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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 10 - State Budget Department › Section 9-2-1008 - Unexpended, Unobligated Funds to Lapse or Be Carried Over; Duty of Auditor; Reporting.

9-2-1008. Unexpended, unobligated funds to lapse or be carried over; duty of auditor; reporting.
(a) In the event that the appropriation made or other revenue authorized by law for use by a state agency has not been expended by the close of the fiscal period, it shall lapse or be carried forward as provided by W.S. 9-4-207 after provision is made for payment of outstanding obligations legally incurred during the previous fiscal period. The auditor, after consultation with the department, as of June 30 of each year shall take appropriate action in accordance with this section.
(b) Unexpended appropriations carried forward into the next fiscal biennium pursuant to an outstanding obligation legally incurred shall be expended only for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated or authorized and shall not be revised or converted for another purpose after being carried forward. Upon completion of the purposes for which the funds were carried forward, any remaining funds shall immediately revert to the appropriate fund as specified in W.S. 9-4-207.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 10 - State Budget Department › Section 9-2-1009 - Nonappropriated Revenues to Be Transferred by Auditor Upon Lapse, Conversion or Otherwise Becoming State Property.

9-2-1009. Nonappropriated revenues to be transferred by auditor upon lapse, conversion or otherwise becoming state property.
If nonappropriated revenues under the control of agencies lapse, convert or otherwise become the property of the state, the auditor, after consultation with the department, shall transfer the funds to the general or other appropriate fund.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 10 - State Budget Department › Section 9-2-1010 - Duties of Department; Biennial Budgets and Appropriations.

9-2-1010. Duties of department; biennial budgets and appropriations.
(a) The department shall:
(i) Prepare the state budget with the assistance of an entity for presentation by the governor to the legislature;
(ii) Prescribe the form, contents and procedure of and for budget documents with the advice of the chairman of the joint appropriations committee; and
(iii) Consult with each entity which will require a legislative appropriation either directly or indirectly, excluding the Wyoming department of transportation and the game and fish department except as provided in W.S. 9-2-1011(d), in submitting budget estimates or requests for funds, or for instituting, recording and reporting all financial and budget transactions of the state.
(b) At each budget session budgets shall be prepared and appropriations made for the operation of state government on a biennial basis.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 10 - State Budget Department › Section 9-2-1011 - Duties of Budget Department; Preparation of Standard Budget Estimates; Entities to Prepare Expanded and Exception Budgets; Form; Required Information; Base Budgets.

9-2-1011. Duties of budget department; preparation of standard budget estimates; entities to prepare expanded and exception budgets; form; required information; base budgets.
(a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the department shall prepare standard budget estimates. Entities shall prepare expanded and exception budgets in a form consistent with the standard budgets as directed by the department.
(b) The information developed in budget documents shall include:
(i) Appropriations or other allotted revenues authorized to entities including all types of revenue regardless of source and final fund destination, federal fund identification and expected length of continuance of the federal funding;
(ii) Expenditures, obligations, encumbrances and balances of the agencies from whatever source derived;
(iii) Estimates of revenues and future needs of entities;
(iv) Program changes, descriptions and activities of the agencies;
(v) An explanation of and reasons for anticipated receipts and expenditures of the agencies;
(vi) An assurance that the budget request has been prepared in accordance with the agency plan prepared according to W.S. 28-1-115 and 28-1-116;
(vii) Identification of services reduced as a result of reductions to expenditures made pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1014.2 in the previous fiscal biennium, and services which would have been reduced without transfer and expenditure of a contingent appropriation pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1014.2 or an appropriation under W.S. 9-2-1014.3. Contingent appropriations transferred to each fund or account and expended from each fund or account shall be separately identified.
(c) The department shall for purposes of preparing the standard budget for entities under this section, include the base budget and the specific amount the base budget differs from the standard budget estimate. The differences shall be itemized and explained in writing on a standardized form prescribed by rule and regulation of the department. The base budget and accompanying forms shall be included within the budget estimates and related information for each entity as compiled under W.S. 9-2-1012(b).
(d) Except as otherwise provided by law, budgets for the game and fish department and department of transportation shall be submitted to the governor and the department as provided in this subsection. The budget shall be submitted in a manner and format approved by the department and shall be submitted by the game and fish commission by August 1 of each year and by the transportation commission by October 1 of each year. The manner and format approved by the department shall provide for legislative review. Any modification to the manner and format shall be reported to the joint appropriations committee immediately upon approval.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 10 - State Budget Department › Section 9-2-1014.3 - Appropriation for Public Welfare Emergencies; Notification to Legislature; Legislative Action.

