ENROLLED
H. B. 4479
(By Delegates Beane, Ennis, Hatfield, Manchin,
Talbott, Wright and Blair)
[Passed March 11, 2004; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §9-2-1a of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to continuation of
the
department
of health and human resources
.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §9-2-1a of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, AND OFFICE OF
COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES; POWERS, DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES GENERALLY.
§9-2-1a. Continuation of the department of health and human
resources.
The department of health and human resources shall be charged
with the administration of this chapter. The department of health
and human resources shall continue to exist pursuant to the
provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, until the first day of July, two thousand five, unless sooner terminated,
continued or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that
article.