Obsolete statutory language-health care.

ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0044

ENROLLED ACT NO. 22,

SENATE

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2016 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to health care; amending the duties of the office of rural health; amending emergency medical technician licensing provisions; amending emergency medical technician licensing fees and the allocation of licensing fees; providing for temporary emergency medical technician licensure in emergencies; amending the newborn metabolic screening program; repealing the department of health's advisory council; repealing provisions related to the regulation of clinical laboratories and blood banks; repealing misplaced provisions regarding license restrictions; repealing obsolete provisions; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 9
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2
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117(a)
(intro)
,
(ii)(B),
(C)
,
(iii)(F)

and
(iv)
,
33
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34
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101(a)(vi), 33
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36
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106(a), 33
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36
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110
(a)(intro)
,
(i), (b)
and
by creating new subsections (g) and (h), 33
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36
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111(a), 35
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1
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903(d), 35
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4
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801(a)
and
(b)
(iv)
and
42
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4
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120(f) are amended to read:

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2
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117
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Office of rural health created; duties.

(a)

The office of rural health
care
is created within the department of health. The office shall:

(ii)

Provide technical assistance and consultation services to communities and rural areas, including hospitals located in these communities and rural areas, and thereby assist citizens' groups, local officials and health professionals to:

(B)

Assess health care needs and priorities
of families living
in rural areas;

(C)

Identify sources of funding and programming, including information on rural health care districts
;
and the best beginnings program in Albany
county
;

(iii)

Contract, if necessary, with other entities to carry out duties prescribed under this section, and to conduct an active and ongoing recruitment program for physicians and other health care professionals and to engage in the following activities:

(F)

Assess the availability of
nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the state and in coordination with other appropriate
organizations,
determine additional training needs for these health care professionals

health

care providers in the state
;

(iv)

Develop a consortium o
f
Collaborate with

state agencies, private health organizations
,

and
professional and community organizations in a continuing effort to improve needed rural, primary care and other health care services for the people of Wyoming;

33
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34
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101
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(vi)

"This act" means W.S. 33
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34
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101
through 33
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34
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109
and 33
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34
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107
.

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36
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106
.

Ambulance business license; suspension, revocation or refusal to renew.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,

T
he division after notice and hearing may revoke,
suspend or refuse to renew any ambulance business license if the holder of the license fails to comply with the requirements of this act or any rule or regulation promulgated by the division hereunder as provided in W.S. 33
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36
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103(
a) and (b).

33
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36
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110
.

E
mergency medical technician licensing
; persons eligible; biennial fee; renewal; waiver of requirements.

(a)

An
attendant certificate

emergency medical technician
license
shall be granted by the division to any individual who:

(
i
)

Submits an application
and pays the fee
for
an attendant certificate

a license
to the division;

(b)

There shall be a biennial
attendant certification
fee determined by the division, but not to exceed two dollars ($2.00).

Each
attendant

emergency medical technician

license shall expire
on December 31

every other year
at a date determined by the division

and may be renewed for a period of two (2) years upon application
.

a
nd

payment of the biennial certification fee.

An initial or renewal license may be granted by the division once to each person for a period not to exceed three (3) years if educational requirements for the period are satisfied. The division shall determine whether an applicant is eligible for an initial or renewal
attendant
license.

(g)

Upon receipt from the department of family services of a certified copy of an order from a court to withhold, suspend or otherwise restrict a license issued by the
division
, the
division
shall notify the party named in the court order of the withholding, suspension or
restriction of the license in accordance with the terms of the court order. No appeal under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act shall be allowed for a license withheld, suspended or restricted under this subsection.

(h)

If necessary to manage an emergency in this state, the
d
ivision may issue temporary
emergency medical technician

licenses to
emergency medical technicians
who are retired, who have an inactive license or who are licensed in another state without a valid Wyoming license
. The temporary license shall be valid
for not more than ninety (90) days
and be issued
pursuant to a streamlin
ed procedure established by rules and regulations promulgated by the division
.

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36
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111
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Authorized acts of
emergency medical technicians
.

(a)

An
attendant

individual
who holds a valid
attendant certificate

emergency medical technician

license
issued by the division is authorized to perform any act authorized by division rules and regulations, under written or oral authorization of a licensed physician.

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1
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903
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Assistance for risk retention group participation; duties of the department; requirements for assistance; breach.

(d)

Any physician who fails or refuses to fulfill the terms of the contract required under subsection (a) of this section shall be in breach of the contract.
Loans under this section shall be subject to the provisions of W.S. 35
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1
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902(
g) and (h).

35
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4
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801
.

Screening required for detection of genetic and metabolic diseases and hearing defects in newborn children; conduct of screening; exceptions; fees.

(a)

Every child born in the state of Wyoming
, within three (3) to five (5) days for full term children and five (5) to eight (8) days for premature children following birth unless a different time period is medically indicated,
shall be given medical examinations for detection of remedial inborn errors of metabolism, major hearing defects and any other metabolic or genetic diseases

pursuant to
as determined by the committee established by

subsection (b) of this section. The screening shall be conducted in accordance with accepted medical practices and in the manner prescribed
in rule

by the state department of health.

(b)

The specific tests to be done shall be determined by a committee consisting of the following:

(iv)

A
member
designated by the Wyoming obstetric/gynecological society

who is a board
‑
certified obstetrician/gynecologist
.

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4
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120
.

Contracts for waiver services; authority of department; emergency case services; cost based payments; training and certification of specialists.

(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
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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.

Section 2
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W.S. 9
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2
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107(b) through (h),
9
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2
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117(a)(ii)(E) and (G),
33
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34
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102 through 33
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34
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106, 33
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34
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108
,
33
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34
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109, 33
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36
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102(a)(iii), 33
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36
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106(b)
, 33
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36
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110
(c),
(e) and (f)
and 35
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1
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902 are repealed.

Section
3
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
6
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED:
_________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
Senate
.

Chief Clerk

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