Date of Birth: May 3rd, 1963
Education: B.S., Nursing, West Virginia University; M.S., Nursing, Leadership and Management, Western Governors University
Occupation: Registered Nurse
Spouse: Rod
Children: Sarah, Molly and Zachary
Parents: the late Paul and Nel Elder
Affiliations: West Virginia Farm Bureau; West Virginia Cattlemans Association; American Angus Association; Bridgeport United Methodist Church; Member, Grafton Lions Club; Emergency Nurses Association
SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2023Delegate Summers was the Lead Sponsor of 39 bills | |||
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2006 | Relating to reorganizing the Department of Health and Human Resources | Signed | |
| HB 2016 | Relating to confidential childcare records | Signed | |
| HB 2017 | Relating to service of process in child abuse cases | Pending | |
| HB 2018 | Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting | Signed | |
| HB 2029 | Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database | Signed | |
| HB 2534 | Relating to public employees insurance | Pending | Banking and Insurance |
| HB 2535 | Relating to prior authorizations | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 2536 | Permitting physicians to provide exemption certificates relating to required immunizations | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 2537 | Prohibiting covenant not to compete | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2538 | Requiring usage of child welfare information technology systems | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2588 | Relating to indexing unemployment benefits based on the state average unemployment rate | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2589 | Requiring work search activities to qualify for unemployment benefits | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2613 | Relating to the administration of anesthetics | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 2754 | Relating to immunizations performed in a pharmacy | Signed | |
| HB 2756 | Relating to the controlled substance monitoring database; and adding the reporting of medical marijuana to the database | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2757 | Relating to expanding institutional eligibility for the WV Invests Grant Program | Signed | |
| HB 2759 | Relating to updating the health care provider tax | Signed | |
| HB 2809 | Relating to protections for workers at state health care facilities who report unsafe patient care or unsafe patient conditions | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2845 | Relating to removing expired provisions from the code | Signed | |
| HB 2854 | Relating to priorities for the use of funds for child-care and performance-based contracting | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2917 | Relating to allowing retired state employees who meet the minimum qualifications necessary, to render post-retirement employment with the Department of Health and Human Resources | Signed | |
| HB 2993 | Relating to rural emergency hospital licensure | Signed | |
| HB 2994 | Relating to expired date of an optometrist’s prescription | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 3061 | Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman | Signed | |
| HB 3078 | Allow state employees to cash in on certain benefits | Pending | Finance |
| HB 3141 | Relating to the practice of dentistry | Signed | |
| HB 3163 | Revising the definition of attributed support, update the basic child support guidelines, and the calculation of ability to pay | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 3164 | To extend the termination date of the West Virginia Advisory Council on Rare Diseases due to a delay in beginning its duties | Signed | |
| HB 3166 | To permit a hospital to hold a patient experiencing a psychiatric emergency for up to 72 hours | Signed | |
| HB 3191 | Relating to certain facilities operated by the state government to obtain a license | Signed | |
| HB 3199 | Relating to removing the requirement that an ectopic pregnancy be reported | BL | |
| HB 3200 | Authorize DHHR to transfer state facilities to regional mental health centers or intellectual disability facilities | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 3278 | Relating to the practice of optometry | Pending | |
| HB 3306 | Relating to the organizational structure of the Office of Drug Control Policy | Signed | |
| HB 3317 | Relating to removing specific continuing education requirements | Signed | |
| HB 3388 | Creating the health care professionals preceptor tax credit | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 3430 | To prohibit the bureau from assessing a fee upon local health departments | Pending | |
| HB 3487 | Relating to cost-sharing calculations for certain Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plans | Pending | |
| HB 3553 | Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Health and Human Resources | Signed | |
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