Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1206 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1206
5	5	April 11, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives J. ANDERSON, C. ANDERSON, BARE,
6	6	MADISON, MOORE OMOKUNDE, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SINICKI, SNODGRASS and
7	7	STUBBS. Referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment.
8	8	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
9	9	AN ACT to create 230.35 (2g) of the statutes; relating to: sick leave for veterans
10	10	employed by state.
11	11	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
12	12	Under current law, state employees are generally entitled to receive paid sick
13	13	leave as part of their compensation, and, if an employee does not use all of his or her
14	14	sick leave during a calendar year, the employee may accumulate unused sick leave
15	15	from year to year in a sick leave account. The paid sick leave for state employees is
16	16	regulated by administrative rules of the division of personnel management in the
17	17	department of administration.
18	18	Under this bill, a state employee who is a veteran of the U.S. armed forces or
19	19	in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces during a war period or in a
20	20	crisis zone is entitled to 60 hours per year of paid sick leave in order to receive health
21	21	care or mental health care for a disability related to the employee's military service
22	22	at a facility operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or at a facility to
23	23	which a veteran is referred for treatment under the U.S. Department of Veterans
24	24	Affairs Community Care Network. This paid leave is in addition to any paid sick
25	25	leave generally provided to state employees and does not accumulate from year to
26	26	year and may not be converted to credits to pay for health insurance in retirement.
27	27	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
28	28	an appendix to this bill.
29	29	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
30	30	enact as follows:
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34	34	SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 1206
35	35	SECTION 1. 230.35 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
36	36	230.35 (2g) (a) In this subsection:
37	37	1. “Health care” has the meaning given in s. 155.01 (3).
38	38	2. “Veteran” has the meaning given in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to (f).
39	39	(b) An appointing authority shall grant a leave of absence with pay owing to
40	40	sickness of at least 60 hours per year for any veteran employed by the appointing
41	41	authority, for the employee to receive health care or mental health care for a
42	42	disability related to the employee's military service at any facility operated by the
43	43	U.S. department of veterans affairs or at a facility to which a veteran is referred for
44	44	treatment under the U.S. department of veterans affairs community care network,
45	45	if that care is on behalf of and paid for by the U.S. department of veterans affairs.
46	46	Leave under this subsection is in addition to any leave under sub. (2) and does not
47	47	accumulate from year to year and may not be converted to credits to pay for health
48	48	insurance under s. 40.05 (4) (b), (bc), or (bf) or the supplemental health insurance
49	49	conversion credit program under s. 230.12 (9). The administrator shall promulgate
50	50	rules to implement this subsection.
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