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WY Stat § 42-5-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Family Planning and Birth Control|Section 42-5-102 - Statutory Interpretation.

42-5-102. Statutory interpretation.| (a) Nothing in W.S. 42-5-101 shall be interpreted to:  (i) Interfere with a person's religious beliefs;  (ii) In any way abridge the right to accept or refuse family planning and birth control services;  (iii) Impose practices offensive to a person's moral standards; or  (iv) Restrict self-determination in the procreation of children.
WY Stat § 42-6-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Long Term Care Choices Program|Section 42-6-101 - Short Title.

42-6-101. Short title.| This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Long Term Care Choices Act".
WY Stat § 42-6-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Long Term Care Choices Program|Section 42-6-103 - Rulemaking; Guidance.

42-6-103. Rulemaking; guidance.| The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement this act. The rules and regulations shall seek to implement the objectives of this act by expanding the long term care system to one emphasizing consumer choice and home, home like and community based care alternatives.
WY Stat § 42-6-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Long Term Care Choices Program|Section 42-6-105 - Adult Foster Care Homes; Licensure; Suspension or Revocation.

42-6-105. Adult foster care homes; licensure; suspension or revocation.| (a) The department may initiate and license an adult foster care pilot project subject to the following:  (i) The applicant shall pay a one-time fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) which shall be deposited in the general fund;  (ii) The department, a public health nurse or other employee of a local department of health shall complete an inspection of the proposed adult foster care home;  (iii) The proposed home shall comply with all state and local building, sanitation, utility, fire and zoning codes applicable to single family dwellings;  (iv) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 176, § 2.  (v) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 176, § 2.  (vi) The pilot program shall consist of no more than ten (10) adult foster care homes. At least three (3) of the homes shall be in counties with a population of thirty thousand (30,000) or less.  (b) The department may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, revoke or suspend any license issued pursuant to this section, may prohibit a facility from accepting new resident clients, may place conditions on the continuation of a license, or may require a facility to take specified remedial actions within a specified time, if:  (i) There is a threat to the health, safety or welfare of any resident client;  (ii) There is credible evidence of abuse, neglect or exploitation of any resident client;  (iii) The facility is not operated in compliance with this act or any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act.  (c) If, in the professional judgment of the state health officer, there is a clear and present threat to the health or safety of a resident client, the state health officer may close an adult foster care home and transfer the residents to another place. The department shall also initiate proceedings pursuant to subsection (b) of this section within three (3) working days.  (d) The department shall complete a criminal records check on any individual employed by adult foster care homes and on any individual, other than a resident client or a resident client's spouse, who at the time of licensure is expected to live in the adult foster care home or who, after licensure, lives or comes to live in the adult foster care home. The department may refuse to license a facility or prohibit the individual from living in the facility if he has been convicted of a felony indicating he may abuse a resident or steal from a resident.  (e) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations consistent with this act to govern the pilot project.  (f) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 59, § 2.
WY Stat § 42-6-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Long Term Care Choices Program|Section 42-6-106 - Home and Community Based Waiver Program Expanded; Requirements.

42-6-106. Home and community based waiver program expanded; requirements.| (a) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 117, § 2.  (b) The department is authorized to increase the provider reimbursement levels by an amount up to three dollars ($3.00) per hour for hourly services or seventeen and six-tenths percent (17.6%) above the prevailing rate for nonhourly services as of December 1, 2006. The department shall report to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee by November 1, 2007 the extent to which reimbursement improvements and any other changes made have improved the availability of home health care services and any additional remedies that may be needed. The length of the report shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) words plus any appropriate charts and graphs. Additional reports may be made from time to time as the need arises.  (c) The department shall set goals for expanding the number of Medicaid home and community based clients in self directed budget options and shall report progress toward those goals to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee no later than November 1, 2007, November 1, 2008 and November 1, 2009. The department shall allow these options to be managed by persons designated to do so in advanced health care directives.  (d) Consistent with approved budgets, the department shall make available a pool of state funds to meet transitional needs of clients moving from a more restrictive to a less restrictive environment in circumstances where Medicaid funds are not available due to federal restrictions. If sufficient funds are available, these state funds may also be used to meet short term needs of clients seeking to avoid placements in more restrictive environments. The department shall govern the expenditure of these funds though contracts, policies and rules and regulations as needed.
WY Stat § 42-6-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Long Term Care Choices Program|Section 42-6-107 - Assisted Living Expansion; Reimbursement Increase.

