Senate Bill 470
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 before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. 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, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly 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 ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
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
10 lawmakers are its . 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican. 6 have no party on record.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin
- Disability Rights Wisconsin
- Long Term Care
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Wisconsin Board of Aging
- by request of Alzheimer's
Signed on in support (9)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Margaret Krusick · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Public Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 4, 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 Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 8, 2010
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Mar 4, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.
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Feb 24, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 17, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 22, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation.
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Jan 22, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 22, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Darling, Taylor and Coggs, by request of Alzheimer's and Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin, Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Wisconsin Board of Aging and Long Term Care, Disability Rights Wisconsin;Cosponsored by Representatives Krusick, J. Ott, Berceau, Mason, A. Ott, Pasch, Roys, Smith and Townsend
- Jan 22, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation
- Feb 17, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 24, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 3, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 4, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 4, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote