Senate Bill 245
Disenrollment of ineligible individuals from and redeterminations of eligibility for the BadgerCare Plus program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE)
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 14, 2023
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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, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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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
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill makes various changes to eligibility determinations for public assistance programs and, specifically, the BadgerCare Plus program. Currently, the Department of Health Services administers the Medical Assistance program, a joint federal and state program that provides health services to individuals who have limited financial resources. Some services are provided through programs that operate under a waiver of federal Medicaid laws, including the BadgerCare Plus program. Under current law, certain children, pregnant women, parents and caretaker relatives, former foster care youth, and adults aged 19 to 64 who are not receiving Medicare and who do not have dependent children are eligible for benefits under the BadgerCare Plus program if they meet certain financial criteria.
The bill prohibits DHS from automatically renewing the eligibility of a recipient under the BadgerCare Plus program. DHS must determine an individual's eligibility every six months under the bill. DHS is also prohibited from using prepopulated forms or otherwise supplying information, except for name and address, to a recipient under the BadgerCare Plus program that has been supplied to DHS. Additionally, any recipient under the BadgerCare Plus program that fails to timely report to DHS or its designee any change that may affect eligibility is ineligible for benefits for six months from the date DHS discovers the failure to report the change. Under current law, knowingly concealing or failing to disclose any event that an individual knows affects the initial or continued right to a Medical Assistance benefit is subject to a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $15,000 for each concealment or failure.
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The bill requires DHS to enter data sharing agreements with any agency that maintains a database of financial or personal information about residents of this state. DHS must confirm the information of an applicant for a public assistance program against the information contained in those databases. The bill also requires DHS to share data for this purpose of confirming eligibility for public assistance programs. Current law requires DHS and the Department of Children and Families to compare each department's respective databases against the databases of death records to identify deceased participants.
The bill requires DHS to promptly remove from eligibility for the BadgerCare Plus program any individual who enrolled in the program and who has been determined to be ineligible for the program. Under the federal Families First Coronavirus Act, during a federally declared public health emergency, a state may receive an enhanced amount of federal financial participation in its Medical Assistance program if the state complies with certain criteria, including refraining from disenrolling individuals from the program. Under the federal Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2023, enhanced federal financial participation ends for all states after December 31, 2023. Under the bill, if the disenrollment or any other part of the bill would cause the state not to qualify for enhanced federal financial participation under federal law, that portion of the bill that does not comply with federal law may not be implemented until January 1, 2024. During the period in which any portion of the bill is not implemented due to a conflict with federal law, DHS must audit BadgerCare Plus eligibility and report quarterly to the legislature the number of individuals who are ineligible for benefits under the BadgerCare Plus program but who are receiving benefits.
If DHS determines that it is necessary to obtain permission from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to implement any portion of this bill, the bill requires DHS to request any state plan amendment, waiver of federal law, or other federal approval to implement that portion of the bill.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Republicans.
26 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Rob Stafsholt · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (26)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Ty Bodden · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
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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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 1, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 24, 2023 to Apr 25, 2023
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Apr 14, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges.
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Apr 14, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 14, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Stafsholt, Cabral-Guevara, Felzkowski, Nass and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Penterman, Macco, Allen, Behnke, Bodden, Born, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Magnafici, Moses, Nedweski, Petersen, Plumer, Rettinger, Rozar, Snyder, Sortwell, Steffen, Tittl and Wichgers
- Apr 14, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges
- Apr 24, 2023 · Senate
Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- Apr 25, 2023 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stafsholt
- Apr 25, 2023 · Senate
Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- May 1, 2023 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate