COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2161
(By Delegates Martin, Douglas, Varner, Collins, Thompson,
Everson and Stalnaker)
(Originating in the Committee on Government Organization)
[February 20, 1997]
A BILL 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programs which have terminated, been superseded or are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repealed.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repealed.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hundred thirty-one, as amended, are hereby repealed.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amended, is hereby repealed.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hereby repealed.