Public health nursing-budget requests.

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details on the formation of joint powers boards or the use of existing organizations, so these claims were removed as unsupported by the provided source material.

Public Health Nursing Budget Requests

This law allows for public health nursing employee compensation increases to be included in the Department of Health's budget request.

What This Bill Does

• Specifies that when state public health nursing employees receive pay raises, the Department of Health must determine a corresponding increase to contract amounts for counties providing these services and include this amount in their standard or supplemental budget requests.

Who It Names or Affects

• State public health nursing employees
• County commissioners providing public health nursing services
• The Department of Health

Terms To Know

Public health nursing

Healthcare services provided by nurses to improve the overall health and well-being of communities.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify how much money will be requested for compensation increases.
• It is unclear if all counties will participate in forming joint powers boards.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0253

Bill No.:

HB0074

Effective:

7/1/2024

LSO No.:

24LSO-0253

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0015

Chapter No.:

29

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Appropriations Committee

Catch Title:

Public health nursing-budget requests.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Increases compensation for contracted public health nurse employees.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill specifies that when state public health nursing employees receive compensation increases, the Department of Health is authorized to determine a corresponding increase to contract amounts for counties providing public health nursing services.

The Department of Health is directed to include the increase in contract amounts in the department's next standard or supplemental budget request.

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

24LSO-0253

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0074

ENROLLED ACT NO. 15,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; providing a process for public health nursing employee compensation increases as specified to be included in the department of health's budget request; 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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243 by creating a new subsection (f) and by renumbering (f) and (g) as (g) and (h) is amended to read:

35
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Public health nursing.

(f)

When compensation to state public health nursing employees is increased, the department shall determine a corresponding increase to contract amounts for counties providing public health nursing services under paragraph (a)(iii) of this section and request this increase in the department's standard budget or supplemental budget request.

(f)
(g)

If the commissioners of two (2) or more counties desire to form a joint powers board to manage all or part of the public health functions in the respective counties, the relevant memoranda of understanding may be modified accordingly and may provide for transition to a joint powers board upon its creation pursuant to the Wyoming Joint Powers Act.

(g)
(h)

The county commissioners of each county may choose for all or a portion of their county to use, for the delivery and management of public health nursing and related functions, any existing organization which currently delivers any or all public health services.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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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 House.

Chief Clerk

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