Assembly Bill 259
The care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia in residential care facilities, reports on residential care facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty
Topics: Administrative rules, Community-based residential facility, Disease, Health Services, Department of: Supportive living and treatment, Nursing homes and adult care, Senior citizen
Stopped in committee
The voted on it but didn't recommend it, so the full Assembly never voted. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
May 8, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. The committee didn't recommend it.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) licenses or certifies various types of residential care facilities, including nursing homes, community-based residential facilities (CBRFs), and adult family homes (AFHs).
Also under current law, DHS must annually give each nursing home a report that includes the following information: 1) the nursing home's nursing staff to resident ratio; 2) staff turnover for the nursing home and for other similar nursing homes in the same geographic area; and 3) violations by the nursing home and by other similar nursing homes in the same geographic area. DHS must also give nursing homes a one-sheet summary of the report. Nursing homes must provide the summary to every resident and prospective resident and must make the full report available to any person who requests it.
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This bill requires DHS to establish standards of care and treatment for people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia. The bill prohibits nursing homes, CBRFs, and AFHs from holding themselves out as providing special services for persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia unless DHS determines that the facility satisfies the standards of care and treatment for people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia.
The bill also requires that, if a nursing home holds itself out as providing special services for persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia, DHS must include in the annual report DHS gives the nursing home a description of how the nursing home satisfies the standards established by DHS for care and treatment for persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia.
The bill requires DHS to annually give each CBRF and AFH a report that includes information on violations by the CBRF or AFH and by any similar CBRF or AFH in the same geographic area. In addition, if a CBRF or AFH holds itself out as providing special services for persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia, DHS must include in the report a description of how the CBRF or AFH satisfies the standards established by DHS for care and treatment for persons with Alzheimer's disease. DHS must also give each CBRF and AFH a summary of its report. The bill requires each CBRF and AFH to provide the summary to each resident and prospective resident of the CBRF or AFH.
Who's behind it
25 lawmakers are its . 13 are Democrats and 4 are Republicans. 8 have no party on record.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (25)
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- AARP-Wisconsin
- Chuck Benedict · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Spencer Black · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups
- Disability Rights Wisconsin
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- IndependenceFirst
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Margaret Krusick · Democrat, Assembly
- Long-Term Care
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Richards · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Wisconsin Board on Aging
- Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- by request of Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association Chapter Network
Signed on in support (5)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 28, 2010
The committee voted on it.
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Sep 10, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 10, 2009
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jul 29, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 22, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 19, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 8, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
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May 8, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 8, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Krusick, J. Ott, Pasch, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Clark, Grigsby, Lothian, Mursau, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Turner, A. Williams and Zepnick, by request of Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association Chapter Network, AARP-Wisconsin, Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Disability Rights Wisconsin, IndependenceFirst, Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long-Term Care, Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers;Cosponsored by Senators Darling, Coggs, Carpenter and Taylor
- May 8, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
- May 19, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 22, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 29, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly
Representative Smith added as a coauthor
- Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
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Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate