· WY legislature · 2026

Contracts for holding and treating mentally ill detainees.

This act authorizes the Department of Health to contract with counties to reimburse county jails for any security, examination or treatment of an accused person that a county jail provides while the accused person waits for evaluation at the state hospital. Comments: Requires the Department of Health to report to th…

Introduced

2025-12-01

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

Assigned Chapter Number 67