H. B. 2538
(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Faircloth,
Jenkins and Riggs)
[Introduced February 1, 1999; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization 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 two, relating to
authorizing the health care authority to promulgate a
legislative rule relating to bench-marking and
discount contracts.
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 two, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-5-2. Health care authority
.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on
the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-eight, under the authority of sections eight and
twenty, article twenty-nine-b, chapter sixteen, of this
code, modified by the health care authority
to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee
and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day
of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating
to the health care authority
(bench-marking and discount
contracts
, 65 CSR 26), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the
Health Care Authority
to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to Bench-marking and Discount Contracts
.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.