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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 401

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Relating to: coverage of maternity and newborn care under health insurance policies and plans and granting rule-making authority.

Insurance — Commissioner office of Insurance — Health Maternal and infant care Public employee — Group insurance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires certain health insurance policies, referred to in the bill as disability insurance policies, and governmental self-insured health plans to cover the essential health benefit of maternity and newborn care, as specified by the commissioner of insurance by rule. The bill specifies a list of requirements that the commissioner must follow when establishing the maternity and newborn care benefit, including certain limitations on cost sharing. If the maternity or newborn care benefit specified by the commissioner is also subject to its own mandated coverage requirement under current law, the bill requires the disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan to provide coverage under whichever requirement provides the insured or plan participant with more comprehensive coverage.

This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wall (D) , Wirch (D)

37 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kirsch (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Phelps (D) , Prado (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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

  1. Aug 25, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Roys, Wall, Carpenter, Drake, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Larson, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Miresse, Anderson, Clancy, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Haywood, Joers, Roe, Snodgrass, Udell, Andraca, Bare, Brown, DeSanto, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hong, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Sheehan, Johnson, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Taylor, Tenorio and Subeck

  2. Aug 25, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

  3. Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

    Commissioner of Insurance report received pursuant to s.601.423(2), Wisconsin Statutes

  4. Sep 9, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Arney added as a cosponsor

  5. Jan 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor

  7. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1