Title 25, Institutions Of The State

Chaplain; appointment; term; duties. The department of health may appoint a chaplain of the veterans' home of Wyoming who shall hold his office for a period of one (1) year from date of his appointment unless removed for cause. He shall have charge of the moral and intellectual w…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Court" means the district court which ordered detention, directed outpatient commitment or involuntary hospitalization of the person pursuant to this act, or the district court in the county where the person resides, is found or is hospi…

Admittees subject to rules and regulations of department. All persons admitted to the state hospital shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the department.

Admission of persons with mental illness to hospital or treatment center. Subject to the rules and regulations of the department, a hospital or any other treatment provider providing treatment under this act may admit persons who have symptoms of mental illness for treatment in t…

Duties of department of health as to hospitals other than state hospital. (a) The department, with respect to hospitals or other treatment providers other than the state hospital, shall: (i) Adopt standards for the designation of hospitals or other licensed treatment providers as…

Duties of department of health as to state hospital. (a) The department shall: (i) Adopt standards governing the state hospital; (ii) Visit the state hospital to review methods of treatment of patients; and (iii) Investigate complaints made by or on behalf of state hospital patie…

Voluntary applications for admission. (a) The head of a hospital may admit for treatment any adult who has symptoms of mental illness but who has sufficient insight or capacity to make responsible, voluntary application for admission and who applies for admission. (b) A person wh…

When voluntary patients shall be discharged. The head of a hospital shall discharge any patient admitted pursuant to W.S. 25-10-106(a) or (b) who no longer needs hospital treatment.

Release upon request; exceptions; discharge plan. (a) A patient admitted pursuant to W.S. 25-10-106 who requests his release in writing or whose release is requested in writing by the person responsible for his care or custody, shall be released within twenty-four (24) hours afte…

Emergency detention. (a) A person may be detained when: (i) A law enforcement officer or examiner has reasonable cause to believe a person is mentally ill pursuant to W.S. 25-10-101; (ii) A court has entered an ex parte order for immediate detention of a person pursuant to W.S. 2…

Involuntary hospitalization proceedings. (a) Proceedings for the involuntary hospitalization of a person may be commenced by the filing of a written application with the court in the county in which the person is initially detained. Proceedings may also be initiated in the county…

Directed outpatient commitment proceedings. (a) If the court finds based upon the recommendation of an examiner or on its own determination that the proposed patient is mentally ill but does not require inpatient hospitalization, the court shall consider issuing a directed outpat…

Commitment or transfer to federal hospital; effect of orders by courts of other jurisdictions; powers of federal facility. (a) The court, when ordering involuntary hospitalization pursuant to W.S. 25-10-110(j), may order a person hospitalized in a hospital or facility operated by…

Liability for costs of detention, involuntary hospitalization and proceedings therefor. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of this section, the county in which a person is detained or in which involuntary hospitalization proceedings are brought shall pay the…

Duties of head of hospital upon admission; treatment of patients primarily needing medical care. (a) As soon as possible but not later than seven (7) days after a patient is admitted to a hospital under this act, the head of the hospital shall: (i) Review the patient's record; (i…

Transfer of inmates of penal institutions to state hospital; notice. (a) The department of corrections may transfer an inmate of a state penal institution who is mentally ill to the state hospital, subject to the rules of admission of the department, if adequate treatment cannot …

Transfer of patients to another hospital; notice. (a) A hospital may transfer a patient hospitalized under this act to another hospital if the transfer is in the best interest of the patient. An involuntarily hospitalized patient who is so transferred retains the status of an inv…

Periodic examinations of patients; determination of discharge or continued hospitalization; notice; hearing. (a) Three (3) months after each patient's admission to the hospital, the head of the hospital shall evaluate the progress of each patient and shall reevaluate the treatmen…

Objections to proposed transfer or continued hospitalization; notice; hearing; options of court. (a) A hearing shall be conducted in accordance with this section when a patient contests one (1) of the following actions: (i) Transfer pursuant to W.S. 25-10-114 or 25-10-115; (ii) C…

Mechanical restraints; uses and reasons therefor recorded. Mechanical restraints shall not be applied to any patient, unless the head of the hospital determines that the medical needs of the patient require them. The head of the hospital shall record every use of a mechanical res…

