Wyoming Statutes Title 42. Welfare § 42-8-109. Discontinuation of the assessment and quarterly adjustment payments

(i) The state plan amendment reflecting the quarterly nursing care facility adjustment payments under W.S. 42-8-108 is not approved by the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. The department may modify the rate adjustment provisions as necessary to obtain the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services approval if such changes do not exceed the authority and purposes of this article;

(ii) The department reduces rates to a level less than the rates effective on October 1, 2010 plus revenue increases from the account, including matches by federal financial participation;

(iii) The department or any other state agency attempts to utilize the money in the account for any use other than permitted by this article;

(iv) If federal financial participation to match assessments under this article becomes unavailable under federal law. In such case, the department shall terminate the imposition of assessments beginning on the date the federal statutory, regulatory or interpretive change takes effect.