HB2776 SFAT Garcia #1 4-9

Wolfe  7816

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

Eng. House Bill 2776—A Bill amend and reenact §16-1-4 and §16-3-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new article, designated §16-67-1, §16-67-2, §16-67-3, §16-67-4, §16-67-5, §16-67-6, §16-67-7, §16-67-8, and §16-67-9, relating to the State Public Health System; requiring the Secretary of the Department of Health to propose legislative rules to include alpha-gal syndrome on the list of diseases that shall be required to be reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); providing specific duties for the state health officer; removing reporting requirement; revising medical exemption process; eliminating state immunization officer; removing misdemeanor cause of action; permitting religious exemption to mandatory vaccination requirements; requiring Department of Health to provide educational materials; requiring Department of Health to create a form; providing no form may be used for liability or as evidence; permitting virtual school student exemption to mandatory vaccination requirements; providing that schools may not prohibit exempted children from school activities; requiring reporting for schools; providing contents of report; providing legislative findings relating to legalization of cannabis; providing definitions used throughout selection relating to cannabis; providing acts that are no longer unlawful; providing county option on allowing production and sales of cannabis; providing for the lawful operation of cannabis-related facilities; providing rulemaking to the Bureau for Public Health; providing what the rules must include; creating cannabis excise tax and sales tax; creating Cannabis Transfer Tax Fund; clarifying situations that the cannabis regulation does not affect; and providing that the legalization of cannabis has no effect on medical cannabis provisions.

Adopted

Rejected