Title 25, Title 25 — Institutions Of The State

Creation of department of corrections; duties; inspections of state institutions; regulation of prisoner produced goods. (a) The department of corrections is created. The department consists of the director who is the chief administrative officer and such divisions as the directo…

Powers of department; care of persons committed outside of state. (a) The department of corrections shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out its functions. The promulgation of substantive rules by the department, the conduct of its hearings and its final decisions…

Establishment of state institutions. (a) The following state institutions are established: (i) The Wyoming state penitentiary at Rawlins, Wyoming; (ii) The Wyoming boys' school at Worland, Wyoming; (iii) The Wyoming girls' school at Sheridan, Wyoming; (iv) The Wyoming life resour…

Seal of warden; copies of papers displaying seal received as evidence. (a) The warden of the penitentiary shall have an official seal bearing the words "Warden of the Penitentiary of the State of Wyoming" of which the courts of this state shall take judicial notice. (b) When the …

Authority to establish and maintain penitentiary farms; disposition of funds from sales or services; supervision. (a) The state may establish, maintain and operate one (1) or more penitentiary farms and camps as needed to provide a place of confinement and employment of convicted…

Wyoming women's center; establishment; purpose; supervision. (a) The Wyoming women's center is established at Lusk, Wyoming, to provide a place of confinement, employment and training for convicted female felons sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections to serve a…

Wyoming correctional facility; establishment; purpose; supervision. (a) The Wyoming correctional facility is established at Torrington, Wyoming, to provide a place of confinement, employment and training for convicted felons sentenced to the custody of the department of correctio…

Persons to be confined; notice; transportation to school. (a) Any boy who has attained the age of twelve (12) years and who has been ordered committed in compliance with W.S. 14-6-229 may be committed to the Wyoming boys' school. The term of any boy committed shall be determined …

Discipline to be reformatory; employment of residents; sale of products for public use or in open market; disposition of proceeds. (a) The discipline in the Wyoming boys' school shall be reformatory. Residents of the school may be employed as a means of their support and reformat…

Transfer of residents to state hospital; rules and regulations governing residents. (a) The department of family services may, with the approval of the department of health, transfer any resident who becomes mentally incompetent to any appropriate acute placement facility based o…

Control over residents; preparation of personal record; rehabilitation plan and periodic reviews thereof; contents of record. The department of family services shall maintain control over all persons committed to the boys' school to prevent the persons from committing crime, best…

Release of resident. After the department of family services has made a finding that a boy should be released from the Wyoming boys' school, it shall give advance notification of the pending release to the court which ordered commitment. Upon the boy's release the department shal…

Girls to be committed; terms; notification of superintendent; transportation to school. (a) Any girl who has attained the age of twelve (12) years and who has been ordered committed in compliance with W.S. 14-6-229 may be committed to the Wyoming girls' school. The term of any gi…

Nature of program and discipline; rules and regulations for work release, home visitation or temporary residence. The program and discipline at the Wyoming girls' school shall be educational, vocational and rehabilitative. For these purposes the department of family services shal…

Personal record to be prepared; rehabilitation plan; periodic review; additional contents of record; release from custody. (a) When a girl is admitted to the girls' school, the superintendent shall prepare a record of the personal history of the resident, including her age, famil…

Short title. This act may be cited as the "Life Resource Center Act".

Definitions. (a) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 70, § 2, Ch. 85, § 2. (b) As used in this act: (i) "Acquired brain injury" means any combination of focal and diffuse central nervous system dysfunction, at the brain stem level and above, acquired after birth through the interaction of…

Wyoming life resource center established; purpose. (a) Except as otherwise authorized by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d), the Wyoming life resource center is established to provide the following residential, active treatment, assistive technol…

Administration and management of center. The administration and management of the center is vested in the department.

Rules and regulations; reports. (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations which are in compliance with both federal regulations for intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disability and federal regulations for skilled nursing facilities, and which: …

Donations for benefit of center; control and disposition thereof. Money, personal property or real estate donated for the benefit of the center shall be held, controlled and distributed by the department according to the conditions of the donation. If there are no conditions of t…

Disposition of monies received from sale of products or as compensation. Except as provided by W.S. 25-5-106, all monies received by the department for the clients in the center from the sale of products produced or grown by the center or as compensation from any source shall be …

Appointment of program manager; duties; removal. (a) The director shall appoint a program manager of the center. (b) The program manager shall administer the center as directed by the administrator. (c) The director may remove the program manager in his discretion.

