AB75-ASA1,433,2117 40.05 (5) Income continuation insurance premiums. (intro.) For the income
18continuation insurance provided under subch. V the employee shall pay the amount
19remaining after the employer has contributed the following or, if different, the
20amount determined under a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I or, V, or
21VI
of ch. 111 or s. 230.12 or 233.10:
AB75-ASA1, s. 791 22Section 791. 40.05 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,433,2523 40.05 (5) (b) 4. The accrual and crediting of sick leave shall be determined in
24accordance with ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10 and 757.02 (5) and subch. I
25or, V, or VI of ch. 111.
AB75-ASA1, s. 792
1Section 792. 40.05 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,434,92 40.05 (6) (a) Except as otherwise provided in accordance with a collective
3bargaining agreement under subch. I or, V, or VI of ch. 111 or s. 230.12 or 233.10, each
4insured employee under the age of 70 and annuitant under the age of 65 shall pay
5for group life insurance coverage a sum, approved by the group insurance board,
6which shall not exceed 60 cents monthly for each $1,000 of group life insurance,
7based upon the last amount of insurance in force during the month for which
8earnings are paid. The equivalent premium may be fixed by the group insurance
9board if the annual compensation is paid in other than 12 monthly installments.
AB75-ASA1, s. 792b 10Section 792b. 40.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,434,1311 40.07 (1) Notwithstanding any other statutory provision, individual personal
12information in the records of the department is not a public record and shall not be
13disclosed except as provided in this section and s. 40.03 (2) (im).
AB75-ASA1, s. 792d 14Section 792d. 40.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,434,1715 40.07 (3) The Except as provided in sub. (4) (b), the department shall not
16furnish lists of participants, annuitants or beneficiaries to any person or
17organization except as required for the proper administration of the department.
AB75-ASA1, s. 792g 18Section 792g. 40.07 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,434,2119 40.07 (4) (a) An employee or retiree organization or affiliated entity eligible to
20receive voluntary payments under s. 40.03 (2) (im) may mail printed information and
21membership materials to annuitants using the procedure under par. (b).
AB75-ASA1,435,522 (b) At the request of an employee or retiree organization or affiliated entity
23eligible to receive voluntary payments under s. 40.03 (2) (im), the department shall
24select a vendor to mail to annuitants any printed information and membership
25materials for the organization or entity and shall provide that vendor with a list of

1names and mailing addresses of all annuitants. The department shall identify the
2total number of annuitants to the organization or entity and the organization or
3entity shall provide the vendor any printed information and membership materials
4to mail to the annuitants. The organization or entity shall pay to the vendor all costs
5for mailing the printed information and any membership materials.
AB75-ASA1,435,106 (c) The vendor may not provide the names or address of any annuitant to any
7person, including the organization or entity. After mailing the printed information
8and any membership materials to the annuitants, on behalf of the organization or
9entity, the vendor shall return the list of annuitant names and mailing addresses to
10the department and may not retain any copies of the list.
AB75-ASA1, s. 792h 11Section 792h. 40.08 (1j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,435,1512 40.08 (1j) Voluntary payments to employee or retiree organizations and
13affiliated entities.
Notwithstanding sub. (1), an annuitant may have the
14department deduct from his or her annuity monthly voluntary payments to an
15employee or retiree organization or affiliated entity under s. 40.03 (2) (im).
AB75-ASA1, s. 793 16Section 793. 40.08 (8) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,436,217 40.08 (8) (a) 4. The former spouse or domestic partner of a participant who is
18an alternate payee and whom the department cannot locate by reasonable efforts,
19with such efforts beginning by the end of the month in which the participant attains,
20or would have attained, the age of 65, shall be considered to have abandoned all
21benefits under the Wisconsin retirement system on the date on which the participant
22attains, or would have attained, the age of 70. The department shall close the
23alternate payee's account and shall transfer the moneys in the account to the
24employer accumulation reserve. The department shall restore the alternate payee's
25account and shall debit the employer accumulation reserve accordingly if the

