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Assembly Bills |
AB 894
Davis
History |
Income and Franchise Tax Credits
Summary: Creates an income and franchise tax credit for employers who
create certain health care benefit plans (known as “cafeteria plans” under
federal law) for their employees.
Status: Introduced on Feb. 28, 2008; Referred to Health and Healthcare
Reform; Passage
recommended (10-3) Mar. 10; Passed the Assembly
Mar. 12; Failed to
pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 872
Vukmir
History |
Disclosure of
Information/Acceptance of Payment
Summary: Restricts payment that a health care provider may accept from
certain patients who are uninsured; if a patient is recommended, referred for
service, or prescribed a health care service, diagnostic test, or procedure for
which the charge exceeds $500, the health care provider must provide an estimate
of the charge to the patient.
Status: Introduced on Feb. 25, 2008; Referred to Health and Healthcare
Reform; Passage as
amended
recommended (9-4) Feb. 28; Passed the Assembly (66-29)
Mar. 5; Referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services; Failed to
pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 860
Pocan
History |
Drug Program Enrollment
Summary: Prohibits the imposition of enrollment fee during the remainder
of 2008 and for all of 2009 and 2010.
Status: Introduced on Feb. 21, 2008; Referred to Insurance; Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 793
Moulton
History |
Health Care Records
Summary: Eliminates current restrictions on redisclosure of a patient
health care record that is obtained under one of the exceptions to the
requirements of confidentiality.
Status: Introduced on Feb. 11, 2008; Referred to Public Health; Public
hearing Feb. 13; Passage recommended (7-1) Feb. 21; Laid on the table Mar. 5;
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 779
Hixson
History |
Student Health Benefits
Summary: Authorizes organization of student health benefit purchasing
cooperatives to provide health care benefits to student members under one group
health care policy or plan through a three−year contract with an insurer.
Status: Introduced on Feb. 8, 2008; Referred to Insurance; Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 738
Hilgenberg
History |
Catastrophic Care Authority
Summary: Creates CCA to study options and develop recommendations for
implementing a reinsurance program in the state for catastrophic claims under
group or individual health insurance policies.
Status: Introduced on Jan. 29, 2008; Referred to Insurance; Failed to
pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 729
Wieckert
History |
Health Care Costs
Summary: Requires health care providers to provide consumers with certain
charge or payment rate information, upon request by and at no cost to the
consumers; the information must be updated annually and may not be construed as
a legally binding estimate.
Status: Introduced on Jan. 24, 2008; Referred to Small Business; Public
hearing Feb. 12; Passage as
amended
recommended (9-0) Feb. 25; Referred to Rules; Failed to pass pursuant to Senate
Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 713
Wasserman
History |
Prescription Drugs
Summary: Provides that the Unfair Sales Act does not apply to sales of
prescription drugs and deletes the current prohibition on below−cost sales of
prescription drugs.
Status: Introduced on Jan. 22, 2008; Referred to Health and Healthcare
Reform; Public hearing Feb. 5; Passage recommended (11-2) Mar. 13; Failed
to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 570
Wieckert
History |
Anatomical Gifts (Companion
to SB 310)
Summary: Makes changes to anatomical gift law based on the Revised
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act of 2006 promulgated by the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
Status: Introduced on Nov. 6, 2007; Referred to Health and Healthcare
Reform; Public hearing Nov. 20; Passage recommended (13-0) Jan. 24, 2008; Failed
to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
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AB 539
Wis. Act
103
Parisi
History
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Blood Donations by
16-year-olds
Summary: Provides that a 16−year−old may donate blood in a
voluntary and noncompensatory blood program if his or her parent consents to the
donation.
Status: Introduced Oct. 16, 2007; Referred to committee on Public Health;
Public hearing Dec. 5; Passage recommended (9-0) Dec. 14; Passed the Assembly as
amended Jan.
23; Referred to Senate committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and
Job Creation; Taken up by the Senate and passed Jan. 31; Signed by the
Governor Mar. 14 as 2007
Wis. Act 103.
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AB 445
Lasee
History |
Changes to HIRSP (Companion to SB
226)
Summary: Makes changes in HIRSP with respect to payments and coverage.
