Section 35-1-622 - Department; budget requests; purchase of service contracts(a) The department's budget request shall recommend: (i) The types of services that the division shall purchase, in accordance with the priority populations tier requirements provided by W.S. 35-1-620(b)(ix), which shall not include shelter and crisis services for victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault;(ii) The levels of services that the division shall purchase based on population, needs assessment, regional cost differences necessary to provide reasonably similar access to services and other criteria; and(iii) The quality of services that the division shall purchase.Amended by Laws 2021 , ch. 79, § 1, eff. 7/1/2024.