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Committee approves permissive contracts and reimbursement for county detention centers to hold and treat mentally ill detainees
Summary
Senate File 10 authorizes the Department of Health to designate and reimburse county detention centers to hold and treat Title 7 detainees awaiting state hospital services; the Department and sheriffs said the measure could reduce wait lists and 'warehousing' of ill detainees, and a reporting amendment was accepted.
The Senate Judiciary Committee moved Senate File 10 after hearing an overview from the Wyoming Department of Health and supportive testimony from sheriffs and other witnesses. The bill creates a permissive authority allowing the Department of Health to designate county detention facilities for holding and treatment of individuals under Title 7 and to reimburse counties for security and some treatment activities. Chair Olsen said the bill establishes a new statutory provision and listed July 1, 2026, as the bill's…
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