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3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1079 |
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5 | 5 | | February 12, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives V OS and PETERSEN, |
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6 | 6 | | cosponsored by Senators WANGGAARD, BALLWEG and TESTIN. Referred to |
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7 | 7 | | Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs. |
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8 | 8 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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9 | 9 | | AN ACT to repeal 45.61 (2) (am), 45.61 (2) (b), 45.61 (2) (c) (intro.), 45.61 (2) (c) |
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10 | 10 | | 3., 45.61 (2) (e), 45.61 (5) (b), 230.212 and 322.120 (3) (a) 2.; to renumber and |
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11 | 11 | | amend 45.61 (5) (a); to amend 16.53 (1) (d) 1., 45.61 (2) (a), 45.61 (2) (c) 1., 45.61 |
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12 | 12 | | (2) (c) 2., 45.61 (2) (d), 45.61 (3), 45.61 (4) (a) and 230.05 (7); and to create 16.53 |
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13 | 13 | | (1) (d) 5. and 230.212 of the statutes; relating to: employment of direct-care |
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14 | 14 | | employees by veterans homes, eligibility for burial in veterans cemeteries, and |
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15 | 15 | | elements of sexual assault under the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice. |
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16 | 16 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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17 | 17 | | Employment at veterans homes |
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18 | 18 | | Under current law, the director of the Bureau of Merit Recruitment and |
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19 | 19 | | Selection in the Division of Personnel Management in the Department of |
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20 | 20 | | Administration administers the state civil service program and the competitive |
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21 | 21 | | selection procedures. Generally, applicants for positions in the classified service |
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22 | 22 | | must provide an application and resume, which are rated and determine whether an |
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23 | 23 | | applicant will be interviewed for a position. Applicants are then interviewed by a |
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24 | 24 | | panel of individuals. This bill eliminates those requirements for applicants for |
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25 | 25 | | nonsupervisory positions providing direct care to residents of veterans homes. The |
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26 | 26 | | bill also allows veterans homes to fill positions for nurses, nurse aides, medical |
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27 | 27 | | assistants, and dietitians without using the civil service procedure if the applicant |
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36 | 36 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 1079 |
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37 | 37 | | graduates from an institution of higher education in this state or completes an |
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38 | 38 | | approved instructional or training program in this state, the offer of employment is |
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39 | 39 | | made before the applicant graduates or completes the instructional or training |
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40 | 40 | | program, and the offer of employment is contingent upon graduation or successful |
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41 | 41 | | completion of the instructional training program and eligibility for licensure or |
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42 | 42 | | certification, where applicable. |
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43 | 43 | | Under current law, the director must certify a register for vacant positions in |
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44 | 44 | | the state civil service within 30 days after a state agency requests to have a position |
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45 | 45 | | vacancy announced. The bill reduces that period to seven days for vacant permanent |
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46 | 46 | | positions at a veterans home. Also, under current law, the general term of eligibility |
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47 | 47 | | on a register is six months, after which the register expires. The bill requires the |
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48 | 48 | | director to maintain the register of certified eligible applicants for vacant permanent |
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49 | 49 | | positions at veterans homes until notified by the Department of Veterans Affairs that |
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50 | 50 | | the agency no longer needs the register. |
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51 | 51 | | Under the bill, the provisions described above sunset on January 1, 2029. |
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52 | 52 | | Wisconsin veterans cemetery eligibility requirements |
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53 | 53 | | The bill changes an eligibility requirement for an individual to be buried in one |
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54 | 54 | | of the state veterans cemeteries. Under current law, an individual who was |
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55 | 55 | | discharged under other than dishonorable conditions must have been a Wisconsin |
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56 | 56 | | resident in order to be eligible for burial in one of the state veterans cemeteries. In |
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57 | 57 | | select cases, children and spouses of eligible veterans must also be Wisconsin |
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58 | 58 | | residents in order to be buried in a state veterans cemetery. The bill removes the |
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59 | 59 | | Wisconsin residency eligibility requirements in determining whether an individual |
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60 | 60 | | or his or her spouse or children may be buried in a state veterans cemetery. The bill |
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61 | 61 | | also directs from which appropriation account some eligible individuals' burial |
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62 | 62 | | expenses may be paid. |
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63 | 63 | | Sexual assault under the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice |
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64 | 64 | | Under article 120 of the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice, a person is guilty |
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65 | 65 | | of sexual assault if he or she commits a sexual act upon another person by doing any |
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66 | 66 | | of the following: threatening or placing that other person in fear; causing bodily harm |
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67 | 67 | | to that other person; making a fraudulent representation that the sexual act serves |
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68 | 68 | | a professional purpose; or inducing a belief by any artifice, pretense, or concealment |
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69 | 69 | | that the person is another person. |
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70 | 70 | | The bill modifies the elements of sexual assault under the WCMJ to align with |
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71 | 71 | | the elements of the offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Specifically, |
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72 | 72 | | the bill removes “causing bodily harm to that other person,” consistent with the |
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73 | 73 | | UCMJ. |
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74 | 74 | | 2023 Wisconsin Act 47 contained Joint Legislative Council prefatory notes that |
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75 | 75 | | stated that the “causing bodily harm to that other person” provision in article 120 |
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76 | 76 | | was repealed by the act, and the drafting file for the act indicates that the repeal was |
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77 | 77 | | intended in order to be consistent with the UCMJ. However, the repeal of s. 322.120 |
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78 | 78 | | (3) (a) 2., stats., was inadvertently not included in the act. The bill repeals that |
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82 | 82 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 1079 |
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83 | 83 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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84 | 84 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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85 | 85 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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86 | 86 | | enact as follows: |
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87 | 87 | | SECTION 1. 16.53 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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88 | 88 | | 16.53 (1) (d) 1. The secretary, with the approval of the joint committee on |
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89 | 89 | | employment relations, shall fix the time and frequency for payment of salaries due |
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90 | 90 | | elective and appointive officers and employees of the state. As Except as provided |
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91 | 91 | | in subd. 5., as determined under this subdivision, the salaries shall be paid either |
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92 | 92 | | monthly, semimonthly or for each 2-week period. |
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93 | 93 | | SECTION 2. 16.53 (1) (d) 5. of the statutes is created to read: |
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94 | 94 | | 16.53 (1) (d) 5. Beginning on January 1, 2025, at the request of the employee, |
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95 | 95 | | the salary for an employee who provides direct care to residents of a veterans home, |
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96 | 96 | | as defined in s. 45.01 (12m), shall be paid on a weekly basis. |
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97 | 97 | | SECTION 3. 45.61 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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98 | 98 | | 45.61 (2) (a) A person who died while on active duty or who was discharged or |
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99 | 99 | | released from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under conditions other than |
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100 | 100 | | dishonorable and who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry into |
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101 | 101 | | active service and his or her dependent child and surviving spouse. |
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102 | 102 | | SECTION 4. 45.61 (2) (am) of the statutes is repealed. |
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103 | 103 | | SECTION 5. 45.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed. |
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104 | 104 | | SECTION 6. 45.61 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed. |
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105 | 105 | | SECTION 7. 45.61 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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126 | 126 | | SECTION 7 ASSEMBLY BILL 1079 |
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127 | 127 | | 45.61 (2) (c) 1. Is The spouse or dependent child of a person who is serving on |
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128 | 128 | | active duty at the time of the spouse's or dependent child's death if the person was |
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129 | 129 | | a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into active service. |
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130 | 130 | | SECTION 8. 45.61 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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131 | 131 | | 45.61 (2) (c) 2. Was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or |
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132 | 132 | | reentry into active service and The spouse of a person who was discharged or released |
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133 | 133 | | from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under honorable conditions. |
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134 | 134 | | SECTION 9. 45.61 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed. |
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135 | 135 | | SECTION 10. 45.61 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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136 | 136 | | 45.61 (2) (d) A person who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her |
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137 | 137 | | entry or reentry into service served in any a national guard or a reserve component |
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138 | 138 | | of the U.S. armed forces or who was a resident of this state for at least 12 consecutive |
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139 | 139 | | months immediately preceding his or her death, and the person's spouse, surviving |
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140 | 140 | | spouse, and dependent children, if the person is eligible for burial in a national |
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141 | 141 | | cemetery under 38 USC 2402. |
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142 | 142 | | SECTION 11. 45.61 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed. |
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143 | 143 | | SECTION 12. 45.61 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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144 | 144 | | 45.61 (3) FEES AND COSTS. The department may charge a fee for burials under |
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145 | 145 | | this section and may promulgate rules for the assessment of any fee. The cost of |
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146 | 146 | | preparing the grave and the erection of a marker for a person described under sub. |
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147 | 147 | | (2) (a), (b), or (d), or (e) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (gk). |
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148 | 148 | | SECTION 13. 45.61 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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149 | 149 | | 45.61 (4) (a) Application for burial shall be made to the department. The |
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150 | 150 | | surviving spouse of the person described under sub. (2) (a), (b), or (d), or (e), if that |
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151 | 151 | | person is interred at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, shall have |
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179 | 179 | | SECTION 13 |
