Under the bill, any benefit provided to an application-based driver under an
occupational accident insurance policy is treated as amounts payable under a
worker's compensation law or disability benefit for the purpose of determining
amounts payable under uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage.
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:
AB477,1 1Section 1. 102.01 (2) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,3,42 102.01 (2) (ae) “Application-based driver” means a delivery network courier
3or participating driver who provides services through the online-enabled
4application, software, or system of a network company.
AB477,2 5Section 2. 102.01 (2) (an) of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,3,86 102.01 (2) (an) “Delivery network company” means a business that maintains
7an online-enabled application, software, or system to facilitate delivery services
8within this state.
AB477,3 9Section 3. 102.01 (2) (ann) of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,3,1210 102.01 (2) (ann) “Delivery network courier” means an individual who provides
11delivery services through a delivery network company's online-enabled application,
12software, or system.
AB477,4 13Section 4. 102.01 (2) (anp) of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,4,514 102.01 (2) (anp) “Delivery services” means the fulfillment of a delivery request
15by picking up from any location any item and delivering the item, by using a

1passenger vehicle, a bicycle, a scooter, public transportation, or other similar means
2of transportation or by walking, to a location selected by the customer that is
3typically located within 50 miles of the pickup location. “Delivery services” includes
4the selection, collection, or purchase of items by a delivery network courier, as well
5as other tasks incidental to the delivery.
AB477,5 6Section 5. 102.01 (2) (dc) of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,4,87 102.01 (2) (dc) “Network company” means a delivery network company or a
8transportation network company.
AB477,6 9Section 6. 102.01 (2) (ds) of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,4,1010 102.01 (2) (ds) “Participating driver” has the meaning given in s. 440.40 (3).
AB477,7 11Section 7. 102.01 (2) (gh) of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,4,1312 102.01 (2) (gh) “Transportation network company” has the meaning given in
13s. 440.40 (6).
AB477,8 14Section 8. 102.07 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,4,1915 102.07 (8) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and, (bm), and (bs), every
16independent contractor is, for the purpose of this chapter, an employee of any
17employer under this chapter for whom he or she is performing service in the course
18of the trade, business, profession or occupation of such employer at the time of the
19injury.
AB477,9 20Section 9. 102.07 (8) (bs) of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,4,2221 102.07 (8) (bs) An application-based driver is not an employee of a network
22company if the company refrains from doing all of the following:
AB477,4,2523 1. Prescribing specific dates, times of day, or a minimum number of hours
24during which the application-based driver must be logged into the network
25company's online-enabled application, software, or system.
AB477,5,3
12. Terminating the contract of the application-based driver for not accepting
2a specific delivery service request or request for transportation, except as prohibited
3by s. 440.45 (2).
AB477,5,64 3. Restricting the application-based driver from performing services through
5other network companies except while performing services through that network
6company.
AB477,5,87 4. Restricting the application-based driver from working in any other lawful
8occupation or business.
AB477,10 9Section 10. 103.08 of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,5,11 10103.08 Application-based drivers; portable benefits accounts. (1)
11Definitions. In this section:
AB477,5,1212 (a) “Application-based driver” has the meaning given in s. 102.01 (2) (ae).
AB477,5,1313 (b) “Delivery network company” has the meaning given in s. 102.01 (2) (an).
AB477,5,1914 (c) “Earnings” means all moneys paid directly to an application-based driver,
15including incentives and bonuses, by a delivery network company or a transportation
16network company, or remitted to the application-based driver from a payment
17facilitated by a delivery network company or transportation network company, but
18not including amounts charged for fees, taxes, or other similar charges. “ Earnings”
19does not include any payments for gratuities.
AB477,5,2320 (d) “Eligible driver” means an application-based driver whose earnings from
21an individual delivery network company or transportation network company totaled
22at least $750, without combining earnings from delivery and rideshare services
23provided through the same company, during a calendar quarter.
AB477,5,2524 (e) “Network company” means a delivery network company or a transportation
25network company.
AB477,6,3
1(f) “Portable benefit account” means an account from which an individual may
2withdraw money for a permissible use under sub. (3) that is administered by a
3portable benefit account provider.
AB477,6,64 (g) “Portable benefit account provider” means a financial institution or other
5person authorized under s. 224.55 (3) to offer and administer portable benefit
6accounts.
AB477,6,77 (h) “Transportation network company” has the meaning given in s. 440.40 (6).
AB477,6,10 8(2) Contributions. (a) A network company may contribute to a portable
9benefit account of an eligible driver a percentage of an eligible driver's earnings in
10the preceding calendar quarter that the driver earned through that company.
AB477,6,1411 (b) A network company may allow an eligible driver to elect to contribute to the
12eligible driver's portable benefit account, and may deduct the amount elected by the
13eligible driver from the individual's earnings and designate such amount for
14contribution to the portable benefit account.
AB477,6,16 15(3) Qualifying events. An eligible driver who has money in a portable benefit
16account may receive a distribution of amounts for any of the following:
AB477,6,1917 (a) To compensate for lost income due to an illness or accident of the driver, loss
18of work due to the birth or adoption of a child of the driver, or loss of work due to a
19declared federal or local state of emergency.
AB477,6,2020 (b) To transfer the money to an individual retirement account.
AB477,6,2121 (c) To pay premiums for health insurance coverage in the individual market.
AB477,6,25 22(4) Eligibility duration. An eligible driver shall remain an eligible driver of
23the delivery network company or transportation network company for 2 calendar
24quarters following the initial quarter of eligibility, regardless of the amount of
25earnings the application-based driver has during those 2 quarters.
AB477,11
1Section 11. 104.01 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,7,22 104.01 (2) (b) 6. An individual excluded under s. 102.07 (8) (bs).
AB477,12 3Section 12. 108.02 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,7,64 108.02 (12) (a) “Employee" means any individual who is or has been performing
5services for pay for an employing unit, whether or not the individual is paid directly
6by the employing unit, except as provided in par. (bm), (c), (d), (dm), or (dn), or (ds).
AB477,13 7Section 13. 108.02 (12) (ds) of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,7,108 108.02 (12) (ds) Paragraph (a) does not apply to an individual who is
9performing services for an employing unit other than a government unit, an Indian
10tribe, or a nonprofit organization and who is excluded under s. 102.07 (8) (bs).
AB477,14 11Section 14. 224.55 of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,7,12 12224.55 Portable benefit accounts. (1) In this section:
AB477,7,1313 (a) “Eligible driver” has the meaning given in s. 103.08 (1) (d).
AB477,7,1414 (b) “Financial institution” has the meaning given in s. 214.01 (1) (jn).
AB477,7,1515 (c) “Portable benefit account” has the meaning given in s. 103.08 (1) (f).
AB477,7,1616 (d) “Qualifying event” means an event described in s. 103.08 (3) (a).
AB477,7,23 17(2) A financial institution or other person may request approval from the
18department to offer portable benefit accounts. If the financial institution or other
19person demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the manner in which
20the financial institution or other person will administer the portable benefit account
21will be consistent with s. 103.08 (2) and (3), and the financial institution or other
22person satisfies any applicable rule under sub. (5), the department shall approve the
23request.
AB477,7,25 24(3) A financial institution or other person approved by the department under
25sub. (2) may offer and administer portable benefit accounts.
AB477,8,3
1(4) A financial institution or other person authorized to offer and administer
2portable benefit accounts under sub. (3) may include an income replacement benefit
3to be made available to eligible drivers upon the occurrence of any qualifying event.
AB477,8,5 4(5) The department may promulgate rules related to the process and
5requirements for the department's approval under sub. (2).
AB477,15 6Section 15 . 632.985 of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,8,8 7632.985 Insurance coverage provided by network companies. (1)
8Definitions. In this section:
AB477,8,99 (a) “Application-based driver” has the meaning given in s. 102.01 (2) (ae).
AB477,8,1110 (b) “Network company” means a delivery network company, as defined in s.
11102.01 (2) (an), or a transportation network company, as defined in s. 440.40 (6).
AB477,8,15 12(2) Accident and sickness insurance. (a) A network company may carry,
13provide, or otherwise make available group or blanket accident and sickness
14insurance coverage for application-based drivers who provide covered services
15through the network company's network.
AB477,8,2316 (b) No later than 30 days after the commencement of a policy under this
17subsection, a network company that purchases an insurance policy described in par.
18(a) shall provide to the department of safety and professional services a copy of the
19group or blanket insurance policy. At least 5 days prior to the effective date of a
20cancellation or nonrenewal of the policy, the network company shall file with the
21department of safety and professional services a notice of the cancellation or
22nonrenewal, and the secretary of safety and professional services shall be treated as
23a certificate holder for purposes of receiving the notice.