1alternate payee subsequently applies for retirement benefits under this chapter
2before the participant attains or would have attained the age of 80.
AB75-ASA1, s. 793g 3Section 793g. 40.08 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,436,124 40.08 (8) (c) The department shall publish a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, in
5the official state paper
on the department's Web site for a reasonable period of time
6stating the names of persons presumed to have died intestate, without heirs or
7beneficiary, or whose accounts are presumed to be abandoned under par. (a), and the
8fact that a benefit will be paid, if applied for within the time limits under par. (a) and
9if the participant, alternate payee or other person offers proof satisfactory to the
10department that the participant, alternate payee or other person is entitled to the
11benefit. Such proof shall include, but is not limited to, evidence that the participant
12died and that the person is the beneficiary under s. 40.02 (8).
AB75-ASA1, s. 794 13Section 794. 40.08 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,436,1914 40.08 (9) Payments of benefits to minors and individuals found incompetent.
15In any case in which a benefit amount becomes payable to a minor or to an individual
16adjudicated incompetent, the department may waive guardianship proceedings, and
17pay the benefit to the person providing for or caring for the minor, or to the spouse
18or domestic partner, parent, or other relative by blood or adoption providing for or
19caring for the individual adjudicated incompetent.
AB75-ASA1, s. 794r 20Section 794r. 40.22 (2) (m) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act
2115
, is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,437,322 40.22 (2) (m) Notwithstanding sub. (3m), the employee was formerly employed
23by Milwaukee County, is a state employee described in s. 49.825 (4) or 49.826 (4), and
24elects to remain a covered employee under the retirement system established under
25chapter 201, laws of 1937, pursuant to s. 49.825 (4) (c) or 49.826 (4) (c). This

1paragraph shall not apply if the employee remains a state employee, but is no longer
2performing services for the Milwaukee County enrollment services unit under s.
349.825 or the child care provider services unit under s. 49.826.
AB75-ASA1, s. 795 4Section 795. 40.22 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,437,85 40.22 (2m) (a) At least one year for at least one-third of what is considered
6full-time employment by the department, as determined by rule, or, for an
7educational support personnel employee, at least one year for at least one-third of
8what is considered full-time employment for a teacher
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 796 9Section 796. 40.23 (2m) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,437,2210 40.23 (2m) (fm) Notwithstanding s. 40.02 (17) (intro.), for purposes of
11determining creditable service under par. (f) 2., participants with at least 0.75 of a
12year
a participant's amount of creditable service in any annual earnings period shall
13be treated as having one year the amount of creditable service that a teacher would
14earn
for that annual earnings period. To be eligible for the treatment provided by
15this paragraph, the participant must have earned only a partial year of creditable
16service in at least 5 of the 10 annual earnings periods immediately preceding the
17annual earnings period in which the participant terminated covered employment,
18and the participant must notify the department of the applicability of this paragraph
19to the participant's service. The participant is not eligible for the treatment provided
20by this paragraph if such notification is provided by the participant later than 60
21days after the participant's annuity effective date
. This paragraph does not apply
22to service credited under s. 40.02 (15) or to creditable service as a teacher.
AB75-ASA1, s. 797 23Section 797. 40.23 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,438,224 40.23 (4) (e) 1. Subject to subds. 2. to 4., if a participant dies before the
25distribution of benefits has commenced and the participant's beneficiary is the

1spouse or domestic partner, the department shall begin the distribution within 5
2years after the date of the participant's death.
AB75-ASA1,438,63 2. If the spouse or domestic partner files a subsequent beneficiary designation
4with the department, the payment of the distribution may be deferred until the
5January 1 of the year in which the participant would have attained the age of 70.5
6years.
AB75-ASA1,438,97 3. If the spouse or domestic partner does not apply for a distribution, the
8distribution shall begin as an automatic distribution as provided under subd. 1. or
9under par. (c), whichever distribution date is earlier.
AB75-ASA1,438,1210 4. If the spouse or domestic partner dies, but has designated a new beneficiary,
11the birth date of the spouse or domestic partner shall be used for the purposes of
12determining the required beginning date.
AB75-ASA1,438,1513 5. The department shall specify by rule all procedures relating to an automatic
14distribution to the spouse or domestic partner. These rules shall comply with the
15internal revenue code.
AB75-ASA1, s. 798 16Section 798. 40.23 (4) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,438,1917 40.23 (4) (f) (intro.) If a participant dies before the distribution of benefits has
18commenced and the participant's beneficiary is not the spouse or domestic partner,
19the beneficiary shall do one of the following:
AB75-ASA1, s. 799 20Section 799. 40.24 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,439,921 40.24 (7) (a) (intro.) Any participant who has been married to the same spouse,
22or in a domestic partnership with the same domestic partner,
for at least one year
23immediately preceding the participant's annuity effective date shall elect the
24annuity option under sub. (1) (d), the annuity option under sub. (1) (e), if the reduced
25annuity under sub. (1) (e) is payable in an optional life form provided under sub. (1)

