AB 674 — Relating to: prohibiting knowingly covering organ transplantation and related care under health insurance policies and the Medical Assistance program if the organ is transplanted in or originates from a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting. (FE)

-Date 2026of LEGISLATUREenactment: LRB-3278/2 JPC&SWB:cjs&skw ASSEMBLY BILL 674 November 19, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives OSES, DALLMAN , O'CONNOR , CALLAHAN , K URTZ, G OEBEN , PIWOWARCZYK , M URSAU, K NODL , M ELOTIK, BEHNKE and B RILL, cosponsored by Senators T OMCZYK , TESTIN, JACQUE , M ARKLEIN and N ASS.

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WISCONSIN ACT A N A CT to create 157.06 (15m) of the statutes;

AnalysisThe bypeople theof Legislative Reference Bureau This bill prohibits health insurance policies and plans, including self-insured governmental plans, and the Medicalstate Assistanceof programWisconsin, fromrepresented knowinglyin coveringsen- a(c) humanParagraph organ(b) transplantdoes ornot posttransplantapply care if the transplant operation is performed in or the human organ to beany transplantedposttrans- wasate procuredand byassembly, saledo orenact donation originating in the People’s Republic of China or in another country, as designatedfollows: by the Department of Health Services, known to have participated in forced organ harvesting.

However,plant the bill does not prohibit any posttransplant service or care provided to save the life of an individualindi- vidual after the individual receives a human organ transplanttrans- thatSECTION is1. prohibited under the bill.

The bill defines “forced organ harvesting” as the removal of one or more organs from a living person, by means of coercion, abduction, deception, fraud, or abuse of power over a position of vulnerability, or from a person killed for the purpose of removal of one or more organs.

Under the bill, DHS may designate a country whose government funds, - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-3278/2 JPC&SWB:cjs&skw ASSEMBLY BILL 674 S ECTION 1 sponsors, or otherwise facilitates forced organ harvesting to be included in the prohibition.

The Medical Assistance program is a joint federal and state program that provides health services to individuals who have limited financial resources.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

S ECTION 1.

157.06plant (15m)that COVERAGEis PROHIBITEDprohibited IFunder ORGANthis ISsubsection. TRANSPLANTED IN OR ORIGINATES FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES .

(a)157.06 In(15m) thisC subsection,OVERAGE “forcedPROHIBITED organIF harvesting”ORGAN meansIS the(d) removalThe ofdepartment onemay ordesignate more organs from a livingcountry person,whose byTRANSPLANTED meansIN ofOR coercion,ORIGINATES abduction,FROM deception,CERTAIN fraud,government orfunds, abusesponsors, of power over a position of vulnerability, or fromotherwise afacilitates personCOUNTRIES killed. for the purpose of removal of one or more organs.

(b)(a) SubjectIn this subsection, “forced organ har- forced organ harvesting as a country known to have par- ticipated in forced organ harvesting for purposes of the vesting” means the removal of one or more organs from a living person, by means of coercion, abduction, decep- prohibition under par.

(c), no payer to which this subsection applies under par.

(e) may knowingly cover a human organ transplant or posttransplant care if any of the following apply:

1.

The transplant operation is performed in the People’s Republic of China or in another country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting, as designated by the department under par.

(d).

2.

The human organ to be transplanted was procured by sale or donation originating in the People’s Republic of China or in another country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting, as designated by the department under par.

(d).

(c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to any posttransplant service or care provided - 2026 Legislature - 3 - LRB-3278/2 JPC&SWB:cjs&skw ASSEMBLY BILL 674 SECTION 1 to save the life of an individual after the individual receives a human organ transplant that is prohibited under this subsection.

(d) The department may designate a country whose government funds, sponsors, or otherwise facilitates forced organ harvesting as a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting for purposes of the prohibition under par.

tion, fraud, or abuse of power over a position of vulnera- (e) This subsection applies to any disability insuranceinsur- bility, or from a person killed for the purpose of removal ance policy, as defined in s.

632.895 (1) (a), any self-insuredself-in- healthof plan,one asor definedmore inorgans. s.

632.745sured (24),health andplan, theas Medicaldefined Assistancein programs. under subch.

632.745 (24), and the (b) Subject to par.

(c), no payer to which this subsec- Medical Assistance program under subch.

SSECTION ECTION 2.

(1)tion For policies and plans containing provisions inconsistent with this act, this act first applies tounder policypar. or plan years beginning on the effective date of this subsection, except as provided in sub.

(e) may knowingly cover a hu- man organ transplant or posttransplant care if any of the (1) For policies and plans containing provisions in- following apply:

consistent with this act, this act first applies to policy or 1.

The transplant operation is performed in the Peo- plan years beginning on the effective date of this subsec- ple’s Republic of China or in another country known to tion, except as provided in sub.

have participated in forced organ harvesting, as desig- (2) For policies and plans that are affected by a collectivecol- bargainingnated agreementby containing provisions inconsistent with this act, this act first applies to policy or plan years beginning on the effectivedepartment dateunder ofpar. this subsection or on the day on which the collective bargaining agreement is newly established, extended, modified, or renewed, whichever is later.

S(d). ECTION 3.

lective bargaining agreement containing provisions in- 2.

The human organ to be transplanted was procured consistent with this act, this act first applies to policy or by sale or donation originating in the People’s Republic plan years beginning on the effective date of this subsec- of China or in another country known to have partici- tion or on the day on which the collective bargaining pated in forced organ harvesting, as designated by the agreement is newly established, extended, modified, or department under par.

(d).

renewed, whichever is later.