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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: Medical Assistance coverage of services provided in an institution for mental disease. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: Medical Assistance coverage of services provided in an institution for mental disease. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "AB 616"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 616 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Born", "Dallman", "Dittrich", "Drake", "Duchow", "Edming", "Goeben", "Gundrum", "Hurd", "Kitchens", "Kurtz", "Murphy", "Novak", "Rodriguez", "Rozar", "Schutt", "Steffen", "Subeck", "Summerfield", "Wichgers"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b77defa2-3314-4937-9c66-1467ef82e0a9"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab616"
+source_hash: "1640ad1f0af6ab713b9a7cc299f6cfebadf71c17e04916e6e603164bd970b72c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin AB 616 (2023) — Relating to: Medical Assistance coverage of services provided in an institution for mental disease. (FE)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB616)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Armstrong — primary (person)
+- Born — primary (person)
+- Dallman — primary (person)
+- Dittrich — primary (person)
+- Drake — primary (person)
+- Duchow — primary (person)
+- Edming — primary (person)
+- Goeben — primary (person)
+- Gundrum — primary (person)
+- Hurd — primary (person)
+- Kitchens — primary (person)
+- Kurtz — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- Novak — primary (person)
+- Rodriguez — primary (person)
+- Rozar — primary (person)
+- Schutt — primary (person)
+- Steffen — primary (person)
+- Subeck — primary (person)
+- Summerfield — primary (person)
+- Wichgers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Hurd, Born, Summerfield, Armstrong, Dallman, Dittrich, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Kurtz, Murphy, Novak, Rodriguez, Rozar, Schutt, Steffen, Subeck, Wichgers, Goeben and Kitchens; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, James, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jagler, Testin, Nass, Cabral-Guevara and Cowles `introduction`
+- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
+- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 by Committee on Rules
+- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Gustafson and O'Connor added as coauthors
+- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
+- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Krug added as a coauthor
+- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2023-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families `referral-committee`
+- **2023-12-13T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
+- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
+- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 1-18-2024 `enrolled`
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor
+- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 177 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b77defa2-3314-4937-9c66-1467ef82e0a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
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