity shall be the amount which, when added to the OASDHI benefit, equals 85% of the participant's final average earnings plus the amount which can be provided under pars. (a) and (c) and adjusted under pars. (d) and (e) or, if less, shall be in the monthly amount equal to the sum of the amounts determined under pars. (a), (b) and (c) as modified by pars. (d) and (e) and in accordance with the actuarial tables in effect on the annuity effective date.

20,739 Section 739. 40.23 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.23 (4) (a) Subject to all requirements under the internal revenue code section 401 (a) (9) of the Internal Revenue Code and federal regulations applicable to that section, which relate to a governmental plan, as defined in section 414 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code, the department shall distribute to the participant the entire amount that is credited to the account of a participant under the Wisconsin retirement system no later than the required beginning date, unless the department distributes this amount as an annuity or in more than one payment. If the department distributes this amount as an annuity or in more than one payment, the department shall begin the distribution no later than the required beginning date.

20,740 Section 740. 40.23 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.23 (4) (b) (intro.) In the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year of a participant's required beginning date, if the department distributes the amount that is credited to the account of a participant under the Wisconsin retirement system in a form other than as a lump sum payment, the department, subject to all requirements under the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code, shall calculate the distribution to the participant according to one of the following:

20,741 Section 741. 40.23 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.23 (4) (e) 1. Subject to subds. 2. to 4. and section 401 (a) (9) of the Internal Revenue Code, if a participant dies before the distribution of benefits has commenced and the participant's beneficiary is the spouse or domestic partner, the department shall begin the distribution within 5 years after the date of the participant's death.

2. If Subject to section 401 (a) (9) of the Internal Revenue Code, if the spouse or domestic partner files a subsequent beneficiary designation with the department, the payment of the distribution may be deferred until the January 1 of the year in which the participant would have attained the age of 70.5 years.

3. If Subject to section 401 (a) (9) of the Internal Revenue Code, if the spouse or domestic partner does not apply for a distribution, the distribution shall begin as an automatic distribution as provided under subd. 1. or under par. (c), whichever distribution date is earlier.

4. If Subject to section 401 (a) (9) of the Internal Revenue Code, if the spouse or domestic partner dies, but has designated a new beneficiary, the birth date of the spouse or domestic partner shall be used for the purposes of determining the required beginning date.

5. The department shall specify by rule all procedures relating to an automatic distribution to the spouse or domestic partner. These rules shall comply with the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code.

20,742 Section 742. 40.23 (4) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

40.23 (4) (f) (intro.) If a participant dies before the distribution of benefits has commenced and the participant's beneficiary is not the spouse or domestic partner beneficiary cannot delay the automatic payment of benefits under section 401 (a) (9) of the Internal Revenue Code, the beneficiary shall do one of the following:

20,743 Section 743. 40.23 (4) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

40.23 (4) (h) Death and disability benefits provided under this chapter are limited by the incidental benefit rule under section 401 (a) (9) (G) of the Internal Revenue Code and applicable federal regulations and guidance adopted under the Internal Revenue Code.