Bill Title: Expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-04-08 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 [AB754 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Cory Mason [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-066	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sandra Pasch [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nick Milroy [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-073	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mandela Barnes [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator LaTonya Johnson [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Debra Kolste [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tod Ohnstad [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-065	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Andrew Jorgensen [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gary Hebl [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Terese Berceau [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Evan Goyke [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Janis Ringhand [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brett Hulsey [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sondy Pope [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-080	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jocasta Zamarripa [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jon Richards [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Katrina Shankland [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-071	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mandy Wright [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robb Kahl [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dale Schultz [R]	Joint	Sponsored Bills	SD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Lena Taylor [D]	Joint	Sponsored Bills	SD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Lehman [D]	Joint	Sponsored Bills	SD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Robert Wirch [D]	Joint	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Timothy Cullen [D]	Joint	Sponsored Bills	SD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Timothy Carpenter [D]	Joint	Sponsored Bills	SD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Nikiya Harris Dodd [D]	Joint	Sponsored Bills	SD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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