Category: Legislature
Guardianship bill heads to Senate with hospital price transparency provisions
Lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that would create an alternative to the current guardianship process, a proposal that hospitals say would help them free up beds and advocates for older adults and those with disabilities warn would limit patient protections.
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Assembly passes postpartum Medicaid extension, cancer screening bills
The Assembly sent bills Thursday to Gov. Tony Evers that would extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to a year and require that insurers cover supplemental breast cancer screenings for high-risk women with no cost-sharing.
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Assembly plans to take up Medicaid postpartum, cancer screening bills
The Assembly is set to take up bills Thursday that would extend Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to one year and require that insurers cover supplemental breast cancer screenings for high-risk women.
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Assembly sends Evers bill making it easier to sue providers of gender-affirming care to kids
The Assembly voted 53-45, along party lines, to send a bill to Gov. Tony Evers that would make it easier to sue providers of gender-affirming care to kids. Healthcare providers oppose the measure.
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Senate sends ban on gender-affirming for kids to Evers
The Senate sent a bill to Gov. Tony Evers Wednesday that would ban gender-affirming care for kids. Organizations representing healthcare providers oppose the plan, and Evers vetoed it during a prior legislative session.
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Lawmakers look to improve elder services
The Assembly health committee this week will vote on bills to support fall prevention awareness, boost community emergency medical services and pilot a program to help older adults navigate healthcare options.
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Bill would exempt app-based healthcare workers from workers’ compensation, minimum wage and unemployment insurance laws
Lawmakers are advancing legislation that would specify that “gig economy” healthcare workers are independent contractors and not employees of the online platforms they use to find shifts. Unions, state officials and long-term care providers have raised concerns.
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