ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 138
(By Senators Tomblin (Mr. President) and Sprouse
By Request of the Executive)
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[Passed March 2, 1999; in effect from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section six-a, article ten-a, chapter
eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to removing the
requirement that the division of vocational rehabilitation
transfer disproportionate share hospital funds received by
the division to the medical services trust fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section six-a, article ten-a, chapter eighteen of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10A. REHABILITATION SERVICES.
§18-10A-6a. West Virginia rehabilitation services special
account; expenditures.
(a) There is hereby established in the state treasury a separate account which shall be designated the
"West Virginia
rehabilitation center special account" "West Virginia
rehabilitation services special account". The director of
vocational rehabilitation
services shall deposit promptly into the account
all fees received for services provided by the West Virginia
rehabilitation center from whatever source, including the federal
government, state government or from other third-party payers or
personal payments.
(b) A five-year West Virginia rehabilitation
center services long- range plan shall be developed by the director and shall be
adopted by the secretary of education and the arts. The West
Virginia rehabilitation
center's services' long-range plan shall be
updated and revised at least every two years.
(c) The director is authorized to expend the moneys
deposited in the
West Virginia rehabilitation center special
account West Virginia rehabilitation services special
account in accordance with federal laws and regulations and with
the laws of this state as is necessary for the development of the
five-year
center long-range plan and subsequent revisions.
Provided, That all disproportionate share hospital funds received into the account
shall be transferred by intergovernmental transfer to the medical
services trust fund created in section two-a, article four-a,
chapter nine of this code, except for funds appropriated by the
Legislature for other purposes within the annual budget bill
(d)
Except for disproportionate share hospital funds
transferred pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the The director is authorized to expend the moneys
deposited in the
West Virginia rehabilitation center special
account West Virginia rehabilitation services special account as provided in the
center's long-range plan at such times and in
such amounts as the director determines to be necessary for the
purpose of maintaining or improving the delivery of
rehabilitation
center services:
or for the purpose of maintaining or obtaining
certification at the rehabilitation center Provided, That during the budget
preparation period which occurs prior to the convening of the
Legislature, the director shall submit for inclusion in the
executive budget document and budget bill his recommended capital
expenditures, recommended priorities, estimated costs and request
for appropriations for maintaining or improving the delivery of
vocational rehabilitation services.
and for
maintaining or obtaining certification at the rehabilitation
center in such amounts as the director determines to be necessary
to implement the five-year rehabilitation center long-range plan
and any subsequent revisions thereto
(e) The director shall make an annual report to the
Legislature on the status of the
rehabilitation center revenue
account West Virginia rehabilitation
services special account, including the previous year's
expenditures and projected expenditures for the next year.