West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 275

BY Senator Rucker

[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5B-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to nursing home licensure.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5B. Authorization for OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL to promulgate legislative rules.

§64- 5B - 1. Office of Inspector General.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2025, authorized under the authority of §16B-4-5 of this code, modified by the Office of Inspector General to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 23, 2025, relating to the Office of Inspector General (nursing home licensure, 71 CSR 15), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to nursing home licensure.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.