42-6-107. Assisted living expansion; reimbursement increase.| The department shall seek federal approval to increase the number of allowed slots in the assisted living Medicaid waiver from one hundred forty-six (146) to one hundred sixty-eight (168) slots.
WY Stat § 42-6-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Long Term Care Choices Program|Section 42-6-108 - Adult Day Care.

42-6-108. Adult day care.| The department shall investigate adult day care providers in Wyoming with respect to access, rates, administration of rules and regulations and their impact on providers and clients, and shall report its findings to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee and to the advisory council on aging. The report shall not exceed two thousand (2,000) words in length plus appropriate charts and graphs.
WY Stat § 42-6-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Long Term Care Choices Program|Section 42-6-109 - Aging and Disability Resource Centers.

42-6-109. Aging and disability resource centers.| (a) The department is authorized, using competitive grants and contracts, to fund a statewide network of aging and disability resource centers.  (b) Locations of the aging and disability resource centers shall be determined by the department of health, aging division. In selecting locations for aging and disability resource centers, the department of health, aging division, shall require a degree of local community funding, which may include in kind contributions, for a center.  (c) The purpose of each center shall be to create a single, coordinated system of information and assistance for all persons seeking long term support. Each center shall assist eligible persons in making informed decisions about health care access and long term care service and support options and shall serve as a referral agency to the long term care support system. Centers shall provide information and assistance to individuals needing either public or private resources, professionals seeking assistance on behalf of their clients and individuals planning for their future long term care needs.  (d) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 59, § 2.
WY Stat § 42-7-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 7 - Long-Term Care Partnership Program|Section 42-7-101 - Short Title.

42-7-101. Short title.| This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act.
WY Stat § 42-7-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 7 - Long-Term Care Partnership Program|Section 42-7-102 - Definitions.

42-7-102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Agency" means the department of health;  (ii) "Asset disregard" means, with respect to qualification for state Medicaid benefits, the disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the insurance benefit payments that are made to or on behalf of an individual who is a beneficiary under a qualified long-term care insurance partnership policy;  (iii) "Department" means the department of insurance;  (iv) "Medicaid" means the program administered by the state pursuant to the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act and this act and partly funded by the federal government pursuant to title XIX of the federal Social Security Act;  (v) "Qualified long-term care insurance partnership policy" means a policy that meets all of the following requirements:  (A) The policy covers an insured who was a resident of Wyoming when coverage first became effective under the policy;  (B) The policy is a qualified long-term care insurance policy as defined in section 7702B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 issued not earlier than the effective date of the state plan amendment;  (C) The director of the department certifies that the policy meets the model regulations and requirements of the national association of insurance commissioners model specified in paragraph (5) of title VI, section 6021 of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; and  (D) If the policy is sold to an individual who:  (I) Has not attained age sixty-one (61) as of the date of purchase, the policy provides compound annual inflation protection;  (II) Has attained age sixty-one (61) but has not attained age seventy-six (76) as of such date, the policy provides some level of inflation protection; or  (III) Has attained age seventy-six (76) as of such date, the policy may, but is not required to, provide some level of inflation protection.  (vi) "State plan amendment" means a state Medicaid plan amendment made with the approval of the federal department of health and human services that provides for the disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the insurance benefit payments that are made to or on behalf of an individual who is a beneficiary under a qualified long-term care insurance partnership policy.
WY Stat § 42-7-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 7 - Long-Term Care Partnership Program|Section 42-7-104 - Administration.

42-7-104. Administration.| (a) The agency and the department are authorized to adopt rules to implement and administer the provisions of this act.  (b) The agency and department shall comply with all federal rules developed in accordance with title VI, section 6021 of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, regarding data reporting, reciprocity with other states that develop long-term care insurance partnership programs, and any other matters, and shall have the authority to adopt regulations relative to the provisions of any federal rules and their administration.
WY Stat § 42-8-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 8 - Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act|Section 42-8-101 - Short Title.

