SB44-SSA1,459,2 23(4) Payment. (a) Required with application. Except as provided in par. (b), the
24department may not accept an application for the purchase of creditable service
25without payment in full of the department's estimated cost of creditable service

1accompanying the application. A participating employee may also do any of the
2following:
SB44-SSA1,459,43 1. Use his or her accumulated after-tax additional contributions that are made
4under s. 40.05 (1) (a) 5., including interest, to make payment.
SB44-SSA1,459,85 2. Use his or her accumulated contributions, including interest, to a tax
6sheltered annuity under section 403 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, to make
7payment, but only if the participating employee's plan under section 403 (b) of the
8Internal Revenue Code authorizes the transfer.
SB44-SSA1,459,149 (b) Alternate payment options. Notwithstanding par. (a), the department may
10accept an application under this section without full payment if payment of at least
1110% of the department's estimate of the cost of the creditable service is included with
12the application, in the manner required under par. (a), and the remaining balance
13is received by the department no later than 90 days after receipt of the application,
14in the form of a plan-to-plan transfer under sub. (5) (b).
SB44-SSA1,460,315 (c) Final cost calculation for purchase of creditable service. The department
16may audit any transaction to purchase creditable service under this subsection and
17make any necessary correction to the estimated cost of purchasing the creditable
18service to reflect the amount due under sub. (2). Except as otherwise provided in sub.
19(7), if the department determines that the final amount that is due is more than the
20amount paid to the department, the department shall notify the participant of the
21amount of the shortfall. If payment of the amount of the shortfall is not received by
22the department within 30 calendar days after the date on which the department
23sends notice to the participant, the department shall complete the creditable service
24purchase transaction by prorating the amount of creditable service that is purchased
25based on the payment amount actually received and shall notify the participant of

1the amount and category of service that is credited. The department, by rule, shall
2specify how a forfeited service purchase is prorated when the participant forfeited
3service under more than one category of employment under s. 40.23 (2m) (e).
SB44-SSA1,460,94 (d) Treatment of amounts to purchase creditable service. All amounts retained
5by the department for the purchase of creditable service under sub. (2) shall be
6credited and treated as employee required contributions for all purposes of the
7Wisconsin retirement system, except that amounts received for the purchase of
8creditable service under sub. (2) (b) may not be used for the purpose of making
9calculations under s. 40.23 (3) or 40.73 (1) (am).
SB44-SSA1,460,13 10(5) Transfer of funds; plan-to-plan transfers. (a) Transfer from certain
11benefit plans.
Subject to any applicable limitations under the Internal Revenue
12Code, a participating employee may elect to use part or all of any of the following to
13purchase creditable service under this section:
SB44-SSA1,460,1514 1. Accumulated after-tax additional contributions, including interest, made
15under s. 40.05 (1) (a) 5.
SB44-SSA1,460,1816 2. Accumulated contributions treated by the department as contributions to a
17tax sheltered annuity under section 403 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, but only
18if the employer sponsoring the annuity plan authorizes the transfer.
SB44-SSA1,460,2019 (b) Other plan-to-plan transfers. The department may also accept a plan to
20plan transfer from any of the following:
SB44-SSA1,460,2221 1. Accumulated contributions under a state deferred compensation plan under
22subch. VII.
SB44-SSA1,460,25232. The trustee of any plan qualified under sections 401 (a) or (k), 403 (b), or 457
24of the Internal Revenue Code, but only if the purpose of the transfer is to purchase
25creditable service under this section.
SB44-SSA1,461,13
1(c) Payment shortfall. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (7), if the
2department determines that the amount paid to the department to purchase
3creditable service under this subsection, together with the amount transferred
4under a plan-to-plan transfer, is less than the amount that is required to purchase
5the creditable service, the department shall notify the participant of the amount of
6the shortfall. If payment of the amount of the shortfall is not received by the
7department within 30 calendar days after the date on which the department sends
8notice to the participant, the department shall complete the creditable service
9purchase transaction by prorating the amount of creditable service that is purchased
10based on the payment amount actually received and shall notify the participant of
11the amount and category of service that is credited. The department, by rule, shall
12specify how a forfeited service purchase is prorated when the participant forfeited
13service under more than one category of employment under s. 40.23 (2m) (e).
