WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 3002

By Delegates C. Pritt, Chiarelli, Keaton, Kirby and Coop-Gonzalez

[Introduced January 24, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, adding thereto a new section designated §30-5-24a, relating to prohibiting a mail-order pharmacy from dispensing an abortifacient or other abortion-inducing medication; and providing criminal penalties.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Article 5. Pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy interns and pharmacies.

§30-5-24a. Prohibiting mail-order pharmacy from dispensing certain medications; criminal penalty.

No mail-order pharmacy shall dispense an abortifacient or other abortion-inducing medication by mail-order.

Any person or entity in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $10,000.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a mail-order pharmacy from dispensing an abortifacient or other abortion-inducing medication; and provide criminal penalties.

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