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Introduced Session

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5-1 et seq. of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, to amend and reenact §64-5B-1 et seq. of the Code, and to amend the Code by adding thereto a new article, designated §64-5C-1; relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Health, the Office of Inspector General, and the Department of Health Facilities to promulgate legislative rules; authorizing the rules as filed, as modified, as amended, and as amended and modified by the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee; authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to water well regulations; authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to lead abatement licensing; authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emergency medical services; authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to fees for services; authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to clinical laboratory practitioner licensure; authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to distribution of state funds for support of local boards of health; authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to basic public health service standards for local boards of health; authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to diabetes self-management education; and authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the exemption from Certificate of Need; authorizing the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to nursing home licensure; authorizing the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to delegation of medication administration and health maintenance tasks to approved medication assistive personnel; authorizing the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to assisted living residences; authorizing the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to syringe services program licensure; authorizing the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to behavioral health centers licensure; and authorizing the Department of Health Facilities to promulgate a legislative rule relating to patient rights at state-operated mental health facilities.

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Doug Smith (R)*, 

On 3rd reading (on 02/25/2026)

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