66.0137 Provision of insurance.
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66.0137 Provision of insurance.
(1)Definition. In this section:
(ac)“Board of Regents” means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
(af)“Dies in the line of duty” means a death that occurs, or occurred, as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained by, or a single exposure to a hazardous material or condition experienced by, a law enforcement officer, fire fighter, or emergency medical services practitioner while he or she was engaged in a line of duty activity or that arose out of and as a result of such an individual’s performance of a line of duty activity.
(ah)“Emergency medical services practitioner” has the meaning given in s. 256.01
(5), except that in this section it applies only to an individual who is employed directly by a political subdivision or by a joint emergency medical services department operated jointly by 2 or more political subdivisions.
(am)“Law enforcement officer” means all of the following:
1. Any person employed by a political subdivision for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances and who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances that the person is employed to enforce.
2. Any jailer who, under the direction of a sheriff under s. 59.27
(1), keeps persons in a county jail.
3. A Marquette University police officer, as defined in s. 175.42
(b).
4. A state patrol officer, as that term is defined in s. 252.01
(7).
5. A state capitol police officer.
6. A University of Wisconsin System police officer.
7. An officer of the division of criminal investigation.
8. A department of natural resources conservation warden.
9. A county sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff.
10. A chief of police.
11. A special agent employed by the department of revenue who is authorized to act under s. 73.031 .
12. A state fair park police officer duly appointed under s. 42.01
(2).
(ap)“Line of duty activity” means any employment-related action taken by a law enforcement officer, fire fighter, or emergency medical services practitioner that is required or authorized by law, rule, regulation, or condition of employment and for which compensation is provided by his or her employing agency or would have been eligible to have been provided by the employing agency if the law enforcement officer, fire fighter, or emergency medical services practitioner had been on duty when he or she took the action in question.
(as)“Local governmental unit” means a political subdivision, school district (as enumerated in s. 67.01
(5)), sewerage district, drainage district, and, without limitation because of enumeration, any other political subdivision of the state.
(b)“Municipality” means any city, village, or town.
(c)“Political subdivision” means any municipality or county.
(2)Liability and worker’s compensation insurance. The state or a local governmental unit may procure risk management services and liability insurance covering the state or local governmental unit and its officers, agents and employees and worker’s compensation insurance covering officers and employees of the state or local governmental unit. A local governmental unit may participate in and pay the cost of risk management services and liability and worker’s compensation insurance through a municipal insurance mutual organized under s. 611.23 .
(3)Health insurance for unemployed persons. Any political subdivision may purchase health or dental insurance for unemployed persons residing in the political subdivision who are not eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46 , 49.468 , 49.47 , or 49.471
(a).
(4)Self-insured health plans. If a city, including a 1st class city, or a village provides health care benefits under its home rule power, or if a town provides health care benefits, to its officers and employees on a self-insured basis, the self-insured plan shall comply with ss. 49.493
(d), 631.89 , 631.90 , 631.93
(2), 632.722 , 632.729 , 632.746
(a)2. and
(b)2. , 632.747
(3), 632.798 , 632.85 , 632.853 , 632.855 , 632.861 , 632.867 , 632.87
(4)to
(6), 632.885 , 632.89 , 632.895
(8)to
(17), 632.896 , and 767.513
(4).
Effective date note NOTE: Sub.
(4)is shown as amended eff. 7-1-26 by 2025 Wis. Act 103 . Prior to 7-1-26 it reads:
Effective date text
(4)Self-insured health plans. If a city, including a 1st class city, or a village provides health care benefits under its home rule power, or if a town provides health care benefits, to its officers and employees on a self-insured basis, the self-insured plan shall comply with ss. 49.493
(3)(d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.722, 632.729, 632.746
(a)2. and
(b)2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.867, 632.87
(4)to (6), 632.885, 632.89, 632.895
(9)to (17), 632.896, and 767.513 (4).
(4m)Joint self-insured plans and stop loss insurance.
(a)Notwithstanding sub.
(as), in this subsection, “local governmental unit” means a city, village, town, county, or school district.
(b)A local governmental unit and one or more other local governmental units, that together have at least 100 employees, may jointly provide health care benefits to their officers and employees on a self insured basis.
(bm)A technical college district and one or more other technical college districts, that together have at least 100 employees, may jointly do any of the following:
1. Provide health care benefits to their officers and employees on a self-insured basis.
2. Procure stop loss insurance.