42-8-101. Short title.| This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act."
WY Stat § 42-8-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 8 - Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act|Section 42-8-102 - Definitions.

42-8-102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Account" means the nursing care facility assessment account created under W.S. 42-8-103;  (ii) "Department" means the department of health;  (iii) "Fiscal year" means the twelve (12) month period beginning October 1 and ending September 30;  (iv) "Medicaid" means as defined in W.S. 42-7-102(a)(iv);  (v) "Medicare resident day" means a resident day funded by the Medicare program, a Medicare advantage or special needs plan or by the Medicare hospice program;  (vi) "Net patient service revenue" means gross inpatient revenues from services provided to nursing care facility patients less reductions from gross inpatient revenue resulting from an inability to collect payment of charges. Inpatient care revenue excludes nonpatient care revenue such as beauty and barber, vending income, interest and contributions, revenues from the sale of meals and all outpatient revenues. Reductions from gross revenue includes bad debts, contractual adjustments, uncompensated care, discounts and adjustments and other revenue deductions;  (vii) "Nursing care facility" means a facility providing nursing care, but does not include a facility solely providing assisted living care, a facility solely providing rehabilitative services or a facility solely providing a combination of assisted living care and rehabilitative services;  (viii) "Resident day" means a calendar day of care provided to a nursing facility resident, including the day of admission and excluding the day of discharge, provided that one (1) resident day shall be deemed to exist when admission and discharge occur on the same day;  (ix) "Upper payment limit" means the limitation established pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 447.272 that disallows federal matching funds when state Medicaid agencies pay certain classes of nursing care facilities an aggregate amount for services furnished by that class of nursing care facilities that would exceed the amount that would be paid under Medicare payment principles.
WY Stat § 42-8-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 8 - Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act|Section 42-8-103 - Nursing Care Facility Assessment Account.

42-8-103. Nursing care facility assessment account.| (a) The nursing care facility assessment account is created.  (b) The state treasurer shall invest amounts deposited within the account in accordance with law, and all investment earnings shall be credited back to the account.  (c) The account shall consist of:  (i) Amounts collected or received by the department from nursing care facility assessments under this article;  (ii) All federal matching funds received by the department as a result of expenditures made by the department attributable to the account;  (iii) Any interest or penalties levied in conjunction with the administration of this article.  (d) The account is created for the purpose of receiving funds as specified in this section. Collected assessment funds shall be used to secure federal matching funds available through the state Medicaid plan, which shall be used to make Medicaid payments for nursing care facility services which exceed the amount of nursing care facility Medicaid rates, in the aggregate, as calculated in accordance with the approved state Medicaid plan in effect on October 1, 2010. The fund shall be used exclusively for the following purposes:  (i) To pay administrative expenses incurred by the department or its agent in performing the activities authorized by this article, provided that such expenses shall not exceed a total of one percent (1%) of the aggregate assessment funds collected in the fiscal year;  (ii) To increase nursing care facility payments to fund covered services to Medicaid beneficiaries within Medicare upper payment limits, as negotiated with the department. The upper payment limit for private nursing care facilities, state government-owned facilities and nonstate government-owned nursing facilities shall be calculated by the department using the higher of the cost-based or prospective payment system approach in accordance with the provisions of 42 C.F.R. 447.272;  (iii) To repay the federal government any excess payments made to nursing facilities if the state plan, after approval by the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, is subsequently disapproved for any reason and after the state has appealed. Nursing care facilities shall refund the excess payments to the assessment account. The department shall return the excess payments to the federal government and nursing care facility providers in the same proportion as the original financing. Individual nursing care facilities shall be reimbursed based on the proportion of the individual nursing care facility's assessment to the total assessment paid by nursing care facilities. If a nursing care facility is unable to refund payments as provided in this paragraph, the department shall develop a payment plan and deduct amounts from future Medicaid payments. The department shall refund the federal government for the federal portion of those overpayments; or  (iv) To make quarterly adjustment payments as provided in W.S. 42-8-108.
WY Stat § 42-8-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 8 - Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act|Section 42-8-104 - Assessments.

