SF0063

Official summary

Bill Summary Bill No.: SF0063 Effective : 7/1/2017 LSO No.: 17LSO-0111 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0043 Chapter No.: [Chapter Number_RO] Prime Sponsor: Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee Catch Title: Department of family services-statutory amendments. Subject: Revisions to statutes related to the Department of Family Services. Summary/Major Elements: This bill amends statutes related to the Department of Family Services (DFS) . Specifically, the bill: A mends central registry requirements related to child and adult protect ion reports including who has acc ess to central registry reports. Employers or entities whose employees or volunteers may have unsupervised access to children or vulnerable adults in the course of their employment or service may request a report from the applicable central registry . Also, any person may request a report on themselves ; R epeals the Skill s Training Center Pilot Progra m; M akes the operation of adult student financial aid p rograms contingent upon funding; S pecifies income limitations for participants in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; S pecifies circumstances where DFS must r eport suspected Medicaid fraud ; and A mends the eligibility verification processes rela ted to public welfare benefits and shortens the time for a benefit applicant or recipient to respond to a request for information concerning a discrepancy or change in circumstances which may impact eligibility. The bill updates obsolete statutory references and repeals obsolete language. Comments: The bill repeals the Skills Training Center Pilot Program. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill .