Assembly Bill 299
Requiring the Family Care benefit and self-directed services option to be provided in certain northeastern Wisconsin counties. (FE)
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
Aug 23, 2013
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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, Apr 8, 2014: “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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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, in certain counties, Family Care and the self-directed services option known as IRIS, among other 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 each geographic area in which the Family Care benefit is available the Department of Health Services (DHS) contracts with an aging and disability resource center to provide information and determine eligibility for Family Care and a care management organization (CMO) to administer the Family Care benefit. DHS may contract with a county, a long-term care district, a governing body of a tribe or band or the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, a joint association of those entities, or a private organization to be a CMO. Under current law, if DHS proposes to contract with an entity to administer the Family Care benefit in geographic areas in which, in the aggregate, resides more than 29 percent of the state population that is eligible for the Family Care benefit, DHS must first submit the proposed contract to the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF). DHS may enter into the proposed contract only if JCF approves.
This bill requires DHS to do all of the following for residents of any of the counties of Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, and Shawano that have complied with statutory requirements: contract with a resource center such that its services are available to residents before July 1, 2014; contract with a CMO to administer the Family Care benefit such that the benefit is available to residents on July 1, 2014; and provide services under IRIS such that services are available to residents on July 1, 2014. Under the bill, DHS is not required to obtain approval from JCF to enter into these contracts or provide these services to residents of those seven counties.
Who's behind it
15 representatives are its . All 15 are Democrats.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (15)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Richards · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Mandy Wright · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 3, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 24, 2013
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Aug 23, 2013
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Aug 23, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Aug 23, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Genrich, Bernard Schaber, Kolste, Sinicki, Berceau, Richards, Wright, Young, Kahl, Wachs, Jorgensen, Ohnstad, Barnes, Hebl and Barca
- Aug 23, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance
- Sep 24, 2013 · Assembly
Representative Shankland added as a coauthor
- Oct 3, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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.
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