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WY Stat § 35-1-623 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 6 - Community Human Services|Section 35-1-623 - Contracts; Reports; Regular Payments; Termination.

35-1-623. Contracts; reports; regular payments; termination.| (a) Every contract awarded pursuant to this act shall require:  (i) The program provider to submit annual financial and expenditure reports to the department;  Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this paragraph will read as:  (i) The provider to submit annual financial and expenditure reports to the department;  (ii) The division to make regular payments to the program provider based on the services provided;  Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this paragraph will read as:  (ii) The division to make regular payments to the provider based on the services provided;  (iii) Compliance with W.S. 18-3-516(e).  (b) The division shall terminate a contract with a program provider made under this act when the division finds, after a hearing in accordance with W.S. 16-3-107 through 16-3-112 if requested by the provider, that the program provider is not using contract funds for contract purposes, or that a contract program is not being administered in accordance with this act.  Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this subsection will read as:  (b) The division shall terminate a contract with a behavioral health center or other provider made under this act when the division finds, after a hearing in accordance with W.S. 16-3-107 through 16-3-112 if requested by the provider, that the provider is not using contract funds for contract purposes, or that a contract is not being administered in accordance with this act.
WY Stat § 35-1-624 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 6 - Community Human Services|Section 35-1-624 - Contracts With Private Agencies; Eligibility. [Note: This Law Is Repealed by Laws 2021, Ch. 79, § 2. Effective 7/1/2022.]

35-1-624. Contracts with private agencies; eligibility. [Note: this law is repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 79, § 2. effective 7/1/2022.]| (a) To be eligible to contract with the department, a private agency shall:  (i) Have as its primary purpose the provision of human services programs;  (ii) Be chartered under the laws of the state of Wyoming;  (iii) Provide at least one (1) human services program which serves the residents of at least one (1) county;  (iv) Appoint a director whose qualifications meet the standards fixed by the division and prescribe his duties; and  (v) Charge clients fees at a rate comparable to the uniform schedule of fees for services that have been promulgated by the division. Private agencies may charge a reasonable fee for those services not covered in the division's uniform fee schedule. No fees shall be charged for gatekeeping services provided pursuant to title 25, chapter 10, article 1 of the Wyoming statutes.
WY Stat § 35-1-625 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 6 - Community Human Services|Section 35-1-625 - Protection of Clients' Rights.

35-1-625. Protection of clients' rights.| (a) Every contract awarded under this act shall require the program provider to guarantee the clients' rights to:  Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this subsection will read as:  (a) Every contract awarded under this act shall require the provider to guarantee the clients' rights to:  (i) An individualized plan of appropriate services which provides for the least restrictive treatment that may reasonably be expected to benefit the client;  (ii) Send and receive sealed mail;  (iii) Wear his own clothing, to keep and use personal possessions, including toilet articles, unless the articles may be used to endanger their own or others' lives, and to keep and be allowed to spend his own money;  (iv) Be free from physical restraints and isolation except for emergency situations or when isolation or restraint is a part of a treatment program;  (v) Be free from unnecessary or excessive medication;  (vi) Make and receive telephone calls within reasonable limits;  (vii) Receive visitors daily; and  (viii) Be informed orally and in writing of the rights under this section at the time of admission.  (b) Every contract awarded under this act shall require the program provider to:  Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this subsection will read as:  (b) Every contract awarded under this act shall require the provider to:  (i) Post copies of this section conspicuously in each client area;  (ii) Make copies of this section available to the client's guardian or immediate family.
WY Stat § 35-1-626 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 6 - Community Human Services|Section 35-1-626 - Isolation; Restraint; Medication.

35-1-626. Isolation; restraint; medication.| (a) Isolation or restraint of a client may be used only when less restrictive measures are ineffective or not feasible for the welfare of the client and shall be used for the shortest time possible. Each center or facility shall have a written policy covering the use of restraint or isolation which ensures that the dignity and safety of the individual are protected and that there is regular, frequent monitoring by trained staff.  (b) No medication may be administered to a client except on the written order of a physician. A record of the medication which is administered to each patient shall be kept in his treatment record. Medication may not be used as punishment, for the convenience of staff or in quantities that interfere with a client's treatment program.
WY Stat § 35-1-627 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 6 - Community Human Services|Section 35-1-627 - Examination of Accounts.

