HB0231

Appropriates $2.176 million to the University of Wyoming for medical education expansion through a contract with the University of Utah School of Medicine, authorizing training for up to five Wyoming resident students annually beginning in academic year 2025-2026.

• Appropriates $2,176,313 from the general fund to the University of Wyoming for medical education purposes from the effective date through June 30, 2029, with no more than $53,081 available for administrative costs and unexpended funds reverting on June 30, 2028. (Sec. 1(a))
• Directs the legislature to double this appropriation and include it in the University of Wyoming's standard budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium. (Sec. 1(a))
• Authorizes the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees to expand medical training and education through a contract with the University of Utah School of Medicine. (Sec. 1(b), W.S. 21-17-109)
• Limits medical education availability to not more than five Wyoming resident students for a four-year period beginning with academic year 2025-2026. (Sec. 1(c)(i))
• Requires the Board of Trustees to obtain agreements from each student as specified in W.S. 21-17-109(d) and ensures all medical education is subject to W.S. 21-17-109 requirements. (Sec. 1(c)(ii), Sec. 1(c)(iii))

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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