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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 10 - Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Persons › Article 3 - Interstate Compact on Mental Health › Section 25-10-303 - Supplementary Agreements; Approval Required for Full Force and Effect.

25-10-303. Supplementary agreements; approval required for full force and effect.
The compact administrator is authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that the supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state or require or contemplate the provision of any service by this state, no agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction the institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of the service.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 10 - Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Persons › Article 3 - Interstate Compact on Mental Health › Section 25-10-304 - Discharge of Financial Obligations With Director's Approval.

25-10-304. Discharge of financial obligations with director's approval.
The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the director, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 10 - Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Persons › Article 3 - Interstate Compact on Mental Health › Section 25-10-305 - Consultation With Family of Proposed Transferee; Court Approval of Final Action.

25-10-305. Consultation with family of proposed transferee; court approval of final action.
The compact administrator is directed to consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from an institution in this state to an institution in another party state, to take no final action without approval of an appropriate state district court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 11 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 25-11-101 - Definitions.

25-11-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Actual cost" means the cost of providing treatment or services for a resident in a state institution including minimum costs, as set by the department having the direct authority and control of the institution, of maintaining the resident;
(ii) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 221, 3.
(iii) "Established charge" means that part of the actual cost for which the resident, the resident's estate and legally responsible persons are liable. The established charge may equal but not exceed the actual cost;
(iv) "Legally responsible person" means the resident, a responsible relative or the conservator of the resident's property as defined by W.S. 3-1-101(a)(iii);
(v) "Resident" means a patient or resident voluntarily admitted or involuntarily committed to a state institution;
(vi) "Responsible relative" means a resident's spouse or a resident's parents if the resident is an unemancipated minor;
(vii) "State institution" means any institution in title 25 under the direct authority and control of the department of health.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 11 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 25-11-102 - Department to Adopt Schedule of Costs for Services and Treatments; Residents' Accounts.

25-11-102. Department to adopt schedule of costs for services and treatments; residents' accounts.
(a) The department of health shall promulgate on or before October 1 of each year a schedule of actual costs for services and treatment rendered residents at each state institution under the direct authority and control of the department.
(b) In determining actual costs the department may subtract from operation costs capital outlay and real property repair and maintenance to determine the immediate benefit to the resident.
(c) An account for each resident shall record the actual costs and established charge for each month or fraction thereof. The established charge shall be paid in the manner provided in this article and credited to the account of the resident.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 11 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 25-11-103 - Determining Financial Ability and Established Charges; Special Funds Considered as Part of Resident's Assets.

25-11-103. Determining financial ability and established charges; special funds considered as part of resident's assets.
(a) Established charges shall be determined using a sliding scale promulgated by the department of health or the department of family services for each state institution under its direct authority and control. The sliding scale shall be based upon the ability of the resident or other legally responsible person to pay and shall be designed to provide that the resident or legally responsible person shall not be deprived of income necessary to maintain a reasonable standard of living for that person and his dependents.
(b) Upon completion of a resident questionnaire form provided by the department, the director of the department shall determine the established charge to be assessed in each case using the sliding scale promulgated by the department. Any payor may protest his established charge through the head of the institution to the department exercising direct authority and control over the institution if still dissatisfied. The department may affirm the established charge or set a different established charge. The decision of the department may be appealed pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(c) Any available income and special funds, including but not limited to hospitalization insurance, social security benefits, disability compensation, pensions, retirement benefits and veterans' benefits shall be considered part of the total assets of a resident in determining an established charge.
(d) Nothing in this chapter limits any obligation created by law or contract for third parties to pay for services provided to a resident admitted to a state institution.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 11 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 25-11-104 - Reimbursement of General Fund for Payments.

25-11-104. Reimbursement of general fund for payments.
Payments for services provided to a resident admitted to a state institution either voluntarily or involuntarily shall be reimbursed to the state general fund.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 11 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 25-11-105 - Limitation on Liability of Responsible Relatives; Liability of Relatives, Patient and Estate After Release or Death; Exception.

25-11-105. Limitation on liability of responsible relatives; liability of relatives, patient and estate after release or death; exception.
(a) The liability of a parent or spouse of a resident for payment of established charges shall not exceed two (2) years of cumulative care at the state institution. Voluntary payments for care in excess of the two (2) year limitation may be accepted. This section does not limit the obligation, created by contract or law, of third party payments for resident or temporary services.
(b) Subject to the limitation in subsection (a) of this section, the resident, his estate and other legally responsible persons are liable after release of the resident for the payment of any unpaid established charge. If a resident or a released resident dies, his estate is liable for all unpaid established charges unless the department exercising direct authority and control over the institution determines that no claim or a lesser claim should be filed against the estate due to the need for support from the proceeds of the estate of the legal dependents of the resident who are the beneficiaries of his estate.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 11 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 25-11-106 - Billings; Assignment of Insurance; Collection or Waiver of Arrearages.

25-11-106. Billings; assignment of insurance; collection or waiver of arrearages.
(a) The department of health shall establish procedures requiring state institutions under its direct authority and control to provide monthly billings to each resident of the state institution and to each legally responsible person. Billings under this subsection for the state hospital shall provide for an itemization, including at a minimum, the daily established charge.
(b) The department shall obtain an assignment of benefits from any resident under its care and supervision who has insurance that may cover services provided.
(c) An account for established charges which is not paid within ninety (90) days after the end of the month in which the charges accrue is in arrears and shall be referred to the respective department for collection. The department may contract with a private person or agency for collection of accounts under this subsection.
(d) The department may adjust, compromise or waive collection of charges from the legally responsible person if the department determines that the person is without financial means or that collection would constitute a hardship. If the department decides to waive collection of charges, no future billing will be sent to a resident or legally responsible person.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 11 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 25-11-107 - State to Bear Costs of Those Unable to Pay.

25-11-107. State to bear costs of those unable to pay.
If a resident or legally responsible person has no available assets at the time of or during the resident's stay at a state institution to pay an established charge, all costs of treatment and transportation shall be borne by the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 12 - Wyoming School for the Deaf › Section 25-12-101 - Wyoming School for the Deaf; Establishment; Purpose; Supervision.

25-12-101. Wyoming school for the deaf; establishment; purpose; supervision.
(a) The Wyoming school for the deaf is established at Casper, Wyoming, to provide to every child of school age in the state of Wyoming who is hearing impaired and for whom no lesser restrictive placement can be provided by the local school district a free and appropriate education in accordance with the child's capabilities.
(b) The Wyoming school for the deaf shall be operated and maintained under the general supervision of the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to W.S. 21-2-202. The superintendent shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of the program and shall facilitate continued cooperation with Natrona county school district number 1. The school shall be staffed as follows:
(i) Except for substitute teachers who shall hold a substitute teaching permit, teachers at the school shall hold a Wyoming standard teaching certificate, including an endorsement for deaf education;
(ii) The administrator at the school shall hold a Wyoming standard teaching certificate, including endorsements for deaf education and school principal;
(iii) Interpreters at the school shall be qualified under rules promulgated by the department of education;
(iv) Ancillary staff shall be qualified for the positions they hold.
(c) The program may serve as a repository for equipment and materials to assist local agencies serving individuals with hearing impairments.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 13 - Correctional Industries Program › Section 25-13-101 - Definitions.

25-13-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Advisory board" or "board" means the correctional industries advisory board created by W.S. 25-13-102;
(ii) "Department" means the department of corrections;
(iii) "Inmate" means a person serving a felony sentence in a state correctional facility;
(iv) "State correctional facility" means the Wyoming state penitentiary, the Wyoming women's center or any penitentiary honor farm or camp;
(v) "This act" means W.S. 25-13-101 through 25-13-107.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 13 - Correctional Industries Program › Section 25-13-102 - Correctional Industries Advisory Board.

25-13-102. Correctional industries advisory board.
(a) There is created the correctional industries advisory board. The board shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the governor. Members shall serve a three (3) year term provided that of the initial board, two (2) members shall be appointed for a one (1) year term, two (2) members for two (2) year terms and three (3) members for three (3) year terms. Membership on the board shall include representatives of organized labor, business, the criminal justice system and the educational community. The director of the department of corrections and the director of the department of workforce services, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the board.
(b) The governor may remove any member of the board as provided by W.S. 9-1-202.
(c) Vacancies on the advisory board shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.
(d) Members of the advisory board shall not receive compensation for their services, but when actually engaged in the performance of their duties shall receive travel expenses, per diem and mileage expenses in the same manner and amount as employees of the state.
(e) The department shall provide staff services as the advisory board requires to carry out its duties.
(f) The advisory board shall recommend to the governor and to the department policies for correctional industries programs designed to:
(i) Offer inmates meaningful employment, work experience and training in vocations that are specifically designed to reduce recidivism and thereby enhance public safety by providing opportunities for legitimate means of livelihood upon the inmate's release from custody;
(ii) Provide industries which will reduce the tax burden of corrections and save taxpayers money through production of goods and services for sale and use;
(iii) Provide for the effective and efficient operation of correctional work programs which are as similar as possible to those provided by the private sector;
(iv) Encourage the development of and provide for the selection of, contracting for, and supervision of work programs with participating private enterprise firms; and
(v) Provide advice regarding the use of available funds in correctional industries enterprises and meaningful work programs that will not result in the displacement of employed workers, be applied in skills, crafts or trades in which there is adequate gainful labor in the locality or impair existing contracts for services.
(g) The advisory board shall annually review and report to the governor and joint judiciary interim committee the performance of the correctional industries program within the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 13 - Correctional Industries Program › Section 25-13-103 - Correctional Industries Account.

