AB150-ASA,2147,44
601.31
(1) (c) 1. Domestic and nondomestic insurers,
$25 $100.
AB150-ASA,2147,66
601.31
(1) (c) 3. Motor clubs,
$25
$100.
AB150-ASA, s. 6995
7Section
6995. 601.31 (1) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 601.31 (1) (k) (intro.)
8and amended to read:
AB150-ASA,2147,109
601.31
(1) (k) (intro.) For filing an annual statement,
$25, except as provided
10in s. 641.13
.:
AB150-ASA,2147,1212
601.31
(1) (k) 1. Domestic and nondomestic insurers, $100.
AB150-ASA,2147,1414
601.31
(1) (k) 2. Rate service organizations, $100.
AB150-ASA,2147,1616
601.31
(1) (k) 3. Motor clubs, $100.
AB150-ASA,2147,1818
601.31
(1) (k) 4. Licensees under ch. 615, $25.
AB150-ASA,2147,2020
601.31
(1) (k) 5. Providers of services under ch. 647, $25.
AB150-ASA,2147,2222
601.31
(1) (Lm) For issuing a duplicate license, $5.
AB150-ASA,2148,3
1601.31
(1) (n) For listing
, or renewing a listing of, an agent under s. 628.11, a
2fee to be set by the commissioner by rule but not to exceed
$5 $8 annually for resident
3agents
and $15 or $24 annually for nonresident agents.
AB150-ASA,2148,65
601.31
(1) (p) For
substituted service of process on the commissioner
, $5 under
6s. 601.72 (2), $10.
AB150-ASA,2148,108
601.31
(1) (x) 1. For issuing approval to an organization to offer prelicensing
9or continuing education courses or programs for intermediaries under s. 628.04 (3),
10a fee to be set by the commissioner by rule, but not to exceed $500.
AB150-ASA,2148,1411
2. By organizations approved under subd. 1., for renewing the approval of such
12organizations, annually after the year in which the approval under subd. 1. is issued,
13an amount to be set and paid at times and under procedure set by the commissioner
14by rule, but not to exceed $100.
AB150-ASA,2148,1815
3. By organizations approved under subd. 1., for submitting, for initial
16approval or approval of any subsequent modification, each course for prelicensing or
17continuing education, a fee to be set by the commissioner by rule, but not to exceed
18$25 per credit hour.
AB150-ASA,2148,2220
601.31
(1) (y) 1. For certifying a copy of an annual statement, an examination
21report, a certificate of authority or articles and bylaws, or amendments to any of
22those documents, $10.
AB150-ASA,2148,2423
2. For a duplicate certification that is requested at the same time as the
24certification under subd. 1., $5.
AB150-ASA,2149,5
1601.415
(9) Consumer credit law. The commissioner shall cooperate with the
2commissioner division of banking in the administration of ch. 424, shall determine
3the method for computation of refunds under s. 424.205, shall approve forms,
4schedules of premium rates and charges under s. 424.209 and shall issue rules or
5orders of compliance to insurers under s. 424.602.
AB150-ASA,2149,127
601.45
(3) Deposit. The commissioner may require any examinee, before or
8from time to time during an examination, to deposit with the
state treasurer 9secretary of administration such deposits as the commissioner deems necessary to
10pay the costs of the examination. Any deposit and any payment made under subs.
11(1) and (2) shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.145 (1) (g) in the
12percentage specified in that paragraph.
AB150-ASA,2149,2414
601.57
(1) (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the department of health
15and social services, shall study the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of requiring
16every health insurer to issue to its insureds uniform machine-readable health
17insurance identification cards and to establish a computerized support system for
18the cards that will accept and respond to electronically conveyed requests from
19health care providers for information related to an insured, such as eligibility,
20coverages and authorizations. The study shall consider the feasibility and
21cost-effectiveness of including the medical assistance program under
ss. 49.45 to
2249.47 subch. IV of ch. 49 in the system of identification cards and the computerized
23support system and the feasibility of using those systems to coordinate the payment
24of benefits by health insurers and the medical assistance program.
AB150-ASA,2150,7
1601.62
(4) Fees in investigations and hearings. The fees for stenographic
2services in investigations, examinations and hearings may not exceed the sum
3provided for like services in the circuit court. The fees of officers, witnesses,
4interpreters and stenographers on behalf of the commissioner or the state shall be
5paid by the
state treasurer upon the warrant of the department secretary of
6administration, authorized by the certificate of the commissioner, and shall be
7charged to the appropriation under s. 20.145 (1) (g).
AB150-ASA, s. 7009
8Section
7009. 601.72 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150-ASA,2150,13
9601.72 Registered agent for service of process. (1) Every insurer shall
10continuously maintain in this state a registered agent for service of process on the
11insurer, which agent must be an individual resident of this state, a domestic insurer
12or a nondomestic insurer authorized to do business in this state. The name and
13address of the registered agent shall be filed with the commissioner.
