WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 3006

By Delegates Hornbuckle, C. Miller, Rohrbach, Fleischauer, Sobonya and Fluharty

[Introduced March 14, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Education.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §9-2-9a, relating to exempting certain contracts between the Department of Health and Human Resources and West Virginia University or Marshall University from state purchasing requirements.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §9-2-9a, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES; POWERS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES GENERALLY.

§9-2-9a. Agreements between the secretary and two state universities.

Contracts, agreements and memorandums of understanding for services between the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources and West Virginia University or Marshall University are exempt from the provisions of article three, chapter five-a of this code.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt certain contracts between the Department of Health and Human Resources and West Virginia University or Marshall University from state purchasing requirements.

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