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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-718 - Refunding Securities.

35-2-718. Refunding securities.
(a) Any securities of the trustees of a rural health care district issued pursuant to W.S. 35-2-711 through 35-2-722 and payable from any pledged revenues may be refunded by the trustees by the adoption of a resolution by the trustees authorizing the issuance of securities at a public or private sale:
(i) To refund, pay and discharge all or any part of the outstanding securities of any one (1) or more or all outstanding issues, including any interest thereon in arrears, or about to become due for any period not exceeding three (3) years from the date of the refunding securities;
(ii) For the purpose of reducing interest costs or effecting other economies;
(iii) For the purpose of modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations pertaining to the issuance of additional bonds, otherwise concerning the outstanding securities or to any facilities pertaining thereto;
(iv) For the purpose of avoiding or terminating any default; or
(v) For any combination provided in this subsection.
(b) Nothing contained in W.S. 35-2-711 through 35-2-722 nor in any other law of this state shall be construed to permit the board of trustees to call securities now or hereafter outstanding for prior redemption in order to refund the securities or in order to pay them prior to their stated maturities, unless the right to call the securities for prior redemption was specifically reserved and stated in the securities at the time of their issuance.
(c) Except as provided in this section, refunding securities shall be subject to the same rights, liabilities, conditions and covenants as are provided for the securities contained in W.S. 35-2-711 through 35-2-722.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-719 - Powers and Responsibility of Board of Trustees.

35-2-719. Powers and responsibility of board of trustees.
The board of trustees has plenary powers and responsibility for the acquisition, construction and completion of all projects authorized by the resolution to issue revenue securities or refunding securities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-720 - Trustees May Accept Grants.

35-2-720. Trustees may accept grants.
The trustees may accept grants of money or materials or property of any kind from the federal government, the state, including any agency or political subdivision, or any person upon terms and conditions as the federal government, the state, including any agency or political subdivision, or person may impose.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-721 - Charges and Rentals.

35-2-721. Charges and rentals.
The trustees shall establish and collect charges for services and rentals for use of facilities furnished, acquired, constructed or purchased from the proceeds of the securities sufficient to pay the principal or the interest, or both, on the securities as they become due and payable, together with the additional sums as may be deemed necessary for accumulating reserves and providing for obsolescence and depreciation and to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining the facilities. The trustees shall establish all other charges, fees and rates to be derived from the operation of the hospital, nursing home or any other facility of the rural health care district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-722 - Liberal Construction.

35-2-722. Liberal construction.
The provisions of this article pertaining to bonding, being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-723 - Applicability.

35-2-723. Applicability.
The provisions of W.S. 35-2-711 through 35-2-722 shall not apply to W.S. 35-2-708 and 35-2-709.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 9 - Licensing and Operations › Section 35-2-903 - Application for License; Submission of Evidence Prerequisite to Issuance.

35-2-903. Application for license; submission of evidence prerequisite to issuance.
(a) An applicant for a license under this act shall file a sworn application with the division on a form provided by the division. The form shall request the following information:
(i) The applicant's name;
(ii) The type of health care facility to be operated;
(iii) A description of and the location of the facility buildings;
(iv) The name of the person in charge of the health care facility;
(v) Whether the applicant has had a license to operate a health care facility or agency providing health care services in this or any other state denied, suspended, revoked or otherwise terminated for cause and the specific reasons for such action. Evidence that the facility subject to the application is currently in compliance with all applicable statutes, rules and regulations is required;
(vi) Evidence that the applicant is capable of complying with applicable rules and regulations;
(vii) Such other information as the division may require pursuant to rules promulgated under this act.
(b) An application by other than an individual shall be made by two (2) officers of the organization or by its managing agents.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 9 - Licensing and Operations › Section 35-2-905 - Conditions, Monitoring or Revoking a License.

