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Senate Bill No. 523
(By Senators McKenzie, Weeks and Smith)
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[Introduced February 13, 2003; referred to the Committee on ![](tabb36.gif)
Banking and Insurance; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article sixteen-b, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section ten, relating
to providing that unborn children are eligible for the
children's health insurance program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
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That article sixteen-b, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section ten, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 16B. WEST VIRGINIA CHILDREN'S HEALTH PROGRAM.
§5-16B-10. Program eligibility for unborn children.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unborn
children are eligible for coverage under the program created by
this article provided that they are otherwise eligible under the program's existing provisions.
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(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted
to endorse, allow, permit or approve of any abortion.
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NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that unborn
children are eligible for coverage under the Children's Health
Insurance Program.
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This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.