H. B. 2361
(By Delegate Stemple)
[Introduced February 15, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §5F-2-1 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §16-4C-4
of said
code, all relating to transferring the office of emergency
medical services from the Department of Health and Human
Resources to the Department of Military Affairs and Public
Safety.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5F-2-1
of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; and that §16-4C-4
of said code be amended
and reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 5F. REORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
ARTICLE 2. TRANSFER OF AGENCIES AND BOARDS.
§5F-2-1. Transfer and incorporation of agencies and boards; funds.
(a) The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are transferred to and
incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of
Administration:
(1) Building Commission provided in article six, chapter five
of this code;
(2) Public Employees Insurance Agency and Public Employees
Insurance Agency Advisory Board provided
in article sixteen,
chapter five of this code;
(3) Governor's Mansion Advisory Committee provided for in
article five, chapter five-a of this code;
(4) Commission on Uniform State Laws provided
in article
one-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(5) Education and State Employees Grievance Board provided for
in article twenty-nine, chapter eighteen of this code and article
six-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(6) Board of Risk and Insurance Management provided for in
article twelve, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(7) Boundary Commission provided
in article twenty-three,
chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(8) Public Defender Services provided
in article twenty-one,
chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(9) Division of Personnel provided
in article six, chapter
twenty-nine of this code;
(10) The West Virginia Ethics Commission provided
in article
two, chapter six-b of this code; and
(11) Consolidated Public Retirement Board provided
in article
ten-d, chapter five of this code.
(b) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are transferred to and
incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of
Commerce:
(1)Division of Labor provided
in article one, chapter
twenty-one of this code, which includes:
(A) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission provided
in article three-a, chapter twenty-one of this code; and
(B) Board of Manufactured Housing Construction and safety
provided
in article nine, chapter twenty-one of this code;
(2) Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training provided
in
article one, chapter twenty-two-a of this code. The following
boards are transferred to the office of miners' health, safety and
training for purposes of administrative support and liaison with
the office of the Governor:
(A) Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety and Coal Mine Safety
and Technical Review Committee provided
in article six, chapter
twenty-two-a of this code;
(B) Board of Miner Training, Education and Certification provided
in article seven, chapter twenty-two-a of this code; and
(C) Mine Inspectors' Examining Board provided
in article nine,
chapter twenty-two-a of this code;
(3) The West Virginia Development Office,
which includes
the Division of Tourism and the Tourism Commission provided
in
article two, chapter five-b of this code;
(4) Division of Natural Resources and Natural Resources
Commission provided
in article one, chapter twenty of this code
;
(5) Division of Forestry provided
in article one-a, chapter
nineteen of this code; and
(6) Geological and Economic Survey provided
in article two,
chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(c) The Economic Development Authority provided for in article
fifteen, chapter thirty-one of this code is continued as an
independent agency within the executive branch.
(d) The Water Development Authority and Board provided
in
article one, chapter twenty-two-c of this code
is continued as an
independent agency within the executive branch.
(e) Bureau of Employment Programs provided
in article one,
chapter twenty-one-a of this code is continued as an independent
agency within the executive branch.
(f) Workers' Compensation Commission provided
in article one,
chapter twenty-three of this code is continued as an independent
agency within the executive branch.
(g) Bureau of Environment is abolished and the following
agencies and boards, including all allied, advisory and affiliated
entities, are transferred to the Department of Environmental
Protection for purposes of administrative support and liaison with
the office of the Governor:
(1) Air Quality Board provided
in article two, chapter
twenty-two-b of this code;
(2) Solid Waste Management Board provided
in article three,
chapter twenty-two-c of this code;
(3) Environmental Quality Board, or its successor board,
provided
in article three, chapter twenty-two-b of this code;
(4) Surface Mine Board provided
in article four, chapter
twenty-two-b of this code;
(5) Oil and Gas Inspectors' Examining Board provided
in
article seven, chapter twenty-two-c of this code;
(6) Shallow Gas Well Review Board provided
in article eight,
chapter twenty-two-c of this code; and
(7) Oil and Gas Conservation Commission provided
in article
nine, chapter twenty-two-c of this code.
(h) The
following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are transferred to and
incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of
Education and the Arts:
(1) Library Commission provided
in article one, chapter ten of
this code;
(2) Educational Broadcasting Authority provided
in article
five, chapter ten of this code;
(3) Division of Culture and History provided
in article one,
chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(4) Division of Rehabilitation Services provided
in section
two, article ten-a, chapter eighteen of this code.
(i) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are transferred to and
incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of
Health and Human Resources:
(1) Human Rights Commission provided for in article eleven,
chapter five of this code;
(2) Division of Human Services provided for in article two,
chapter nine of this code;
(3) Bureau for Public Health provided for in article one,
chapter sixteen of this code;
(4) Office of emergency medical services and advisory council
thereto provided for in article four-c, chapter sixteen of this
code;
(5) (4) Health Care Authority provided for in article
twenty-nine-b, chapter sixteen of this code;
(6) (5) Commission on Mental Retardation provided for in
article fifteen, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(7) (6) Women's Commission provided for in article twenty,
chapter twenty-nine of this code; and
(8) (7) The Child Support Enforcement Division provided for in
chapter forty-eight of this code.
