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Senate Bill No. 402

(By Senators Ross, Minard, Snyder, Unger, Boley and Minear )

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[Introduced January 30, 2004; referred to the Committee on Banking and Insurance; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §29-12-14 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the authority of the board of risk and insurance management to promulgate legislative rules setting minimum contract terms for entities participating in insurance programs and mandatory waiting periods for reentry into insurance programs for entities which have terminated coverage through the board .

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §29-12-14 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 12. STATE INSURANCE.
§ 29-12-14. Promulgation of rules.
The board of risk and insurance management is authorized to propose rules for legislative approval, pursuant to the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, that are necessary to administer the powers and duties of the board including, but not limited to, rules setting minimum contract terms for entities participating in insurance programs and mandatory waiting periods for reentry into insurance programs for entities which have terminated coverage through the board.