35-1-627. Examination of accounts.| The governing body of any entity receiving state funds under this act shall not less than every two (2) years cause to be made an audit or other oversight of the financial affairs and transactions of all funds and activities of the entity in accordance with W.S. 16-4-121(b) and (c) and 16-4-122. Costs of the audit or other oversight shall be borne by the entity. Copies of audit reports or other reports shall be submitted to the division upon completion. The director of the state department of audit may examine the accounts of any entity receiving state funds under this act. The legislative service office may audit the accounts of any entity. These accounts shall be maintained in a manner to guarantee confidentiality of the patient's identity. The state auditor and treasurer shall not disburse any state money to any entity refusing access to its accounts and records for the purposes of this section.
WY Stat § 35-1-628 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 6 - Community Human Services|Section 35-1-628 - Community Based Respite Care Services.

35-1-628. Community based respite care services.| (a) The department of health shall develop and administer a statewide program to provide community based respite care services to families with a member age birth to twenty-one (21) years who has developmental disabilities who is not eligible for home and community based waiver services under medicaid. This program shall be designed so as to permit persons with developmental disabilities who are under twenty-one (21) years of age to be cared for by the family to the greatest extent possible. The department in consultation with the Wyoming governor's council on developmental disabilities shall:  (i) Establish criteria for eligibility for respite care services which shall include consideration of:  (A) The family's need for services, including factors such as the demonstrated willingness and ability of family members to provide care and special requirements of the family member with a developmental disability;  (B) Family income;  (C) Family expenses, including those related to care of the individual with a developmental disability;  (D) Reasonable payment by the family for respite care services provided.  (ii) By rule and regulation limit the ability of individual eligible families to use the program so that all eligible families are able to use the program without exceeding the appropriation available;  (iii) Promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the program.  (b) As used in this section:  (i) "Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability of a person which is attributable to a mental, emotional or physical impairment or combination of impairments, manifested before the person attains twenty-two (22) years of age, is likely to continue indefinitely and results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following areas:  (A) Self-care;  (B) Receptive and expressive language;  (C) Learning;  (D) Mobility;  (E) Self-direction;  (F) Capacity for independent living; and  (G) Economic self-sufficiency.  (ii) "Respite care" means care of a developmentally disabled person by a competent person, trained to meet the individualized needs of a child who meets the eligibility criteria of this program, for short periods of time to allow other members of the family reprieve from continuous care.
WY Stat § 35-1-701 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 7 - School Health|Section 35-1-701 - Joint Committee Created.

35-1-701. Joint committee created.| A joint committee on school health composed of the state department of education and the state department of health is hereby created and established.
WY Stat § 35-1-702 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 7 - School Health|Section 35-1-702 - Duties of Joint Committee; Limitation Upon Application of Policies.

35-1-702. Duties of joint committee; limitation upon application of policies.| It shall be the duty of the joint committee on school health to prescribe uniform policies regarding the medical services, sanitary environment and health instruction of the school children. Provided that any policies prescribed relating to medical treatment or physical examination shall not be applicable to any student whose parent or guardian in writing objects to such regulation on religious grounds. Such objection shall not exempt the student from the quarantine laws of the state, nor prohibit an examination for infectious or contagious diseases.
WY Stat § 35-1-801 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 8 - Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System|Section 35-1-801 - Department of Health to Develop Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System.

35-1-801. Department of health to develop comprehensive emergency medical services and trauma system.| The department of health shall develop a comprehensive emergency medical services and trauma system.
WY Stat § 35-1-802 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 8 - Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System|Section 35-1-802 - Designation of Trauma Areas; Trauma System Hospitals.

35-1-802. Designation of trauma areas; trauma system hospitals.| (a) The department of health shall designate within the state trauma areas consistent with local resources, geography and current patient referral patterns.  (b) Each trauma area shall have:  (i) Medical control for all field care and transportation consistent with geographic and current communications capability;  (ii) Specified triage protocols;  (iii) Hospitals categorized according to existing standards of the department.  (c) On and after July 1, 1993, the department may designate trauma system hospitals in areas that meet state objectives and standards.  (d) On or after July 1, 1994, the department may implement area trauma system plans.
WY Stat § 35-1-803 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 8 - Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System|Section 35-1-803 - Trauma System Hospitals Designation.

