Bills by subject

Medical assistance

99 bills and resolutions. 24 became law, 2 were vetoed, and 45 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 674 Prohibiting knowingly covering organ transplantation and related care under health insurance policies and the Medical Assistance program if the organ is transplanted in or originates from a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 253 Independence accounts. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
AB 604 Coverage under the Medical Assistance program for incarcerated individuals. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
AB 1225 Direct payments for Medical Assistance, Medical Assistance reimbursement rates, care coordination services under the Medical Assistance program, grants for community primary care and outreach, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 27, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 46

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 54: Utilization management controls for antipsychotic prescription drugs under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 62: Health care costs omnibus, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 97: Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 111: Psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 115: Authorizing youth behavioral health program under the Medical Assistance program and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 116: Transportation of minors for emergency detention.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 163: Redeterminations of eligibility for the Medical Assistance program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 199: Reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 253: Independence accounts. (FE)
Became law.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 263: Coverage of breast cancer screenings by the Medical Assistance program and health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 20, 2026
AB 598: Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
Became law.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 604: Coverage under the Medical Assistance program for incarcerated individuals. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 607: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
AB 674: Prohibiting knowingly covering organ transplantation and related care under health insurance policies and the Medical Assistance program if the organ is transplanted in or originates from a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1083: Eliminating recovery by the state for birth expenses paid through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1084: Dental services for pregnant persons under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1085: Reimbursement for doula services under the Medical Assistance program, doulas accompanying Medical Assistance recipients in hospitals and birthing centers, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1086: Reimbursement of maternal mental health screenings under the Medical Assistance program and coverage of maternal mental health screenings by health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1089: A Medical Assistance coordination working group. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1110: Fertility treatment rights, reimbursement of fertility treatments under the Medical Assistance program, and requiring insurance coverage for fertility treatments. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 27, 2026
AB 1225: Direct payments for Medical Assistance, Medical Assistance reimbursement rates, care coordination services under the Medical Assistance program, grants for community primary care and outreach, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1236: Expanding eligibility for the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1237: Restoring private individual authority to bring a qui tam claim against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, actions by the attorney general against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 19, 2026
SB 23: Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 50: Health care costs omnibus, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 83: Utilization management controls for antipsychotic prescription drugs under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Jul 3, 2025
SB 106: Psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 110: Authorizing youth behavioral health program under the Medical Assistance program and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 111: Transportation of minors for emergency detention.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Oct 22, 2025
SB 183: Reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 252: Independence accounts. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 19, 2026
SB 264: Coverage of breast cancer screenings by the Medical Assistance program and health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 578: Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 598: Coverage under the Medical Assistance program for incarcerated individuals. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 605: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 672: Prohibiting knowingly covering organ transplantation and related care under health insurance policies and the Medical Assistance program if the organ is transplanted in or originates from a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1054: A Medical Assistance coordination working group. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1086: Restoring private individual authority to bring a qui tam claim against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, actions by the attorney general against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1102: Reimbursement of maternal mental health screenings under the Medical Assistance program and coverage of maternal mental health screenings by health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1105: Dental services for pregnant persons under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1106: Expanding eligibility for the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1108: Reimbursement for doula services under the Medical Assistance program, doulas accompanying Medical Assistance recipients in hospitals and birthing centers, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1127: Fertility treatment rights, reimbursement of fertility treatments under the Medical Assistance program, and requiring insurance coverage for fertility treatments. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1162: Eliminating recovery by the state for birth expenses paid through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 31

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 58: State finances, compensation and fringe benefits of public employees, the Medical Assistance program, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Jun 16, 2011
AB 148: Changes affecting state finances in the 2010-11 fiscal year and making an appropriation.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 167: Waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 193: Creating an individual income tax checkoff for contributions to elementary and secondary education, shared revenue, and Medical Assistance, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 222: Requiring documentary evidence of citizenship or satisfactory immigration status for public assistance programs, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 282: Tax-exempt accounts for health care expenditures for an individual's parents.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 302: Regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 339: Eliminating the ability for the Department of Health Services to alter Medical Assistance eligibility, provider payment methods, and other Medical Assistance procedures by policy.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 349: Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2012
AB 408: Eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 409: Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 474: Changing the deadline for approval of a certain federal law waiver request affecting the Medical Assistance program.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 553: Matching financial records for Medical Assistance eligibility and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 554: The provision of information regarding health care benefits provided to certain assistance program recipients.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 630: Special enrollment periods for Medicare supplement policies.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 697: Changes to BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core programs by the department of health services and by waiver, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 78: Waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 140: Creating an individual income tax checkoff for contributions to elementary and secondary education, shared revenue, and Medical Assistance, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 18, 2011
SB 212: Regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 232: Eliminating the ability for the Department of Health Services to alter Medical Assistance eligibility, provider payment methods, and other Medical Assistance program procedures by policy and eliminating the requirement to request a waiver regarding Medical Assistance program eligibility.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 273: The Badger Health Benefit Authority, health benefit exchange operation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 279: Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 297: Eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 305: Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 351: Changing the deadline for approval of a certain federal law waiver request affecting the Medical Assistance program.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 474: Matching financial records for Medical Assistance eligibility and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 487: The provision of information regarding health care benefits provided to certain assistance program recipients.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 510: Special enrollment periods for Medicare supplement policies.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 538: Changes to BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core programs by the department of health services and by waiver, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 22

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Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject