COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 4616

(By Delegates White and Walters)


(Originating in the Committee on Finance)


[February 22, 2008]


A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-16-28, relating to development of pilot programs by the Director of the Public Employees Insurance Agency.

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 §5-16-28, to read as follows:
§5-16-28. Pilot programs.

 The Director of the West Virginia Public Employees Agency is authorized to enact pilot programs to explore alternative delivery methods for health benefits. To accomplish this, the Director may design the programs upon such terms as the Director deems advantageous to the public employees insurance agency and its members. Such terms may include, but are not limited to the designation of a pilot program as a plan developed under section three, article twenty-nine-d, chapter sixteen of the code: Provided, That nothing in this section may be construed to apply to state government agencies.