SF0181 - State miner's hospital board-2.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0649.E1 ENGROSSED |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0181
State miner's hospital board-2.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Youngbauer, Job and Schiffer and
Representative(s) Boswell, Deegan, Nelson
and Parady
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
miners; creating the state miner's
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hospital board; providing for membership and duties;
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creating a special account to address miner's health
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issues; providing for funding; creating a legislative
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oversight committee; requiring a report; and providing for
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an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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10 Section 1. W.S. 30-6-101 through 30-6-103 are created
11 to read:
12
13 CHAPTER 6
14 STATE MINER'S HOSPITAL BOARD
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16 30-6-101. State miner's hospital board.
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2 (a) The state
miner's hospital board is created
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consisting of the following members:
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5 (i) Four (4)
members of the Sweetwater County
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Memorial Hospital Board appointed by a majority vote of the
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county commissioners or the county commissioners shall
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appoint a designee if a Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital
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Board member cannot serve;
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11 (ii) Four (4)
members representing miners, two
12 (2) members from Sweetwater county
and two (2) members from
13 Campbell county, all appointed by
the governor; and
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15 (iii) One (1)
member from the Campbell County
16 Memorial Hospital Board appointed by
a majority vote of the
17 board.
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19 (b) Except for
initial terms pursuant to subsection
20 (c) of this section, terms of
members shall be for four (4)
21 years. Any vacancy shall be filled
by the designated
22 appointing authority for the
remainder of the unexpired
23 term within not more than thirty
(30) days following the
24 date on which the vacancy occurred.
Any voting member may
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not more than two (2) consecutive terms. However, a
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member may be reappointed after a two (2) year absence.
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Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed
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and has been qualified. The governor may remove any member
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appointed by him pursuant to W.S. 9-1-202.
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7 (c) For the
initial board, one (1) member appointed
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by the governor shall serve a term of four (4) years and
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one (1) member appointed by the governor shall serve a term
10 of two (2) years. Two (2) members
appointed by the
11 Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital
Board shall serve a
12 term of four (4) years and two (2)
members shall serve a
13 term of two (2) years. The member
appointed by the Campbell
14 County Memorial Hospital Board shall
serve a term of four
15 (4) years.
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17 (d) The members
shall receive per diem and travel
18 expenses in the same manner and
amount as authorized under
19 W.S. 9-3-102 and 9-3-103 for state
employees when on or
20 conducting official business.
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22 (e) The board
shall meet not less than two (2) times
23 each year. At the initial meeting of
the board, the board
24 shall elect a chairman. The board is
authorized to hire an
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1 executive
director and secretary to provide administrative
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support to the board, the legislative oversight committee
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and the miner's hospital. The executive director and the
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secretary shall be located in Sweetwater county unless
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otherwise directed by the board.
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7 30-6-102. Account created; expenditures; report.
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9 (a) There is created
within the special revenue fund
10 the miner's hospital board account.
Not later than July 1,
11 2001, the state treasurer shall
credit to the account two
12 hundred thousand dollars
($200,000.00) from interest
13 accrued within the miner's hospital
account within the
14 permanent land income fund created
by W.S. 9-4-310(c)(v).
15 The amount available for
appropriation annually to the
16 miner's hospital board account shall
not exceed an amount
17 equal to five percent (5%) of the
balance of both the
18 miner's hospital account within the
permanent land fund
19 created by W.S. 9-4-310(a)(ix) and
the miner's hospital
20 income account within the permanent
land income fund
21 created by W.S. 9-4-310(c)(v). No
appropriation shall be
22 made from either the miner's
hospital account within the
23 permanent land fund created by W.S.
9-4-310(a)(ix) or the
24 miner's hospital income account
within the permanent land
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1 fund
created by W.S. 9-4-310(c)(v) to another account other
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than the miner's hospital board account created by this
3
subsection. The money in the account shall be used to
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provide for the expenses of the board and its staff, as
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well as to implement the recommendations of the board.
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7 (b) The board shall:
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9 (i) Serve
disabled or incapacitated miners in
10 this state with emphasis on
pulmonary/respiratory, hearing
11 loss, cardiac and musculoskeletal
conditions of miners due
12 to labor in the mining industry;
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14 (ii) Develop a
plan to meet the miner's health
15 care needs in this state. In
recommending plans for meeting
16 the miner's health care needs in
this state, the board
17 shall base its initial
recommendations upon the report
18 entitled "The Health Care Needs
Assessment of Wyoming
19 Miners," dated November 13,
2000 prepared by BBC Research
20 and Consulting specifically dealing
with both the medical
21 and geographic findings, as well as
phase II of the plan
22 identifying alternative programs to
address the needs
23 identified in the plan. The plan
shall be based upon the
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revenue to the account created by subsection
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(a) of this section;
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4 (iii) Promulgate
rules and regulations to
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implement the provisions of this act including eligibility
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for services for miners, establish administrative
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procedures for auditing and accountability;
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9 (iv) Have
authority to contract with service
10 providers for the purposes of this
act.
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12 (c) Each
biennium the board shall, with the approval
13 of the legislative oversight
committee created pursuant to
14 W.S. 30-6-103, recommend
expenditures of any monies in the
15 account created by subsection (a) of
this section for
16 purposes of addressing miner's
health issues based upon the
17 plan prepared by the board under
subsection (b) of this
18 section. The recommendations shall
be reviewed by the joint
19 appropriations interim committee and
any recommendations
20 from the committee shall be included
in the budget for
21 appropriation. Any recommendations
shall require
22 legislative appropriation to become
effective.
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1 (d) Not later
than December 1 of each year, the board
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shall report to the governor, the legislative oversight
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committee created pursuant to W.S. 30-6-103 and the joint
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appropriations interim committee on the activities of the
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board including any recommendations made for expenditure of
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monies from the account created by subsection (a) of this
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section to address miner's health issues in this state.
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9 (e) As used in this section:
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11 (i) "Coal
or other mine" means an area of land
12 from which minerals are extracted
and processed in
13 nonliquid form or, if in liquid
form, through an in situ
14 leach process;
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16 (ii) "Miner"
means a resident of Wyoming who has
17 worked in a mine in this state or a
contiguous state who is
18 or was employed at a coal or other
mine or at a processing
19 or conversion facility contiguous to
the mine and dependent
20 upon the output of that mine as
feedstock. "Miner" shall
21 include the operator of the mine or
plant if the operator
22 works on a continuing or irregular
basis;
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1 (iii) "Mining"
means coal mining, metal ore
2
mining and nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying.
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"Mining" includes coal, trona, bentonite, gypsum, sand and
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gravel and other stone and uranium mining.
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6 30-6-103. Legislative oversight committee.
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8 (a) There is
created the state miner's hospital board
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legislative oversight committee consisting of:
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11 (i) Two (2)
members of the senate appointed by
12 the president of the senate, one (1)
member from each
13 political party;
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15 (ii) Three (3)
members of the house of
16 representatives appointed by the
speaker, not more than two
17 (2) of whom shall be from the same
political party.
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19 (b) The
committee shall include one (1) member from
20 Campbell county and one (1) member
from Sweetwater county.
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22 (c) The
committee shall serve in an advisory capacity
23 to the board for the purposes of
this act, and provide
24 appropriate legislative
recommendations. The committee
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counsel with and advise the board for the
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administration and performance of all the duties of the
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board pursuant to this act.
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5 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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7 (END)
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