Senate Bill 351
Changing the deadline for approval of a certain federal law waiver request affecting the Medical Assistance program
Topics: Health Services, Department of: Health, Medical assistance
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
Dec 27, 2011
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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, the Department of Health Services (DHS) administers the Medical Assistance (MA) program, which is a joint federal and state program that pays for health services and long-term care to individuals who have limited resources. In some instances, the current MA program allows individuals who have income levels over 133 percent of the federal poverty line to receive benefits under the program. Current law requires DHS to request a waiver from the federal government to allow the department to implement eligibility standards, methodologies, and procedures under the state MA plan or federal Medicaid law waivers that are more restrictive than those in place on March 23, 2010. If the federal government does not approve the waiver request before December 31, 2011, DHS must reduce, on July 1, 2012, following the procedures under federal law, income eligibility levels to 133 percent of the federal poverty line for adults who are not pregnant or disabled for the purposes of determining eligibility to the extent permitted under federal law. The bill changes the deadline for federal government approval of the waiver request to March 1, 2012.
Who's behind it
7 senators are its . All 7 are Democrats.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (11)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Pocan · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 27, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 27, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health.
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Dec 27, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 27, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Vinehout, Taylor, Hansen, Lassa, C. Larson, S. Coggs and Wirch;Cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Grigsby, Ringhand, C. Taylor, Molepske Jr, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Pocan, Bewley, Toles and Turner
- Dec 27, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Health
- Feb 27, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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
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
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
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