WEST virginia Legislature

2016 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4355

By Delegates Ellington, Rohrbach, Sobonya and Stansbury

[Introduced February 2, 2016; Referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §9-5-24, relating to requiring the Bureau of Medical Services to request certain waivers from the Center from Medicaid and Medicare Services.

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 §9-5-24, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

§9-5-24. Waiver.

The Bureau of Medical Services shall request a waiver from the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services which permits the bureau to increase the copay for an emergency room visit for an individual on Medicaid within the expansion population seeking nonemergency treatment.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau of Medical Services to request a waiver from the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services to increase the copay for an emergency room visit for an individual on Medicaid within the expansion population.

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