Telehealth Freedom Act.25LSO-0391, 1.1
HB0241
FISCAL NOTE
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACTAnticipated Revenue (decrease)Special Revenue Fund (Board of Registration in
Podiatry)
($8,400)($8,400)($8,400)Special Revenue Fund (Board of Chiropractic
Examiners)
($9,000)($9,000)($9,000)Special Revenue Fund (Board of Dental Examiners)($77,250)($77,250)($77,250)Special Revenue Fund (Board of Midwifery)($16,800)($16,800)($16,800)Special Revenue Fund (Board of Examiners of
Optometry)
($8,290)($8,290)($8,290)Special Revenue Fund (Board Of Examiners for Speech
Language Pathology and Audiology)
($29,000)($29,000)($29,000)Special Revenue Fund (Board Of Physical Therapy)($30,585)($30,585)($30,585)Special Revenue Fund (Board Of Psychology)($49,725)($49,725)($49,725)Special Revenue Fund (Mental Health Professionals
Licensing Board)
($84,338)($84,338)($84,338)Special Revenue Fund (Board Of Occupational Therapy)($15,780)($15,780)($15,780)Special Revenue Fund (Board Of Acupuncture)($2,450)($2,450)($2,450)Special Revenue Fund (Board Of Medicine)($549,550)($549,550)($549,550)Special Revenue Fund (Board Of Nursing)($154,000)($529,000)($154,000)
Source of revenue (decrease):
This bill allows a health care provider, with a valid, unencumbered license and who
is in good standing to practice in any other state, United States territory or the
District of Columbia to be permitted to conduct telehealth services without first
obtaining a Wyoming license from certain boards, resulting in a revenue decrease
in renewal and initial license fees to each board's special revenue fund as estimated
in the above table.
Assumptions:
Each board impacted by this bill estimated the revenue decrease in the form of fee
revenues based on the number of current licensees with addresses outside Wyoming
and using those as proxies for the number of licensees that would no longer be
required to be licensed in Wyoming or that must apply for an initial license to
provide telehealth services to residents of Wyoming. Each board used the current
fees charged for an initial license or to renew a license and the renewal
requirements to estimate the revenue decrease for the particular board.
Prepared by: Matthew Willmarth, LSO Phone: 777-7881
(Information provided by JoAnn Reid, Department of Administration and Information
for the supported boards (Board of Registration in Podiatry, Board of Chiropractic
Examiners, Board of Dental Examiners, Board of Midwifery, Board of Examiners of
Optometry, Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, Board
of Physical Therapy, Board of Psychology, Mental Health Professionals Licensing
Board, Board of Occupational Therapy, and Board of Acupuncture), 777-3507; Laura
Hudspeth, Department of Health, 777-6882; Kevin Bohnenblust and Mary Ann Majszak,
Board of Medicine, 777-7053; Rachael Fillbrandt, Board of Nursing, 777-7053)