WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2022 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4792

By Delegates Young, Summers, Dean, Fleischauer, Barach, Bates and G. Ward

[Introduced February 15, 2022; Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance]

A BILL to amend and reenact §49-2-121 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to rule-making by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources; and requiring a rule for child subsidies to be based on monthly enrollment rather than daily attendance.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. STATE RESPONIBILITIES FOR CHILDREN.

§49-2-121. Rule‑making.

(a) The secretary shall promulgate legislative rules in accordance with §29A‑3‑1 et seq. of this code regarding the licensure, approval, certification, and registration of child care facilities and the implementation of this article.

(b) The secretary shall review the rules promulgated pursuant to this article at least once every five years, making revisions when necessary or convenient.

(c) The rules shall incorporate, by reference, the requirements of the Integrated Pest Management Program established by legislative rule by the Department of Agriculture under §19‑16A‑4 of this code.

(d) The rules shall provide that child subsidies shall be based on monthly enrollment rather than daily attendance.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require child subsidies shall be based on monthly enrollment rather than daily attendance.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.