BILL-Aging
H. B. 4234
(By Delegates Gallagher, Douglas, Compton,
Huntwork, Burk and Faircloth)
(Introduced January 31, 1994; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then
the Judiciary.)
A BILL to amend article five, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section nine, relating to authorizing the commission on aging to promulgate legislative rules relating to the West Virginia long-term care ombudsman program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section nine, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-5-9. Commission on aging.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the seventeenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, modified by the commission on aging to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the commission on aging (West Virginia long-term care ombudsman program), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Commission on Aging to promulgate legislative rules relating to the West Virginia Long-term Care Ombudsman Program.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.