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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