1 | | - | Date of enactment: |
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2 | | - | 2023 Assembly Bill 203 Date of publication*: |
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3 | | - | 2023 WISCONSIN ACT |
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4 | | - | AN ACT to amend 440.01 (1) (dm); and to create 440.08 (2m) of the statutes; relating to: renewals of certain creden- |
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5 | | - | tials. |
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6 | | - | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in |
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7 | | - | senate and assembly, do enact as follows: |
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8 | | - | JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This draft |
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9 | | - | was prepared for the Joint Legislative Council’s Study Com- |
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10 | | - | mittee on Occupational Licenses. |
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11 | | - | Under current law, a two−year renewal period applies to |
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12 | | - | many health and business credentials administered by the |
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13 | | - | Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) or a |
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14 | | - | credentialing board. The renewal date is specified by statute, |
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15 | | - | and is designated as the date on which a credential expires and |
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16 | | - | before which it must be renewed for the credential holder to |
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17 | | - | maintain the rights, privileges, and authority conferred by the |
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18 | | - | credential. The statute does not specify what it means to “be |
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19 | | - | renewed,” particularly whether a credential holder’s submis- |
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20 | | - | sion of a complete renewal application satisfies the renewal |
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21 | | - | requirement or whether, instead, DSPS is required to have |
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22 | | - | issued a determination on a renewal application. |
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23 | | - | The bill revises the language regarding the effect of the |
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24 | | - | renewal date to specify that the renewal date is the date on |
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25 | | - | which a credential expires and before which a credential |
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26 | | - | holder must submit a complete renewal application in order to |
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27 | | - | maintain without interruption the rights, privileges, and |
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28 | | - | authority conferred by the credential. |
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29 | | - | The bill specifies that a renewal application is considered |
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30 | | - | complete for purposes of satisfying the renewal requirement |
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31 | | - | only when the credential holder has submitted the required fee |
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32 | | - | and all forms and other documentation required for the |
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33 | | - | renewal of that credential. A credential holder who has sub- |
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34 | | - | mitted a complete renewal application is also considered to |
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35 | | - | have made timely and sufficient application for the renewal |
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36 | | - | under a separate provision in state law that delays expiration |
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37 | | - | until the opportunity for review of a denial expires or is other- |
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38 | | - | wise resolved. |
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39 | | - | SECTION 1. 440.01 (1) (dm) of the statutes is |
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40 | | - | amended to read: |
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41 | | - | 440.01 (1) (dm) “Renewal date” means the date, |
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42 | | - | specified in s. 440.08 (2), on which a credential expires |
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43 | | - | and before which it must be renewed for the credential |
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44 | | - | holder must submit a complete renewal application under |
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45 | | - | s. 440.08 (2m) (a) in order to maintain without interrup- |
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46 | | - | tion the rights, privileges and authority conferred by the |
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| 2 | + | MED:amn |
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| 3 | + | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | + | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 203 |
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| 5 | + | April 20, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee |
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| 6 | + | on Regulatory Licensing Reform. |
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| 7 | + | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 8 | + | AN ACT to amend 440.01 (1) (dm); and to create 440.08 (2m) of the statutes; |
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| 9 | + | relating to: renewals of certain credentials. |
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| 10 | + | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 11 | + | This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in |
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| 12 | + | the bill. |
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| 13 | + | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 14 | + | enact as follows: |
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| 15 | + | JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This draft was prepared for the Joint |
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| 16 | + | Legislative Council's Study Committee on Occupational Licenses. |
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| 17 | + | Under current law, a two-year renewal period applies to many health and business |
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| 18 | + | credentials administered by the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) |
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| 19 | + | or a credentialing board. The renewal date is specified by statute, and is designated as |
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| 20 | + | the date on which a credential expires and before which it must be renewed for the |
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| 21 | + | credential holder to maintain the rights, privileges, and authority conferred by the |
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| 22 | + | credential. The statute does not specify what it means to “be renewed,” particularly |
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| 23 | + | whether a credential holder's submission of a complete renewal application satisfies the |
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| 24 | + | renewal requirement or whether, instead, DSPS is required to have issued a |
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| 25 | + | determination on a renewal application. |
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| 26 | + | The bill revises the language regarding the effect of the renewal date to specify that |
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| 27 | + | the renewal date is the date on which a credential expires and before which a credential |
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| 28 | + | holder must submit a complete renewal application in order to maintain without |
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| 29 | + | interruption the rights, privileges, and authority conferred by the credential. |
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| 30 | + | The bill specifies that a renewal application is considered complete for purposes of |
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| 31 | + | satisfying the renewal requirement only when the credential holder has submitted the |
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| 36 | + | required fee and all forms and other documentation required for the renewal of that |
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| 37 | + | credential. A credential holder who has submitted a complete renewal application is also |
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| 38 | + | considered to have made timely and sufficient application for the renewal under a |
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| 39 | + | separate provision in state law that delays expiration until the opportunity for review of |
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| 40 | + | a denial expires or is otherwise resolved. |
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| 41 | + | SECTION 1. 440.01 (1) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 42 | + | 440.01 (1) (dm) “Renewal date" means the date, specified in s. 440.08 (2), on |
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| 43 | + | which a credential expires and before which it must be renewed for the credential |
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| 44 | + | holder must submit a complete renewal application under s. 440.08 (2m) (a) in order |
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| 45 | + | to maintain without interruption the rights, privileges and authority conferred by |
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| 46 | + | the credential. |
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| 47 | + | SECTION 2. 440.08 (2m) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 48 | + | 440.08 (2m) RENEWAL GENERALLY. (a) A renewal application shall be considered |
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| 49 | + | complete only when the credential holder has submitted the fee required under sub. |
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| 50 | + | (2) (c) and all forms and other documentation required for the renewal of that |
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