HB0041 • 2007

Developmental disabilities-emergency services.

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act; providing for emergency services for developmental disabilities and adult brain injuries under that act; granting rulemaking authority; requiring reports; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

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Sponsor: Develop
Last action: 2007-02-21
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 2/21/2007

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HB0041HS001

Standing Committee • H02

Adopted

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HB0041SS001

Standing Committee • NICHOLAS

Adopted

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Bill History

2007-02-21 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number - 77
2007-02-21 Governor
Governor Signed HEA0054
2007-02-20 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 54
2007-02-20 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0054
2007-02-16 LSO
Assigned Number HEA0054
2007-02-16 LSO
Assigned Number HEA0053
2007-02-16 House
H Did Concur
2007-02-15 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2007-02-14 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2007-02-13 Senate
S Passed CoW
2007-02-13 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2007-02-13 Senate
S Amendments Adopted
2007-02-09 Senate
S Placed on General File
2007-02-09 Senate
S02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
2007-02-02 Senate
S Rereferred to S02
2007-02-02 Senate
S10 Recommended Do Pass
2007-01-29 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S10
2007-01-29 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2007-01-25 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2007-01-24 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2007-01-23 House
H Passed CoW
2007-01-23 House
Amendment Adopted
2007-01-23 House
H Amendments Adopted
2007-01-22 House
H Placed on General File
2007-01-22 House
H02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
2007-01-16 House
H Rereferred to H02
2007-01-16 House
H10 Recommended Do Pass
2007-01-09 House
H Introduced and Referred to H10
2007-01-09 House
H Received for Introduction
2006-12-18 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2007 General Session Summary for HB0041

Bill No.:
HB0041
Drafter:

JWL

LSO No.:
07LSO-0135
Effective Date:

2/21/2007

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0054

Chapter No.:
77

Prime Sponsor:
Select
Committee on Developmental Programs

Catch Title:
Developmental disabilities-emergency services.

Subject:
Provides for emergency home and community based
waiver services.

Summary/Major Elements:
This
act:

Requires the Department of Health to promulgate
rules for determination of emergency cases under the home and community based
waiver programs for persons with a developmental disability or acquired brain
injury;

Establishes an emergency contingency account and
authorizes the department to expend funds from the account to provide emergency
services to the above persons until the emergency is resolved or eligibility
for regular services can be determined;

Appropriates $150,000 from the budget reserve
account to the department of health for purposes of this act. Funds cannot be
expended until rules are adopted by the department.

Comments:

Report required from
the Development Disabilities Division of the Department of Health to the Joint
Labor, Health and Social Services and Joint Appropriations Interim Committees
by October 1 of each year regarding expenditures from the emergency contingency
account and the number of persons provided emergency services.

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0041

ENROLLED ACT NO. 54, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2007 GENERAL SESSION

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 42
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4
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120 by creating a new subsection (f) is amended to read:

42
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4
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120.

Contracts for waiver services; authority of department; emergency case services.

(f)

The department, not later than April 1, 2008, shall promulgate rules under which an emergency case shall be determined to exist with respect to eligibility for federal home and community based waiver services
for persons with developmental disabilities or adult brain injury
under this act. Upon a finding by the department that an emergency exists under this subsection, the department in accordance with its rules and regulations shall make necessary expenditures for the recipient from the emergency contingency account established for that purpose. Expenditures from the emergency contingency account shall be limited to those services necessary to provide authorized customary services
as provided by home and community-based waivers for persons with developmental disabilities or adult brain injury
in response to the emergency situation until the emergency no longer exists or eligibility under this act can be determined and any necessary services provided from nonemergency funding sources.

The developmental disabilities division of the department of health shall submit an accounting to the joint appropriations interim committee and the joint labor, health and social services interim committee by October 1 of each year regarding total expenditures and the number of persons provided emergency services pursuant to this subsection.

Section 2.

(a)

For the purposes of this act, there is appropriated to the department of health for the period commencing July 1, 2007 one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) from the budget reserve account and any federal matching funds for which the expenditures may qualify.

(b)

Funds appropriated under this section shall be used only for the purposes of this act, shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and shall not be expended until the adoption of final rules as provided in section 1 of this act. Funds for this appropriation shall be one-time funding and shall not be included in the agency's 2009-2010 biennial budget request.

Section 3.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk