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WY Stat § 35-2-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 1 - In General|Section 35-2-114 - Liability Insurance Authorized; Effect of Procurement.

35-2-114. Liability insurance authorized; effect of procurement.| (a) The governing body of any county memorial hospital, hospital district or other governmental agency which provides health care services or mental health services within this state may procure any type or amount of liability insurance coverage as it deems prudent to cover any loss by reason of liability for damages on account of injury, sickness or disease, death, property loss or damage. This shall not be construed as creating a liability of such county memorial hospital, hospital district or governmental agency insuring itself, nor shall the failure to procure any such insurance be construed as creating any liability of the county memorial hospital, hospital district or other governmental agency.  (b) To the extent of any such insurance coverage procured by a county memorial hospital, hospital district or other governmental agency providing health care or mental health services, the defense of governmental immunity is expressly waived. All defenses which would be available to a private corporation in an action against the corporation are available to the county memorial hospital, hospital district or other health care governmental agency.  (c) None of these provisions shall be construed as waiving the individual immunity of any employee, board member or officer of a county memorial hospital, hospital district or other health care governmental agency when the person is acting within the scope of his employment or authority.
WY Stat § 35-2-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 1 - In General|Section 35-2-115 - Emergency Services.

35-2-115. Emergency services.| (a) Emergency service and care shall be provided, at the regularly established charges of the hospital, to any person requesting such services or care, or for whom such services or care is requested, for any condition in which the person is in danger of loss of life, or serious injury or illness, at any hospital licensed in the state of Wyoming that maintains and operates emergency services to the public when such hospital has appropriate facilities and qualified personnel available to provide such services or care.  (b) Neither the hospital, its employees, nor any physician licensed to practice in the state of Wyoming shall be held liable in any action arising out of a refusal to render emergency services or care at such licensed hospital, if ordinary medical care and skill is exercised in determining the condition of the person, and a decision is made that such refusal shall not result in any permanent illness or injury to such person or a decision is made that sufficient qualified personnel are not available to treat said person, or a decision is made that facilities or equipment are not available to treat said person or in determining the appropriateness of the facilities, the qualifications and availability of personnel to render such services.
WY Stat § 35-2-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-301 - Short Title.

35-2-301. Short title.| This act may be cited as the "State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act."
WY Stat § 35-2-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-302 - Definitions.

35-2-302. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Commissioner" means the director of the state department of health. The director of the state department of health shall be, ex officio, the commissioner;  (ii) "The federal act" means title VI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 291 et seq.) as is now and as may hereafter be amended;  (iii) "The surgeon general" means the surgeon general of the public health service of the United States;  (iv) "Hospital" includes public health centers and general, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, and other types of hospitals, and related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses' home and training facilities, and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals, but does not include any hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care;  (v) "Public health center" means a publicly owned facility for the provision of public health services, including related facilities such as laboratories, clinics and administrative offices operated in connection with public health centers;  (vi) "Nonprofit hospital" means any hospital or medical facility owned and operated by a corporation or association, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual;  (vii) "Medical facilities" means diagnostic or diagnostic and treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes as those terms are defined in the federal act and such other medical facilities for which federal aid may be authorized under the federal act.
WY Stat § 35-2-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-303 - Department of Health; Sole Agency for Making an Inventory and Developing and Administering State Plan.

35-2-303. Department of health; sole agency for making an inventory and developing and administering state plan.| (a) The department of health shall constitute the sole agency of the state for the purpose of:  (i) Making an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, surveying the need for construction of hospitals and medical facilities, and developing a program of hospital construction as provided in W.S. 35-2-320 through 35-2-322; and  (ii) Developing and administering a state plan for the construction of public and other nonprofit hospitals and medical facilities as provided in W.S. 35-2-340 through 35-2-345.
WY Stat § 35-2-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-304 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner Enumerated.

35-2-304. Powers and duties of commissioner enumerated.| (a) In carrying out the purposes of the act, the commissioner is authorized and directed:  (i) To require such reports, make such inspections and investigations and prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary;  (ii) To provide such methods of administration, appoint personnel and take such other action as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of the federal act and the regulations thereunder;  (iii) To procure the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof, by contract, when such services are to be performed on a part-time or fee-for-service basis and do not involve the performance of administrative duties;  (iv) To the extent that he considers desirable to effectuate the purposes of this act, to enter into agreements for the utilization of the facilities and services of other departments, agencies, and institutions, public or private;  (v) To accept on behalf of the state and to deposit with the state treasurer any grant, gift or contribution made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the purposes of this act, and to expend the same for such purposes;  (vi) As required by W.S. 9-2-1014, to report to the governor concerning activities and expenditures and recommendations for such additional legislation as the commissioner considers appropriate to furnish adequate hospital, clinic, and similar facilities to the people of this state.
WY Stat § 35-2-306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-306 - Disbursement of Funds.

