§ 9-2-119 — Allied health care provider loan repayment program

(a) The department is authorized to enter into agreements
with health care providers licensed or certified to provide
health care services in this state including, but not limited
to, hospital, medical, surgical, dental, vision, nursing,
radiology, mental health, speech language pathology and
pharmaceutical services. The agreements shall:
(i) Require the health care provider to provide
health care services in a community of the state from among a
list of communities developed by the department. A health care
provider shall agree to provide medical care for the period of
the contract in underserved areas of the state and shall accept
patients qualified under the Medical Assistance and Services
Act, Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act and the
child health insurance program who seek medical care which the
health care provider is qualified to provide;
(ii) Provide that the health care provider shall be
repaid up to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of
outstanding educational loans the provider has acquired as a
direct result of undergraduate or postgraduate educational
training directly related to providing medical services, not to
exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) per year, in
exchange for practicing under the terms of this section;
(iii) Require the health care provider to agree to
provide health care services for a minimum of three (3) years
under the agreement;
(iv) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 148, § 2.
(v) Contain other provisions the department deems
necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this
section.
(b) The department, in consultation with the appropriate
licensing board and professional association, shall promulgate
rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. In
carrying out this section the department shall assess health
care needs of the state by geographic areas and particular
health care services required and shall prioritize and enter
into agreements under this section accordingly.
(c) The department may vary the terms of each agreement in
accordance with this section based upon the community and the
number of the health care provider's patients whose cost of care
is reimbursed under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security
Act, the child health insurance program or the Wyoming Medical
Assistance and Services Act.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 118 § 2.
(e) In selecting health care providers for agreements
pursuant to this section, the department shall give priority
when practical to qualified graduates of the University of
Wyoming or a Wyoming community college.