AB500: Bill Text

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

1999 Assembly BILL 500

October 5, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Nass, Suder, Leibham, Gundrum, Hahn, Albers, Seratti, Goetsch, Ainsworth, Pettis and Owens, cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald and Schultz. Referred to Committee on Family Law.

AB500,1,4 An Act to amend 40.02 (20); and to create 40.56 and 111.91 (2) (r) of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting the provision of certain insurance benefits to any adult who resides with a state employe and who is not related to the state employe or the state employe's spouse by blood, marriage or adoption.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits the state from providing any health and long-term care insurance coverage to an adult who resides with a state employe and who is not related to the state employe or the state employe's spouse by blood, marriage or adoption. In addition, the bill makes the provision of any health and long-term care insurance coverage to an adult who resides with a state employe and who is not related to the state employe or the state employe's spouse by blood, marriage or adoption a prohibited subject of collective bargaining under the state employe labor relations act.

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:

AB500, s. 1 Section 1. 40.02 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,2,9 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.

AB500, s. 2 Section 2. 40.56 of the statutes is created to read:

AB500,2,14 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.

AB500, s. 3 Section 3. 111.91 (2) (r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB500,2,17 111.91 (2) (r) The definition of "dependent" in s. 40.02 (20) and the restrictions on the scope of insurance coverage specified in s. 40.56.

AB500, s. 4 Section 4. Initial applicability.

AB500,2,23 (1) The treatment of section 111.91 (2) (r) of the statutes first applies to employes who are affected by a collective bargaining agreement that contains provisions inconsistent with that treatment on the day on which the collective bargaining agreement expires or is extended, modified or renewed, whichever occurs first.

AB500,2,24 (End)