2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 25 - Public Programs › Article 5 - 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline › Section 35-25-506 - 988 System Trust Fund; Reserve Account Spending Policy.

35-25-506. 988 system trust fund; reserve account spending policy.
(a) The 988 system trust fund account is created. The trust account shall consist of those funds designated to the account by law and all monies collected from federal grants and other appropriations, contributions, grants, gifts, bequests and donations to the trust fund account. The trust fund account is specifically empowered to accept grants, gifts, transfers, bequests and donations. Funds deposited within the trust fund account are intended to be inviolate and constitute a permanent and perpetual trust fund which shall be invested by the state treasurer as authorized by law and in a manner to obtain the highest return possible consistent with preservation of the trust account corpus.
(b) During each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, the earnings from the 988 system trust fund account are appropriated to the department for expenditure as provided in subsection (d) of this section in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the previous five (5) year average market value of the 988 system trust fund account, calculated from the first day of the fiscal year. For purposes of making the calculation under this subsection, until the 988 system trust fund account has existed for five (5) years, the average market value of the trust fund shall be the average market value during the years that the trust fund has existed. The calculation required by this subsection shall constitute the spending policy for the 988 system trust fund account.
(c) Earnings from the 988 system trust fund account in excess of the spending policy amount established by subsection (b) of this section in any fiscal year shall be deposited by the state treasurer to the 988 system trust fund reserve account, which is hereby created. Except for monies appropriated to the department and monies deposited back to the 988 system trust fund pursuant to this subsection, funds deposited in the reserve account are intended to be inviolate and constitute a permanent and perpetual trust fund which shall be invested by the state treasurer as authorized by law. Interest and other earnings on funds within the reserve account shall be credited to the reserve account. Beginning July 1, 2024 for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, the state treasurer shall transfer unobligated funds from the reserve account to the 988 system trust fund account as necessary to ensure that an amount equal to the spending policy amount established in subsection (b) of this section is available to the department, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, for expenditure during the fiscal year. As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal year, revenues in this account in excess of four hundred twenty percent (420%) of the spending policy amount in subsection (b) of this section shall be credited to the 988 system trust fund account.
(d) Funds available to the department shall be prioritized to the extent practicable to first fund those services representing the best evidence-based practices for the prevention of suicide, which may include the following:
(i) Creating and maintaining a statewide 988 system pursuant to this article and in accordance with the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 and the federal communication commission's rules adopted July 16, 2020 and in accordance with national guidelines for crisis care;
(ii) Supporting or enhancing the 988 system including providing for state designated crisis centers as provided in W.S. 35-25-502, providing for mobile crisis teams as provided in W.S. 35-25-503 and providing payment for crisis services as provided in W.S. 35-25-504;
(iii) Taking other actions necessary related to the administration of the 988 system as provided by this article;
(iv) Providing other goods or services, including health care services, that do not infringe on fundamental individual liberties and that, according to best evidence-based practices, are likely to lead to the prevention of suicide.