Title 9, Title 9 — Administration Of The Government

Allocation, transfer and abolition of powers, duties and functions within department. (a) The governor may, after consultation with the director of the department and the departmental advisory council: (i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 221, § 3. (ii) Designate the department as the …

Office of planning and administration; created; duties and powers of administrator. (a) The office of planning and administration is created and shall be under the authority of the director. (b) The administrator of the office of planning and administration shall: (i) Coordinate …

Duties and powers of director of department. (a) The director shall: (i) Consult with the departmental advisory council and establish general policy to be followed in the department in administering programs; (ii) Disburse and administer all federal funds or other monies allotted…

Division advisory councils; appointment; departmental advisory council; created; term; composition; meetings; removal of members; selection of officers; vacancies; expenses. (a) The director may appoint an advisory council, each of which shall consist of not more than ten (10) me…

Director of department; appointment; removal; duties. (a) With the advice and consent of the senate the governor shall appoint a director for the department who shall serve under the direction of the governor and who may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. (b)…

Vocational rehabilitation; definitions. (a) As used in W.S. 9-2-109 through 9-2-115: (i) "Division" means the staff within the department of workforce services who administer vocational rehabilitation programs and provide vocational rehabilitation services; (ii) "Eligible" means …

Division of vocational rehabilitation; administrative duties. (a) This act shall be administered by the division. In administering this act, the division shall: (i) Make regulations necessary to implement this act; (ii) Certify for disbursement funds available for the purposes of…

Division of vocational rehabilitation; provision of authorized services; related powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the division shall provide the services authorized by this act to eligible individuals with disabilities. The division may: (i) Cooperate with other d…

Division of vocational rehabilitation; cooperation with federal government in providing services to individuals with disabilities. (a) The division shall cooperate with the federal government in implementing federal statutes pertaining to the purposes of this act, including the l…

Division of vocational rehabilitation; federal and state funds; custody and disbursement by state treasurer; gifts. (a) The state treasurer is the custodian of all funds received from the federal government for vocational rehabilitation or to implement any agreements authorized b…

Division of vocational rehabilitation; services; persons eligible; extent provided at public cost; regulation as to selection of persons to be benefited; right to benefit not transferable. (a) Vocational rehabilitation services shall be provided to eligible residents with disabil…

Division of vocational rehabilitation; preference given to eligible individuals with disabilities in operating small businesses on public property; new construction and remodeling; effect of preference on existing small businesses. (a) Individuals with disabilities determined to …

Legislative findings; purposes. The legislature finds that a shortage of primary care physicians and allied health providers exists in the state of Wyoming which limits the availability of adequate health care services for the citizens of the state who live in rural areas. The le…

Office of rural health created; duties. (a) The office of rural health is created within the department of health. The office shall: (i) Serve as a clearinghouse for information on primary health care services in communities and rural areas of Wyoming and provide for disseminatio…

Physician and dentist loan repayment program. (a) The department is authorized to enter into agreements with physicians and dentists who have graduated from accredited residency programs to provide health care in this state. The agreements shall: (i) Provide for the physician or …

Allied health care provider loan repayment program. (a) The department is authorized to enter into agreements with health care providers licensed or certified to provide health care services in this state including, but not limited to, hospital, medical, surgical, dental, vision,…

Substance abuse control plan. (a) The department of health shall develop a detailed, comprehensive substance abuse control plan for prevention, early intervention and treatment designed to curb alcohol and controlled substance abuse in the state of Wyoming. (b) The department of …

Wyoming investment in nursing loan and grant program; eligibility criteria; procedures. (a) There is created the Wyoming investment in nursing program administered by the Wyoming community college commission created under W.S. 21-18-201. The program shall be known as the WYIN pro…

Prescription drug consumer information and technical assistance program. The prescription drug consumer information and technical assistance program is created within the department of health. The program shall provide Wyoming residents with advice on the prudent use of prescript…

Client treatment records; confidentiality; limited disclosure permitted; definitions. (a) Client registration records and treatment records relating to persons receiving mental health or substance abuse treatment at a treatment facility under contract with the department shall re…

Client treatment records; research; access; disclosure; penalties. (a) The department may authorize or provide access to or provide copies of an individually identifiable record for research purposes if informed written consent for the disclosure has been given to the department …

Community health centers and rural health clinics; process for grants facilitating capital construction, start up costs and equipment costs; account established; grant criteria. (a) There is created a process for grants facilitating capital construction and for start up costs and…

Health care innovation; studies; account. (a) The department is authorized to carry out innovative studies relating to the following: (i) Reduction of costs associated with long-term care, chronic disease or other health care services to the state of Wyoming; (ii) Allowing indivi…

Waiver of rules. (a) The department may waive existing rules as necessary to carry out an innovative study under W.S. 9-2-128. (b) The department shall adopt rules specifying standards for a waiver under this section.

