Bill Status - 2025 Regular Session
Committee Activity
161 Bills Pending in Committee — House Health and Human Resources
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 29 | Allowing physicians assistants to own practice | 03/04/25 |
| SB 83 | Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records | 03/20/25 |
| SB 85 | Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients | 04/02/25 |
| SB 163 | Including certain mental health disorders in existing public health programs | 04/03/25 |
| SB 517 | Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health | 04/02/25 |
| SB 606 | Relating to notification of breast density | 03/13/25 |
| SB 718 | Relating to hospital transparency | 04/01/25 |
| SB 723 | Relating to clinical inpatient medical treatment centers for substance use disorder | 04/03/25 |
| SB 726 | Relating to medication-assisted treatment programs | 04/03/25 |
| SB 739 | Relating to recovery residences | 03/31/25 |
| HB 2004 | Relating to Vaccine Requirements | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2007 | Repeal Certificate of Need Process | 03/28/25 |
| HB 2020 | To make any business/individual either selling and/or giving any E-Cigarette (vape or cartridge) to anyone under the age of 18 a misdemeanor. | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2033 | Relating to foster or adoption parents sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender identity | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2041 | Modifying the time to terminate a foster care arrangement | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2046 | Require hospitals under Certificate of Need to accept PEIA | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2049 | Relating to midlevel practitioners | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2073 | The West Virginia Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act. | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2099 | Relating generally to drug testing of state legislators | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2125 | Relating to defining a newborn safety device | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2135 | To create the Substance Abuse Recovery Tax Credit | 03/06/25 |
| HB 2151 | Requiring publicly funded medical schools to teach certain life-saving methods | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2153 | Relating to foster or adoption parents sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender idenity | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2174 | Relating to the licensure of birthing centers | 02/19/25 |
| HB 2176 | Relating to a biennial capitation rate review to be conducted by the Bureau of Medical Services | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2182 | Establishing privacy regarding medical treatments. | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2209 | Relating to controlled substance monitoring; and removing a dispensing prohibition | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2212 | Limiting the applicability of medical professional liability to certain practices by medical care providers | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2239 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to public water systems | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2240 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to statewide trauma and emergency care system | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2241 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to fatality and mortality review team | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2242 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to vital statistics | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2243 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emergency medical services | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2244 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Primary Care Support Program | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2245 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the general provisions of the Medical Cannabis Program | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2246 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to growers and processors of the Medical Cannabis Program | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2247 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to laboratories of the Medical Cannabis Program | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2248 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to dispensaries of the Medical Cannabis Program | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2249 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Safe Harbor Letter for the Medical Cannabis Program | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2250 | Authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to critical access hospitals | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2251 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Human Services to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the pilot program for drug screening of applicants for cash assistance | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2252 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Human Services to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Recovery Residence Certification and Accreditation Program | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2253 | Relating to authorizing the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to hospital licensure | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2254 | Relating to authorizing the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Behavioral Health Centers Licensure | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2350 | Relating to enhancing nutrition in the supplemental nutrition assistance program | 02/19/25 |
| HB 2352 | Modiying Unborn Child Protection Act | 02/13/25 |
| HB 2372 | Creating the Parents' Bill of Rights | 02/13/25 |
| HB 2376 | Exempting foster parents from having to show proof of vaccination | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2378 | Requiring a syringe service program to be affiliated with a local health department | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2403 | Remove hormone blockers from transgender code | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2406 | Eliminate woke, anti-women words from state government | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2455 | Relating to creating the Birth Freedom Act | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2457 | To require hospitals and or Counties to report costs associated with illegal or undocumented immigrants | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2461 | Relating to prohibiting the use or sale of abortifacients | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2466 | To eliminate the use of puberty blockers for any minor under the age of 18 | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2485 | Exempt an existing hospital under certificate of need to move their facility up to 10 miles to a new location | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2493 | Creating the Sound Science in Regulations Act | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2517 | Relating to voluntary private school immunization | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2529 | Prohibit the requirement of a COVID-19 vaccination as a prerequisite for any state funded program or activity | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2534 | Creating Persons with Disabilities Registry | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2542 | Requiring child protective services (“CPS”) workers to record, via audio, all interactions during CPS visits. | 03/06/25 |
| HB 2544 | To remove restrictions for supervising physicians for Nurse practitioners or physician assistants in West Virginia | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2557 | Remote Patient Outcome Improvement Act | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2578 | Family Child Care Home Registration Requirements | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2598 | Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement | 03/13/25 |
| HB 2606 | Provide an increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees | 02/19/25 |
| HB 2621 | Relating to petition for involuntary treatment for drug and alcohol abuse | 02/19/25 |
| HB 2623 | Abolishing PEIA and the establishing contract healthcare for State Employees | 02/19/25 |
| HB 2654 | To create the Food Safety Act | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2672 | Requiring all hospitals and medical offices to send a notice to all former or current patients when they turn 18, informing them that if they have had any negative or adverse side effects of a procedure that was performed on them as a child to contact the hospital or office to inform them of the issue | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2701 | Relating to exempting a neighborhood hospital from certificate of need | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2704 | Revising the reimbursement and transportation process for post mental health involuntary commitment | 03/04/25 |
| HB 2712 | Removing abortion exemptions for rape and incest | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2729 | Vaccine exemption for private, parochial, charter, virtual charter, and remote public schools. | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2731 | Creating the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership | 03/06/25 |
| HB 2732 | Permitting religious exemptions for compulsory immunizations | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2733 | Relating to the Women’s Right to Know Act | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2735 | Relating to natural immunity or antibodies to any illness to be treated as equal or better to vaccine induced immunity | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2750 | Increasing access to contraceptive drugs, devices, and procedures | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2765 | Relating to certification of a patient’s eligibility for medical cannabis | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2771 | Relating to wages of persons with disabilities | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2796 | Relating to codifying the guidelines for nutritionally adequate school breakfasts and lunches | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2810 | To provide requirements relating to education of students and young adults about unplannned pregnancy options | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2820 | To allow patients to refuse residents and medical students from observing or performing medical care on patients | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2824 | Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2827 | Relating to wholesale importation of prescription drugs | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2831 | Creating the Prescription Drug Affordability Board | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2842 | Establish Food Waste Task Force | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2853 | Establishing the right to contraception | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2854 | Removing certain drugs from schedule one | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2859 | MAHA - Menstrual Labeling Act | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2861 | Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Insurance Coverage Protection Act | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2912 | To provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2918 | Men’s Equality Act | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2934 | Housing assistance for children aging out of foster care system | 03/13/25 |
| HB 2937 | Relating to childcare subsidies within DHHR, paid based on monthly enrollment | 02/25/25 |
| HB 2938 | Making ivermectin available over the counter in West Virginia | 02/25/25 |
| HB 2952 | To allow a refundable child tax credit for all eligible for the federal tax credit | 02/25/25 |
| HB 2954 | Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health | 02/25/25 |
| HB 2956 | Expand the grade level for Laken’s Law | 02/25/25 |
| HB 2962 | Gender identification on forms of ID | 02/25/25 |
| HB 2975 | Changes to the practice of optometry | 02/26/25 |
