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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 SENATE BILL 492
October 16, 2023 - Introduced by Senators L. JOHNSON, LARSON, SMITH, HESSELBEIN,
AGARD and CARPENTER, cosponsored by Representatives CONSIDINE, SHELTON,
JOERS, HONG, C. ANDERSON, CLANCY, JACOBSON, SHANKLAND, BARE, CABRERA,
CONLEY, EMERSON, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SINICKI, SNODGRASS, SUBECK, VINING,
STUBBS, MOORE OMOKUNDE, MADISON, J. ANDERSON and NEUBAUER. Referred to
Committee on Education.
AN ACT to amend 40.51 (7) (a); and to create 40.51 (7) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: health insurance for school district employees.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under the bill, a municipal employer is required to offer a health insurance plan
that is offered by the Group Insurance Board to eligible employees of a school district.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 40.51 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.51 (7) (a) Any employer, other than the state, including an employer that
is not a participating employer, may offer to all of its employees a health care
coverage plan through a program offered by the group insurance board.
Notwithstanding sub. (2) and ss. 40.05 (4) and 40.52 (1), the department may by rule
establish different eligibility standards or contribution requirements for such
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SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 492
employees and employers. Beginning on January 1, 2012, except as otherwise
provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except
as provided in par. pars. (b) and (c), an employer may not offer a health care coverage
plan to its employees under this subsection if the employer pays more than 88
percent of the average premium cost of plans offered in any tier with the lowest
employee premium cost under this subsection.
SECTION 2. 40.51 (7) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
40.51 (7) (c) Beginning on January 1, 2025, each municipal employer shall offer
all eligible employees of a school district a health care coverage plan through a
program offered by the group insurance board under par. (a).
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