Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session
Relating to: prohibiting preexisting condition exclusion and setting rates or cost sharing based on preexisting conditions. (FE)
Insurance — Health Insurance — Miscellaneous Public employee — Group insurance
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits a group health benefit plan, including a self-insured
governmental health plan, from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion. The bill
also prohibits an individual health insurance policy, known in the bill as a disability
insurance policy, from reducing or denying a claim or loss incurred or disability
commencing under the policy on the ground that a disease or physical condition
existed prior to the effective date of coverage. The bill also prohibits a group or
individual health insurance policy or a self-insured governmental health plan from
considering whether an individual, including a dependent, who would be covered
under the plan has a preexisting condition for the purpose of setting any deductibles,
copayments, or coinsurance under the policy or plan.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Doyle (D) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hintz (D) , Kessler (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Meyers (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wachs (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)
Votes
Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary
Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Insurance and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 59
Failed 34–59 Feb 22, 2018 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Jun 2, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Riemer, Kolste, C. Taylor, Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kessler, Mason, Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, Vruwink, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Johnson, Shilling, Bewley, Carpenter, Hansen, Larson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch
- Jun 2, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance
- Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 15, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 13, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Insurance and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 59
- Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1