WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2022 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4573

By Delegates Pushkin, Rohrbach, Hanna, Keaton, and Thompson

[Introduced February 08, 2022; Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources]

A BILL to repeal §16-5Y-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to removing the Certificate of Need moratorium on opioid treatment facilities.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

§1. Repeal of Section creating moratorium of certificates of need for opioid treatment programs.

That §16-5Y-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the Certificate of Need Mortarium on opioid treatment programs.

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