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SF0064 • 2015

Wyoming Health Insurance Pool Act extension.

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Health Insurance Pool Act; amending eligibility as specified; extending a sunset date; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Labor
Last action
2015-02-26
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
2/26/2015

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2015-02-26 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2015-02-26 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0009

  3. 2015-02-23 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0009

  4. 2015-02-23 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0009

  5. 2015-02-20 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0009

  6. 2015-02-20 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 51-8-1-0-0

  7. 2015-02-19 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2015-02-18 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2015-02-10 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2015-02-10 House

    Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0

  11. 2015-02-10 House

    H COW:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations

  12. 2015-02-10 House

    H Placed on General File

  13. 2015-02-10 House

    Labor:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0

  14. 2015-02-06 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor

  15. 2015-01-26 House

    H Received for Introduction

  16. 2015-01-26 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0

  17. 2015-01-23 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  18. 2015-01-22 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  19. 2015-01-21 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  20. 2015-01-21 Senate

    Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  21. 2015-01-14 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor

  22. 2015-01-13 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  23. 2015-01-12 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
SF0064
Effective
:
2/26/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0148

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA 9

Chapter No.:
58

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Wyoming Health Insurance Pool Act extension.

Subject:

Summary/Major Elements:

The
Wyoming Health Insurance Pool (
WHIP
) Act establishes an insurance program for persons who cannot otherwise purchase insurance at an affordable cost due to a pre
-
existing condition.

This act:

Authorizes the
I
nsurance
C
ommissioner to terminate eligi
b
ility and disenroll from coverage persons who have reasonable access to health insurance;

Extends the WHIP sunset
date
from 2015 to 2020.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0064

ENROLLED ACT NO.
9
,

SENATE

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Health Insurance Pool Act; amending eligibility as specified; extending a sunset date; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section
1
.

W.S. 26
‑
43
‑
103
(
a)
(intro)
and
by creating a new subsection (e)
and 26
‑
43
‑
113 are
amended to read:

26
‑
43
‑
103
.

Eligibility.

(a)

Except as provided in
subsection

subsections

(b)
and (e)
of this section, any individual person who is a resident of this state is eligible for pool coverage under eligibility level one (1) or eligibility level two (2) if evidence of the following is provided:

(e)

Notwithstanding subsection (a)
of this
section, t
he commissioner shall have authority
to terminate eligibility and
disenroll
from coverage under the pool some or all of the individuals who are enrolled in the plan as of
July 1, 2015
, subject to the following:

(
i
)

The commissioner has determined that all individuals or groups of individuals who are to be
disenrolled
have reasonable access to health insurance;

(ii)

All individuals who are to be
disenrolled
shall receive prior notice of disenrollment at least ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of the disenrollment
;

(iii)

The commissioner shall have authority to reenroll any individual or group who were
disenrolled
pursuant to this subsection if it is demonstrated that the individual or group cannot otherwise be insured at reasonable expense
.

26
‑
43
‑
113
.

Termination of provisions.

This act is not effective after June 30,
2015

2020
.

Section
2
.

This act is effectively 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)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
Senate
.

Chief Clerk

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