Bill No.: SF0047                  Drafter:  JWL

LSO No.:  08LSO-0107              Effective Date:  7/1/2008

Enrolled Act No.:  <enrnum>

Chapter No.:       <chptnum>

Prime Sponsor:     Select Committee on Developmental Programs

Catch Title:       Wyoming state training school amendments.

Subject:  Miscellaneous amendments to the Wyoming State Training School statutes.

Summary/Major Elements:  This act:

· Changes the name "Wyoming State Training School" to "Wyoming Life Resource Center";

· Amends the purposes of the Center to provide specified residential, active treatment and medical and therapy services to individuals with a disability;

· Places the Center organizationally under a program manager within the Developmental Disabilities Division of the Department of Health;

· Clarifies admission and discharge criteria to be applied by screening and assessment teams;

· Requires that services provided be the most appropriate services in a least restrictive and most integrated environment;

· Clarifies provisions for confidentiality of records;

· Expands the list of clients' rights;

· Prohibits the use of isolation and clarifies reasons for the use of physical restraint of clients.

Comments:

Report required: Annual report required by Oct. 1 to Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee regarding numbers of clients served, reasons for residential services, staff ratios and costs of services.

· Final action on this bill was not taken at the time this summary was prepared.  Should changes be made to the bill upon final passage, an updated summary will be transmitted to all legislators.