64 CSR 48

                             Senate Bill No. 294

(By Senators Minard, Snyder, Prezioso,

Unger, Boley and K. Facemyer)

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[Introduced January 27, 2011; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; then to the Committee on Finance; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact article 5, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emergency medical services.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That article 5, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-5-1. Department of Health and Human Resources.

    The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, two thousand ten, authorized under the authority of section six, article four-c, chapter sixteen, of this code, modified by the Department of Health and Human Resources to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand eleven, relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources (emergency medical services, 64 CSR 48), is authorized.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Emergency Medical Services.

    This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.