H. B. 2559
(By Delegates J. Martin, Varner, Givens, Thompson,
Sprouse and Calvert)
(Originating in the House Committee on Government Organization)
[February 17, 1995]
A BILL to amend and reenact section six-a, article ten-a, chapter
eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to requiring
intergovernmental transfers from the West Virginia
rehabilitation center special revenue account to the medical
services trust fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section six-a, article ten-a, chapter eighteen of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10A. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.
§18-10A-6a. West Virginia rehabilitation center special
account; expenditures.
(a) There is hereby established in the state treasury a
separate account which shall be designated the "West Virginia
rehabilitation center special account." The director of
vocational rehabilitation shall deposit promptly into the account
all fees received for services provided by the West Virginia rehabilitation center from whatever source, including the federal
government, state government or from other third-party payers or
personal payments.
(b) A five-year West Virginia rehabilitation center long-
range plan shall be developed by the director and shall be
adopted by the state board of vocational education secretary of
education and the arts. The West Virginia rehabilitation
center's long-range plan shall be updated and revised at least
every two years.
(c) The director is authorized to expend the moneys
deposited in the West Virginia rehabilitation center special
account in accordance with federal laws and regulations, and with
the laws of this state as is necessary for the development of the
five-year center long-range plan and subsequent revisions:
Provided, That all disproportionate share hospital funds received
into the account shall be transferred by intergovernmental
transfer to the medical services trust fund created in section
two-a, article four-a, chapter nine of this code, except for
funds appropriated by the Legislature for other purposes within
the annual budget bill.
(d) Except for disproportionate share hospital funds
transferred pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the
director is authorized to expend the moneys deposited in the West
Virginia rehabilitation center special account as provided in the
center's long-range plan at such times and in such amounts as the
director determines to be necessary for the purpose of
maintaining or improving the delivery of rehabilitation center services or for the purpose of maintaining or obtaining
certification at the rehabilitation center: Provided, That
during the budget preparation period which occurs prior to the
convening of the Legislature, the director shall submit for
inclusion in the executive budget document and budget bill his
recommended capital expenditures, recommended priorities,
estimated costs and request for appropriations for maintaining or
improving the delivery of vocational rehabilitation services and
for maintaining or obtaining certification at the rehabilitation
center in such amounts as the director determines to be necessary
to implement the five-year rehabilitation center long-range plan
and any subsequent revisions thereto.
(e) The director shall make an annual report to the
Legislature on the status of the rehabilitation center revenue
account, including the previous year's expenditures and projected
expenditures for the next year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that
disproportionate share hospital funds received by the West
Virginia rehabilitation hospital must be transferred by
intergovernmental transfer to the medical services trust fund.