WICHE repayment program-veterinary medicine students.
AN ACT relating to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) repayment program; including veterinary medicine students under WICHE repayment program requirements; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.
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Vetoed
The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.
Sponsor
Appropriations
Last action
2021-04-07
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2021
Plain English Breakdown
The official bill summary and text do not provide details about relieving repayment due to undue hardship, waiving unpaid obligations based on employment status, or annual reporting requirements.
WICHE Repayment Program for Veterinary Medicine Students
This act includes veterinary medicine students under the WICHE repayment program requirements.
What This Bill Does
Adds veterinary medicine students to the list of professions eligible for the WICHE repayment program.
Who It Names or Affects
Veterinary medicine students who participate in the WICHE program.
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE).
Terms To Know
WICHE
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, a regional organization that helps states work together to improve higher education.
Limits and Unknowns
The bill was vetoed by the governor on April 7, 2021.
It is unclear if lawmakers will override the governor's veto.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment adds provisions for veterinary medicine students in the WICHE repayment program, allowing for relief from repayment obligations under certain conditions.
Adds a new section (B) that allows the commission to relieve a student of their obligation to repay amounts spent on them if repayment would cause undue hardship.
Specifies that if a student cannot find a professional position in Wyoming within three years after completing training, with an annual salary equal to or more than half of the national average educational debt for their profession, all unpaid repayment obligations will be waived.
The exact criteria and process for determining 'undue hardship' are not detailed in the amendment text.
It is unclear how the new provisions will interact with existing WICHE repayment program requirements.
Bill History
2021-04-07Governor
Governor Vetoed SEA No. 0019
2021-04-05Wyoming Legislature
Veto Message Received
2021-03-30House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0019
2021-03-29Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0019
2021-03-29LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0019
2021-03-29House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0
2021-03-26House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-25House
H COW:Passed
2021-03-19House
H Placed on General File
2021-03-19House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2021-03-17House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
2021-03-10House
H Received for Introduction
2021-03-10Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 21-9-0-0-0
2021-03-09Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-08Senate
S COW:Passed
2021-03-03Senate
S Placed on General File
2021-03-03Senate
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2021-03-01Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations
2021-02-08Senate
S Received for Introduction
2021-02-05LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Current Bill Text
Read the full stored bill text
21LSO-0362
ORIGINAL Senate
File No
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SF0093
ENROLLED ACT NO. 19,
SENATE
SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session
AN ACT relating to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) repayment program; including veterinary medicine students under WICHE repayment program requirements; providing applicability; 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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16
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202(b)(iv)(intro) and (C) is amended to read:
21
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16
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202.
When binding; notice of ratification; power of governor to appoint commissioners; powers of commissioners generally; appropriation of monies.
(b)
In addition to those powers granted to the commissioners in the compact, the commissioners are directed and empowered:
(iv)
In the interest of recruiting
veterinarian and
health care professionals to Wyoming, to impose a repayment program for participating students in
veterinary medicine,
dentistry, medicine, podiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, optometry, physician assistant programs and osteopathic medicine and obtain an agreement from each student first admitted as a WICHE program student to a participating institution of higher education for the
2013
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2014
2021
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2022
academic year and thereafter, subject to the following:
(C)
Any amounts paid by
veterinary medicine,
medical, podiatry, osteopathic, occupational therapy, physical therapy, optometry, physician assistant or dental students in accordance with the contractual arrangements authorized under this paragraph shall be
credited to a WICHE program repayment account which shall be expended upon appropriation by the legislature;
Section 2.
W.S. 21
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16
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202(b)(iv)(D) is repealed.
Section 3.
This act does not affect any agreement entered into pursuant to W.S. 21
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16
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202(b)(iv) before the effective date of this act.
Section 4.
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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