Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: a onetime grant to establish an online dashboard of health care claims information, funding to support increased operational costs for the Wisconsin Health Information Organization, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Health services department of — Administration Health services department of — Health Insurance — Health Insurance — Life and accident Organization miscellaneous
- 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, the Department of Health Services and the Department of Employee Trust Funds may contract with a data organization to request health care claims information from insurers and administrators and to perform other duties specified under current law. Currently, DHS contracts with the Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO) to collect this data and perform these duties.
The bill directs DHS to award a onetime grant to WHIO, as the contracted data organization, to establish an online dashboard of health care claims information and to onboard new payer data and increases an appropriation to DHS for that purpose. The bill also increases an appropriation to DHS to support the contracted data organization’s increased operational costs.
The bill provides that if other legislation relating to mandatory participation in WHIO does not become law during the 2025 legislative session, the provisions in this bill are void.
Sponsors
Registered lobbying interests · 6
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
Full history
- Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Donovan, Bare, Behnke, Dittrich, Kaufert, Knodl, Murphy and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Felzkowski and Testin
- Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance
- Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- Jan 23, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1