DHHR 64csr89
H. B. 2731
(By Delegates Mahan, Palumbo,
Cann, Pino, Armstead and Overington)
[Introduced February 28, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend §64-5 of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new
section, designated §1, relating to authorizing the Department
of Health and Human Resources and the Insurance Commissioner
to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the uniform
credentialing of health care practitioners.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §64-5 of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new
section, designated §1, 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 and the
Insurance Commissioner.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
twenty-seventh day of August, two thousand four, under the
authority of section two, article one-a, chapter sixteen, of this code, modified by the Department of Health and Human Resources and
the Insurance Commissioner to meet the objections of the
legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state
register on the twenty-first day of December, two thousand four,
relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources and the
Insurance Commissioner (uniform credentialing of health care
practitioners, 64 CSR 89), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department
of Health and Human Resources and the Insurance Commissioner to
promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Uniform Credentialing
of Health Care Practitioners.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.