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HB0063 • 2026

Medicaid reimbursement-nursing homes.

AN ACT relating to medical assistance and services; providing for increased reimbursement for skilled nursing homes under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act as specified; providing appropriations; specifying applicability; requiring reports; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Clouston
Last action
2026-02-11
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2026

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was not signed into law, so no provisions of the act have been implemented.

Increase Medicaid Reimbursement for Nursing Homes

This act aims to increase reimbursement rates for skilled nursing homes under Medicaid in Wyoming by five percent from July 2026 to June 2028, with funding and reporting requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the amount of money paid to skilled nursing homes that accept Medicaid patients by five percent starting on July 1, 2026, for two years.
  • Requires the Wyoming Department of Health to report about any extra costs from this increase by October 31, 2027.
  • Allocates $9.4 million in total funding over two years: $4.7 million from state funds and $4.7 million from federal funds.
  • Needs the Wyoming Department of Health to make new rules to follow this act.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Skilled nursing homes that accept Medicaid patients in Wyoming.
  • Medicaid recipients who need care at skilled nursing facilities.
  • The Wyoming Department of Health, which will manage and report on these changes.

Terms To Know

Reimbursement
Money given to a business or organization for services provided under a program like Medicaid.
Medicaid
A government health insurance program that helps people with low income pay for medical care.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was not signed into law.
  • It only applies if it becomes a law, which means the changes described would start on July 1, 2026, but this has not happened yet.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-11 House

    H Failed Introduction 27-34-1-0-0

  2. 2026-02-05 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2026-01-28 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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26LSO-0303
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0303
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0063

Medicaid reimbursement-nursing homes.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Clouston and Posey and Senator(s) Barlow, Crum, Driskill and Landen

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to medical assistance and services; providing for increased reimbursement for skilled nursing homes under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act as specified; providing appropriations; specifying applicability; requiring reports; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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

Section 1
.

For the period beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2028, reimbursement for services provided by skilled nursing homes authorized under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act shall be increased by five percent (5%). This reimbursement rate shall apply if the services to be reimbursed were rendered during the period beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2028.

Section 2.

The department of health shall report to the joint appropriations committee and the joint labor, health and social services interim committee not later than October 31, 2027 regarding the additional costs incurred by the increased reimbursement rate required by this act. The report required by this section shall include any recommendations for modifications to the reimbursement rate for services provided by skilled nursing homes under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act.

Section 3.

There is appropriated four million seven hundred thousand dollars ($4,700,000.00) from the general fund and four million seven hundred thousand dollars ($4,700,000.00) from federal funds to the department of health for purposes of increasing the reimbursement rate for services provided by skilled nursing homes as provided by this act. These appropriations shall be for the period beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2028. These appropriations shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from these appropriations shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2028. It is the intent of the legislature that these appropriations be included in the standard budget for the department of health for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

Section 4
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The department of health shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.

Section 5.

(a)

Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2026
.

(b)

Sections 4 and 5 of this act are 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)

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