25-5-105(a)(i);

25-5-105(a)(i);

(xxxii) "Hard to place" means a person who is:

(A) Eligible for skilled nursing facility services pursuant to the long-term care assessment defined in W.S. 42-6-102(a)(vii);

(B) Does not meet the criteria of paragraph (xxxi), (xxxiii) or (xxxiv) of this subsection; and

(C) For whom no community skilled nursing facility service provider has been identified in the state within a time period defined by the department.

(xxxiii) "High medical need" means a person who is:

(A) Eligible for skilled nursing facility services pursuant to the long term care assessment defined in W.S. 42-6-102(a)(vii);

(B) Does not meet the criteria of paragraph (xxxi) or (xxxiv) of this subsection; and

(C) Would qualify for the extraordinary care nursing facility reimbursement rate, as defined by the department.

(xxxiv) "Organic brain syndrome" means a decrease in mental function due to a medical disease, other than mental illness, as defined by the department. Organic brain syndrome may be the result of an acquired brain injury or the result of dementia caused by trauma, hypoxia, cardiovascular conditions including thrombotic and embolic events or degenerative, infectious, alcohol and drug related or metabolic disorders;

(xxxv) "Skilled nursing facility services" means skilled nursing facility services as defined by applicable federal statutes, rules and regulations.  25-5-103. Wyoming life resource center established; purpose.

(a) Except as otherwise authorized by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d), the Wyoming life resource center is established to provide the following residential, active treatment, assistive technology, medical and therapy services only to individuals for whom an interdisciplinary team has determined the center is the most appropriate, least restrictive and most integrated environment for delivery of the services as specified below:

(i) Intermediate care facilities for people with intellectual disability in accordance with federal Medicare and Medicaid regulations;

(ii) Skilled nursing facility services to the following:

(A) Persons with organic brain syndrome who manifest exceptionally difficult behaviors;

(B) Persons with high medical need;

(C) Persons who are hard to place.

(iii) Disability, therapeutic and assistive technology services for persons with a disability;

(iv) Training for state employees, other service providers and caregivers on disability, medical, developmental and therapy services;

(v) Care provided under authority of the director pursuant to W.S. 9-2-106(d).

(b) The Wyoming life resource center may provide technical assistance and assistive technology outreach services to persons made eligible pursuant to rules adopted by the department.

(c) Any person residing at the Wyoming life resource center on April 1, 2016 pursuant to the requirements of this section prior to April 1, 2016 shall have the right to remain at the life resource center without regard to his continued qualification to remain at the center under this section, provided the center continues to have adequate resources to safely care for the person.

25-5-104. Administration and management of center.

The administration and management of the center is vested in the department.

25-5-105. Rules and regulations; reports.

(a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations which are in compliance with both federal regulations for intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disability and federal regulations for skilled nursing facilities, and which:

(i) Establish standards for admission for residential services and discharge of clients receiving services in all programs administered by the center;

(ii) Establish standards for client services;

(iii) Provide for the administration of the center under the management of the division;

(iv) Prescribe professional standards for personnel employed at the center;

(v) Implement this act;

(vi) Establish data reporting processes and report monthly to the director the number of persons served by the center, identified by service category, and the services provided to those persons.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 59, § 2.

25-5-106. Donations for benefit of center; control and disposition thereof.

Money, personal property or real estate donated for the benefit of the center shall be held, controlled and distributed by the department according to the conditions of the donation. If there are no conditions of the donation, it shall be disposed of as provided in W.S. 25-5-107.

25-5-107. Disposition of monies received from sale of products or as compensation. Except as provided by W.S. 25-5-106, all monies received by the department for the clients in the center from the sale of products produced or grown by the center or as compensation from any source shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.

25-5-108. Appointment of program manager; duties; removal.

(a) The director shall appoint a program manager of the center.

(b) The program manager shall administer the center as directed by the administrator.

(c) The director may remove the program manager in his discretion.

