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1		-	Date of enactment:
2		-	2023 Assembly Bill 200 Date of publication*:
3		-	2023 WISCONSIN ACT
4		-	AN ACT to amend 101.022; and to create 440.041 of the statutes; relating to: biennial report on various metrics
5		-	related to the issuance of occupational credentials.
6		-	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
7		-	senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
8		-	JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill
9		-	was prepared for the Joint Legislative Council’s Study Com-
10		-	mittee on Occupational Licenses.
11		-	The bill requires the Department of Safety and Profes-
12		-	sional Services (DSPS) to include the following information
13		-	in its biennial report to the Legislature, for the time period
14		-	since the prior report:
15		-	The number of applications for initial, renewal, and
16		-	reciprocal credentials received by DSPS and any credential-
17		-	ing board, and the number of those credentials granted and
18		-	issued. DSPS must also separately report these numbers for
19		-	each profession.
20		-	The lowest, highest, and median number of days
21		-	from the day that an application for initial, renewal, or recip-
22		-	rocal credential is initiated to the date that a final determina-
23		-	tion is made. DSPS must also separately report these num-
24		-	bers for applications in the health professions, business
25		-	professions, trades professions, all other professions, and
26		-	each profession individually.
27		-	The median number of contacts made to and
28		-	received from an applicant for an initial, renewal, or recipro-
29		-	cal credential before a final determination on the applicant’s
30		-	credential is issued. DSPS must also separately report these
31		-	numbers for each profession.
32		-	The number of applications for initial, renewal, and
33		-	reciprocal credentials for which DSPS or a credentialing
34		-	board requested more information. DSPS must also sepa-
35		-	rately report these numbers for each profession.
36		-	The number of applications for initial, renewal, and
37		-	reciprocal credentials that required DSPS or a credentialing
38		-	board to review an arrest, conviction, or other offense
39		-	record. DSPS must also separately report these numbers for
40		-	each profession.
41		-	SECTION 1. 101.022 of the statutes is amended to
42		-	read:
43		-	101.022 Certain laws applicable to occupational
44		-	licenses. Sections 440.03 (1), (3m), (4), (11m), and (13)
45		-	(a), (am), and (b) 75., 440.041, 440.05 (1) (a) and (2) (b),
46		-	440.075, 440.09 (2), 440.11, 440.12, 440.121, 440.13,
47		-	440.14, 440.15, 440.19, 440.20 (1), (3), (4) (a), and (5)
48		-	(a), 440.205, 440.21, and 440.22, and the requirements
49		-	imposed on the department under those statutes, apply to
50		-	occupational licenses, as defined in s. 101.02 (1) (a) 2.,
51		-	in the same manner as those statutes apply to credentials,
52		-	as defined in s. 440.01 (2) (a).
53		-	SECTION 2. 440.041 of the statutes is created to read:
54		-	440.041 Biennial report on issuance of creden-
55		-	tials. The department shall, in its report under s. 15.04 (1)
56		-	(d), include all of the following covering the time period
57		-	since the previous report:
58		-	(1) The number of applications for initial credentials,
59		-	the number of applications for the renewal of a credential,
60		-	and the number of applications for a reciprocal credential
61		-	that were received by the department and by any creden-
62		-	tialing board and the number of initial credentials, the
63		-	number of renewed credentials, and the number of recip-
64		-	rocal credentials granted and issued. The department
65		-	shall separately report for each profession the number of
66		-	* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
67		-	partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 2023 Assembly Bill 200
68		-	applications for initial credentials, the number of applica-
69		-	tions for the renewal of a credential, and the number of
70		-	applications for a reciprocal credential that were received
71		-	and the number of initial credentials, the number of
72		-	renewed credentials, and the number of reciprocal cre-
73		-	dentials granted and issued.
