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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Bill 453

Requiring an insurer to make payment directly to a provider who provides the insurer with an assignment of benefits

Topics: Insurance: Health, Medical practice, Group, Medical service, Physician

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 11, 2010

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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 requires an insurer that has issued a group or individual health insurance policy (each called a "disability insurance policy" in the statutes) to pay a health care provider (provider) directly for any service, item, or supply that the provider provides to an insured under the health insurance policy if: the service, item, or supply is covered under the health insurance policy; the provider is not under contract with the insurer to provide services, items, or supplies to the insurer's insureds; and the provider provides to the insurer an assignment of benefits from the insured to the provider. The bill defines an assignment of benefits as a written instrument signed by an insured or the insured's authorized representative that assigns to a provider the insured's claim for payment, reimbursement, or benefits under a health insurance policy.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its ⁠. All 5 are Democrats.

13 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 18 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (13)

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jan 11, 2010

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.

  3. Jan 11, 2010

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 11, 2010 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Lassa, Vinehout, Wirch and Lehman;Cosponsored by Representatives Pocan, Benedict, Berceau, Mason, Sinicki, Soletski, Shilling, Roys, Turner, Vruwink, Gunderson, Zepnick, A. Ott and Hebl

  2. Jan 11, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue

  3. Jan 19, 2010 · Senate

    Senator Jauch withdrawn as a coauthor

  4. Jan 21, 2010 · Senate

    Senator Vinehout withdrawn as a coauthor

  5. Jan 27, 2010 · Senate

    Representative Gunderson withdrawn as a cosponsor

  6. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor