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Wyoming bill would channel $405 million in federal rural-health funds into statewide programs
Summary
Representative Bair told the House that Wyoming will receive $405 million in federal rural health transformation funds; House Bill 122 would allocate 20% for immediate spending and place the remainder into a perpetuity fund, and it passed introduction and was sent to Appropriations.
Representative Bair introduced House Bill 122, the Wyoming Rural Health Transformation Program, saying the state has secured an unusually large federal infusion for rural health. "We are going to receive a total of $405,000,000 in federal funds," Bair told colleagues, and outlined a plan to make 20% of that amount available for near-term spending on critical access hospitals, EMS regionalization, workforce education and…
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