Subjects

Medical malpractice

59 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• AB 43 Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 42 Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 257 Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 438 Relating to: adopting the title of physician associate for physician assistants, independent practice of certain physician associates, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 639 Relating to: naturopathic doctors. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 214 Relating to: registration of out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth services. (FE) Vetoed 2025
• SB 258 Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 435 Relating to: adopting the title of physician associate for physician assistants, independent practice of certain physician associates, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 632 Relating to: naturopathic doctors. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1010 Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship resulting from medical malpractice. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1011 Relating to: recovery of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1224 Relating to: establishing a publicly financed health care plan for residents of this state, creating the office of the ombudsman for patient advocacy, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Died at session end 2025
• AB 43 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 70 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 154 Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 653 Relating to: surrogate decision-making. Died at session end 2023
• AB 871 Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship resulting from medical malpractice. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 872 Relating to: recovery of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. Died at session end 2023
• SB 145 Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Vetoed 2023
• SB 682 Relating to: surrogate decision-making. Died at session end 2023
• AB 1 Relating to: state government actions to address the COVID-19 pandemic, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• AB 31 Relating to: state government response to COVID-19 pandemic, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 622 Relating to: various changes to insurance laws, including issuance of funding agreements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2021
• AB 923 Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship resulting from medical malpractice. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 924 Relating to: recovery of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. Died at session end 2021
• SB 128 Relating to: liability insurance for physicians and nurse anesthetists. Died at session end 2021
• SB 588 Relating to: various changes to insurance laws, including issuance of funding agreements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Became law 2021
• SB 953 Relating to: recovery of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. Died at session end 2021
• SB 954 Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship resulting from medical malpractice. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 550 Relating to: various changes to insurance laws. Died at session end 2019
• AB 864 Relating to: dentists administering vaccines and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 940 Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship resulting from medical malpractice. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 995 Relating to: recovery of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. Died at session end 2019
• SB 482 Relating to: various changes to insurance laws. Became law 2019
• SB 932 Relating to: state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 1038 Relating to: state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (FE) Became law 2019
• AB 69 Relating to: access to investigational drugs, devices, and biological products and limitations on liability related to their use. Died at session end 2017
• SB 84 Relating to: access to investigational drugs, devices, and biological products and limitations on liability related to their use. Became law 2017
• AB 877 Relating to: disclosures to the commissioner of insurance and other changes to the insurance laws, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2017
• SB 763 Relating to: disclosures to the commissioner of insurance and other changes to the insurance laws, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 179 Relating to: access to investigational drugs, devices, and biological products and limitations on liability related to their use. Died at session end 2015
• AB 420 Relating to: various miscellaneous changes to the insurance statutes and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2015
• AB 498 Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 852 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 125 Relating to: access to investigational drugs, devices, and biological products and limitations on liability related to their use. Died at session end 2015
• SB 287 Relating to: various miscellaneous changes to the insurance statutes and granting rule-making authority. Became law 2015
• SB 378 Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 120 Relating to: inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider. Became law 2013
• AB 160 Relating to: wrongful death of an unborn child. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 270 Relating to: additional providers in the volunteer health care provider program and proof of financial responsibility and malpractice insurance requirements for certain advanced practice nurses serving as volunteer health care providers. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 296 Relating to: inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider. Died at session end 2013
• AB 754 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 808 Relating to: authorizing out-of-state risk retention groups to provide health care liability insurance. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 129 Relating to: inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider. Died at session end 2013
• SB 460 Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 546 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 609 Relating to: authorizing out-of-state risk retention groups to provide health care liability insurance. (FE) Died at session end 2013