WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2258

By Delegate Sobonya

[Introduced February 9, 2017; referred to the committee on Prevention then Treatment of Substance Abuse then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5-1, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Medication - Assisted Treatment - Office - Based Medication Assisted Treatment.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §64-5-1 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. Department of Health and Human Resources.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 26, 2016, authorized under the authority of section one, article five-y, chapter sixteen of this code, modified by the Department of Health and Human Resources to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on January 25, 2017, relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources (Medication - Assisted Treatment - Office - Based Medication Assisted Treatment, 69 CSR 12), is authorized.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Medication - Assisted Treatment - Office - Based Medication Assisted Treatment.

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