§ 9-2-102 — Department of health; duties and responsibilities; state grants

Wyoming § 9-2-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 09: Administration of the Government
• Ch. 2: AGENCIES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND DEPARTMENTS
• Art. 1: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

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(a) The department of health is the state mental health
authority, the developmental disabilities authority and the
substance abuse authority. The department through its divisions
has the following duties and responsibilities to:
(i) Administer comprehensive state programs for
mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse
services;
(ii) Provide a coordinated network of programs and
facilities offering the following services to persons afflicted
with mental illness or developmental disabilities or for
substance abuse: diagnosis, treatment, education, care,
training, community living, habilitation and rehabilitation;
(iii) Establish minimum standards and approve
policies and procedures for the establishment and operation of
community-based mental health, substance abuse and developmental
disabilities programs receiving state support. The department
through its mental health division and its substance abuse
division shall annually withhold not less than five percent (5%)
of all amounts provided in each contract with a community-based
mental health or substance abuse program or provider and shall
not release the funds withheld to the individual program or
provider until the respective division and the individual
program or provider enter into a written agreement that provides
for performance and outcome measures. If the respective
division and an individual program or provider do not enter into
a mutually agreed upon set of performance and outcome measures,
the funds withheld under this paragraph shall revert to the
budget reserve account at the end of the biennium in which the
funds were withheld;
Note: Effective 7/1/2026 this paragraph will read as:
(iii) Establish minimum standards and approve
policies and procedures for the establishment and operation of
community-based mental health, substance abuse and developmental
disabilities programs receiving state support. The department
through its mental health division and its substance abuse
division shall annually withhold not less than five percent (5%)
of all amounts provided in each contract with a community-based
mental health or substance abuse program or provider and shall
not release the funds withheld to the individual program or
provider until the respective division and the individual
program or provider enter into a written agreement that provides
for performance and outcome measures. If the respective
division and an individual program or provider do not enter into
a mutually agreed upon set of performance and outcome measures,
the funds withheld under this paragraph shall revert to the
general fund at the end of the biennium in which the funds were
withheld;
(iv) Establish minimum standards for all mental
health, substance abuse and developmental disabilities services
supported by state funds;
(v) Establish a statewide suicide prevention program
that includes:
(A) A statewide written plan adopted by the
department following at least one (1) statewide public meeting
of interested persons and entities;
(B) Assistance to local communities in the
development and maintenance of suicide prevention coalitions;
(C) Consultation, technical assistance and
training to state and local agencies, organizations and
professional groups;
(D) Maintenance of a library of suicide
prevention materials and information which shall include copies
of or links to Cochrane collaboration systematic reviews or
other similar sources relevant to this subject;
(E) Collection and dissemination of information
regarding best practices for suicide prevention and
intervention.
(b) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 81, § 3.
(c) The program may include state grants based on a
formula for state and local participation.
(d) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 81, § 3.
(e) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 31, § 2.
(f) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 161, § 4; ch. 221, § 3.
(g) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 161, § 4; ch. 221, § 3.
(h) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 161, § 4; ch. 221, § 3.
(j) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 161, § 4; ch. 221, § 3.
(k) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 161, § 4; ch. 221, § 3.
(m) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 161, § 4; ch. 221, § 3.
(n) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 161, § 4; ch. 221, § 3.
(o) The department shall provide to the joint labor,
health and social services interim committee, and any other
appropriate legislative committee, periodic reports from the
department's internal performance measurement system.