Current Bills
2009 Assembly Bill 512 and Senate Bill 362
AB512 and SB 362 will address the gap left by the Federal Domenici-Wellstone Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act by requiring mental health and substance abuse coverage for commercial group insurance plans for businesses under 51 employees. As amended, the bills will allow businesses under 10 employees to opt out and will incorporate the federal cost exemption language for all plans covered by the bill. This language allows plans to request an exemption if their costs, as certified by an actuary after at least six months of actual claims experience, increase by more than 2% in the first year on implementation or 1% in subsequent years. Unlike the Wellstone-Domenici Act, these bills would require plans to cover MH/SA treatment (Wellstone-Domenic only requires companies to offer services at parity
if they offer MH/SA benefits). These bills do not regulate self-insured companies.
2009 Senate Bill 44
SB 44 makes changes to Wisconsin law to bring Wisconsin into compliance with federal hand gun registry. This will impact individuals who are involuntarily committed to mental health treatment and who a judge orders to be placed on the registry.
2009 Senate Bill 210
SB 210 would change statutory language related to coordinated service teams for youth at risk and provide funding.
2008 Senate Bill 202
SB202 on creating school policies for bullying prevention.
