WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2022 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 298
By Senator Sypolt
[Introduced January 17, 2022; referred
to the Committee on 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—opioid treatment programs.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
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 May 10, 2021, authorized under the authority of §16-5Y-13 of this code, relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources (Medication-Assisted Treatment - Opioid Treatment Programs, 69 CSR 11), 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 - Opioid Treatment Programs.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.