WYIN-nurse repayment.

WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0473

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0128

WYIN-nurse repayment.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Lubnau and Senator(s) Massie

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
nursing; providing that
certain
Wyoming
investment in nursing loan
s
may
be repaid
by practicing as a nurse in
Wyoming
;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 9
‑
2
‑
123(c)(ii) and (iii)
is
amended to read:

9
‑
2
‑
123.

Wyoming
investment in nursing loan and grant program; eligibility criteria; procedures.

(c)

Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this program, loans under the WYIN program may be granted to applicants enrolled or planning to enroll in nursing education programs as follows:

(ii)

A registered nurse with a baccalaureate degree who holds an unencumbered license with the Wyoming board of nursing, has the equivalent of at least one (1) year of full-time service teaching in a nursing education program in Wyoming as a registered nurse with a baccalaureate degree, with preference given to a registered nurse currently teaching at the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming college, and the registered nurse is accepted into a nursing education program at the University of Wyoming leading to a master's degree in nursing or nursing education may be eligible for a loan to pay the unmet need of attendance, as determined by the Wyoming community college commission or its designee, provided that in order to receive a loan for a master's degree program, the applicant shall agree to repay the loan by
practicing nursing in Wyoming or

teaching at a Wyoming college or the University of Wyoming. If the applicant registered nurse is not accepted into a nursing education program at the
University
of
Wyoming
and upon approval of the
Wyoming
community college commission, the applicant registered nurse may be accepted into an accredited nursing education program at a university located outside of the state. Loans awarded for applicants accepted into programs outside of
Wyoming
shall not exceed the loan amounts available for programs at the
University
of
Wyoming
;

(iii)

A registered nurse with a master's degree in nursing who holds an unencumbered license with the Wyoming board of nursing, has the equivalent of at least one (1) year of full-time service teaching in a nursing education program in Wyoming as a registered nurse with a master's degree in nursing and is accepted into a nursing education program at an institution providing the required nursing education courses under contract with the western interstate commission for higher education or in a distance nursing education program at a university that is regionally accredited leading to a doctorate level degree in nursing may be eligible for a loan to pay the unmet need of attendance, as determined by the Wyoming community college commission or its designee, provided that in order to receive a loan for a doctorate level degree program, the applicant shall agree to repay the loan by
practicing nursing in Wyoming or

teaching at the University of Wyoming.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2009.

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