SJ0002S2001
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"A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution by creating a new section providing that the right to make health care decisions is reserved to the citizens of the state of Wyoming, providing for direct payments to healthcare providers, allowing the legislature to establish restrictions and requiring the state of Wyoming to protect healthcare rights from undue governmental infringement.".
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"(a) Each competent adult shall have the right to make his or her own healthcare decisions. The parent, guardian or legal representative of any other natural person shall have the right to make healthcare decisions for that person.
(b) Any person may pay, and a healthcare provider may accept, direct payment for healthcare without imposition of penalties or fines for doing so.
(c) The legislature may determine reasonable and necessary restrictions on the rights granted under this section to protect the health and general welfare of the people and accomplish the purposes set forth in the Wyoming Constitution.
(d) The state of
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"It permits any person to pay and any healthcare provider to receive direct payment for services. The amendment permits the legislature to place reasonable and necessary restrictions on healthcare consistent with the purposes of the Wyoming Constitution and provides that this state shall act to preserve these rights from undue governmental infringement.". PERKINS