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WY Stat § 9-2-119 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 1 - Department of Health|Section 9-2-119 - Allied Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program.

9-2-119. Allied health care provider loan repayment program.| (a) The department is authorized to enter into agreements with health care providers licensed or certified to provide health care services in this state including, but not limited to, hospital, medical, surgical, dental, vision, nursing, radiology, mental health, speech language pathology and pharmaceutical services. The agreements shall:  (i) Require the health care provider to provide health care services in a community of the state from among a list of communities developed by the department. A health care provider shall agree to provide medical care for the period of the contract in underserved areas of the state and shall accept patients qualified under the Medical Assistance and Services Act, Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act and the child health insurance program who seek medical care which the health care provider is qualified to provide;  (ii) Provide that the health care provider shall be repaid up to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of outstanding educational loans the provider has acquired as a direct result of undergraduate or postgraduate educational training directly related to providing medical services, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) per year, in exchange for practicing under the terms of this section;  (iii) Require the health care provider to agree to provide health care services for a minimum of three (3) years under the agreement;  (iv) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 148, § 2.  (v) Contain other provisions the department deems necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this section.  (b) The department, in consultation with the appropriate licensing board and professional association, shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. In carrying out this section the department shall assess health care needs of the state by geographic areas and particular health care services required and shall prioritize and enter into agreements under this section accordingly.  (c) The department may vary the terms of each agreement in accordance with this section based upon the community and the number of the health care provider's patients whose cost of care is reimbursed under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, the child health insurance program or the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act.  (d) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 118 § 2.  (e) In selecting health care providers for agreements pursuant to this section, the department shall give priority when practical to qualified graduates of the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college.
WY Stat § 9-2-122 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 1 - Department of Health|Section 9-2-122 - Substance Abuse Control Plan.

9-2-122. Substance abuse control plan.| (a) The department of health shall develop a detailed, comprehensive substance abuse control plan for prevention, early intervention and treatment designed to curb alcohol and controlled substance abuse in the state of Wyoming.  (b) The department of health or contractor shall work, to the greatest extent feasible, in collaboration with the University of Wyoming statistical analysis center in determining appropriate data regarding early warning signs of substance abuse.  (c) The plan shall also recommend how the services of schools, community mental health centers, social service providers, local health care providers, law enforcement, corrections and any other entities presently available in the state of Wyoming can better serve the state in responding to substance abuse problems. The substance abuse control plan should decrease the potential overlapping of these services while maintaining a collaborative effort among state and local governmental entities and other organizations to assure maximum leveraging of resources, including people and money. The plan should identify and address the filling of gaps in the continuum of needed services. The substance abuse control plan shall also include recommendations to the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the state of Wyoming regarding programs and funding determinations which those entities may make.  (d) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 44, § 2.
WY Stat § 9-2-124 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 1 - Department of Health|Section 9-2-124 - Prescription Drug Consumer Information and Technical Assistance Program.

9-2-124. Prescription drug consumer information and technical assistance program.| The prescription drug consumer information and technical assistance program is created within the department of health. The program shall provide Wyoming residents with advice on the prudent use of prescription drugs and how to access government and private prescription drug programs and discounts. The program shall include consultation by licensed pharmacists for individuals with respect to how the individuals may, with the approval of the appropriate prescribing health care professional, avoid dangerous drug interactions and substitute more cost effective drugs for the drugs prescribed.
WY Stat § 9-2-128 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 1 - Department of Health|Section 9-2-128 - Health Care Innovation; Studies; Account.

