---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community mental health contract program."
description: "AN ACT relating to community mental health and substance use services; authorizing the creation of a contract program for mental health and substance use treatment programs to reduce the demand for involuntary commitments; providing an appropriation; authorizing the expenditure of funds appropriated for involuntary commitments for program operation as specified; authorizing the department of health to enter into contracts for operation of the program as specified; requiring annual reports; amending eligibility provisions concerning department of health contracts with private agencies; prohibiting fees to clients for gatekeeping services as specified; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SF 142"
citation: "Wyoming SF 142 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barlow", "Peterson", "Scott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49a34a92-eaaa-4df6-ba7e-e722307ecb11"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/SF0142.pdf"
source_hash: "d4fa06a42954d61d4f279c5377d50c59fd3a7176d7b6c3e7bfdff166e65661a2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wy"]
---

# Wyoming SF 142 (2017) — Community mental health contract program.

AN ACT relating to community mental health and substance use services; authorizing the creation of a contract program for mental health and substance use treatment programs to reduce the demand for involuntary commitments; providing an appropriation; authorizing the expenditure of funds appropriated for involuntary commitments for program operation as specified; authorizing the department of health to enter into contracts for operation of the program as specified; requiring annual reports; amending eligibility provisions concerning department of health contracts with private agencies; prohibiting fees to clients for gatekeeping services as specified; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Introduced/SF0142.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/SF0142.pdf)
3. **SEA0087** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/SF0142.pdf)

## Votes

- S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 59-1-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 27-3-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barlow — primary (person)
- Peterson — primary (person)
- Scott — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 59-1-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 27-3-0-0-0
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0087
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0087
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0087
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0087 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49a34a92-eaaa-4df6-ba7e-e722307ecb11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).