Wyoming's legislative session ended this Thursday, March 3. Over 400 bills were considered, with 204 of those passing. Bills impacting the lives of women in Wyoming are listed below and grouped by subject. Those that failed in past weeks are no longer reported on in our Legislative Watch. (All information is based on most current information available at http://legisweb.state.wy.us/).
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HB20 Medicaid Reimbursement of Services, Sponsored by Select Committee on Developmental/Intellectual Programs.
Bill passes.
Authorizes Medicaid payment to relatives of persons with developmental disabilities or acquired brain injuries.
HB23 Sex Offender Registration Amendments, Sponsored by Joint Judiciary Interim Committee.
Bill passes.
Amends and increases the amount of information sex offenders are required to provide and requires specified juveniles to register as sex offenders.
HB28 Child Protection Shelter Care and Initial Hearings, Sponsored by Joint Judiciary Interim Committee.
Bill passes.
Changes the judicial procedures and requirements to follow after a child is placed into emergency protective shelter care.
SJ2 Health Care Freedom, Sponsored by Senators Nutting, Case, Driskell and Jennings and Representatives Brechtel, Gay, Jaggi and Kroeker.
Bill passes.
Joint Resolution to amend state constitution to specify no federal or state law shall compel participation in any health care system by any person, employer or health care provider.
HB36 Cancer Control Act Amendments, Sponsored by Representatives K. Esquibel, Bonner, Botten, Childers, Goggles, and Pedersen and Senators Dockstader, Landen, Martin, Nutting and Peterson.
Bill passes.
Amends the Wyoming Cancer Control Act by allowing follow-up colorectal cancer screening when medically indicated.
HB49 Primary Care Support Program, Sponsored by Joint Labor Health and Social Services Committee.
Bill passes.
Creates the primary care support program, which would provide support to Wyoming primary care centers in need of immediate financial assistance. The intended result is to enhance delivery of services for underserved and vulnerable populations. Community matching funds will be required to receive grant dollars to build or enhance new primary care facilities and services.
SF146 Teacher Accountability Act, Sponsored by Senators P. Nicholas, Anderson, Coe, Meier, and Rothfuss and Representatives Buchanan, Harshman, and Teeters.
Bill passes.
This bill ties teacher evaluations and contract determinations to student performance and achievement.
HB74 Validity of Marriage, Sponsored by Representatives Petersen, Brechtel, Buchanan, Gay, Hunt, Kroeker, Luna and Teeters and Senators Geis, Hicks and Nutting.
Bill fails.
Makes any marriage that is not between a man and a woman (and only two parties) null and void and specifies that Wyoming courts have no jurisdiction over such void marriages.
HB75 Victim Notification Amendments Sponsored by Representatives K. Esquibel, Brown, Buchanan, Connolly, Davison, Gingery, Lubnau, and Throne and Senators Anderson, F. Esquibel, Ross and Rothfuss.
Bill passes.
This bill modifies provisions requiring medical examinations for sexually transmitted diseases of persons accused of sex offense and crimes involving exchange of bodily fluid.
HB80 Service of Process in Family Violence and Stalking Cases, Sponsored by Representatives Davison, Brown, Buchanan, Craft, Harvey, Jaggi, Lubnau and Throne and Senators Cooper and Dockstader.
Bill passes.
Requires in-state and out-of-state service of specified documents in family violence and stalking cases.
SF11 CHINS- Administrative Change of Placement, Sponsored by Joint Judiciary Interim
Committee.
Bill passes.
Allows for the placement of children who are in need of supervision and are in state custody without a court hearing.
SF25 Long-term Services and Support, Sponsored by Senators Martin, Hastert, Landen, Scott, and Von Flatern and Representatives Connolly, Craft and Davison.
Bill passes.
Authorizes a statewide network of aging and disability resource centers.
SF29 Developmental Disabilities Services, sponsored by Select Committee on Developmental/Intellectual Programs.
Bill passes.
Provides requirements for Medicaid reimbursement of home and community based waiver service providers, including enhanced reimbursement of certified
behavioral specialists, and provides for the development of a training and certification program for behavior specialists.
SF93 Dietetics Licensure, Sponsored by Senators Martin and Landen and Representatives Bonner, Craft, and Pedersen.
Bill passes.
This bill creates the dietetics licensure board.
SF115 DUI-Child Endangerment Fines, Sponsored by Senator Ross.
Bill passes.
This bill provides an added fine for child endangerment while driving under the influence.
SF138 Child Custody Orders Abandonment, Sponsored by Senator Perkins and Representative B. Nicholas and Throne.
Bill passes.
This bill would terminate parental rights if child has been left in the care of another person without the provision for the child's support and without communication from absent parent for a period of one year. |
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