Assembly Bill 447
Reimbursement rates under the Medical Assistance program for home health care services. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 13, 2019
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Medicaid Reform and Oversight. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
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 increase by 10 percent the reimbursement rates for home health care services provided under the Medical Assistance program in the first year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium and maintain that funding level in the second year of the fiscal biennium.
Who's behind it
31 lawmakers are its . 16 are Democrats and 15 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (31)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 9, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 13, 2019 to Sep 30, 2019
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Sep 13, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Medicaid Reform and Oversight.
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Sep 13, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 13, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Brooks, Summerfield, Kolste, Anderson, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Dittrich, Doyle, Edming, Emerson, Felzkowski, Horlacher, Krug, Kulp, Milroy, Mursau, L. Myers, Petryk, Pope, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spiros, Spreitzer, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Vruwink and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Carpenter, Feyen, Larson, Nass, L. Taylor and Testin
- Sep 13, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Medicaid Reform and Oversight
- Sep 13, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor
- Sep 30, 2019 · Assembly
Representative C. Taylor added as a coauthor
- Oct 9, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate