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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 616

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Relating to: Medical Assistance coverage of services provided in an institution for mental disease. (FE)

Health services department of — Health Medical assistance Mental health — Hospitals and institutes

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, the Department of Health Services administers the Medical

Assistance (MA) program, which is a joint federal and state program that provides

health services to individuals who have limited financial resources. Generally, under

the MA program, the state provides its share of the funding for benefits and the

federal government then contributes its designated share of funding, also known as

federal financial participation.

Under current law, DHS may, but is not required to, cover under the MA

program the costs of services provided to MA beneficiaries in an institution for

mental disease if federal financial participation is available and certain other

requirements are met; under this bill, DHS must cover the costs of those services

under the MA program if federal funding participation is available and certain other

requirements are met. The bill also requires DHS, by January 1, 2025, to submit a

request to the federal Department of Health and Human Services for any waiver or

approval necessary to provide MA coverage, with federal funding participation, of

short-term stays for acute care in an institution for mental disease.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Born (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Drake (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hurd (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kurtz (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rozar (R) , Schutt (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Summerfield (R) , Wichgers (R)

14 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Cowles (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Feyen (R) , Gustafson and O'Connor , Jacobson (D) , Jagler (R) , James (R) , Krug (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Testin (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Nov 9, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 10, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Nov 2, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hurd, Born, Summerfield, Armstrong, Dallman, Dittrich, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Kurtz, Murphy, Novak, Rodriguez, Rozar, Schutt, Steffen, Subeck, Wichgers, Goeben and Kitchens; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, James, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jagler, Testin, Nass, Cabral-Guevara and Cowles

  2. Nov 2, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

  3. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor

  4. Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  7. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 by Committee on Rules

  10. Nov 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Representatives Gustafson and O'Connor added as coauthors

  11. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Krug added as a coauthor

  17. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Nov 15, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  20. Dec 13, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  21. Jan 9, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  23. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  28. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  31. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-18-2024

  32. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  33. Mar 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024

  34. Mar 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 177

  35. Mar 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Published 3-23-2024