Wyoming legislation · 2026 Budget Session
Wyoming HB63: Medicaid reimbursement-nursing homes.
Status: Failed, February 11, 2026
AN ACT relating to medical assistance and services; providing for increased reimbursement for skilled nursing homes under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act as specified; providing appropriations; specifying applicability; requiring reports; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
What the bill says
An act relating to medical assistance and services; providing for increased reimbursement for skilled nursing homes under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act as specified; providing appropriations; specifying applicability; requiring reports; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
From the introduced text, January 28, 2026:
AN ACT relating to medical assistance and services; providing for increased reimbursement for skilled nursing homes under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act as specified; providing appropriations; specifying applicability; requiring reports; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. For the period beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2028, reimbursement for services provided by skilled nursing homes authorized under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act shall be increased by five percent (5%). This reimbursement rate shall apply if HB0063 2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0303 the services to be reimbursed were rendered during the period beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2028. Section 2. The department of health shall report to the joint appropriations committee and the joint labor, health and social services interim committee not later than October 31, 2027 regarding the additional costs incurred by the increased reimbursement rate required by this act. The report required by this section shall include any recommendations for modifications to the reimbursement rate for services provided by skilled nursing homes under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act. Section 3. There is appropriated four million seven hundred thousand dollars ($4,700,000.00) from the general fund and four million seven hundred thousand dollars ($4,700,000.00) from federal funds …
Sponsors
- Kenneth Clouston (R, H32) · primary sponsor
- Posey, Ivan (D, H33)
- Barlow, Eric (R, S23)
- Crum, Gary (R, S10)
- Driskill, Ogden (R, S01)
- Landen, Bill (R, S27)
Latest actions
- : H Failed Introduction 27-34-1-0-0
- : H Received for Introduction
- : Bill Number Assigned
Votes
- H Failed Introduction 27-34-1-0-0 (February 11, 2026): 27 yea, 34 nay, failed
Subjects: Medicaid reimbursement-nursing homes.
Common questions
- What is HB63?
- HB63 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2026 Budget Session): Medicaid reimbursement-nursing homes.
- What does HB63 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to medical assistance and services; providing for increased reimbursement for skilled nursing homes under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act as specified; providing appropriations; specifying applicability; requiring reports; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
- What is the status of HB63?
- Failed as of February 11, 2026. Latest action: H Failed Introduction 27-34-1-0-0 (February 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB63?
- Kenneth Clouston (R, H32), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB63?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2026/HB0063
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