9-2-1014.3. Appropriation for public welfare emergencies; notification to legislature; legislative action.
(a) Beginning July 1, 2021, as of the first day of each fiscal year, there is appropriated ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) from the legislative stabilization reserve account. The appropriation may be allocated by the governor and shall only be expended as authorized by the governor for public welfare emergencies as defined in W.S. 9-2-1002(a)(xxv). The governor's office shall provide the notice required under W.S. 9-2-1005(b)(ii)(A) and (B) for any expenditure under this section in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).
(b) Requests by a state department or agency for the allocation and expenditure of money appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be made by the administrative head of the department or agency in writing to the governor specifying the circumstances which are deemed necessary to require the requested allocation and expenditure by the governor.
(c) Expenditures pursuant to this section shall be through a program with an approved budget, but expenditures shall not be limited to the purposes of a program with an approved budget. No amount allocated to be expended pursuant to this section shall increase the standard budget of any program for a subsequent fiscal biennium.
(d) Expenditures pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the provisions of W.S. 9-2-1014.2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 11 - Public Safety Communications Commission › Section 9-2-1101 - Commission; Created; Definitions.

9-2-1101. Commission; created; definitions.
(a) The public safety communications commission is created.
(b) As used in W.S. 9-2-1101 through 9-2-1104:
(i) "Public safety agency" means any federal, state or political subdivision entity that provides emergency and public safety services, including state agencies employing peace officers enumerated in W.S. 6-1-104(a)(vi)(C) through (F) and approved for participation by the communications commission, fire management services, correctional services, emergency management, emergency and disaster relief services and if desired, county, municipal and federal law enforcement agencies;
(ii) "System" means the wireless communications network providing regional and statewide radio communications capabilities to public safety agencies.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 11 - Public Safety Communications Commission › Section 9-2-1102 - Commission; Composition; Appointment of Members; Removal; Terms; Officers; Vacancies; Meetings.

9-2-1102. Commission; composition; appointment of members; removal; terms; officers; vacancies; meetings.
(a) The commission shall consist of thirteen (13) voting members to be appointed by the governor and who may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. The voting members shall be appointed from each of the following associations and agencies from their membership:
(i) Wyoming police chiefs association;
(ii) Wyoming sheriffs association;
(iii) Division of criminal investigation, office of the attorney general;
(iv) Wyoming game and fish department;
(v) Wyoming department of transportation;
(vi) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 17, 2.
(vii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 17, 2.
(viii) Wyoming fire chiefs' association;
(ix) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 17, 2.
(x) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 17, 2.
(xi) The public at large;
(xii) An ambulance and emergency medical services organization;
(xiii) The Wyoming association of municipalities or another municipal government association;
(xiv) The Wyoming county commissioners association or another county government association;
(xv) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 17, 2.
(xvi) Tribal government or a tribal government association;
(xvii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 17, 2.
(xviii) A member of the Wyoming chapter of the association of public safety communications officials or the national emergency number association;
(xix) The Wyoming office of homeland security.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 121, 2.
(c) The commission shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary. Vacancies in these offices shall be filled by the commission from its membership. The commission shall meet at least once every three (3) months. Appointments by the governor shall be made within thirty (30) days of expiration of membership terms. Nominee lists shall be furnished within ten (10) days upon expiration of any membership term. Each member shall serve a three (3) year term. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired term by the governor.
(d) The person appointed to the commission pursuant to paragraph (a)(v) of this section shall be the chief technology officer of the Wyoming department of transportation or another employee of the Wyoming department of transportation who oversees information technology or telecommunications systems.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1201 - Definitions.

9-2-1201. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Board" means the Wyoming senior services advisory board created by W.S. 9-2-1211;
(ii) "Division on aging" means the division within the Wyoming department of health designated pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1302(a)(iv);
(iii) "Eligible senior center" means an organization that receives funds under the federal administration on aging Title IIIB supportive services program or Title IIIC nutrition program, excluding organizations that only receive Title IIIB supportive services funds used exclusively for transportation. The term "eligible senior center" may include a community facility or statewide service, which is the focal point for providing a broad spectrum of services including health, mental health, social, nutritional, recreational and educational services for senior citizens;
(iv) "Senior citizen" means any person sixty (60) years of age or older;
(v) "This act" means W.S. 9-2-1201 through 9-2-1215.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1204 - Powers and Duties; Rules and Regulations; Addressing Problems of Senior Citizens; Funds and Grant Awards; Development of Senior Citizen Programs; Report to Governor.

9-2-1204. Powers and duties; rules and regulations; addressing problems of senior citizens; funds and grant awards; development of senior citizen programs; report to governor.
(a) The department of health shall:
(i) Adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this act;
(ii) Operate as the clearinghouse for issues concerning senior citizens within the state;
(iii) Identify critical problems facing senior citizens, develop guidelines to contend with these problems and develop a statewide comprehensive plan for addressing the problems of senior citizens;
(iv) Offer to review the services to senior citizens provided by state agencies and assist the agencies in developing senior citizen services;
(v) Contract with any governmental agency, private group or person to provide services for senior citizens;
(vi) Receive and disburse funds authorized by P.L. 89-73, the "Older Americans Act", or funds appropriated by the legislature, or from private gifts or grants;
(vii) Ensure that any grant award and any disbursement of grant funds are contingent upon the demonstrated assurance of the credibility, the capability and the accountability of the grantee or subgrantee agency or organization in accordance with appropriate federal regulations, state law or generally accepted public policy;
(viii) Upon request from a local governmental unit, assist in the planning and development of senior citizen programs by local governments;
(ix) Employ field representatives in senior centers strategically located in the state to provide technical assistance, education and information to the state and its political subdivisions;
(x) Assist in the planning and development of programs to educate the public on the aging process, its consequences and problems;
(xi) Collect and analyze data relating to senior citizen population, programs and needs, resources available to meet these needs and programs, governmental agencies involved in senior citizen programs and other pertinent information;
(xii) Inform the governor, the legislature and the public of the problems and needs of senior citizens;
(xiii) Review applications for funding submitted to the department and, if requested, conduct hearings thereon in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;
(xiv) Operate the state as a single planning and service area under section 305 of the "Older Americans Act", P.L. 89-73, as amended, and establish policies for the administration and implementation of programs under P.L. 89-73;
(xv) Report to the governor as required by W.S. 9-2-1014;
(xvi) Administer the community based in-home services program as provided by W.S. 9-2-1208; and
(xvii) Administer the licensed shelter care program for eligible senior citizens as provided in W.S. 9-2-1209.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1206 - State Advisory Council; Appointment; Composition; Term; Representation; Removal.

9-2-1206. State advisory council; appointment; composition; term; representation; removal.
(a) The department advisory council on aging appointed pursuant to the "Older Americans Act", P.L. 89-73, is established as the state advisory council to a designated division on aging. Each member serving on the council as of April 1, 1991 shall continue to serve until the normal expiration of his term and any member is eligible for reappointment.
(b) The council shall consist of ten (10) members appointed by the director for terms of four (4) years. There shall be one (1) member of the advisory council from each appointment district and one (1) member each representing the pioneer home, the veteran's home and the Wyoming retirement center. All appointments shall be for a four (4) year term. The director may remove any member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(c) The term of any member appointed after July 1, 1981 shall expire on March 1 during the year of regular expiration.
(d) Representation on the council shall be in accordance with the "Older Americans Act", P.L. 89-73.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1207 - State Advisory Council; Officers; Meetings; Quorum; Records; Expenses; Duties.