35-2-905. Conditions, monitoring or revoking a license.
(a) The division may place conditions upon a license, install a division approved monitor or manager at the owner's or operator's expense, suspend admissions, or deny, suspend or revoke a license issued under this act if a licensee:
(i) Violates any provision of this act or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act;
(ii) Permits, aids or abets the commission of any illegal act by a licensee;
(iii) Conducts practices detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of the patients of the licensee;
(iv) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 116, 2.
(v) Fails to pay a nursing care facility assessment and the department determines to suspend or revoke the license as provided in W.S. 42-8-107(b)(ii).
(b) No license issued pursuant to this act shall be suspended or revoked or have conditions placed upon it or admissions suspended nor shall the division install an approved monitor or manager without notice to the licensee and an opportunity for a hearing under W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115.
(c) If the division suspends the admission of new patients to a health care facility, the health care facility shall be provided an opportunity to abate the condition or conditions prior to suspension of admissions. If the conditions leading to the suspension of new admissions continue unabated beyond the period allowed for abatement, the division may continue the suspension of new admissions, or suspend or revoke the license.
(d) Any hearing held by the division under this section shall be held in the city or town in which the facility is located, or in the closest city or town with appropriate facilities for a hearing.
(e) If the division finds that conditions in a health care facility are in violation of this act and rules and regulations adopted under this act to the extent that there exists a substantial and immediate threat to the health or safety of patients, it may summarily suspend the license of that facility and take action necessary to protect the health and safety of patients. In cases of suspension under this subsection, the licensee shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing within ten (10) days after the suspension.
(f) If a license is revoked pursuant to this act, an application for a new license may be made to the division only after the conditions upon which revocation was based have been corrected and evidence of this fact has been furnished to the division. A new license shall be granted only if the applicant is in compliance with all provisions of this act and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 9 - Licensing and Operations › Section 35-2-906 - Construction and Expansion of Facilities; Exemption.

35-2-906. Construction and expansion of facilities; exemption.
(a) A licensee who contemplates construction of or alteration or addition to a health care facility shall submit plans and specifications to the division for preliminary inspection and approval prior to commencing construction. Significant changes to the original plans must also be submitted and approved prior to implementation. The plans and any changes shall indicate any increase in the number of beds.
(b) Nursing care facility beds shall not be expanded or constructed if the average of all the nursing care bed occupancy, excluding veteran administration beds, in the construction area is eighty-five percent (85%) or less based upon the annual occupancy report prepared by the division.
(c) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section any nursing care facility or hospital may, in any two (2) year period, increase its bed capacity by ten percent (10%) of the current nursing care facility bed capacity or by not more than ten (10) beds.
(d) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 87, 2.
(e) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 87, 2.
(f) Beds in adult foster care homes and beds in alternative eldercare homes constructed pursuant to the pilot programs authorized in W.S. 42-6-104 and 42-6-105 shall not be considered as nursing care facility beds for the purposes of this section.
(g) Beds constructed at any health care facility owned or operated by the department shall be exempt from subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 9 - Licensing and Operations › Section 35-2-907 - Inspection of Licensed Establishments; Exceptions; Assisted Living Facility Inspection Procedure.

35-2-907. Inspection of licensed establishments; exceptions; assisted living facility inspection procedure.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section every licensed health care facility shall be periodically inspected by the division under rules and regulations promulgated by the department. A licensed health care facility which has been accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting body approved by federal regulations shall be granted a license renewal without further inspection. Inspection reports shall be prepared on forms prescribed by the division. Licensees accredited by the nationally recognized accrediting body shall submit the inspection report pursuant to its accreditation. If the standards of the nationally recognized accrediting body fail to meet or exceed the state standards for licensure, the division may inspect the licensed facility with regard to those matters which did not meet state standards.
(b) Except as required in administrative and judicial proceedings, information obtained from licensees under this act is subject to public disclosure only after deletion of information which reveals the identity of patients, persons who file complaints with the division and employees of the health care facility.
(c) The division shall:
(i) Provide for the selection of an inspector to inspect and evaluate an applicant for an assisted living facility;
(ii) Approve and establish a fee to be paid by the applicant to the selected inspector. The division shall notify the applicant of the inspection fee prior to the inspection and evaluation;
(iii) Act on the application within thirty (30) days after receiving a report from the selected inspector on the inspection and evaluation of the applicant.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 9 - Licensing and Operations › Section 35-2-908 - Rules and Regulations.

