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WY Stat § 42-4-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Medical Assistance and Services|Article 4 - Medicaid Fraud Control|Section 42-4-404 - Access to Records.

42-4-404. Access to records.| (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the unit shall have full access to all records held by a provider or by another person or entity acting on the provider's behalf, if the unit determines that such information is material to its duties under this act. A provider, or another person or entity acting on the provider's behalf, shall promptly comply with a request from the unit for access to records.  (b) The unit shall avoid disclosure of personally identifiable information concerning any patient received in the course of an investigation, except as authorized by this section. The unit may transmit personally identifiable information to authorized persons, consistent with federal law, including governmental entities responsible for oversight of the health care system, benefit programs or the regulation of health care facilities or health care providers. The unit may also disclose information under this section as otherwise permitted or required by law.  (c) No provider or other person or entity holding records required to be made available to the unit under this section may refuse to provide access on the basis that release would violate any right of privacy, privilege against disclosure or use or any other grounds for nondisclosure.  (d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to limit the authority of the unit to use other legal processes to conduct investigations and prosecutions authorized by this act or other provisions of law.
WY Stat § 42-4-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Medical Assistance and Services|Article 4 - Medicaid Fraud Control|Section 42-4-405 - Reporting to Unit.

42-4-405. Reporting to unit.| The department of health, department of family services, health care licensing boards, state agencies and the agents, contractors and subcontractors of these entities shall refer to the unit all cases where reasonable cause likely exists that fraud, waste, abuse, bribery or kickbacks relating to Medicaid has occurred, is occurring or will occur, as well as suspected cases of patient abuse, neglect or exploitation under Medicaid.
WY Stat § 42-4-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Medical Assistance and Services|Article 4 - Medicaid Fraud Control|Section 42-4-406 - Fraud and False Statements; Criminal Penalty.

42-4-406. Fraud and false statements; criminal penalty.| (a) In relation to the delivery of or payment for services or supplies under Medicaid, a person shall not knowingly, in whole or in part:  (i) Make or cause to be made a false or fraudulent claim;  (ii) Deliberately conceal a material fact;  (iii) Make or cause to be made a false statement or misrepresentation which will be used by another person;  (iv) Execute a scheme or artifice to commit fraud.  (b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of:  (i) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if the amount of the claims for services or supplies under Medicaid is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); or  (ii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the amount of the claims for services or supplies under Medicaid is one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more.  (c) The department of health shall ensure that the following documents contain a statement, under penalty of perjury and signed by the responsible provider, that all matters stated therein are true and accurate:  (i) An application to become a Medicaid provider;  (ii) All reports stating income or expenses upon which rates of payment by the department of health may be based; and  (iii) Each invoice for payment of a service or supply provided to a person eligible for Medicaid.  (d) A person commits perjury if the person signs or submits, or causes to be signed or submitted a statement under subsection (c) of this section, knowing that the application, report or invoice contains information that is false, in whole or in part. Perjury under this subsection shall be punished as specified in W.S. 6-5-301(b).
WY Stat § 42-4-407 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Medical Assistance and Services|Article 4 - Medicaid Fraud Control|Section 42-4-407 - Kickbacks, Bribes, Undisclosed Payments, Referral Fees and Illegal Copayments; Criminal Penalty; Exception.

42-4-407. Kickbacks, bribes, undisclosed payments, referral fees and illegal copayments; criminal penalty; exception.| (a) A person shall not knowingly, in whole or in part:  (i) Act on behalf of a provider to purchase or lease a service or supply for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under Medicaid and then solicit or accept anything of additional value in connection with the purchase or lease;  (ii) Sell or lease to a provider a service or supply for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under Medicaid, and offer, transfer or pay anything of additional value in connection with the sale or lease;  (iii) Refer an individual to a provider for the provision of a service or supply for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under Medicaid, and solicit or accept anything of value in connection with the referral;  (iv) Act on behalf of a provider to charge, solicit, accept or receive anything of value in addition to the amount payable for a service or supply under Medicaid.  (b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.  (c) A person does not commit a violation of paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) of this section in cases where the additional value transferred is a refund or discount made in the ordinary course of business and is reflected by the records of the person within a reasonable period of time after the transfer of value.
WY Stat § 42-4-408 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Medical Assistance and Services|Article 4 - Medicaid Fraud Control|Section 42-4-408 - Failure to Maintain Records; Destruction of Records; Penalty.

42-4-408. Failure to maintain records; destruction of records; penalty.| (a) A person, after submitting a claim or receiving a payment for a service or supply under Medicaid, shall not knowingly fail to maintain records required under Medicaid, including records that fully disclose the nature of the services or supplies provided to a recipient.  (b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of:  (i) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if:  (A) The claims for which records were not maintained are less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Medicaid claims submitted by the provider in any consecutive three (3) month period; and  (B) The amount of the claims for which records were not maintained is five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or more.  (ii) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both, if:  (A) The claims for which records were not maintained are twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Medicaid claims submitted by the provider in any consecutive three (3) month period; and  (B) The amount of the claims for which records were not maintained is five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or more.  (iii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if:  (A) The person intended to defraud Medicaid and the claims for which records were not maintained are twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Medicaid claims submitted by the provider in any consecutive three (3) month period; and  (B) The amount of the claims for which records were not maintained is five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or more.
WY Stat § 42-4-409 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Medical Assistance and Services|Article 4 - Medicaid Fraud Control|Section 42-4-409 - Aggregation of Claims in Certain Cases.