9-2-1207. State advisory council; officers; meetings; quorum; records; expenses; duties.
(a) The council shall elect each year from its members a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary.
(b) The council shall meet quarterly and at any other time the chairman may direct or upon request of a majority of the council members.
(c) Six (6) members of the council constitute a quorum for the transaction of council business.
(d) Written records shall be kept of all council proceedings.
(e) Council members shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of council duties in the manner and amount provided to state employees.
(f) In addition to any other duties prescribed by law the advisory council on aging shall advise the division on aging on long term care issues including, but not limited to, assisted living, adult day care, boarding homes, home health agencies, hospice care, hospital care, nursing care, personal care and other issues that may face the aging.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1208 - Community Based In-Home Services.

9-2-1208. Community based in-home services.
(a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department of health shall administer a state program to provide community based in-home services for Wyoming senior citizens and disabled adults eighteen (18) years of age and older. Priority shall be given to persons at risk of placement in nursing homes, assisted living or other institutional care settings and the program may serve persons who are not senior citizens if the program's services are needed to avoid institutional placement.
(b) The program authorized by this section may include but is not limited to the following in-home services:
(i) Homemaking services;
(ii) Personal care services;
(iii) Respite care to relieve caregivers;
(iv) Hospice services for individuals who are not able to pay for the care due to lack of income or assets and are not able to qualify for hospice services under the Medicaid program; and
(v) Adult daycare.
(c) The department shall:
(i) Establish a schedule of fees for services provided based upon the client's ability to pay;
(ii) Prescribe conditions of eligibility for services under this section based upon a client evaluation; and
(iii) Promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the program;
(iv) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 57, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1209 - Licensed Shelter Care Program Established; Implementation.

9-2-1209. Licensed shelter care program established; implementation.
(a) The department of health shall administer a licensed shelter care program in accordance with this section. In administering the licensed shelter care program, the department through rule and regulation shall:
(i) Determine eligibility requirements to assist the elderly who do not qualify to receive medicaid but who are unable to afford private nursing home care;
(ii) Select the least expensive nursing home in the area of the elderly person's residence unless a private source other than the elderly person will pay not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the difference between what the elderly person is able to contribute and the cost of the institution of the elderly person's choice;
(iii) Provide that where individuals can qualify for medicaid through trusts or otherwise, they shall do so rather than use this program. The program may be used as a transitional program while the individual is qualifying for medicaid.
(b) When the number of elderly persons applying for licensed shelter care assistance exceeds the funds available for the program, the department of health shall create a waiting list and provide assistance as feasible on a first-come first-served basis.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1210 - Wyoming Senior Services Board Created.

9-2-1210. Wyoming senior services board created.
There is created the Wyoming senior services board. The board shall consult with the division on aging to determine the award of grants under W.S. 9-2-1214.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1211 - Wyoming Senior Services Board; Members; Expenses.

9-2-1211. Wyoming senior services board; members; expenses.
(a) The Wyoming senior services board shall consist of seven (7) voting members and a nonvoting, ex-officio member, as follows:
(i) The administrator of the division on aging within the department of health or his designee shall serve as a nonvoting, ex-officio member;
(ii) One (1) member of the advisory council on aging appointed by the governor;
(iii) Three (3) persons who are senior citizens appointed by the governor;
(iv) Three (3) members at large appointed by the governor.
(b) The terms of members appointed under paragraphs (a)(ii) through (iv) of this section shall be for four (4) years. Of the initial appointees under paragraph (a)(iii) of this section, two (2) members shall be appointed for two (2) years and one (1) member shall be appointed for four (4) years and of the initial appointees under paragraph (a)(iv) of this section, one (1) member shall be appointed for two (2) years and one (1) member shall be appointed for four (4) years. The governor may remove any member appointed under paragraph (a)(ii) through (iv) of this section as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. A vacancy on the board shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. The board shall select one (1) of its voting members to serve as chairman.
(c) The board shall meet not less than two (2) times each year. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties in the manner and amounts provided by law for state employees. Members who are government employees or public officials shall be considered on official business of their agency when performing duties as members of the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1212 - Board; Duties and Responsibilities.