35-2-908. Rules and regulations.
The department shall promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of patients of health care facilities licensed under this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 9 - Licensing and Operations › Section 35-2-909 - Penalties for Violations.

35-2-909. Penalties for violations.
Except for violations otherwise punishable as a felony under the laws of this state, any person establishing or operating a facility or providing a service without first obtaining a license as required in this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both. Each calendar week or portion thereof during which a violation continues is a separate offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 9 - Licensing and Operations › Section 35-2-910 - Quality Management Functions for Health Care Facilities; Confidentiality; Immunity; Whistle Blowing; Peer Review.

35-2-910. Quality management functions for health care facilities; confidentiality; immunity; whistle blowing; peer review.
(a) Each licensee shall implement a quality management function to evaluate and improve patient and resident care and services in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the division. Quality management information relating to the evaluation or improvement of the quality of health care services is confidential. Any person who in good faith and within the scope of the functions of a quality management program participates in the reporting, collection, evaluation, or use of quality management information or performs other functions as part of a quality management program with regard to a specific circumstance shall be immune from suit in any civil action based on such functions brought by a health care provider or person to whom the quality information pertains. In no event shall this immunity apply to any negligent or intentional act or omission in the provision of care.
(b) Health care facilities subject to or licensed pursuant to this act shall not harass, threaten discipline or in any manner discriminate against any resident, patient or employee of any health care facility for reporting to the division a violation of any state or federal law or rule and regulation. Any employee found to have knowingly made a false report to the division shall be subject to disciplinary action by the employing health care facility, including but not limited to, dismissal.
(c) No hospital shall be issued a license or have its license renewed unless it provides for the review of professional practices in the hospital for the purpose of reducing morbidity and mortality and for the improvement of the care of patients in the hospital. This review shall include, but not be limited to:
(i) The quality and necessity of the care provided to patients as rendered in the hospital;
(ii) The prevention of complications and deaths occurring in the hospital;
(iii) The review of medical treatments and diagnostic and surgical procedures in order to ensure safe and adequate treatment of patients in the hospital; and
(iv) The evaluation of medical and health care services and the qualifications and professional competence of persons performing or seeking to perform those services.
(d) The review required in subsection (c) of this section shall be performed according to the decision of a hospital's governing board by:
(i) A peer review committee appointed by the organized medical staff of the hospital;
(ii) A state, local or specialty medical society; or
(iii) Any other organization of physicians established pursuant to state or federal law and engaged by the hospital for the purposes of subsection (c) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 9 - Licensing and Operations › Section 35-2-911 - Nonbinding Functional Assessments.

35-2-911. Nonbinding functional assessments.
The department may, with the consent of the person seeking admission into a nursing care facility or his representative, conduct a nonbinding functional assessment for that person at the state's expense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 9 - Licensing and Operations › Section 35-2-913 - Exceptions.

35-2-913. Exceptions.
(a) No freestanding emergency center shall require separate licensure under this act when operated by the provider based emergency department of a Wyoming licensed hospital.
(b) On and before June 30, 2025, freestanding emergency centers operated by a hospital district or rural health care district shall not require licensure under this act provided a hospital transfer agreement is in place.
(c) Any freestanding emergency center shall accept patients regardless of age, Medicare, Medicaid or other insurance status or ability to pay. A freestanding emergency center not owned by a Wyoming hospital shall have an appropriate hospital transfer agreement in place.
(d) A license to operate a freestanding emergency center shall not be construed as a license to operate a hospital and shall not allow any freestanding emergency center to hold a patient within its facility for more than twenty-four (24) hours unless an emergency arises that prevents the safe transport of the patient.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 9 - Licensing and Operations › Section 35-2-914 - Visitation Rights.

