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Read. Follow. Verify.Wisconsin Bill Sets Evaluation Timelines for Federal Newborn Screening Recommendations
Last action · March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1Sponsors: Barbara Dittrich and 17 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Assembly Bill 206 requires the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to evaluate federal newborn screening recommendations within 18 months, begin rulemaking to add recommended disorders, and allows making without a finding of emergency.
Determines the timeline and procedure by which rare medical disorders recommended at the federal level are considered for mandatory newborn health screenings in Wisconsin hospitals.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Health Services
The department is required to conduct initial evaluations, annual reviews, reevaluations, and rulemaking for newborn screening disorders.
Newborns
Newborn screening requirements and testing panels in the state may expand based on departmental evaluations.
Key Facts
- The Department of Health Services must evaluate any disorder added to the federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel after January 1, 2025, within 18 months.
- If the department determines a disorder should be included, it must commence rulemaking to add it to the state-required screening list under DHS 115.04.
- For disorders not initially selected, the department must annually review medical literature and departmental capacity to determine whether to reevaluate inclusion.
- The department may use emergency rule procedures under s. 227.24 without providing evidence of an emergency or finding of public necessity.
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- Testing for any newly added disorder must begin within 6 months after the publication date of the final rule.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the Assembly.
Procedural history
13 actions- Mar 23, 2026HouseFailed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Jan 27, 2026HouseRepresentative Subeck withdrawn as a coauthor
- Oct 3, 2025HouseRepresentative Cruz added as a coauthor
- Sep 30, 2025HouseSenator Keyeski added as a cosponsor
- Sep 22, 2025HouseRepresentative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor
- Sep 16, 2025HouseRepresentative Donovan added as a coauthor
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- Sep 11, 2025HouseRepresentatives Udell and Moore Omokunde added as coauthors
- Jun 27, 2025HouseFiscal estimate received
- Jun 5, 2025HouseFiscal estimate received
- Jun 2, 2025HouseRepresentative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- May 12, 2025HouseSenator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- Apr 23, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
- Apr 23, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced by Representatives Dittrich, Duchow, Andraca, J. Jacobson, Knodl, Murphy, Mursau, Sinicki, Stubbs and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Jagler, Feyen, Dassler-Alfheim, James, L. Johnson, Spreitzer, Testin and Wall
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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