Senate Bill 1
The hospital assessment, Medical Assistance, and making appropriations
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.
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Introduced, passed
Jun 24, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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, Jun 27, 2009: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the joint committee on Finance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, hospitals must pay an annual assessment for the privilege of operating in Wisconsin. Critical access hospitals, institutes for mental disease, and psychiatric hospitals are exempt from the assessment. The total amount of the assessment, which is apportioned among hospitals according to gross patient revenues, is $275,445,100 for fiscal year 2008-09. Current law requires that each hospital pay its assessment for fiscal year 2008-09 in two equal payments due on March 31 and June 30, 2009. The assessment revenues are used to pay for hospital and other services under the Medical Assistance program.
Also under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) must make one-time payments in fiscal year 2008-09 to certain rural border hospitals that are not critical access hospitals. The payments are either $250,000 or $500,000 per hospital, depending on the portion of the hospital's revenue derived from the Medical Assistance program.
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This bill increases the total amount of the hospital assessment for fiscal year 2008-09 to $335,945,100, and provides that the two hospital assessment payments for fiscal year 2008-09 need not be equal. The bill increases appropriations from the hospital assessment fund and the Medical Assistance trust fund to permit expenditure of the additional hospital assessment revenue; increases program revenue funding for administration of the Medical Assistance program and the hospital assessment; and decreases general purpose revenue funding for the Medical Assistance program. The bill also increases the fiscal year 2008-09 payments to rural border hospitals.
Who's behind it
Committee on Senate Organization is its .
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- Committee on Senate Organization
What happened
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Jun 27, 2009
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jun 24, 2009
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Jun 24, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jun 24, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by committee on Senate Organization
- Jun 24, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance
- Jun 27, 2009 · 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.
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
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