AB477,8,2524 (c) Chapter 102 does not apply to a group or blanket accident and sickness
25insurance policy described in par. (a).
AB477,9,10
1(3) Occupational accident insurance. (a) A network company may carry,
2provide, or otherwise make available group or blanket occupational accident
3insurance to cover the medical expenses and lost income resulting from an injury
4suffered by an application-based driver while engaged on the network company's
5online-enabled application, software, or system. For purposes of this paragraph, an
6application-based driver is engaged on the network company's online-enabled
7application, software, or system during the time beginning when the
8application-based driver accepts a rideshare request or delivery request and ending
9when the application-based driver completes that rideshare request or delivery
10request.
AB477,9,1311 (b) A policy under this subsection shall provide, in aggregate, at least
12$1,000,000 of coverage for the medical expenses, short-term disability, long-term
13disability, and survivor benefits.
AB477,9,1714 (c) If a claim is covered by occupational accident insurance maintained by more
15than one network company, the insurer of the network company against whom a
16claim is filed shall be entitled to a contribution for the pro rata share of coverage
17attributable to one or more other network companies.
AB477,9,2318 (d) A policy issued or maintained by a network company may provide that,
19regardless of the number of policies involved, claims made, premiums shown on the
20policy, or premiums paid, the limits for any coverage under the policy may not be
21added to the limits for similar occupational accident insurance coverage provided by
22another network company to determine the limit of occupational accident insurance
23coverage available arising from any one injury.
AB477,9,2524 (e) Any benefit provided to an application-based driver under an occupational
25accident insurance policy described in par. (a) shall be treated as amounts payable

1under a worker's compensation law or disability benefit for the purpose of
2determining amounts payable under insurance provided under s. 632.32 (4) or (4m).
AB477,16 3Section 16 . INS 3.14 (6) (intro.), (a), (b) and (c) of the administrative code are
4amended to read:
AB477,10,65 INS 3.14 (6) (intro.) Eligible groups. In accordance with s. 600.03 (23), Stats.,
6an eligible group includes any of the following
:
AB477,10,97 (a) The members of the board of directors of a corporation are eligible to be
8covered under a group accident and sickness policy issued to such corporation,
9corporation.
AB477,10,1310 (b) The individual members of member organizations of an association, as
11defined in s. 600.03 (23), Stats., are eligible to be covered under a group accident and
12sickness policy issued to such association insuring employees of such association and
13employees of member organizations of such association, and.
AB477,10,1614 (c) The individuals supplying raw materials to a single processing plant and
15the employees of such processing plant are eligible to be covered under a group
16accident and sickness policy issued to such processing plant.
AB477,17 17Section 17. INS 3.14 (6) (d) of the administrative code is created to read:
AB477,10,2018 INS 3.14 (6) (d) Application-based drivers, as defined in s. 632.985 (1) (a),
19Stats., of a network company, as defined in s. 632.985 (1) (b), Stats., covered under
20a group accident and sickness policy issued to the network company.
AB477,18 21Section 18 . INS 3.15 (4) (a) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB477,11,922 INS 3.15 (4) (a) In accordance with the provisions of s. 600.03 (4), Stats., the
23following are eligible for blanket accident and health insurance: 1. Volunteer fire
24departments, 2. National guard units, 3. Newspaper delivery carriers, 4. Dependents
25of students, 5. Volunteer civil defense organizations, 6. Volunteer auxiliary police

1organizations, 7. Law enforcement agencies, 8. Cooperatives organized under ch.
2185, Stats., on a membership basis without capital stock, 9. Registered guests in a
3motel, hotel, or resort, 10. Members or members and advisors of fraternal
4organizations including women's auxiliaries of such organizations and fraternal
5youth organizations, 11. Associations of sports officials, 12. Purchasers of protective
6athletic equipment, 13. Migrant workers, 14. Participants in racing meets, 15.
7Patrons or guests of a recreational facility or resort, 16. Application-based drivers,
8as defined in s. 102.01 (2) (ae), Stats., of a network company, as defined in s. 632.985
9(1) (b), Stats
.
AB477,19 10Section 19. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
11except as follows:
AB477,11,1212 (1) The treatment of administrative rules takes effect as provided in s. 227.265.
AB477,11,1313 (End)
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