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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 132

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Relating to: coverage of vaccinations under SeniorCare.

Health services department of — Health Insurance — Health Vaccination

  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

The Department of Health Services administers the SeniorCare program,

which provides assistance to individuals who are elderly in the purchase of

prescription drugs.

2019 Wisconsin Act 185

requires DHS to include under the

SeniorCare program coverage of vaccinations that are recommended for

administration to adults by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and approved by DHS. DHS must

also provide payments to health care providers that administer the vaccinations and

submit claims for payment in the manner required. SeniorCare is operated under

a waiver of federal Medicaid laws, but DHS is required to operate the program

regardless of whether a waiver is received from the federal government. This bill

clarifies that DHS must cover and reimburse vaccinations under SeniorCare as

required under

2019 Wisconsin Act 185

by January 15, 2021, regardless of whether

a federal waiver is received.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

38 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Baldeh (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , Haywood (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hintz (D) , Hong (D) , L. Myers (D) , McGuire (D) , Milroy (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 24, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bewley, Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Smith and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Hintz, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink

  2. Feb 24, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1