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WY HB0122

Bill

Status

Passed

3/6/2026

Primary Sponsor

Appropriations

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Budget Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the Wyoming Rural Health Transformation Program within the Department of Health, funded by federal grants under section 71401 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), with 80% of first-year funds and 69.5% thereafter deposited into a new perpetuity fund

  • Establishes a 9-member advisory committee appointed by the governor to oversee fund operations and approve grants/expenditures exceeding $500,000

  • Allocates perpetuity fund annual distributions to: critical access hospital incentives (40.7%), EMS regionalization (26.9%), workforce education individual support (21.6%), and physician graduate medical education support (10.8%)

  • Authorizes time-limited initiatives including integrated primary care expansion (36.4%), technology adoption grants (15.1%), exercise/diet programs (9.8%), tele-specialist platform (8.2%), workforce education startup costs (8.2%), and care coordination grants (8.2%)

  • Requires recipients to enter performance and accountability agreements with operating margin targets, liquidity benchmarks, and efficiency requirements, with repayment provisions for noncompliance or misuse of funds

Legislative Description

Wyoming rural health transformation program.

Last Action

Assigned Chapter Number 61

3/6/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations2/10/2026

Full Bill Text

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