Amendment AA2-ASA1-AB133

AB133-ASA1-AA2,122,16 39.88 Determinations by secretary of administration. The secretary of administration shall determine each of the following:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,122,19 (1) Whether the federal communications commission has approved the transfer of all broadcasting licenses held by the educational communications board to the broadcasting corporation.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,122,23 (2) If the secretary of administration determines that the federal communications commission has approved the transfer of all the broadcasting licences specified in sub. (1), the effective date of the transfer of the last license transferred to the broadcasting corporation.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,122,25 (3) Determine the date on which the articles of incorporation of the broadcasting corporation become effective under s. 180.0123.".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,123,1 407. Page 532, line 11: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,123,2 " Section 930wb. 40.02 (26) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,123,10 40.02 (26) (intro.) "Employe" means any person who receives earnings as payment for personal services rendered for the benefit of any employer including officers of the employer, except as provided in subch. X. An employe is deemed to have separated from the service of an employer at the end of the day on which the employe last performed services for the employer, or, if later, the day on which the employe-employer relationship is terminated because of the expiration or termination of leave without pay, sick leave, vacation or other leave of absence. A person shall not be considered an employe if a person:

AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 930wm Section 930wm. 40.02 (26) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 930wb, is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,123,20 40.02 (26) (intro.) "Employe" means any person who receives earnings as payment for personal services rendered for the benefit of any employer including officers of the employer, except as provided in subch. X. An employe is deemed to have separated from the service of an employer at the end of the day on which the employe last performed services for the employer, or, if later, the day on which the employe-employer relationship is terminated because of the expiration or termination of leave without pay, sick leave, vacation or other leave of absence. A person shall not be considered an employe if a person:".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,123,21 408. Page 532, line 11: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,123,22 " Section 930x. 40.02 (17) (n) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,124,8 40.02 (17) (n) Notwithstanding par. (d), each participant who is a sex offender registration specialist on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], shall be granted creditable service as a protective occupation participant for all covered service as a sex offender registration specialist that was earned on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], but may not be granted creditable service as a protective occupation participant for any covered service as a sex offender registration specialist that was earned before the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], unless that service was earned while the participant was classified under sub. (48) (a) and s. 40.06 (1) (d) as a protective occupation participant.".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,124,9 409. Page 532, line 12: before that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,124,10 " Section 930y. 40.02 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,124,19 40.02 (20) "Dependent" means the spouse, minor child, including stepchildren of the current marriage dependent on the employe 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 for each group insurance plan, except that the department may not promulgate a rule that includes within the definition of "dependent" any adult who resides with an employe and who is not related to the employe or the employe's spouse by blood, marriage or adoption.".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,124,20 410. Page 532, line 12: delete lines 12 to 20 and substitute:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,124,21 " Section 931b. 40.02 (28) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,125,6 40.02 (28) "Employer" means the state, including each state agency, any county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created within the state and any federated public library system established under s. 43.19 whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 500,000 or more, a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229 and a family care district created under s. 46.2895, except as provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3), or a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229 and subch. X. Each employer shall be a separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes.

AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 931c Section 931c. 40.02 (28) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 931b, is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,125,17 40.02 (28) "Employer" means the state, including each state agency, any county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created within the state and any federated public library system established under s. 43.19 whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 500,000 or more, a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229 and a family care district created under s. 46.2895, except as provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3) and subch. X. Each employer shall be a separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes.".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,125,18 411. Page 533, line 16: delete "or person" and substitute "or person".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,125,20 412. Page 533, line 17: after "(1)" insert "or sex offender registration specialist".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,125,21 413. Page 533, line 23: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,125,22 " Section 936c. 40.02 (48) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,126,10 40.02 (48) (c) In s. 40.65, "protective occupation participant" means a participating employe who is a police officer, fire fighter, an individual determined by a participating employer under par. (a) or (bm) to be a protective occupation participant, county undersheriff, deputy sheriff, state probation and parole officer, county traffic police officer, conservation warden, state forest ranger, field conservation employe of the department of natural resources who is subject to call for forest fire control or warden duty, member of the state traffic patrol, state motor vehicle inspector, university of Wisconsin system full-time police officer, guard or any other employe whose principal duties are supervision and discipline of inmates at a state penal institution, excise tax investigator employed by the department of revenue, person employed under s. 61.66 (1), or special criminal investigation agent employed by the department of justice or sex offender registration specialist.

AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 936r Section 936r. 40.02 (53m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,126,14 40.02 (53m) "Sex offender registration specialist" means an employe of the department of corrections whose primary duties require direct and ongoing contact with persons registered under s. 301.45 and with the public under s. 301.46.".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,126,15 414. Page 533, line 23: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,126,16 " Section 936s. 40.02 (54) (a) of the statutes is repealed.".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,126,18 415. Page 533, line 24: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 534, line 25.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,126,19 416. Page 535, line 6: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,126,20 " Section 941m. 40.22 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,126,22 40.22 (2) (c) The employe is excluded from participation by s. 40.02 (54) (a) or 40.21 (3) or (4).".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,126,24 417. Page 535, line 7: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 536, line 3.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,127,1 418. Page 536, line 3: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,127,2 " Section 941d. 40.51 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,127,6 40.51 (8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6) shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.72 (2), 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (3) to (5), 632.872, 632.895 (5m) and (8) to (13) and 632.896.

AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 941g Section 941g. 40.51 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,127,10 40.51 (8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.872 and 632.895 (11) to (13).".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,127,11 419. Page 536, line 3: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,127,12 " Section 939tc. 40.41 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,127,17 40.41 (6) (b) Services performed by a student or a member of a board or commission, except members of governing bodies, in a position or office which does not normally require actual performance of duty for at least 600 hours in each calendar year. For purposes of this paragraph, a "board" or "commission" is a body referred to in the statutes as a board or commission.

AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 939tr Section 939tr. 40.41 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,127,21 40.41 (6) (c) Service performed in the employ of a school, college or university, if the service is performed by a student who is enrolled and regularly attending classes at the school, college or university.".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,127,22 420. Page 536, line 3: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,127,23 " Section 944j. 40.56 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,128,4 40.56 Prohibited insurance coverage. The state may not provide any insurance coverage under this subchapter to an adult who resides with an employe and who is not related to the employe or the employe's spouse by blood, marriage or adoption.".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,128,5 421. Page 536, line 12: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,128,6 " Section 944r. 40.65 (4w) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,128,11 40.65 (4w) A sex offender registration specialist who becomes a protective occupation participant on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], is not entitled to a duty disability benefit under this section for an injury or disease occurring before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].".

AB133-ASA1-AA2,128,12 422. Page 536, line 13: before that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,128,14 " Section 944ym. Subchapter X of chapter 40 [precedes 40.98] of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,128,15 Chapter 40

