Category: Legislature

Health systems seek alternative to guardianship pathway

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 13, 2025 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Health systems back legislation that would create an alternative pathway to the state’s guardianship process to help move incapacitated patients into long-term care settings faster and free up in-demand hospital beds. Patient advocates warn the bill would circumvent patient protections.

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PAs push for independent practice

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 10, 2025 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Fresh off of Wisconsin nurse practitioners winning legislative approval to increase their autonomy, physician assistants in the state want their own pathway to independent practice.

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Legislators seek faster turnaround on prior authorization requests

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 4, 2025 | Insurance, Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Bipartisan legislation would mandate shorter turnaround times for health plans to approve or deny prior authorization requests and require authorizations to last for a year, if not longer.

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State law provides immunity to 911 dispatchers for mental health call transfers

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 3, 2025 | Legislature, Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov Tony Evers on Friday signed into law a bill that will ensure that 911 call centers and dispatchers are generally immune from civil liability for outcomes that result from transferring a caller to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

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Senate health committee approves menopause education bill

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 29, 2025 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

The Senate Committee on Health voted unanimously Tuesday to advance legislation requiring state health officials to work with healthcare providers to educate women on perimenopause and menopause and develop informational materials for patients.

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Medical marijuana bill supporter says legislation will not lead to legal recreational use

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 23, 2025 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

A plan to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is not a pathway to legalizing recreational use, one of the bill’s authors told a Senate committee Wednesday during a public hearing.

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Lawmakers seek to limit prior authorization

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 21, 2025 | Insurance, Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

A group of bipartisan lawmakers wants to stop insurers from requiring prior approval for rehabilitative services for a period, a move supported by providers and opposed by insurers and the state’s business lobby.

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Bill would let out-of-state providers practice telehealth without a Wisconsin license

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 20, 2025 | Health Tech, Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

The Senate last week approved a bill that would allow out-of-state healthcare providers to practice via telehealth in Wisconsin without holding a license from the state.

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Lawmakers seek to ban virtual credit card reimbursement requirements

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 14, 2025 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Lawmakers want to bar insurers from requiring that healthcare providers accept reimbursement via virtual credit cards, which can have high transaction fees.

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JFC signs off on releasing funds for safety plan portal

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 10, 2025 | Legislature, Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

The Joint Finance Committee signed off on releasing money to develop and maintain a digital platform law enforcement and emergency responders can use to access kids’ safety plans for when they’re in mental health crises.

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Lawmakers eye Parkinson’s disease registry

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 6, 2025 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Newly introduced legislation aims to spur data collection on Parkinson’s disease and fill a gap by painting a clearer picture of who the disease impacts, where they live and how the illness progresses, a group of bipartisan legislators said last week.

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Senators advance MAPP changes

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 6, 2025 | Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Lawmakers are advancing legislation that would provide more flexibility for those enrolled in the Medicaid Purchase Plan, a program that allows working adults with disabilities to earn more than they could in other Medicaid programs.

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