Senate Bill 78
Waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation
Topics: Drugs, Health Services, Department of: Supportive living and treatment, Insurance: Health, Medical assistance, Pharmacy
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
Apr 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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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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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, the Department of Health Services (DHS) administers the Senior Care program, which provides assistance to the elderly in the purchase of prescription drugs. The program is operated under a waiver of federal Medicaid laws, but DHS is required to implement the program regardless of whether the waiver is received from the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Some of the moneys to administer the Senior Care program derive from the federal government and other moneys come from the state's general purpose revenue (GPR) or from program revenue (PR). Moneys from GPR are used to pay pharmacies and pharmacists under the Senior Care program. Program revenue from rebate payments by manufacturers is used to pay pharmacies and pharmacists and PR from payment of enrollment fees is used for administration of Senior Care. This bill requires DHS to obtain any waiver of federal Medicaid laws necessary to continue administration of Senior Care and to implement any waiver received for the administration of Senior Care. The bill also requires that any GPR moneys remaining after paying pharmacies and pharmacists and any PR moneys remaining after paying pharmacies and pharmacists and paying for program administration be used by DHS for the following purposes: to reduce enrollment costs for seniors participating in Senior Care, to reduce the prices paid by Senior Care enrollees for prescription drugs, and to enlarge the number of prescription drugs available through the Senior Care program.
Who's behind it
13 senators are its . 12 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
29 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (29)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Elizabeth Coggs · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Pocan · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, 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. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.
Senate vote to take it up right away
Failed, 13 to 19 · May 17, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Insurance and Housing and place on the calendar of 5-19-2011, Ayes 13, Noes 19”. 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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Nov 18, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 28, 2011
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Apr 27, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance and Housing.
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Apr 27, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 27, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Hansen, Wirch, Holperin, Lassa, Schultz, Miller, Jauch, C. Larson, Erpenbach, T. Cullen, Risser and S. Coggs;Cosponsored by Representatives Jorgensen, Shilling, Pasch, Bewley, Turner, Zepnick, Bernard Schaber, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Molepske Jr, Kessler, Ringhand, Roys, Young, E. Coggs, Fields, Pocan, Staskunas, Mason, Grigsby, Hebl, Hulsey, Vruwink, Steinbrink, Milroy, Clark, Hintz and Sinicki
- Apr 27, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance and Housing
- Apr 28, 2011 · Senate
Senator Taylor added as a coauthor
- May 17, 2011 · Senate
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Insurance and Housing and place on the calendar of 5-19-2011, Ayes 13, Noes 19
- Nov 18, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
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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
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote