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WI AB176

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dean Kaufert

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals the $48,000 annual household income limit for eligibility in Wisconsin's Alzheimer's Family and Caregiver Support Program

  • Eliminates financial eligibility requirements that currently apply to both household-based assistance and residential facility-based services for persons with Alzheimer's disease or irreversible dementia

  • Department of Health Services allocates funds through local agencies to provide goods and services related to dementia care

  • Maintains existing requirement that program participants must be ineligible for the Family Care benefit in counties where care management organizations operate

  • Introduced April 15, 2025 with bipartisan support from 18 Assembly representatives and 9 Senate cosponsors; referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

Legislative Description

Financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program. (FE)

Last Action

Laid on the table

6/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules6/6/2025
Health, Aging and Long-Term Care4/15/2025

Full Bill Text

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