Wisconsin Hospital Association: Gov. Evers signs WHA-initiated bipartisan psychiatric hospital bill into law

MADISON, Wis., March 22, 2024 — Governor Tony Evers today signed into law Assembly Bill 616, which was led by Representative Karen Hurd (R-Fall Creek) and Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green), enabling Wisconsin to seek a waiver to a 1960’s-era federal Medicaid policy that prohibits psychiatric hospitals with more than 16 beds from participating in the traditional Medicaid fee-for-service...