SB44-SSA1,461,24 14(6) Refunds. Except as provided in sub. (7), if the department determines that
15the amount paid to the department to purchase creditable service, including any
16amount in a plan-to-plan transfer, is greater than the amount that is required to
17purchase the creditable service, as determined by the department, the department
18shall refund the difference. The department shall pay any refund to the participant,
19up to the amount received from the participant. Any remaining amount shall be
20returned to the applicable account in the trust fund for transfers under sub. (5) (a)
21or to the trustee of a plan which was the source of a plan-to-plan transfer under sub.
22(5) (b). When more than one plan-to-plan transfer occurs, the department may
23determine which transfer is to be refunded, in whole or part. No funds transferred
24to the department by a plan-to-plan transfer may be refunded to a participant.
SB44-SSA1,462,4
1(7) Limit on payment of corrections. The department may not require a
2participant to pay any shortfall under sub. (4) (c) or (5) (c) that is $25 or less. The
3department may not pay any refund under sub. (6) if the amount of the refund is $25
4or less.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1026 5Section 1026. 40.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,462,146 40.51 (6) This state shall offer to all of its employees at least 2 insured or
7uninsured health care coverage plans providing substantially equivalent hospital
8and medical benefits, including a health maintenance organization or a preferred
9provider plan, if those health care plans are determined by the group insurance
10board to be available in the area of the place of employment and are approved by the
11group insurance board. The group insurance board shall place each of the plans into
12one of 3 tiers established in accordance with standards adopted by the group
13insurance board. The tiers shall be separated according to the employee's share of
14premium costs.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1026e 15Section 1026e. 40.51 (10m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,462,2316 40.51 (10m) Any eligible employee, as defined in s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6e. and 6g.,
17may become covered under any health care coverage plan offered under sub. (6),
18without furnishing evidence of insurability, by submitting to the department, on a
19form provided by the department and within 30 days after the date on which the
20department receives the employee's application for a retirement annuity or for a
21lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1), an election to obtain the coverage, by obtaining
22coverage subject to contractual waiting periods and by paying the cost of the required
23premiums, as provided in s. 40.05 (4) (ad).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1026r 24Section 1026r. 40.53 of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,462,25 2540.53 Pharmacy benefits purchasing pool. (1) In this section:
SB44-SSA1,463,1
1(a) "Brand name" has the meaning given in s. 450.12 (1) (a).
SB44-SSA1,463,42 (b) "Eligible party" means an employer, other than the state, or a person doing
3business or operating an organization in this state, including a self-employed
4individual.
SB44-SSA1,463,55 (c) "Generic name" has the meaning given in s. 450.12 (1) (b).
SB44-SSA1,463,66 (d) "Prescription drug" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (20).
SB44-SSA1,463,16 7(2) Beginning on January 1, 2005, the group insurance board shall develop a
8purchasing pool for pharmacy benefits that uses a preferred list of covered
9prescription drugs. The pool shall consist of the state and any eligible party that
10satisfies the conditions established under sub. (3) for joining the pool. The group
11insurance board shall seek to develop the preferred list of covered prescription drugs
12under an evidence-based analysis that first identifies the relative effectiveness of
13prescription drugs within therapeutic classes for particular diseases and conditions
14and next identifies the least costly prescription drugs, including prescription drugs
15with generic names that are alternatives to prescription drugs with brand names,
16among those found to be equally effective.