35-2-914. Visitation rights.
(a) A health care facility, as defined by W.S. 35-2-901(a)(x), that provides twenty-four (24) hour per day care shall allow visitation for a person receiving care in that facility. The visitation required under this section shall not apply to persons involuntarily detained under W.S. 25-10-109 or 25-10-110 or adults who have been charged with or convicted of a crime and are in the custody of the state or a local jurisdiction.
(b) A health care facility subject to subsection (a) of this section may impose and enforce restrictions on visitation that limit the number or age of visitors, limit the location or time of visitation, require protective equipment or impose requirements otherwise required under W.S. 35-1-240 or by the centers for Medicaid and Medicare services, the centers for disease control or the joint commission on the accreditation of healthcare organizations. Visitation may be further restricted or limited under this section when the health care facility determines a restriction or limitation is necessary due to a court order, violent or disruptive behavior or reasonable suspicion of abuse or neglect against a person receiving care in the facility. A health care facility shall provide a written copy of its visitation policy upon request and shall visibly post in the facility one (1) copy of the most current visitation restrictions imposed in accordance with this subsection. The health care facility shall allow the person receiving care or that person's representative to designate persons as visitors or to prohibit some or all visitation under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 10 - Designation of Hospitals › Section 35-2-1001 - Designation of Heart Attack and Stroke Centers.

35-2-1001. Designation of heart attack and stroke centers.
(a) The department of health shall establish by rule and regulation the process for recognition and designation of hospitals as any one (1) or more of the following:
(i) Heart attack receiving centers;
(ii) Heart attack referring centers;
(iii) Comprehensive stroke centers;
(iv) Primary stroke centers;
(v) Acute stroke ready centers.
(b) The designation of hospitals pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall recognize those hospitals that are accredited by the society for cardiovascular patient care, the American heart association, the joint commission on the accreditation of healthcare organizations or another nationally recognized accreditation organization as determined by the department in its rules and regulations.
(c) The department shall withdraw the designation of a hospital pursuant to subsection (a) of this section if the department determines that the hospital is not in compliance with the requirements of this section or rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(d) The department shall adopt rules and regulations to enforce this article, which shall include all of the following:
(i) Specific criteria for qualification pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, including identification of accrediting organizations;
(ii) Designation application procedures;
(iii) Procedures for withdrawal of a designation;
(iv) Support for the coordination among designated hospitals for the referral and transfer of patients to facilitate appropriate care for acute heart attack and stroke patients.
(v) Evidence based prehospital care protocols for emergency medical services providers to assess, treat and transport stroke and acute heart attack patients. The office of emergency medical services shall work in coordination with licensed emergency medical providers in developing the protocols which shall include:
(A) Plans for the triage and transport of stroke patients to the closest comprehensive or primary stroke center or, when appropriate, to an acute stroke ready center;
(B) Plans for the triage and transport of acute heart attack patients to the closest receiving or referring center within a specified time after a patients report of symptoms.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership › Section 35-2-1102 - Definitions.

35-2-1102. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Department" means the department of health;
(ii) "Health care facility" means any facility licensed or certified by the department that is a hospital or that normally provides twenty-four (24) hour per day care for individuals, including the facility's owner, operator or licensee;
(iii) "This act" means W.S. 35-2-1101 through 35-2-1109.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership › Section 35-2-1103 - Petition for Receivership; Hearing; Parties; Emergency Order.