| HB 3038 | Establish quick response teams to work with drug users who are arrested | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3067 | Protecting patient access to clinician-administered medications. | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3068 | Update the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3070 | Relating to the requirement of insurance coverage for a nonopioid drug for a person diagnosed with a substance use disorder | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3071 | Require all workplaces to keep Naloxone available in first aid kits and train employees in the use of Naloxone | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3076 | Relating to access to original birth certificates to adopted adults or their lineal descendants | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3079 | Licensure exemptions for military family child care providers | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3083 | Relating to requiring a court to verify certain conditions are met before a child who has been removed from a home may be returned to that home | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3087 | Prohibit the practice of white bagging | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3096 | Relating to requiring the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification to inspect office-based medication-assisted treatment programs at least every 24 months | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3107 | Creating WV Black Lung Program | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3109 | Relating to the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3119 | Provide an increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3123 | Relating to notification of breast density | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3151 | The Closed Captioning Act | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3158 | Making methadone clinics illegal | 03/05/25 |
| HB 3159 | The purpose is to make needle exchange programs illegal | 03/05/25 |
| HB 3160 | Requiring certification of nursing home Medical Directors | 03/05/25 |
| HB 3163 | To provide the name of Medical Directors of nursing homes to the public. | 03/05/25 |
| HB 3177 | Relating to access of records in controlled substance monitoring | 03/06/25 |
| HB 3182 | Luggage for foster care children transferred between homes | 03/06/25 |
| HB 3199 | Relating to restrictions on tobacco usage | 03/06/25 |
| HB 3201 | Relating generally to medical cannabis | 03/06/25 |
| HB 3211 | Relating to Cancer Prevention Programs for Firefighters | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3215 | Professional Firefighter cancer screening | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3226 | Relating to living anatomical gift | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3229 | Authorizing possession and smoking of medical cannabis by approved persons | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3230 | Relating to the cultivation of medical cannabis | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3232 | West Virginia ALS Care Services Act | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3233 | Creating the Affordable Medicaid Buy-in Program | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3236 | Re-establish a long term psychiatric/mental health assistance hospital/facility/home | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3239 | Establishing the Tri-Share Child Care Assistance Program | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3240 | Establishing the Minority Health Advisory Team | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3246 | Prohibiting expanding drug and alcohol treatment facilities and services in certain counties | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3248 | Requiring West Virginia Medicaid managed care organizations to contract with any otherwise qualified provider | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3249 | Permitting certain felons to work in licensed behavioral health facilities | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3250 | Relating to removing the Certificate of Need moratorium on opioid treatment facilities | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3255 | Authorizing counties to establish a county daycare | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3261 | Relating generally to the administration of anesthetics by CRNA | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3280 | Authorize the Department of Human Services to transfer state facilities to regional mental health centers or intellectual disability facilities | 03/10/25 |
| HB 3281 | To create a Persons with Disabilities Registry. | 03/10/25 |
| HB 3282 | Establishing the Child Support from Conception Act | 03/10/25 |
| HB 3283 | Authorizing Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities | 03/10/25 |
| HB 3298 | Prohibit requiring Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot to attend in person classes at colleges and universities | 03/11/25 |
| HB 3300 | Relating to a patient’s right to choose physician | 03/11/25 |
| HB 3301 | Prohibiting laws requiring person to receive or use medical products | 03/11/25 |
| HB 3306 | Involuntary treatment for substance use disorder (Cassie’s Law) | 03/11/25 |
| HB 3308 | Relating to the termination of the authority’s certificate of need program | 03/11/25 |
| HB 3311 | Exempt counties with certain population growth from the CON process | 03/11/25 |
| HB 3328 | Require hospitals with no ASL interpreter on staff provide technology for hearing or speech impaired patients to communicate | 03/12/25 |
| HB 3341 | Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable disease under workers compensation | 03/13/25 |
| HB 3379 | Clarifying when the Department is to not make reasonable efforts to preserve a family. | 03/14/25 |
| HB 3380 | To require the Bureau for Social Services to file is Social Services Manual as a legislative rule | 03/26/25 |
| HB 3384 | To prohibit public colleges and universities in this state from requiring vaccines for admission. | 03/14/25 |
| HB 3385 | Requiring medication-assisted treatment prgrams to have written policies concerning community relations | 03/14/25 |
| HB 3437 | To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3445 | Relating to regulating private alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3487 | Providing that small format, micro hospitals are exempt from certificate of need review | 03/25/25 |
| HB 3489 | Relating to vaccine requirements | 03/18/25 |