Status: Introduced on July 3, 2007; Referred to Insurance; Public
hearing held Sept. 11; Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 419
Schneider
History |
Preexisting Conditions
Summary: Prohibits a group insurer from denying coverage to s specific
individual.
Status: Introduced on June 21, 2007; Referred to Insurance; Failed
to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 394
Nygren
History |
HIRSP (Companion to SB 206)
Summary: Requires HIRSP to offer to eligible persons who are not eligible
for Medicare an additional option of coverage under a high deductible health
plan.
Status: Introduced on
June 7, 2007; Referred to Insurance; Public hearing Sept. 11; Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 392
Hraychuck
History |
State Health Care Plans for Small
Employers
Summary: Provides that certain small employers may elect to have coverage
under any health care coverage plan offered to state employees.
Status: Introduced on
June 7, 2007; Referred to Insurance; Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint
Resolution 1. |
AB 280
Wis.
Act 36
Nygren
History |
Medical Leave - Companion to SB
154
Summary: Every health insurance policy that provides dependent coverage
for a full−time student must continue to provide coverage if he or she ceases to
be a full−time student because of a medically necessary leave of absence.
Status: Introduced on
Apr. 23, 2007; Referred to Insurance;
Passage recommended (12-0) July 19; Passed the Assembly as amended Oct. 24;
Referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation;
Passed the Senate Nov. 8; Signed by the Governor Nov. 28, 2007 as 2007
Wis. Act 36. |
AB 263
Wieckert
History |
Volunteer Health Care Providers
Summary: This bill provides status as state agents of DHFS to volunteer
health care providers who provide services under the VHCPP, regardless of
whether the health care provider has medical malpractice insurance coverage that
would extend to the provision of the services.
Status: Introduced on
Mar. 27, 2007; Referred to Public Health;
Public hearing
held May 23; Passed the Assembly as amended (96-0) Nov. 6; Referred to committee
on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation; Failed to concur in
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 258
Nygren
History |
Health Care Benefits
Summary: This bill specifies that it is not employment discrimination
based on use or nonuse of a lawful product off the employer’s premises during
nonworking hours for an employer to offer financial incentives related to
employee health care benefits that are intended to encourage or discourage use
of a lawful product.
Status:
Introduced on Apr. 10, 2007; Referred to Insurance; Public hearing held April
18; Passage recommended (11-0) June 14; Passed the Assembly Oct. 31;
Failed to concur
in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 235
Moulton
History |
Workplace Wellness
Summary: Creates an income and franchise tax credit for workplace
wellness programs.
Status: Introduced on
Apr. 10, 2007; Referred to Small Business;
Public hearing
held May 22; Passage recommended as
amended
(8-0) June 21; Referred to Finance; Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 204
Sherman
History |
Prescription Drugs
Summary: Prohibits advertising for prescription drugs. Does not apply to
an advertisement that is broadcast from or is mailed or shipped to the ultimate
recipient of the advertisement from outside this state or to advertising sent
directly to pharmacists or to practitioners who are authorized to prescribe
prescription drugs..
Status: Introduced on
Mar. 19, 2007; Referred to Health and Healthcare Reform;
Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 150
Musser
History |
Prescription Drugs
Summary: Prohibits a pharmacist from substituting a drug product
equivalent, if the drug is for treating epilepsy or convulsions, without
obtaining consent of the prescribing practitioner and the patient or the
patient’s parent, spouse, or legal guardian.
Status: Introduced on
Mar. 5, 2007; Referred to Health and Healthcare Reform; Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 94
Benedict
History |
Universal Coverage
(Companion to SB 51)
Summary: This bill establishes a health plan for Wisconsin residents to
receive reasonable medical services necessary to maintain health, enable
diagnosis, and provide treatment or rehabilitation for an injury, disability, or
disease.
Status: Introduced on
Feb. 22, 2007; Referred to Health and Healthcare Reform; Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 71
Benedict
History |
Health Care Charges
Summary: Requires that patients be notified of health care facility use
charges before a physician office visit; the facility use charge must be billed
separately from the physician’s service charge.
Status: Introduced on
Feb. 13, 2007; Referred to Health and Healthcare Reform; Passed the
Assembly as amended Mar. 5; Referred to Health, Human services, Insurance, and
Job Creation; Failed to concur
in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 47
Kaufert
History |
Health Savings Accounts
(Companion to SB 18)
Summary: Individuals who make contributions to health savings accounts
may claim a nonrefundable income tax credit for 6.5 percent of the allowable
amount or 6.5 percent of the federal tax-exempt earnings relating to an HSA, or
both.
Status: Introduced on
Jan. 30, 2007; Referred to Health and Healthcare Reform; Passage recommended
Feb. 28, 2008; Passed the Assembly Mar. 5; Referred to Health, Human services,
Insurance, and Job Creation; Failed to concur
in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 16
Schneider
History |
Prescription Drugs
Summary: Requires health insurance policies and plans that cover
prescription drugs to cover prescribed drugs for the treatment of a rare disease
or condition.
Status: Introduced on
Jan. 12, 2007; Referred to Health and Healthcare Reform;
Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
AB 12
Schneider
History |
Prescription Drug Manufacturers
or Distributors
Summary: Prohibits a manufacturer or distributor of prescription drugs
from giving, or offering to give, anything of monetary value to any practitioner
to encourage the practitioner to issue prescriptions for that manufacturer’s
drugs; does not apply to a relative of that manufacturer or to product samples
given by a manufacturer to a practitioner for delivery to a patient.
Status: Introduced on
Jan. 12, 2007; Referred to Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy;
Public hearing
held March 20; Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
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Senate Bills |
SB 562
Erpenbach
History
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Healthy Wisconsin
Plan
Summary: Establishes the health Wisconsin Plan and the Healthy Wisconsin
Authority.
Status: Introduced Mar. 5, 2008;
Referred to Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation; Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
SB 518
Erpenbach
History
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BadgerCare Plus
Summary: Makes changes to BadgerCare Plus.
Status: Introduced Feb. 15, 2008;
Referred to Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation; Public
hearing Feb. 27; Passage recommended (5-2) Mar. 5; Passed the Senate Mar. 11;
Referred to Assembly committee on Health and Healthcare Reform; Failed to concur
in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
SB 490
Breske
History
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Hospital Assessments
Summary: Eliminates assessment on the gross private patient revenue of
hospitals, creates assessment on the gross patient revenue of hospitals, creates
a hospital assessment trust fund, increases Medical Assistance and Badger Care
payment rate for hospitals, requires monthly payments by HMOs to hospitals and
reconciliation of payments with actual utilization of services, increases
supplemental Medical Assistance payments to rural hospitals, and transfers
moneys from the hospital assessment fund to the injured patients and families
compensation fund.
Status: Introduced Feb. 15, 2008;
Referred to Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation; Public
hearing Feb. 27; Passage recommended (4-2) Mar. 6; Referred to Joint Finance;
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
SB 487
Wis. Act 108
Erpenbach
History
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Health Care Records (Companion to AB
793)
Summary: Eliminates current restrictions on redisclosure of a patient
health care record that is obtained under one of the exceptions to the
requirements of confidentiality.
Status: Introduced Feb. 13, 2008;
Referred to Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation; Public
hearing Feb. 20; Passage recommended (7-0) Feb. 28; Passed the Senate Mar. 4;
Passed the Assembly Mar. 5; Signed by the Governor on Mar. 17, 2008 as 2007
Wis. Act 108. |
SB 337
Sullivan
History
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Health Care Costs
Summary: Requires health care providers to provide consumers with certain
charge or payment rate information, upon request by and at no cost to the
consumers; the information must be updated annually and may not be construed as
a legally binding estimate.
Status: Introduced Nov. 2, 2007;
Referred to Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation; Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
SB 310
Wis. Act
106
Risser
History
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Anatomical Gifts (Companion
to AB 570)
Summary: Makes changes to anatomical gift law based on the Revised
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act of 2006 promulgated by the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
Status: Introduced Nov. 2, 2007;
Referred to Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation; Passage as
amended
recommended (6-1) Dec. 7; Passed the Senate Jan. 15, 2008; Referred to Health
and healthcare Reform; Concurrence recommended (13-0) Jan. 24; Passed the
Assembly Jan. 28; Signed by the Governor on Mar. 17, 2008 as 2007
Wis. Act 106. |
SB 287
Risser
History |
Blood Donations by
16-year-olds
Summary: Provides that a 16−year−old may donate blood in in a
voluntary and noncompensatory blood program if his or her parent consents to the
donation.
