114 CSR 91

                             Senate Bill No. 148

(By Senators Minard, Snyder, Prezioso,

Unger, Boley and K. Facemyer)

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[Introduced January 18, 2011; 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 article 7, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the health maintenance organization point-of-service option.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That article 7, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 7. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND REVENUE TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-7-1. Insurance Commissioner.

    The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand ten, authorized under the authority of section three, article two, chapter thirty-three, of this code, relating to the Insurance Commissioner (health maintenance organization point of service option, 114 CSR 91), is authorized.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Health Maintenance Organization Point of Service Option.

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