Title 35, Public Health And Safety

Short title. This act may be cited as the "State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act."

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Commissioner" means the director of the state department of health. The director of the state department of health shall be, ex officio, the commissioner; (ii) "The federal act" means title VI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. …

Department of health; sole agency for making an inventory and developing and administering state plan. (a) The department of health shall constitute the sole agency of the state for the purpose of: (i) Making an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, surveying th…

Powers and duties of commissioner enumerated. (a) In carrying out the purposes of the act, the commissioner is authorized and directed: (i) To require such reports, make such inspections and investigations and prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary; (ii) To provide such…

Disbursement of funds. All claims against funds made available for the administration of this act shall be submitted, audited, allowed and paid in the same manner as other claims against the state and in addition thereto shall be approved by the commissioner. Division 2. Survey a…

Duties of commissioner. The commissioner is authorized and directed to make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, including public, nonprofit and proprietary hospitals and medical facilities, to survey the need for construction of hospitals and medical facili…

Construction program. The construction program shall provide, in accordance with regulations prescribed under the federal act, for adequate hospital facilities for the people residing in this state and insofar as possible shall provide for their distribution throughout the state …

Application for and use of federal funds. The commissioner is authorized to make application to the surgeon general for federal funds to assist in carrying out the survey and planning activities herein provided. Such funds shall be deposited in the state treasury and shall be ava…

Preparation and submission to surgeon general; notice and hearing prerequisite to submission; publication upon approval; subsequent modifications. The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the surgeon general a state plan which shall include the hospital and medical facilities…

Minimum standards of maintenance. The commissioner shall by regulation prescribe minimum standards for the maintenance and operation of hospitals and medical facilities which receive federal aid for construction under the state plan.

Relative need for projects to be set forth. The state plan shall set forth the relative need for the several projects included in the construction program determined in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the federal act, and provide for the construction, insofar a…

Applications for construction projects; conformity to federal and state requirements required. Applications for hospital and medical facility construction projects for which federal funds are requested shall be submitted to the commissioner and may be submitted by the state or an…

Hearing and approval of applications for construction. The commissioner shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the commissioner, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in th…

Inspection of construction projects; payment of installment of federal funds. From time to time the commissioner shall inspect each construction project approved by the surgeon general, and, if the inspection so warrants, the commissioner shall certify to the surgeon general that…

Establishment of hospital district. (a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (b) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (c) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (d) A special hospital district may be established and subsequent elections held under the procedures for petitioning, he…

Body corporate; name and style; powers generally; rules and regulations of trustees; definitions of certain terms. (a) Each district is a body corporate, the name of which shall be selected by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater area of land withi…

Procedure for initial election of trustees; number, term of trustees; qualifications; disposition of ballots and affidavits. (a) An election of trustees shall be held in accordance with the Special District Elections Act of 1994 at the same time as the election for the formation …

Administration of finances; assessment and levy of tax. (a) The board of trustees of special hospital districts shall administer the finances of such districts according to the provisions of the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act. The assessor shall at the time of making the…

General obligation coupon bonds; requirements as to issuance generally; submission of question to electors. The board of trustees of a hospital district may upon approval of the board of county commissioners submit to the electors of the district the question whether the board sh…

General obligation coupon bonds; conduct and results of election. The election authorized under W.S. 35-2-415 shall be called, conducted and the results thereof canvassed and certified in all respects as near as practicable in the same manner as is provided for bond elections by …

General obligation coupon bonds; issuance, form, notice, value, rejection of bids, and private sale. If the proposal to issue said bonds shall be approved, the board of trustees may issue such bonds in such form as the board may direct and shall give notice by publication in some…

General obligation coupon bonds; preparation and execution; register to be kept. After ascertaining the best terms upon and the lowest interest at which said bonds can be negotiated, the board shall secure the proper engraving and printing and consecutive numbering thereof, and s…

General obligation coupon bonds; payment guaranteed. The full faith and credit of each hospital district is solemnly pledged for the payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal of all bonds which are issued by such district.

