SB558,35,24 24(5) Buy, lease, or sell real or personal property.
SB558,35,25 25(6) Sue and be sued.
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1(7) Accept gifts, grants, or assistance funds and use them for the purposes of
2this chapter.
SB558,36,3 3(8) Collect fees for its services.
SB558,36,4 452.20 Duties of authority. The authority shall:
SB558,36,7 5(1) Establish and maintain a registry of eligible home care providers who
6choose to be on the registry for purposes of employment by consumers and provide
7referral services for consumers in need of home care services.
SB558,36,15 8(2) Determine the eligibility of individuals for placement on the registry. For
9purposes of determining eligibility, the authority shall apply the criteria described
10in s. 46.2898 (1) (f), including any qualifying criteria established by the department
11under s. 46.2898 (7). The authority shall also develop an appeal process for denial
12of placement on or removal of a provider from the registry consistent with the terms
13of the medical assistance waiver programs, the Family Care Program, an
14amendment to the state medical assistance plan under 42 USC 1396n (j), or the
15Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, as determined by the department.
SB558,36,20 16(3) Comply with any conditions necessary for consumers receiving home care
17services to receive federal medical assistance funding through a medical assistance
18waiver program, the Family Care Program, an amendment to the state medical
19assistance plan under 42 USC 1396n (j), or the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the
20Elderly.
SB558,36,23 21(4) Develop and operate recruitment and retention programs to expand the
22pool of home care providers qualified and available to provide home care services to
23consumers.
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1(5) Maintain a list of home care providers included in a collective bargaining
2unit under s. 111.825 (2g) and provide the list of home care providers to the
3department at the department's request.
SB558,37,6 4(6) Notify home care providers providing home care services of any procedures
5for remaining a qualified provider under s. 46.2898 (1) (f) set forth by the department
6or the authority.
SB558,37,7 7(7) Provide orientation activities and skills training for home care providers.
SB558,37,10 8(8) Provide training and support for consumers hiring a home care provider
9regarding the duties and responsibilities of employers and skills needed to be
10effective employers.
SB558,37,13 11(9) Inform consumers of the experience and qualifications of home care
12providers on the registry and home care providers identified by consumers of home
13care services for employment.
SB558,37,15 14(10) Develop and operate a system of backup and respite referrals to home care
15providers and a 24-hour per day call service for consumers of home care services.
SB558,37,18 16(11) Report annually to the governor on the number of home care providers on
17the registry and the number of home care providers providing services under the
18authority.
SB558,37,20 19(12) Conduct activities to improve the supply and quality of home care
20providers.
SB558,37,24 2152.30 Liability limited. (1) The state, any political subdivision of the state,
22or any officer, employee, or agent of the state or a political subdivision who is acting
23within the scope of employment or agency is not liable for any debt, obligation, act,
24or omission of the authority.
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1(2) All expenses incurred by the authority in exercising its duties and powers
2under this chapter shall be payable only from funds of the authority.
SB558,38,5 352.40 Health data. Any health data or identifying information collected by
4the authority is collected for the purpose of government regulatory and management
5functions.
SB558,70 6Section 70. 59.875 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 59.875 (2) and
7amended to read:
SB558,38,138 59.875 (2) Beginning on July 1. 2011, in any employee retirement system of a
9county, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered
10into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in par. (b), employees shall pay
11half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the
12retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the
13employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.
SB558,71 14Section 71. 59.875 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB558,72 15Section 72. 62.623 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 62.623 and amended to
16read:
SB558,38,23 1762.623 Payment of contributions in an employee retirement system of
18a 1st class city.
Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system of
19a 1st class city, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement
20entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in sub. (2), employees
21shall pay all employee required contributions for funding benefits under the
22retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the
23employee's share of the required contributions.
SB558,73 24Section 73. 62.623 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB558,74 25Section 74. 66.0506 of the statutes is repealed.
SB558,75
1Section 75. 66.0508 of the statutes is repealed.
SB558,76 2Section 76. 66.0509 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB558,77 3Section 77. 70.11 (41s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB558,39,64 70.11 (41s) Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority. All property owned by
5the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, provided that use of the property is
6primarily related to the purposes of the authority.
SB558,78 7Section 78. 71.26 (1) (be) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
8is amended to read:
SB558,39,129 71.26 (1) (be) Certain authorities. Income of the University of Wisconsin
10Hospitals and Clinics Authority, of the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, of
11the Fox River Navigational System Authority, of the Wisconsin Economic
12Development Corporation, and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.
SB558,79 13Section 79. 73.03 (68) of the statutes is repealed.
SB558,80 14Section 80. 77.54 (9a) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
15is amended to read:
SB558,39,1916 77.54 (9a) (a) This state or any agency thereof, the University of Wisconsin
17Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin
18Quality Home Care Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation,
19and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.
SB558,81 20Section 81. 100.45 (1) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB558,40,521 100.45 (1) (dm) "State agency" means any office, department, agency,
22institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
23government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which
24is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
25courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley

1Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin
2Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities
3Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care
4Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River
5Navigational System Authority.
SB558,82 6Section 82. 109.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB558,40,117 109.03 (1) (b) School district and private school employees who voluntarily
8request payment over a 12-month period for personal services performed during the
9school year, unless, with respect to private school employees, the such employees are
10covered under a valid collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method
11of payment.
SB558,83 12Section 83. 111.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB558,40,1713 111.02 (1) "All-union agreement" means an agreement between an employer
14other than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the
15representative of the employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit whereby
16all or any of the employees in such unit are required to be members of a single labor
17organization.
SB558,84 18Section 84. 111.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB558,40,2419 111.02 (2) "Collective bargaining" means the negotiation by an employer and
20a majority of the employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit, or their
21representatives, concerning representation or terms and conditions of employment
22of such employees, except as provided under ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2), in a
23mutually genuine effort to reach an agreement with reference to the subject under
24negotiation.
SB558,85 25Section 85. 111.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.02 (3) "Collective bargaining unit" means all of the employees of one
2employer, employed within the state, except as provided in s. 111.05 (5) and (7) and
3except that where a majority of the employees engaged in a single craft, division,
4department or plant have voted by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) to
5constitute such group a separate bargaining unit they shall be so considered, but, in
6appropriate cases, and to aid in the more efficient administration of ss. 111.01 to
7111.19, the commission may find, where agreeable to all parties affected in any way
8thereby, an industry, trade or business comprising more than one employer in an
9association in any geographical area to be a "collective bargaining unit". A collective
10bargaining unit thus established by the commission shall be subject to all rights by
11termination or modification given by ss. 111.01 to 111.19 in reference to collective
12bargaining units otherwise established under ss. 111.01 to 111.19. Two or more
13collective bargaining units may bargain collectively through the same
14representative where a majority of the employees in each separate unit have voted
15by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) so to do.
SB558,86 16Section 86. 111.02 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB558,41,2017 111.02 (6) (am) "Employee" includes a child care provider certified under s.
1848.651 and a child care provider licensed under s. 48.65 who provides care and
19supervision for not more than 8 children who are not related to the child care
20provider.
SB558,87 21Section 87. 111.02 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 111.02 (7) (a) (intro.)
22and amended to read:
SB558,41,2423 111.02 (7) (a) (intro.) "Employer" means a person who engages the services of
24an employee, and includes a all of the following:
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11. A person acting on behalf of an employer within the scope of his or her
2authority, express or implied.
SB558,88 3Section 88. 111.02 (7) (a) 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes are created to read:
SB558,42,44 111.02 (7) (a) 2. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
SB558,42,55 3. A local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.
SB558,42,86 4. With respect to an employee under sub. (6) (am), the state, counties, and
7other administrative entities involved in regulation and subsidization of employees
8under sub. (6) (am).
SB558,89 9Section 89. 111.02 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB558,42,1110 111.02 (7) (b) 1. The Except as provided in par. (a) 4., the state or any political
11subdivision thereof.
SB558,90 12Section 90. 111.02 (7m), (9m) and (10m) of the statutes are created to read:
SB558,42,1913 111.02 (7m) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between the
14University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and a labor organization
15representing employees of that authority, or between an employer defined under sub.
16(7) (a) 4. and a labor organization representing employees under sub. (6) (am), under
17which all of the employees in a collective bargaining unit are required to pay their
18proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining process and contract
19administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly required of all members.
SB558,42,20 20(9m) "Maintenance of membership agreement" means any of the following:
SB558,43,221 (a) An agreement between the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
22Authority and a labor organization representing employees of that authority that
23requires that all of the employees whose dues are being deducted from earnings
24under s. 20.921 (1) or 111.06 (1) (i) at the time the agreement takes effect continue
25to have dues deducted for the duration of the agreement and that dues be deducted