9-2-1212. Board; duties and responsibilities.
(a) The Wyoming senior services board shall:
(i) Review emergency grant proposals;
(ii) Adopt the basic grant amount, grant formula and approve criteria for emergency grant applications through rules and regulations promulgated by the board to meet the following public purposes:
(A) To meet the demands of Wyoming's growing elderly population;
(B) To enhance services to Wyoming's senior citizens;
(C) To strengthen the opportunity for senior citizens to age in the least restrictive environment possible;
(D) To be cost effective in the provision of services to senior citizens;
(E) To promote compliance with federal and state mandates requiring placement of people in the least restrictive environment; and
(F) To supplement and enhance existing programs providing services to senior citizens in the state.
(iii) Review and monitor the expenditure of monies awarded under W.S. 9-2-1214;
(iv) In consultation with the division on aging, promulgate reasonable rules and regulations in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of W.S. 9-2-1210 through 9-2-1215; and
(v) Consider other necessary matters.
(b) In fulfilling its duties under subsection (a) of this section, the board shall:
(i) Consult with the division on aging and the advisory council on aging appointed pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1206, as necessary;
(ii) Consider and may accept federal grants and other contributions, grants, gifts, bequests and donations from any source. Any funds received pursuant to this paragraph are continuously appropriated to the board to be separately accounted for and expended by grants to senior centers for the public purposes specified in paragraph (a)(ii) of this section and need not be expended as part of an authorized basic or emergency grant.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1213 - Division on Aging; Duties.

9-2-1213. Division on aging; duties.
(a) The division on aging shall:
(i) Maintain, manage and be responsible for the distribution of the funds appropriated for distribution under W.S. 9-2-1212 and 9-2-1214;
(ii) Disburse the funds appropriated in accordance with awards made by the board pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1212 and 9-2-1214.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 12 - Senior Citizens › Section 9-2-1214 - Disbursement of Grants.

9-2-1214. Disbursement of grants.
(a) From the funds available for distribution, the division on aging may first retain not more than one percent (1%) to pay allowable expenses of the board. The board may award grants to senior centers throughout the state to support the purposes specified in W.S. 9-2-1212(a)(ii) from remaining funds available for distribution. The division on aging shall disburse grant funds in accordance with awards made by the board under this section.
(b) Notwithstanding W.S. 9-4-207, unobligated or unencumbered funds retained by the division on aging under this section shall not lapse at the end of a fiscal period and shall remain available for distribution as provided in this section. All funds retained pursuant to this subsection shall be accounted for separately. These funds shall not be required to be distributed pursuant to any grant formula adopted pursuant to this article but shall be available for emergency grants or may be distributed according to a grant formula as determined by the board.
(c) The board, in consultation with the division on aging, shall by rule and regulation establish a formula for distribution of funds remaining available for distribution under this section as follows:
(i) Each eligible senior center in the state shall receive the same basic grant of up to thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) annually from the funds available for distribution;
(ii) Of the amounts remaining after the basic grants are awarded, the board shall annually award ninety-five percent (95%) for grants to eligible senior centers based on the formula developed by the board in consultation with the division on aging. Funds remaining after the award of grants under this paragraph shall be used for emergency grants based upon rules adopted by the board, in consultation with the division on aging. Rules for emergency grants shall provide procedures and criteria for application for and award of emergency grants. Emergency grants shall be paid only if the center has no other available source of funds for the emergency. No emergency grant shall exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for any single occurrence.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 13 - Long Term Care Ombudsman › Section 9-2-1302 - Definitions.

9-2-1302. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 221, 3.
(ii) "Department" means the department of health;
(iii) "Director" means the director of the department;
(iv) "Division" means a division or section on aging as designated by the director;
(v) "Long term care service" means any service, provided by an assisted living facility, adult day care facility, boarding home, home health agency, hospice, hospital swing bed, nursing care facility, personal care agency or other type of service subject to regulation, certification or licensure by the department, but not including habilitative care;
(vi) "Older Americans Act" means the federal Older Americans Act, as amended;
(vii) "Resident" means any adult who is receiving a long term care service.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 13 - Long Term Care Ombudsman › Section 9-2-1303 - Office Created.

