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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 771

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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, 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 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: Carpenter (D) , Feyen (R) , Roth (R) , Vinehout (D)

13 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Barca and Vruwink , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Fields (D) , Jagler (R) , Kolste (D) , Pope (D) , Rohrkaste (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Military Affairs and Senior Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 22, 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. Feb 6, 2018 · Senate

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

  2. Feb 6, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Military Affairs and Senior Issues

  3. Feb 7, 2018 · Senate

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

  4. Feb 8, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 21, 2018 · Senate

    Representatives Barca and Vruwink added as cosponsors

  6. Feb 22, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 22, 2018 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Military Affairs and Senior Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Feb 22, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1