WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 3356

By Delegate Foster

[Introduced February 10, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources]

A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §9-2-14, relating to requiring Medicaid to submit all state plan amendments, waiver submissions, and policy changes to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability in advance of submission to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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

§9-2-14. Required reporting by Medicaid to Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability.

Medicaid shall submit all state plan amendments, waiver submissions, and policy changes to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability ("LOCHHRA") in advance of any submission of these changes to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS").

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require Medicaid to submit all state plan amendments, waiver submissions, and policy changes to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability in advance of submission to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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