42-4-409. Aggregation of claims in certain cases.| The amount of claims relating to violations of this act through a common scheme, or based on the same transaction or occurrence, may be aggregated to determine the level of penalty under this act, whether or not the claims were made as part of the same claim under Medicaid.
WY Stat § 42-4-410 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Medical Assistance and Services|Article 4 - Medicaid Fraud Control|Section 42-4-410 - Suspension or Exclusion as Provider.

42-4-410. Suspension or exclusion as provider.| (a) The department of health or the department of family services may suspend or exclude a provider from providing services and supplies under Medicaid if:  (i) The department determines that the provider has committed an offense under this act or the Wyoming Medicaid False Claims Act, whether or not a criminal prosecution is brought under this act or any civil action is brought under the Wyoming Medicaid False Claims Act; or  (ii) A provider fails to provide the unit with access to records pursuant to W.S. 42-4-404(a).  (b) Any term of suspension or exclusion under this section, which may be permanent, shall be determined by the department of health or the department of family services.  (c) The department of health and the department of family services may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
WY Stat § 42-4-411 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Medical Assistance and Services|Article 4 - Medicaid Fraud Control|Section 42-4-411 - Provisions of Act Not Exclusive Remedies.

42-4-411. Provisions of act not exclusive remedies.| The provisions of this act shall not be exclusive and do not preclude the use of any other criminal or civil remedy as authorized by law.
WY Stat § 42-4-412 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Medical Assistance and Services|Article 4 - Medicaid Fraud Control|Section 42-4-412 - Rules.

42-4-412. Rules.| The attorney general, in consultation with the department of health, may adopt rules to implement W.S. 42-4-401 through 42-4-409 and 42-4-411.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|Section 34.1-9-101 - Short Title.

34.1-9-101. Short title.| This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code-Secured Transactions.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-103A (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|Section 34.1-9-103A - "Production-Money Crops"; "Production-Money Obligation"; Production-Money Security Interest; Burden of Establishing.

34.1-9-103A. "Production-money crops"; "production-money obligation"; production-money security interest; burden of establishing.| (a) A security interest in crops is a production-money security interest to the extent that the crops are production-money crops.  (b) If the extent to which a security interest is a production-money security interest depends on the application of a payment to a particular obligation, the payment must be applied:  (i) In accordance with any reasonable method of application to which the parties agree;  (ii) In the absence of the parties' agreement to a reasonable method, in accordance with any intention of the obligor manifested at or before the time of payment; or  (iii) In the absence of an agreement to a reasonable method and a timely manifestation of the obligor's intention, in the following order:  (A) To obligations that are not secured; and  (B) If more than one (1) obligation is secured, to obligations secured by production-money security interests in the order in which those obligations were incurred.  (c) A production-money security interest does not lose its status as such, even if:  (i) The production-money crops also secure an obligation that is not a production-money obligation;  (ii) Collateral that is not production-money crops also secures the production-money obligation; or  (iii) The production-money obligation has been renewed, refinanced or restructured.  (d) A secured party claiming a production-money security interest has the burden of establishing the extent to which the security interest is a production-money security interest.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|Section 34.1-9-104 - Control of Deposit Account.

34.1-9-104. Control of deposit account.| (a) A secured party has control of a deposit account if:  (i) The secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained;  (ii) The debtor, secured party and bank have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will comply with instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds in the deposit account without further consent by the debtor; or  (iii) The secured party becomes the bank's customer with respect to the deposit account.  (b) A secured party that has satisfied subsection (a) has control, even if the debtor retains the right to direct the disposition of funds from the deposit account.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|Section 34.1-9-105 - Control of Electronic Chattel Paper.

34.1-9-105. Control of electronic chattel paper.| (a) A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interest in the chattel paper reliably establishes the secured party as the person to which the chattel paper was assigned.  (b) A system satisfies subsection (a) of this section if the record or records comprising the chattel paper are created, stored and assigned in such a manner that:  (i) A single authoritative copy of the record or records exists which is unique, identifiable and, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (iv), (v) and (vi), unalterable;  (ii) The authoritative copy identifies the secured party as the assignee of the record or records;  (iii) The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the secured party or its designated custodian;  (iv) Copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the secured party;  (v) Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and  (vi) Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|Section 34.1-9-106 - Control of Investment Property.

