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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 797

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Relating to: funding for the rural physician residency assistance program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Medical education Medical record Physician Plants University of wisconsin — School of medicine and public health

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides a one-year increase of $250,000 in funding for the rural

physician residency assistance program. Under this program of the University of

Wisconsin System, the Department of Family Medicine in the University of

Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health establishes and supports physician

residency positions in hospitals in rural areas or that include rural rotations in

hospitals in rural areas. This program is funded from the critical access hospital

assessment fund. Under the bill, the increased funding is provided for fiscal year

2016-17 from the general fund.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Czaja (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Nerison (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Swearingen (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tauchen (R) , Tranel (R) , VanderMeer (R)

1 cosponsors

Tiffany (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Mining and Rural Development, Ayes 10, Noes 5

Passed 10–5 Feb 12, 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 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives E. Brooks, Bernier, Quinn, Tranel, Kulp, Mursau, Novak, VanderMeer, Krug, T. Larson, Ballweg, Nerison, Spiros, Edming, Ripp, Swearingen, Petryk, Murtha, Czaja, Kitchens, Tauchen, A. Ott, Macco, Skowronski, Knodl and Murphy; cosponsored by Senator Tiffany

  2. Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mining and Rural Development

  3. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Mining and Rural Development, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  7. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1