9-2-128. Health care innovation; studies; account.| (a) The department is authorized to carry out innovative studies relating to 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;  (iv) Use of broadband internet to access health care services.  (b) There is created the health care innovation account. Funds in the account may include any applicable federal funds and shall be used to carry out innovative studies under this section, subject to legislative appropriation.  (c) Not later than September 30 of each year, the department shall provide a report to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee and the joint appropriations committee relating to funding and studies carried out under this section.  (d) The department may enter into agreements to carry out this section. Except as otherwise provided in this section, agreements under this section shall be exempt from the procurement requirements set forth in W.S. 9-2-3204 and other state laws and rules governing the procurement of services by a state agency. The department shall obtain approval of all agreements from the attorney general.  (e) A person undertaking an innovative study under this section shall make available to the department all documents relating to the study for review upon request. Documents under this section containing any personally identifiable information or any trade secret shall not be subject to the Wyoming Public Records Act.  (f) The department may adopt rules to implement this section, including specifying a method of application for funding and standards for program operation.  (g) As used in this section:  (i) "Innovative study" means a randomized, controlled trial, pilot project, model or analysis conducted under scientific conditions for:  (A) Assessing a new approach to the provision of long-term care, care of chronic diseases, early detection or other health care services which have no substantially comparable, widely available analogue in Wyoming;  (B) Testing of noninvasive diagnostic equipment. As used in this paragraph, "noninvasive" means equipment that does not cause mental or physical effects on the human body.  (ii) "Innovative study" shall not include the testing of pharmaceuticals, medical procedures or medical devices other than noninvasive diagnostic equipment.
WY Stat § 9-2-129 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 1 - Department of Health|Section 9-2-129 - Waiver of Rules.

9-2-129. Waiver of rules.| (a) The department may waive existing rules as necessary to carry out an innovative study under W.S. 9-2-128.  (b) The department shall adopt rules specifying standards for a waiver under this section.
WY Stat § 9-2-130 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 1 - Department of Health|Section 9-2-130 - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programming; Department of Corrections; Criminal Justice Populations.

9-2-130. Mental health and substance use disorder programming; department of corrections; criminal justice populations.| (a) Pursuant to this section and W.S. 25-1-105(f) and (g), the department of health shall collaborate with the department of corrections to reduce recidivism rates for persons with behavioral health needs and substance use disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system and improve mental health and substance use disorder programming by:  (i) Creating a behavioral health services enhancement program for community providers to improve outcomes for persons involved in the criminal justice system through a separate contract, or in a separate provision in an existing contract, administered by the department of health;  (ii) Adopting standardized, evidence based treatment practices and guidelines for treating and providing programming to persons involved in the criminal justice system with behavioral health and substance use needs;  (iii) Increasing communication between the department of health, the department of corrections and contracted behavioral health providers working with persons involved in the criminal justice system;  (iv) Promoting and requiring to the maximum extent practical and permissible under applicable laws and regulations the portability and universal recognition of mental health and substance use disorder assessment tools and other assessment tools that may be applicable to mental health and substance use disorder treatment; and  (v) Creating a competitive and outcomes based funding stream for behavioral health providers to:  (A) Expand existing services for criminal justice involved populations;  (B) Improve the quality and availability of services and programs;  (C) Train and develop the skills of providers and stakeholders working with persons who have behavior health needs and substance use disorders and who are involved in the criminal justice system.  (b) This section shall not be interpreted to require the creation or maintenance of any duplicate functions, services or programs in the department of health and the department of corrections, but shall be interpreted with W.S. 25-1-105(f) and (g) to require coordination and collaboration between the agencies to assure the creation and maintenance of independent or coordinated functions, services and programs to meet the goals of this section and W.S. 25-1-105(f) and (g).
WY Stat § 9-2-131 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 1 - Department of Health|Section 9-2-131 - Wyoming Health Information Exchange.