34.1-9-106. Control of investment property.| (a) A person has control of a certificated security, uncertificated security or security entitlement as provided in section 34.1-8-106.  (b) A secured party has control of a commodity contract if:  (i) The secured party is the commodity intermediary with which the commodity contract is carried; or  (ii) The commodity customer, secured party and commodity intermediary have agreed that the commodity intermediary will apply any value distributed on account of the commodity contract as directed by the secured party without further consent by the commodity customer.  (c) A secured party having control of all security entitlements or commodity contracts carried in a securities account or commodity account has control over the securities account or commodity account.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|Section 34.1-9-107 - Control of Letter-of-Credit Right.

34.1-9-107. Control of letter-of-credit right.| A secured party has control of a letter-of-credit right to the extent of any right to payment or performance by the issuer or any nominated person if the issuer or nominated person has consented to an assignment of proceeds of the letter of credit under section 34.1-5-114(c) or otherwise applicable law or practice.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|Section 34.1-9-108 - Sufficiency of Description.

34.1-9-108. Sufficiency of description.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c), (d) and (e), a description of personal or real property is sufficient, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.  (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a description of collateral reasonably identifies the collateral if it identifies the collateral by:  (i) Specific listing;  (ii) Category;  (iii) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a type of collateral defined in this title;  (iv) Quantity;  (v) Computational or allocational formula or procedure; or  (vi) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), any other method, if the identity of the collateral is objectively determinable.  (c) A description of collateral as "all the debtor's assets" or "all the debtor's personal property" or using words of similar import does not reasonably identify the collateral.  (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a description of a security entitlement, securities account or commodity account is sufficient if it describes:  (i) The collateral by those terms or as investment property; or  (ii) The underlying financial asset or commodity contract.  (e) A description only by type of collateral defined in this title is an insufficient description of:  (i) A commercial tort claim; or  (ii) In a consumer transaction, consumer goods, a security entitlement, a securities account or a commodity account.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|Section 34.1-9-110 - Security Interests Arising Under Article 2 or 2a.

34.1-9-110. Security interests arising under article 2 or 2A.| (a) A security interest arising under section 34.1-2-401, 34.1-2-505, 34.1-2-711(c) or 34.1-2A-508(e) is subject to this article. However, until the debtor obtains possession of the goods:  (i) The security interest is enforceable, even if section 34.1-9-203(b)(iii) has not been satisfied;  (ii) Filing is not required to perfect the security interest;  (iii) The rights of the secured party after default by the debtor are governed by article 2 or 2A; and  (iv) The security interest has priority over a conflicting security interest created by the debtor.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 1 - Effectiveness and Attachment|Section 34.1-9-201 - General Effectiveness of Security Agreement.

34.1-9-201. General effectiveness of security agreement.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a security agreement is effective according to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the collateral, and against creditors.  (b) A transaction subject to this article is subject to any applicable rule of law which establishes a different rule for consumers, to any other statute or regulation of this state that regulates the rates, charges, agreements and practices for loans, credit sales or other extensions of credit and to any consumer-protection statute or regulation of this state.  (c) In case of conflict between this article and a rule of law, statute or regulation described in subsection (b), the rule of law, statute or regulation controls. Failure to comply with a statute or regulation described in subsection (b) has only the effect the statute or regulation specifies.  (d) This article does not:  (i) Validate any rate, charge, agreement or practice that violates a rule of law, statute or regulation described in subsection (b); or  (ii) Extend the application of the rule of law, statute or regulation to a transaction not otherwise subject to it.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 1 - Effectiveness and Attachment|Section 34.1-9-202 - Title to Collateral Immaterial.

34.1-9-202. Title to collateral immaterial.| Except as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or sales of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes, the provisions of this article with regard to rights and obligations apply whether title to collateral is in the secured party or the debtor.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 1 - Effectiveness and Attachment|Section 34.1-9-204 - After-Acquired Property; Future Advances.

34.1-9-204. After-acquired property; future advances.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a security agreement may create or provide for a security interest in after-acquired collateral.  (b) A security interest does not attach under a term constituting an after-acquired property clause to:  (i) Consumer goods, other than an accession when given as additional security, unless the debtor acquires rights in them within ten (10) days after the secured party gives value; or  (ii) A commercial tort claim.  (c) A security agreement may provide that collateral secures, or that accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes are sold in connection with, future advances or other value, whether or not the advances or value are given pursuant to commitment.
WY Stat § 34.1-9-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34.1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 1 - Effectiveness and Attachment|Section 34.1-9-205 - Use or Disposition of Collateral Permissible.

34.1-9-205. Use or disposition of collateral permissible.| (a) A security interest is not invalid or fraudulent against creditors solely because:  (i) The debtor has the right or ability to:  (A) Use, commingle or dispose of all or part of the collateral, including returned or repossessed goods;  (B) Collect, compromise, enforce or otherwise deal with collateral;  (C) Accept the return of collateral or make repossessions; or  (D) Use, commingle or dispose of proceeds; or  (ii) The secured party fails to require the debtor to account for proceeds or replace collateral.  (b) This section does not relax the requirements of possession if attachment, perfection or enforcement of a security interest depends upon possession of the collateral by the secured party.