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House Bill 2756 History
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H. B. 2756
(By Delegates Perdue, Perry, Arvon, Border,
Ellington, Marshall, Moore, Morgan, Moye,
Poore and Staggers)
[Introduced February 27, 2013; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §5F-1-2 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §5F-2-1 of said
code, all relating to the reorganization of government;
removing the Bureau of Medical Services from under DHHR;
making Bureau of Medical Services its own department; and
moving the office of Healthy Lifestyle under the new
department.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5F-1-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; and that §5F-2-1 of said code be amended
and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
§5F-1-2. Executive departments created; offices of secretary
created.
(a) There are created, within the executive branch of the state government, the following departments:
(1) Department of Administration;
(2) Department of Education and the Arts;
(3) Department of Environmental Protection;
(4) Department of Health and Human Resources;
(5) Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety;
(6) Department of Revenue;
(7) Department of Transportation;
(8) Department of Commerce; and
(9) Effective July 1, 2011, Department of Veterans'
Assistance; and
__(10) Department of Medicaid.
(b) Each department will be headed by a secretary appointed by
the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each
secretary serves at the will and pleasure of the Governor.
ARTICLE 2. TRANSFER OF AGENCIES AND BOARDS.
§5F-2-1. Transfer and incorporation of agencies and boards; funds.
(a) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and
administered as a part of the Department of Administration:
(1) Building Commission provided in article six, chapter five
of this code;
(2) Public Employees Insurance Agency provided in article sixteen, chapter five of this code;
(3) Governor's Mansion Advisory Committee provided in article
five, chapter five-a of this code;
(4) Commission on Uniform State Laws provided in article
one-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(5) West Virginia Public Employees Grievance Board provided in
article three, chapter six-c of this code;
(6) Board of Risk and Insurance Management provided in article
twelve, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(7) Boundary Commission provided in article twenty-three,
chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(8) Public Defender Services provided in article twenty-one,
chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(9) Division of Personnel provided in article six, chapter
twenty-nine of this code;
(10) The West Virginia Ethics Commission provided in article
two, chapter six-b of this code;
(11) Consolidated Public Retirement Board provided in article
ten-d, chapter five of this code; and
(12) Real Estate Division provided in article ten, chapter
five-a of this code.
(b) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Commerce:
(1) Division of Labor provided in article one, chapter
twenty-one of this code, which includes:
(A) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission provided
in article three-a, chapter twenty-one of this code; and
(B) Board of Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
provided in article nine, chapter twenty-one of this code;
(2) Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training provided in
article one, chapter twenty-two-a of this code. The following
boards are transferred to the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and
Training for purposes of administrative support and liaison with
the office of the Governor:
(A) Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety and Coal Mine Safety
and Technical Review Committee provided in article six, chapter
twenty-two-a of this code;
(B) Board of Miner Training, Education and Certification
provided in article seven, chapter twenty-two-a of this code; and
(C) Mine Inspectors' Examining Board provided in article nine,
chapter twenty-two-a of this code;
(3) The West Virginia Development Office provided in article
two, chapter five-b of this code;
(4) Division of Natural Resources and Natural Resources
Commission provided in article one, chapter twenty of this code;
(5) Division of Forestry provided in article one-a, chapter nineteen of this code;
(6) Geological and Economic Survey provided in article two,
chapter twenty-nine of this code; and
(7) Workforce West Virginia provided in chapter twenty-one-a
of this code, which includes:
(A) Division of Unemployment Compensation;
(B) Division of Employment Service;
(C) Division of Workforce Development; and
(D) Division of Research, Information and Analysis; and
(8) Division of Energy provided in article two-f, chapter
five-b of this code;
(9) Division of Tourism Commission provided in article two-h,
chapter five-b of this code.
(c) The Economic Development Authority provided in article
fifteen, chapter thirty-one of this code is continued as an
independent agency within the executive branch.
(d) The Water Development Authority and the Water Development
Authority Board provided in article one, chapter twenty-two-c of
this code is continued as an independent agency within the
executive branch.
(e) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory and affiliated entities, are transferred to the
Department of Environmental Protection for purposes of
administrative support and liaison with the Office of the Governor:
(1) Air Quality Board provided in article two, chapter
twenty-two-b of this code;
(2) Solid Waste Management Board provided in article three,
chapter twenty-two-c of this code;
(3) Environmental Quality Board, or its successor board,
provided in article three, chapter twenty-two-b of this code;
(4) Surface Mine Board provided in article four, chapter
twenty-two-b of this code;
(5) Oil and Gas Inspectors' Examining Board provided in
article seven, chapter twenty-two-c of this code;
(6) Shallow Gas Well Review Board provided in article eight,
chapter twenty-two-c of this code; and
(7) Oil and Gas Conservation Commission provided in article
nine, chapter twenty-two-c of this code.
(f) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and
administered as a part of the Department of Education and the Arts:
(1) Library Commission provided in article one, chapter ten of
this code;
(2) Division of Culture and History provided in article one,
chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(3) Division of Rehabilitation Services provided in section
two, article ten-a, chapter eighteen of this code.
(g) The Educational Broadcasting Authority provided in article
five, chapter ten of this code, is part of the Department of
Education and the Arts for purposes of administrative support and
liaison with the office of the Governor.
