Bill-DHHR, 72csr1
H. B. 4201

(By Delegates Mahan, R. Thompson, Cann,
Kominar, Armstead and Faircloth)

[Introduced January 30, 2004; referred to
the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
.]

A BILL to amend and reenact article 5, chapter 64 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 eligibility standards for economic assistance from the James "Tiger" Morton catastrophic illness fund.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article 5, chapter 64 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

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 the eighth day of July, two thousand three, authorized under the authority of section two, article five-q, chapter sixteen, of this code, modified by the department of health and human resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the second day of December, two thousand three, relating to the department of health and human resources (eligibility standards for economic assistance from the James "Tiger" Morton catastrophic illness fund, 72 CSR 1), 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 Eligibility Standards for Economic Assistance from the James "Tiger" Morton Catastrophic Illness Fund.

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