Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: cost-sharing cap on insulin.
Disease Drugs Insurance — Health Public employee — Group insurance
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits every health insurance policy and governmental self-insured health plan that covers insulin and imposes cost sharing on prescription drugs from imposing cost sharing on insulin in an amount that exceeds $35 for a one-month supply. Current law requires every health insurance policy that provides coverage of expenses incurred for treatment of diabetes to provide coverage for specified expenses and items, including insulin. The required coverage under current law for certain diabetes treatments other than insulin infusion pumps is subject to the same exclusions, limitations, deductibles, and coinsurance provisions of the policy as other covered expenses. The bill’s cost-sharing limitation on insulin supersedes the specification that the exclusions, limitations, deductibles, and coinsurance are the same as for other coverage.
This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Arney (D) , Billings (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Goodwin (D) , Joers (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Prado (D) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spaude (D) , Stubbs (D) , Udell (D)
14 cosponsors
Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Sheehan (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wall (D) , Wirch (D)
Registered lobbying interests · 2
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
- Jan 28, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Billings, Arney, Clancy, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Joers, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Prado, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stubbs and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Pfaff, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall, Wirch and Larson
- Jan 28, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance
- Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Kaufert added as a coauthor
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Commissioner of Insurance report received pursuant to s.601.423(2), Wisconsin Statutes
- Feb 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor
- Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1