HB0209 • 2011

Emergency medical review organizations.

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; providing for a limitation of liability for emergency medical review organizations and the department of health as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Healthcare

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Representative Greene
Last action: 2011-03-03
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 3/3/2011

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Amendments

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HB0209H2001

2nd reading • HARVEY

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by HARVEY

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HB0209HW001

Committee of the Whole • GREENE

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by GREENE

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Bill History

2011-03-03 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2011-03-03 Governor
Governor Signed HEA0085
2011-03-02 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0085
2011-03-01 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0085
2011-03-01 LSO
Assigned Number HEA0085
2011-03-01 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2011-02-28 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2011-02-25 Senate
S Passed CoW
2011-02-22 Senate
S Placed on General File
2011-02-22 Senate
S07 Recommended Do Pass
2011-02-08 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S07
2011-02-08 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2011-02-07 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2011-02-04 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2011-02-04 House
Amendment Adopted
2011-02-03 House
H Passed CoW
2011-02-03 House
H Amendments Adopted
2011-02-03 House
Amendment Adopted
2011-01-31 House
H Placed on General File
2011-01-31 House
H07 Recommended Do Pass
2011-01-25 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07
2011-01-24 House
H Received for Introduction
2011-01-21 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
HB0209
Drafter:

JDA

LSO No.:
11LSO-0547
Effective Date:

3/3/2011

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0085

Chapter No.:
138

Prime Sponsor:
Representative
Greene

Catch Title:
Emergency
medical review organizations.

Subject:
Professional
standard review organizations.

Summary/Major Elements:

●

Under existing law certain
medical professions may establish professional review organizations which are
exempt from liability when acting as a professional review organization under
the pertinent statutes.

●

This legislation adds the
emergency medical field and emergency medical technicians to the medical
professions which are authorized to form professional review organizations
under existing law.

●

The legislation also provides
that the state elects that the division of the department of health responsible
for licensing emergency medical services be covered by immunity as authorized
by federal law.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0209

ENROLLED ACT NO. 85, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
public health and safety; providing for a limitation of liability for emergency medical review organizations and the department of health 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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17
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101
(a)(i)(A)
, 35
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17
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102 and 35
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17
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106(a)(intro)
are amended to read:

35
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17
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101.

Definition.

(a)

As used in this act:

(i)

"Professional standard review organizations" means:

(A)

Any medical, dental, optometric, nursing, osteopathic
, emergency medical
or pharmacy organization or a local, county, or state medical, dental, optometric, nursing, osteopathic and pharmacy society and any such society itself when such organization or society is performing any medical, dental, nursing, optometric, osteopathic
, emergency medical
and pharmacy review function or involving any controversy or dispute between a physician, dentist, optometrist, nurse, osteopath
, emergency medical technician
and pharmacist and a patient concerning the diagnosis, treatment, or care of such patient or the fees or charges therefor, or a physician, dentist, optometrist, nurse, osteopath
, emergency medical technician
or pharmacist and a provider of medical, dental, optometric, nursing, osteopathic
, emergency medical
and pharmacy benefits concerning any medical, dental, nursing, optometric, osteopathic
,
emergency medical,

pharmacy or other health charges or fees of such physician, dentist, optometrist, nurse, osteopath
, emergency medical technician
or pharmacist;

35
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17
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102.

Authority to establish professional standard review organizations.

Any local, county or state medical, dental, nursing, optometric, osteopathic,
emergency medical

or pharmacy society in
Wyoming
is hereby authorized to establish a professional standard review organization as defined in W.S. 35
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17
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101.

35
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17
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106.

Election to be covered by federal immunity.

(a)

The state of Wyoming elects to be immediately covered by the immunity granted by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, P.L. 99
‑
660, Title IV adopted by Congress in 1986, to the extent authorized, as of the effective date of this section for all health care professional review bodies as defined in the act
, for the applicable division of the department of health in its duties under W.S.
33
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3
6
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101 through 33
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36
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115 related to emergency medical services
and for:

Section 2.
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