Public health nurses.

WORKING DRAFT
2010
STATE OF
WYOMING
10LSO-0269

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0119

Public health nurses.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Craft, Cohee, Davison, Gilmore, Lockhart, Millin, Throne and Wallis and Senator(s) Hastert

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
public health nursing; providing for funding
and employment of
public health nurses
as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.
W.S. 35
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240(a)(xx) is amended to read:

35
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240.

Powers and duties.

(a)

The department of health, through the state health officer, or under his direction and supervision, through the other employees of the department, shall have and exercise the following powers and duties:

(xx)

To operate a public health nursing program which may include, but is not limited to, provision of immunizations, evaluation of the need of individuals for nursing home admission or services and the operation of an infant public health nurse home visitation subprogram. The public health nursing program may, where and to the extent appropriate, be administered through or in conjunction with county, municipal
, local
or district health departments
.
Where a public health nursing program is administered
on or before July
1
, 2010
through or in conjunction with county, municipal, local or district health departments, a county, municipal, local or district health department may request that funding for the state portion of the public health nursing program provided in this subsection be paid directly to the county, municipal, local or district health department. Upon receipt of the request, the department of health shall provide funding for the state portion of the public health nursing program provided in this subsection directly to the county, municipal, local or district health departments and the public health nurses shall be employed by and at the direction of the county, municipal, local or district health department
;

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2010.

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