H. B. 2321

                        (By Delegate Sobonya)

                        [Introduced January 26, 2015; referred to the

                        Committee on Government Organization then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact article 5, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Family Protection Services Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to domestic violence program licensure standards.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That article 5, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-5-1. Family Protection Services Board.

            The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 30, 2014, authorized under the authority of section four hundred three, article twenty-six, chapter forty-eight, of this code, modified by the Family Protection Services Board to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 17, 2014, relating to the Family Protection Services Board (domestic violence program licensure standards, 191 CSR 2), is authorized.

            NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Family Protection Services Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Domestic Violence Program Licensure Standards.

            This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.