40.86(1)
(1) Dependent care assistance for a person who is dependent on the employee.
40.86(2)
(2) The employee's share of premiums for any group insurance benefit plan provided by the department under this chapter, or any other group insurance benefit plan approved under
s. 20.921 (1) (a) 3., except premiums for income continuation benefits under
s. 40.62.
40.86(3)
(3) Medical expenses which are not covered under a health insurance contract.
40.86(4)
(4) Transportation expenses authorized under section
132 of the Internal Revenue Code.
40.87
40.87
Treatment of compensation. Any part of gross compensation that an employer places in a reimbursement account under an employee-funded reimbursement account plan established under this subchapter which would have been treated as current earnings or wages if paid immediately to the employee shall be treated as current earnings or wages for purposes of any retirement or group insurance benefit plan provided by the department.
40.87 History
History: 1987 a. 399;
1991 a. 39.
40.875
40.875
Administrative and contract costs. 40.875(1)
(1) The department shall do all of the following:
40.875(1)(a)
(a) Beginning on January 1, 1990, collect, from each state agency with employees eligible to participate in an employee-funded reimbursement account plan, a fee in an amount determined by the department to equal that state agency's share of all of the following:
40.875(1)(a)1.
1. Costs under contracts with employee-funded reimbursement account plan providers.
40.875(1)(a)2.
2. The department's administrative costs under this subchapter.
40.875(1)(b)
(b) Establish a formula, subject to approval by the board, to determine the fees charged to state agencies under
par. (a).
40.875(1)(c)
(c) Establish procedures for collecting the fees charged under
par. (a).
40.875(1)(d)
(d) Collect forfeitures from employee-funded reimbursement accounts, under the terms of contracts with employee-funded reimbursement account plan providers or with employees.
40.875(1)(e)
(e) Deposit fees collected under
par. (a), forfeitures collected under
par. (d) and interest earned on the fees and forfeitures in the fund, credited to the account established under
s. 40.04 (9m) (a) to pay costs described in
par. (a) 1. and
2.
40.875(2)
(2) The department may base the fees charged under
sub. (1) (a) on estimates of anticipated administrative and contract costs.
40.875 History
History: 1989 a. 14.
HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM CREDITS
40.95
40.95
Health insurance premium credits. 40.95(1)(a)(a) Subject to
sub. (2), the department shall administer a program that provides health insurance premium credits for the purchase of health insurance for a retired employee, or the retired employee's surviving insured dependents; for an eligible employee under
s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6e., or the eligible employee's surviving insured dependents; for an employee who is laid off, but who is not on a temporary, school year, seasonal, or sessional layoff, and his or her surviving insured dependents; and for the surviving insured dependents of an employee who dies while employed by the state, for the benefit of an eligible employee whose compensation includes such health insurance premium credits and who satisfies at least one of the following:
40.95(1)(a)2.
2. The employee has his or her compensation established in a collective bargaining agreement under
subch. V of ch. 111.
40.95(1)(a)3.
3. The employee has his or her compensation established in a collective bargaining agreement under
subch. I of ch. 111 and the employee is employed by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
40.95 Note
NOTE: Collective bargaining under subch. I of ch. 111 for employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority was eliminated by
2011 Wis. Act 10.
40.95(1)(b)
(b) The health insurance premium credits shall be based on the employee's years of continuous service, accumulated unused sick leave and any other factor specified as part of the employee's compensation.
40.95(2)
(2) The department is not required to administer any program that provides health insurance premium credits for the purchase of health insurance for a retired employee, or the retired employee's surviving insured dependents; for an eligible employee under
s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6e., or the eligible employee's surviving insured dependents; for an employee who is laid off, but who is not on a temporary, school year, seasonal, or sessional layoff, and his or her surviving insured dependents; and for the surviving insured dependents of an employee who dies while employed by the state, if the department determines that the program does not conform to the program approved by the joint committee on employment relations under
s. 230.12 (9).
