Wyo. Code R. 048-0082-1
988
Effective Date: 02/27/2026 to Current
Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 048.0082.1.02272026
The Wyoming Department of Health (Department) promulgates these Rules under 2023 Wyoming Session Laws chapter 70 and Wyoming Statute § 35-25-502(c)(ii).
(a) This Chapter allows for appropriate information sharing between and across crisis and emergency response systems for the purpose of real-time crisis care coordination including deployment of linked crisis services specific to the crisis response, the definitions of terms used in these Rules, the standards incorporated by reference, and other general provisions.
(a) The following definitions apply to these Rules, unless otherwise specified:
“988” means the designated three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL) and a local 988 Center.
(ii) “988 Center” means a vendor in Wyoming that has been certified to answer calls, texts, chats, or other modalities from the NSPL. This term is equivalent to the statutory term “Crisis Center” or “Crisis Hotline Center.” When interpreting and construing these rules, the term “988 center” is used in lieu of “Crisis Center” or “Crisis Hotline.”
(iii) “Data” means the minimum information necessary to operate a 988 Center, the program, and respond to crises, excluding information used for technical assistance.
“Deidentified or Aggregate data” means data summarized across a population that cannot reasonably be linked to an individual.
“Help Seeker” means an individual making contact with a 988 Center.
(vi) “National Suicide Prevention Lifeline” means the national network of local 988 Centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress in the United States twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
(vii) “Network Administrator” means the vendor selected at the federal level to administer the 988 network. When interpreting and construing these rules, the term “Network Administrator” is used in lieu of “Administrator.”
(a) The Network Administrator of the NSPL requires agreements with local 988 Centers in order to share information for the purposes of responding to crises. The information shared may include individually identifiable health information, collected or received by the 988 Center provided by the Help Seeker. The Network Administrator should treat Data as confidential and maintain the privacy and security of the Data in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws or regulations. The Network Administrator should only use or disclose Data as permitted or required by applicable law.
(b) The 988 Center shall treat Data as confidential and maintain the privacy and security of the Data in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws or regulations. The 988 Center shall only use or disclose Data as permitted or required by applicable law.
(c) The 988 Centers shall only disclose to the Department the minimum amount of Data necessary for public health reporting requirements. The public health reporting requirements shall be established federally by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and by the Department. The Department shall provide the reporting requirements to the Network Administrator and 988 Centers in grant documentation, such as grant guidance or requirements.
(d) The Department shall treat any Data received from or reported by the Network Administrator and 988 Centers as confidential and maintain the privacy and security of the Data in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws or regulations. The Department shall only use or disclose Data as permitted or required by applicable law.
(e) Mobile Crisis Teams may only use or disclose Data as permitted or required by applicable law.
(f) The Network Administrator may give the Department system access to publicly available Data for the use in public health reporting requirements.
(g) The advisory body may request de-identified data from the Department. When the advisory body requests Data including personally identifiable information, the Help Seeker shall provide authorization or the request will be denied. Under W.S. § 35-25-505, the Department may disclose de-identified or aggregate Data to the advisory body.
(a) For any code, standard, rule, or regulation incorporated by reference in these Rules:
(i) The Department has determined that incorporation of the full text in these Rules would be cumbersome or inefficient given the length or nature of the Rules;
(ii) The incorporation by reference does not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter beyond the applicable date identified in subsection (b) of this section; and
(iii) The incorporated code, standard, rule, or regulation is maintained at https://health.wyo.gov/behavioralhealth/mhsa/ and is available for public inspection and copying at cost at the same location.
(b) Each code, standard, rule, and regulation incorporated by reference in these Rules is further identified as follows. The Department incorporates by reference:
(i) Rules, Office of Administrative Hearings, General Agency, Board or Commission Rules, Ch. 2 (2017), which the Department refers to as the “OAH Contested Case Rules” under Chapter 2 of these Rules and may be found at: http://rules.wyo.gov.