Healthcare laws and bills in Wisconsin

Every bill in the Wisconsin Legislature that falls inside the Healthcare Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope: 56bills in scope
Past committee: 10past committee
Most recent action: 13 May 2026most recent action

Healthcare laws enacted in Wisconsin in 2026

4 Healthcare bills were enacted in Wisconsin this year, the latest with a last action on 9 April 2026. They lead the list below.

Healthcare bills in Wisconsin

6Enacted

3Cleared both chambers

1Past committee

46Introduced or inactive

56 bills in scope

Enacted

AB 969Relating to: the drug repository program.9 April 2026Enacted SB 504Relating to: dental provider network rental by insurance plans.9 April 2026Enacted SB 832Relating to: remote dispensing sites under the pharmacy practice law.6 April 2026Enacted AB 598Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)20 March 2026Enacted AB 257Relating 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)9 September 2025Enacted SB 68Relating to: the prescription drug monitoring program. (FE)28 March 2025Enacted

Cleared both chambers

AB 308Relating to: prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (FE)13 May 2026Vetoed AB 673Relating to: banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)13 May 2026Vetoed SB 214Relating to: registration of out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth services. (FE)13 May 2026Vetoed

Past committee

AB 43Relating 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)23 March 2026Passed chamber

Introduced or inactive

15 of 46 shown

AB 1168Relating to: medical debt abolition and making an appropriation. (FE)8 April 2026Dead AB 1109Relating to: use of artificial intelligence to deny prior authorization for medical necessity or experimental status.30 March 2026Dead AB 1217Relating to: prior authorization transparency, exemptions from prior authorization requirements, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)30 March 2026Dead AB 1218Relating to: preventing surprise bills for emergency medical services and other items and services under health insurance policies and plans. (FE)30 March 2026Dead AB 1225Relating to: 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)27 March 2026Dead AB 1081Relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to regulation of opioid treatment programs and requiring adjustments to the rates for substance use disorder treatment services with medications for opioid use disorder. (FE)23 March 2026Dead AB 1089Relating to: a Medical Assistance coordination working group. (FE)23 March 2026Dead AB 1110Relating to: fertility treatment rights, reimbursement of fertility treatments under the Medical Assistance program, and requiring insurance coverage for fertility treatments. (FE)23 March 2026Dead AB 1121Relating to: health insurance coverage of prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces. (FE)23 March 2026Dead AB 1125Relating to: disrupting access to a reproductive health service facility or place of religious worship and providing a penalty.23 March 2026Dead AB 115Relating to: authorizing youth behavioral health program under the Medical Assistance program and granting rule-making authority.23 March 2026Dead AB 1170Relating to: prescription drug cost reporting by manufacturers, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)23 March 2026Dead AB 1224Relating 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.23 March 2026Dead AB 127Relating to: the duty of a pharmacist to dispense lawfully prescribed drugs and devices. (FE)23 March 2026Dead AB 173Relating to: regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, and application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements. (FE)23 March 2026Dead

Showing the 25 furthest along of 56. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Wisconsin Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Healthcare Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill on the delivery, financing and regulation of health care: coverage mandates, prior authorization and utilization review, Medicaid and state health programmes, hospital finance, licensure and staffing, scope of practice and interstate compacts, telehealth, prescription drugs and pharmacy benefit managers, surprise billing, price transparency and medical debt, behavioral health and substance use treatment, maternal health, long-term care and emergency medical services.

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