9-2-1303. Office created.
There presently exists, pursuant to the Older Americans Act, the office of long term care ombudsman. The office is under the supervision of the department through its director or as otherwise directed by the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 13 - Long Term Care Ombudsman › Section 9-2-1304 - Responsibilities.

9-2-1304. Responsibilities.
(a) The responsibilities of the ombudsman shall be to:
(i) Investigate, advocate and mediate on behalf of adults applying for or receiving long term care services, to resolve complaints concerning actions or inactions that may adversely affect resident health, safety, welfare or rights and that do not involve determination of compliance for maintaining a license or certification;
(ii) Provide information to public agencies about the problems of residents receiving long term care services;
(iii) Carry out other activities consistent with the purpose of this act which the department determines appropriate; and
(iv) Monitor the development and implementation of federal, state and local laws, regulations and policies with respect to long term care services in Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 13 - Long Term Care Ombudsman › Section 9-2-1305 - Investigations.

9-2-1305. Investigations.
(a) The ombudsman shall conduct an appropriate inquiry into all complaints pursuant to this act. The ombudsman shall notify any provider of a long term care service affected by the inquiry.
(b) In conducting an inquiry, the ombudsman shall engage in appropriate actions including:
(i) Making inquiries of affected parties or those with the knowledge of matters necessary to establish, deny or resolve the complaint;
(ii) Entering, at any reasonable time, the facility of a provider of any long term care service subject to regulation, certification or licensure by the department;
(iii) Presenting proper identification to any long term care service provider, if requested.
(c) Any inquiry that requires the inspection or obtaining of medical records or other resident records which are pertinent to the inquiry shall comply with all established privacy notification requirements.
(d) The resident, or resident's guardian, may participate in planning any course of action to be taken on his behalf by the ombudsman.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 13 - Long Term Care Ombudsman › Section 9-2-1306 - Resolution of Complaints.

9-2-1306. Resolution of complaints.
(a) The ombudsman shall attempt to resolve the complaint using mediation and negotiation whenever possible.
(b) Following an investigation, the ombudsman shall report his findings and recommendations to the resident or resident's guardian and may report the findings to any other entity deemed appropriate.
(c) The provider of long term care service complained against shall have a reasonable opportunity to respond to the complaint. If the problem seriously threatens the safety or well-being of a resident, the ombudsman shall refer the complaint to an appropriate agency.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 13 - Long Term Care Ombudsman › Section 9-2-1307 - Confidentiality.

9-2-1307. Confidentiality.
The identity of any resident on whose behalf a complaint is made, or any person providing information to an investigation shall be confidential. The identity of any person shall be disclosed only with the written permission of the individual. If the complaint becomes the subject of a judicial proceeding, the investigative information may be disclosed as required by the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 13 - Long Term Care Ombudsman › Section 9-2-1308 - Retaliation.

9-2-1308. Retaliation.
No person shall discriminate against any resident, relative or guardian of a resident, employee of a long term care service provider or any other person because of the making of a complaint or providing of information, in good faith, to the ombudsman.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 17 - Reorganization of Government › Section 9-2-1702 - Purpose.

9-2-1702. Purpose.
The purpose of this act is to establish a framework whereby the executive branch of state government can be reorganized into a limited number of departments to ensure state resources are effectively and efficiently applied to implement programs and policy established in accordance with law thereby better serving the citizens of Wyoming. This act serves as the basic reorganization act, but each new department of state government as reorganized shall be created by a separate act. These separate acts creating a department establish a procedure under which detailed plans for organization of the department can be developed and submitted for review by the public and final approval by the legislature.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 17 - Reorganization of Government › Section 9-2-1703 - Definitions.

9-2-1703. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Administrator" means the administrative head of a division within a department;
(ii) "Agency" means any board, commission, council, committee or office in the executive branch of state government except the offices listed in W.S. 9-2-1704(a) and the University of Wyoming;
(iii) "Department" means one (1) of not more than fourteen (14) principal administrative operating units of state government as created by separate legislation establishing a department and in accordance with this act;
(iv) "Department reorganization act" means an act of the legislature to create one (1) or more departments for the purpose of reorganization;
(v) "Department reorganization plan" means the plan for final reorganization of a department developed by a director during the transition period as required by a department reorganization act;
(vi) "Director" means the administrative head of a department;
(vii) "Division" means one (1) of the principal operating units of a department the administrator of which is directly subordinate to the director;
(viii) "Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3 transfers" means as defined in W.S. 9-2-1707(b);
(ix) "Transition period" means the period between the creation of the department under a department reorganization act and the date of implementation of a department reorganization plan as specified by law;
(x) "This act" means W.S. 9-2-1701 through 9-2-1707.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 17 - Reorganization of Government › Section 9-2-1704 - Reorganization Plan; Structure; Time Frame.

9-2-1704. Reorganization plan; structure; time frame.
(a) Pursuant to this act and other laws establishing individual departments, the entire executive branch of state government shall be organized into not more than sixteen (16) principal departments except for the offices of the following officials and except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section:
(i) Governor;
(ii) Secretary of state;
(iii) State treasurer;
(iv) State auditor;
(v) Attorney general;
(vi) Superintendent of public instruction.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 187, 3.
(c) The legislature may establish temporary agencies for periods not exceeding four (4) years which are not within a department or the office of an official specified in subsection (a) of this section. At the expiration of four (4) years, the agency and all its programs and functions shall either terminate or be assigned within an established department.
(d) The entities of state government specified in this subsection are designated as separate operating agencies, which are separate and distinct from the departments and offices specified in subsection (a) of this section because of their quasi-judicial responsibility or because of their unique, specialized function which precludes their inclusion in another department. This act does not otherwise apply to separate operating agencies. Separate operating agencies are as follows:
(i) Adjutant general's department;
(ii) State public defender's office;
(iii) State building commission;
(iv) Public service commission;
(v) State board of equalization;
(vi) University of Wyoming;
(vii) Community college commission;
(viii) Oil and gas conservation commission;
(ix) State geological survey;
(x) State board of parole;
(xi) Office of administrative hearings created by W.S. 9-2-2201;
(xii) Wyoming water development office;
(xiii) Office of state lands and investments;
(xiv) Environmental quality council;
(xv) School facilities commission established under W.S. 21-15-113;
(xvi) Wyoming enhanced and improved oil recovery commission;
(xvii) Office of guardian ad litem.
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor and the state superintendent of public instruction shall be subject to W.S. 9-2-1706(c) and (d) with respect to deputies and administrators employed within that office. For purposes of this subsection, the definitions in W.S. 9-2-1703 shall apply to the offices of the specified elected officials. This subsection shall only affect positions filled subsequently to its enactment and shall not be deemed to affect the property interests of current permanent employees within the offices addressed in this subsection.
(f) Repealed By Laws 1996, ch. 74, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 17 - Reorganization of Government › Section 9-2-1705 - Authority of Governor in Reorganization.

9-2-1705. Authority of governor in reorganization.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the department reorganization act, with respect to any department created under a department reorganization act, the governor:
(i) Shall appoint the director of the department, with the advice and consent of the senate, and may remove the director as provided in W.S. 9-1-202;
(ii) Shall appoint all members of advisory councils associated with the department as specified by law;
(iii) May approve transfers of positions, persons, property and funds appropriated for such positions, persons or property, among divisions within a department created under a reorganization act. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes funds to be expended for any purpose other than that for which the funds were appropriated, except as otherwise specifically provided by law;
(iv) Shall annually report to the joint appropriations interim committee, not later than the first business day of each general or budget session, all transfers approved under paragraph (iii) of this subsection since the adjournment of the general or budget session during the previous year, including a summary of all positions, personnel, property and appropriated funds transferred. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes funds to be expended for any purpose other than that for which the funds were appropriated, except as otherwise specifically provided by law;
(v) Notwithstanding any provision of law, may take any action necessary to prevent the loss of federal funds due solely to the effect of government reorganization.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 17 - Reorganization of Government › Section 9-2-1706 - Department Directors; Term; Authority; Division Heads.

