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Wyoming DFS seeks limited data-sharing authority to link families with services
Summary
A bill draft would let the Department of Family Services share existing case data for three specified purposes — referrals, provision of services, and program evaluation — subject to director approval, rulemaking and reporting requirements; legislators pressed for statutory limits, de-identification and funding.
A bill draft presented to the Joint Judiciary Committee would let the Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) review its programs’ effectiveness and, in narrowly defined circumstances, share existing department data to connect families with services.
LSO staffer Mr. Fuller told the committee the draft (26LSO75) would authorize the DFS director to permit data sharing "notwithstanding any confidentiality requirements specified in statute" but only for three purposes: referrals, provision of services, and participation in bona fide research (later amended in committee language toward program evaluation and data analysis). The draft also contains conforming amendments to confidentiality provisions across several statutes and requires DFS rulemaking and a report to the committee by Oct. 1, 2026, describing what data were shared and what…
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