HB0250

Defines 'person' under Wyoming law to include individuals possessing certain biological functions and establishes rules for health care decisions affecting those functions.

• Amends the definition of 'person' in Wyoming statutes to reference a new interpretation rule for individuals specified in W.S. 8-1-103(b). (W.S. 8-1-102(a)(vi), Sec. 1)
• Establishes that all individual persons are living human beings entitled to protection of their health, designating this as a fundamental right under the Wyoming constitution. (W.S. 8-1-103(b)(i))
• Defines an individual person as someone possessing at least one of the following: heart function, respiratory system function, central nervous system function, brain function, skeletal development or function, joint or muscle appendage development, or organ function. (W.S. 8-1-103(b)(ii))
• Prohibits parents, guardians, or legal representatives from making health care decisions that cause harm to the biological functions listed above, except when medically necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman or to discontinue medical treatment where a doctor has documented no chance of meaningful recovery. All exception determinations are evaluated by the Wyoming board of medicine. (W.S. 8-1-103(b)(iii))
• Exempts the Wyoming Health Care Decisions Act from application of these new definitions and rules of construction. (W.S. 8-1-103(b)(iv))

Effective: July 1, 2025

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