35-2-306. Disbursement of funds.| All claims against funds made available for the administration of this act shall be submitted, audited, allowed and paid in the same manner as other claims against the state and in addition thereto shall be approved by the commissioner.
WY Stat § 35-2-320 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-320 - Duties of Commissioner.

35-2-320. Duties of commissioner.| The commissioner is authorized and directed to make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, including public, nonprofit and proprietary hospitals and medical facilities, to survey the need for construction of hospitals and medical facilities, and, on the basis of such inventory and survey, to develop a program for the construction of such public and other nonprofit hospitals and medical facilities as will, in conjunction with existing facilities, afford the necessary physical facilities for furnishing adequate hospital, medical facility and similar services to all the people of the state.
WY Stat § 35-2-321 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-321 - Construction Program.

35-2-321. Construction program.| The construction program shall provide, in accordance with regulations prescribed under the federal act, for adequate hospital facilities for the people residing in this state and insofar as possible shall provide for their distribution throughout the state in such manner as to make all types of hospital and medical facility services reasonably accessible to all persons in the state.
WY Stat § 35-2-322 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-322 - Application for and Use of Federal Funds.

35-2-322. Application for and use of federal funds.| The commissioner is authorized to make application to the surgeon general for federal funds to assist in carrying out the survey and planning activities herein provided. Such funds shall be deposited in the state treasury and shall be available for expenditure for carrying out the purposes of W.S. 35-2-320 through 35-2-322. Any such funds received and not expended for such purposes shall be repaid to the treasury of the United States.
WY Stat § 35-2-340 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-340 - Preparation and Submission to Surgeon General; Notice and Hearing Prerequisite to Submission; Publication Upon Approval; Subsequent Modifications.

35-2-340. Preparation and submission to surgeon general; notice and hearing prerequisite to submission; publication upon approval; subsequent modifications.| The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the surgeon general a state plan which shall include the hospital and medical facilities construction program developed under W.S. 35-2-320 through 35-2-322 and which shall provide for the establishment, administration, and operation of the hospital and medical facilities construction activities in accordance with the requirements of the federal act and regulations thereunder. The commissioner shall, prior to the submission of such plan to the surgeon general, give adequate publicity to a general description of all the provisions proposed to be included therein, and hold a public hearing at which all persons or organizations with a legitimate interest in such plan may be given an opportunity to express their views. After approval of the plan by the surgeon general, the commissioner shall publish a general description of the provisions thereof in at least one (1) newspaper having general circulation in each county in the state, and shall make the plan, or a copy thereof, available upon request to all interested persons or organizations. The commissioner shall from time to time review the hospital and medical facilities construction program and submit to the surgeon general any modifications thereof which he may find necessary and may submit to the surgeon general such modifications of the state plan, not inconsistent with the requirements of the federal act, as he may deem advisable.
WY Stat § 35-2-341 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-341 - Minimum Standards of Maintenance.

35-2-341. Minimum standards of maintenance.| The commissioner shall by regulation prescribe minimum standards for the maintenance and operation of hospitals and medical facilities which receive federal aid for construction under the state plan.
WY Stat § 35-2-342 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-342 - Relative Need for Projects to Be Set Forth.

35-2-342. Relative need for projects to be set forth.| The state plan shall set forth the relative need for the several projects included in the construction program determined in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the federal act, and provide for the construction, insofar as financial resources available therefor and for maintenance and operation make possible, in the order of such relative need.
WY Stat § 35-2-343 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-343 - Applications for Construction Projects; Conformity to Federal and State Requirements Required.

35-2-343. Applications for construction projects; conformity to federal and state requirements required.| Applications for hospital and medical facility construction projects for which federal funds are requested shall be submitted to the commissioner and may be submitted by the state or any political subdivision thereof or by any public or nonprofit agency authorized to construct and operate a hospital or a medical facility. Each application for a construction project shall conform to federal and state requirements.
WY Stat § 35-2-344 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-344 - Hearing and Approval of Applications for Construction.

35-2-344. Hearing and approval of applications for construction.| The commissioner shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the commissioner, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds that a project application complies with the requirements of W.S. 35-2-343 and is otherwise in conformity with the state plan, he shall approve such application and shall recommend and forward it to the surgeon general.
WY Stat § 35-2-345 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction|Section 35-2-345 - Inspection of Construction Projects; Payment of Installment of Federal Funds.

35-2-345. Inspection of construction projects; payment of installment of federal funds.| From time to time the commissioner shall inspect each construction project approved by the surgeon general, and, if the inspection so warrants, the commissioner shall certify to the surgeon general that work has been performed upon the project, or purchases have been made, in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, and that payment of an installment of federal funds is due to the applicant.
WY Stat § 35-2-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 4 - Hospital Districts|Section 35-2-401 - Establishment of Hospital District.

