SB851 HFAT Shott 3-4

Casto 3264

Delegate Shott moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Senate Bill No. 851 -- “A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §15-9-7, relating to requiring the Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction to propose a legislative rule in coordination with law enforcement, certain medical boards, and certain representative persons; developing policies and protocols for law enforcement and medical professionals to create treatment and abstinence-based recovery referral programs for persons suffering from substance use disorder; setting forth requirements for policies and protocols; providing that existing criminal charges not affected; providing civil immunity for law-enforcement officers and medical professionals; and requiring proposal of legislative and emergency rules.”

Adopted

Rejected