35-2-1103. Petition for receivership; hearing; parties; emergency order.
(a) The department may file a petition in the district court to appoint a receiver for a health care facility, if the facility:
(i) Is operating without a license or the facility's license has been suspended, revoked or not timely renewed; or
(ii) Presents a situation, physical condition, practice or method of operation that causes an imminent danger of death or significant mental or physical harm to its residents or patients.
(b) Service of process shall be made in any manner as provided by the Rules of Civil Procedure. If personal service cannot practicably or promptly be made as provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure, service may be made by delivery of the summons with the petition attached to any person in charge of the health care facility at the time service is made.
(c) The court shall hold a hearing on the merits of the petition not later than ten (10) days after the date the petition is filed.
(d) Following a hearing, the district court shall appoint the director of the department as the receiver if it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that any of the conditions in subsection (a) of this section exist.
(e) The court may appoint a receiver upon an ex parte motion when affidavits, testimony or any other evidence presented indicates there is a reasonable likelihood that any of the conditions in paragraph (a)(ii) of this section exist. Notice of the petition and ex parte order appointing the receiver shall be served in any manner as provided by the Rules of Civil Procedure and shall be posted in a conspicuous place inside the facility not later than twenty-four (24) hours after issuance of the order. A hearing on the original petition shall be held not later than five (5) days after the issuance of the ex parte order unless the health care facility consents to a later date or waives the hearing.
(f) Following any regular or ex parte hearing, the director of the department may designate a qualified person, experienced in health facility management, to act as the receiver. The designated person shall be free of conflict of interest with the health care facility that is in receivership.
(g) After the appointment of a receiver, the court shall conduct a hearing on the status of the receivership every six (6) months.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership › Section 35-2-1104 - Effect of Appointment.

35-2-1104. Effect of appointment.
When a receiver is appointed under this act, the health care facility shall be divested of possession and control in favor of the receiver. The appointment of the receiver shall not affect the rights of the health care facility to defend against any claim, suit or action against the facility, including, but not limited to, any licensure, certification or injunctive action taken by the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership › Section 35-2-1105 - Powers and Duties of a Receiver.

35-2-1105. Powers and duties of a receiver.
(a) A receiver appointed under this act shall:
(i) Have the same powers as a receiver under W.S. 1-33-104 and shall exercise those powers necessary to remedy the conditions that constituted grounds for the imposition of the receivership, assure adequate health care for the residents or patients and preserve the assets and property of the health care facility;
(ii) Notify each resident or patient and each resident or patient's guardian or conservator, if any, or other responsible party, if known, of the receivership;
(iii) Collect incoming payments from all sources;
(iv) Apply the current revenue and current assets of the health care facility to current operating expenses of the facility;
(v) Pay taxes against the health care facility which become due during the receivership;
(vi) Be entitled to take possession of all property, assets and records of residents or patients which are in the possession of the health care facility. The receiver shall preserve all property, assets and records of residents or patients of which the receiver takes possession.
(b) In addition to the powers and duties provided in subsection (a) of this section, a receiver may exercise the following powers:
(i) Assume the role of administrator and take control of day-to-day operations of the health care facility or name a qualified administrator to conduct the day-to-day operations of the health care facility subject to the supervision and direction of the receiver;
(ii) Correct or eliminate any deficiency in the structure or furnishings of the health care facility that endangers the safety or health of the residents or patients while they remain in the facility, provided the total cost of correction does not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). The court may order expenditures for this purpose in excess of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) on application from the receiver;
(iii) Remedy violations of federal and state laws and regulations governing the operation of the health care facility;
(iv) Contract for or hire agents and employees to maintain and operate the facility; and
(v) Hire or discharge any employees including the health care facility's administrator.
(c) The receiver in its discretion may, but shall not be required to, defend any claim, suit or action against the receiver or the health care facility arising out of conditions, actions or circumstances occurring or continuing at the health care facility after the appointment of the receiver.
(d) The district court may limit or expand the powers or duties of a receiver.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership › Section 35-2-1106 - Termination of Receivership.

35-2-1106. Termination of receivership.
(a) The court, upon a motion by the receiver, the health care facility or the owner of the physical facility, may terminate the receivership if:
(i) The receivership is no longer necessary because the conditions which gave rise to the receivership no longer exist;
(ii) All of the residents in the facility have been transferred or discharged and the facility is ready to be closed; or
(iii) The owner of the physical facility or the health care facility enters into a lease or sale agreement with a prospective operator of the facility who is licensed or can be licensed by the department and who in the judgment of the department will likely remedy the cause of the receivership.
(b) In its termination order, the court may include terms it deems necessary to prevent the future occurrence of the conditions upon which the receivership was ordered.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership › Section 35-2-1107 - Priorities.