AB150-ASA,2150,19
14(2) If an insurer fails to maintain an agent for service of process in this state
15or if the agent cannot be found, substituted service under the procedures provided
16in s. 601.73 may be made on the commissioner or, if the proceeding is brought by the
17state against an insurer or intermediary other than a risk retention group or risk
18purchasing group, on the secretary of state. Litigants serving process on the
19commissioner under this subsection shall pay the fee specified in s. 601.31 (1) (p).
AB150-ASA, s. 7011
20Section
7011. 601.73 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,2150,2221
601.73
(1) Requirements for effective service. (intro.) Service upon the
22commissioner or secretary of state under s. 601.72
(2) is service on the principal, if:
AB150-ASA,2151,224
601.73
(2) (c)
Default judgment. No plaintiff or complainant is entitled to a
25judgment by default in any proceeding in which process is served under
ss. this
1section and s. 601.72
and 601.73 (2) until the expiration of 20 days from the date of
2mailing of the process under par. (b).
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601.93
(2) Every insurer doing a fire insurance business in this state shall,
5before March 1 in each year, file with the commissioner a statement, showing the
6amount of premiums upon fire insurance due for the preceding calendar year.
7Return premiums may be deducted in determining the premium on which the fire
8department dues are computed. Payments of quarterly instalments of the total
9estimated payment for the then current calendar year under this subsection are due
10on or before April 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15. On March 1 the
11insurer shall pay any additional amounts due for the preceding calendar year.
12Overpayments will be credited on the amount due April 15. The commissioner shall,
13prior to May 1 each year, report to the department of
industry, labor and human
14relations development the amount of dues paid under this subsection and to be paid
15under s. 101.573 (1).
AB150-ASA,2151,2017
604.04
(4) Payment procedure. Any charges against a fund under sub. (3) shall
18be certified by the commissioner, audited by the department of administration under
19s. 16.53 and paid by the
treasurer secretary of administration out of the appropriate
20fund in accordance with procedures of the department of administration.
AB150-ASA,2152,4
22604.05 Investments. Assets of all funds under chs. 605 to 607 shall be
23invested by the state investment board under s. 25.17. Each January 1 the
state
24treasurer secretary of administration shall credit each fund with earnings on the
25invested assets in each fund for the preceding 12 months. If any fund is indebted to
1the general fund of the state the fund shall be charged, at the end of each calendar
2year, with interest on the indebtedness at the average rate earned by the state upon
3its deposits in public depositories during the period of indebtedness and that sum
4shall be credited to the general fund.
AB150-ASA,2152,76
604.06
(1) Custody. The
state treasurer secretary of administration has sole
7custody of all assets of funds under chs. 605 to 607.
AB150-ASA,2152,12
9604.07 Bonds. The commissioner as manager of the funds and the
treasurer 10secretary of administration shall file surety bonds, specifically conditioned on the
11performance of their duties under chs. 605 to 607, in amounts required by, and with
12sureties approved by, the governor.
AB150-ASA,2152,20
14605.30 Inadequacy of fund. If the property fund does not have sufficient
15assets to pay claims that are due, the
department
secretary of administration shall
16issue a warrant as a transfer from the general fund to the property fund
an amount 17sufficient to pay the losses and
the state treasurer shall pay the
warrant losses. The
18property fund shall thereafter repay the general fund
this amount and the
19department secretary of administration shall
issue warrants for such transfer
such
20amount as soon as there are assets in the property fund.
AB150-ASA, s. 7022
21Section
7022. 609.65 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,2153,422
609.65
(1) (b) (intro.) If the provider performing the examination, evaluation
23or treatment does not have a provider agreement with the health maintenance
24organization, limited service health organization or preferred provider plan which
25covers the provision of that service to the enrolled participant, reimburse the
1provider for the examination, evaluation or treatment of the enrolled participant in
2an amount not to exceed the maximum reimbursement for the service under the
3medical assistance program under
ss. 49.45 to 49.47
subch. IV of ch. 49, if any of the
4following applies:
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611.76
(4) (e) That no policyholder, other than a policyholder of a mutual life
7insurance company, may receive a distribution of shares valued in excess of the
8amount to which he or she is entitled under s. 645.72 (4). Any excess over that
9amount shall be distributed in shares to the state treasury for the benefit of the
10common school fund. After 5 years the shares may be sold by the
treasurer secretary
11of administration at his or her discretion and the proceeds credited to the common
12school fund; and
AB150-ASA,2153,1714
611.76
(11) Security regulation. The filing with the
office of the commissioner
15division of securities of a certified copy of the plan of conversion as approved by the
16commissioner constitutes registration under s. 551.27 of the securities authorized to
17be issued thereunder.
AB150-ASA,2154,3
19613.81 (title)
Tax exemption for certain hospital service insurance
20corporations. Every nonprofit service insurance corporation organized under s.
21613.80 which does not pay any dividends, benefits or pecuniary profits to any
22members or directors
and which does not offer a health maintenance organization
23as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s.