35-2-401. Establishment of hospital district.| (a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.  (d) A special hospital district may be established and subsequent elections held under the procedures for petitioning, hearing and election of special districts as set forth in the Special District Elections Act of 1994.  (i) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 106, § 2.  (ii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 106, § 2.  (iii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 106, § 2.  (e) As an alternative to the procedures specified in subsection (d) of this section, a special hospital district may be established and subsequent elections held through the following procedures:  (i) The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, submit the question of establishing the special hospital district to the electors of the proposed district at the next general election or another date as provided by W.S. 22-2-104. The board shall provide notice that it will consider the resolution at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting at which the resolution will be considered. Notice of the election shall be given as required by W.S. 22-29-110;  (ii) If a majority of the voters in the proposed district voting at the election specified in paragraph (i) of this subsection vote for the establishment of the district the board of county commissioners shall enter that fact upon its record and the district is established;  (iii) Any subsequent election for a special hospital district established under this subsection shall be held as set forth in the Special District Elections Act of 1994.
WY Stat § 35-2-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 4 - Hospital Districts|Section 35-2-404 - Procedure for Initial Election of Trustees; Number, Term of Trustees; Qualifications; Disposition of Ballots and Affidavits.

35-2-404. Procedure for initial election of trustees; number, term of trustees; qualifications; disposition of ballots and affidavits.| (a) An election of trustees shall be held in accordance with the Special District Elections Act of 1994 at the same time as the election for the formation of the district. At the election a board of five (5) trustees shall be elected who shall serve without compensation to govern the affairs of the district. There shall be elected three (3) members to serve until the next succeeding district election and two (2) members to serve until the second succeeding district election and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years. The board of trustees shall, prior to the publication of notice required under W.S. 22-29-112(c), determine whether the board of trustees should be established at five (5) members or seven (7) members. If the board determines that the number of trustees should be expanded it may appoint the additional members in accordance with W.S. 22-29-202 until the next subsequent trustee election. The next subsequent trustee election shall reflect any modification made. If a board of trustees fails to establish the number of trustees to be elected, the board shall be established at five (5) members. No current term of any trustee shall be affected by any modification made under this subsection. Subsequent elections shall be held in accordance with the Special District Elections Act of 1994.  (b) Excluding employees of the district, any qualified elector resident in a hospital district is eligible to hold the office of hospital district trustee in the hospital district.  (c) After the official certificate of election has been prepared, ballots and affidavits shall be sealed in envelopes and retained by the appropriate board for six (6) months or until termination of any election contest affected by the ballots or affidavits and shall then be destroyed. Prior to destruction, the envelope shall be opened only on court order.
WY Stat § 35-2-415 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 4 - Hospital Districts|Section 35-2-415 - General Obligation Coupon Bonds; Requirements as to Issuance Generally; Submission of Question to Electors.

35-2-415. General obligation coupon bonds; requirements as to issuance generally; submission of question to electors.| The board of trustees of a hospital district may upon approval of the board of county commissioners submit to the electors of the district the question whether the board shall be authorized to issue the general obligation coupon bonds of the district in a certain amount, not to exceed five percent (5%) of the assessed value of the taxable property in the district, and bearing a certain rate of interest, payable and redeemable at a certain time, not exceeding twenty-five (25) years for the purchase of real property, for the construction or purchase of improvements and for equipment for hospital purposes.
WY Stat § 35-2-416 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 4 - Hospital Districts|Section 35-2-416 - General Obligation Coupon Bonds; Conduct and Results of Election.

35-2-416. General obligation coupon bonds; conduct and results of election.| The election authorized under W.S. 35-2-415 shall be called, conducted and the results thereof canvassed and certified in all respects as near as practicable in the same manner as is provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112.
WY Stat § 35-2-417 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 4 - Hospital Districts|Section 35-2-417 - General Obligation Coupon Bonds; Issuance, Form, Notice, Value, Rejection of Bids, and Private Sale.

35-2-417. General obligation coupon bonds; issuance, form, notice, value, rejection of bids, and private sale.| If the proposal to issue said bonds shall be approved, the board of trustees may issue such bonds in such form as the board may direct and shall give notice by publication in some newspaper published in the counties in which said district is located and in some newspaper of general circulation in the capital of this state of its intention to issue and negotiate such bonds, and to invite bidders therefor; provided that in no case shall such bonds be sold for less than their full or par value and the accrued interest thereon at the time of their delivery. And the said trustees are authorized to reject any bids, and to sell said bonds at private sale, if they deem it for the best interests of the district.