Title 35, Title 35 — Public Health And Safety

Short title; purpose; sunset. (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Hospital Price Transparency Act." (b) The purpose of this act is to require hospitals to disclose prices for certain items and services and to provide civil penalties. (c) This article is repealed …

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Department" means the department of health; (ii) "De-identified maximum negotiated charge" means the highest charge a facility has negotiated with any third party payors for a facility item or service; (iii) "De-identified minimum negoti…

List of standard charges required. (a) A facility shall: (i) Maintain a list of all standard charges for facility items or services in accordance with this section; (ii) Maintain a list of the standard charges required under paragraph (i) of this subsection for not less than thre…

Monitoring. (a) The department shall monitor each facility's compliance with the requirements of this act using any of the following methods: (i) Evaluating complaints made by persons to the department regarding noncompliance with the act; (ii) Reviewing any analysis prepared reg…

Material violation; corrective action plan. (a) A facility materially violates this act if the facility fails to comply with the requirements of W.S. 35-2- 1503. (b) If the department determines that a facility has materially violated this act, the department shall issue a materi…

Civil penalty for violations. (a) The department may impose a civil penalty on a facility if a facility fails to: (i) Respond to the department's notice to submit a corrective action plan within the timeframe specified by federal rules and regulations; or (ii) Comply with the req…

Legislative recommendations. The department may propose to the legislature any necessary recommendations for amending this act, including recommendations in response to amendments by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services to 45 C.F.R. part 180.

Procedure for proposing establishment of sanitary and improvement 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 (a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (b) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (c) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (d) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (e) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5…

Contents of petition; lands not to be included. The petition for the establishment of said district shall contain a definite description of the territory intended to be embraced in such district according to government survey and the name of the proposed district. No lands includ…

Election of trustees at organization; term; salary; corporate powers. At the election for the organization of the district, there shall be elected two (2) trustees for a term of two (2) years and three (3) trustees for a term of four (4) years. Thereafter their respective success…

Bond of trustees. Each trustee of any such district shall, prior to entering upon his office, execute and file with the county clerk of the county in which said district, or the greater portion of the area thereof, is located his bond, with one (1) or more sureties, to be approve…

Election and compensation of clerk; employment of engineer; ordinances, rules and regulations; publication of proceedings. The board of trustees shall elect one (1) of their members clerk and have the power to appoint, employ and pay an engineer, who shall be removable at pleasur…

Power of trustees to establish water mains, sewers and disposal plants; approval by state department of health. The board of trustees of any district organized under this act shall have power to provide for establishing, maintaining and constructing water mains, sewers and dispos…

Contracts. All contracts for work to be done, the expense of which is more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), may employ alternate design and construction delivery methods as defined in W.S. 16-6-701 and shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, upon notice of not less tha…

Annual tax levy authorized; certification and collection; treasurer designated. The board of trustees may annually levy and collect taxes for corporate purposes upon property within the limits of such sanitary and improvement district, to the amount of not more than one (1) mill …

Eminent domain; power conferred. Such sanitary and improvement district may acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, real or personal property, right-of-way, and privilege, within or without its corporate limits, necessary for its corporate purposes.

Eminent domain; manner of exercise; ascertaining damage to property. Whenever the board of trustees of any sanitary and improvement district shall by order determine to make any public improvement under the provisions of this act which shall require that private property be taken…

Right-of-way over public lands. Whenever it is necessary, in making any improvement under the provisions of this act, to enter upon or cross any state or public lands, the district may acquire a right-of-way over the lands subject to any rules, regulations or requirements as may …

Annual oversight of accounts; information to be shown; powers and duties of director. (a) The director of the state department of audit shall cause there to be oversight of the books of account, kept by the board of trustees of each sanitary and improvement district in the state …

Annexation by city or village. If the district, or any part of it, is annexed by any city or village, such city or village shall assume and pay the bonds and other obligations outstanding at the time of annexation.

