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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 157

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Relating to: ambulance assessment program supplemental reimbursements, payment of administrative costs, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Health services department of — Administration Medical assistance Medical service Trust fund

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates an appropriation to make payments from the ambulance

service provider trust fund to eligible ambulance service providers as specified under

2021 Wisconsin Act 228

. Act 228 implemented an ambulance service provider

assessment on private ambulance service providers for supplemental

reimbursements under the Medical Assistance program and a supplemental

reimbursement under the Medical Assistance program to public ambulance service

providers through certified public expenditures. Currently, the Department of

Health Services administers the Medical Assistance program, which is a joint federal

and state program that provides health services to individuals who have limited

financial resources. Generally, under the Medical Assistance 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. Act 228 imposes on each private ambulance service provider a fee for

the privilege of doing business in Wisconsin and established an ambulance service

provider trust fund for the fees collected.

The bill also requires DHS to transfer moneys annually from the ambulance

service provider trust fund to cover the administrative costs associated with

administering the ambulance assessment and making supplemental

reimbursements to ambulance providers.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Felzkowski (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Quinn (R)

22 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabrera and Andraca , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Edming (R) , Green (R) , Kurtz (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Plumer (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Rozar (R) , Schmidt (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Swearingen (R) , Tittl (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0

Passed 6–0 Jun 1, 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 passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0

Passed 6–0 Jun 1, 2023 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 33–0 Jun 7, 2023 official source full page

Full history

  1. Apr 3, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Felzkowski, Cowles, James, Marklein and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Dallman, Armstrong, Binsfeld, Brooks, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Green, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Plumer, Rozar, Schmidt, Swearingen and Tittl

  2. Apr 3, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Apr 19, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Oldenburg added as a cosponsor

  4. May 2, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. May 3, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. May 18, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Felzkowski

  7. May 24, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jun 1, 2023 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  9. Jun 1, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  10. Jun 1, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Jun 5, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  14. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up

  15. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  18. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  19. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Jun 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  21. Jun 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor

  22. Jun 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  23. Jun 15, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-21-2023 by Committee on Rules

  24. Jun 20, 2023 · Assembly

    Representatives Cabrera and Andraca added as cosponsors

  25. Jun 21, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  26. Jun 21, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  27. Jun 21, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  28. Jun 21, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Jun 21, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  30. Jun 21, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  31. Jun 21, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Jun 22, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  33. Jun 22, 2023 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  34. Jun 28, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  35. Aug 2, 2023 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 8-2-2023

  36. Aug 7, 2023 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 8-4-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 30

  37. Aug 7, 2023 · Senate

    Published 8-5-2023