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SF0058 • 2021

Wyoming investment in nursing funding.

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; providing funding for the Wyoming investment in nursing program from CARES Act funds; providing for appropriations; providing for a sunset date; and providing for an effective date.

Budget Education
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Education
Last action
2021-04-06
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
4/6/2021

Plain English Breakdown

The exact amount of funds to be provided by the CARES Act or other relief funds is not specified in the official source material.

Wyoming Investment in Nursing Funding

This law provides funding for nursing programs at Wyoming's community colleges using federal CARES Act money and sets a deadline for when the program ends.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides funding to the Wyoming Community College Commission for nursing programs.
  • Uses funds from the federal CARES Act or other similar relief funds if available.
  • Sets rules about how this money can be used, including that it cannot be spent on other things.
  • Establishes a deadline of June 30, 2022, unless changed by law.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Wyoming Community College Commission
  • Nursing programs at Wyoming's community colleges

Terms To Know

CARES Act
A federal law that provides money to states for support during the pandemic.
Sunset date
The day when a program or funding stops being available, in this case June 30, 2022.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify an exact amount of money to be given.
  • Details about transferring unused funds are complex and may change based on federal rules.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0058HS001

Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes specific funding amounts for the Wyoming investment in nursing program to a flexible amount set by the legislature.

  • Replaces the fixed dollar amount of $264,459.00 with an unspecified amount determined by the legislature.
  • Removes the phrase 'up to' before the funding amount.
  • The exact new funding amount is not specified and will be decided later by the Wyoming legislature.
SF0058S3001

3rd reading • Senator Perkins

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the bill to include a specific sunset date for its provisions and modifies language related to future consideration of additional COVID-19 relief funds.

  • Adds a provision that the act will be repealed on July 1, 2022.
  • Modifies the text to instruct other committees to consider including remaining funding in future legislation regarding additional COVID-19 relief funds.
  • The amendment removes some lines without providing clear context for their content, which limits a full understanding of what is being deleted.
SF0058SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Education Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the bill to specify that funding for the Wyoming investment in nursing program will come from federal coronavirus or economic stimulus legislation, not just the CARES Act. It also adds a sunset clause and makes other technical adjustments.

  • Adds language allowing funds to be used from 'subsequent similar federal enactments' beyond just the CARES Act.
  • Inserts a new section that repeals the act on July 1, 2022.
  • Replaces instances of 'reappropriated' with 'appropriated'.
  • The amendment text does not specify how much funding will be available or what specific programs will receive it.

Bill History

  1. 2021-04-06 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 134

  2. 2021-04-06 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0060

  3. 2021-04-02 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0060

  4. 2021-04-02 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0060

  5. 2021-04-02 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0060

  6. 2021-04-02 Senate

    S Concur:Passed 27-2-1-0-0

  7. 2021-03-29 Senate

    S Received for Concurrence

  8. 2021-03-29 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 42-18-0-0-0

  9. 2021-03-26 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  10. 2021-03-25 House

    H COW:Passed

  11. 2021-03-22 House

    H Placed on General File

  12. 2021-03-22 House

    H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0

  13. 2021-03-18 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations

  14. 2021-03-17 House

    H Received for Introduction

  15. 2021-03-17 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-1-1-0-0

  16. 2021-03-12 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  17. 2021-03-11 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  18. 2021-03-04 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  19. 2021-03-04 Senate

    S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 3-0-2-0-0

  20. 2021-03-02 Senate

    S COW:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations

  21. 2021-03-01 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  22. 2021-03-01 Senate

    S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  23. 2021-01-12 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education

  24. 2021-01-12 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  25. 2021-01-11 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 21LSO-0067
Bill No.:

SF0058

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

21LSO-0067

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0060

Chapter No.:

134

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Education Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Wyoming investment in nursing funding.

Subject:

Wyoming investment in nursing program.

Summary/Major Elements:

The act provides funding to the Wyoming Community College Commission for the Wyoming investment in nursing program. The program is created in Wyoming statute at W.S. 9‑2-123.

The act provides that funding shall be in an amount determined by the legislature from CARES Act or additional COVID-19 relief 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-0067

ORIGINAL Senate

ENGROSSED
File No
.
SF0058

ENROLLED ACT NO. 60,

SENATE

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; providing funding for the Wyoming investment in nursing program from CARES Act funds; providing for appropriations; providing for a sunset date; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

(a)

There is appropriated an amount determined by the legislature to the Wyoming community college commission for purposes of the Wyoming investment in nursing program as provided in W.S. 9
‑
2-123. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2022 unless otherwise provided by law. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose. The source of funds for this appropriation shall be as follows:

(i)

Funds for this appropriation shall come from funds available and eligible for this purpose under
the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, P.L. No. 116-136, as may be amended. If funds are available and eligible under the CARES Act for this purpose,
there is reappropriated to the commission an amount determined by the legislature from any federal funds provided to the state government of Wyoming under section 601 of the federal Social Security Act, as created by section 5001 of the CARES Act and appropriated in 2020 Wyoming Special Session Laws, Chapter 1, Section 2(b), as authorized and made available for expenditure in Section 2(c)(i) through (iii). Any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this reappropriation shall revert as provided by law
;

(ii)

To the extent that some or all of the appropriation is not eligible for funding provided through the CARES Act or if CARES Act funds reappropriated under paragraph (i) of this subsection are insufficient, the joint appropriations committee or any other committee tasked with developing legislation to appropriate additional COVID-19 relief funds shall consider including the remainder of this appropriation in any draft legislation.

(b)

If a COVID-19 relief account or other similarly named account is created for the deposit of COVID-19 related emergency response funds, the reappropriation under paragraph (a)(i) of this section shall be made from that account. Except as provided in this subsection, the funds reappropriated under paragraph (a)(i) of this section shall only be expended consistent with the terms of this act and the federal gift, grant or appropriation from which the funds originate.

The reappropriation under paragraph (a)(i) of this section shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose, except that on or before November 30, 2020 any funds reappropriated under paragraph (a)(i) of this section that are determined not to be eligible for the purposes of this section are hereby reappropriated to the office of the governor for the purposes specified in 2020 Wyoming Special Session Laws, Chapter 3.

Funds reappropriated to the office of the governor shall be subject to any limitations imposed by 2020 Wyoming Special Session Laws, Chapter 3.

Section 2.

This act is repealed effective July 1, 2022.

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)

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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