§ 35-25-502 — Crisis center designation; powers and duties of the department; rulemaking; report

Wyoming § 35-25-502

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 25: PUBLIC PROGRAMS
• Art. 5: 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE

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(a) Not later than July 1, 2023, the department shall
designate one (1) or more crisis centers to provide crisis
intervention services and crisis care coordination to persons
accessing the 988 system from anywhere in Wyoming, twenty-four
(24) hours per day and seven (7) days per week.
(b) A crisis center designated under this section shall:
(i) Have an agreement with the national suicide
prevention lifeline or its successor for participation within
the 988 system;
(ii) Meet all requirements and best practices
guidelines of the national suicide prevention lifeline;
(iii) Provide data and reports and participate in
evaluations and quality improvement activities as required by
the administrator;
(iv) Have authority to deploy crisis services,
including mobile crisis teams and coordinate access to crisis
services or other local resources as appropriate, consistent
with guidelines or best practices established by the national
suicide prevention lifeline;
(v) Meet requirements established by the national
suicide prevention lifeline for serving at-risk and specialized
populations identified by the substance abuse and mental health
services including those with co-occurring substance use by
providing linguistically and culturally competent care including
training and policies for transferring a 988 contact to an
appropriate specialized center or subnetwork within the national
suicide prevention lifeline network;
(vi) Provide follow-up services to persons accessing
the 988 system consistent with policies and guidelines of the
national suicide prevention lifeline.
(c) The department shall:
(i) Implement and provide oversight of the 988 system
as provided in this article;
(ii) Promulgate rules to allow appropriate
information sharing between and across crisis and emergency
response systems for the purpose of real-time crisis care
coordination including deployment of linked crisis services
specific to the crisis response;
(iii) Coordinate active collaborations, including
facilitating formal agreements and establishing appropriate
information sharing procedures, between any crisis center
designated under this section and appropriate community partners
including mental health and substance abuse disorder treatment
providers, primary care providers, community mental health
centers, community behavioral health centers, mobile crisis
teams, hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities and crisis
facilities;
(iv) In consultation with the national suicide
prevention lifeline, veteran's crisis line and other networks
approved by the substance abuse and mental health services
administration, ensure consistent public messaging about the 988
system;
(v) Provide an annual report on the usage of and
services provided by the 988 system to the joint labor, health
and social services interim committee and the substance abuse
and mental health services administration;
(vi) Review its practices under this article not less
than every four (4) years to ensure that the services provided
are and remain best evidence-based practices for suicide
prevention.