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Agency 048 - Health, Department ofSubagency 0050 - Rural Health, Office of
Chapter 5 - WYOMING PROVIDER RECRUITMENT GRANT PROGRAM
Section 5-9 - Provider Recruitment Grant Termination Breach, Repayment and Penalties

048-5 Wyo. Code R. § 5-9

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Section 5-9 - Provider Recruitment Grant Termination Breach, Repayment and Penalties

(a) The Department is contracting with the recruiting entity. If the recruited provider fails to meet the requirements of this Act, the recruiting entity must repay the entire amount of grant funds received under this Act to the state. The recruiting entity is not precluded from recovering these repayments from the recruited provider.

(b) If the recruiting entity is unable to recruit an eligible provider within one (1) year of the effective date of the Contract Agreement, the contract terminates without penalty. If the recruiting entity incurred eligible costs under Section 5(e), but was unsuccessful in recruiting a provider, the recruiting entity may submit a request for reimbursement to the Department. Payment of grant monies under Section 5(e) without a successful recruitment will be at the discretion of the Department.

(c) If the recruited provider fails to relocate and begin full-time practice in the approved geographic area of Wyoming within six (6) months as required by Section 6(i), the Contract Agreement terminates and the Department will not make any grant payments to the recruiting entity for eligible costs under Section 5(d).

(d) Repayments include:

  • (i) The total amount of grant funds paid to the recruiting entity;
  • (ii) Interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum; and
  • (iii) The amount to be repaid shall be determined from the end of the month in which the recruiting entity breached the Contract Agreement as if the recruiting entity had breached at the end of the month.

(e) Amounts recovered and damages collected under this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.

(f) The Department may cancel or release, in full or in part, a recruiting entity from the requirements of this Act without penalty upon submission of appropriate documentation of the following:

  • (i) The recruited provider becomes permanently disabled;
  • (ii) The recruited provider dies;
  • (iii) The recruited provider or a family member for whom the recruited provider is the principal caregiver has a chronic life threatening illness or a severe chronic medical circumstance that requires relocation or a significant reduction in practice hours.
  • (iv) For other good cause shown, as determined by the Department.

048-5 Wyo. Code R. § 5-9

Amended, Eff. 4/12/2016.