Establishing a statewide call-in center to receive assistance with healthcare [HB-2823]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a statewide call-in center for all state residents to utilize as an access point to get advice for medical conditions. The call-in center will allow an initial review of a health condition and may if authorized by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health, allow reference by the nurse for assistance from a physician. The commissioner will establish protocols and contract with a vendor to administer the on-call center.
HB-2823: Establishing a statewide call-in center to receive assistance with healthcare
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley
Filed For Introduction on 03/08/2017
Relating to the state’s Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Intellectual/Developmental Disability Waiver [HB-2847]
The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services to file a request with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for an amendment to the current I/DD Waiver that will reinstate the terms of the amended waiver that was approved and in place prior to July 1, 2015; and to require the Bureau to seek legislative approval before filing a future request to amend or renew a waiver in a manner that alters the scope or nature of services provided under a current waiver.
HB-2847: Relating to the state’s Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Intellectual/Developmental Disability Waiver
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Baldwin
Filed For Introduction on 03/08/2017
Relating to the definition of Managed Timberland [HB-2874]
The purpose of this bill is to exclude from the definition of managed timberland any tract or parcel of real estate that is being leased by the owner to another party for monetary gain. The subsections have been placed in alphabetical order.
HB-2874: Relating to the definition of Managed Timberland
Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Marcum
Filed For Introduction on 03/09/2017
Assessing the health impact of any new, or modification to, rule proposed by the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection [HB-2951]
The purpose of this bill is to. require the Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health to conduct a public health impact statement assessing the health impact of any new air or water rule, or modification of an existing air or water rule, proposed by the Department of Environmental Protection to ensure that no air or water rule is promulgated without substantiating independent medical or scientific evidence that there is no detrimental public health impact from the rule. The bill also requires that the findings in the impact statement be incorporated
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HB-2951: Assessing the health impact of any new, or modification to, rule proposed by the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection
Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Fluharty
Filed For Introduction on 03/13/2017
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