Outpatient examination and commitment length, the official text

ORIGINAL Senate ENGROSSED
File No. SF0023

ENROLLED ACT NO. 60, SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2026 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; amending provisions related to the involuntary hospitalization of mentally ill persons; expanding the list of examiners qualified to perform involuntary hospitalization examinations; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. W.S. 25‑10‑110(e) is amended to read:

25‑10‑110. Involuntary hospitalization proceedings.

(e) The court shall appoint one (1) or more examiners to examine the proposed patient and to make a written report to the court of the findings as to the history and mental illness of the proposed patient. The court may order the proposed patient to appear for examination and if the proposed patient does not appear the court may compel his appearance. The examination shall be held at a hospital, a medical facility, the home of the proposed patient or any other suitable place which will not have a harmful effect on his the patient's health. The examination shall be conducted no later than seven (7) days from the date of the notice. If the examination is conducted by an examiner other than a licensed physician, a licensed psychiatrist, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, a licensed physician assistant or a licensed psychologist, the court shall appoint one (1) of the following persons, a licensed physician, a licensed psychiatrist, a licensed psychiatric‑mental health nurse practitioner, a licensed physician assistant with documented education, training and experience in psychiatric or mental health assessment and diagnosis or a licensed psychologist to review the findings of the examiner and conduct a further examination, if indicated, and to report to the court.

Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2026.

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Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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