WEST virginia legislature

2016 regular session

ENROLLED

House Bill 4347

(By Delegates Ellington, Summers, Faircloth, Rohrbach, Sobonya, Stansbury, Storch, Upson,
B. White and Frich)

[Passed March 12, 2016; in effect ninety days from passage.]

WEST virginia legislature

2016 regular session

ENROLLED

House Bill 4347

(By Delegates Ellington, Summers, Faircloth, Rohrbach, Sobonya, Stansbury, Storch, Upson,
B. White and Frich)

[Passed March 12, 2016; in effect ninety days from passage.]

 

AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §9-5-24, relating to providing pregnant women priority to substance abuse treatment.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section designated, §9-5-24, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

§9-5-24. Requiring substance abuse treatment providers to give pregnant woman priority access to services.

Substance abuse treatment or recovery service providers that accept Medicaid shall give pregnant women priority in accessing services and shall not refuse access to services solely due to pregnancy as long as the provider's services are appropriate for pregnant women.

The Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills hereby certifies that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.

 

 

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        Chairman, House Committee

 

 

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                             Chairman, Senate Committee

                                                   

 

Originating in the House.

 

In effect ninety days from passage.

 

 

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                  Clerk of the House of Delegates

 

 

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                                                   Clerk of the Senate

 

 

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                                                   Speaker of the House of Delegates

 

 

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                                                                                     President of the Senate

 

 

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      The within ................................................... this the...........................................

 

day of ..........................................................................................................., 2016.

 

 

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                                                                                       Governor