35-2-1107. Priorities.
(a) During a receivership under this act, the following expenses and claims have priority in the following order:
(i) The costs and expenses of the administration of the health care facility during the term of the receivership;
(ii) Claims for:
(A) Wages actually owing to employees, other than officers of the facility, for services rendered within three (3) months prior to the date of commencement of the receivership proceeding against the facility, but not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to each employee;
(B) Secured claims, including claims for taxes and debts due the federal or any state or local government, which are secured prior to the appointment of the receiver.
(iii) Claims by or on behalf of individual patients or clients for the cost of health care services which were to be provided by the facility, but were not received by the patient or client for whom the care was paid;
(iv) Unless otherwise provided by law, all other claims of general creditors not falling within any other priority under this section, including claims for taxes and debts due to the federal government or any state or local government which are not secured claims;
(v) Proprietary claims of shareholders, members or officers of the health care facility.
(b) Upon motion by a claimant or by one (1) of the parties to a receivership action under this act, the district court may amend the priorities listed in subsection (a) of this section and order payment of claims as may be necessary in the interest of justice.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership › Section 35-2-1108 - Receiver's Liability.

35-2-1108. Receiver's liability.
(a) The liability of the department shall be limited as set forth in the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-120, for the operation of medical facilities and the provision of health care.
(b) If a person is designated to act as a receiver pursuant to W.S. 35-2-1103(f) and is not covered by the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-120, the designated receiver shall only be held liable in a personal capacity for the designated receiver's own gross negligence, intentional acts or breach of fiduciary duty.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership › Section 35-2-1109 - Applicability.

35-2-1109. Applicability.
The receivership provisions of W.S 1-33-101 through 1-33-110 shall apply to actions under this act to the extent that they do not conflict with this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 12 - Senior Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-1201 - Senior Health Care Districts; Establishment; Definitions.

35-2-1201. Senior health care districts; establishment; definitions.
(a) A senior health care district may be established under the procedures for petitioning, hearing and election of special districts as set forth in the Special District Elections Act of 1994.
(b) As used in this article "senior health care" means "health care" as defined in W.S. 35-22-402(a)(viii) that is delivered to a person who is at least sixty (60) years of age, a disabled adult who is at least eighteen (18) years of age, or a person with medical or behavioral health care needs as determined by appropriate medical assessments and is provided:
(i) By a person or facility licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession to provide health care services;
(ii) Through home care services, assisted living programs, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, hospice services, residential care homes or other related facilities; or
(iii) As specified under W.S. 18-15-111(a)(i) through (iii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 12 - Senior Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-1202 - Body Corporate; Name and Style; Powers Generally; Rules and Regulations of Trustees.

35-2-1202. Body corporate; name and style; powers generally; rules and regulations of trustees.
(a) Each district is a body corporate and shall be designated by the name of the .... senior health care district. The district name shall be entered upon the commissioners' records and shall be selected by the commissioners of the county in which the greater area of land within the district is located. In the name so selected, the district through its trustees may:
(i) Direct the affairs of the district in the same manner as a rural health care district under W.S. 35-2-703(a)(i) through (xi) for the purpose of providing senior health care;
(ii) Provide directly or by contract for the provision of programs or services under this article. Contracts under this section shall:
(A) Require the provider, if an organization or agency, to be incorporated under the laws of this state as a nonprofit corporation prior to the receipt of any funds;
(B) Specify the manner in which the funds are expended and the programs or services provided; and
(C) Require the provider of the programs or services to present an annual budget for review to determine compliance with this article and for approval by the district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 12 - Senior Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-1203 - Administration of Finances; Assessment and Levy of Taxes.

35-2-1203. Administration of finances; assessment and levy of taxes.
(a) The board of trustees of a senior health care district shall administer the finances of the district according to the provisions of the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act, except that an annual audit in accordance with W.S. 16-4-121 is not required. Each senior health care district shall comply with the provisions of W.S. 9-1-507(a)(iii).
(b) The assessor shall assess the property of each senior health care district.
(c) The board of county commissioners, at the time of making the levy for county purposes shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district in its county for its proportionate share based on assessed valuation of the estimated amount of funds needed by each senior health care district but in no case shall the tax for the district exceed in any one (1) year the amount of two (2) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of the property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 12 - Senior Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-1204 - Applicability.