(j) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are transferred to and
incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of
Military Affairs and Public Safety:
(1) Adjutant General's Department provided for in article
one-a, chapter fifteen of this code;
(2) Armory Board provided for in article six, chapter fifteen
of this code;
(3) Military Awards Board provided for in article one-g,
chapter fifteen of this code;
(4) West Virginia State Police provided for in article two,
chapter fifteen of this code;
(5) Office of Emergency Services and Disaster Recovery Board
provided for in article five, chapter fifteen of this code and
Emergency Response Commission provided for in article five-a of
said chapter;
(6) Sheriffs' Bureau provided for in article eight, chapter fifteen of this code;
(7) Division of Corrections provided for in chapter
twenty-five of this code;
(8) Fire Commission provided for in article three, chapter
twenty-nine of this code;
(9) Regional Jail and Correctional Facility authority provided
for in article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code;
(10) Board of Probation and Parole provided for in article
twelve, chapter sixty-two of this code; and
(11) Division of Veterans' Affairs and Veterans' Council
provided for in article one, chapter nine-a of this code; and
(12) Office of Emergency Medical Services and Advisory Council
thereto provided in article four-c, chapter sixteen of this code.
(k) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are transferred to and
incorporated in and administered as a part of the (1) Tax Division
provided for in article one, chapter eleven of this code;
(2) Racing Commission provided for in article twenty-three,
chapter nineteen of this code;
(3) Lottery Commission and Position of Lottery Director
provided for in article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this
code;
(4) Agency of Insurance Commissioner provided for in article two, chapter thirty-three of this code;
(5) Office of Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner provided
for in article sixteen, chapter eleven of this code and article
two, chapter sixty of this code;
(6) Board of Banking and Financial Institutions provided for
in article three, chapter thirty-one-a of this code;
(7) Lending and credit rate board provided for in chapter
forty-seven-a of this code;
(8) Division of Banking provided for in article two, chapter
thirty-one-a of this code;
(9)
The State Budget Office, formerly known as the budget
section of the Finance Division, Department of Administration,
previously provided for in article two, chapter five-a of this code
and now provided for in article two of this chapter;
(10) The Municipal Bond Commission provided for in article
three, chapter thirteen of this code;
(11) The Office of Tax Appeals provided for in article ten-a,
chapter eleven of this code; and
(12) The State Athletic Commission provided for in article
five-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(l) The following agencies and boards, including all of the
allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds
associated with any agency or board, are transferred to and
incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Transportation:
(1) Division of Highways provided for in article two-a,
chapter seventeen of this code;
(2) Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority
provided for in article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of this code;
(3) Division of Motor Vehicles provided for in article two,
chapter seventeen-a of this code;
(4) Driver's Licensing Advisory Board provided for in article
two, chapter seventeen-b of this code;
(5) Aeronautics Commission provided for in article two-a,
chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(6) State Rail Authority provided for in article eighteen,
chapter twenty-nine of this code; and
(7) Port Authority provided for in article sixteen-b, chapter
seventeen of this code.
(m) Except for powers, authority and duties that have been
delegated to the secretaries of the departments by the provisions
of section two of this article, the existence of the position of
administrator and of the agency and the powers, authority and
duties of each administrator and agency are not affected by the
enactment of this chapter.
(n) Except for powers, authority and duties that have been
delegated to the secretaries of the departments by the provisions
of section two of this article, the existence, powers, authority and duties of boards and the membership, terms and qualifications
of members of the boards are not affected by the enactment of this
chapter and all boards which are appellate bodies or were otherwise
established to be independent decision makers will not have their
appellate or independent decision-making status affected by the
enactment of this chapter.
(o) Any department previously transferred to and incorporated
in a department created in section two, article one of this chapter
by prior enactment of this section in chapter three, Acts of the
Legislature, first extraordinary session, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-nine, and subsequent amendments means a division of the
appropriate department. Wherever reference is made to any
department transferred to and incorporated in a department created
in section two, article one of this chapter, the reference means a
division of the appropriate department and any reference to a
division of a department so transferred and incorporated means a
section of the appropriate division of the department.
(p) When an agency, board or commission is transferred under
a bureau or agency other than a department headed by a secretary
pursuant to this section, that transfer is solely for purposes of
administrative support and liaison with the office of the Governor,
a department secretary or a bureau. Nothing in this section
extends the powers of department secretaries under section two of
this article to any person other than a department secretary and nothing limits or abridges the statutory powers and duties of
statutory commissioners or officers pursuant to this code.
CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.
ARTICLE 4C. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ACT.
§16-4C-4. office of Emergency Medical Services created; staffing.
There is hereby created within state government under the
commissioner of the bureau of public health Secretary of Military
Affairs and Public Safety an office to be known as the office of
emergency medical services.
Upon transfer of the office to the
Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, whenever the term
"Commissioner" is used in this article it means "Secretary."
The Commissioner may employ any technical, clerical,
stenographic and other personnel as may be necessary to carry out
the purposes of this article. The personnel may be paid from funds
appropriated therefor or from other funds as may be made available
for carrying out the purposes of this article.
The Office of Emergency Medical Services as created by former
section four, article four-d of this chapter, shall continue in
existence as the Office of Emergency Medical Services established
by this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to transfer the Office of
Emergency Medical Services from the Department of Health and Human
Resources to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.