ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2161
(By Delegates Martin, Douglas, Varner, Collins, Thompson, Everson
and Stalnaker)
[Passed April 1, 1997; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to repeal article one-a; sections six, seven, eight, nine
and ten, article five-a; section six, article twenty-nine-b;
and article twenty-nine-c, all of chapter sixteen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred and thirty- one,
as amended, relating to repeal of archaic language relating to
health-related boards, councils, committees and programs which
have terminated, been superseded or are otherwise defunct and
inactive; repealing provisions creating the health care
planning commission and related legislative oversight
committee; repealing provisions creating the patient
qualification and review board and the controlled substances
therapeutic research program; repealing provisions creating
the health care cost review advisory council; and repealing
article relating to the indigent care act and the legislative
task force on uncompensated health care and medicaid
expenditures.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one-a; sections six, seven, eight, nine and ten,
article five-a; section six, article twenty-nine-b; and article
twenty-nine-c, all of chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be repealed.
§1. Repeal of article creating a health care planning commission
and related legislative oversight committee.
Article one-a, chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, is hereby
repealed.
§2. Repeal of sections creating the patient qualification and
review board and the controlled substances therapeutic
research program.
Sections six, seven, eight, nine and ten, article five-a,
chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, are hereby repealed.
§3. Repeal of section creating the health care cost review advisory
council.
Section six, article twenty-nine-b, chapter sixteen of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, is hereby repealed.
§4. Repeal of article relating to the indigent care act and the
legislative task force on uncompensated health care and
medicaid expenditures.
Article twenty-nine-c, chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, is
hereby repealed.