Inability or refusal to pay for services. (a) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 50, § 4. (b) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 50, § 4. (c) No person shall be denied admission to or services by the center because of the inability of the person, his parent or guardian to pay the cost of the ser…

Special education for minors and costs thereof. (a) Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, § 3. (b) Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, § 3. (c) Clients who are between the ages of five (5) and twenty-one (21) years of age shall be provided special education and related services through the c…

Eligibility for admission; appropriateness of services. (a) Except as otherwise authorized by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d), a person shall be admitted to the center only if he is an individual qualifying for services under W.S. 25-5-103(a) …

Preadmission screening for residential services; preparation and supervision thereof; disposition of findings. (a) Admission to the center shall be upon written application to the division and shall be based upon the preadmission screening and assessment: (i) The preadmission scr…

Individual program plan; preparation and supervision thereof; review. Each client admitted to the center shall have on file at the center an individual program plan. The individual program plans shall be prepared by an interdisciplinary team within thirty (30) days of admission f…

Admission for residential services; application and contents thereof; written copy of rights; appeal of denied admissions. (a) A person determined by the preadmission screening and assessment to be eligible for admission to the center for residential services may be admitted as a…

Release of voluntary client upon request; exceptions. (a) A voluntary client may be discharged by the administrator at any time within twenty (20) days of receipt of a written request for the release by the client, his parent or guardian, and the administrator shall arrange for a…

Involuntary admissions; application to district court; representation of proposed client; preadmission screening; notice; hearing; independent screening; admissibility. (a) A person may be an involuntary client of the center if admitted pursuant to this section. Application for i…

Court order setting hearing on involuntary application; service of notice; waiver. (a) The court shall fix a date for hearing on the application. (b) The order setting the hearing shall contain: (i) The date, time and place of the hearing; (ii) The name and address of the applica…

Rights of proposed client and notified persons; confidentiality of hearing; admissibility of screening reports; findings by court or jury; amendment of admission order. (a) The proposed client has the right to appear, to be heard and to participate in every stage of the hearing u…

Appeals to supreme court; rules governing. Any person aggrieved by any order entered under this act may appeal to the Wyoming supreme court. The appeal shall conform with the rules of civil procedure.

Discharge of clients by administrator or by court; appeals to department. (a) An interdisciplinary team may recommend to the administrator discharge of a client with an appropriate transition plan from the center when placement at home, with another service provider or another pr…

Transfer of clients for temporary care and treatment; consent; costs to be paid by center; third-party obligations not limited. If the program manager determines it is appropriate for the welfare of a client, the client may be placed for temporary care and treatment in any public…

Contracts with other states for interstate transfer of clients; payment of expenses therefor. (a) The department may enter into contracts with other states to provide for: (i) The admission to facilities, schools or hospitals in other states of persons admitted to or entitled to …

Admittance for temporary services; excepted provisions; limited duration. The administrator may admit individuals for services temporarily pursuant to rules promulgated under W.S. 25-5-105(a) if the administrator determines a less restrictive environment is appropriate but unavai…

Consent and notice required before major surgery; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no client shall undergo major surgery until the superintendent: (i) Obtains the prior consent of the client, or if his consent cannot be given knowingly, he sha…

Confidentiality of records; exceptions; penalties for violations. (a) All records of clients, former clients and proposed clients of the center are confidential except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, when disclosure is required by state or federal law or when discl…

No determination of incompetency; notification of rights; deniable rights and conditions therefor; undeniable rights. (a) The determination that a person is eligible for admission to the center is not a determination or adjudication that the person is incompetent. (b) Upon admiss…

Restraint; conditions for use; strict administration of medication; prohibited uses. (a) Isolation or seclusion procedures in which a person is placed alone in a locked room or in an area from which the person is physically prevented from leaving are prohibited. Restraint of a cl…

Employment of clients within institution; wages; duties; discharge for cause. Clients who are employed within the center shall be paid a reasonable wage based upon commensurate wages under special certificate as authorized by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act at 21 U.S.C. 214(…

Medications aides. Any person trained and qualified as a medication aide may administer medications in basic client care situations at the center. The center shall develop curricula, certification criteria and protocols concerning administration of medications and use of medicati…

Authority of state to receive property; maintenance; sale and investment of proceeds. (a) The state may receive gifts, devises, bequests, deeds and other conveyances of property of any kind for the benefit of the blind citizens of Wyoming. (b) The property received shall be cared…

Purpose. Except as otherwise authorized by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d), the purpose of the pioneer home and the Wyoming retirement center is to provide a place for the care and maintenance of residents of this state who are afflicted with …

Powers and duties of department of health. (a) The department of health may: (i) Construct, maintain, equip, operate and manage the pioneer home and the Wyoming retirement center; (ii) Purchase, rent or otherwise provide the equipment, materials or supplies necessary to carry out…

Conditions for admission; charges for care. Admission to the pioneer home and the Wyoming retirement center shall be voluntary and only upon prior approval by the department of health. Indigent aged persons may be cared for without charge. Nonindigent aged persons may be cared fo…

Receipt and disposition of revenues and gifts. (a) All revenues received from the operation of the pioneer home and from gifts given for the general purpose of the pioneer home shall be paid over to the state treasurer and deposited in the general fund. Gifts given for a specific…

Purpose; admission of veterans and veterans' dependents. (a) Except as otherwise authorized by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d), the veterans' home of Wyoming shall provide domiciliary level care and, if appropriate facilities are completed, ma…