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HB0231 • 2025

Medical education funding.

AN ACT relating to the University of Wyoming; providing an appropriation; authorizing expansion of the course of training and education offered in the field of medicine as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Representative Larsen, L
Last action
2025-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide additional details about how the funds will be used beyond administrative costs and medical education.

Medical Education Funding Act

This act provides funding and authorizes the University of Wyoming to expand medical education programs in partnership with the University of Utah.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides $2,176,313 from the general fund to the University of Wyoming for medical education purposes.
  • Limits administrative costs to no more than $53,081 and sets a spending period until June 30, 2029.
  • Authorizes the University of Wyoming's board of trustees to expand medical training programs in partnership with the University of Utah.
  • Specifies that up to five Wyoming resident students can participate in this program for four years starting from academic year 2025-2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The University of Wyoming
  • Wyoming residents interested in medical education

Terms To Know

Appropriation
Money set aside by the government for a specific purpose, like funding medical education.
Board of Trustees
A group that manages and makes decisions for an organization, in this case, the University of Wyoming.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill is marked as inactive by Wyoming's legislature, meaning it will not move forward in the current session.
  • Details about how the funds are to be used beyond administrative costs and medical education are not specified.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-03 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2025-02-07 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2025-01-21 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education

  4. 2025-01-17 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2025-01-16 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0624
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0624
Introduced
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0231

Medical education funding.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Larsen, L and Nicholas and Senator(s) Dockstader and Landen

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the University of Wyoming; providing an appropriation; authorizing expansion of the course of training and education offered in the field of medicine as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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(a)

There is appropriated two million one hundred seventy-six thousand three hundred thirteen dollars ($2,176,313.00) from the general fund to the University of Wyoming for purposes of providing medical education under this section. Not more than fifty-three thousand eighty-one dollars ($53,081.00) of this appropriation shall be expended for administrative costs incurred by the University of Wyoming in providing medical education under this section. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this section and ending June 30, 2029. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose.

Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e) and 9-4-207, any unexpended, unobligated funds from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2028. It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation be doubled and included in the University of Wyoming's standard budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

(b)

The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming is authorized to expand the course of training and education offered by the university in the field of medicine under a contract with the university of Utah school of medicine as specified in subsection (c) of this section and in accordance with W.S. 21-17-109.

(c)

Medical training and education offered by the University of Wyoming under a contract with the university of Utah shall be subject to all of the following:

(i)

Medical education shall be available for not more than five (5) Wyoming resident students for a period of four (4) years, commencing with academic year 2025
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2026;

(ii)

The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming shall obtain agreements from each student as required by W.S. 21-17-109(d);

(iii)

Medical education shall be subject to all requirements of W.S. 21-17-109.

Section 2
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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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