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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 184

Application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements

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

    Mar 23, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

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

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It sat with the Assembly Committee on Health.

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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 health insurance policies that offer prescription drug benefits, self-insured health plans, and pharmacy benefit managers acting on behalf of policies or plans to apply amounts paid by or on behalf of a person covered under the policy or plan for prescription drugs to any calculation of an out-of-pocket maximum amount or to any cost-sharing requirement of the policy or plan. This requirement applies regardless of whether a claim is submitted to the policy or plan to pay for the prescription drug. Health insurance policies are referred to in the bill as disability insurance policies.

Who's behind it

9 lawmakers are its ⁠. 8 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 19 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (10)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 16, 2022

    The committee held a public hearing.

  3. Apr 1, 2021 to Jan 26, 2022

    7 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  4. Mar 23, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  5. Mar 23, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tittl, Moses, Subeck, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Krug, Rozar and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and Carpenter

  2. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Apr 1, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Thiesfeldt added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Andraca added as a coauthor

  5. May 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor

  6. Jul 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Mursau added as a coauthor

  7. Sep 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Schraa added as a coauthor

  8. Dec 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Senator Bernier added as a cosponsor

  9. Dec 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Milroy added as a coauthor

  10. Jan 26, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Bowen added as a coauthor

  11. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  12. Mar 15, 2022 · 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.

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

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor