Ch. 1, § 4. Application for Health Care Innovation Account Funding

(a) If the Department elects to make health care innovation account funding available to persons undertaking innovative studies, the Department shall post an open call for applications. An open call for applications must: (i) Be open for a period no less than three months but no more than one year; (ii) Be publically posted online at the Department's website: https://health.wyo.gov; and (iii) Establish the required form and manner to apply for funding. (b) A person undertaking an innovative study is eligible to apply for health care innovation account funding if the purpose of the innovative study relates to one of the following: (i) Reduction of costs associated with long-term care, chronic disease, or other health care services to the state of Wyoming; (ii) Allowing individuals in need of long-term care to remain in their homes and communities; (iii) Developing necessary long-term care or other health care services in Wyoming; or (iv) Use of broadband internet to access health care services. (c) In order to apply for health care innovation account funding, a person undertaking an innovative study shall timely submit a complete application in the form and manner established by the Department under Subsection (a) of this Section. (d) An application for health care innovation account funding must include, at a minimum: (i) A summary of the qualifications, experience, and capacity of the principal investigators and staff to conduct the innovative study, including licensure status and whether adverse action has ever been taken against an individual's license; (ii) A summary of existing models of service delivery that are currently available in Wyoming and the need filled by the innovative service or model of service delivery to be studied; (iii) The study question; (iv) The proposed study design; (v) A summary of potential harms to patients or clients participating in the study and strategies to mitigate those harms; (vi) A summary of anticipated results and implications for health care service delivery in Wyoming; and (vii) The amount of funding requested and a budget proposal summarizing how funds will be allocated to complete the study, including any outside funds that have already been secured for the purpose of undertaking the study.