Wisconsin Code § 20.145

Insurance, office of the commissioner of
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There is appropriated to the office of the commissioner of insurance for the following programs:
(1) SUPERVISION OF THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY. (g) General
program operations. The amounts in the schedule for general
program operations, including organizational support services
and oversight of care management organizations, and for transferring to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (kv) the
amount allocated by the commissioner of insurance. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), at the end of each fiscal year, the unencumbered balance in this appropriation account that exceeds 10
percent of that fiscal year’s expenditure under this appropriation
shall lapse to the general fund. All of the following shall be credited to this appropriation account:
1. All moneys received under ss. 601.31, 601.32, 601.42 (7),
601.45, and 601.47 and by the commissioner for expenses related
to insurance company restructurings, except for restructurings
specified in par. (h).
2. All moneys received under s. 655.27 (2) from the injured
patients and families compensation fund and under s. 604.04 (3)
from the local government property insurance fund and the state
life insurance fund as payment for organizational support
services.
3. All moneys received under ss. 648.15 and 648.27.
(gm) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts,
grants, bequests and devises to carry out the purposes for which
made.
(h) Holding company restructuring expenses. Ninety percent
of all moneys received from converting mutual insurance companies under s. 644.07 (11) for expenses, including prorated
salaries, incurred by the commissioner and office staff related to
restructurings under ch. 644.
(km) Interagency and intraagency operations. All moneys
received from other state agencies and all moneys received by the
office from the office, for general program operations.
(m) Federal funds. All moneys received from the federal government as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 for the purposes for which made and received.
(2) INJURED PATIENTS AND FAMILIES COMPENSATION FUND.
(a) Supplement for claims payable. A sum sufficient, not to exceed $100,000,000, for paying any portion of a claim for damages
arising out of the rendering of health care services that the injured
patients and families compensation fund under s. 655.27 is required to pay under ch. 655 but that the injured patients and families compensation fund is unable to pay because of insufficient
moneys.
(q) Interest earned on future medical expenses. From the injured patients and families compensation fund under s. 655.27 a
sum sufficient equal to the interest earned by the injured patients
and families compensation fund that is attributable to future medical expense payments held by the fund under s. 655.015, to be
credited to individual claimants’ future medical expense payments accounts as provided in s. 655.015, for the purpose of paying future medical expenses.
(u) Administration. From the injured patients and families
compensation fund under s. 655.27 (3), the amounts in the schedule for administration, except for costs of the injured patients and
families compensation fund peer review council and its associated administrative costs assessed under s. 655.27 (3) (am).
(um) Peer review council. From the injured patients and families compensation fund under s. 655.27 (3) (am), the amounts in
the schedule for payment of costs, including costs of administration, incurred by the injured patients and families compensation
fund peer review council under s. 655.275 (5).
(v) Specified responsibilities, investment board payments,
and future medical expenses. After deducting the amounts appropriated under pars. (q), (u), and (um), the balance of the moneys paid into the injured patients and families compensation fund
under s. 655.27 (3) to carry out the responsibilities of the commissioner of insurance specified under s. 655.27, excluding payment of expenses related to administering the fund, to make payments to the investment board under s. 20.536, and to pay future
medical expenses under s. 655.015.
(3) LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY INSURANCE FUND. All
moneys paid into the local government property insurance fund
under ch. 605, for the following purposes:
(u) Administration. The amounts in the schedule for
administration.
(v) Specified payments, fire dues and reinsurance. After deducting the amounts appropriated under par. (u), the balance of
moneys in the local government property insurance fund, for the
payment of insurance losses, payments to the investment board
under s. 20.536, payments to the general fund under s. 101.573
(1), loss adjustment expenses, fire rating bureau dues and the cost
to purchase reinsurance under s. 604.04 (6).
(4) STATE LIFE INSURANCE FUND. All moneys paid into the
state life fund under ch. 607, for the following purposes:
(u) Administration. The amounts in the schedule for
administration.
(v) Specified payments and losses. After deducting the
amounts appropriated under par. (u), the balance of moneys in the
state life fund for payments authorized under chs. 604 and 607,
excluding payment of expenses related to administering the fund
except for those administrative expenses specifically authorized
in ch. 604 or 607. Payments to the investment board pursuant to
s. 20.536, payments to the general fund under s. 607.21 (4) and
payments for medical examinations and inspection reports shall
be charged directly to this subsection.
(5) WISCONSIN HEALTHCARE STABILITY PLAN. (b) Reinsurance plan; state subsidy. A sum sufficient for the state subsidy of
reinsurance payments for the reinsurance program under subch.
VII of ch. 601.
(m) Federal funds; reinsurance plan. All moneys received
from the federal government for reinsurance for the purposes for
which received.

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