ENROLLED
H. B. 2721
(By Delegates Douglas, Kuhn, Butcher,
Hatfield, Manchin, Prunty and Leggett)
[Passed April 3, 2001; in effect July 1, 2001.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section one-a, article two, chapter
nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the department
of health and human resources.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one-a, article two, chapter nine of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, AND OFFICE OF
COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES; POWERS, DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES GENERALLY.
§9-2-1a. Continuation of the department of health and human
resources
.
The department of health and human resources shall be charged with the administration of this chapter. The department of health
and human resources shall continue to exist until the first day of
July, two thousand two, to permit a review of their functions to be
undertaken by the joint committee on government operations as part
of the full performance evaluation of the department of health and
human resources scheduled to continue during the interim of the
Legislature in the year two thousand one.