Category: Legislature

Bill banning ‘white bagging’ gets contentious hearing

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 24, 2022 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin hospitals and patients last week pushed for a proposal that would ban an insurance practice that they say is disrupting care, while insurers and businesses argued the bill would prohibit methods of fighting high healthcare costs.

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Assembly forwards healthcare bills

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 24, 2022 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

The Assembly signed off on a series of bills related to healthcare on Thursday.

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GOP workforce package includes Medicaid focus

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 19, 2022 | Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin Republicans released a series of proposals Tuesday aimed at addressing the state’s workforce crisis, with some of the legislation focused on Medicaid.

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Assembly health committee acts on bills

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 13, 2022 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

The Assembly Committee on Health approved a slew of bills Wednesday.

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Lawmakers clash over COVID-19 passports

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 13, 2022 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Lawmakers clashed at a committee Wednesday on legislation that would bar COVID-19 passports.

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Democratic bill would provide hazard pay, medical leave to front-line healthcare workers

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 13, 2022 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Democratic lawmakers have brought back legislation to support front-line healthcare workers.

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GOP bills respond to COVID-19 vaccine mandates

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 12, 2022 | Coronavirus, Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Lawmakers considered a trio of Republican-backed measures on Tuesday in response to COVID-19 vaccination mandates.

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Legislators consider psychology interstate compact

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 10, 2022 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

The Assembly Committee on Health last week considered a bill that would enter Wisconsin into an interstate compact allowing psychologists to more easily practice across different states.

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Compromise reached on naturopathic doctor bill

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 7, 2022 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Naturopathic doctors have reached a compromise on a bill to license and regulate their profession in Wisconsin, after a previous version of the plan drew concerns that it would grant them authority too close to that of physicians and fence out practitioners already using the title.

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Bill would allow providing documentation of prior COVID-19 infection in lieu of vaccination, testing

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 6, 2022 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsinites would be able to show documentation that they either tested positive for COVID-19 or have antibodies against the virus instead of providing proof of vaccination or undergoing regular testing if required by an employer, under a bill considered by lawmakers.

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Lawmakers consider pathway for former military medical personnel to practice

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 16, 2021 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Bipartisan legislation would create a pathway for former military medical personnel to practice in Wisconsin without immediately obtaining a license.

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Evers vetoes abortion bills, signs pharmacy legislation

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 6, 2021 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers on Friday vetoed Republican-backed legislation on abortion, while signing into law a trio of bills affecting pharmacies.

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