SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 16

(By Senators Sypolt, Boso and Maroney)

[Introduced February 16, 2017]

Urging West Virginia’s congressional delegation to require the federal Department of Health and Human Services to renegotiate state Medicaid expansion contracts to allow new ideas that have been approved for other states to be incorporated into existing contracts of any state.

Whereas, When the federal Department of Health and Human Services has allowed another state to do something different with its Medicaid expansion contracts, then it should be required to allow other states to include these other “new” options in their contracts, at least every four years; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Legislature of the State of West Virginia urges West Virginia’s congressional delegation to require the federal Department of Health and Human Services to renegotiate state Medicaid expansion contracts to allow new ideas that have been approved for other states to be incorporated into existing contracts of any state; and, be it

Further Resolved, That Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to: United States Senators Joe Manchin III and Shelley Moore Capito; and to Congressional Representatives David McKinley, Alex Mooney and Evan Jenkins.