35-1-803. Trauma system hospitals designation.| Applications to be categorized or designated as trauma system hospitals shall be made upon forms provided by the department of health.
WY Stat § 35-1-804 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 8 - Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System|Section 35-1-804 - Department of Health to Promulgate Rules; Contents.

35-1-804. Department of health to promulgate rules; contents.| The department shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations which specify state trauma system objectives and standards, hospital categorization criteria and criteria and procedures to be utilized in designating trauma system hospitals and for the prevention of trauma and injuries. The rules shall be in conformance with the most current standards of the American college of surgeons committee on trauma standards, but may be expanded into further categories.
WY Stat § 35-1-805 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 8 - Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System|Section 35-1-805 - Duties of the Department of Health.

35-1-805. Duties of the department of health.| The department of health shall identify the causes of trauma in Wyoming and propose programs of prevention thereof for consideration by the legislature, health care providers and other agencies concerned with accident prevention or aftercare.
WY Stat § 35-1-1001 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 10 - Wyoming Critical Access/rural Hospital Endowment Challenge Program|Section 35-1-1001 - Wyoming Critical Access or Rural Hospital Endowment Challenge Program.

35-1-1001. Wyoming critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge program.| The Wyoming critical access/rural hospital endowment challenge program is created.
WY Stat § 35-1-1002 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 10 - Wyoming Critical Access/rural Hospital Endowment Challenge Program|Section 35-1-1002 - Definitions.

35-1-1002. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Challenge account" means the critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge account created under this article;  (ii) "Critical access or rural hospital" means:  (A) A county hospital established pursuant to W.S. 18-8-101, et seq., or a special district hospital established pursuant to W.S. 35-2-401, et seq., that is certified to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare or has forty (40) beds or less; or  (B) A hospital that is certified to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare or has forty (40) beds or less which is owned by a private not for profit entity and is operated in a county in this state in which there is no hospital meeting the requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.  (iii) "Endowment gift" means an irrevocable gift or transfer to a Wyoming critical access or rural hospital foundation of money or other property, whether real, personal, tangible or intangible, and whether or not the donor or transferor retains an interest in the property, where the gift or the foundation's interest in the property is required to be used by the foundation exclusively for endowment purposes, provided:  (A) The gift was received or the transfer occurred during the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2014; or  (B) A commitment to make the gift or transfer was made in writing to the respective critical access or rural hospital foundation, which commitment was received during the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2014, and the gift was received or the transfer occurred not later than June 30, 2015.  (iv) "Foundation" means an organization established for each critical access or rural hospital that among other purposes, exists to generate additional revenues for critical access or rural hospital programs and activities;  (v) "Permanent endowment funds managed by a Wyoming critical access or rural hospital foundation" means the endowment funds that are invested by the respective Wyoming critical access or rural hospital foundation on a permanent basis and the earnings on those investments are dedicated to be expended exclusively to benefit and promote the mission, operation or any program or activity of the respective critical access or rural hospital, including but not limited to capital and programmatic expenses, healthcare, increases to the corpus of the endowment and to defray reasonable costs of endowment administration;  (vi) "Unobligated," for purposes of W.S. 35-1-1003(b) and (d), means no commitment meeting the requirements of subparagraph (iii)(B) of this subsection was received prior to June 30, 2012.
WY Stat § 35-1-1003 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 10 - Wyoming Critical Access/rural Hospital Endowment Challenge Program|Section 35-1-1003 - Wyoming Critical Access or Rural Hospital Endowment Challenge Account.

