Bill > AB651

This bill makes numerous changes to Wisconsin's worker's compensation law, including updating the maximum weekly compensation rates for permanent partial disability, introducing new provisions for reporting and investigating insurance fraud by employers, and clarifying rules around the admissibility of medical reports and hospital records in compensation claims. It also expands the definition of "firefighter" to include part-time and volunteer members, and includes "emergency medical responders" and "emergency medical services practitioners" in provisions related to mental injuries like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for certain public safety personnel. The bill also modifies penalties for employers who fail to provide worker's compensation insurance, increasing them for repeat violations, and establishes new penalties for fraudulent applications for worker's compensation insurance or misclassification of employees to lower premiums. Additionally, it grants rule-making authority to the Department of Workforce Development and makes an appropriation, with a penalty provision for violations.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment (Assembly)

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab651