# Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-204: Human services agencies

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WY_T9_C1_S9-1-204

## Section

- **Citation:** Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-204
- **Heading:** Human services agencies
- **Jurisdiction:** Wyoming
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Wyoming Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-204

## Text

(a) As used in this section:

(i) "Human services agency" means any division, institution and program within the department of health, the department of workforce services or the state department of family services and all institutions, boards and programs administering, planning and providing for state human services under the supervision of the director of the department of health, the director of the department of workforce services or the director of the department of family services;

(ii) "Human services program" means a program administered by a human services agency;

(iii) "Policy plan" means a plan formulated by the governor and reviewed by the legislature setting forth the policies of the state toward providing and coordinating services through all human service agencies;

(iv) "Program plan" means a plan for direction of each major human services program.

(b) In order to coordinate policy planning for all state human services agencies, the governor may require:

(i) Each of the human services agencies to prepare an annual program plan for its program offered or to be offered within the agency;

(ii) All program plans to be submitted by the agencies to the office of the state planning coordinator.

(c) The office of the state planning coordinator shall:

(i) Review all program plans;

(ii) Compile all program plans of the human services programs and present the compilation of plans to the governor;

(iii) Monitor the implementation of a policy plan which shall be used by the human services agencies in development of programs and budget preparation;

(iv) Review, on behalf of the governor, all grant applications and plans prepared by the agencies to ensure that all programs within the human services agencies comply with the state policy plan;

(v) Coordinate with any other official efforts regarding state health planning in formulating a policy plan.

(d) The governor shall:

(i) Review, revise or adopt all program plans of programs within the state human services agencies;

(ii) Develop a policy plan reflecting the program plans of human service agencies;

(iii) Present the policy to the legislature for review.

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