(h) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and
administered as a part of the Department of Health and Human
Resources:
(1) Human Rights Commission provided in article eleven,
chapter five of this code;
(2) Division of Human Services provided in article two,
chapter nine of this code;
(3) Bureau for Public Health provided in article one, chapter
sixteen of this code;
(4) Office of Emergency Medical Services and the Emergency
Medical Services Advisory Council provided in article four-c,
chapter sixteen of this code;
(5) Health Care Authority provided in article twenty-nine-b,
chapter sixteen of this code;
(6) Commission on Mental Retardation provided in article
fifteen, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(7) Women's Commission provided in article twenty, chapter
twenty-nine of this code; and
(8) The Child Support Enforcement Division provided in chapter
forty-eight of this code.
(i) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and
administered as a part of the Department of Military Affairs and
Public Safety:
(1) Adjutant General's Department provided in article one-a,
chapter fifteen of this code;
(2) Armory Board provided in article six, chapter fifteen of
this code;
(3) Military Awards Board provided in article one-g, chapter
fifteen of this code;
(4) West Virginia State Police provided in article two,
chapter fifteen of this code;
(5) Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and
Disaster Recovery Board provided in article five, chapter fifteen
of this code and Emergency Response Commission provided in article
five-a of said chapter;
(6) Sheriffs' Bureau provided in article eight, chapter
fifteen of this code;
(7) Division of Justice and Community Services provided in
article nine a, chapter fifteen of this code;
(8) Division of Corrections provided in chapter twenty-five of this code;
(9) Fire Commission provided in article three, chapter
twenty-nine of this code;
(10) Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
provided in article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code;
(11) Board of Probation and Parole provided in article twelve,
chapter sixty-two of this code.
(j) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and
administered as a part of the Department of Revenue:
(1) Tax Division provided in chapter eleven of this code;
(2) Racing Commission provided in article twenty-three,
chapter nineteen of this code;
(3) Lottery Commission and position of Lottery Director
provided in article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(4) Insurance Commissioner provided in article two, chapter
thirty-three of this code;
(5) West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner
provided in article sixteen, chapter eleven of this code and
article two, chapter sixty of this code;
(6) Board of Banking and Financial Institutions provided in
article three, chapter thirty-one-a of this code;
(7) Lending and Credit Rate Board provided in chapter forty-seven-a of this code;
(8) Division of Banking provided in article two, chapter
thirty-one-a of this code;
(9) The State Budget Office provided in article two of this
chapter;
(10) The Municipal Bond Commission provided in article three,
chapter thirteen of this code;
(11) The Office of Tax Appeals provided in article ten-a,
chapter eleven of this code; and
(12) The State Athletic Commission provided in article five-a,
chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(k) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and
administered as a part of the Department of Transportation:
(1) Division of Highways provided in article two-a, chapter
seventeen of this code;
(2) Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority
provided in article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of this code;
(3) Division of Motor Vehicles provided in article two,
chapter seventeen-a of this code;
(4) Driver's Licensing Advisory Board provided in article two,
chapter seventeen-b of this code;
(5) Aeronautics Commission provided in article two-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(6) State Rail Authority provided in article eighteen, chapter
twenty-nine of this code; and
(7) Public Port Authority provided in article sixteen-b,
chapter seventeen of this code.
(l) The Veterans' Council provided in article one, chapter
nine-a of this code, including all of the allied, advisory,
affiliated or related entities and funds associated with it is,
incorporated in and administered as part of the Department of
Veteran's Assistance.
(m) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and
administered as a part of the Department of Medicaid:
__(1) The Division of Medical Services;
__(2) The office of Healthy Lifestyles provided in chapter five,
article one-e.
__(m) (n) Except for powers, authority and duties that have been
delegated to the secretaries of the departments by the provisions
of section two of this article, the position of administrator and
the powers, authority and duties of each administrator and agency
are not affected by the enactment of this chapter.
(n) (o) Except for powers, authority and duties that have been
delegated to the secretaries of the departments by the provisions of section two of this article, the existence, powers, authority
and duties of boards and the membership, terms and qualifications
of members of the boards are not affected by the enactment of this
chapter. All boards that are appellate bodies or are independent
decision makers shall not have their appellate or independent
decision-making status affected by the enactment of this chapter.
(o) (p) Any department previously transferred to and
incorporated in a department by prior enactment of this section
means a division of the appropriate department. Wherever reference
is made to any department transferred to and incorporated in a
department created in section two, article one of this chapter, the
reference means a division of the appropriate department and any
reference to a division of a department so transferred and
incorporated means a section of the appropriate division of the
department.
(p) (q) When an agency, board or commission is transferred
under a bureau or agency other than a department headed by a
secretary pursuant to this section, that transfer is solely for
purposes of administrative support and liaison with the Office of
the Governor, a department secretary or a bureau. Nothing in this
section extends the powers of department secretaries under section
two of this article to any person other than a department secretary
and nothing limits or abridges the statutory powers and duties of
statutory commissioners or officers pursuant to this code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to reorganize the Department
of Health and Human Resources by removing the Bureau of Medical
Services from under DHHR and making the Bureau its own department,
and moves the Office of Healthy Lifestyle under the new department.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.