9-2-131. Wyoming health information exchange.| (a) This section codifies the statewide health information exchange authorized by 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 31, Section 048, except that the term "multi-payer" in that section shall not be codified or impose any requirements on the operation of the information exchange as provided for under this section. The department of health is authorized to administer and maintain the exchange to facilitate the secure and voluntary sharing of electronic health information between health care providers for the benefit of Wyoming residents.  (b) The department may charge reasonable participation fees to participating entities, which shall not include individual patients, subject to the following:  (i) Fees shall be established by rule promulgated in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;  (ii) Fees shall be established in an amount sufficient to recoup the department's costs for administering and maintaining the exchange in accordance with this section; and  (iii) Fees collected by the department pursuant to this section shall be credited to a special revenue account, which shall be expended only for administration and maintenance costs associated with operating the statewide health information exchange.
WY Stat § 9-2-211 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 2 - Use of Water in Fontenelle Reservoir|Section 9-2-211 - Purchase of Storage Capacity in Fontenelle Reservoir; Governor Authorized to Contract Therefor; Powers of Commission; Limitations on Negotiation of Contracts for Water Use.

9-2-211. Purchase of storage capacity in Fontenelle Reservoir; governor authorized to contract therefor; powers of commission; limitations on negotiation of contracts for water use.| (a) The governor may negotiate, execute and deliver a contract between the United States of America and the state for the purchase by the state of sixty thousand (60,000) acre-feet of storage capacity in Fontenelle Reservoir with any rights or appurtenances thereto. The total cost of the purchase shall not exceed nine million twenty-six thousand dollars ($9,026,000.00) for capital costs together with funded interest at the rate of two and six hundred thirty-two thousandths percent (2.632%) from December 31, 1968, to the date of the commencement of payments. All costs shall be paid in not more than forty (40) annual installments of principal plus interest at the rate of two and six hundred thirty-two thousandths percent (2.632%) per annum.  (b) If the governor executes a contract under subsection (a) of this section, the water development commission may:  (i) Formulate and develop comprehensive plans for the development, utilization and sale to potential users of the yield of water stored in Fontenelle Reservoir;  (ii) Consult with and advise water users of the availability of the yield of storage water from Fontenelle Reservoir and the most practicable methods of water development and distribution;  (iii) Enter into contracts for furnishing the water yielded from the storage of Fontenelle Reservoir to water users based on their reasonable needs. All contracts for use of the water shall be approved by the governor and the state engineer;  (iv) Set service rates charged for furnishing water from Fontenelle Reservoir. The revenue received from the charges shall be used to repay the contractual obligation of the state to the United States of America for the purchase of the water storage capacity and water rights. The service rates shall be sufficient to pay all costs, including cost of water, interest, operating costs and administration costs and to return to the state an amount equal to the maximum rate of interest then being received by the state on investment of its permanent funds;  (v) File with the state engineer's office contracts negotiated with water users and provide the state engineer with information which will enable him to accurately account for and identify water sold and used pursuant to this section.  (c) The water development commission may negotiate contracts with water users only where the proposed use can be accomplished in a manner which will not injure or impair valid existing water rights.  (d) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 268, § 6.
WY Stat § 9-2-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 4 - State Archives, Museums and Historical Department|Section 9-2-401 - Definitions.

9-2-401. Definitions.| (a) As used in W.S. 9-2-401 through 9-2-415:  (i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 55, § 2.  (ii) "Department" means the department of state parks and cultural resources;  (iii) "Director" means the director of the department;  (iv) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, special district or other local government entity;  (v) "Public record" includes the original and all copies of any paper, correspondence, form, book, photograph, photostat, film, microfilm, scan, sound recording, map, drawing or other document, regardless of physical, digital or electronic form or characteristics, which have been made or received in transacting public business by the state, a political subdivision or an agency of the state;  (vi) "Commission" means the Wyoming parks and cultural resources commission.
WY Stat § 9-2-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 4 - State Archives, Museums and Historical Department|Section 9-2-404 - Creation of Department; Director; References to Department.

