Section 35-2-301 – Short Title.
35-2-301. Short title. This act may be cited as the “State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.”
Section 35-2-302 – Definitions.
35-2-302. Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) “Commissioner” means the director of the state department of health. The director of the state department of health shall be, ex officio, the commissioner; (ii) “The federal act” means title VI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 291 et seq.) as is now […]
Section 35-2-303 – Department of Health; Sole Agency for Making an Inventory and Developing and Administering State Plan.
35-2-303. Department of health; sole agency for making an inventory and developing and administering state plan. (a) The department of health shall constitute the sole agency of the state for the purpose of: (i) Making an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, surveying the need for construction of hospitals and medical facilities, and developing […]
Section 35-2-304 – Powers and Duties of Commissioner Enumerated.
35-2-304. Powers and duties of commissioner enumerated. (a) In carrying out the purposes of the act, the commissioner is authorized and directed: (i) To require such reports, make such inspections and investigations and prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary; (ii) To provide such methods of administration, appoint personnel and take such other action as […]
Section 35-2-306 – Disbursement of Funds.
35-2-306. Disbursement of funds. All claims against funds made available for the administration of this act shall be submitted, audited, allowed and paid in the same manner as other claims against the state and in addition thereto shall be approved by the commissioner.
Section 35-2-320 – Duties of Commissioner.
35-2-320. Duties of commissioner. The commissioner is authorized and directed to make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, including public, nonprofit and proprietary hospitals and medical facilities, to survey the need for construction of hospitals and medical facilities, and, on the basis of such inventory and survey, to develop a program for the […]
Section 35-2-321 – Construction Program.
35-2-321. Construction program. The construction program shall provide, in accordance with regulations prescribed under the federal act, for adequate hospital facilities for the people residing in this state and insofar as possible shall provide for their distribution throughout the state in such manner as to make all types of hospital and medical facility services reasonably […]
Section 35-2-322 – Application for and Use of Federal Funds.
35-2-322. Application for and use of federal funds. The commissioner is authorized to make application to the surgeon general for federal funds to assist in carrying out the survey and planning activities herein provided. Such funds shall be deposited in the state treasury and shall be available for expenditure for carrying out the purposes of […]
Section 35-2-340 – Preparation and Submission to Surgeon General; Notice and Hearing Prerequisite to Submission; Publication Upon Approval; Subsequent Modifications.
35-2-340. Preparation and submission to surgeon general; notice and hearing prerequisite to submission; publication upon approval; subsequent modifications. The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the surgeon general a state plan which shall include the hospital and medical facilities construction program developed under W.S. 35-2-320 through 35-2-322 and which shall provide for the establishment, administration, […]
Section 35-2-341 – Minimum Standards of Maintenance.
35-2-341. Minimum standards of maintenance. The commissioner shall by regulation prescribe minimum standards for the maintenance and operation of hospitals and medical facilities which receive federal aid for construction under the state plan.
Section 35-2-342 – Relative Need for Projects to Be Set Forth.
35-2-342. Relative need for projects to be set forth. The state plan shall set forth the relative need for the several projects included in the construction program determined in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the federal act, and provide for the construction, insofar as financial resources available therefor and for maintenance and operation make […]
Section 35-2-343 – Applications for Construction Projects; Conformity to Federal and State Requirements Required.
35-2-343. Applications for construction projects; conformity to federal and state requirements required. Applications for hospital and medical facility construction projects for which federal funds are requested shall be submitted to the commissioner and may be submitted by the state or any political subdivision thereof or by any public or nonprofit agency authorized to construct and […]
Section 35-2-344 – Hearing and Approval of Applications for Construction.
35-2-344. Hearing and approval of applications for construction. The commissioner shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the commissioner, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds that a project application complies with the requirements of W.S. […]
Section 35-2-345 – Inspection of Construction Projects; Payment of Installment of Federal Funds.
35-2-345. Inspection of construction projects; payment of installment of federal funds. From time to time the commissioner shall inspect each construction project approved by the surgeon general, and, if the inspection so warrants, the commissioner shall certify to the surgeon general that work has been performed upon the project, or purchases have been made, in […]