Bill No.:                     HB0080                                 Drafter:  IDS

LSO No.:                   13LSO-0283                         Effective Date:  Immediate

Enrolled Act No.:    HEA0024

Chapter No.:            CH0040

Prime Sponsor:       Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Interim Committee

Catch Title:              Healthcare provider retention program-sunset date.

Subject:                     Wyoming National Guard member benefits.

Summary/Major Elements:

· The Wyoming National Guard maintains a program to recruit healthcare providers by offering to pay a portion of their medical malpractice insurance premiums.

· The program is set to end (sunset) on June 30, 2013.  This legislation extends the sunset date to June 30, 2017.

Comments:   The bill extends the repeal of the statutes which create the program until June 30, 2017.