369 Relating to: expanding the types of governmental units that may participate in a joint local governmental self-insured health insurance plan.

Date of enactment: May 18, 2010
2009 Senate Bill 427 Date of publication*: June 1, 2010

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2007-08 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2009 WISCONSIN ACT 369

An Act to amend 59.52 (11) (c) of the statutes; relating to: expanding the types of governmental units that may participate in a joint local governmental self-insured health insurance plan.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 59.52 (11) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

59.52 (11) (c) Employee insurance. Provide for individual or group hospital, surgical and life insurance for county officers and employees and for payment of premiums for county officers and employees. A county with at least 100 employees may elect to provide health care benefits on a self-insured basis to its officers and employees. A county and one or more cities, villages, towns, or other counties , or county housing authorities that together have at least 100 employees may jointly provide health care benefits to their officers and employees on a self-insured basis. Counties that elect to provide health care benefits on a self-insured basis to their officers and employees shall be subject to the requirements set forth under s. 120.13 (2) (c) to (e) and (g).