2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 633 - Employee benefit plan administrators, principals, and pharmacy benefit managers.
633.15 - License; renewal, suspension, limitation, revocation, penalty.

633.15 License; renewal, suspension, limitation, revocation, penalty.

(1) Annual renewal fee.

(a) Payment. An administrator or pharmacy benefit manager shall pay the annual renewal fee under s. 601.31 (1) (w) for each annual renewal of a license by the date specified by a schedule established under par. (b).

NOTE: Par. (a) is shown as amended eff. 1-1-22 by 2021 Wis. Act 9. Prior to 1-1-22 it reads:

(a) Payment. An administrator shall pay the annual renewal fee under s. 601.31 (1) (w) for each annual renewal of a license by the date specified by a schedule established under par. (b).

(b) Schedule by rule. The commissioner shall promulgate rules establishing a schedule for payment of the annual renewal fee.

(1m) Social security number, federal employer identification number or statement. At an annual renewal, an administrator or pharmacy benefit manager shall provide his or her social security number, if the administrator is an individual unless he or she does not have a social security number, or its federal employer identification number, if the administrator or pharmacy benefit manager is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, if the social security number or federal employer identification number was not previously provided on the application for the license or at a previous renewal of the license. If an administrator who is an individual does not have a social security number, the individual shall provide to the commissioner, at each annual renewal and on a form prescribed by the department of children and families, a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the administrator does not have a social security number.

NOTE: Sub. (1m) is shown as amended eff. 1-1-22 by 2021 Wis. Act 9. Prior to 1-1-22 it reads:

(2) Revocation, suspension, limitation.

(a) Nonpayment of annual renewal fee or failure to provide social security number or federal employer identification number.

1. If an administrator or pharmacy benefit manager fails to pay the annual renewal fee as provided under sub. (1) or fails to provide a social security number, federal employer identification number or statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation as required under sub. (1m), the commissioner shall suspend the administrator's or pharmacy benefit manager's license effective the day following the last day when the annual renewal fee may be paid, if the commissioner has given the administrator or pharmacy benefit manager reasonable notice of when the fee must be paid to avoid suspension.

NOTE: Subd. 1. is shown as amended eff. 1-1-22 by 2021 Wis. Act 9. Prior to 1-1-22 it reads:

1. If an administrator fails to pay the annual renewal fee as provided under sub. (1) or fails to provide a social security number, federal employer identification number or statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation as required under sub. (1m), the commissioner shall suspend the administrator's license effective the day following the last day when the annual renewal fee may be paid, if the commissioner has given the administrator reasonable notice of when the fee must be paid to avoid suspension.

2. If, within 60 days from the effective date of suspension under subd. 1., an administrator or pharmacy benefit manager pays the annual renewal fee or provides the social security number, federal employer identification number or statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation, or both if the suspension was based upon a failure to do both, the commissioner shall reinstate the administrator's or pharmacy benefit manager's license effective as of the date of suspension.

NOTE: Subd. 2. is shown as amended eff. 1-1-22 by 2021 Wis. Act 9. Prior to 1-1-22 it reads:

2. If, within 60 days from the effective date of suspension under subd. 1., an administrator pays the annual renewal fee or provides the social security number, federal employer identification number or statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation, or both if the suspension was based upon a failure to do both, the commissioner shall reinstate the administrator's license effective as of the date of suspension.

3. If payment is not made or the social security number, federal employer identification number or statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation is not provided within 60 days from the effective date of suspension under subd. 1., the commissioner shall revoke the administrator's or pharmacy benefit manager's license.

NOTE: Subd. 3. is shown as amended eff. 1-1-22 by 2021 Wis. Act 9. Prior to 1-1-22 it reads:

3. If payment is not made or the social security number, federal employer identification number or statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation is not provided within 60 days from the effective date of suspension under subd. 1., the commissioner shall revoke the administrator's license.

4. A person whose license has been revoked under subd. 3. may apply for a new license under s. 633.14 at any time.

(b) Other reasons.

1. Except as provided in pars. (c) to (e), the commissioner may revoke, suspend or limit the license of an administrator or pharmacy benefit manager after a hearing if the commissioner makes any of the following findings:

a. That the administrator or pharmacy benefit manager is unqualified to perform the responsibilities of an administrator or pharmacy benefit manager.

b. That the administrator or pharmacy benefit manager has repeatedly or knowingly violated an applicable law, rule or order of the commissioner.

c. If the licensee is an administrator, that the administrator's methods or practices in administering an employee benefit plan endanger the interests of insured employees or the public, or that the financial resources of the administrator are inadequate to safeguard the interests of insured employees or the public.

d. If the licensee is a pharmacy benefit manager, that the pharmacy benefit manager's methods or practices in administering a prescription drug benefit endanger the interests of enrollees or the public, or that the financial resources of the pharmacy benefit manager are inadequate to safeguard the interests of enrollees or the public.

NOTE: Subd. 1. is shown as affected eff. 1-1-22 by 2021 Wis. Act 9. Prior to 1-1-22 it reads:

1. Except as provided in pars. (c) to (e), the commissioner may revoke, suspend or limit the license of an administrator after a hearing if the commissioner makes any of the following findings:

a. That the administrator is unqualified to perform the responsibilities of an administrator.

b. That the administrator has repeatedly or knowingly violated an applicable law, rule or order of the commissioner.

c. That the administrator's methods or practices in administering a plan endanger the interests of insureds or the public, or that the financial resources of the administrator are inadequate to safeguard the interests of insureds or the public.

2. A person whose license has been revoked under subd. 1. may apply for a new license under s. 633.14 only after the expiration of 5 years from the date of the order revoking the administrator's or pharmacy benefit manager's license, unless the order specifies a lesser period.

NOTE: Subd. 2. is shown as amended eff. 1-1-22 by 2021 Wis. Act 9. Prior to 1-1-22 it reads:

2. A person whose license has been revoked under subd. 1. may apply for a new license under s. 633.14 only after the expiration of 5 years from the date of the order revoking the administrator's license, unless the order specifies a lesser period.

(c) Failure to pay support or to comply with subpoena or warrant. The commissioner shall suspend, limit or refuse to renew a license issued under this section to an individual if the individual is delinquent in court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse, or if the individual fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857.

(d) For liability for delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions. The commissioner shall revoke or refuse to renew a license issued under s. 633.14 if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the licensee is liable for delinquent taxes or if the department of workforce development certifies under s. 108.227 that the licensee is liable for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions.

(e) For providing false information in statement. The commissioner shall revoke a license issued under s. 633.14 (1) if the commissioner determines, after a hearing, that the licensee provided false information in a statement provided under sub. (1m) or s. 633.14 (1) (e).

(f) The commissioner, after ordering a suspension or revocation under this subsection, may allow a pharmacy benefit manager to continue to provide services for the purpose of providing continuity of care in prescription drug benefits to existing enrollees.

NOTE: Par. (f) is created eff. 1-1-22 by 2021 Wis. Act 9.

History: 1991 a. 39; 1997 a. 191, 237; 1999 a. 9; 2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 36; 2021 a. 9.