Senate Bill 563
Requiring legislation for agencies to take an action to, request federal moneys to, and use state moneys to assist the federal government to implement federal health reform and reports on implementation of federal health reform
Topics: Bills, Legislative, Federal-state relations, Health Services, Department of: Administration, Insurance: Commissioner, Office of, Insurance: Health, Legislative Reference Bureau, Safety and Professional Services, Department of, State agencies
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
Mar 15, 2012
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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 29, 2012: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Senate Organization. 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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
On March 23, 2010, the federal government enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which, among other things, imposes requirements and limitations on health insurance policies and health plans, requires the creation of state-based health insurance exchanges through which individuals and small employers can purchase insurance, changes the income eligibility criteria for Medicaid (known as Medical Assistance in this state), and creates incentives for improving access to health care. The insurance reforms, insurance exchange requirements, and changes to Medicaid are located in Titles I and II and Subtitles A and B of Title X of PPACA. This bill requires that, before a state agency takes any action to implement Title I or II or Subtitle A or B of Title X of PPACA for which the agency would typically promulgate a rule, the agency must request the Legislative Reference Bureau to prepare legislation that allows the agency to take the action.
The agency must then submit the proposed legislation to each standing committee of each house of the legislature that has jurisdiction over health or insurance matters. The bill prohibits the agency from taking the action to implement Title I or II or Subtitle A or B of Title X of PPACA until the legislation allowing the agency to take the action takes effect. The bill also prohibits an agency from requesting a grant or other moneys from the federal government to implement Title I or II or Subtitle A or B of Title X of PPACA and from expending any state moneys, or federal moneys passing through the state treasury, to assist the federal government in implementing Title I or II or Subtitle A or B of Title X of PPACA. The bill specifies that an agency is not prohibited from exchanging or providing information about, communicating or advising about, or discussing PPACA with any person or agency;
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reviewing, analyzing, or researching PPACA, or addressing consumer complaints about PPACA. A secretary or commissioner of an agency is not prohibited from serving on a board that discusses and considers the effects of PPACA. The bill also specifies that if the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) receives a report of an insurer's medical loss ratio, OCI may review that medical loss ratio to determine if the insurer is experiencing financial problems and may work with the insurer to resolve those financial problems. As an exception to the requirements under the bill, the bill allows an agency to request any grant or other moneys for certain purposes specified under Title I or II or Subtitle A or B of Title X of PPACA and to implement the project or program for which the grant or other moneys are received and expend the grant or other moneys.
The bill requires agencies of the state to submit annually to the legislature a report that describes the cost, since March 23, 2010, to that agency of implementing PPACA and any federal moneys received after March 23, 2010, related to implementing PPACA, with the first report due by September 1, 2012. In addition, certain agencies must include certain information in their annual reports for that year and in an analysis of any change in the information after March 23, 2010. DHS must include the average spending per recipient for Medical Assistance programs and the spending for Medical Assistance programs as a percentage of the state budget. The Department of Safety and Professional Services shall include the number of physicians practicing in the state. OCI must include the number of insurance companies that offer health care plans in the state. The bill also requires the commissioner of insurance to include in his or her annual report to the legislature a review of the effect the implementation of PPACA has on rates of health care plans that are not issued through a governmental body. That review must include the average rate for each health care plan.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Republicans.
20 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (20)
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Knudson · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Bill Kramer · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Chad Weininger · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 29, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 15, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Mar 15, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 15, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Vukmir, Galloway, Grothman, Lasee and Lazich;Cosponsored by Representatives Craig, Wynn, August, Knudson, Knilans, Bernier, Farrow, Honadel, Jacque, Kapenga, Kooyenga, Kramer, Kuglitsch, LeMahieu, T. Larson, Nass, Steineke, Stroebel, Thiesfeldt and Weininger
- Mar 15, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Mar 15, 2012 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Mar 29, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
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