74		-	(2) The lowest, highest, and median number of days
75		-	from the day that an application for an initial credential
76		-	is initiated by an applicant to the date that a final determi-
77		-	nation on the application is made; the lowest, highest, and
78		-	median number of days from the day that an application
79		-	for the renewal of a credential is initiated by an applicant
80		-	to the date that a final determination on the application is
81		-	made; and the lowest, highest, and median number of
82		-	days from the day that an application for a reciprocal cre-
83		-	dential is initiated by an applicant to the date that a final
84		-	determination on the application is made. The depart-
85		-	ment shall separately report the lowest, highest, and
86		-	median number of days for all such applications in the
87		-	health professions, business professions, trade profes-
88		-	sions, all other professions, and each profession individu-
89		-	ally.
90		-	(3) The median number of contacts made to and
91		-	received from an applicant for an initial credential, the
92		-	median number of contacts made to and received from an
93		-	applicant for the renewal of a credential, and the median
94		-	number of contacts made to and received from an appli-
95		-	cant for a reciprocal credential before a final determina-
96		-	tion on the applicant’s application is issued. The depart-
97		-	ment shall separately report for each profession the
98		-	median number of contacts made to and received from an
99		-	applicant for an initial credential, the median number of
100		-	contacts made to and received from an applicant for the
101		-	renewal of a credential, and the median number of con-
102		-	tacts made to and received from an applicant for a recip-
103		-	rocal credential before a final determination on the appli-
104		-	cant’s application is issued.
105		-	(4) The number of applications for an initial creden-
106		-	tial, the number of applications for the renewal of a cre-
107		-	dential, and the number of applications for a reciprocal
108		-	credential submitted for which the department or a cre-
109		-	dentialing board requested more information. The
110		-	department shall separately report for each profession the
111		-	number of applications for an initial credential, the num-
112		-	ber of applications for the renewal of a credential, and the
113		-	number of applications for a reciprocal credential for
114		-	which the department or a credentialing board requested
115		-	more information.
116		-	(5) The number of applications for an initial creden-
117		-	tial, the number of applications for the renewal of a cre-
118		-	dential, and the number of applications for a reciprocal
119		-	credential that required the department or a credentialing
120		-	board to review an arrest or conviction record or any
121		-	other offense if the offense is reviewable by the depart-
122		-	ment or credentialing board that issues the credential.
123		-	The department shall separately report for each profes-
124		-	sion the number of applications for an initial credential,
125		-	the number of applications for the renewal of a credential,
126		-	and the number of applications for a reciprocal credential
127		-	that required the department or a credentialing board to
128		-	review an arrest or conviction record or any other offense
129		-	if the offense is reviewable by the department or creden-
130		-	tialing board that issues the credential.
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	3	+	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
	4	+	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 200
	5	+	April 20, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee
	6	+	on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
	7	+	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
	8	+	AN ACT to amend 101.022; and to create 440.041 of the statutes; relating to:
	9	+	biennial report on various metrics related to the issuance of occupational
	10	+	credentials.
	11	+	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
	12	+	This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
	13	+	the bill.
	14	+	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
	15	+	an appendix to this bill.
	16	+	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
	17	+	enact as follows:
	18	+	JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the Joint
	19	+	Legislative Council's Study Committee on Occupational Licenses.
	20	+	The bill requires the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) to
	21	+	include the following information in its biennial report to the Legislature, for the time
	22	+	period since the prior report:
	23	+	The number of applications for initial, renewal, and reciprocal credentials
	24	+	received by DSPS and any credentialing board, and the number of those credentials
	25	+	granted and issued. DSPS must also separately report these numbers for each profession.
	26	+	The lowest, highest, and median number of days from the day that an application
	27	+	for initial, renewal, or reciprocal credential is initiated to the date that a final
	28	+	determination is made. DSPS must also separately report these numbers for applications
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	34	+	in the health professions, business professions, trades professions, all other professions,
	35	+	and each profession individually.
	36	+	The median number of contacts made to and received from an applicant for an
	37	+	initial, renewal, or reciprocal credential before a final determination on the applicant's
	38	+	credential is issued. DSPS must also separately report these numbers for each profession.
	39	+	The number of applications for initial, renewal, and reciprocal credentials for
	40	+	which DSPS or a credentialing board requested more information. DSPS must also
	41	+	separately report these numbers for each profession.
	42	+	The number of applications for initial, renewal, and reciprocal credentials that
	43	+	required DSPS or a credentialing board to review an arrest, conviction, or other offense
	44	+	record. DSPS must also separately report these numbers for each profession.
