WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 505

By Senator Chapman

[Introduced January 19, 2026; referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §9-2-14, relating to Medicaid coverage for postpartum health care.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. commissioner of human services; powers, duties and resposibilities generally.

§9-2-14. Coverage for postpartum healthcare.

Pregnant women and new parents up to 24 months postpartum, and children up to age two shall be eligible for participation in the West Virginia Medicaid Program if:

(1)  They have family income up to but not exceeding 185 percent (185%) of the nonfarm income official poverty guidelines as promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States as revised annually; and

(2) They are otherwise eligible for the program.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide Medicaid coverage for postpartum healthcare.

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