35-2-1204. Applicability.
A senior health care district shall be operated, administered and is otherwise subject to the provisions that govern a rural health care district under Wyoming statutes, title 35, chapter 2, article 7, except W.S. 35-2-701, 35-2-705 and 35-2-708 shall not apply. W.S. 35-2-711 through 35-2-722 shall not apply to W.S. 35-2-1203. The question of approval of the issuance of bonds for senior health care purposes pursuant to W.S. 35-2-709(a) shall be submitted to electors only at a general election.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 13 - Electronic Monitoring of Long-Term Care › Section 35-2-1302 - Definitions.

35-2-1302. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Capacity to consent" means an individual's ability to:
(A) Understand and appreciate the significant benefits, risks and alternatives to proposed health care;
(B) Understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of making decisions concerning one's person; and
(C) Make and communicate a health care decision.
(ii) "Department" means the Wyoming department of health;
(iii) "Electronic monitoring" means the placement and use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident in the resident's room pursuant to the requirements of this act;
(iv) "Electronic monitoring device" means a video camera or other surveillance instrument with a fixed position that captures, records, transmits or broadcasts audio, video or both and that is installed in a resident's room and used for electronic monitoring of the resident and activities in the room;
(v) "Facility" means an assisted living facility or a nursing care facility certified, licensed or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide long-term care in the facility's ordinary course of business and through its employees acting within the scope of their duties;
(vi) "Resident" means a person who is eighteen (18) years or older residing at a facility;
(vii) "Resident's representative" means an individual with a power of attorney for health care or other legal authority to make health care decisions on behalf of a resident who lacks capacity to consent;
(viii) "Resident's room" means a resident's private or shared primary living space within a long-term care facility;
(ix) "This act" means W.S. 35-2-1301 through 35-2-1308.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 13 - Electronic Monitoring of Long-Term Care › Section 35-2-1303 - Authorized Electronic Monitoring; Applicability.

35-2-1303. Authorized electronic monitoring; applicability.
(a) No facility or resident of a facility shall engage in electronic monitoring or use electronic monitoring devices except as provided in this act.
(b) Notwithstanding W.S. 7-3-702, nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize or permit the use of an electronic monitoring device for the nonconsensual interception or unauthorized recording, storage or disclosure of private communications or actions occurring in a resident's room.
(c) A facility may install and use security surveillance devices in the facility's common areas and other locations except for resident rooms as the facility deems necessary for monitoring the facility. Any recording made by security surveillance devices under this subsection shall be the property of the facility.
(d) A resident or resident's representative may seek to install and use electronic monitoring devices in the resident's room pursuant to the requirements of this act. Any recording made by an electronic monitoring device under this subsection shall be the property of the resident or the resident's representative but may be used by a facility as provided by rule of the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 13 - Electronic Monitoring of Long-Term Care › Section 35-2-1304 - Authorized Electronic Monitoring; Notice.

35-2-1304. Authorized electronic monitoring; notice.
(a) Every facility where electronic monitoring devices are in use shall post and maintain a notice or signage in a conspicuous location at or near the facility's main entrances stating that electronic monitoring devices may be in use in or throughout the facility.
(b) A facility shall post and maintain notice or signage in a conspicuous location at the entrance to each resident's room where an electronic monitoring device is being used. The notice or signage shall state that the resident's room is being monitored by an electronic monitoring device.
(c) When electronic monitoring or security surveillance is used at a facility, upon admission or at any other necessary time as determined by the facility, a facility shall obtain the resident's or the resident's representative's signature on a form furnished by the department and provided to the resident or representative by the facility. The form must at a minimum list the following:
(i) That each resident has the right to use electronic monitoring devices in the resident's room, provided that any other residents in the room consent to the electronic monitoring;
(ii) That the use of unauthorized electronic monitoring devices or covert placement of an electronic monitoring device is prohibited;
(iii) That other residents in the facility may be using electronic monitoring devices in their rooms;
(iv) That a resident may file a grievance with the facility if a facility interferes with a resident's right to use electronic monitoring and that a resident may file a grievance with the department if the facility fails to resolve or respond to the grievance;
(v) The security and privacy risks associated with the use of electronic monitoring devices;
(vi) Any other provisions required by the department pursuant to rules promulgated in accordance with this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 13 - Electronic Monitoring of Long-Term Care › Section 35-2-1306 - Facility Rules; Installation of Electronic Monitoring Devices; Accommodation by Facility.