1(d), or an annuity option in a form provided by rule, if the annuity is payable for life
2with monthly payments of at least 75% of the amount of the annuity to be continued
3to the beneficiary, for life, upon the death of the participant, and the participant shall
4designate the spouse or domestic partner as the beneficiary, unless the participant's
5application for a retirement annuity in a different optional annuity form is signed
6by both the participant and the participant's spouse or domestic partner or unless the
7participant establishes to the satisfaction of the department that, by reason of
8absence or other inability, the spouse's or domestic partner's signature may not be
9obtained. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
AB75-ASA1, s. 800 10Section 800. 40.24 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,439,2211 40.24 (7) (b) In administering this subsection, the secretary may require the
12participant to provide the department with a certification of the participant's marital
13or domestic partnership status and of the validity of the spouse's or domestic
14partner's
signature. If a participant is exempted from the requirements under par.
15(a) on the basis of a certification which the department or a court subsequently
16determines to be invalid, the liability of the fund and the department shall be limited
17to a conversion of annuity options at the time the certification is determined to be
18invalid. The conversion shall be from the present value of the annuity in the optional
19form originally elected by the participant to an annuity with the same present value
20but in the optional form under sub. (1) (d) and with monthly payments of 100% of the
21amount of the annuity paid to the annuitant to be continued to the spouse or domestic
22partner
beneficiary.
AB75-ASA1, s. 801 23Section 801. 40.25 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,440,724 40.25 (3m) A participant's application for a lump sum payment under sub. (1)
25(b) or (2), filed after May 7, 1994, shall be signed by both the participant and the

1participant's spouse or domestic partner, if the participant has been married to that
2spouse, or in a domestic partnership with that domestic partner, for at least one year
3immediately preceding the date the application is filed. The department may
4promulgate rules that allow for the waiver of the requirements of this subsection for
5a situation in which, by reason of absence or incompetency, the spouse's or domestic
6partner's
signature may not be obtained. This subsection does not apply to any
7benefits paid from accumulated additional contributions.
AB75-ASA1, s. 801m 8Section 801m. 40.51 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,440,219 40.51 (2m) (a) In addition to the restriction under par. (b), a domestic partner
10of an eligible employee may not become covered under a group health insurance plan
11under this subchapter unless the eligible employee submits an affidavit, designed by
12the group insurance board, attesting that the eligible employee and his or her
13domestic partner satisfy the requirements for a domestic partnership under s. 40.02
14(21d). The eligible employee shall submit this affidavit to his or her employer at the
15time the eligible employee first enrolls in a group health insurance plan under this
16subchapter or at the time the eligible employee requests a change in dependent
17status while the eligible employee is enrolled in a group health insurance plan under
18this subchapter. Upon the dissolution of a domestic partnership, the eligible
19employee shall submit in a timely manner to his or her employer an affidavit,
20designed by the group insurance board, attesting to the dissolution of the domestic
21partnership.
AB75-ASA1,440,2522 (b) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in a dissolved
23domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse or domestic
24partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6 months have
25elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership.
AB75-ASA1, s. 801r
1Section 801r. 40.51 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 14,
2is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,441,63 40.51 (8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6)
4shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.746 (1) to (8)
5and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (3) to
6(6), 632.895 (5m) and (8) to (16) (17), and 632.896.
AB75-ASA1, s. 801t 7Section 801t. 40.51 (8m) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 14,
8is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,441,119 40.51 (8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance
10board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95, 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747,
11632.748, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, and 632.895 (11) to (16) (17).
AB75-ASA1, s. 802 12Section 802. 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,441,2513 40.52 (2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated,
14with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits
15under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled.
16Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be
17established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for
18the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age
19limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions
20for spouses, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan
21established under this subchapter where one spouse or domestic partner is eligible
22under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others are not
23eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department
24may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal
25health insurance.
AB75-ASA1, s. 803
1Section 803. 40.53 of the statutes is renumbered 146.45, and 146.45 (2) and
2(3), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,442,123 146.45 (2) The group insurance board department shall develop a purchasing
4pool for pharmacy benefits that uses a preferred list of covered prescription drugs.
5The pool shall consist of the state and any eligible party that satisfies the conditions
6established under sub. (3) for joining the pool. The group insurance board
7department shall seek to develop the preferred list of covered prescription drugs
8under an evidence-based analysis that first identifies the relative effectiveness of
9prescription drugs within therapeutic classes for particular diseases and conditions
10and next identifies the least costly prescription drugs, including prescription drugs
11with generic names that are alternatives to prescription drugs with brand names,
12among those found to be equally effective.
AB75-ASA1,442,14 13(3) The group insurance board department shall propose conditions that an
14eligible party must satisfy to join the purchasing pool established under sub. (2).
AB75-ASA1, s. 804 15Section 804. 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,442,2316 40.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group
17insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state
18annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office
19of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under
20contracts established by the group insurance board if the insurer requests that the
21policy be offered and the state shall also allow an eligible employee or a state
22annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse, domestic partner, or
23parent.
AB75-ASA1, s. 805 24Section 805. 40.62 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 15,
25is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,443,4
140.62 (2) Sick leave accumulation shall be determined in accordance with rules
2of the department, any collective bargaining agreement under subch. I or, V, or VI
3of ch. 111, and ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 49.825 (4) (d), 49.826 (4) (d), 230.35 (2), 233.10,
4757.02 (5) and 978.12 (3).
AB75-ASA1, s. 806 5Section 806. 40.65 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,443,86 40.65 (5) (b) 1. Any OASDHI benefit payable to the participant or the
7participant's spouse, domestic partner, or a dependent because of the participant's
8work record.
AB75-ASA1, s. 807 9Section 807. 40.65 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,443,1410 40.65 (5) (c) The Wisconsin retirement board may not reduce a participant's
11benefit because of income or benefits that are attributable to the earnings or work
12record of the participant's spouse, domestic partner, or other member of the
13participant's family, or because of income or benefits attributable to an insurance
14contract, including income continuation programs.
AB75-ASA1, s. 808 15Section 808. 40.65 (7) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,443,2016 40.65 (7) (am) (intro.) This paragraph applies to benefits based on applications
17filed on or after May 3, 1988. If a protective occupation participant dies as a result
18of an injury or a disease for which a benefit is paid or would be payable under sub.
19(4), and the participant is survived by a spouse, domestic partner, or an unmarried
20child under the age of 18, a monthly benefit shall be paid as follows:
AB75-ASA1, s. 809 21Section 809. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,444,322 40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the
23surviving spouse remarries or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new
24domestic partnership or marries
, if the spouse was married to the participant on the
25date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in

