Medical education funding.

ORIGINAL
House
ENGROSSED
Bill No
.
HB0085

ENROLLED ACT NO. 37,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2016 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to higher education; modifying provisions relating to higher education programs in the field of dentistry and other professional health services; modifying provisions regarding agreements under the programs; providing for accounting and use of monies generated by the programs; limiting expenditure of earnings from endowment accounts; requiring reporting; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S.
21
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17
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109(
d)(i), (e), (f) and by creating a new subsection (g) and 21
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17
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119(
e)(i), (g) and
by creating a new subsection
(h)
are amended to read:

21
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17
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109
.

Course in field of professional health services; authority to offer; contracts with students; repayment of funds expended; deposit of repayments.

(d)

In addition to the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, before expending any funds the board of trustees shall obtain an agreement from each student whereby the student agrees to:

(i)

Authorize the state of Wyoming to pay all
tuition costs
or a portion of
the cost of attendance

incurred in his or her medical education as determined by any contract between the state of Wyoming and the school of medicine providing that education; and

(e)

Any amounts
, other than fees and tuition payments,
paid by medical students in accordance with the contractual arrangements authorized under this section

effective July 1, 2005, and thereafter,

shall be deposited into a special fund designated the Medical School Student Fund, maintained and separately accounted for by the
University of Wyoming, which fund may be added to by specific contributions from other sources. The fund may be invested, at the discretion of the president of the University of Wyoming and the dean of the College of Health Sciences, for the production of income. The investment income shall be expended by the University of Wyoming
solely

for
direct

assistance

for relocation costs associated with practice in Wyoming, fees and materials for medical board examinations
,
rural training, dislocation, student development
and

scholarships to medical students as authorized by the president of the University of Wyoming and the dean of the College of Health Sciences. The principal of the fund established shall remain unimpaired and only the income derived therefrom may be collected and expended from year to year.
The amount of income expended annually pursuant to this section shall not exceed an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the previous five (5) year average market value of the fund, calculated from the first day of the fiscal year.
Any unexpended income shall remain in the fund.

On or before October 1 of each year, the university shall submit a report to the
joint appropriations committee and the

joint labor, health and social services interim committee on income to the fund and expenditures from fund earnings during the prior fiscal year.

(f)

Upon recommendation of the president of the university, the board of trustees may relieve a student of the obligation to repay amounts expended under paragraph
(d
)
(
i) of this
subsection

section
, in whole or in part, where repayment would cause undue hardship. The university shall annually report the number of students relieved from repayment under this subsection to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee not later than October 1.

(g)

Tuition
and
fees received by the
U
niversity
of Wyoming
from students participating
in the
medical education
program under this
section
,

shall be separately accounted for
by the university
. These funds are to be used by the
university solely for the support
of education and training conducted at the university pursuant to this
section. The receipt and expenditure of these funds shall be identified in the
university's biennial budget request
.

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17
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119
.

Authority to offer course in dentistry through contracts with other institutions; contracts with students; repayment of funds expended; deposit of repayments.

(e)

In addition to the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, before expending any funds the board of trustees shall obtain an agreement from each student whereby the student agrees to:

(i)

Authorize the state of Wyoming to pay

the

costs of education
all or a portion of
cost of attendance

incurred in his dentistry education as determined by any contract between the state of Wyoming and the school of dentistry providing that education: and

(g)

Any amounts

other than fees and tuition payments,
paid by dentistry students in accordance with the contractual arrangements authorized under this section shall be deposited into a special account designated the Dentistry School Student Account, maintained and separately accounted for by the University of Wyoming, which account may be added to by specific contributions from other sources. The account may be invested, at the discretion of the president of the University of Wyoming, for the production of income. The investment income shall be expended by the University of Wyoming
solely
for
direct

assistance

for relocation costs associated with practice in
Wyoming, fees and materials for
dental
board examinations,

rural training
, dislocation, student development

and
scholarships to dentistry students as authorized by the president of the University of Wyoming and the dean of the college of health sciences. The principal of the fund established shall remain unimpaired and only the income derived therefrom may be collected and expended from year to year.
The amount of income expended annually pursuant to this section shall not exceed an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the previous five (5) year average market value of the
account
, calculated from the first day of the fiscal year.
Any unexpended income shall remain in the fund.
On or before October 1 of each year, the university shall submit a report to the

joint appropriations committee and the
joint labor, health and social services interim committee on income to the fund and expenditures from fund earnings during the prior fiscal year.

(h)

Tuition and fees received by the University of Wyoming from students participating in the program under this
section,
shall be separately accounted for by the university. These funds are to be used by the
university

solely for the support
of education and training conducted at the university pursuant to this
section and other graduate courses in the college of health sciences. The receipt and expenditure of these funds shall be identified in the
university's biennial budget request.

Section 2
.

The authority of the University of Wyoming to expend funds from tuition and fees under W.S. 21
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17
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109 and 21
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119 as amended in section 1 of this act shall not be construed to authorize the expenditure of tuition and fees collected prior to the effective date of this act. This section shall not affect the
u
niversity's authority to expend funds from those tuitions and fees granted under any other law.

Section 3.

For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, funds
directed to the University of Wyoming for the support of the medical and dental education programs under W.S. 21
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17
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109(g) and 21
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17
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119(h) are appropriated to the
u
niversity to be expended as authorized in this act.

Section

4
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
6
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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