35-2-1306. Facility rules; installation of electronic monitoring devices; accommodation by facility.
(a) A facility shall not refuse to admit, remove or retaliate against a resident who requests to use, uses or declines to consent to use electronic monitoring in his room pursuant to this act.
(b) A facility may develop policies governing the placement and installation of electronic monitoring devices, subject to the provisions of this act and any rules promulgated by the department.
(c) A facility shall not unnecessarily impair or impede a resident's use of electronic monitoring devices but may require installation of devices by a licensed contractor or facility personnel and may limit the placement of devices to maintain resident privacy and dignity.
(d) A resident shall obtain the facility's approval before installing or using any electronic monitoring device, subject to the consent of any other resident residing in the same room as required under W.S. 35-2-1305(c).
(e) A resident or the resident's representative shall be responsible for all costs associated with purchasing, installing, using, maintaining, servicing and removing electronic monitoring devices. For electronic monitoring devices requiring an internet connection, the facility may restrict or limit a resident's use of the facility's network services for those devices and may charge a reasonable fee to the resident using the facility's internet for electronic monitoring.
(f) All electronic monitoring devices used by facilities and residents in facilities shall be conspicuous and in plain view. The facility is responsible for ensuring that no electronic monitoring device is installed in a location that:
(i) Jeopardizes the privacy or dignity of any resident;
(ii) Contravenes any imposed limitation on its placement or use as set forth by the department, the facility, the resident or any other resident residing in the same room;
(iii) Jeopardizes the safety of a resident, employee, visitor or other person;
(iv) Violates federal, state or local regulations.
(g) Any resident residing in a room with electronic monitoring may establish limits on the use of electronic monitoring. The resident may impose limits restricting monitoring during specific times, in the presence of specific individuals, during times of personal care and treatment or for any other reason. Upon request by the resident, the facility shall make reasonable efforts to disable or obscure the electronic monitoring devices and to accommodate the resident's requested limits on electronic monitoring when the facility can reasonably do so. The facility shall document all limits requested by the resident and the facility's efforts to accommodate those requests.
(h) A facility or employee of the facility shall not have access to video or audio recordings captured by an electronic monitoring device except as specified in this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 13 - Electronic Monitoring of Long-Term Care › Section 35-2-1307 - Admissibility of Electronic Monitoring; Liability; Reporting.

35-2-1307. Admissibility of electronic monitoring; liability; reporting.
(a) No court or state agency shall admit into evidence or consider during any proceeding any recording created using an electronic monitoring device in a facility unless the recording is otherwise admissible under the Wyoming Rules of Evidence.
(b) Upon request, a facility shall receive a copy of any recording that a party uses in an administrative proceeding against the facility.
(c) A facility shall have no criminal or civil liability for:
(i) Disclosing a recording made by an electronic monitoring device for any purpose pursuant to this act; and
(ii) The disclosure of a recording for any purpose not authorized by this act by a resident, the resident's representative or any agent of the resident or the resident's representative.
(d) A facility that provides internet or network access to a resident for the resident's electronic monitoring device shall not be liable for any network security breach caused by or resulting in unauthorized access to the electronic monitoring devices or any data captured, recorded, transmitted or broadcasted by the devices.
(e) A facility shall have no civil or criminal liability for a violation of a resident's right to privacy that arises out of any electronic monitoring conducted in accordance with this act.