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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 659

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Relating to: opioid treatment programs. (FE)

Alcohol and other drug abuse Drugs Health services, department of — Supportive living and treatment Medical assistance

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill imposes certain specific requirement on the regulation of opioid

treatment systems. The bill requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to

issue a certification for an eligible opioid treatment system that is in effect for three

years and that coincides with the federal government certification period. DHS is

required to extend a two-year certification for purposes of coinciding with the date

of the federal government certification. The bill requires DHS to allow a narcotic

treatment service for opiate addiction to contract for substance abuse counselors,

clinical substance abuse counselors, or an agency to provide counseling services in

lieu of directly hiring those individuals. DHS is prohibited under the bill from

limiting the length of treatment received from a narcotic treatment service for opiate

addiction. The bill also prohibits DHS from requiring an individual who seeks

admission to a narcotic treatment service for opiate addiction to reside within a

certain radius of that treatment service. Currently, DHS regulates opioid treatment

systems by administrative rule.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Czaja (R) , Duchow (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Jorgensen (D) , Kleefisch (R) , Knudson (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Novak (R) , Nygren (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Swearingen (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tittl (R)

6 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Darling (R) , Hansen (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0

Passed 11–0 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0

Passed 98–0 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

Aye · 98

Not voting · 1

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 14, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nygren, Novak, Quinn, Krug, Schraa, Kleefisch, Ballweg, Horlacher, Petryk, Steffen, Loudenbeck, Swearingen, Spiros, T. Larson, Duchow, A. Ott, Knudson, Skowronski, Tittl, Czaja, Sanfelippo, Rohrkaste, Jagler, Ripp, Kulp, Gannon, Jorgensen, Ohnstad, Subeck and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Darling, Olsen, Moulton and Hansen

  2. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Jan 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  7. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  9. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Nygren

  10. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0

  14. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  16. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  19. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  21. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-15-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  23. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  26. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  29. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-16-2016

  30. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-16-2016

  31. Mar 17, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-17-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 263

  32. Mar 17, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 3-18-2016