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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 120
March 24, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DONOVAN, MCGUIRE, C. ANDERSON,
J. ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BALDEH, BRANDTJEN, CALLAHAN, DUCHOW, EDMING,
EMERSON, GOEBEN, GUNDRUM, JOERS, KURTZ, NEDWESKI, NOVAK, OHNSTAD,
PALMERI, RETTINGER, RODRIGUEZ, ROZAR, SCHMIDT, SCHUTT, SHANKLAND, SINICKI,
SORTWELL, SPIROS, STEFFEN, SUBECK, TUSLER, WICHGERS, WITTKE, MURSAU and
HAYWOOD, cosponsored by Senators WANGGAARD, WIRCH, BRADLEY, CARPENTER,
COWLES, FELZKOWSKI, HUTTON, JACQUE, JAMES, PFAFF, SMITH, SPREITZER and
TESTIN. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.
1 AN ACT to amend 111.70 (4) (mc) 6. of the statutes; relating to: the design of
2 health care coverage plans for public safety employees.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, municipal employees who are public safety employees, such
as police officers, fire fighters, and emergency medical service providers for
emergency medical services departments, may bargain collectively over wages,
hours, and conditions of employment. Public safety employees, however, may not
bargain over a subject that is identified as a prohibited subject of bargaining. Under
current law, all costs and payments associated with health care coverage plans and
the design and selection of health care coverage plans by a municipal employer for
public safety employees, as well as the impact of the costs and payments and the
design and selection of the plans on wages, hours, and conditions of employment of
public safety employees, are prohibited subjects of bargaining for public safety
employees.
This bill clarifies that for purposes of the prohibition against bargaining over
the design of a health care coverage plan selected by a municipal employer, design
does not include who is covered by the health care coverage plan. In other words,
public safety employees may bargain with a municipal employer about who will be
covered by a health care coverage plan selected by the municipal employer. In
addition, this bill clarifies that the initial decision of whether or not to provide health
care coverage is a permitted subject of bargaining between a municipal employer and
public safety employees.
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ASSEMBLY BILL 120
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:
1 SECTION 1. 111.70 (4) (mc) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
2 111.70 (4) (mc) 6. Except for whether or not to provide health care coverage and
3 the employee premium contribution, all costs and payments associated with health
4 care coverage plans and the design and selection of health care coverage plans by the
5 municipal employer for public safety employees, and the impact of such costs and
6 payments and the design and selection of the health care coverage plans on the
7 wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the public safety employee. For
8 purposes of this subdivision, “design” does not include the decision as to who is
9 covered by a health care coverage plan selected by the municipal employer.
10 SECTION 2.0Nonstatutory provisions.
11 (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT STATEMENT. The legislature intends that the treatment
12 of s. 111.70 (4) (mc) 6. by this act is to clarify the intent of 2011 Wisconsin Acts 10 and
13 32 and that this act is to be considered a restatement of current law.
14 (END)


Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 111.70(4)(mc)6, 111.70