Senate Bill 306
Coverage of telehealth services
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
Apr 21, 2021
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
The bill prohibits a private insurer or a self-insured health plan of the state or a county, city, village, town, or school district from denying coverage or refusing to reimburse a health care provider for a treatment or service provided through telehealth, which includes audio-only telephone, if that treatment or service is covered under the policy or plan when provided in person by a health care provider.
Telehealth is a practice of health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, or transfer of medically relevant data by means of audio, video, or data communications that are used during either a patient visit or a consultation or are used to transfer medically relevant data about a patient.
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2019 Wisconsin Act 56 requires the coverage of and reimbursement for certain telehealth services under the Medical Assistance program. Act 56 excluded from the definition of telehealth audio-only telephone communications unless the Department of Health Services specified by rule that those communications are considered telehealth reimbursable by the Medical Assistance program. The bill specifies that DHS must consider mental health therapy conducted over audio-only telephone communications as interactive telehealth that is eligible for coverage and reimbursement under the Medical Assistance program.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Stubbs and Subeck
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 22, 2021 to Nov 4, 2021
3 more representatives and 2 senators signed on in support.
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Apr 21, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry.
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Apr 21, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 21, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jacque, L. Taylor, Bernier and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Armstrong, Billings, Bowen, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, Milroy, Mursau, Rozar and Pronschinske
- Apr 21, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry
- Apr 22, 2021 · Senate
Senator Larson added as a coauthor
- Aug 6, 2021 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque
- Oct 26, 2021 · Senate
Senator Johnson added as a coauthor
- Oct 28, 2021 · Senate
- Nov 4, 2021 · Senate
Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
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
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