Status: Introduced Oct. 10, 2007. Referred to committee on Health and
Human Services; Public hearing Jan. 17, 2008; Passage recommended (7-0) Jan.
25; Laid on the table Jan. 31; Dead pursuant to SJR1. |
SB 226
Wis. Act
39
Breske
History
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HIRSP (Companion to AB
445)
Summary: Makes changes in HIRSP with respect to payments and coverage.
Status: Introduced July 9, 2007; Referred
to Transportation, Tourism and Insurance; Public hearing Aug. 15; Passage
recommended (7-0) Sept. 6; Passed by the Senate as amended Oct. 30; Passed by
the Assembly Nov. 6; Signed by the Governor on Dec. 11 as 2007
Wis. Act 39.
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SB 206
Harsdorf
History
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HIRSP (Companion to AB 394)
Summary: Requires HIRSP to offer to eligible persons who are not eligible
for Medicare an additional option of coverage under a high deductible health
plan.
Status: Introduced June 6, 2007;
Referred to Transportation, Tourism and Insurance; Rereferred to committee on
Transportation and Tourism Nov. 6; Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint
Resolution 1. |
SB 156
Lehman
History
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Anatomical Gifts
Summary: This bill prohibits a donor’s family member, guardian, agent
under a health care power of attorney or a financial power of attorney, or the
personal representative for his or her estate from refusing to honor the donor’s
document of gift or seeking to avoid honoring the donor’s document of gift.
Status: Introduced on
Apr. 19, 2007; Referred to Judiciary and Corrections;
Public hearing
held July 11;
Passage recommended Jan. 7, 2008; Passed the Senate Jan. 15; Referred to
Judiciary and Ethics;
Failed to concur
in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
SB 154
Roessler
History
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Medical Leave (Companion to AB 280)
Summary: Under this bill, every health insurance policy, that provides
dependent coverage for a full−time student must continue to provide coverage if
he or she ceases to be a full−time student because of a medically necessary
leave of absence.
Status: Introduced on
Apr. 23, 2007; Referred to Transportation, Tourism and Insurance;
Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
SB 147
Roessler
History
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Disease Management
Summary: This bill requires that a physical health risk assessment be
performed for every individual who is eligible for MA or for Badger Care.
Status: Introduced April 13, 2007;
Referred to committee on Health and Human Services;
Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
SB 51
Miller
History
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Universal Coverage (Companion to AB 94)
Summary: This bill establishes a health plan for Wisconsin residents to
receive reasonable medical services necessary to maintain health, enable
diagnosis, and provide treatment or rehabilitation for an injury, disability, or
disease.
Status: Introduced Feb. 20, 2007;
Referred to Health and Human Services; Public hearing held Mar. 8;
Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
SB 48
Robson
History
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Volunteer Health
Care Providers
Summary: Expands the types of volunteer health care providers who may
provide services under the VHCPP and have status as state agents of DHFS, to
include licensed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
Status: Introduced on
Feb. 19, 2007; Referred to Health and Human Services; Public hearing held
Mar. 14; Passage recommended by committee (6-0);
Passed in Senate
April 17; Sent to Assembly committee Public Health; Public hearing
held May 8; Concurrence recommended (9-0) May 29;
Passed the Assembly Mar. 12, 2008; Signed by the Governor Mar. 28, 2008 as
2007 Wis. Act
201. |
SB 18
Darling
History
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Health
Savings Accounts (Companion to AB 47)
Summary: Individuals who make contributions to health savings accounts
may claim a nonrefundable income tax credit for 6.5 percent of the allowable
amount or 6.5 percent of the federal tax-exempt earnings relating to an HSA, or
both.
Status: Introduced Jan. 30, 2007;
Referred to Health and Human Services;
Failed to pass
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
SJR 1
Committee on Legislative Organization
History
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2007 - 2008 Session
Summary: Session schedule for the 2007-2008 biennial session period.
Status: Introduced Jan. 3, 2007 .
Passed the Senate and the Assembly. |
