| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-04751SF0089 |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE FILE NO. SF0089 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Certificate of need repeal-2. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Senator(s) Crum, Driskill, Hicks, Landen, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Nethercott and Steinmetz and |
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| 8 | 8 | | Representative(s) Harshman, Lawley, |
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| 9 | 9 | | Nicholas, Sherwood, Williams and Wylie |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL |
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| 11 | 11 | | for |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1 AN ACT relating to public health and safety; authorizing |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 the department of health to approve alterations or |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 additions to health care facilities for purposes of health |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 care and life safety compliance determinations only; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 repealing bed expansion limitations for nursing care |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 facilities and hospitals as specified; requiring reports; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 and providing for an effective date. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11. W.S. 35-2-906(a) is amended to read: |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04752SF00891 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2 (a) A licensee who contemplates construction of or |
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| 27 | 27 | | 3 alteration or addition to a health care facility shall |
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| 28 | 28 | | 4 submit plans and specifications to the division for |
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| 29 | 29 | | 5 preliminary inspection and approval prior to commencing |
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| 30 | 30 | | 6 construction. Significant changes to the original plans |
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| 31 | 31 | | 7 must also be submitted and approved prior to |
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| 32 | 32 | | 8 implementation. The plans and any changes shall indicate |
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| 33 | 33 | | 9 any increase in the number of beds. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 14W.S. 35-2-901(a)(v) and 35-2-906(b), (c), |
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| 39 | 39 | | 15 (f) and (g) are repealed. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 17. On or before September 1, 2029, the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 18 department of health shall report to the joint labor, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 19 health and social services interim committee on the status |
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| 44 | 44 | | 20 of construction of nursing care facilities and whether |
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| 45 | 45 | | 21 hospitals and nursing care facilities are positively or |
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| 46 | 46 | | 22 adversely affected by this act. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04753SF00891. This act is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 3 (END) |
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