HB4422 S JUD AMT #1 3-4

Alder  7824

The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 4422—A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §16-60-1, §16-60-2, and §16-60-3, all relating to prohibiting patient brokering; defining terms; prohibiting causing or participating in acts that are intended to derive any benefit or profit from referral of a patient to a health care provider or health care facility; prohibiting patient brokering related to a recovery residence; establishing criminal penalties for persons and business entities engaged in unlawful patient brokering; and providing exceptions.

Adopted

Rejected