2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 25 - Public Programs › Article 5 - 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline › Section 35-25-502 - Crisis Center Designation; Powers and Duties of the Department; Rulemaking; Report.

35-25-502. Crisis center designation; powers and duties of the department; rulemaking; report.
(a) Not later than July 1, 2023, the department shall designate one (1) or more crisis centers to provide crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to persons accessing the 988 system from anywhere in Wyoming, twenty-four (24) hours per day and seven (7) days per week.
(b) A crisis center designated under this section shall:
(i) Have an agreement with the national suicide prevention lifeline or its successor for participation within the 988 system;
(ii) Meet all requirements and best practices guidelines of the national suicide prevention lifeline;
(iii) Provide data and reports and participate in evaluations and quality improvement activities as required by the administrator;
(iv) Have authority to deploy crisis services, including mobile crisis teams and coordinate access to crisis services or other local resources as appropriate, consistent with guidelines or best practices established by the national suicide prevention lifeline;
(v) Meet requirements established by the national suicide prevention lifeline for serving at-risk and specialized populations identified by the substance abuse and mental health services including those with co-occurring substance use by providing linguistically and culturally competent care including training and policies for transferring a 988 contact to an appropriate specialized center or subnetwork within the national suicide prevention lifeline network;
(vi) Provide follow-up services to persons accessing the 988 system consistent with policies and guidelines of the national suicide prevention lifeline.
(c) The department shall:
(i) Implement and provide oversight of the 988 system as provided in this article;
(ii) Promulgate rules to allow appropriate information sharing between and across crisis and emergency response systems for the purpose of real-time crisis care coordination including deployment of linked crisis services specific to the crisis response;
(iii) Coordinate active collaborations, including facilitating formal agreements and establishing appropriate information sharing procedures, between any crisis center designated under this section and appropriate community partners including mental health and substance abuse disorder treatment providers, primary care providers, community mental health centers, community behavioral health centers, mobile crisis teams, hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities and crisis facilities;
(iv) In consultation with the national suicide prevention lifeline, veteran's crisis line and other networks approved by the substance abuse and mental health services administration, ensure consistent public messaging about the 988 system;
(v) Provide an annual report on the usage of and services provided by the 988 system to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee and the substance abuse and mental health services administration;
(vi) Review its practices under this article not less than every four (4) years to ensure that the services provided are and remain best evidence-based practices for suicide prevention.