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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 679

Hospital services provided in a home setting

Became law

The governor signed it on Mar 23, 2022. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 29, 2021

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Jan 20, 2022

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Jan 25, 2022

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2021 Wisconsin Act 208

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2022: “Published 3-24-2022”

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What it does

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

2021 Wisconsin Act 10 specifies standards for certain services provided by hospitals in a home setting. “Hospital-associated services” as defined in Act 10 are health care services that are the same type of services as those provided by a hospital in an inpatient or outpatient facility, that are of the type for which a federal Medicare program payment could be claimed as a hospital service, and that are provided in a home setting instead of a setting that is approved as a hospital by the Department of Health Services. If the federal Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved a hospital to provide any hospital-associated service, DHS may apply and enforce as the state standard for the service the CMS rule or standard on the hospital. A hospital that complies with Act 10 is not required to be licensed as a home health agency to provide hospital-associated services. The provisions of Act 10 apply to hospital-associated services provided before January 1, 2022. This bill eliminates the termination date of these provisions in Act 10 and thus continues the application of Act 10's provision.

Who's behind it

Amy Loudenbeck, a Republican, is its ⁠.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 7 names

Author (1)

Signed on in support (6)

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Health vote to recommend it

Passed, 15 to 0 · Jan 18, 2022

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 21, 2022

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2022

    The new law was published.

  2. Mar 23, 2022

    The governor signed it. It became 2021 Wisconsin Act 208.

  3. Mar 22, 2022

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Jan 25, 2022

    The Senate passed it too.

  5. Jan 24, 2022 to Jan 25, 2022

    1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.

  6. Jan 21, 2022

    “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)

  7. Jan 21, 2022

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  8. Jan 20, 2022

    The Senate received it.

  9. Jan 20, 2022

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  10. Jan 20, 2022

    The Assembly passed it.

  11. Jan 18, 2022

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  12. Jan 18, 2022

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.

  13. Nov 10, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  14. Nov 10, 2021

    The committee held a public hearing.

  15. Oct 29, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  16. Oct 29, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Loudenbeck; cosponsored by Senator Kooyenga

  2. Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Nov 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Nov 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative S. Rodriguez added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor

  7. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  8. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-20-2022 by Committee on Rules

  10. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  15. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Jan 20, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  18. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  20. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Jan 24, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Drake added as a coauthor

  22. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor added as a cosponsor

  23. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  26. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  29. Jan 31, 2022 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-31-2022

  30. Mar 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-22-2022

  31. Mar 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-23-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 208

  32. Mar 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Published 3-24-2022

Terms on this page

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act. 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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

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

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary