ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL NO. 0087

ENROLLED ACT NO. 96, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to prisoners; modifying county and state
responsibilities for payment of medical expenses of
prisoners sentenced to the custody of the department of
corrections; specifying applicability of the act; and
providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. W.S. 7-13-103(b) and (c) is amended to
read:

7-13-103. Notice of sentence; transportation to
institution; maintenance of prisoner in county jail.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this
section, the director of the department of corrections
shall arrange for the transportation of the person to a
state penal institution, at state expense, within ten (10)
days after the judgment and sentence is signed by the
judge. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this
section, prior to being transported to the institution, the
prisoner shall be maintained in the county jail at the
expense of the county.

(c) Upon agreement of the sheriff and the director of
the department of corrections, the prisoner may be
maintained at the county jail at an agreed per diem rate to
be paid by the department for an additional period of not
more than thirty (30) days after expiration of the ten (10)
days provided by subsection (b) of this section. The
department shall pay for any medical treatment of the
prisoner, other than for conditions demanding immediate
medical attention which can be treated at the county jail
and other than medical treatment for which the county is
liable under W.S. 18-6-303(c)(i), which is provided after

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the expiration of the ten (10) days provided by subsection
(b) of this section judgment and sentence is signed by the
judge. Except for emergency medical treatment, no treatment
which is the responsibility of the department under this
subsection shall be provided without the prior approval of
the department.

Section 2. This act shall not apply to any medical
treatment provided to any prisoner prior to the effective
date of this act.

Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2001.

(END)

Speaker of the House President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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