AB152: Bill Text

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

1999 Assembly BILL 152

March 4, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Albers, Klusman, Kreibich, Bock, Pocan, Miller, J. Lehman, Meyer, Brandemuehl, Black, Powers, La Fave, Spillner, Kreuser, Hutchison, Plouff, Lassa, Musser, Riley, Goetsch and Rhoades, cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Schultz, Welch, Rude, Huelsman, Plache, Roessler and Clausing. Referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities.

AB152,1,3 An Act to amend 40.02 (25) (b) 1. and 40.05 (4) (a) 2.; and to create 40.02 (25) (b) 1m. of the statutes; relating to: payment of health insurance premiums for University of Wisconsin System faculty and certain administrative staff.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, any state employe who is covered by the Wisconsin retirement system (and certain other state employes) is eligible for coverage under the state employes group health insurance program on the first day of the month immediately after the employe submits an application for coverage if the application is submitted within the first 30 days after being hired. If the state employe is a member or employe of the legislature, a state constitutional officer, a justice of the supreme court, a court of appeals judge, a circuit judge, the chief clerk or sergeant at arms of the senate or assembly or an insured crew leader employed by the Wisconsin conservation corps board, he or she is immediately eligible for employer contribution towards the premiums. All other state employes are ineligible for employer contribution towards group health insurance premiums during the first six months of employment.

This bill makes University of Wisconsin System faculty and certain administrative staff immediately eligible for employer contribution towards group health insurance premiums.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB152, s. 1 Section 1. 40.02 (25) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB152,2,4 40.02 (25) (b) 1. Any teacher who is employed by the university for an expected duration of not less than 6 months on at least a one-third full-time employment basis and who is not described in subd. 1m.;

AB152, s. 2 Section 2. 40.02 (25) (b) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB152,2,8 40.02 (25) (b) 1m. Any teacher who is a participating employe and who is employed by the university for an expected duration of not less than 6 months on at least a one-third full-time employment basis;

AB152, s. 3 Section 3. 40.05 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB152,2,18 40.05 (4) (a) 2. For an insured employe who is an eligible employe under s. 40.02 (25) (a) 2. or (b) 1m. or 2m., the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employe beginning on the date on which the employe becomes insured. For an insured employe who is currently employed but who is not an eligible employe under s. 40.02 (25) (a) 2. or (b) 1m. or 2m., the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employe beginning on the first day of the 7th month beginning after the date on which the employe begins employment with the state, not including any leave of absence.

AB152, s. 4 Section 4. Initial applicability.

AB152,3,3 (1) State employe group health insurance. This act first applies to any teacher described under section 40.02 (25) (b) 1m. of the statutes, as created by this act, who is hired on the effective date of this subsection.

AB152,3,4 (End)