WEST virginia Legislature

2018 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4131

By Delegates Sobonya and Frich

[Introduced January 15, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. Authorization for Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-5-1. Department of Health and Human Resources.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 28, 2017, authorized under the authority of §16-5T-5 of this code, modified by the Department of Health and Human Resources to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 11, 2017, relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources (collection and exchange of data related to overdoses, 69 CSR 14), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.