25-5-109. Inability or refusal to pay for services.

(a) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 50, § 4.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 50, § 4.

(c) No person shall be denied admission to or services by the center because of the inability of the person, his parent or guardian to pay the cost of the services received.

(d) Clients of the center who are not eligible under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act shall be responsible for the cost of services and treatment as provided in title 25, chapter 11, article 1. However, no person who was a client of the center as of June 30, 2008 shall be denied admission to or services by the center because of the refusal of the client's parent or guardian to pay the cost of the services received.

25-5-110. Special education for minors and costs thereof.

(a) Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, § 3.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, § 3.

(c) Clients who are between the ages of five (5) and twenty-one (21) years of age shall be provided special education and related services through the clients' resident school districts. This subsection does not relieve an insurer or similar third party from an otherwise valid obligation to pay for services provided to the client.

(d) Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, § 3.

(e) Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, § 3.

25-5-111. Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, § 3.

25-5-112. Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, § 3.

25-5-113. Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, § 3.

25-5-114. Eligibility for admission; appropriateness of services.

(a) Except as otherwise authorized by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d), a person shall be admitted to the center only if he is an individual qualifying for services under W.S. 25-5-103(a) and his preadmission evaluation and screening does not indicate that he would be more appropriately served by the Wyoming state hospital, a community program or a public school program.

(b) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 85, § 2.

25-5-115. Preadmission screening for residential services; preparation and supervision thereof; disposition of findings.

(a) Admission to the center shall be upon written application to the division and shall be based upon the preadmission screening and assessment:

(i) The preadmission screening and assessment shall be made by a screening team under the supervision of the administrator or his designee, using appropriate professionals and screening and assessment methods as provided in department rules and regulations;

(ii) The preadmission screening and assessment shall be completed not more than thirty (30) days after an application for admission;

(iii) Repealed by Laws 2016, ch. 44, § 2.

(iv) As part of the application process, division staff shall provide prospective clients and their families or guardians information about center services and similar services available in the client's community or elsewhere in the state.

(b) Within ten (10) days of completion of the preadmission screening and assessment, the findings shall be given to the applicant. If ordered by the court, the preadmission screening and assessment shall also be filed with the court.

25-5-116. Individual program plan; preparation and supervision thereof; review.

Each client admitted to the center shall have on file at the center an individual program plan. The individual program plans shall be prepared by an interdisciplinary team within thirty (30) days of admission for residential services under the supervision of the program manager. The plan shall be reviewed by the interdisciplinary team for appropriateness and feasibility of discharge or transition to another level of service thirty (30) days after implementation of the plan, at the end of each quarter for the first year and annually thereafter.

25-5-117. Admission for residential services; application and contents thereof; written copy of rights; appeal of denied admissions.

(a) A person determined by the preadmission screening and assessment to be eligible for admission to the center for residential services may be admitted as a client under one (1) of the following procedures:

(i) An adult who has sufficient insight or capacity to make responsible application for admission for residential services may be admitted on his own application;

(ii) A minor or ward may be admitted upon application of his parent or guardian.

(b) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 85, § 2.

(c) At the time of admission for residential services, the program manager shall give a written copy of the rights provided in W.S. 25-5-132 to the client, his parent or guardian.

(d) A person who is denied admission may appeal the decision to the department, in writing.  25-5-118. Release of voluntary client upon request; exceptions.

(a) A voluntary client may be discharged by the administrator at any time within twenty (20) days of receipt of a written request for the release by the client, his parent or guardian, and the administrator shall arrange for appropriate transition services, except:

(i) If the client was admitted on his own application and the request for discharge is made by a person other than the client, release shall be conditioned upon the client's consent;

(ii) If the client is a minor or ward, his discharge shall be conditioned upon the consent of his parent or guardian;

(iii) If the administrator has probable cause to believe release of the client will endanger the life, health or safety of the client or others and he incorporates a written statement of the facts supporting his belief in the client's file, he may apply for involuntary admission pursuant to W.S.