ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
BILL NO. 0094
ENROLLED ACT NO.
94, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FIFTY-SIXTH
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2001
GENERAL SESSION
AN ACT relating to
government reorganization; creating a
department of
workforce services; specifying department
components;
requiring reports as specified; providing for
subsequent
reorganization of the department; repealing a
restriction on
the creation of new departments; and
providing for an
effective date.
Be It Enacted
by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 9-2-2018 is created to read:
9-2-2018. Department of workforce
services created;
director appointed;
structure.
(a) As part of
the reorganization of Wyoming state
government, there is
created the Wyoming department of
workforce services.
The provisions of the Wyoming
Government
Reorganization Act of 1989, W.S. 9-2-1701
through 9-2-1708 apply
to this section, except the
requirement under W.S.
9-2-1707(a)(iii) that public
hearings regarding the
reorganization plan required under
subsection (b) of this
section be conducted by at least two
(2) interim committees
of the legislature shall not apply.
(b) The
administrative head of the department shall
be a director
appointed by the governor not later than
April 1, 2001. The
director shall prepare a plan for
reorganization of the
agencies, programs and functions
specified in this
section and submit it to the governor for
approval. The
department reorganization plan, as approved,
shall be submitted to
the joint labor, health and social
services interim
committee of the legislature no later than
October 15, 2001 and
made available to the public. The
committee shall hold
at least one (1) public hearing
regarding the plan
before the 2002 budget session of the
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legislature
convenes. The joint labor, health and social
services interim
committee shall report to the legislature
by December 1, 2001,
its recommendations on the plan,
including necessary
legislation with respect to the plan.
The plan, as approved
by act of the legislature, shall be
implemented not later
than July 1, 2002.
(c) The
department reorganization plan shall consider
whether the following
functions or programs are assigned
from or to the agency
or department specified under a Type
2 transfer:
PROGRAM; FROM; TO
(i) Displaced
worker education and training;
Employment; Workforce
services
(ii) Division of
vocational rehabilitation;
Employment; Workforce
services
(iii) Public
employment offices; Employment;
Workforce services
(iv) Veterans'
employment services; Employment;
Workforce services
(v) Unemployment
insurance program; Employment;
Workforce services
(vi) Adult
education and literacy; Community
college commission;
Workforce services
(vii) Senior
community service employment
program; Health;
Workforce services
(viii) Wyoming
school-to-careers program;
Employment; Workforce
services
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(ix) Personal
opportunities with employment
responsibilities
(POWER) program; Family services;
Workforce services
(x) Workforce
development training fund;
Employment; Workforce
services
(xi) Food stamp
employment program; Family
services; Workforce
services
(xii) Other
programs that may be identified that
may improve customer
satisfaction or reduce program
delivery costs.
(d) As used in
this section:
(i) "Community
college commission" means the
community college
commission of Wyoming;
(ii) "Education"
means the department of
education;
(iii) "Employment"
means the department of
employment;
(iv) "Family
services" means the department of
family services;
(v) "Governor"
means the office of the governor;
(vi) "Health"
means the department of health;
(vii) "Workforce
services" means the department
of workforce services
created by this section.
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(e) In
developing the plan required under W.S.
9-2-1707(a)(iii), the
director shall consider:
(i) The
cost-effectiveness of any recommended
transfer;
(ii) Whether the
recommended transfer will
result in a more
efficient provision of service to
customers;
(iii) The extent
to which the recommended
transfer would benefit
from involvement by the Wyoming
business council;
(iv) Developing
a system that will adequately
serve customers in
both urban and rural areas;
(v) Recommending
legislation necessary to allow
data sharing for the
purpose of evaluating programs and the
sharing of a common
intake and management information
system;
(vi) Identifying
outcome-based data for all
workforce programs,
including those programs not proposed
for transfer to the
department of workforce services under
this section. Upon
approval of the plan by the legislature,
the director shall
submit a report to the governor and the
joint labor, health
and social services interim committee
no later than October
1 of each year thereafter addressing
the results of such
program evaluations;
(vii) Developing memoranda
of understanding for
confidentiality of
information and data sharing.
(g) To the
extent not prohibited by federal law, any
agency or program of
the state may provide information to
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the
director as necessary to develop the plan required
under W.S. 9-2-1707(a)(iii).
Section 2. W.S. 9-2-1704(a)(intro) is amended to
read:
9-2-1704. Reorganization plan;
structure; time frame.
(a) Pursuant to
this act and other laws establishing
individual
departments, the entire executive branch of
state government shall
be organized into not more than
fourteen
(14) fifteen (15) principal departments except for
the offices of the
following officials and except as
provided in
subsections (d), (e) and (f) of this section:
Section 3. W.S. 9-2-1704(b) is repealed.
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Section 4. This act is effective immediately upon
completion of all acts
necessary for a bill to become law
as provided by Article
4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
Constitution.
(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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