	45	+	SECTION 1. 101.022 of the statutes is amended to read:
	46	+	101.022 Certain laws applicable to occupational licenses. Sections
	47	+	440.03 (1), (3m), (4), (11m), and (13) (a), (am), and (b) 75., 440.041, 440.05 (1) (a) and
	48	+	(2) (b), 440.075, 440.09 (2), 440.11, 440.12, 440.121, 440.13, 440.14, 440.15, 440.19,
	49	+	440.20 (1), (3), (4) (a), and (5) (a), 440.205, 440.21, and 440.22, and the requirements
	50	+	imposed on the department under those statutes, apply to occupational licenses, as
	51	+	defined in s. 101.02 (1) (a) 2., in the same manner as those statutes apply to
	52	+	credentials, as defined in s. 440.01 (2) (a).
	53	+	SECTION 2. 440.041 of the statutes is created to read:
	54	+	440.041 Biennial report on issuance of credentials. The department
	55	+	shall, in its report under s. 15.04 (1) (d), include all of the following covering the time
	56	+	period since the previous report:
	57	+	(1) The number of applications for initial credentials, the number of
	58	+	applications for the renewal of a credential, and the number of applications for a
	59	+	reciprocal credential that were received by the department and by any credentialing
	60	+	board and the number of initial credentials, the number of renewed credentials, and
	61	+	the number of reciprocal credentials granted and issued. The department shall
	62	+	separately report for each profession the number of applications for initial
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	87	+	number of applications for a reciprocal credential that were received and the number
	88	+	of initial credentials, the number of renewed credentials, and the number of
	89	+	reciprocal credentials granted and issued.
	90	+	(2) The lowest, highest, and median number of days from the day that an
	91	+	application for an initial credential is initiated by an applicant to the date that a final
	92	+	determination on the application is made; the lowest, highest, and median number
	93	+	of days from the day that an application for the renewal of a credential is initiated
	94	+	by an applicant to the date that a final determination on the application is made; and
	95	+	the lowest, highest, and median number of days from the day that an application for
	96	+	a reciprocal credential is initiated by an applicant to the date that a final
	97	+	determination on the application is made. The department shall separately report
	98	+	the lowest, highest, and median number of days for all such applications in the health
	99	+	professions, business professions, trade professions, all other professions, and each
	100	+	profession individually.
	101	+	(3) The median number of contacts made to and received from an applicant for
	102	+	an initial credential, the median number of contacts made to and received from an
	103	+	applicant for the renewal of a credential, and the median number of contacts made
	104	+	to and received from an applicant for a reciprocal credential before a final
	105	+	determination on the applicant's application is issued. The department shall
	106	+	separately report for each profession the median number of contacts made to and
	107	+	received from an applicant for an initial credential, the median number of contacts
	108	+	made to and received from an applicant for the renewal of a credential, and the
	109	+	median number of contacts made to and received from an applicant for a reciprocal
	110	+	credential before a final determination on the applicant's application is issued.
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	137	+	(4) The number of applications for an initial credential, the number of
	138	+	applications for the renewal of a credential, and the number of applications for a
	139	+	reciprocal credential submitted for which the department or a credentialing board
	140	+	requested more information. The department shall separately report for each
	141	+	profession the number of applications for an initial credential, the number of
	142	+	applications for the renewal of a credential, and the number of applications for a
	143	+	reciprocal credential for which the department or a credentialing board requested
	144	+	more information.
	145	+	(5) The number of applications for an initial credential, the number of
	146	+	applications for the renewal of a credential, and the number of applications for a
	147	+	reciprocal credential that required the department or a credentialing board to review
	148	+	an arrest or conviction record or any other offense if the offense is reviewable by the
	149	+	department or credentialing board that issues the credential. The department shall
	150	+	separately report for each profession the number of applications for an initial
	151	+	credential, the number of applications for the renewal of a credential, and the
	152	+	number of applications for a reciprocal credential that required the department or
	153	+	a credentialing board to review an arrest or conviction record or any other offense if
	154	+	the offense is reviewable by the department or credentialing board that issues the
	155	+	credential.
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