Physician assistant school.

2015
STATE OF WYOMING
15LSO-0558
Numbered
2.1

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0240

Physician assistant school.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Harshman, Baldwin, Barlow, Kasperik and Wilson and Senator(s) Coe, Cooper, Driskill, Landen and Peterson

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to education; establishing a task force to review the feasibility of a physician assistant school in Wyoming; providing appropriations; requiring a report; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

(a)

There is created a physician assistant training program task force consisting of the following members:

(i)

One (1) member from the
University
of
Wyoming
appointed by the governor;

(
ii
)

One (1) member of the state board of medicine appointed by the governor;

(
iii
)

One (1) member to represent
Wyoming
community colleges appointed by the governor;

(
iv
)

One (1) member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house;

(
v
)

One (1) member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate.

(b)

The task force shall:

(
i
)

Select a chairman and vice
chairman;

(ii)

Study the feasibility of a joint venture between the
University
of
Wyoming
and the
Wyoming
community college commission to develop an accredited physician assistant training program in
Wyoming
;

(iii)

Develop a plan for the content of the physician assistant training program, which shall include the mission, academic program and financial plan;

(iv)

Identify opportunities to establish relationships with other nationally recognized medical schools for the operation of the physician assistant training program
, including collaborating with a higher education institution that currently offers an accredited physician assistant program to offer as much of the program as possible or to periodically offer the program to a cohort of students
;

(v)

Develop a business plan for determining the appropriate tuition levels, with the ability to offer resident incentives;

(vi)

Determine the need for facilities to implement the plans for the physician assistant training program located in Wyoming
, including maximizing existing facilities for health care professional training programs and if necessary, acquiring new facilities to accommodate the program
; and

(vii)

Develop a proposed budget for implementing its recommendations.

(c)

The task force shall report its plan for
the program
together with any recommendations for additional legislation necessary to implement the plan to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee, the joint appropriations interim committee and the governo
r no later than October 15, 2015
.

(d)

The task force shall be staffed by the legislative service office. The member of the task force appointed by the president of the senate shall convene the task f
orce no later than April 1, 2015
.

(e)

The task force sha
ll exist until December 31, 2015
. Members of the task force who are not state employees or legislators shall not receive a salary but shall receive reimbursement for mileage and per diem expenses at the rate provided for legislators under W.S. 28
‑
5
‑
101. Members of the task force who are legislators shall be paid salary, per diem and mileage as provided in
W.S. 28
‑
5
‑
101 for their official duties as members of the task force.

Section 2.

(
a
)

Six
thousand
dollars ($6,000.00) is appropriated to the legislative service office for payment of salary, per diem and mileage for legislative task force members.

(
b
)

Four
t
housand dollars ($4,000.00) is appropriated to the governor's office for payment of authorized per diem and mileage for nonlegislative task force members.

Section 3
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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