42-8-104. Assessments.| (a) Each nursing care facility shall pay the nursing care facility assessment to the account in accordance with this article.  (b) The aggregated amount of assessments for all nursing facilities during a fiscal year shall be the lesser of the amount necessary to fund the provisions of this article or the maximum amount that may be assessed pursuant to the indirect guarantee threshold as established pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 433.68(f)(3)(i). The department shall determine the assessment rate prospectively for the applicable fiscal year on a per-resident-day basis, exclusive of Medicare resident days. The per-resident-day assessment rate shall be uniform. The department shall promulgate rules for facility reporting of non-Medicare resident days and for payment of the assessment.  (c) The department shall collect, and each nursing care facility shall pay, the assessment under this section on a quarterly basis. The initial payment shall be due not later than forty-five (45) days after the state plan has been approved by the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services unless a later date is set by the department. Subsequent payments are due not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter.  (d) Nursing care facility operators may increase their charges to incorporate the cost of paying the assessment under this section, but shall not create a separate line-item charge on the bill reflecting the assessment.
WY Stat § 42-8-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 8 - Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act|Section 42-8-105 - Approval of State Plan.

42-8-105. Approval of state plan.| (a) The department shall seek necessary federal approval in the form of state plan amendments in order to implement the provisions of this article.  (b) The department shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article or obtain approval of the state plan amendments.
WY Stat § 42-8-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 8 - Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act|Section 42-8-106 - Multiple Facilities.

42-8-106. Multiple facilities.| If a person conducts, operates or maintains more than one (1) nursing care facility licensed by the department, the person shall pay the assessment for each nursing care facility separately.
WY Stat § 42-8-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 8 - Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act|Section 42-8-107 - Penalties for Failure to Pay Assessment.

42-8-107. Penalties for failure to pay assessment.| (a) If a nursing care facility fails to pay an assessment when due under this article, there shall be added to the assessment a penalty equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of the assessment that was not paid when due. The penalty under this section may be waived by the department for good cause. Any payments after a penalty is assessed under this section shall be credited first to unpaid assessment amounts rather than to penalty or interest amounts, beginning with the most delinquent installment.  (b) In addition to the penalty under subsection (a) of this section, the department may implement any of the following remedies for failure of a nursing care facility to pay its assessment when due under this article:  (i) Withhold any medical assistance reimbursement payments until the assessment is paid;  (ii) Suspend or revoke the nursing care facility's license; or  (iii) Develop a plan that requires the nursing care facility to pay any delinquent assessment in installments.
WY Stat § 42-8-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 8 - Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act|Section 42-8-108 - Quarterly Adjustment Payments.

42-8-108. Quarterly adjustment payments.| (a) Each nursing facility is eligible for quarterly adjustments as provided in this section.  (b) The department shall determine the number of days that nursing care facility services were paid for by the Wyoming medical assistance program for the applicable annual cost report. That number of days shall be utilized by the department to determine the nursing care facility adjustment payment. Adjustment payments shall be paid by the department on a quarterly basis to reimburse covered Medicaid expenditures in the aggregate within the upper payment limit. Each quarterly payment shall be made not later than thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar quarter with the initial adjustment payment due not later than thirty (30) days after the approval by the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the state's plan reflecting facility adjustment payments.
WY Stat § 42-8-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 8 - Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act|Section 42-8-109 - Discontinuation of the Assessment and Quarterly Adjustment Payments.

42-8-109. Discontinuation of the assessment and quarterly adjustment payments.| (a) The assessment imposed by this article shall be discontinued if:  (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.  (b) If collection of the assessment is discontinued as provided in this section, quarterly adjustment payments shall be discontinued and any amount in the account shall be returned to the nursing care facility from which the assessment was collected on the same basis as it was collected.
WY Stat § 42-9-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 9 - Private Hospital Assessment Act|Section 42-9-101 - Short Title.

42-9-101. Short title.| This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Private Hospital Assessment Act."