HB0094 - Department of workforce services.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0327

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0094

 

 

Department of workforce services.

 

Sponsored by:  Joint Labor, Health and Social Services
Interim Committee

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to government reorganization; creating a
 2  department of workforce services; specifying department
 3  components; requiring reports as specified; providing for
 4  subsequent reorganization of the department; repealing a
 5  restriction on the creation of new departments; and
 6  providing for an effective date.

 7 

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

 9 

10         Section 1.  W.S. 9-2-2018 is created to read:

11 

12         9-2-2018.  Department of workforce services created;
13  director appointed; structure.

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15         (a)  As part of the reorganization of Wyoming state
16  government, there is created the Wyoming department of

 

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 1  workforce services. The provisions of the Wyoming
 2  Government Reorganization Act of 1989, W.S. 9-2-1701
 3  through 9-2-1708 apply to this section, except the
 4  requirement under W.S. 9-2-1707(a)(iii) that public
 5  hearings regarding the reorganization plan required under
 6  subsection (b) of this section be conducted by at least two
 7  (2) interim committees of the legislature shall not apply.

 8 

 9         (b)  The administrative head of the department shall
10  be a director appointed by the governor not later than
11  April 1, 2001.  The director shall prepare a plan for
12  reorganization of the agencies, programs and functions
13  specified in this section and submit it to the governor for
14  approval.  The department reorganization plan, as approved,
15  shall be submitted to the joint labor, health and social
16  services interim committee of the legislature no later than
17  August 15, 2001 and made available to the public.  The
18  committee shall hold at least one (1) public hearing
19  regarding the plan before the 2002 budget session of the
20  legislature convenes.  The joint labor, health and social
21  services interim committee shall report to the legislature 
22  by December 1, 2001, its recommendations on the plan,
23  including necessary legislation with respect to the plan. 

 

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 1  The plan, as approved by act of the legislature, shall be
 2  implemented not later than July 1, 2002.

 3 

 4         (c)  The department reorganization plan shall consider
 5  whether the following functions or programs are assigned
 6  from or to the agency  or  department specified under a
 7  Type 2 transfer:

 8         PROGRAM; FROM; TO

 9 

10              (i)  Displaced worker education and training;
11  Employment; Workforce services

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13              (ii)  Division of vocational rehabilitation;
14  Employment; Workforce services

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16              (iii)  Public employment offices; Employment;
17  Workforce services

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19              (iv)  Veterans' employment services; Employment;
20  Workforce services

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22              (v)  Unemployment insurance program; Employment;
23  Workforce services

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 1              (vi)  Adult education and literacy; Community
 2  college commission; Workforce services

 3 

 4              (vii)  Senior community service employment
 5  program; Health; Workforce services

 6 

 7              (viii)  Wyoming school-to-careers program;
 8  Employment; Workforce services

 9 

10              (ix)  Personal opportunities with employment
11  responsibilities (POWER) program; Family services;
12  Workforce services

13 

14              (x)  Workforce development training fund;
15  Employment; Workforce services

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17              (xi)  Food stamp employment program; Family
18  services; Workforce services

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20              (xii)  Other programs that may be identified that
21  may improve customer satisfaction or reduce program
22  delivery costs.

23 

24         (d)  As used in this section:

 

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 2              (i)  "Community college commission" means the
 3  community college commission of Wyoming;

 4 

 5              (ii)  "Education" means the department of
 6  education;

 7 

 8              (iii)  "Employment" means the department of
 9  employment;

10 

11              (iv)  "Family services" means the department of
12  family services;

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14              (v)  "Governor" means the office of the governor;

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16              (vi)  "Health" means the department of health;

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18              (vii)  "Workforce services" means the department
19  of workforce services created by this section.

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21         (e)  In developing the plan required under W.S.
22  9-2-1707(a)(iii), the director shall consider:

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 1              (i)  The cost-effectiveness of any recommended
 2  transfer;

 3 

 4              (ii)  Whether the recommended transfer will
 5  result in a more efficient provision of service to
 6  customers;

 7 

 8              (iii)  The extent to which the recommended
 9  transfer would benefit from involvement by the Wyoming
10  business council;

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12              (iv)  Developing a system that will adequately
13  serve customers in both urban and rural areas;

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15              (v)  Recommending legislation necessary to allow
16  data sharing for the purpose of evaluating programs and the
17  sharing of a common intake and management information
18  system;

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20              (vi)  Identifying outcome-based data for all
21  workforce programs, including those programs not proposed
22  for transfer to the department of workforce services under
23  this section. Upon approval of the plan by the legislature,
24  the director shall submit a report to the governor and the

 

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 1  joint labor, health and social services interim committee
 2  no later than October 1 of each year thereafter addressing
 3  the results of such program evaluations;

 4 

 5              (vii)  Developing memoranda of understanding for
 6  confidentiality of information and data sharing.

 7 

 8         (g)  To the extent not prohibited by federal law, any
 9  agency or program of the state may provide information to
10  the director as necessary to develop the plan required
11  under W.S. 9-2-1707(a)(iii).

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13         Section 2.  W.S. 9-2-1704(a)(intro) is amended to
14  read:

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16         9-2-1704.  Reorganization plan; structure; time frame.

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18         (a)  Pursuant to this act and other laws establishing
19  individual departments, the entire executive branch of
20  state government shall be organized into not more than
21  fourteen (14) fifteen (15) principal departments except for
22  the offices of the following officials and except as
23  provided in subsections (d), (e) and (f) of this section:

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 1         Section 3.  W.S. 9-2-1704(b) is repealed.

 2 

 3         Section 4.  This act is effective immediately upon
 4  completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
 5  as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
 6  Constitution.

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 8                         (END)

 

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