SB44-SSA1,464,2 17(3) The group insurance board shall propose conditions that an eligible party
18must satisfy to join the purchasing pool established under sub. (2) and shall submit
19the proposed conditions to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of
20the committee do not notify the group insurance board within 14 working days after
21the date of the group insurance board's submittal that the committee has scheduled
22a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed conditions, the conditions may
23be implemented as proposed by the group insurance board. If, within 14 working
24days after the date of the group insurance board's submittal, the cochairpersons of
25the committee notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled

1a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed conditions, the conditions may
2be implemented only upon approval of the committee.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1026t 3Section 1026t. 40.95 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,464,104 40.95 (1) (a) (intro.) Subject to sub. (2), the department shall administer a
5program that provides health insurance premium credits for the purchase of health
6insurance for a retired employee, or the retired employee's surviving insured
7dependents, and for an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6e., or the eligible
8employee's surviving insured dependents,
for the benefit of an eligible employee
9whose compensation includes such health insurance premium credits and who
10satisfies at least one of the following:
SB44-SSA1, s. 1027 11Section 1027. 40.98 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,464,1712 40.98 (2) (h) The department may seek funding from any person for the
13payment of costs of designing, marketing, and contracting for or providing
14administrative services under the health care coverage program and for lapsing to
15the general fund any amount required under sub. (6m)
. Any moneys received by the
16department under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account
17under s. 20.515 (2) (g).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1028 18Section 1028. 40.98 (6m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1030 19Section 1030. 43.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,464,2520 43.24 (1) (c) Beginning in the fiscal year in which the total amount of state aid
21appropriated for public library systems under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm), as
22determined by the department, equals at least 11.25% of the total operating
23expenditures for public library services from local and county sources in the calendar
24year ending in that fiscal year, the amount paid to each system shall be determined
25by adding the result of each of the following calculations:
SB44-SSA1,465,2
11. Multiply the system's percentage of the state's population by the product of
2the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm) and 0.85.
SB44-SSA1,465,43 2. Multiply the system's percentage of the state's geographical area by the
4product of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm) and 0.075.
SB44-SSA1,465,105 3. Divide the sum of the payments to the municipalities and counties in the
6system under subch. I of ch. 79 for the current fiscal year, as reflected in the
7statement of estimated payments under s. 79.015, by the total of all payments under
8subch. I of ch. 79 for the current fiscal year, as reflected in the statement of estimated
9payments under s. 79.015, and multiply the result by the product of the amount
10appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm) and 0.075.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1031 11Section 1031. 43.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,466,412 43.24 (3) Annually, the division shall review the reports and proposed service
13plans submitted by the public library systems under s. 43.17 (5) for conformity with
14this chapter and such rules and standards as are applicable. Upon approval, the
15division shall certify to the department of administration an estimated amount to
16which each system is entitled under this section. Annually on or before December
171 of the year immediately preceding the year for which aids are to be paid, the
18department of administration shall pay each system 75% of the certified estimated
19amount from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm). The
20division shall, on or before the following April 30, certify to the department of
21administration the actual amount to which the system is entitled under this section.
22On or before July 1, the department of administration shall pay each system the
23difference between the amount paid on December 1 of the prior year and the certified
24actual amount of aid to which the system is entitled from the appropriation
25appropriations under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm). The division may reduce state aid

1payments when any system or any participant thereof fails to meet the requirements
2of sub. (2). Beginning September 1, 1991, the division may reduce state aid payments
3to any system if the system or any participant in the system fails to meet the
4requirements of s. 43.15 (4).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1032 5Section 1032. 43.24 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,466,86 43.24 (3m) If the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and (qm)
7in any one year is are insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (1), state aid
8payments shall be prorated among the library systems entitled to such aid.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1033 9Section 1033. 43.70 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,466,2410 43.70 (3) Immediately upon making such apportionment, the state
11superintendent shall certify to the department of administration the estimated
12amount that each school district is entitled to receive under this section and shall
13notify each school district administrator of the estimated amount so certified for his
14or her school district. The department of administration shall issue its warrants
15upon which the state treasurer shall
distribute each school district's aid entitlement
16in one payment on or before May 1. The amount paid to each school district shall be
17based upon the amount in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (s) on April
1815. All moneys distributed under this section shall be expended for the purchase of
19instructional materials from the state historical society for use in teaching Wisconsin
20history and for the purchase of library books and other instructional materials for
21school libraries, but not for public library facilities operated by school districts under
22s. 43.52, in accordance with rules promulgated by the state superintendent.