Mental health and substance use disorder programming; department of corrections; criminal justice populations. (a) Pursuant to this section and W.S. 25-1-105(f) and (g), the department of health shall collaborate with the department of corrections to reduce recidivism rates for p…

Wyoming health information exchange. (a) This section codifies the statewide health information exchange authorized by 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 31, Section 048, except that the term "multi-payer" in that section shall not be codified or impose any requirements on the op…

Purchase of storage capacity in Fontenelle Reservoir; governor authorized to contract therefor; powers of commission; limitations on negotiation of contracts for water use. (a) The governor may negotiate, execute and deliver a contract between the United States of America and the…

Definitions. (a) As used in W.S. 9-2-401 through 9-2-415: (i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 55, § 2. (ii) "Department" means the department of state parks and cultural resources; (iii) "Director" means the director of the department; (iv) "Political subdivision" means a county, muni…

Creation of department; director; references to department. (a) The state archives, museums and historical sections within the department are created and shall be in the charge of the director. The director is subject to the Wyoming Government Reorganization Act of 1989. (b) The …

Classifications of public records. (a) Public records shall be classified as follows: (i) Official public records include: (A) All original vouchers, receipts and other documents necessary to isolate and prove the validity of every transaction relating to the receipt, use and dis…

Director; management of public records. (a) The director shall properly manage and safely keep all public records in his custody, and administer the state archives. He shall: (i) Manage the archives of the state; (ii) Centralize the archives of the state to make them available fo…

Director; duties regarding public records in his custody. (a) The director shall collect, arrange and make available to the public at reasonable times in his office in original or reproduced form, all records in his custody not restricted by law, including official records of the…

Transfer of public records to archives; transfer of records of uncollectible accounts receivable to department; duties of department thereto. (a) All public records, not required in the current operation of the office where they are made or kept, and all records of every public o…

Designation of records officer by state departments or agencies; duties. Each department or agency of the state government shall designate a records officer who shall supervise the departmental records program, review record retention schedules and represent the office in all dep…

Records as property of state; delivery by outgoing officials and employees to successors; management and disposition thereof. All public records are the property of the state. They shall be delivered by outgoing officials and employees to their successors and shall be preserved, …

Records committee created; composition; expenses; meetings; action by majority vote; duties as to retention and disposition of public records. The records committee is created to be composed of the director or his deputy, who shall act as chairman and secretary of the committee, …

Destruction or disposition of public records; procedure. Public records of the state and political subdivisions shall be disposed of in accordance with W.S. 9-2-411. The records committee may approve a departmental written request upon proper and satisfactory showing that the ret…

Reproduction of public records of political subdivisions. (a) Subject to this section and with the approval of the governing body of the political subdivision, any department, agency, board or individual of any political subdivision may record or copy by any permanent reproductiv…

Department of commerce; powers and duties relative to museums, historical sites and parks. (a) The director may: (i) Assemble and collect archaeological and ethnological collections, relics of the history of the state and material illustrative of the natural history of the state,…

Director; duties relative to promotion of history of state and region. (a) The director shall: (i) Collect books, maps, charts, documents, manuscripts, other papers and any obtainable documentary material illustrative of the history and development of the state and region; (ii) C…

Marking, defacing, removing or tampering with certain materials; penalty. Any person marking, defacing, removing or tampering in any manner whatsoever with any property acquired under W.S. 9-2-404 through 9-2-415, by the director or, acquired under W.S. 9-2- 3210 through 9-2-3212…

Wyoming council for women's issues; creation; areas of attention. (a) The Wyoming council for women's issues is created within the department of workforce services. The council for women's issues shall focus attention on the status of women in Wyoming with emphasis on the followi…

Membership; term; appointments; vacancies; removal; officers; acceptance of gifts and donations; expenses. (a) The council shall be composed of fourteen (14) members, each of whom shall serve for a term of six (6) years. The governor shall make the appointments and fill any vacan…

Commissioners; appointment; term; residence; removal; vacancies; expenses; annual report. (a) The governor may appoint three (3) commissioners to the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. Commissioners shall serve three (3) year terms. Each commissioner shal…

Contribution for expenses of national conference. Each year, an amount determined by the legislature shall be paid to the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws as the state's contribution to the expenses of the conference.

Definitions. (a) As used in W.S. 9-2-801 through 9-2-810: (i) "Geology" means as defined by W.S. 33-41-102(a)(vi); (ii) "Geologist" means as defined by W.S. 33-41-102(a)(iv). (iii) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 170, § 2.