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SF0031 • 2018

Veterans' skilled nursing center.

AN ACT relating to veterans; authorizing planning and design for a skilled nursing center for veterans; providing an appropriation; requiring reporting; and providing for an effective date.

Budget
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Transportation
Last action
2018-03-13
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/12/2018

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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SF0031H2001

2nd reading • Hallinan

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Hallinan

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SF0031HS001

Standing Committee • HAppropriations

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by HAppropriations

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SF0031SW001

Committee of the Whole • Agar

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by Agar

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SF0031SS001

Standing Committee • STransportation

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by STransportation

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Bill History

  1. 2018-03-13 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0021

  2. 2018-03-13 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 48

  3. 2018-03-08 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0021

  4. 2018-03-07 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0021

  5. 2018-03-06 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0021

  6. 2018-03-06 Senate

    S Concur:Passed 28-0-2-0-0

  7. 2018-03-05 Senate

    S Received for Concurrence

  8. 2018-03-05 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 47-11-2-0-0

  9. 2018-03-02 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  10. 2018-03-01 House

    H COW:Passed

  11. 2018-02-28 House

    H Placed on General File

  12. 2018-02-28 House

    H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0

  13. 2018-02-23 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations

  14. 2018-02-21 House

    H Received for Introduction

  15. 2018-02-20 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0

  16. 2018-02-19 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  17. 2018-02-16 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  18. 2018-02-15 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  19. 2018-02-15 Senate

    S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  20. 2018-02-13 Senate

    S COW:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations

  21. 2018-02-13 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  22. 2018-02-13 Senate

    S08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0

  23. 2018-02-12 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 28-1-1-0-0

  24. 2018-02-09 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  25. 2018-01-02 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
SF0031
Effective
:
Immediately

LSO No.:
18LSO-0151

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0021

Chapter No.:
48

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Veterans' skilled nursing center.

Subject:
Authorizing planning and design for a skilled nursing center for veterans
.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill authorizes the State
Construction Department,
with
assistance from
the Veterans' Commission and the Department of Health
,

to conduct Level I and Level II planning and design
,

as prescribed in W.S.
9-5-108
,
for a
veterans'
skilled
nursing center.
The planning and design must

take into account
requirements for
projected United States Department of Veterans Affairs
funding
(65% of the project costs)
.
Th
is
bill provides a

$300,000

appropriation
for the Level I
and Level
II
planning and design.
This
bill requires t
he
Joint
L
abor,
H
ealth and
S
ocial
S
ervices
I
nterim
C
ommittee and the
D
epartment of
H
ealth
to
conduct a joint study
on
the availability of personnel to staff a veterans' skilled nursing center, existing
available

nursing home beds

and the demand for a
veterans'
skilled nursin
g center in
the state.

Comments:

Requires reports from the
State
Construction Department to the Joi
nt Appropriations Committee,
Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Interim Committee
and State Building Commission
.

Re
quires the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee to report to the Joint Transportation, Highways and Mil
itary Affairs Interim Committee.

NOTE: Final action on this bill was not taken at the time this summary was prepared. Should changes be made to the bill upon final passage, an updated summary will be prepared and placed upon the legislative website at
http://wyoleg.gov
. A packet of updated summaries will be sent to all legislators after the time for any veto has expired (fifteen days after adjournment).
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
Senate
ENGROSSED
File No
.
SF0031

ENROLLED ACT NO. 21,

SENATE

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2018 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to veterans; authorizing planning and design for a skilled nursing center for veterans; providing an appropriation; requiring reporting; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
(a)

With assistance from the veterans' commission and the department of health, the state construction department is authorized to conduct level I and level II planning and design pursuant to W.S.

9
‑
5
‑
108 for a veterans' skilled nursing center.

(b)

There is appropriated up to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) from the general fund to the state construction department for the level I and level II planning and design authorized in subsection (a) of this section. This appropriation shall be a continuing appropriation available from the effective date of this act until the level I and level II planning and design are completed. Appropriated funds under this subsection shall be expended only on the project specified in subsection (a) of this section and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining at completion of the project shall revert to the general fund.

(c)

The
veterans
'
commission
and department of health shall provide
assistance to the state construction
department
necessary to assure that the veterans
'
skilled nursing center is
planned
and

designed in a manner that considers impact
s on available federal funding.

(d)

Any contract required for the level I and level II planning and design authorized in this section shall be in accordance with W.S. 9-2-1016(b).

(
e
)

The
state
construction department
in consultation with the
veterans
'
commission
and the department of health shall report on
the
level

I and level
II
planning and design authorized under this section not later than
October 15, 2018 to the state building commission,
the joint transportation, highways and military affairs interim committee and the joint appropriations committee.

(f)

During the 2018 interim, the labor, health and social services interim committee and the department of health shall conduct a joint study examining the availability of personnel to staff a veterans' skilled nursing center, the availability of nursing home beds in various locations of the state and the potential demand by veterans for a skilled nursing center in various locations of the state. The labor, health and social services interim committee shall present a report on its study to the joint transportation, highway and military affairs interim committee by October 15, 2018.

Section
2
.

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 Senate.

Chief Clerk

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