AB 887

This bill requires the Department of Health Services and the Department of

Revenue (DOR) to work together to develop and implement a process whereby an

employer is charged a fee for each employee of the employer who received benefits

under the food stamp program or the BadgerCare Plus Medical Assistance program

while the employee was employed full time for the employer. The bill defines full

time as an average of 35 or more hours per week. The employers that are affected

are those with 50 or more employees, excluding the state and local governments. The

amount of the fee is one-half of the total benefits provided to the employee in the

preceding year while the employee was employed full time for the employer. The fees

collected are to be used for the earned income individual income tax credit. In 2016,

DOR must submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance specifying the amount

of the fees collected in 2015 and indicating how the earned income tax credit may be

modified to use the fees for increasing the credit.