Senate Bill No. 95
(By Senators Wiedebusch, Bailey, Bowman and Buckalew)
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[Introduced February 21, l997; referred to the
Committee on Government Organizaation.]
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A BILL to repeal article one-a, chapter sixteen of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended; to repeal sections six, seven, eight, nine and ten,
article five-a of said chapter; to repeal section six,
article twenty-nine-b of said chapter; to repeal article
twenty-nine-c of said chapter; and to repeal article twenty- nine-d of said chapter, all relating to repeal of archaic
language relating to health-related boards, councils,
committees and programs which have terminated, been
superseded or are otherwise defunct and inactive; repealing
provisions creating the health care planning commission and
related legislative oversight committee; repealing
provisions creating the patient qualification and review
board and the controlled substances therapeutic research program; repealing provisions creating the health care cost
review advisory council; repealing provisions creating the
legislative task force on uncompensated health care and
medicaid expenditures; and repealing provisions creating the
advisory committee for the omnibus health care act and a
state health planning program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
§1. Repeal of article creating a health care planning
commission and related legislative oversight committee.
Article one-a, chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, is hereby
repealed.
§2. Repeal of sections creating the patient qualification and
review board and the controlled substances therapeutic research program.
Sections six, seven, eight, nine and ten, article five-a,
chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, are hereby repealed.
§3. Repeal of section creating the health care cost review
advisory council.
Section six, article twenty-nine-b, chapter sixteen of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, is hereby repealed.
§4. Repeal of article creating the legislative task force on
uncompensated health care and medicaid expenditures.
Article twenty-nine-c, chapter sixteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, is
hereby repealed.
§5. Repeal of article relating to state health planning and
creating the advisory committee for the omnibus health care
act.
Article twenty-nine-d, chapter sixteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, is
hereby repealed.
NOTE: The purpose of this legislation is to repeal sections
in the code relating to health-related boards, commissions,
advisory councils and programs which have previously terminated
or have been determined to be defunct or inactive.
This bill is recommended for passage during the 1997 Regular
Session of the Legislature by the Joint Standing Committee on
Government Organization.