25-13-103. Correctional industries account.
(a) There is created the correctional industries account. The department shall deposit in the account all monies collected under W.S. 25-13-107(b)(iii) and all other revenues or profits that accrue from the operation of the correctional industries program created by this act until the account balance reaches five million dollars ($5,000,000.00). Annually, on July 1, monies within the account in excess of five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) shall be credited to the general fund as reimbursement to the state for costs of incarceration. Interest on funds in the account shall remain in the account.
(b) Monies in the account shall be appropriated only for expenses related to the establishment, operation and enhancement of the correctional industries program and vocational programs at state correctional facilities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 13 - Correctional Industries Program › Section 25-13-104 - Agreements With Private Employers; Leases.

25-13-104. Agreements with private employers; leases.
(a) The department, in consultation with the correctional industries advisory board, may establish programs for the employment of inmates by private employers and enter into agreements with private employers under which the employer owns, constructs, leases to or from the department or otherwise establishes facilities to manufacture or process goods, provide services or conduct any other business, commercial or agricultural enterprise and employ inmates from a correctional facility. Facilities established under this section may be located within or outside the exterior boundaries of a state correctional facility property. Construction of facilities by private employers under this section shall not be subject to competitive bid requirements applicable to construction by the state. Inmate labor may be used pursuant to W.S. 7-16-202 for construction of facilities that occurs within the exterior boundaries of a state correctional facility property under this section.
(b) If any state correctional facility operates a program involving the use, purchase, training or sale of wild horses, the program shall not use any wild horse which was not initially captured or found within the boundaries of the state or within the boundaries of a bureau of land management herd management area contiguous to the state. There shall be a brand and ownership inspection under W.S. 11-20-203 at the time of transfer of a wild horse to or from any state correctional facility. Not later than November 1 of each year, the department shall report to the joint agriculture, state and public lands and water resources interim committee on any use of or other transactions involving wild horses at correctional facilities in this state. As used in this section, "wild horse" means as defined in W.S. 11-30-115(a).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 13 - Correctional Industries Program › Section 25-13-106 - Application of Other Laws.

25-13-106. Application of other laws.
(a) The employer shall contribute to the state worker's compensation fund at the appropriate rate calculated by the worker's compensation division for the work being performed.
(b) A nongovernmental enterprise operating on any correctional facility premises under this act is subject to all laws and rules otherwise governing the operation of similar private enterprises in this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Veterans' Skilled Nursing Facility › Section 25-14-101 - Purpose; Admission of Veterans and Veterans' Spouses; Admission of "Gold Star" Nonveterans; Preference to Veterans and Veterans' Spouses; Capacity.

25-14-101. Purpose; admission of veterans and veterans' spouses; admission of "gold star" nonveterans; preference to veterans and veterans' spouses; capacity.
(a) The Wyoming veterans' skilled nursing facility is created to provide veterans with skilled nursing benefits across multiple levels of need. The skilled nursing facility shall provide community living, care and treatment for individuals who, due to wounds, disease, old age or other infirmities as determined by department of health rules, need safety net care because they cannot be served in private facilities, skilled nursing care or subsidized long-term care benefits and who are:
(i) Honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of the United States; or
(ii) Members of the state national guard disabled while on duty.
(b) The department of health may admit to the Wyoming veterans' skilled nursing facility a spouse of a person who qualifies under subsection (a) of this section, pursuant to rules or orders the department promulgates in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d) or 25-14-105.
(c) The department of health may admit persons to the Wyoming veterans' skilled nursing facility for care and treatment who are not qualifying veterans or spouses of veterans under subsection (a) or (b) of this section if:
(i) The persons are qualifying dependents or the parents of United States military personnel who died while in service or who died as a result of their service as provided by statute, rule or regulation of the United States department of veterans affairs; and
(ii) The persons are admitted pursuant to rules or orders promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d) or 25-14-105.
(d) Veterans and spouses of veterans who qualify for admission under subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be given preference of admission in all circumstances.
(e) In addition to subsections (a) through (d) of this section, the veterans' skilled nursing facility shall comply with United States department of veterans affairs rules regarding capacity guidelines, number of beds and populations served.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Veterans' Skilled Nursing Facility › Section 25-14-102 - Veterans' Skilled Nursing Facility Account; Disposition, Receipt and Expenditure of Monies Received; Acceptance of Funding and Donations.

