2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-3351/1
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20.926
June 4, 2025 - Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Nass and Tomczyk, cosponsored by Representatives Dallman, Allen, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Steffen, Swearingen, Tucker, VanderMeer, Vos, Wichgers and Sortwell. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
SB311,1,2
1An Act to create 20.926 of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting funding for
2health services for unlawfully present individuals. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits any funds of this state, any county, village, town, long-term care district, any subdivision of this state, or any subdivision or agency of any county, city, village, or town and any federal funds passing through the state treasury from being authorized for or paid to any person to subsidize, reimburse, or otherwise provide compensation for any health care services for an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States. The prohibitions described under the bill do not apply to the extent that a payment of funds described under the bill is required under federal law or to the extent that the application of the prohibitions described under the bill would result in the loss of any federal funds.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB311,13Section 1. 20.926 of the statutes is created to read: SB311,2,7420.926 Prohibitions on funding for health services for unlawfully
1present individuals. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), no funds of this state or 2of any county, village, town, or long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or of any 3subdivision or agency of this state, including an authority created in ch. 233, or of 4any subdivision or agency of any county, city, village, or town and no federal funds 5passing through the state treasury shall be authorized for or paid to any person to 6subsidize, reimburse, or otherwise provide compensation for any health care 7services for an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States. SB311,2,98(2) (a) Subsection (1) does not apply to the extent that payment of funds 9described under sub. (1) is required under federal law. SB311,2,1110(b) Subsection (1) shall apply only to the extent that the application of the 11restriction does not result in the loss of any federal funds.