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181 | 181 | | the privilege of selecting a plot next to that person if available. The department shall |
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182 | 182 | | hold the plot for the surviving spouse for a period of one year from the date of granting |
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183 | 183 | | the privilege, but may extend the hold, on request, for additional one-year periods. |
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184 | 184 | | SECTION 14. 45.61 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.61 (5) and amended |
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185 | 185 | | to read: |
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186 | 186 | | 45.61 (5) Expenses incident to the burial under this section of persons |
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187 | 187 | | described in sub. (2) (a) and (b) to (e) shall be paid from the estate of the decedent, |
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188 | 188 | | except that if there is no estate or the estate is insufficient, the expense of burial, or |
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189 | 189 | | necessary part of the burial, shall be paid from the appropriation accounts under s. |
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190 | 190 | | 20.485 (4) (g), (m), or (q) or, for members of veterans homes, from the appropriation |
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191 | 191 | | account under s. 20.485 (1) (gk) for members of veterans homes, and the. The amount |
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192 | 192 | | expended for those expenses under this subsection shall not exceed the amount |
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193 | 193 | | established for funeral and burial expenses under s. 49.785 (1) (b). |
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194 | 194 | | SECTION 15. 45.61 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed. |
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195 | 195 | | SECTION 16. 230.05 (7) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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196 | 196 | | 230.05 (7) The Except as provided in s. 230.212 (1), the director shall use |
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197 | 197 | | techniques and procedures designed to certify eligible applicants to any vacant |
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198 | 198 | | permanent position within 30 days after the filing of an appropriate request by an |
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199 | 199 | | appointing authority. |
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200 | 200 | | SECTION 17. 230.05 (7) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... |
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201 | 201 | | (this act), is amended to read: |
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202 | 202 | | 230.05 (7) Except as provided in s. 230.212 (1), the The director shall use |
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203 | 203 | | techniques and procedures designed to certify eligible applicants to any vacant |
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204 | 204 | | permanent position within 30 days after the filing of an appropriate request by an |
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205 | 205 | | appointing authority. |
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233 | 233 | | SECTION 18. 230.212 of the statutes is created to read: |
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234 | 234 | | 230.212 Veterans homes recruiting. (1) The director shall use techniques |
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235 | 235 | | and procedures designed to certify eligible applicants to any vacant permanent |
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236 | 236 | | position at a veterans home, as defined in s. 45.01 (12m), within 7 days after the filing |
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237 | 237 | | of an appropriate request from the department of veterans affairs. Notwithstanding |
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238 | 238 | | s. 230.25 (3), the director shall maintain a register of certified eligible applicants for |
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239 | 239 | | veterans homes until notified by the department of veterans affairs that the |
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240 | 240 | | department no longer needs that register of certified eligible applicants. |
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241 | 241 | | (2) The director shall allow a veterans home, as defined in s. 45.01 (12m), to |
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242 | 242 | | fill permanent vacant positions for nurses, nurse aides, medical assistants, and |
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243 | 243 | | dietitians who are graduates of an institution of higher education or completed an |
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244 | 244 | | instructional or training program in this state without using the procedures |
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245 | 245 | | established under this subchapter if all of the following apply: |
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246 | 246 | | (a) The offer of employment is made before the individual graduates from the |
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247 | 247 | | institution of higher education or completes a training or instructional program. |
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248 | 248 | | (b) For a nursing position, the individual is eligible to be licensed under ch. 441. |
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249 | 249 | | (c) For a nurse aide position, the instructional program the individual |
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250 | 250 | | completed was approved under s. 146.40 (3) or (3g). |
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251 | 251 | | (d) For a medical assistant position, the training program the individual |
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252 | 252 | | completed was accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, a |
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253 | 253 | | national medical association, or a state medical association. |
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254 | 254 | | (e) For a dietitian position, the individual is eligible to be certified under subch. |
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255 | 255 | | V of ch. 448. |
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256 | 256 | | (e) The offer of employment is contingent upon graduation or successful |
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257 | 257 | | completion of a training program. |
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287 | 287 | | (3) Notwithstanding s. 230.16, the director shall exempt from rating panels |
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288 | 288 | | and interview panels any applicant for a position that is not supervisory and that |
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289 | 289 | | provides direct care to a resident of a veterans home, as defined in s. 45.01 (12m). |
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290 | 290 | | SECTION 19. 230.212 of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this |
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291 | 291 | | act), is repealed. |
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292 | 292 | | SECTION 20. 322.120 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed. |
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293 | 293 | | SECTION 21.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, |
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294 | 294 | | except as follows: |
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295 | 295 | | (1) The treatment of s. 230.05 (7) (by SECTION 17) and the repeal of s. 230.212 |
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296 | 296 | | take effect on January 1, 2029. |
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