WisconsinHealth providers may seek awards for HIV prevention medicine during sex offense exams
Wisconsin law counts certain HIV prevention medicine as an exam cost and limits the medical records people may submit when seeking an award.
What it does
Health care providers may seek awards for certain HIV prevention medicine given during an exam to gather evidence about a sex offense. The provider must believe the offense could have exposed the person to HIV.
People seeking an award must submit reports from the health care workers involved in the exam or related care. They may send only records about the care for which they seek an award.
Argument forIncluding eligible HIV prevention medicine in exam costs could help people get that medicine without leaving its cost out of an award claim.
Argument againstApplicants may have to gather reports from each health care worker involved, while limits on other records could make it harder to support an award claim.
More detail
The law counts certain HIV prevention medicine as an examination cost that a health care provider may seek an award to cover. This covers medicine provided or prescribed during an exam to gather evidence about a sex offense that reduces the risk of, or prevents, HIV. The person performing the exam or procedure must believe HIV exposure could result from the sex offense. Examination costs do not include processing or administrative costs, attorney fees, or other expenses.
Applicants must submit reports from health care workers who treated or examined the victim for the care tied to the award request. Reports must come from a physician, physician’s assistant, or nurse who treated or examined the victim to gather evidence, performed a related procedure, or provided or prescribed related medicine. Applicants may submit only records about the exam, treatment, procedure, or medicine for which they seek an award.
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History
- 2026
- Apr 9Published 4-10-2026Latest
- Apr 9Report approved by the Governor Tony Evers on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 243Became Law
- Apr 2Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026To Governor
- Mar 19Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 20Report correctly enrolledMinor
- Feb 13Received from Assembly concurred inMinor
- Feb 12Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 12Read a third time and concurred inPassed House
- Feb 12Rules suspended
- Feb 12Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Feb 12Read a second timeMinor
- Feb 12Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- Feb 11Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor
- Feb 10Placed on calendar 2-12-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 9Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 9Read first time and referred to committee on RulesMinor
- Jan 22Received from SenateMinor
- Jan 21Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 21Read a third time and passedPassed Senate
- Jan 21Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Jan 21Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Jan 21Read a second timeMinor
- Jan 21Senators Roys and Dassler-Alfheim added as coauthors
- Jan 16Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Jan 12Available for scheduling
- Vote recorded Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 12Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0Minor
- Jan 12Executive action taken
- 2025
- Dec 17Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
- Dec 1Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
- Nov 24Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- Nov 12Public hearing held
- Oct 28Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Oct 27Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- Oct 24Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public SafetyMinor
- Oct 24Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Behnke, Dittrich, Goodwin, Gundrum, Kitchens, McCarville, Melotik, Novak, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Stroud and StubbsIntroduced
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