Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: coverage of sterilization procedures and patient education and counseling under health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Insurance — Health Insurance — Life and accident Public employee — Group insurance Sterilization
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, health insurance policies and self-insured governmental health plans that provide coverage of outpatient health care services, preventive treatments and services, or prescription drugs and devices are required to provide coverage of certain contraceptives and related services, including outpatient consultations, examinations, procedures, and medical services that are necessary to prescribe, administer, maintain, or remove a contraceptive. This bill requires that health insurance policies and self-insured governmental health plans that are required to provide such contraceptive coverage under current law also provide coverage for sterilization procedures and patient education and counseling. Health insurance policies are referred to in the statutes as disability insurance policies.
This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse (D) , Palmeri (D) , Prado (D) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)
7 cosponsors
Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D)
Full history
- Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Bare, Miresse, Udell, Anderson, Arney, Clancy, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Joers, Prado, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Palmeri and Madison; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Ratcliff and Spreitzer
- Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance
- Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly
Commissioner of Insurance report received pursuant to s.601.423(2), Wisconsin Statutes
- Dec 29, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1