1from the earnings of all employees who are hired on or after the effective date of the
2agreement.
SB558,43,83 (b) An agreement between an employer under sub. (7) (a) 4. and a labor
4organization representing employees under sub. (6) (am) that requires that all of the
5employees whose dues are being deducted from earnings under s. 111.06 (1) (i) at the
6time the agreement takes effect continue to have dues deducted for the duration of
7the agreement and that dues be deducted from the earnings of all employees who are
8hired on or after the effective date of the agreement.
SB558,43,14 9(10m) "Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in
10which employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in
11a collective bargaining unit or in which employees under sub. (6) (am) in a collective
12bargaining unit may cast a secret ballot on the question of directing the labor
13organization and the employer to enter into a fair-share or maintenance of
14membership agreement or to terminate such an agreement.
SB558,91 15Section 91. 111.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB558,43,2116 111.05 (2) Whenever Except as provided in subs. (5) and (7), whenever a
17question arises concerning the determination of a collective bargaining unit, it shall
18be determined by secret ballot, and the commission, upon request, shall cause the
19ballot to be taken in such manner as to show separately the wishes of the employees
20in any craft, division, department or plant as to the determination of the collective
21bargaining unit.
SB558,92 22Section 92. 111.05 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB558,43,2523 111.05 (5) (a) Collective bargaining units for representation of the employees
24of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall include one unit
25for employees engaged in each of the following functions:
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11. Fiscal and staff services.
SB558,44,22 2. Patient care.
SB558,44,33 3. Science.
SB558,44,44 4. Clerical and related.
SB558,44,55 5. Blue collar and nonbuilding trades.
SB558,44,66 6. Building trades crafts.
SB558,44,77 7. Security and public safety.
SB558,44,88 8. Technical.
SB558,44,179 (b) Collective bargaining units for representation of the employees of the
10University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority who are engaged in a
11function not specified in par. (a) shall be determined in the manner provided in this
12section. The creation of any collective bargaining unit for the employees is subject
13to approval of the commission. The commission may not permit fragmentation of the
14collective bargaining units or creation of any collective bargaining unit that is too
15small to provide adequate representation of employees. In approving the collective
16bargaining units, the commission shall give primary consideration to the authority's
17needs to fulfill its statutory missions.
SB558,93 18Section 93. 111.05 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB558,45,319 111.05 (6) If a single representative is recognized or certified to represent more
20than one of the collective bargaining units specified in sub. (5), that representative
21and the employer may jointly agree to combine the collective bargaining units,
22subject to the right of the employees in any of the collective bargaining units that
23were combined to petition for an election under sub. (3). Any agreement under this
24subsection is effective when the parties provide written notice of the agreement to
25the commission and terminates when the party provides written notice of

1termination to the commission or when the representative entering into the
2agreement is decertified as representative of one of the combined collective
3bargaining units, whichever occurs first.
SB558,94 4Section 94. 111.05 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
SB558,45,65 111.05 (7) Employees under s. 111.02 (6) (am) shall comprise a single collective
6bargaining unit.
SB558,95 7Section 95. 111.06 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB558,46,118 111.06 (1) (c) 1. To encourage or discourage membership in any labor
9organization, employee agency, committee, association, or representation plan by
10discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or conditions of
11employment except in a collective bargaining unit where an all-union , fair-share,
12or maintenance of membership
agreement is in effect. An employer may enter into
13an all-union agreement with the voluntarily recognized representative of the
14employees in a collective bargaining unit, where at least a majority of such employees
15voting have voted affirmatively, by secret ballot, in favor of the all-union agreement
16in a referendum conducted by the commission, except that where the bargaining
17representative has been certified by either the commission or the national labor
18relations board as the result of a representation election, no referendum is required
19to authorize the entry into an all-union agreement. An authorization of an all-union
20agreement continues, subject to the right of either party to the all-union agreement
21to petition the commission to conduct a new referendum on the subject. Upon receipt
22of the petition, if the commission determines there is reasonable ground to believe
23that the employees concerned have changed their attitude toward the all-union
24agreement, the commission shall conduct a referendum. If the continuance of the
25all-union agreement is supported on a referendum by a vote at least equal to that

1provided in this subdivision for its initial authorization, it may continue, subject to
2the right to petition for a further vote by the procedure under this subdivision. If the
3continuance of the all-union agreement is not supported on a referendum, it
4terminates at the expiration of the contract of which it is then a part or at the end
5of one year from the date of the announcement by the commission of the result of the
6referendum, whichever is earlier. The commission shall declare any all-union
7agreement terminated whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
8unreasonably refused to receive as a member any employee of such employer. An
9interested person may, as provided in s. 111.07, request the commission to perform
10this duty.
Any all-union agreement in effect on October 4, 1975, made in accordance
11with the law in effect at the time it is made is valid.
SB558,96 12Section 96. 111.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB558,46,2013 111.06 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of a
14majority of the employer's employees in any collective bargaining unit with respect
15to representation or terms and conditions of employment, except as provided under
16ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2);
provided, however, that where an employer files with
17the commission a petition requesting a determination as to majority representation,
18the employer shall not be deemed to have has not refused to bargain until an election
19has been held and the commission has certified the result thereof has been certified
20to the employer by the commission.
SB558,97 21Section 97. 111.06 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB558,47,322 111.06 (1) (i) To deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an
23employee's earnings, unless the employer has been presented with an individual
24order therefor, signed by the employee personally, and terminable at the end of any
25year of its life by the employee giving at least thirty days' written notice of such the

1termination unless there is an all-union fair-share, or maintenance of membership
2agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to the labor organization of
3receipt of such a notice of termination.
SB558,98 4Section 98. 111.06 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB558,47,65 111.06 (1) (m) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a lockout
6provided in s. 111.115 (2).
SB558,99 7Section 99. 111.06 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
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