Senate Bill No. 19
(By Senator Kessler)
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[Introduced February 9, 2005; referred to the Committee
on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on
Finance.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §9-2-6b, relating to
the creation of an Office of Inspector General within the
Department of Health and Human Resources.
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 §9-2-6b, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES; POWERS, DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES GENERALLY.
§9-2-6b. Secretary to create office of inspector general.
The secretary shall create within the department of health and
human resources an office of inspector general for the purpose of
conducting and supervising investigations and for the purpose of
providing quality control for the programs of the department. The
office of inspector general shall be headed by an inspector general who shall report directly to the secretary. Neither the secretary
nor any employee of the department may prevent, inhibit or prohibit
the inspector general or his or her employees from initiating,
carrying out or completing any investigation, quality control
review or other activity or oversight of public integrity by the
office of inspector general. The secretary may place within the
office of inspector general any function as he or she deems
necessary.
Qualification, compensation and personnel practice relating to
the employees of the office of inspector general, including that of
the position of inspector general, shall be governed by the
classified service provisions of article six, chapter twenty-nine
of this code and rules promulgated thereunder. The inspector
general shall supervise all personnel of the office of inspector
general.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of
Health and Human Resources to create an Office of Inspector General
within the Department of Health and Human Resources.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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