Department of health-provider contract restrictions.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: M Hlth & Sa
Last action: 2007-02-27
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 2/27/2007

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Amendments

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HB0074HS001

Standing Committee • H10

Adopted, Corrected

Plain English: Adopted, Corrected Standing Committee by H10

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Bill History

2007-02-27 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number - 129
2007-02-27 Governor
Governor Signed HEA0076
2007-02-23 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0076
2007-02-23 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 76
2007-02-23 LSO
Assigned Number HEA0076
2007-02-23 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2007-02-22 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2007-02-21 Senate
S Passed CoW
2007-02-16 Senate
S Placed on General File
2007-02-16 Senate
S10 Recommended Do Pass
2007-02-01 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S10
2007-02-01 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2007-01-30 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2007-01-29 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2007-01-26 House
H Passed CoW
2007-01-26 House
Amendment Adopted
2007-01-26 House
H Amendments Adopted
2007-01-25 House
H Placed on General File
2007-01-25 House
H10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
2007-01-09 House
H Introduced and Referred to H10
2007-01-09 House
H Received for Introduction
2006-12-27 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2007 General Session Summary for HB0074

Bill No.:
HB0074
Drafter:

JHR

LSO No.:
07LSO-0290
Effective Date:

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0076

Chapter No.:

Prime Sponsor:
Select Committee on Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services

Catch Title:
Department of health-provider contract
restrictions.

Subject:
Requires the Department of Health to withhold a
portion of funding to community mental health and substance abuse programs
until specified conditions are met.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act:

Requires the Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Divisions of the Department of Health to withhold annually
not less than 5% of all amounts provided in each contract with a community
mental health or substance abuse provider or drug court program or provider;

Provides that the funds
withheld shall not be released until the individual program or provider and the
respective division enter into a written agreement that provides for
performance and outcome measures;

Provides that, if a written
agreement is not entered into, the funds withheld shall revert to the budget
reserve account at the end of the biennium in which the funds were withheld;

Provides that the provisions
created by this act shall apply to any contract entered into between the mental
health division or the substance abuse division and a community-based mental
health, substance abuse or drug court provider on or after the effective date
of this act.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0074

ENROLLED ACT NO. 76, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

AN ACT relating to the department of health; requiring a portion of funding to community-based mental health and substance abuse programs to be withheld until specified conditions are met; providing for reversion of funds as specified; specifying applicability of the restriction; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 9
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2
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102(a)(iii) is amended to read:

9
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102.

Department of health; duties and responsibilities; state grants.

(a)

The department of health is the state mental health authority, the developmental disabilities authority and the substance abuse authority. The department through its divisions has the following duties and responsibilities to:

(iii)

Establish minimum standards and approve policies and procedures for the establishment and operation of community-based mental health, substance abuse and developmental disabilities programs receiving state support
. The department through its mental health division and its substance abuse division shall annually withhold not less than five percent (5%) of all amounts provided in each contract with a community-based mental health, substance abuse or drug court program or provider and shall not release the funds withheld to the individual program or provider until the respective division and the individual program or provider enter into a written agreement that provides for performance and outcome measures. If the respective division and an individual program or provider do not enter into a mutually agreed upon set of performance and outcome measures, the funds withheld under this paragraph shall revert to the budget reserve account at the end of the biennium in which the funds were withheld
;

Section 2.

W.S. 9
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102(a)(iii), as amended by this act, shall apply to any contract entered into between the department of health, mental health division or substance abuse division, and a community-based mental health, substance abuse or drug court provider on or after the effective date of this act.

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