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LEGISLATURE 2016: HARVEY continued from page one
that combines the best ideas over budget by June 30, the cent allocated for direct dis-
out of all three of theme' said end of this fiscal year?tribution to cities and towns,
Harvey. Harvey said there is no with some of that going di-
Harvey said one of the cost control if the provider rectly to counties. The funds
biggest ideas under con- making the decision to admit are distributed using a for-
sideration is what she calls a patient benefits by admit- mula that takes into account
a "gatekeeper" concept to ting the patient. She said in, population in allocating the
help control costs associ- looking at the bills, one pri- funds.
ated with the involuntary ority is to reduce this "con-HOSPITAL UPPER
hold program. She said the flict of interest" by having a PAYMENT LIMffS
main hospitals in the pro- mental health provider who Two bills affecting pay-
gram (Wyoming Behavioral does not stand to gain from ments to hospitals and nurs-
slips for school outings and
field trips and granting per-
mission for a foster child to
spend the night at a friend's
house.
Another important bill
(HB0069) would criminal-
ize the dissemination of "in-
timate" images that were
intended for private use.
Harvey said the bill would
penalize conduct where an
Make Yo.w
Nominations Now
for the Lovell Area Chamber of Commerce
Presented to an individ i Citizen 0fthe Lovell area who
has made an excepti0hai {0ntribution tothe welfare of the
community, usually over a number of years.
and/or
of the Year
Institute in Casper and the the placement make the de- ing homes passed the house ex-boyfriend or girlfriend Presented to an individual citizen ofthe Lovell area who is an
Wyoming State Hospital in cision. She said that some this week, HBO057 and postsnude photographs that exampleofalongtermsustainableranchingorfarmingbusiness
in the community, making an exceptional contribution to the
Evanston) are overcrowded counseling during the peri- HB0074. Harvey explainedwere intended for private community and adding valueto the L0ve!l area.
and the program is well over od of evaluation might even that Medicare has a ceiling use on social media follow-
budget, help reduce the number of as to how much it will re- ing a breakup. If the subject )iT/£ bmit your nominations by emailing
She said part of the patients requiring admit- imburse hospitals, and in is underage, the photo may Iovell@tctwest;net
problem is the way patients tance to a hospital facility. Wyoming that percentage be considered pornogra- mail or St.,
are screened, with over-au- "Sometimes it's just a is about 15 percent lower phy and would carry an even
thorizing of inpatient stays cry for help and patients just than many other states. She greater criminal penalty. Deadllneforno ationsis
by providers who stand to need to get on the path to said the bills will give hospi- THE BUDGET BILL
benefit from the treatment help;' said Harvey. "Since our tals and nursing homes ad- According to Harvey, Friday' Mareh2&2OI6.
plan. She estimated that the hospital (NBHH) is the only ditional revenue to offset the biennium budget bill still
over-authorizing costs the hospital that takes invohn- these costs, held center stage this week,
program about 81 million per tary holds in the four coun- HEALTHCARE RECEIVEI HIPSwith money shifting in many
month.
She explained that the
gatekeeper concept would
WestPark
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CODY, WvOM!NG
have a provider making
the recommendation that
doesn't directly benefit from
the placement, allowing for
more outpatient options.
"Sometimes people have
a traumatic event in their
lives and they lose it;' Har-
vey explained. "It may be
that what they need is calm,
caring and to stop the ac-
tion momentarily. This may
involve hospitalization for
a few days. But after those
couple of days, those 72
hours, they begin to get
their perspective back and
they no longer are a danger
to themselves. At that point
they may still need coun-
seling, even intensive coun-
seling, but not necessarily a
hospitalization.
"One of things we're try-
ing to prevent is over-iden-
tifying people who need to
go to Evanston, because the
numbers have grown expo-
nentially. The costs are lit-
erally out of sight and we're
looking at being S12 million
548-7021
ties that make up the Big
Horn Basin, it is taking the
brunt of the casesJ'
She said this is a financial
risk to the hospital, which, in
some cases, does not get re-
imbursed for its services.
DESIGNATED CAREGIVERS
A bill introduced by Har-
vey and others that would
simplify the assignment of
HBO063, a bill that for-
malizes a process to reor-
ganize hospitals and nursing
homes that would other-
wise go out of business, also
passed in the House.
"Whether it's a nursing
home or hospital that pro-
vides 24-hour care to pa-
tients, the department of
health will move in to make
care giving duties by fam- sure that there's food and
ilies for their loved ones
passed three readings in
the house this week. Harvey
said the bill was very well re-
ceived and passed "straight
through" without amend-
ment. She said the bill sim-
plifies the process a fami-
ly needs to follow to assign
care responsibilities, espe-
cially in cases where a loved
one is very ill and living far
away from other relatives.
This was the only bill Harvey
introduced this session.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
DISTRIBUTIONS
HB0051 governing lo-
cal government distribu-
tions passed the House this
week. The bill appropriat-
ed 8105 million, with 89 per-
medication and that the
help is getting paid, while
the business is being reor-
ganized;' explained Harvey.
"It's similar to a bankruptcy,
where they are reorganizing
the business and then sell-
ing it?
OTHER BILLS
Harvey said literal-
ly hmdreds of bills were
heard with many passing
during session this week.
One bill would "recalibrate"
how community colleges are
funded, which Harvey said
would greatly help North-
west College and similar col-
leges. Another bill would give
more rights to foster parents
to deal with everyday mat-
ters, like signing permission
areas from one designation
to another.
"At the end of the second
reading we had amended
S3.3 million out of the bud-
get;' said Harvey. "By the end
of the third reading we had
put almost all of that back
in, only in different plac-
es. It was good because we
found that there were some
systems suffering more than
others. In the end, we asked
ourselves 'Is this a want or
a need?' and we funded the
needs. Not all of them were
funded at the top of what
theY wanted necessarily"
Harvey said the bud-
get was broken down into
several different areas that
could be considered individ-
ually. She said she thought
this made for an efficient
process.
The session began on
Feb. 8 and reached the
crossover point on Tuesday
of this week, which means it
was the last day for the final
reading of a bill in its house
of origin. The session is ex-
pected to continue through
March 4.
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