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Bills from the January 2017 Special Session

Senate Bill 9

Addiction medicine consultation program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Stopped in committee

It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 21, 2017

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Jul 7, 2017: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It sat with the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.

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What it would have done

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

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to create and administer an addiction medicine consultation program to assist participating clinicians in providing enhanced care to patients with substance addiction and to provide referral support for patients with a substance abuse disorder, and to provide additional services. DHS must review proposals submitted by organizations seeking to provide consultation services through this consultation program and must designate sites based on the organizations' submitted proposals. DHS must select qualified providers to provide consultation program services that meet certain criteria specified in the bill.

While the bill requires a consultation provider to have the capability to provide services by telephone, a consultation provider may provide services by certain other means of communication including in-person conference. A consultation provider may also provide the following services, which are eligible for funding from DHS:

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certain second opinion diagnostic and medication management evaluations and certain in-person or Internet site-based educational seminars and refresher courses provided to any participating clinician who uses the consultation program.

The bill requires a consultation provider to report to DHS any information it requests. The bill also requires the organization to conduct interviews and annual surveys of participating clinicians who use the consultation program and submit that information to DHS.

Who's behind it

The Committee on Senate Organization introduced it at the governor's request.

40 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Signed on in support (40)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Jul 7, 2017

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 6, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  3. Mar 1, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Feb 21, 2017

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.

  5. Feb 21, 2017

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 21, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Committee on Senate Organization, Darling, Vukmir, Harsdorf, Olsen, Testin, Lasee, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Wirch and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Quinn, Novak, Ripp, Felzkowski, Murphy, Ballweg, Tranel, Petryk, Kleefisch, Billings, Kolste, Wachs, Mursau, Vruwink, Fields, Sargent, Spiros, Kulp, Tusler, Skowronski, Swearingen, Rohrkaste, E. Brooks, Ohnstad, Bernier, Zepnick, Sinicki, Edming, Doyle, Krug, Petersen, Jagler, Born, VanderMeer, Loudenbeck, Subeck, Brostoff, Spreitzer and Zamarripa, by request of Governor Scott Walker

  2. Feb 21, 2017 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 1, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 6, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jul 7, 2017 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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

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

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

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

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