23Appropriate records of such purchases shall be kept and necessary reports thereon
24shall be made to the state superintendent.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1034 25Section 1034. Chapter 44 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,467,5
1CHAPTER 44
2 HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, and ARTS
3 BOARD and technology for
4 educational achievement in
5 Wisconsin board
SB44-SSA1, s. 1034s 6Section 1034s. 44.53 (1) (fm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1034t 7Section 1034t. 44.53 (2) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1035 8Section 1035. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 44 [precedes 44.70] of the
9statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1036d 10Section 1036d. 44.70 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (intro.).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1037 11Section 1037. 44.70 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1038d 12Section 1038d. 44.70 (1d) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (1d).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1039d 13Section 1039d. 44.70 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (1m).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1040 14Section 1040. 44.70 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1041d 15Section 1041d. 44.70 (2g) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (2g) and
16amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,467,2117 16.99 (2g) "Educational agency" means a school district, charter school
18sponsor, secured correctional facility, private school, cooperative educational service
19agency, technical college district, private college, public library system, public library
20board, public museum, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired,
21or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1042d 22Section 1042d. 44.70 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (3).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1043d 23Section 1043d. 44.70 (3d) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (3d).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1044d 24Section 1044d. 44.70 (3g) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (3g).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1045d 25Section 1045d. 44.70 (3j) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (3j).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1046d
1Section 1046d. 44.70 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (3m).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1047d 2Section 1047d. 44.70 (3r) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (3r).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1048d 3Section 1048d. 44.70 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (4).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1049d 4Section 1049d. 44.70 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (5).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1050d 5Section 1050d. 44.70 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (6).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1051 6Section 1051. 44.71 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1052 7Section 1052. 44.71 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1053d 8Section 1053d. 44.71 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (intro.)
9and amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,468,11 1016.993 Duties Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin;
11departmental duties
. (intro.) The board department shall do all of the following:
SB44-SSA1, s. 1054d 12Section 1054d. 44.71 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (1) and
13amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,468,1914 16.993 (1) In cooperation with school districts, cooperative educational service
15agencies, the technical college system board, and the board of regents of the
16University of Wisconsin System and the department, promote the efficient,
17cost-effective procurement, installation, and maintenance of educational technology
18by school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, technical college
19districts, and the University of Wisconsin System.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1055d 20Section 1055d. 44.71 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (2).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1056d 21Section 1056d. 44.71 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (3) and
22amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,469,223 16.993 (3) With the consent of the department, enter Enter into cooperative
24purchasing agreements under s. 16.73 (1) under which participating school districts

1and cooperative educational service agencies may contract for their professional
2employees to receive training concerning the effective use of educational technology.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1057d 3Section 1057d. 44.71 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (4) and
4amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,469,95 16.993 (4) In cooperation with the board of regents of the University of
6Wisconsin System, the technical college system board, the department of public
7instruction
and other entities, support the development of courses for the instruction
8of professional employees who are licensed by the state superintendent of public
9instruction concerning the effective use of educational technology.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1058d 10Section 1058d. 44.71 (2) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (5) and
11amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,469,1412 16.993 (5) Subject to s. 44.73 (5), in cooperation with the department, provide
13Provide telecommunications access to educational agencies under the program
14established under s. 44.73 16.997.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1059d 15Section 1059d. 44.71 (2) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (6) and
16amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,469,2017 16.993 (6) No later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, submit a
18biennial report concerning the board's department's activities under this subchapter
19to the governor, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under
20s. 13.172 (3).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1060d 21Section 1060d. 44.71 (2) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (7) and
22amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,470,623 16.993 (7) Coordinate the purchasing of Purchase educational technology
24materials, supplies, equipment, and contractual services for school districts,
25cooperative educational service agencies, technical college districts, and the board

1of regents of the University of Wisconsin System by the department under s. 16.72
2(8), and, in cooperation with the department and subject to the approval of the
3department of electronic government,
establish standards and specifications for
4purchases of educational technology hardware and software by school districts,
5cooperative educational service agencies, technical college districts, and the board
6of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1061d 7Section 1061d. 44.71 (2) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (8) and
8amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,470,159 16.993 (8) With the approval of the department of electronic government,
10purchase
Purchase educational technology equipment for use by school districts,
11cooperative educational service agencies, and public educational institutions in this
12state and permit the districts, agencies, and institutions to purchase or lease the
13equipment, with an option to purchase the equipment at a later date. This paragraph
14subsection does not require the purchase or lease of any educational technology
15equipment from the board department.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1062d 16Section 1062d. 44.71 (2) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 16.993 (9).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1063 17Section 1063. 44.71 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1064 18Section 1064. 44.72 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1065 19Section 1065. 44.72 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1066 20Section 1066. 44.72 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
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