9-2-404. Creation of department; director; references to department.| (a) The state archives, museums and historical sections within the department are created and shall be in the charge of the director. The director is subject to the Wyoming Government Reorganization Act of 1989.  (b) The director shall:  (i) Be a college graduate who has had work in social science and history or has educational and administrative experience satisfactory to the commission;  (ii) Perform the duties of the state historian, state archivist and museum curator;  (iii) Have an official seal as director which shall be used to authenticate all official documents, instruments and official acts of the department.  (c) The director may:  (i) Appoint necessary deputies, assistants and employees;  (ii) Acquire by gift, devise, bequest, donation, purchase, lease or otherwise, money, books, manuscripts and other personal property of historical value. He shall hold and own the property in the name of the state and provide for its restoration, care and preservation;  (iii) Sell books, pamphlets, papers, pictures or other material produced by the department;  (iv) Operate sales desks, or contract under terms determined by the commission with nonprofit and charitable corporations, to sell materials relevant to the interpretation of museums and historic sites;  (v) Do anything necessary to implement W.S. 9-2-404 through 9-2-415.  (d) The proceeds received from sales authorized in subsection (c) of this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.  (e) Any statute or legal or other document which refers to the state archives and historical department means the department of state parks and cultural resources which is the successor agency to state archives, museums and historical department.
WY Stat § 9-2-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 4 - State Archives, Museums and Historical Department|Section 9-2-405 - Classifications of Public Records.

9-2-405. Classifications of public records.| (a) Public records shall be classified as follows:  (i) Official public records include:  (A) All original vouchers, receipts and other documents necessary to isolate and prove the validity of every transaction relating to the receipt, use and disposition of all public property and public income from all sources whatsoever;  (B) All agreements and contracts to which the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof is a party;  (C) All fidelity, surety and performance bonds in which the state is a beneficiary;  (D) All claims filed against the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof;  (E) All records or documents required by law to be filed with or kept by any agency of the state; and  (F) All other documents or records determined by the records committee to be official public records.  (ii) Office files and memoranda include:  (A) All records, correspondence, exhibits, books, booklets, drawings, maps, blank forms or documents not defined and classified as official public records;  (B) All duplicate copies of official public records filed with any agency of the state or political subdivision thereof;  (C) All documents and reports made for the internal administration of the office to which they pertain but not required by law to be filed or kept with the agency; and  (D) All other documents or records determined by the records committee to be office files and memoranda.
WY Stat § 9-2-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally|Article 4 - State Archives, Museums and Historical Department|Section 9-2-406 - Director; Management of Public Records.

9-2-406. Director; management of public records.| (a) The director shall properly manage and safely keep all public records in his custody, and administer the state archives. He shall:  (i) Manage the archives of the state;  (ii) Centralize the archives of the state to make them available for reference and scholarship and to insure their proper preservation;  (iii) Inspect, inventory, catalog and arrange retention and transfer schedules on all record files of all state departments and other agencies of state government;  (iv) Maintain and secure all state public records and establish safeguards against unauthorized removal or destruction;  (v) Establish and operate state record centers for preserving, servicing, screening and protecting all state public records which must be preserved temporarily or permanently, but which need not be retained in office space and equipment. Centers established and operated pursuant to this paragraph may include one (1) or more digital repositories for temporary or permanent digital records;  (vi) Gather and disseminate to interested agencies information on all phases of records management and current practices, methods, procedures and devices for efficient and economical management of records;  (vii) Establish and operate a state imaging center in which all public records may be scanned or microfilmed. The center shall scan or microfilm public records approved by the head of the office of origin and by the director. All state departments, agencies and political subdivisions thereof shall consult with the director prior to scanning or microfilming within the departments, agencies or political subdivisions and shall comply with the standards for all scanning and microfilming which shall be established by the state archives. The center may scan or microfilm records which are required to be kept a specified length of time or permanently, or to be destroyed by specific methods or under specific supervision. When records are scanned or microfilmed, the reproductions may be substituted for the original documents and retained in lieu of the original documents and the original documents may be destroyed. One (1) copy shall be made and sent to the director whenever any process is used to reproduce public records scheduled for permanent retention with the intent of disposing of the original or copies of the original;  (viii) Maintain necessary facilities for the review of records approved for destruction and their economical disposition by any method approved by the records committee, and supervise the destruction of public records.