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WY HB0122
Bill
Status
3/6/2026
Primary Sponsor
Appropriations
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AI Summary
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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
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Establishes a 9-member advisory committee appointed by the governor to oversee fund operations and approve grants/expenditures exceeding $500,000
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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%)
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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%)
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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