SB617 HFAT Summers 3-9

Cr 3338

Delegate Summers moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

“A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article designated, §16-5W-1, §16-5W-2, §16-5W-3, §16-5W-4, §16-5W-5, §16-5W-6, §16-5W-7, §16-5W-8 and §16-5W-10; to repeal §27-8-2b and §27-8-3 of said code; to repeal §27-9-1 of said code; to repeal §27-13-1 and §27-13-2 of said code; and to repeal §27-17-1, §27-17-2, §27-17-3, and §27-17-4 of said code;  all relating to regulation of behavioral health services; defining terms; requiring access to consumers; requiring access to records; regulating behavioral health centers; providing rulemaking authority; establishing a mental health ombudsman; providing authority to the ombudsman; providing an exemption of consumer information from the Freedom of Information Act; requiring reporting; permitting a civil penalty; requiring a workforce study; outlining program data required to be included in the study; requiring recommendations for hourly pay; and creating an annual capitation review.

Adopted

Rejected