1a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was
2disabled under sub. (4)
, 50% of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death,
3but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB75-ASA1, s. 810 4Section 810. 40.65 (7) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,444,105 40.65 (7) (am) 2. To a guardian for each of that guardian's wards who is an
6unmarried surviving child under the age of 18, 10% of the participant's monthly
7salary at the time of death, payable until the child marries, dies or reaches the age
8of 18, whichever occurs first. The marital or domestic partnership status of the
9surviving spouse or domestic partner shall have no effect on the payments under this
10subdivision.
AB75-ASA1, s. 811 11Section 811. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,444,1712 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. This paragraph applies to benefits based on applications filed
13on or after May 12, 1998. If a protective occupation participant, who is covered by
14the presumption under s. 891.455, dies as a result of an injury or a disease for which
15a benefit is paid or would be payable under sub. (4), and the participant is survived
16by a spouse, domestic partner, or an unmarried child under the age of 18, a monthly
17benefit shall be paid as follows:
AB75-ASA1,444,2418 a. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the surviving spouse or
19domestic partner
remarries or enters into a new domestic partnership, if the
20surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was
21disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with
22the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4)
, 70% of
23the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount
24payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB75-ASA1,445,5
1b. If there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner or the surviving spouse
2or domestic partner subsequently dies, to a guardian for each of that guardian's
3wards who is an unmarried surviving child under the age of 18, 10% of the
4participant's monthly salary at the time of death, payable until the child marries,
5dies or reaches the age of 18, whichever occurs first.
AB75-ASA1, s. 812 6Section 812. 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,445,107 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant's accumulated assets held
8in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse,
9domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a
10family support or marital property obligation.
AB75-ASA1, s. 813 11Section 813. 40.80 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,445,1312 40.80 (3) Any action taken under this section shall apply to employees covered
13by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111.
AB75-ASA1, s. 814 14Section 814. 40.81 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,445,1615 40.81 (3) Any action taken under this section shall apply to employees covered
16by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV or , V, or VI of ch. 111.
AB75-ASA1, s. 815 17Section 815. 40.95 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,445,1918 40.95 (1) (a) 2. The employee has his or her compensation established in a
19collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111.
AB75-ASA1, s. 816m 20Section 816m. 41.11 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,445,2321 41.11 (6) (d) In each biennium, at least not less than $200,000 for grants to
22conduct or contract for marketing activities related to exhibits or activities on behalf
23of
the Milwaukee Public Museum for Native American exhibits and activities.
AB75-ASA1, s. 817 24Section 817. 41.11 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,446,2
141.11 (6) (e) In each fiscal year, at least $200,000 for grants to Native American
2Tourism of Wisconsin.
AB75-ASA1, s. 817m 3Section 817m. 41.16 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,446,5 441.16 Grants to municipalities and organizations for regional tourist
5information centers.
(1) Definitions. In this section:
AB75-ASA1,446,76 (a) "Applicant" means any of the following and any combination of any of the
7following:
AB75-ASA1,446,98 1. A nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 106.13 (4) (a) 1r., whose purposes
9include tourism to or within the state or a particular region in the state.
AB75-ASA1,446,1110 2. An organization, including an elected governing body, of a federally
11recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.
AB75-ASA1,446,1212 3. A city, village, town, or county.
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