HB0103

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit> Bill No.: HB0103 Drafter: LGC LSO No.: 11LSO-0430 Effective Date: 3/3/2011 Enrolled Act No.: HEA0095 Chapter No.: 181 Prime Sponsor: Representative McKim Catch Title: WICHE-repayment program. Subject: Requiring repayment of costs of certain WICHE students. Summary/Major Elements: ● Under current law, the state of Wyoming is a partner state in the Western Regional Higher Education Compact. Under the compact, a limited number of students from Wyoming may attend universities in other states paying only the in-state tuition. The state of Wyoming pays the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition for the student. ● This act would require participating students in dentistry, medicine, podiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, optometry, physician assistant programs and osteopathic medicine to enter an agreement to: ● Actively engage in full-time professional practice (or medical residency program) for not less than three years in Wyoming after graduation; or ● Repay all amounts expended by the state on the student's education through the WICHE program. ● This act provides for waiver of the repayment obligation in whole or in part if repayment would cause undue hardship. ● Amounts collected under this act are credited to a WICHE program repayment account to be expended upon appropriation by the legislature. ● This act specifically does not apply to veterinary medicine students.