WEST virginia legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 151

By Senator Sypolt

[Introduced February 11, 2021; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5-1 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 the recovery residence certification and accreditation program.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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 July 1, 2020, authorized under the authority of §16-59-2(g) 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 December 9, 2020, relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources (recovery residence certification and accreditation program, 69 CSR 15), 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 the recovery residence certification and accreditation program.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.