Bill-Human 78CSR2
H. B. 2686


(By Delegates Mahan, Wills, Cann, Kominar,

Faircloth and Riggs)


[Introduced March 2, 2001; 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 five, relating to authorizing the division of human resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to child placing agencies licensure.

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 five, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-5-5. Division of human resources.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of August, two thousand, under the authority of section two, article two-b, chapter forty-nine, of this code, modified by the division of human resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of February, two thousand one, relating to the division of human resources (child placing agencies licensure, 78 CSR 2), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Child Placing Agencies Licensure.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.