25-14-102. Veterans' skilled nursing facility account; disposition, receipt and expenditure of monies received; acceptance of funding and donations.
(a) There is created the veterans' skilled nursing facility special revenue account. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-4-303(a), the department of health, veterans' commission and state construction department shall deposit all monies and income received and collected by or for the Wyoming veterans' skilled nursing facility into the account. Monies in this account are continuously appropriated to pay the costs of design and planning, construction, operation, loan repayment and maintenance of the veterans' skilled nursing facility.
(b) The department of health on behalf of the state may accept:
(i) State, federal, local and nongovernmental funds for the purposes of this chapter provided that any condition on receipt of the funds is not inconsistent with this chapter;
(ii) Donations of land, money or other property for the construction, maintenance or other benefit of the veterans' skilled nursing facility.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Veterans' Skilled Nursing Facility › Section 25-14-103 - Services for Residents; Administration; Facility Operation.

25-14-103. Services for residents; administration; facility operation.
(a) The department of health shall, by contract or otherwise:
(i) Provide skilled nursing care in the veterans' skilled nursing facility in accordance with the federal Social Security Act and the federal Medicare and Medicaid regulations and United States department of veterans affairs requirements;
(ii) Appoint one (1) department of health employee to oversee federal and state requirements applicable to the veterans' skilled nursing facility;
(iii) Provide other care as required under authority of the director of the department of health pursuant to W.S. 9-2-106(d).
(b) The department of health may contract with an organization to provide day-to-day operation and administrative management of the veterans' skilled nursing facility. The contract may provide for a monthly management fee as the department of health determines. The contract for operations and administrative management shall be in accordance with the best practices of a "green house" model community living concept and shall comply with state and federal law and regulations.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Veterans' Skilled Nursing Facility › Section 25-14-104 - Payments for Care.

25-14-104. Payments for care.
Residents shall pay for services provided under this chapter according to department of health rules. Payments shall be set at amounts to ensure that appropriate services are provided at the veterans' skilled nursing facility, as required by this chapter, and shall be consistent with requirements for grant in aid payments from the United States department of veterans affairs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Veterans' Skilled Nursing Facility › Section 25-14-105 - Promulgation of Rules.

25-14-105. Promulgation of rules.
The department of health shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out this chapter. The rules shall provide admission requirements that do not jeopardize the veterans' skilled nursing facility's, or any veteran's, qualifications to receive federal financial aid during admission to the veterans' skilled nursing facility.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 1 - Scope of Code › Section 26-1-105 - Provisions Relating to Particular Insurance to Prevail Over General Provisions.

26-1-105. Provisions relating to particular insurance to prevail over general provisions.
Provisions of this code relative to a particular kind of insurance or type of insurer or particular matter prevail over provisions relating to insurance in general or insurers in general or to the particular matter in general.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 1 - Scope of Code › Section 26-1-107 - General Criminal and Civil Penalties.