24609.01 (3) is, except for purposes of the franchise tax measured by net income, a
25charitable and benevolent corporation.
Every nonprofit service insurance
1corporation organized under s. 613.80 that offers a health maintenance organization
2as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s.
3609.01 (3) is not a charitable and benevolent corporation.
AB150-ASA,2154,65
614.05
(1) Chapters 611
and 619
. No section of
chs.
ch. 611 or
subch. I of ch. 6619 applies to fraternals unless it is specifically made applicable by this chapter.
AB150-ASA,2154,13
8614.80 Tax exemption. Every domestic and nondomestic fraternal
, except
9those that offer a health maintenance organization as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a
10limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3) is exempt from all state,
11county, district, municipal and school taxes or fees, except the fees required by s.
12601.31 (2), but is required to pay all taxes and special assessments on its real estate
13and office equipment, except as provided in s. 70.11 (4) and (8).
AB150-ASA,2154,1915
616.74
(1) (c) A certificate from the secretary of state, if it is a nonprofit
16corporation, that it has complied with the corporation laws of this state; if it is a
17corporation the stock of which has been or is being sold to the general public, a
18certificate from the
commissioner division of securities that it has complied with the
19requirements of the securities law of this state.
AB150-ASA,2154,2221
619.10
(6) "Medical assistance" means health care benefits provided under
ss.
2249.45 to 49.47 subch. IV of ch. 49.
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619.12
(3) (b) Persons for whom deductible or coinsurance amounts are paid
25or reimbursed under ch. 47 for vocational rehabilitation, under s.
49.48 49.68 for
1renal disease, under s.
49.485 (8) 49.685 (8) for hemophilia or under s.
49.483 49.683 2for cystic fibrosis are not ineligible for coverage under the plan by reason of such
3payments or reimbursements.
AB150-ASA,2155,155
626.12
(3) Physical impairment. Rates or rating plans may not take into
6account the physical impairment of employes. Any employer who applies or
7promotes any oppressive plan of physical examination and rejection of employes or
8applicants for employment shall forfeit the right to experience rating. If the
9department of industry, labor and human relations determines that grounds exist for
10such forfeiture it shall file with the commissioner a certified copy of its findings,
11which shall automatically suspend any experience rating credit for the employer.
12The department shall make the determination as prescribed in
ss. 101.02 s. 103.005 13(5) (b) to (f), (6) to
(12) and (14) (11), (13) (b) to (d) and
101.03 (16), so far as such
14sections subsections are applicable, subject to review under ch. 227. Restoration of
15an employer to the advantages of experience rating shall be by the same procedure.
AB150-ASA,2156,817
628.04
(3) Classification and examination. The commissioner may by rule
18prescribe classifications of intermediaries in addition to agent and surplus lines
19agent or broker, by kind of authority, or kind of insurance, or in other ways, and may
20prescribe different standards of competence, including examinations and
21educational prerequisites, for each class. The commissioner may by rule set
22prelicensing and annual continuing education standards, but may not require a
23licensed intermediary to complete a course of study requiring more than
15 30 hours,
24per license, of approved continuing education, including continuing education
25programs approved by the commissioner and presented by the insurers, in any
1one-year 2-year period.
The commissioner may approve courses or programs that
2an applicant for an intermediary's license may attend to fulfill a prelicensing
3education requirement, or that a licensed intermediary may attend to fulfill a
4continuing education requirement, and may approve organizations that may offer
5approved courses or programs. The commissioner may, by rule, exempt any class of
6intermediaries from the continuing education requirements. So far as practicable,
7the commissioner shall issue a single license to each individual intermediary for a
8single fee.
AB150-ASA,2156,1810
628.10
(2) (a)
For failure to comply with continuing education requirements.
11The commissioner may by order suspend the license of any intermediary who fails
12to produce evidence of compliance with continuing education standards set by the
13commissioner.
If an intermediary whose license has been suspended under this
14paragraph produces evidence of compliance within 60 days after the date on which
15the license is suspended, the commissioner shall reinstate the license effective on the
16date of suspension. If such an intermediary does not produce evidence of compliance
17within 60 days, the license is revoked and the intermediary may be relicensed only
18after satisfying all requirements under s. 628.04.
AB150-ASA,2156,24
20628.11 Listing of insurance agents. An insurer shall report to the
21commissioner at such intervals as the commissioner establishes by rule all
22appointments
, including renewals of appointments, and all terminations of
23appointments of insurance agents to do business in this state, and shall pay the fees
24prescribed under s. 601.31 (1) (n).
AB150-ASA,2157,4
1632.10
(1) "Building and safety standards" means the requirements of chs. 101
2and 145 and of any rule promulgated by the department of
industry, labor and human
3relations development under ch. 101 or 145, and standards of a 1st class city relating
4to the health and safety of occupants of buildings.
AB150-ASA,2157,6
6632.72 (title)
Medical benefits or assistance; assignment.
AB150-ASA, s. 7043
7Section
7043. 632.72 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 632.72 (1r) and
8amended to read:
