Senate Bill 460
Prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis
Topics: Drugs, Health Services, Department of: Health, Medical malpractice, Nurses, Pharmacy, Physician, Venereal disease
Became law
The governor signed it on May 11, 2010. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Jan 14, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 17 to 15
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 51 to 46
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2009 Wisconsin Act 280
Latest entry in the official record, May 13, 2010: “Published 5-25-2010”
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Wisconsin Act
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Author
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Cost estimate
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill allows a physician, physician assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber to provide expedited partner therapy. The bill defines "expedited partner therapy" as prescribing, dispensing, or furnishing to a patient an antimicrobial drug to be used by a sexual partner of the patient to treat a chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis without physical examination of the sexual partner. The bill defines "antimicrobial drug" as a drug identified for the treatment of a chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis in the most current guidelines for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Controlled substances are explicitly excluded from the definition of "antimicrobial drug." A prescription order for an antimicrobial drug prescribed as expedited partner therapy for the treatment of a chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis must include the name and address of the patient's sexual partner, if known, or the words "expedited partner therapy" or "EPT" in bold-face capital letters.
Under the bill, the Department of Health Services must prepare an information sheet that includes information about sexually transmitted diseases and their treatment and about the risk of drug allergies.
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The bill permits a pharmacist to dispense an antimicrobial drug to a patient upon receipt of a prescription order from a practitioner providing expedited partner therapy. The bill exempts a physician, physician's assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber who provides expedited partner therapy from civil liability for injury to or the death of a patient's sexual partner unless an act or omission of the physician, physician's assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct. The bill also exempts a pharmacist who dispenses an antimicrobial drug for the treatment of a chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis from civil liability for injury to or the death of a patient's sexual partner unless an act or omission of the pharmacist involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . All 6 are Democrats.
13 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Judy Robson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (13)
- Chuck Benedict · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Hilgenberg · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Donna Seidel · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 4 to 3 · Feb 12, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 4, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 17 to 15 · Feb 23, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 17, Noes 15”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 51 to 46 · Apr 22, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 51, Noes 46”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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May 13, 2010
The new law was published.
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May 11, 2010
The governor signed it. It became 2009 Wisconsin Act 280.
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May 10, 2010
Sent to the governor.
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Apr 22, 2010
The Assembly passed it too, 51 to 46.
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Feb 24, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 24, 2010
The Assembly received it.
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Feb 23, 2010
The Senate passed it, 17 to 15.
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Feb 12, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 3.
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Jan 27, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 21, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 19, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 14, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
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Jan 14, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 14, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Robson, Lehman, Taylor, Miller, Lassa and Risser;Cosponsored by Representatives Pasch, Roys, Turner, Berceau, Hebl, Benedict, Seidel, Kessler, Bernard Schaber, Hilgenberg, Sinicki, Grigsby and Young
- Jan 14, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue
- Jan 19, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 21, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 27, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 12, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 12, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 4, Noes 3
- Feb 12, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 18, 2010 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-23-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 23, 2010 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 23, 2010 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 23, 2010 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 23, 2010 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 17, Noes 15
- Feb 23, 2010 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 24, 2010 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Feb 24, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:41 A.M. on 4-22-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 26
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 51, Noes 46
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 23, 2010 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- May 3, 2010 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 5-3-2010
- May 10, 2010 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 5-10-2010
- May 11, 2010 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 5-11-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 280
- May 13, 2010 · Senate
Published 5-25-2010
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote