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Senate Bill No. 723

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[Originating in the Committee on Health and Human Resources;

reported April 3, 2001.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section nineteen, article nine, chapter nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the West Virginia works program; and specifying additional areas of legislative oversight.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section nineteen, article nine, chapter nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. WEST VIRGINIA WORKS PROGRAM.
§9-9-19. Legislative oversight.
(a) The legislative oversight commission on health and human resources accountability is charged with immediate and ongoing oversight of the program created by this article. This commission shall study, review and examine the work of the program, the department and its staff; study, review and examine all rules proposed by the department; and monitor the development and implementation of the West Virginia works program. The commission shall review and make recommendations to the Legislature and the legislative rule-making review committee regarding any plan, policy or rule proposed by the secretary, the department or the program.
(b) The commission shall annually review and approve updates to the state plan for the West Virginia works program, which shall be submitted to the commission by the commissioner of the division of human services before submission to the federal authorities.
(c) The commission shall recommend the use of particular performance indicators and outcome measurements in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the West Virginia works program.
(d) The commissioner of the division of human services shall report monthly to the commission, except when the Legislature is in regular session, with regard to case load, transfers of federal funds, expenditures of federal funds and state maintenance of effort moneys, as well as other areas, as determined by the commission.
(e) The commissioner of the division of human services shall file with the commission copies of all federal reports required under the temporary assistance for needy families program at the same time such reports are filed with the federal authorities.
(f) The commissioner of the division of human services shall submit all requests for proposals and bid requests issued under the West Virginia works program to the commission for its review.
(g) The commissioner of the division of human services shall submit to the commission on a monthly basis copies of all executed contracts and grant awards funded with federal block grant moneys or state maintenance of effort moneys under the temporary assistance for needy families program, as well as all applications for funding.
(h) The commissioner of the division of human services shall provide to the commission on an annual basis a strategic spending plan outlining the expenditure of the state's federal block grant and state maintenance of effort moneys under the temporary assistance for needy families program, and any amendments thereto.
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