AB133-ASA1-AA2,128,18 Subchapter X Private employer health Care coverage

AB133-ASA1-AA2,128,19 40.98 Health care coverage. (1) In this subchapter:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,128,24 (ag) "Abortion" means the use of an instrument, medicine, drug or other substance or device with intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant or for whom there is reason to believe that she may be pregnant and with intent other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the infant after live birth or to remove a dead fetus.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,129,1 (ar) "Board" means the private employer health care coverage board.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,129,5 (b) "Dependent" means a spouse, an unmarried child under the age of 19 years, an unmarried child who is a full-time student under the age of 21 years and who is financially dependent upon the parent, or an unmarried child of any age who is medically certified as disabled and who is dependent upon the parent.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,129,13 (c) "Employe" means any person who receives earnings as payment for personal services rendered for the benefit of any employer including officers of the employer. An employe is considered to have separated from the service of an employer at the end of the day on which the employe last performed services for the employer, or, if later, the day on which the employe-employer relationship is terminated because of the expiration or termination of leave without pay, sick leave, vacation or other leave of absence. A person shall not be considered an employe if any of the following applies:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,129,15 1. The person is employed under a contract involving the furnishing of more than personal services.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,129,19 2. The person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, business or profession providing the same type of services to more than one employer and the person's services to an employer are not compensated for on a payroll of that employer.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,129,21 3. The person is a patient or inmate of a hospital, home or institution and performs services in the hospital, home or institution.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,129,24 (d) "Employer" means any person doing business or operating an organization in this state and employing at least 2 employes. "Employer" does not include an employer as defined in s. 40.02 (28).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,130,2 (e) "Health care coverage program" means the health care coverage program established under sub. (2) (a).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,130,3 (f) "Insurer" has the meaning given in s. 600.03 (27).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,130,5 (g) "Nontherapeutic abortion" means an abortion that is not directly and medically necessary to prevent the death of the woman.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,130,13 (2) (a) 1. The department shall design an actuarially sound health care coverage program for employers that includes more than one group health care coverage plan and that provides coverage beginning not later than June 30, 2002. The health care coverage program shall be known as the "Private Employer Health Care Purchasing Alliance". In designing the health care coverage program, the department shall consult with the office of the commissioner of insurance. The health care coverage program may not be implemented until it is approved by the board.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,131,2 2. The department shall solicit and accept bids and make every reasonable effort to enter into a contract for the administration of the health care coverage plans under the program, based on criteria established by the board. If the department has not entered into a contract for the administration of the health care coverage plans under the program for coverage to begin before June 30, 2002, the department shall submit a report to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance specifying the department's reasons for not entering into a contract. After submitting the report to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance and after receiving the approval of the board, the department shall provide all administrative services necessary for the provision of the health care coverage plans under the program. During the period that the department is providing the administrative services, the department shall continue to make every reasonable effort to contract for the administration of the health care coverage plans under the program.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,131,6 3. The administrator selected under subd. 2., or the department if no administrator has been selected under subd. 2., shall enter into contracts with insurers who are to provide health care coverage under the health care coverage program.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,131,8 4. The department shall solicit and accept bids and shall enter into a contract for marketing the health care coverage program.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,131,10 5. The department shall maintain a toll-free telephone number to provide information on the health care coverage program.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,131,14 (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., every health care coverage plan under the health care coverage program is subject to the provisions of chs. 600 to 646 that apply to group health benefit plans, as defined in s. 632.745 (9), to the same extent as any other group health benefit plan, as defined in s. 632.745 (9).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,131,18 2. Notwithstanding ss. 632.85, 632.87 (2), (3), (4) and (5), 632.89 and 632.895 (2), (3), (4), (5), (5m), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13), and subject to subd. 3., the department may include in the health care coverage program one or more health care coverage plans that do not include one or more of the following coverages:

AB133-ASA1-AA2,131,20 a. Coverage related to treatment of an emergency medical condition, as required under s. 632.85.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,131,22 b. Coverage of vision care provided by an optometrist, as required under s. 632.87 (2).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,131,23 c. Coverage of chiropractic services, as required under s. 632.87 (3).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,131,25 d. Coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of a condition by a dentist, as required under s. 632.87 (4).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,2 e. Coverage of Papanicolaou tests performed by a nurse practitioner, as required under s. 632.87 (5).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,4 f. Coverage of the treatment of alcoholism and nervous and mental disorders, as required under s. 632.89.

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,5 g. Coverage of home care, as required under s. 632.895 (2).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,6 h. Coverage of skilled nursing care, as required under s. 632.895 (3).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,7 i. Coverage of kidney disease treatment, as required under s. 632.895 (4).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,8 j. Coverage for a newly born child, as required under s. 632.895 (5).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,9 k. Coverage for a child of a covered child, as required under s. 632.895 (5m).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,10 L. Coverage of diabetes treatment, as required under s. 632.895 (6).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,11 m. Maternity coverage, as required under s. 632.895 (7).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,12 n. Coverage of mammograms, as required under s. 632.895 (8).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,14 o. Coverage of prescription medication for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection, as required under s. 632.895 (9).

AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,15 p. Coverage of blood lead tests for children, as required under s. 632.895 (10).