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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 662

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Tiffany (R)

26 cosponsors

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)

Full history

  1. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Tiffany; cosponsored 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

  2. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

  3. Feb 3, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1