26-1-107. General criminal and civil penalties.
(a) Each violation of this code for which a greater penalty is not provided by another provision of this code or by other applicable laws of this state, in addition to any applicable prescribed denial, suspension or revocation of certificate of authority or license, is a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both. Each violation is a separate offense.
(b) Any person who violates, or who instructs his agent or adjuster to violate, any provision of this code, any lawful rule or final order of the commissioner or any final judgment or decree made by any court, upon the commissioner's application, shall pay a civil penalty in an amount the commissioner determines of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each offense, or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) in the aggregate for all offenses within any one (1) year period. In the case of individual agents or adjusters, the civil penalty shall be not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense or ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) in the aggregate for all offenses within any one (1) year period. The penalty shall be collected from the violator and paid by the commissioner, or the appropriate court, to the state treasurer and credited as provided in W.S. 8-1-109.
(c) Before the commissioner imposes a civil penalty, he shall notify the person, agent or adjuster accused of a violation, in writing, stating specifically the nature of the alleged violation and fixing a time and place, at least ten (10) days from the date of the notice, when a hearing of the matter shall be held. After hearing or upon failure of the accused to appear at the hearing, the commissioner shall determine the amount of the civil penalty to be imposed in accordance with the limitations expressed in subsection (b) of this section. Each violation is a separate offense.
(d) A civil penalty may be recovered in an action brought thereon in the name of the state of Wyoming in any court of appropriate jurisdiction, and the court may review the penalty as to both liability and reasonableness of amount.
(e) The provisions of this section are in addition to and not instead of any other enforcement provisions contained in this code.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 1 - Scope of Code › Section 26-1-108 - Jurisdiction of Insurance Department.

26-1-108. Jurisdiction of insurance department.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided in this section, any person or other entity which provides insurance coverage in this state for medical, surgical, chiropractic, physical therapy, speech pathology, audiology, professional mental health, dental, hospital or optometric expenses, whether the coverage is by direct payment, reimbursement, or otherwise, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the state insurance department, unless the person or other entity shows that while providing the services it is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another agency of this state or the federal government.
(b) A person or entity may show that it is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another agency of this state or the federal government, by providing to the insurance commissioner the appropriate certificate, license or other document issued by the other governmental agency which permits or qualifies it to provide those services.
(c) Any person or entity which is unable to show under subsection (b) of this section that it is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another agency of this state or the federal government, shall submit to an examination by the insurance commissioner to determine the organization and solvency of the person or the entity, and to determine whether or not the person or entity complies with the applicable provisions of this code.
(d) Any person or entity unable to show that it is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another agency of this state or the federal government, shall be subject to all appropriate provisions of this code regarding the conduct of its business. If a person or entity is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another agency of this state or the federal government, this fact shall be disclosed on all policy forms.
(e) Any production agency or administrator which advertises, sells, transacts or administers the coverage in this state described in subsection (a) of this section and which is required to submit to an examination by the insurance commissioner under subsection (c) of this section, shall, if the coverage is not fully insured or otherwise fully covered by an admitted life or disability insurer, nonprofit hospital service plan, or nonprofit health care plan, advise every purchaser, prospective purchaser and covered person of such lack of insurance or other coverage. Any administrator which advertises or administers the coverage in this state described in subsection (a) of this section and which is required to submit to an examination by the insurance commissioner under subsection (c) of this section, shall advise any production agency of the elements of the coverage, including the amount of "stop-loss" insurance in effect.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-102 - Insurance Commissioner; Appointment; Vacancy; Removal From Office; Other Requirements.

26-2-102. Insurance commissioner; appointment; vacancy; removal from office; other requirements.
(a) The chief officer of the department is the "insurance commissioner".
(b) The commissioner shall be appointed by the governor.
(c) If for any cause a vacancy occurs in the office of commissioner, the governor shall fill the vacancy in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101.
(d) The governor may remove a commissioner as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(e) Effective July 1, 1979, appointments and terms shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-103 - Insurance Commissioner; Eligibility for Appointment.

26-2-103. Insurance commissioner; eligibility for appointment.
No individual is eligible for appointment to or shall hold the office of commissioner unless he is a qualified elector of this state and free of conflicting interests as specified in W.S. 26-2-107.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-104 - Insurance Commissioner; Official Seal.

26-2-104. Insurance commissioner; official seal.
(a) The commissioner shall have an official seal in the form and design in use and on file in the office of secretary of state.
(b) The commissioner shall issue under his official seal all his certificates, other than licenses of agents, brokers, adjusters and other insurance representatives.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-106 - Deputy Commissioner, Examiners, Clerks, Assistants and Consultants.

26-2-106. Deputy commissioner, examiners, clerks, assistants and consultants.
(a) The commissioner, with the governor's approval, may appoint a deputy commissioner and may revoke the appointment at his pleasure.
(b) The commissioner may appoint examiners, clerks and other necessary assistants as the proper conduct of his office requires, and may revoke the appointments at his pleasure. In the appointment of examiners the commissioner shall consider standards of qualification the National Association of Insurance Commissioners recommends.
(c) Salary for personnel in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be as provided under W.S. 9-2-3207.
(d) The commissioner may contract for independent or consulting actuarial, rating or other technical services, on a fee basis, without giving the individual status as a state employee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-107 - Conflict of Interest Prohibited; Additional Compensation Prohibited.