Bonds; general requirements as to issuance; tax levy. The district may borrow money for corporate purposes and issue its general obligation bonds therefor, but the principal amount of the general obligation bond shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the assessed valuation of the …

Bonds; judicial examination and approval; prerequisite to sale. The board of trustees of a sanitary and improvement district organized under the provisions of this act, shall, before issuing and before selling any bonds of such district, commence special proceedings, in and by wh…

Bonds; judicial examination and approval; petition. The board of trustees of the district or such holder or holders of any bond or bonds of the district shall file in the district court of the county in which the lands of the district, or the greater portion thereof, are situated…

Bonds; judicial examination and approval; notice and hearing. The court shall fix the time for the hearing of the petition, and shall order the clerk of the court to give and publish a notice of the filing of the petition. The notice shall be given as is provided in section 3. Th…

Bonds; judicial examination and approval; objections to petition; pleading and practice. Any person interested in the district, or in the issuance or sale of the bonds, may move to dismiss the petition or answer thereto. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure respecting mo…

Bonds; judicial examination and approval; powers of court; confirmation or disapproval of issue; cost; history of proceedings; endorsement and registration. Upon the hearing of such special proceedings, the court shall have power and jurisdiction to examine and determine the lega…

Bonds; objections to issuance; submission of question to voters; issuance upon favorable vote; rate of interest. If the electors of the district, equal in number to forty percent (40%) of the electors of the district voting at the last general state election, file written objecti…

Rules and regulations of trustees; determination and collection of service charges; discontinuance of service. The board of trustees may make all necessary rules and regulations governing the use, operation, and control thereof. The board may establish an initial connection charg…

Required connections with sewer. Whenever a sewer system has been established, all dwellings in the district shall connect therewith and all septic tanks shall be dispensed with. The board of trustees shall have the authority to institute court proceedings in a court of competent…

Preparation of plans and specifications for improvement; estimate of cost; notice required before adoption; information to be shown in notice. (a) The board of trustees of such district shall first cause plans and specifications for said improvements and an estimate of the cost t…

Department of health to prescribe rules and regulations; penalty for violation; resisting or interfering with enforcement. The state department of health shall have the power to prescribe rules and regulations for the management and control of communicable diseases. Any persons v…

Liability of county for medical services; indigent patients. The respective counties of the state shall not be liable for the payment of any claim for service rendered by any physician in the treatment of contagious diseases, unless such treatment shall be for the care of indigen…

Investigation of diseases; quarantine; regulation of travel; employment of police officers to enforce quarantine; report of county health officer; supplies and expenses. The department of health shall, immediately after the receipt of information that there is any smallpox, chole…

Quarantine regulations generally; modification or abrogation. In case of the existence of smallpox, cholera, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or any infectious or contagious disease, including venereal diseases, that is a menace to public health, or of any epidemic of an…

Escape from quarantine deemed crime; punishment. Any person or persons confined in any quarantine established in this state under the provisions of this act who shall escape therefrom or attempt to escape therefrom, without having been dismissed upon the certificate or authority …

Vaccination for smallpox; penalty for refusal. The state department of health may adopt such measures for the general vaccination of the inhabitants of any city, town or county in the state, as they shall deem proper and necessary to prevent the introduction or arrest the progres…

Report required of physician; record of each case to be kept; duty of individuals to report diseases. (a) Pursuant to department of health rules and regulations, the state health officer or his designee shall publish a list of communicable diseases or conditions to be reported by…

Penalty for failure to report or for false report. Any practicing, licensed physician or other person required to report who fails to report to the state health officer or his designee any case of disease in the manner provided in W.S. 35-4-107, or who willfully makes any false r…

Spreading contagious disease; prohibited. Any person who shall knowingly have or use about his premises, or who shall convey or cause to be conveyed into any neighborhood, any clothing, bedding or other substance used by, or in taking care of, any person afflicted with the smallp…

Spreading contagious disease; liability for damages in civil action. Any person guilty of violating the provisions of W.S. 35-4-109, in addition to the penalties therein prescribed, shall be liable in a civil action in damages to any and all persons, who may, from that cause, bec…

Reporting of Reye's Syndrome. Every hospital or local health officer shall immediately report every diagnosed case of Reye's Syndrome to the state health officer of the department of health.

Right of appeal of quarantine. (a) Any person who has been quarantined pursuant to this act may appeal to the district court at any time for release from the quarantine. The court may hold a hearing on the appeal after notice is provided to the state health officer at least seven…

Treatment when consent is not available; quarantine. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, W.S. 14-4-116 and 21-4-309, the state health officer shall not subject any person to any vaccination or medical treatment without the consent of the person. (b) During a…

Immunity from liability. (a) During a public health emergency as defined by W.S. 35-4-115(a)(i) and subject to subsection (d) of this section, any health care provider or other person, including a business entity, who in good faith follows the instructions of a state, city, town …

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Public health emergency" means an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition caused by an epidemic or pandemic disease, a novel and highly fatal infectious agent or a biological toxin that poses a substantial ris…

Declared contagious and dangerous to health; list of reportable diseases established by department of health; violation of W.S. 35-4-130 through 35-4-134; penalty. (a) Sexually transmitted diseases as included within the list of reportable diseases of the department of health are…