9-2-1706. Department directors; term; authority; division heads.
(a) A department director shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. His term of appointment expires at the end of the term of office of the governor during which he was appointed, unless sooner removed.
(b) A department director serves at the pleasure of the governor and may be removed by him as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. Department directors are not subject to the state compensation or personnel system as conditions of their own employment but are otherwise state employees.
(c) Department directors:
(i) Shall:
(A) Serve as administrative head of the department for which appointed;
(B) Appoint administrators of divisions within the department;
(C) Take the final agency action with respect to all matters, except as otherwise specifically provided by law;
(D) Upon initial appointment prepare a department reorganization plan for submission to the legislature at the budget or general session occurring in the calendar year following the creation of the department. The director shall hold public hearings to receive information to assist in developing the plan.
(ii) May, after implementation of the department's reorganization plan:
(A) Remove administrators at will;
(B) With the approval of the governor, transfer functions or programs within the department, or reorganize the department within the limitations established in the budget and the department reorganization act.
(d) Administrators shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the department director and may be removed by him at any time without cause.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 18 - Professional Review Panel › Section 9-2-1802 - Purpose.

9-2-1802. Purpose.
(a) The purpose of this act is to:
(i) Reduce the costs of professional malpractice claims to both plaintiffs and defendants by a less formal professional review of claims before litigation is pursued in the courts; and
(ii) Improve the ability of the state to regulate professions and ensure professional competence.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 18 - Professional Review Panel › Section 9-2-1803 - Definitions.

9-2-1803. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Malpractice claim" means any claim against a professional for alleged departure from accepted professional standards which results in damage to the claimant;
(ii) "Panel" means the Wyoming professional review panel provided for under this act;
(iii) "Professional" means a person licensed under title 33 for whom the normal qualifications for licensure include at least a year of specialized post secondary education, or a hospital or nursing care facility;
(iv) "This act" means W.S. 9-2-1801 through 9-2-1812.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 18 - Professional Review Panel › Section 9-2-1804 - Service of Pleadings; Computation of Time.

9-2-1804. Service of pleadings; computation of time.
(a) The claim, answer, decision and all other pleadings required to be served under this act shall be served in accordance with the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b) Computation of time periods prescribed or allowed under this act shall be in accordance with rule 6 of the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 18 - Professional Review Panel › Section 9-2-1805 - Panel Created; Compensation; Director of Panel; Appointment and Duties; Rulemaking.

9-2-1805. Panel created; compensation; director of panel; appointment and duties; rulemaking.
(a) There is created the Wyoming professional review panel.
(b) The panel shall have a director who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall conduct the administrative business of the panel and otherwise implement this act. The director may employ personnel necessary to implement this act. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act to implement this act.
(c) Members of the panel shall receive compensation while engaged in the business of the board of forty dollars ($40.00) per hour for any hour during which a hearing or part of a hearing is held. Compensation for travel and other services shall be as provided by rules and regulations promulgated by the director. Compensation to any panel member under this subsection shall not exceed three hundred twenty dollars ($320.00) per day.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally › Article 18 - Professional Review Panel › Section 9-2-1806 - Claims to Be Reviewed by Panel; Prohibition on Filing Claims in Court; Tolling of Statute of Limitation; Immunity of Panel and Witnesses; Administration.

9-2-1806. Claims to be reviewed by panel; prohibition on filing claims in court; tolling of statute of limitation; immunity of panel and witnesses; administration.
(a) The panel shall review all professional malpractice claims against professionals filed with the panel except those claims subject to a valid arbitration or mediation agreement allowed by law or upon which suit has been filed prior to July 1, 1989. No complaint alleging malpractice shall be filed in any court against a professional before a claim is made to the panel and its decision is rendered. The running of the applicable limitation period in a malpractice action is tolled upon receipt by the director of the application for review and does not begin again until thirty (30) days after the panel's final decision is served upon the claimant.
(b) Panel members and witnesses are absolutely immune from civil liability for all acts in the course and scope of the duties under this act, including but not limited to communications, findings, opinions and conclusions.
(c) The panel may provide for the administration of oaths, the receipt of claims filed, the promulgation of forms required under this act, the issuance of subpoenas in connection with the administration of this act, and the performance of all other acts required to fairly and effectively administer this act. A party requesting a subpoena shall bear all costs of mileage and witness fees.