SB522,11,24 102.31 (2) (a) No party to a contract of insurance may cancel the contract within
5the contract period or terminate or not renew the contract upon the expiration date
6until a notice in writing is given to the other party fixing the proposed date of
7cancellation or declaring that the party intends to terminate or does not intend to
8renew the policy upon expiration. Except as provided in par. (b), when an insurance
9company does not renew a policy upon expiration, the nonrenewal is not effective
10until 60 days after the insurance company has given written notice of the nonrenewal
11to the insured employer and the department. Cancellation or termination of a policy
12by an insurance company for any reason other than nonrenewal is not effective until
1330 days after the insurance company has given written notice of the cancellation or
14termination to the insured employer and the department. Notice to the department
15may be given by personal service of the notice upon the department at its office in
16Madison, or by sending the notice by certified mail addressed to the department at
17its office in Madison, or by transmitting the notice to the department at its office in
18Madison by facsimile machine transmission, electronic mail, or any electronic,
19magnetic, or other
in a medium approved by the department. The department may
20provide by rule that the notice of cancellation or termination be given to the
21Wisconsin compensation rating bureau rather than to the department and that the
22notice of cancellation or termination be given to the Wisconsin compensation rating
23bureau by certified mail, facsimile machine transmission, electronic mail, or other

24in a medium approved by the department after consultation with the Wisconsin
25compensation rating bureau. Whenever the Wisconsin compensation rating bureau

1receives such a notice of cancellation or termination it shall immediately notify the
2department of the notice of cancellation or termination.
SB522, s. 10 3Section 10. 102.425 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB522,11,134 102.425 (4m) (b) An employer or insurer that disputes the reasonableness of
5the amount charged for a prescription drug dispensed under sub. (2) for outpatient
6use by an injured employee or the department under sub. (4) (b) or s. 102.16 (1m) (c)
7or 102.18 (1) (bg) 3. shall provide, within 30 days after receiving a completed bill for
8the prescription drug, reasonable written notice to the pharmacist or practitioner
9that the charge is being disputed. After receiving reasonable written notice under
10this paragraph or under sub. (4) (b) or s. 102.16 (1m) (c) or 102.18 (1) (bg) 1. that a
11prescription drug charge is being disputed, a pharmacist or practitioner may not
12collect the disputed charge from, or bring an action for collection of the disputed
13charge against, the employee who received the prescription drug.
SB522, s. 11 14Section 11. 102.43 (9) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB522,11,1615 102.43 (9) (d) The employee has been convicted of a crime, is incarcerated, and
16is not available to return to a restricted type of work during the healing period.
SB522, s. 12 17Section 12. 102.44 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 102.44 (1) (ag) and
18amended to read:
SB522,12,319 102.44 (1) (ag) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, every
20employee who is receiving compensation under this chapter for permanent total
21disability or continuous temporary total disability more than 24 months after the
22date of injury resulting from an injury which that occurred prior to January 1, 1993
232001, shall receive supplemental benefits which that shall be payable in the first
24instance by the employer or the employer's insurance carrier, or in the case of
25benefits payable to an employee under s. 102.66, shall be paid by the department out

