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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 206
5	5	April 20, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee
6	6	on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
7	7	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
8	8	AN ACT to renumber and amend 440.09; to amend 101.022 and 440.09 (title);
9	9	and to create 440.09 (1m) (title) and 440.09 (2r) of the statutes; relating to:
10	10	requiring the Department of Safety and Professional Services to post certain
11	11	credential information on its website.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
14	14	the bill.
15	15	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
16	16	an appendix to this bill.
17	17	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
18	18	enact as follows:
19	19	JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the Joint
20	20	Legislative Council's Study Committee on Occupational Licenses.
21	21	Under current law, for health and business credentials administered by the
22	22	Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) or a credentialing board, a
23	23	specific reciprocal credential standard is typically specified for each credential, which
24	24	establishes the eligibility criteria for issuing a reciprocal credential. A reciprocal
25	25	credential is a credential issued to a person who already possesses a similar credential
26	26	in another jurisdiction. Also known as licensure by endorsement, the process for granting
27	27	a reciprocal credential typically allows an applicant who is already credentialed in
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34	34	another jurisdiction to receive a credential without having to provide all of the
35	35	documentation or satisfy all of the criteria that would otherwise be required to be granted
36	36	a credential. A commonly used standard specifies that a reciprocal credential may be
37	37	granted if the other state's credentialing requirements are “substantially equivalent” to
38	38	Wisconsin's credentialing requirements for the profession.
39	39	The bill requires the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) to
40	40	determine, for each health care provider credential, whether the profession's reciprocity
41	41	standard requires an examination of the equivalence, comparability, or similarity of a
42	42	prior issuing state's or territory's credentialing requirements. For each health care
43	43	provider credential that DSPS determines applies this reciprocity standard, DSPS must
44	44	review all other states' and territories' health care provider credentialing requirements,
45	45	in consultation with the appropriate credentialing boards, to determine whether each
46	46	other state's or territory's laws qualify for purposes of granting a reciprocal health care
47	47	provider credential under state law.
48	48	DSPS must post the results of its review on its website, and must update the review
49	49	at least every four years.
50	50	SECTION 1. 101.022 of the statutes is amended to read:
51	51	101.022 Certain laws applicable to occupational licenses. Sections
52	52	440.03 (1), (3m), (4), (11m), and (13) (a), (am), and (b) 75., 440.05 (1) (a) and (2) (b),
53	53	440.075, 440.09 (2) (1m), 440.11, 440.12, 440.121, 440.13, 440.14, 440.15, 440.19,
54	54	440.20 (1), (3), (4) (a), and (5) (a), 440.205, 440.21, and 440.22, and the requirements
55	55	imposed on the department under those statutes, apply to occupational licenses, as
56	56	defined in s. 101.02 (1) (a) 2., in the same manner as those statutes apply to
57	57	credentials, as defined in s. 440.01 (2) (a).
58	58	SECTION 2. 440.09 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
59	59	440.09 (title) Reciprocal credentials for service members, former
60	60	service members, and their spouses.
61	61	SECTION 3. 440.09 of the statutes is renumbered 440.09 (1m), and 440.09 (1m)
62	62	(a) (intro.) and 1., (b) 1., (c) 1., (d) and (e), as renumbered, are amended to read:
63	63	440.09 (1m) (a) (intro.) In this section subsection:
64	64	1. “Former service member” means a person who was discharged from the U.S.
65	65	armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable within 4 years of the date on
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86	86	which the service member or the spouse of the service member applies for a reciprocal
87	87	credential under this section subsection.
88	88	(b) 1. The individual applies for a reciprocal credential under this section
89	89	subsection on a form prescribed by the department or credentialing board.
90	90	(c) 1. A reciprocal credential granted under this section subsection expires on
91	91	the applicable renewal date specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a), except that if the first
92	92	renewal date specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a) after the date on which the credential is
93	93	granted is within 180 days of the date on which the credential is granted, the
94	94	credential expires on the 2nd renewal date specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a) after the date
95	95	on which the credential is granted.
96	96	(d) The department or credentialing board, as appropriate, shall expedite the
97	97	issuance of a reciprocal credential granted under this section subsection.
98	98	(e) The department or credentialing board, as appropriate, may promulgate
99	99	rules necessary to implement this section subsection.
100	100	SECTION 4. 440.09 (1m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
101	101	440.09 (1m) (title) RECIPROCAL CREDENTIALS FOR SERVICE MEMBERS, FORMER
102	102	SERVICE MEMBERS, AND THEIR SPOUSES.
103	103	SECTION 5. 440.09 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
104	104	440.09 (2r) RECIPROCAL CREDENTIALS; HEALTH CARE PROVIDER CREDENTIALS. (a)
105	105	In this subsection, “health care provider credential” means any credential specified
106	106	in s. 440.094 (1) (c).
107	107	(b) 1. The department shall, for each health care provider credential, do all of
108	108	the following:
109	109	a. Determine whether there are any provisions under chs. 440 to 480 for
110	110	granting a reciprocal credential corresponding to that credential that require an
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138	138	examination of the equivalence, comparability, or similarity of the credentialing
139	139	requirements in other states or territories in the United States to the laws under chs.
140	140	440 to 480, or rules promulgated thereunder, for granting that credential.
141	141	b. For each provision identified under subd. 1. a., review the laws of every other
142	142	state to determine if and how the laws of each state compare to the laws of this state
143	143	and whether each state's laws qualify, for purposes of granting a reciprocal credential
144	144	under that provision. The department shall also, as applicable, similarly review the
145	145	laws of other territories in the United States.
146	146	c. Post the results of the department's reviews under subd. 1. b. on the
147	147	department's website.
148	148	2. a. The department shall consult with the appropriate credentialing boards
149	149	in performing the duties specified under subd. 1.
150	150	b. The department shall perform the duties under subd. 1. and update the
151	151	results posted under subd. 1. c. at least every 4 years.
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