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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Senate Bill 293

Behavioral health care coordination pilot projects, psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project, access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, and making appropriations. (FE)

Became law

The governor signed it on Feb 29, 2016. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 9, 2015

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 30 to 0

  4. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 98 to 0

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2015 Wisconsin Act 153

Latest entry in the official record, Feb 29, 2016: “Published 2-27-2016”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to develop mental health pilot projects and create access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds. DHS must create and award at least two pilot projects under the criteria specified in the bill to test alternative, coordinated care delivery and payment models designed to reduce costs of Medical Assistance (MA) recipients who have significant or chronic mental illness. DHS must create and award one pilot project to test new MA payment models for adult recipients that is designed to encourage the provision of psychiatric consultations by psychiatrists to health care providers treating primary care issues and to selected specialty health care providers to help those providers manage and treat adults with mild to moderate mental illness. Under the bill, DHS awards the pilot projects to health care providers meeting criteria specified in the bill.

The bill also requires DHS to award a grant to an entity that is already under contract to collect, analyze, and disseminate health care information of hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. To receive the grant, the entity must develop and operate an Internet site and system to enable inpatient psychiatric units or hospitals to enter certain information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds and to enable any hospital emergency department in the state to view the information reported to the system.

Who's behind it

19 senators are its ⁠. 11 are Democrats and 8 are Republicans.

53 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 72 names

Authors (19)

Signed on in support (53)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There were 4 votes on this bill.

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 16, 2015

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 30 to 0 · Oct 20, 2015 · 3 didn't vote

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Didn't vote (3)

Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it

Passed, 15 to 0 · Feb 8, 2016

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 98 to 0 · Feb 16, 2016 · 1 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (98)

Didn't vote (1)

Official motion: “Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 98, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Feb 29, 2016

    The new law was published.

  2. Feb 29, 2016

    The governor signed it. It became 2015 Wisconsin Act 153.

  3. Feb 25, 2016

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Feb 16, 2016

    The Assembly passed it too, 98 to 0.

  5. Feb 8, 2016

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Feb 8, 2016

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.

  7. Dec 22, 2015

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  8. Oct 20, 2015

    The Assembly received it.

  9. Oct 20, 2015

    The Senate passed it, 30 to 0.

  10. Oct 16, 2015 to Oct 20, 2015

    2 more senators signed on in support.

  11. Oct 16, 2015

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  12. Oct 14, 2015

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  13. Oct 14, 2015

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  14. Oct 13, 2015

    The committee held a public hearing.

  15. Oct 9, 2015

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.

  16. Oct 9, 2015

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 9, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Vukmir, Bewley, Cowles, Darling, Erpenbach, Gudex, Hansen, Harris Dodd, Harsdorf, C. Larson, Lassa, Miller, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand, Shilling, Vinehout, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Czaja, Kolste, Ballweg, Berceau, Bernier, Billings, Born, E. Brooks, Considine, Edming, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Jagler, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kitchens, Kleefisch, Knodl, Krug, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, Nerison, Novak, Nygren, Ohnstad, A. Ott, Petryk, Riemer, Ripp, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Sargent, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stuck, Subeck, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, VanderMeer and Vorpagel

  2. Oct 9, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Oct 13, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 13, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

    Representative Heaton added as a cosponsor

  6. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Oct 16, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Oct 16, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Oct 16, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Moulton added as a coauthor

  10. Oct 19, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-20-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  12. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  15. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 0

  16. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Oct 20, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  18. Dec 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance

  19. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  20. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  21. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  22. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

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

  23. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  24. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 98, Noes 0

  28. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  30. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  31. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-25-2016

  32. Feb 29, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-26-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 153

  33. Feb 29, 2016 · Senate

    Published 2-27-2016

Terms on this page

Wisconsin Act

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Legislative Reference Bureau

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Author

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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

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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