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SF0069 • 2020

Rural health care district authority.

AN ACT relating to rural health care districts; clarifying the authority of districts to own and operate a nursing home as specified; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Baldwin
Last action
2020-03-12
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Rural Health Care District Authority

This law allows rural health care districts to own and operate nursing homes, issue bonds for building or improving them, and charge fees for their use.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows rural health care districts to construct, purchase, or own nursing homes.
  • Permits these districts to sell revenue bonds or other financial tools to raise money for nursing home projects.
  • Enables the districts to set charges for using nursing home facilities.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Rural health care districts in Wyoming
  • People who use nursing home services provided by rural health care districts

Terms To Know

Revenue bonds
Financial tools that a district can sell to raise money for projects, which are paid back using the revenue from those projects.
Rural health care district
A special area set up by local government to provide healthcare services in rural areas.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify limits on the amount of money that can be raised through bonds.
  • It is unclear if there are specific limits on the fees that districts can charge for nursing home use.

Bill History

  1. 2020-03-12 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 74

  2. 2020-03-12 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0029

  3. 2020-03-09 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0029

  4. 2020-03-06 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0029

  5. 2020-03-06 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0029

  6. 2020-03-06 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 45-13-2-0-0

  7. 2020-03-05 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2020-03-04 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2020-03-03 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2020-03-03 House

    H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0

  11. 2020-02-27 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture

  12. 2020-02-26 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2020-02-26 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 23-7-0-0-0

  14. 2020-02-25 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2020-02-24 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  16. 2020-02-19 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2020-02-19 Senate

    S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0

  18. 2020-02-11 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 26-3-1-0-0

  19. 2020-02-10 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2020-02-03 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0509
Bill No.:

SF0069

Effective:

7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0509

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0029

Chapter No.:

74

Prime Sponsor:

Baldwin

Catch Title:

Rural health care district authority.

Subject:

Powers of a rural health care district.

Summary/Major Elements:

The bill allows rural health care districts to construct, purchase or own nursing homes.

The bill also allows rural health care districts to issue revenue bonds or other revenue securities for the purpose of acquiring, erecting, constructing, reconstructing, improving, remodeling, furnishing and equipping nursing homes.

The bill further allows rural health care districts to establish and collect charges for services and rentals for the use of nursing home facilities.
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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20LSO-0509

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0069

ENROLLED ACT NO. 29,

SENATE

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to rural health care districts; clarifying the authority of districts to own and operate a nursing home as specified; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 35
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2
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703(a)(xi), 35
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2
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710(a), 35
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2
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712 and 35
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2
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721 are amended to read:

35
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2
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703.

Body corporate; name and style; powers generally; rules and regulations of trustees.

(a)

Each district so established is a body corporate and shall be designated by the name of the .... rural health care district. The district name shall be entered upon the commissioners' records and shall be selected by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater area of land within the district is located. In the name so selected, the district through its governing board may:

(xi)

Construct, purchase or own a hospital
, nursing home
and related facilities.

35
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2
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710.

Securities for acquiring and improving hospitals, nursing homes and related facilities; issuance authorized; lines of credit and tax and revenue anticipation notes.

(a)

The trustees of a rural health care district established pursuant to W.S. 35
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2
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701, are authorized to issue revenue bonds, notes and warrants or other revenue securities for the purpose of acquiring, erecting,
constructing, reconstructing, improving, remodeling, furnishing and equipping hospitals
, nursing homes
and related facilities and acquiring a site or sites as the trustees may determine.

35
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2
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712.

Securities for acquiring hospitals, nursing homes and related facilities; not a general obligation of rural health care district or trustees; payable from special fund.

The securities issued pursuant to W.S. 35
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2
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711 through 35
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2
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722 shall not constitute a general obligation of the rural health care district, nor of the trustees, but shall be payable solely from a special fund to contain the net revenue to be derived from the operation of the hospitals
, nursing homes
and related facilities, the revenues being defined as those remaining after paying the costs of operating and maintaining the facilities.

35
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2
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721.

Charges and rentals.

The trustees shall establish and collect charges for services and rentals for use of facilities furnished, acquired, constructed or purchased from the proceeds of the securities sufficient to pay the principal or the interest, or both, on the securities as they become due and payable, together with the additional sums as may be deemed necessary for accumulating reserves and providing for obsolescence and depreciation and to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining the facilities. The trustees shall establish all other charges, fees and rates to be derived from the operation of the hospital
, nursing home
or any other facility of the rural health care district.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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(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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