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Senate advances veterans mental‑health loan program, approves $250,000 appropriation with sunset and reporting
Summary
Lawmakers moved to fund a loan program to train veterans as mental‑health providers in Wyoming, approving a $250,000 appropriation with a three‑year sunset and annual reporting requirements; debate centered on funding source, sunset length and program design.
Senators in the committee of the whole advanced Senate File 30, a bill to create a loan program aimed at training veterans to provide mental‑health services to other veterans, and approved committee amendments that set funding and reporting requirements.
Senator Anderson explained that Senate File 30 would allow veterans to receive loans to pursue a master’s degree in social work or a doctorate in psychology and require recipients to spend roughly 25% of their working time providing mental‑health services to Wyoming veterans. The original draft used University of Wyoming block‑grant funds; the standing committee amendment removed the…
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