ENROLLED
H. B. 4595

(By Delegates Seacrist, Pulliam, Compton, Warner, Fantasia,
Kelley and Pettit)

AN ACT to amend article four-c, chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section six-b, relating to creating an emergency medical services licensure fund, expenditures therefrom, and annual reporting.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article four-c, chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section six- b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4C. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ACT.
§16-4C-6b. Establishment of emergency medical services agency
licensure fund; authorized expenditures; annual report.
(a) There is established in the state treasury a special revenue fund designated the "emergency medical services agency licensure fund", which shall be administered by the commissioner of the bureau of public health.
(b) All application and licensing fees collected pursuant to the provisions of section six-a of this article shall be deposited into the fund and expended in accordance with the licensure duties imposed in this article.
(c) Any remaining balance, including accrued interest, in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general revenue fund, but shall remain in the account.
(d) On or before the first day of January of each year, the commissioner shall provide the Legislature with an annual fiscal year report on the emergency medical services agency licensure account including, but not limited to, the previous fiscal year's expenditures; projected expenditures for the current and next fiscal years; the number of agency licenses issued, denied, suspended or revoked; and, the status of licensure hearings and court actions.