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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 876

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Relating to: coverage of prescription eye drop refills.

Drugs Insurance — Health Public employee — Group insurance Public employee — Labor union

  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 requires health insurance policies, known in the bill as disability

insurance policies, and self-insured governmental and school district health plans

that cover prescription eye drops to cover refills of prescription eye drops that 1) are

allowed under the prescription; 2) do not exceed the prescribed number of refills; and

3) are requested by the insured or plan participant when 75 percent or more of the

days have elapsed from the later of the original distribution date or the date of the

most recent refill.

This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and

financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Fields (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Kolste (D) , Pope (D) , R. Brooks (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D)

5 cosponsors

Barca and Vruwink , Carpenter (D) , Feyen (R) , Roth (R) , Vinehout (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 15, 2018 official source full page

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

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

Passed 3–2 Mar 15, 2018 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 29, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jagler, Rohrkaste, Spiros, Skowronski, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Fields, Kolste, Pope, Spreitzer, Subeck, Horlacher and R. Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Feyen, Carpenter and Vinehout

  2. Jan 29, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance

  3. Jan 31, 2018 · Assembly

    Commissioner of Insurance report received pursuant to s.601.423(2), Wisconsin Statutes

  4. Feb 1, 2018 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 8, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  7. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 2:00 PM on 2-20-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 26

  9. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Representatives Barca and Vruwink added as coauthors

  12. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 21, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Mar 12, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  17. Mar 12, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  18. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

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

  19. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  26. Apr 5, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-5-2018

  27. Apr 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-12-2018

  28. Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 305

  29. Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-17-2018