WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2022 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 298

By Senator Sypolt

[Introduced January 17, 2022; referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to medication-assisted treatment­­­—opioid treatment programs.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. Authorization for Department of health and human resources to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-5-1. Department of Health and Human Resources.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on May 10, 2021, authorized under the authority of §16-5Y-13 of this code, relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources  (Medication-Assisted Treatment - Opioid Treatment Programs, 69 CSR 11), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Medication-Assisted Treatment - Opioid Treatment Programs.

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