Department of health facilities.

ORIGINAL
House
ENGROSSED
Bill No
.
HB0291

ENROLLED ACT NO. 38,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

AN ACT relating to department of health facilities; providing authorization for construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; providing an appropriation for the construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; providing a contingent appropriation with authority for an interfund loan for the construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; reappropriating funds related to the level III design study for the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; continuing the task force on department of health facilities; specifying duties of the task force; repealing prior law related to the task force; providing an appropriation for the task force; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

(a)

The governor
and department of health
, through the s
tate construction department, are
authorized to conduct all preconstruction and construction activities necessary to plan, contract for
,
construct
and
renovate facilities at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center, consistent with the Level III design study authorized by 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 97, Section 4.

(b)

The state construction department may

enter into contracts
and retain experts
as necessary to complete the planning, construction and renovation authorized by
subsection (a) of this section.
The department
shall keep
the
department of health and
joint legislative and executive task force on
department of health facilities

("task force")
informed of all contracting activities
. No contract shall be executed without the approval
of the governor.

(c)

All funds remaining from the nine million dollars ($9,000,000.00) appropriated by 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 97, Section 4 from the state facilities construction account to the department of administration and information
for the purpose of procuring,
develop
ing
and implement
ing
a Level III design study for the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center are reappropriated

to the
state construction department for the purpose of completing the Level III design study and for the purposes specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

(d
)

There is
appropriated
one hundred thirty
‑
five million two hundred thousand dollars (
$
135,200,000.00)
from the state facilities
construction account to the
state construction department
. This appropriation shall be expended
only
for the purpose
s specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section
.

(e)

For the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending October 15, 2017, prior to making any deposits under W.S. 9
‑
4
‑
719(
q) to the legislative stabilization reserve account,
four million three hundred thousand dollars ($4,300,000.00)
which would otherwise be deposited to the legislative stabilization reserve account

under W.S. 9
‑
4
‑
719(q) shall be distributed to the state facilities const
ruction account created in W.S.

9
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4
‑
221
. Funds deposited to the state facilities construction account under this subsection shall be immediately appropriated to the state construction department for the purposes specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this
section
and shall be expended for those purposes if the amounts appropriated in subsections (c) and (d) of this
section are insufficient
.
In addition to the authority provided under W.S. 9
‑
1
‑
417, the state treasurer and the state auditor may utilize up to
four million three hundred thousand dollars ($4,300,000.00)
in interfund loans from the unexpended, unobligated balance of the legislative stabilization reserve account for deposit to the
state facilities construction account
as necessary to meet contract obligations of the state construction department incurred for purposes of this act
.

Section 2
.

(a)

The joint legislative and executive task force on department of health facilities
,
created in 2014 Wyoming Sessi
on Laws, Chapter 26, Section 329 as amended by 2015 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 142
and
as
continued by 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 97
, Section 4
,
is hereby continued.

(b)

The task force shall be comprised of:

(
i
)

Three (3) members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate;

(
ii
)

Three (3) members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house;

(
iii
)

Two (2) members of executive branch departments appointed by the governor. In considering appointments to the task force who are not members of the legislature, the governor shall consider the expertise required to
finalize a
Level III design study
and oversee
construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center
.

(c)

The task force shall implement the recommendations for its
continued work
as provided in the
task force's

November 1, 2016 Interim Report on Activities,
on file with the legislative service office, including:

(i)

Providing
oversight and

recommendations to the
g
overnor
, the department of health and
the
state
construction
department for the
finalization of the
Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center
Level III design study
as authorized by 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 97, Section 4
;

(ii)

Providing
oversight and
recommendations to the
g
overnor
, the department of health and the
state construction department
on
all preconstruction and construction activities necessary to plan
, contract for
,
construct
and

renovate facilities at the
Wyoming
state hospital and
Wyoming
life resource center
,
consistent with the final Level III design study
;

(iii)

Providing
oversight and
recommendations to the
g
overnor
, the department of health and the
state construction department
necessary to assure that the Wyoming state hospital and life resource center are
planned, constructed and
renovated in a manner which considers impacts on available federal funding;

(i
v
)

Providing
oversight and
recommendations to the
g
overnor
, the department of health and the
state construction department
for
the expenditure of funds for construction and renovation at the
Wyoming
state hospital and

Wyoming
life resource center within the
project budget
;

(
v)

Collaborating
with and receiving regular reports from the
state construction department, the
department of administration and information
,
the
d
epartment of
h
ealth
, working groups, architects,
owner's representatives,
planners, construction companies
, contractors
and all other entities involved with the construction and renovation
authorized
by this act in order to collect information
, provide appropriate oversight
and make informed recommendatio
ns;

(v
i
)

Assuring
that the state building commission is kept informed of progress on the construction
and renovation

authorized
by this act;

(vii
)

Providing interim reports on the activities of the task force to the joint appropriations committee and the joint labor, health and social services interim committee not later than November
1
of each year until the construction and renovation required by this act is complete
;

(
v
iii
)

Providing recommendations for legislative action.

(d)

The task force shall be staffed by the legislative service office.

(e
)

The task force shall terminate on
June 30 of the year following the year in which construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center is complete and the facilities are occupied.

(f)

All funds remaining from the forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) appropriated by 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 97, Section 4(h) from the general fund to the legislative service office for the purpose of funding salary, mileage and per diem of legislative members of the task force are reappropriated to the legislative service office and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30 of the year following the year in which construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center is complete and the facilities are occupied.

(
g
)

There is appropr
iated twenty thousand dollars ($2
0,000.00)

from the general fund to the legislative service office. This appropriation shall only be expended for the purpose of funding salary, mileage and per diem of legislative members of the task force. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any
unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law
on June 30 of the year following the year in which construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center is complete and the facilities are occupied.

Section
3
.

2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 97, Section 4
is repealed.

Section 4
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(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

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