HB0230 • 2021

State health officer-governor appointed.

AN ACT relating to the state health officer; amending and repealing provisions governing the appointment and oversight of the state health officer; providing for senate confirmation of the state health officer; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Hunt
Last action: 2021-03-08
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information on how this change will affect public health operations in Wyoming, leaving some uncertainty.

State Health Officer Appointed by Governor

The bill changes how the state health officer is chosen and supervised, requiring the governor to appoint them with senate approval.

What This Bill Does

Changes who can appoint the state health officer from the director to the governor.
Requires the Senate to confirm the appointment of the state health officer.

Who It Names or Affects

The governor
The state health officer
The Senate

Terms To Know

State Health Officer: A person appointed by the governor to oversee public health in Wyoming.
Senate Confirmation: The process where the Senate reviews and approves a governor's appointment of an official, like the state health officer.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass during its session.
It is unclear how this change will affect the day-to-day operations of public health in Wyoming.

Bill History

2021-03-08 House
H Did Not Consider for Introduction
2021-03-08 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2021-03-04 House
H Received for Introduction
2021-03-03 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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21LSO-0674
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0674
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0230

State health officer-governor appointed.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Hunt, Neiman and Paxton and Senator(s) Driskill

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the state health officer; amending and repealing provisions governing the appointment and oversight of the state health officer; providing for senate confirmation of the state health officer; 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. 9
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2
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103(e)(intro) and (i) and 21
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4
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309(d)(i) are amended to read:

9
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2
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103.

Division administrators; appointment; qualifications; duties; salaries, tenure and removal generally; necessary personnel.

(e)

The
director
governor
shall appoint
, subject to senate confirmation,
a state health officer who shall be licensed in Wyoming as a physician and who shall carry out the statutory duties and any other duties assigned to him

by the director. The state health officer shall:

(i)

Answer directly to
Serve at the pleasure of

the director
and governor, either of whom may remove the state health officer
;

21
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4
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309.

Mandatory immunizations for children attending schools; exceptions.

(d)

For purposes of this section:

(i)

"State health officer" means the person appointed by the
director of the department of health
governor
pursuant to W.S.
9
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2
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103
9
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2
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103(e)
;

Section 2.

W.S. 9
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2
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103(d) is repealed.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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(END)

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