Assembly Bill 477
Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs
Topics: Health Services, Department of: Supportive living and treatment, Nursing homes and adult care, Persons with disabilities
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 18, 2012
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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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
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Author
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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.
Under current law, Family Care, Family Care Partnership, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and the self-directed services option known as IRIS (collectively known as long-term care programs) provide community-based, long-term care services to individuals who meet certain functional and financial criteria and who are either frail elders or adults with physical or developmental disabilities. In a county where a long-term care program is available, the 2011-2013 biennial budget act ( 2011 Wisconsin Act 32 ) caps the enrollment in long-term care programs until June 30, 2013, for a resource center service area at the number of individuals enrolled in those programs in that service area on June 30, 2011, with exceptions for certain individuals relocating from an institutional facility. This bill removes the cap on enrollment in long-term care programs.
Family Care currently is not available in all counties. The 2011-2013 biennial budget act prohibits the Department of Health Services (DHS) from contracting with entities to administer Family Care in a county that does not administer Family Care as of July 1, 2011, unless DHS determines that administering Family Care in that county would be more cost-effective than the current long-term care service delivery mechanism. This bill eliminates the prohibition on expansion of Family Care.
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The 2011-2013 biennial budget act allocates moneys for DHS to provide services and support items offered through Family Care to individuals who are on a waiting list for a long-term care program and who are in urgent need of long-term care services, as determined by DHS. This bill eliminates that funding allocation.
Currently, as required by the 2011-2013 biennial budget act, DHS must study various aspects of the cost-effectiveness of the long-term care programs. This bill does not alter that requirement.
Who's behind it
25 lawmakers are its . 13 are Republicans, 11 are Democrats and 1 is a Independent.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (25)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Richards · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care vote on an amendment
Passed, 4 to 2 · Feb 29, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 4, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 29, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 29, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.
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Feb 23, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 16, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 18, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
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Jan 18, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 18, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kaufert, Kestell, Van Roy, Brooks, Doyle, A. Ott, Ziegelbauer, Bernier, Wynn, Richards, Stone, Steinbrink, Ripp, Tranel, Molepske Jr, Grigsby, Endsley, Fields, Staskunas, Jorgensen, Pasch, Petryk, Danou, Sinicki and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Vukmir, Carpenter, Harsdorf, Erpenbach, Wanggaard, Jauch, Risser, C. Larson and Holperin
- Jan 18, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
- Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 24, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Knodl
- Feb 28, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 4, Noes 2
- Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Kooyenga
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 withdrawn and returned to author
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representatives Bernard Schaber, Barca and Pasch
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:14 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22
- Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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.
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