26-2-107. Conflict of interest prohibited; additional compensation prohibited.
(a) The commissioner or his deputy, or any examiner, assistant or employee of the department shall not:
(i) Be connected with the management of or be financially interested in any insurer, insurance agency or insurance transaction except as a policyholder or claimant under a policy;
(ii) Engage in any other business or occupation interfering or inconsistent with department duties, except that as to those matters in which a conflict of interest does not exist on the part of any individual, the commissioner may employ or retain insurance actuaries, accountants or other technicians who are independently practicing their professions even though similarly employed or retained by insurers or others; or
(iii) Be given or receive any fee, compensation, loan, gift or other thing of value in addition to the compensation and expense allowance provided by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-108 - Commissioner; Delegation of Authority.

26-2-108. Commissioner; delegation of authority.
(a) The commissioner may delegate to his deputy or any department employee the exercise or discharge in the commissioner's name of any power, duty, or function vested in or imposed upon the commissioner under this code, other than the supervision of department operations.
(b) The official act of any individual acting in the commissioner's name and by his authority is an official act of the commissioner. The commissioner is responsible for all such acts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-109 - Commissioner; Powers and Duties Generally.

26-2-109. Commissioner; powers and duties generally.
(a) The commissioner shall:
(i) Personally supervise the department operations;
(ii) Examine and inquire into violations of this code;
(iii) Enforce this code with impartiality;
(iv) Execute the duties imposed upon him by this code;
(v) Have the powers and authority expressly conferred upon him by or reasonably implied from this code;
(vi) Immediately pay to the state treasurer for deposit in the general fund, unless otherwise specifically provided, any monies paid to him under this code;
(vii) Have any additional powers and duties as may be provided by other laws of this state.
(b) The commissioner may conduct examinations and investigations of insurance matters, in addition to examinations and investigations expressly authorized, as he deems proper, upon reasonable and probable cause, to determine whether any person has violated any provisions of this code or to secure information useful in the lawful administration of any provision of this code. The cost of any additional examinations and investigations shall be borne by the state.
(c) The commissioner, with the governor's approval, may enter into interstate compacts with other states in the region to provide for a uniform climate for insurance coverage in the compacting states. The compacts may include:
(i) Interstate compacts to negotiate uniform rating structures in the compacting states;
(ii) Interstate compacts to negotiate the use of regional ratings or trendings rather than national ratings or trendings; or
(iii) Interstate compacts to provide for the operation of mutual companies to provide insurance for risks that are critical to the health, safety or welfare of the compacting states.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 9, 3.
(e) The commissioner may request a waiver from the NAIC's financial regulation standards and accreditation program requirements when the commissioner deems the waiver to be in the interest of the state. The commissioner shall report in writing any waiver request to the joint corporations, elections and political subdivisions interim committee within thirty (30) days of the request.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-110 - Rules and Regulations.

26-2-110. Rules and regulations.
(a) Subject to the requirements of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act , the commissioner may make reasonable rules and regulations necessary to carry out any provision of this code. No rule or regulation shall extend, modify or conflict with any law of this state or the reasonable implications thereof.
(b) Any interested person may petition the commissioner requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of any rule or regulation, under the applicable procedures of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(c) In addition to any other penalty under this code, willful violation of any provision of this code or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto subjects the violator to suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority or license as may be applicable. No penalty applies to any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with the rule or regulation, notwithstanding that after the act or omission the rule or regulation may be amended or rescinded or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid.
(d) In addition to all other rulemaking authority granted to the commissioner, the commissioner may promulgate necessary and appropriate rules to satisfy NAIC accreditation requirements, provided that:
(i) The commissioner has determined promulgation of the rules is in the interest of the state and the rules are otherwise appropriate;
(ii) The rules shall not be in effect for longer than three (3) years; and
(iii) The commissioner has requested a waiver, if determined appropriate, to the applicable NAIC accreditation requirement pursuant to W.S. 26-2-109(e).
(e) The commissioner may promulgate rules to identify procedures for conducting examinations of the Wyoming state employees' and officials' group insurance program in accordance with W.S. 9-3-205(c).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-111 - Orders and Notices of Commissioner; Contents; Delivery.

26-2-111. Orders and notices of commissioner; contents; delivery.
(a) Orders and notices of the commissioner are effective only when in writing signed by him or by his authority.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law as to particular orders, any order of the commissioner shall concisely state:
(i) Its effective date;
(ii) Its intent or purpose;
(iii) The grounds on which based;
(iv) The provisions of this code pursuant to which action is so taken or proposed to be taken, but failure to designate a particular provision does not deprive the commissioner of the right to rely on that provision.
(c) Except as may be provided as to particular procedures, an order or notice may be given by delivery to the person to be ordered or notified or by mailing it, postage prepaid, addressed to him at his principal place of business or residence as last of record in the department. The order or notice is deemed to have been given when so mailed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-112 - Enforcement of Code and Orders; Injunctions; Penalty for Violation of Orders.

26-2-112. Enforcement of code and orders; injunctions; penalty for violation of orders.
(a) The commissioner, upon the advice of and through the attorney general, may invoke the aid of the courts through injunction or other proper process to enforce any proper order he makes or action he takes.
(b) If the commissioner has reason to believe that any person has violated any provision of this code, or any provision of other law applicable to insurance operations, for which criminal prosecution is provided and would be in order, he shall give the information relative thereto to the attorney general or to the district attorney for the county having jurisdiction of the violation. The attorney general or district attorney shall promptly institute any action or proceedings against the person as in his opinion the information requires or justifies.
(c) In addition to any other applicable penalty, any person who violates a lawful order of the commissioner, upon proof thereof to the court's satisfaction, shall pay to this state a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or if the violation is found to be willful, a sum not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Any penalty may be recovered in a civil action against the violator.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-113 - Records and Other Papers; Generally.

26-2-113. Records and other papers; generally.
(a) The commissioner shall:
(i) File in the department and safely keep all statements, reports, filings and papers required by law;
(ii) Preserve in the department in permanent form records of his proceedings, hearings, investigations and examinations;
(iii) Keep a suitable record of all insurer certificates of authority and of all licenses issued under this code together with all applicable suspensions and revocations and of the causes thereof.
(b) The records and filings in the department are open to public inspection, except as otherwise provided by this code.
(c) The commissioner may destroy unneeded or obsolete records and filings in the department in accordance with general provisions and procedures applicable to administrative agencies of this state.
(d) In order to assist in the performance of his duties under this code, the commissioner may:
(i) Share documents, materials or other information, including confidential and privileged documents, materials or information, with other state, federal and international regulatory agencies, with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, its affiliates or subsidiaries, and with state, federal and international law enforcement authorities, including members of any supervisory college described in W.S. 26-44-118, provided the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of any document, material or other information and has verified in writing the legal authority to maintain confidentiality;
(ii) Receive documents, materials or information, including otherwise confidential and privileged documents, materials or information, from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, its affiliates or subsidiaries and from regulatory and law enforcement officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions, and shall maintain as confidential or privileged any document, material or information received with notice or the understanding that it is confidential or privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the document, material or information; and
(iii) Enter into agreements governing sharing and use of information consistent with this subsection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-114 - Records and Other Papers; Reproductions and Certified Copies.

26-2-114. Records and other papers; reproductions and certified copies.
(a) Reproductions of records or documents on file in the department, when certified by the commissioner, shall be received in evidence in all proceedings and courts and have the same effect and force as the originals.
(b) Upon request of any person and payment of the applicable fee, the commissioner shall furnish a certified copy of any record or document in the department which is then subject to public inspection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 26 - Insurance Code › Chapter 2 - The Insurance Commissioner › Article 1 - Commissioner › Section 26-2-115 - Report to Governor.

26-2-115. Report to governor.
(a) The commissioner, as required by W.S. 9-2-1014, shall report to the governor showing:
(i) A list of authorized insurers transacting insurance in this state, with any tabular summary of their financial statements as he deems appropriate;
(ii) Names of all insurers whose business was closed during the preceding reporting period, the cause thereof and the amount of assets and liabilities as ascertainable;
(iii) Names of insurers against which delinquency or similar proceedings were instituted, and a concise statement of the facts with respect to each proceeding and the status thereof;
(iv) The department receipts and expenses for the preceding reporting period;
(v) His recommendations as to amendments or supplementation of laws affecting insurance or the department; and
(vi) Any other matters he deems proper or of benefit to the public in regard to the insurance business in this state.