35-1-1003. Wyoming critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge account.| (a) The Wyoming critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge account is created and, until June 30, 2013, shall consist of separate accounts, one (1) account for each Wyoming critical access or rural hospital.  (b) On June 30, 2012, from amounts which are within the challenge account, or as necessary within separate accounts which are unobligated, one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) shall be segregated within the endowment challenge account for distribution as provided in W.S. 35-1-1004(k).  (c) The state treasurer shall invest funds within the account created under subsection (a) of this section and shall deposit the earnings from account investments to the general fund.  (d) Any unexpended and unobligated funds in excess of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) from the amount appropriated to the separate accounts within the challenge account shall revert to the budget reserve account on June 30, 2012. Any unexpended funds remaining in the separate accounts within the challenge account shall revert to the budget reserve account on June 30, 2013. Of the one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) segregated in the challenge account pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, any remaining funds in the account shall revert to the budget reserve account on June 30, 2015.
WY Stat § 35-1-1201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 12 - Palliative Care Advisory Council|Section 35-1-1201 - Definitions.

35-1-1201. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Council" means the advisory council on palliative care established pursuant to this article;  (ii) "Department" means the department of health, unless the governor establishes the council within a different office or department pursuant to W.S. 35-1-1202, in which case department means the office or department within which the governor establishes the council;  (iii) "Palliative care" means:  (A) Patient and family centered medical care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing and treating suffering caused by serious illness. Palliative care throughout the continuum of illness involves addressing the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of the patient and facilitates patient autonomy, access to information and choice. Palliative care includes, but is not limited to, discussion of the patient's goals for treatment and discussion of appropriate treatment options including hospice care and comprehensive pain and symptom management when appropriate; and  (B) Care for a terminal, potentially terminal or serious chronic illness that is designed to reduce adverse symptoms, reduce pain and suffering and improve quality of life without, by itself, seeking to cure the illness, prevent death or prolong life. Palliative care includes hospice care. Palliative care does not include treatment or procedures that are meant to hasten death.
WY Stat § 35-1-1203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 12 - Palliative Care Advisory Council|Section 35-1-1203 - Department Duties.

35-1-1203. Department duties.| (a) The department shall:  (i) Publish information and resources on its website, including links to external resources, concerning:  (A) Palliative care providers and facilities;  (B) Information about palliative care delivery in the home, community outpatient and inpatient settings;  (C) Best practices for palliative care delivery;  (D) Consumer education materials; and  (E) Referral information for palliative care, including hospices.  (ii) Develop and implement, as appropriate and consistent with existing appropriations, other initiatives regarding palliative care services and education;  (iii) Consult with the council regarding the performance of its duties under this section.
WY Stat § 35-1-1204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 12 - Palliative Care Advisory Council|Section 35-1-1204 - Optional Report to Legislature.

35-1-1204. Optional report to legislature.| The department shall provide the legislature and the legislature's joint labor, health and social services interim committee with a report by July 1, 2022 on the success or failure of the council. The report should contain recommendations to abolish, continue or modify the council and any other recommendations as are appropriate concerning further palliative care initiatives. The department and council shall provide information necessary for the preparation of this report, provided the information requested is reasonable, economical and not otherwise protected by law. Concerned parties may either collaborate for the preparation of the report or provide their own reports. All reports received pursuant to this section shall be treated as public documents by the joint labor, health and social services interim committee and the legislative service office.
WY Stat § 35-1-1205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 12 - Palliative Care Advisory Council|Section 35-1-1205 - Sunset.

35-1-1205. Sunset.| W.S. 35-1-1201 through 35-1-1204 are repealed effective July 1, 2023.
WY Stat § 35-2-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 1 - In General|Section 35-2-113 - Doctors of Medicine, Osteopathy, Chiropractic, Dentistry or Podiatrists May Practice in Public Hospitals.

35-2-113. Doctors of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, dentistry or podiatrists may practice in public hospitals.| Any hospital owned by the state, or any hospital district, county or city thereof, and any hospital whose support, either in whole or in part, is derived from public funds, shall be open for practice to doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy, doctors of chiropractic, doctors of dentistry and podiatrists, who are licensed to practice medicine or surgery, chiropractic, dentistry or podiatry in this state. Provided, however, that these hospitals by appropriate bylaws shall promulgate reasonable and uniform rules and regulations covering staff admissions and staff privileges. Admission shall not be predicated solely upon the type of degree of the applicant and the governing body shall consider the competency and character of each applicant.