14-2-801 through 14-2-823;

14-2-801 through 14-2-823;

(ii) Obtain a child support obligation payment or other payments or property to which the state may have a claim, including recovery of birth costs paid by medical assistance pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1001 through 14-2-1008.

(b) The following persons are not required to cooperate with the department pursuant to subsection (a) of this section:

(i) A person who is pregnant, or who has been pregnant within the preceding sixty (60) days;

(ii) A person who has good cause to not cooperate with the department, as determined by rule promulgated pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1008;

(iii) A woman who has been pregnant within the preceding twelve (12) months. This paragraph is repealed effective March 31, 2027.

42-4-123. Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 189, § 2.

42-4-124. Clubhouse rehabilitation services.

(a) The director of the department shall include reimbursement for clubhouse rehabilitation services within the Medicaid program.

(b) Within the limits of available funding, the department may enter into contracts with certified clubhouse providers for clubhouse rehabilitation services.

(c) On or before September 1, 2019 the department shall report to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee on information, findings and recommendations related to clubhouse rehabilitation services including information to facilitate implementation of Medicaid contracts to be entered into pursuant to this section.  (d) As used in this section, "clubhouse" means a community-based psychosocial rehabilitation program that:

(i) Has members of the program, with staff assistance, engaged in operating all aspects of the clubhouse, including food service, clerical, reception, janitorial and other member services such as employment training, housing assistance and educational support; and

(ii) Is designed to alleviate a member's emotional or behavior problems with the goal of transitioning the member to a less restrictive level of care, reintegrating the member into the community and increasing social connectedness beyond a clinical or employment setting.

ARTICLE 2 - MEDICAID BENEFIT RECOVERY

42-4-201. Action against third party; notice; subrogation.

(a) If a person who is or becomes an applicant or recipient for medical assistance under this chapter receives an injury under circumstances creating a legal liability in some third party, the applicant or recipient shall not be deprived of any medical assistance for which he is entitled under this chapter. He may also pursue his remedy at law against the third party. If the applicant or recipient recovers from the third party in any manner, including judgment, compromise, settlement or release, the state is entitled to be reimbursed for all payments made, or to be made, on behalf of the applicant or recipient under this chapter.

(b) The department shall be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, with a copy of the complaint within seven (7) days of its filing in any suit initiated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Any attorney who knowingly fails to serve the complaint on the department shall be reported to the state board of professional responsibility for the Wyoming state bar. The department shall be notified in writing by certified mail return receipt requested of any judgment, compromise, settlement or release entered into by any person who has been an applicant for or recipient of medical assistance under this chapter after the date of injury. If there is a settlement, compromise or release entered into by the parties the attorney general representing the director shall be made a party in all negotiations for settlement, compromise or release. The department, for purposes of facilitating compromise and settlement, may in a proper case authorize acceptance by the state of less than the state's claim for reimbursement under this section for all current and future assistance under this chapter. Any reimbursement right created pursuant to this article shall remain in effect until the state is paid the amount authorized under this section. In addition the person paying the settlement remains liable to the state's reimbursement right unless the state through the attorney general signs the release prior to payment of an agreed settlement.

(c) If the injury causes death of the recipient, the rights and remedies in this section inure to, and the obligations are binding upon the personal representative of the deceased recipient for the benefit of his dependents.

(d) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 39, § 2.

(e) If, after notice is provided in accordance with this section, the department states in writing that it will neither file an independent action nor intervene in an existing action as allowed by W.S. 42-4-114, the department's reimbursement right shall be reduced by not more than thirty-three percent (33%) for attorney's fees together with the amount of its proportionate share of costs. If the department does not provide this written statement, its right to reimbursement shall not be reduced by any share of the recipient's attorney's fees or costs.

42-4-202. Third party liability; authority; enforcement; notice; costs.

(a) When the department provides, pays for or becomes liable for medical care, it shall have a lien for the cost of the medical assistance provided upon any and all causes of action which accrue to the person to whom the care was furnished, or to the person's legal representatives, as a result of the injuries which necessitated the medical care.

(b) The department may perfect and enforce its lien by following the procedures set forth in W.S. 29-1-312 and