AN ACT relating to the provider recruitment grant program; amending the health care provider recruitment grant program; making a conforming amendment; and providing for an effective date.
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Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Appropriations
Last action
2021-03-30
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/30/2021
Plain English Breakdown
The official summary does not provide specific details about how geographic and medical needs are prioritized or the exact process for issuing grant awards.
Provider Recruitment Grant Program Act
This act modifies the rules for the Wyoming Provider Recruitment Program to ensure grant applications are only accepted if funds are available.
What This Bill Does
Modifies the health care provider recruitment grant program so that the Department of Health will only solicit grant applications when there is sufficient funding available.
Who It Names or Affects
The Department of Health
Hospitals and other healthcare facilities in Wyoming
Terms To Know
Provider Recruitment Grant Program
A program that provides grants to hospitals, physicians, and others seeking to recruit health care providers.
Limits and Unknowns
The act does not specify the amount of funding available for these grants.
It prioritizes applications based on geographic need but does not provide details about how this prioritization is determined.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment changes the title and content of HB0087 to amend the provider recruitment grant program instead of repealing it, and adds new rules for how grants are awarded.
Changes the catch title from 'Provider recruitment grant program - repeal' to 'Provider recruitment grant program'.
Adds a new section detailing how applications for provider recruitment grants will be prioritized based on geographic need and medical need within that area, with preference given to recruiting private practice providers.
Specifies that award letters must be issued within 60 days after the application period closes.
The amendment text does not specify how much funding is available for grants or what specific benefits are authorized by this section.
Bill History
2021-03-30LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 41
2021-03-30Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0026
2021-03-26Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0026
2021-03-26House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0026
2021-03-26LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0026
2021-03-25Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2021-03-24Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-23Senate
S COW:Passed
2021-03-22Senate
S Placed on General File
2021-03-22Senate
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
2021-03-17Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations
2021-03-09Senate
S Received for Introduction
2021-03-08House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-5-0-0-0
2021-03-05House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-04House
H COW:Passed
2021-03-02House
H Placed on General File
2021-03-02House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2021-02-01House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
2021-01-29House
H Received for Introduction
2021-01-29LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 21LSO-0393
Bill No.:
HB0087
Effective:
Immediately
LSO No.:
21LSO-0393
Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0026
Chapter No.:
41
Prime Sponsor:
Joint Appropriations Committee
Catch Title:
Provider recruitment grant program.
Subject:
Amending the health care provider recruitment grant program.
Summary/Major Elements:
This act conditions the Department of Health's soliciting of health care provider recruitment applications for grants offered through the Wyoming Provider Recruitment Program on the availability of funds.
The act also limits the Office of Rural Health's recruitment program for health care providers to the availability of funds.
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
21LSO-0393
ORIGINAL House
Bill No
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HB0087
ENROLLED ACT NO. 26,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session
AN ACT relating to the provider recruitment grant program; amending the health care provider recruitment grant program; making a conforming amendment; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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117(a)(iii)(intro) and 35
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1101(c) are amended to read:
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Office of rural health created; duties.
(a)
The office of rural health is created within the department of health. The office shall:
(iii)
Contract, if necessary, with other entities to carry out duties prescribed under this section, and to conduct an active and ongoing recruitment program for physicians and other health care professionals
, subject to the availability of funds,
and to engage in the following activities:
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Provider recruitment grant program.
(c)
Subject to the availability of funds, t
he department shall solicit provider recruitment applications from hospitals, physicians and others seeking to recruit providers.
The applications shall be prioritized by need based on geographic area, then by medical need within the geographic area.
Priority shall be given to recruitment of private practice providers.
The department shall issue award letters to the persons or entities receiving grant authorizations within sixty (60) days after the close of an application period.
The grant authorizations shall authorize the person or entity receiving it, for a period
of one (1) year, to make a firm offer of recruitment incorporating the benefits authorized by this section to a candidate, conditioned upon Wyoming licensure and the candidate's signed written agreement to the conditions of this section.
Section 2.
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.
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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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