Rights of patients; commitment and treatment of persons being treated by prayer. (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations creating a bill of patient rights and establishing the procedures by which those rights may be enforced, limited or denied. (b) Repealed by Laws 1…

Admission not to create presumption as to competency nor ground for guardianship. Admission to a hospital under this act shall not create any presumption with respect to the patient's mental or legal competency to exercise civil, contractual or other rights for which a legal stan…

Records to be kept confidential; exceptions. (a) Records and reports made under this act which directly or indirectly identify a patient, a former patient or an individual for whom an application for directed outpatient commitment or involuntary hospitalization has been filed, sh…

Discharge of patient held on order in action arising out of criminal offense. A patient held on order of a court having criminal jurisdiction in any action or proceeding arising out of a criminal offense shall not be discharged except upon order of a court of competent jurisdicti…

Transfer of patients between states. (a) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2. (b) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2. (c) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2. (d) Transfer of patients between states shall be governed by the Interstate Compact on Mental Health, W.S. 25-10-301.

Clothing and transportation upon discharge. (a) The department, pursuant to W.S. 25-10-112 shall ensure that a patient discharged from the state's custody possesses suitable clothing and adequate means to ensure his arrival at the home from which he was admitted or another place …

Penalties for unwarranted hospitalization or denial of rights. (a) A person who willfully causes the unwarranted hospitalization of any individual under this act is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisonment not exceedi…

Convalescent status; discharge; readmittance. (a) After providing notice to the court, the county attorney who initiated involuntary hospitalization procedures, any gatekeeper designated by the department and all interested parties, the hospital may release an improved patient on…

Access to patient information. Any disclosure of patient information required by this article shall be subject to limitations imposed by state and federal law. The department shall promulgate rules facilitating the exchange of information required by this article to the maximum e…

Receipt and disposition of revenues and gifts. The department is authorized to deposit all monies and income received and collected by the Wyoming state hospital into a special revenue account. The department shall expend this revenue to correct life safety code problems, pay for…

Enactment into law; form. The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Article I The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatmen…

Designation, powers and duties of compact administrator. Pursuant to the compact, the director of the department of health is authorized and empowered to designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, …

Supplementary agreements; approval required for full force and effect. The compact administrator is authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that the sup…

Discharge of financial obligations with director's approval. The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the director, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary ag…

Consultation with family of proposed transferee; court approval of final action. The compact administrator is directed to consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from an institution in this state to an institution in …

Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Actual cost" means the cost of providing treatment or services for a resident in a state institution including minimum costs, as set by the department having the direct authority and control of the institution, of maintaining the res…

Department to adopt schedule of costs for services and treatments; residents' accounts. (a) The department of health shall promulgate on or before October 1 of each year a schedule of actual costs for services and treatment rendered residents at each state institution under the d…

Determining financial ability and established charges; special funds considered as part of resident's assets. (a) Established charges shall be determined using a sliding scale promulgated by the department of health or the department of family services for each state institution …

Reimbursement of general fund for payments. Payments for services provided to a resident admitted to a state institution either voluntarily or involuntarily shall be reimbursed to the state general fund.

Limitation on liability of responsible relatives; liability of relatives, patient and estate after release or death; exception. (a) The liability of a parent or spouse of a resident for payment of established charges shall not exceed two (2) years of cumulative care at the state …

Billings; assignment of insurance; collection or waiver of arrearages. (a) The department of health shall establish procedures requiring state institutions under its direct authority and control to provide monthly billings to each resident of the state institution and to each leg…

State to bear costs of those unable to pay. If a resident or legally responsible person has no available assets at the time of or during the resident's stay at a state institution to pay an established charge, all costs of treatment and transportation shall be borne by the state.

Department to promulgate rules; forms. The department of health shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations and shall approve and provide forms necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

Wyoming school for the deaf; establishment; purpose; supervision. (a) The Wyoming school for the deaf is established at Casper, Wyoming, to provide to every child of school age in the state of Wyoming who is hearing impaired and for whom no lesser restrictive placement can be pro…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Advisory board" or "board" means the correctional industries advisory board created by W.S. 25-13-102; (ii) "Department" means the department of corrections; (iii) "Inmate" means a person serving a felony sentence in a state correctional…

Correctional industries advisory board. (a) There is created the correctional industries advisory board. The board shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the governor. Members shall serve a three (3) year term provided that of the initial board, two (2) members shall be …