1of the fund created under s. 102.65. These Those supplemental benefits shall be paid
2only for weeks of disability occurring after January 1, 1995 2003, and shall continue
3during the period of such total disability subsequent to that date.
SB522, s. 13 4Section 13. 102.44 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 102.44 (1) (am) and
5amended to read:
SB522,12,106 102.44 (1) (am) If such the employee is receiving the maximum weekly benefits
7in effect at the time of the injury, the supplemental benefit for a week of disability
8occurring after April 1, 2008 the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts
9date]
, shall be an amount which that, when added to the regular benefit established
10for the case, shall equal $450 $582.
SB522, s. 14 11Section 14. 102.44 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB522,12,1712 102.44 (1) (b) If such the employee is receiving a weekly benefit which that is
13less than the maximum benefit which that was in effect on the date of the injury, the
14supplemental benefit for a week of disability occurring after April 1, 2008 the
15effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date]
, shall be an amount sufficient
16to bring the total weekly benefits to the same proportion of $450 $582 as the
17employee's weekly benefit bears to the maximum in effect on the date of injury.
SB522, s. 15 18Section 15. 102.44 (5) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB522,12,2119 102.44 (5) (g) No reduction under this subsection shall be made on temporary
20disability benefits payable during a period in which an injured employee is receiving
21vocational rehabilitation services under s. 102.61 (1) or (1m).
SB522, s. 16 22Section 16. 102.50 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB522,12,25 23102.50 Burial expenses. In all cases where in which the death of an employee
24proximately results from the injury, the employer or insurer shall pay the reasonable
25actual expense for burial, not exceeding $6,000 $10,000.
SB522, s. 17
1Section 17. 102.555 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB522,13,62 102.555 (12) (b) For a case of occupational deafness in which the date of injury
3is on or after April 1, 2008, this subsection applies beginning on that date.
4Notwithstanding ss. 102.03 (4) and 102.17 (4), for a case of occupational deafness in
5which the date of injury is before April 1, 2008, this subsection applies beginning on
6the date that is 6 years after April 1, 2008 January 1, 2012.
SB522, s. 18 7Section 18. 102.60 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB522,13,128 102.60 (1m) (intro.) When the injury is sustained by a minor who is illegally
9employed, the employer, in addition to paying compensation or wage loss under sub.
10(6)
to the minor and death benefits to the dependents of the minor, shall pay the
11following amounts into the state treasury, for deposit in the fund established under
12s. 102.65:
SB522, s. 19 13Section 19. 102.60 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB522, s. 20 14Section 20. 102.75 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB522,13,2315 102.75 (2) The department shall require that payments for costs and expenses
16for each fiscal year shall be made on such dates as the department prescribes by each
17licensed worker's compensation insurance carrier and employer exempted under s.
18102.28 (2). Each such payment shall be a sum equal to a proportionate share of the
19annual costs and expenses assessed upon each carrier and employer as estimated by
20the department. Interest shall accrue on amounts not paid within 90 30 days after
21the date prescribed by the department under this subsection at the rate of 1 percent
22per month. All interest payments received under this subsection shall be deposited
23in the fund established under s. 102.65.
SB522, s. 21 24Section 21. 102.81 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB522,14,7
1102.81 (1) (a) If an employee of an uninsured employer, other than an employee
2who is eligible to receive alternative benefits under s. 102.28 (3), suffers an injury for
3which the uninsured employer is liable under s. 102.03, the department or the
4department's reinsurer shall pay to or on behalf of the injured employee or to the
5employee's dependents an amount equal to the compensation owed them by the
6uninsured employer under this chapter except penalties and interest due under ss.
7102.16 (3), 102.18 (1) (b) and (bp), 102.22 (1), 102.35 (3), 102.57, and 102.60 (6).
SB522, s. 22 8Section 22. 102.82 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB522,14,179 102.82 (1) An Except as provided in sub. (2) (ar), an uninsured employer shall
10reimburse the department for any payment made under s. 102.81 (1) to or on behalf
11of an employee of the uninsured employer or to an employee's dependents and for any
12expenses paid by the department in administering the claim of the employee or
13dependents, less amounts repaid by the employee or dependents under s. 102.81 (4)
14(b). The reimbursement owed under this subsection is due within 30 days after the
15date on which the department notifies the uninsured employer that the
16reimbursement is owed. Interest shall accrue on amounts not paid when due at the
17rate of 1% per month.
SB522, s. 23 18Section 23. 102.82 (2) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB522,14,2419 102.82 (2) (ar) The department may waive any payment owed under par. (a)
20or (ag) or sub. (1) if the department determines that the sole reason for the uninsured
21employer's failure to comply with s. 102.28 (2) is that the uninsured employer was
22a victim of fraud, misrepresentation or gross negligence by an insurance agent or
23insurance broker or by a person whom a reasonable person would believe is an
24insurance agent or insurance broker.
SB522, s. 24 25Section 24. 103.78 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SB522, s. 25
1Section 25. Initial applicability.
SB522,15,32 (1) Assessments. The treatment of section 102.75 (2) of the statutes first
3applies to an assessment imposed in the effective date of this subsection.
SB522,15,44 (End)
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