| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-05071HB0078 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0078 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Newborn safety device funding for safe haven providers. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Representative(s) Rodriguez-Williams and |
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| 7 | 7 | | Angelos and Senator(s) Brennan and Steinmetz |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL |
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| 9 | 9 | | for |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1 AN ACT relating to safety for a newborn child; authorizing |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2 a grant program for safe haven providers to purchase |
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| 12 | 12 | | 3 newborn safety devices as specified; providing definitions; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 4 requiring rulemaking; providing an appropriation; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | 5 providing for effective dates. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 8 |
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| 18 | 18 | | 9. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 10 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 11 (a) As used in this act: |
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| 21 | 21 | | 12 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 13 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 14 (i) "Newborn child" means as defined in W.S. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 15 14-11-102(a)(vi); 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05072HB00781 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2 (ii) "Newborn safety device" means a device |
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| 26 | 26 | | 3 installed at a safe haven provider where a newborn child |
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| 27 | 27 | | 4 can be safely placed and that alerts the personnel of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | 5 safe haven provider that a newborn child has been placed in |
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| 29 | 29 | | 6 the device; |
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| 30 | 30 | | 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 8 (iii) "Safe haven provider" means as defined in |
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| 32 | 32 | | 9 W.S. 14-11-102(a)(vii). |
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| 33 | 33 | | 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 11 (b) The department of family services shall establish |
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| 35 | 35 | | 12 and administer a grant program for the purpose of providing |
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| 36 | 36 | | 13 grants for safe haven providers to purchase newborn safety |
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| 37 | 37 | | 14 devices. The safe haven providers that receive grants under |
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| 38 | 38 | | 15 this act shall manage the newborn safety devices. Each safe |
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| 39 | 39 | | 16 haven provider shall receive not more than one (1) grant |
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| 40 | 40 | | 17 and one (1) newborn safety device. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 19 (c) The department of family services shall develop |
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| 43 | 43 | | 20 an application process for safe haven providers to apply |
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| 44 | 44 | | 21 for and receive grants to purchase newborn safety devices |
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| 45 | 45 | | 22 and shall review applications to determine eligibility. Any |
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| 46 | 46 | | 23 safe haven provider may apply for a grant under this 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05073HB0078 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 1 section pursuant to the application process established by |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 the department of family services. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 3 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 4 (d) The temporary grant program shall terminate June |
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| 51 | 51 | | 5 30, 2026. Applications shall be received not later than |
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| 52 | 52 | | 6 March 1, 2026. No grants shall be awarded under this |
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| 53 | 53 | | 7 section after June 30, 2026. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 8 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 9 There is appropriated three hundred |
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| 56 | 56 | | 10 thousand dollars ($300,000.00) from the general fund to the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 11 department of family services for purposes of implementing |
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| 58 | 58 | | 12 this act. This appropriation shall be for the period |
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| 59 | 59 | | 13 beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026. This |
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| 60 | 60 | | 14 appropriation shall only be used to make grants to safe |
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| 61 | 61 | | 15 haven providers to purchase newborn safety devices, except |
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| 62 | 62 | | 16 that not more than one percent (1%) of this appropriation |
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| 63 | 63 | | 17 may be used for administrative expenses incurred pursuant |
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| 64 | 64 | | 18 to this act. This appropriation shall not be transferred or |
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| 65 | 65 | | 19 expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, |
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| 66 | 66 | | 20 unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation on June |
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| 67 | 67 | | 21 30, 2026 shall revert as provided by law. |
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| 68 | 68 | | 22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05074HB00781The department of family services shall |
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| 69 | 69 | | 2 promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act. |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3 |
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| 71 | 71 | | 4. |
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| 72 | 72 | | 5 |
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| 73 | 73 | | 6 (a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b) of |
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| 74 | 74 | | 7 this section, this act is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 75 | 75 | | 8 |
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| 76 | 76 | | 9 (b) Sections 3 and 4 of this act are effective |
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| 77 | 77 | | 10 immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a |
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| 78 | 78 | | 11 bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of |
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| 79 | 79 | | 12 the Wyoming Constitution. |
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| 80 | 80 | | 13 |
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| 81 | 81 | | 14 (END) |
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