Assembly Bill 684
Dementia specialist certification program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority
Topics: Disease, Health Services, Department of: Supportive living and treatment, Nursing homes and adult care
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
Jan 22, 2010
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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 Rules.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Cost estimate
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates a dementia specialist certification program. If a nurse aide or a person designated by a care provider to coordinate and supervise resident activities attends an appropriate instructional program, completes a competency evaluation, and pays a certification fee, the Department of Health Services (DHS) must certify him or her as a dementia specialist. A certificate as a dementia specialist is valid for two years. To renew the certificate, a person must provide proof to DHS of four hours of continuing education. No person may use the title "dementia specialist" or "certified dementia specialist" unless he or she is certified by DHS.
The bill requires DHS to establish standards for a curriculum for the instructional program, which includes certain instructional topics. The instructional program must consist of at least 40 hours and must include both classroom and clinical instruction. DHS approves instructional programs that meet the standards DHS established and reviews each program at least once every two years. DHS may suspend or revoke an instructional program that fails to satisfy the standards.
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Under the bill, DHS approves competency evaluations that meet its standards, and may suspend or revoke a competency evaluation program that fails to meet the standards.
Who's behind it
15 lawmakers are its . 6 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans. 6 have no party on record.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups
- Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin
- Disability Rights Wisconsin
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Margaret Krusick · Democrat, Assembly
- Long-Term Care
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Wisconsin Board on Aging
- by request of Alzheimer's
Signed on in support (5)
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 22, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 31, 2010
The committee voted on it.
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Feb 25, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 23, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 25, 2010
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 22, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
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Jan 22, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 22, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Krusick, J. Ott, Berceau, Mason, A. Ott, Pasch, Roys, Smith and Townsend, by request of Alzheimer's and Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin, Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long-Term Care, and Disability Rights Wisconsin;Cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Darling, Coggs and Taylor
- Jan 22, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
- Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly
Representative A. Williams added as a coauthor
- Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 31, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Report without recommendation by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care (Assembly Rule 19)
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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