General obligation coupon bonds; payment of interest and principal. The county treasurer where said district's funds are kept may pay out of any moneys belonging to said district tax fund, the interest and the principal upon any bonds issued by such district, when the same become…

General obligation coupon bonds; validity. All hospital districts heretofore formed and organized under the provisions of chapter 58 of the Session Laws of Wyoming, 1949, or under the provisions of chapter 141, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1951, are hereby declared to be duly organiz…

Additional area within district; annexation; method. (a) Whenever a hospital district has been established as provided by law, it may be enlarged by annexation of additional, contiguous territory within the county. (b) Whenever a petition, signed by twenty-five percent (25%) of t…

Restriction on maintenance of hospitals in cities and towns. No city or town which is within the boundaries of a special hospital district organized under W.S. 35-2-401 through 35-2-436 shall construct or operate a hospital more than one (1) year after the formation of the hospit…

Securities for acquiring and improving hospitals and related facilities; issuance authorized; lines of credit and tax and revenue anticipation notes. (a) The trustees of a hospital district established pursuant to W.S. 35-2-401, are hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds, notes…

Securities for acquiring hospitals and related facilities; requirements generally. (a) Except as otherwise provided, securities issued hereunder shall be authorized by resolution adopted by the trustees, shall bear date or dates, shall be in a denomination or denominations, shall…

Securities for acquiring hospitals and related facilities; not a general obligation of hospital district or trustees; payable from special fund. The securities to be issued hereunder shall not constitute a general obligation of the hospital district, nor of the trustees, but shal…

Securities for acquiring hospitals and related facilities; issuance from time to time in one or more series. The securities authorized hereby may be issued from time to time and in one (1) or more series as the trustees may determine.

Securities for acquiring hospitals and related facilities; obligation of trustees to holders; suit for default, misuse of funds. The obligation of the trustees to the holders of the securities shall be limited to applying the funds, as set forth above, to the payment of interest …

Construction to be done by contract based on competitive bidding; alternate delivery methods. (a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section and otherwise, the work of constructing the various buildings shall be done by contract based on competitive bidding. Notice o…

Board may insure facilities. The board may insure said facilities against public liability, property damage or loss of revenues from any cause.

Investment in securities. Securities issued pursuant to this act shall be eligible for investment by banking institutions and for estate, trust, and fiduciary funds, and such securities and the interest thereon shall be exempt from taxation by this state and any subdivision there…

Refunding securities. (a) Any securities of the board of a hospital district issued hereunder or pursuant to any other act and payable from any pledged revenues may be refunded by the board by the adoption of a resolution or resolutions by the board authorizing the issuance of se…

Powers and responsibility of board of trustees. The board of trustees have plenary powers and responsibility for the acquisition, construction, and completion of all projects authorized by the resolution to issue revenue securities or refunding securities.

Board may accept grants. The board may accept grants of money or materials or property of any kind from the federal government, the state, any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any person, upon such terms and conditions as the federal government, the state, or such agen…

Charges and rentals. The board shall establish and collect charges for services and rentals for use of facilities furnished, acquired, constructed, or purchased from the proceeds of such securities, sufficient to pay the principal or the interest, or both, on the securities as th…

Liberal construction. This act being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.

Trustee districts by rule; requirements. When the assessed valuation of the property within a hospital district exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000.00), the board of trustees for that hospital district may divide the district into no more than three (3) trustee districts an…

Dissolution; bankruptcy. (a) Subject to the requirements of this section, the trustees of a hospital district may vote to file bankruptcy under chapter 9 of the United States bankruptcy code or to dissolve and terminate the district. The plan to dissolve and terminate the distric…

Medical staff committees; record confidentiality. (a) All reports, findings, proceedings and data of medical staff committees shall be confidential and privileged. No claim or action shall accrue against any hospital, medical staff member or any employee of either arising out of …

Procedure for proposing establishment of special rural health care districts. (a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (b) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (c) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (d) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (e) A special rural health care distri…

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…

Procedure for election of trustees generally; number, compensation and term of trustees. The district shall be managed and controlled by a board of five (5) trustees who shall serve without compensation. Members of the initial board shall be elected at the formation election to s…