Interim Committee Schedule & Agendas

1. Call to order.
2. Roll call.
3. Approval of minutes for the September 8, 2025, meeting.
4. School Year 24-25 Critical Need and Shortage Report (§18A-2-3). Dr. Sonya White, Deputy Superintendent, WVDE.
5. Annual County Board of Education Accountability Report. Dr. Sonya White, Deputy Superintendent, WVDE.
6. Other business.
7. Adjourn.

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of September 8, 2025, Minutes

IV. Agency Review Report Presentation by the Performance Evaluation and Research Division:

• Office of Environmental Remediation

V. Possible Inconsistency of State Tax Law:

• West Virginia Farm Bureau

• Charles Wilfong, President

• Lynwood “Woody” Ireland, Board Member

• West Virginia State Tax Office Representative

• Matthew Irby, State Tax Commissioner

VI. Other business

VII. Adjournment

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Approval of Minutes

4. WV Ireland Transatlantic Partnership

• Dr. Brian Hoey, Dean of the Honors College & Professor of Anthropology, Marshall University
• Dr. Jason Spencer, Associate Professor - Computer and Information Technology, BridgeValley CTC
• Dr Patricia Moriarty, Head of School of Business & Humanities, DkIT
• Annaleigh Margey, Department Head of Humanities, Dundalk Institute of Technology
• Dr. James Field, Associate Professor - Department of Management, WVU and West Virginia-Ireland Trade Commission member

5. The Southern Educational Services Cooperative’s (SESC) Adult Education Program

• Heather Tharp, Career Development Consultant and COABE SAAEF Adult Education Fellowship

6. Academy of Careers and Technology

• Charles Pack Jr., Director of Career Technical Education

7. Other Business

8. Adjournment

1. Call to order

2. Roll Call

3. Review of FY 2025 Budget Year Matters

Eric Nelson, Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Revenue

Mark Muchow, Deputy Secretary, West Virginia Department of Revenue

Mike McKown, Deputy Secretary, West Virginia Department of Revenue

4. Federal Changes to Medicaid and Funding Update

          Cynthia Beane, Commissioner, West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services

5. Announcements

6. Adjournment

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Panel Discussion on Kratom Enforcement

Process Process overview – J. A. Curia, Senate Judiciary Counsel

a. Benny Eplin, Enforcement Director, Alcohol Beverage Control Administration

b. Derek Walker, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Compliance & Enforcement, Director of Criminal Investigation Division, West Virginia Department of Revenue, State Tax Division

c. Amie Minor, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Agriculture

V. Other Business

VI. Adjournment

Meeting Called to Order

 Silent Roll Call

 Approval of Minutes

 Presentations:  

Allan McVey, West Virginia Insurance Commissioner

• Discussion on Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Other Business

Adjournment

CLOSED TOUR: Members of the committee will tour West Virginia State Univeristy's research facilities and learn about the current research the school is performing in agriculture and cybersecurity.

Call to Order

 Roll Call

 Approval of Minutes from September 2025 meeting

 Presentation of Community Solutions for Strengthening Families

Greg Clutter, Director, Chestnut Mountain Village

 Presentation Regarding Mountain Health Promise

Kathy Szafran, Executive Director, Mountain Health Promise, Aetna Better Health of West Virginia

 Other Business

 Adjournment

I.       Call to Order

II.     Roll Call

III.    Approval of Organizational Motions

IV.     Approval of Previous Minutes – September 9, 2025

V.       Presentation Regarding Roadway Entry Permits in West Virginia by:

• Jake Bumgarner, State Highway Engineer for the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways
• Bob Boyles, WV Forestry Association
• Tom Crickenberger, Speyside Burban Cooperage
• Anthony Raines, Rainco Forest Resources, Inc.

VI.     Other Business

VII.    Adjournment

1.  Call to Order

2.  Roll Call

3   Approval of September 8, 2025, meeting minutes

4.  Discussion on Backroads of Appalachia’s Appalachian Regional Commission ARISE Grant for Evans Farmhouse in Pruntytown

            a.   Backroads of Appalachia - Erik Hubbard, Director and Jedediah Smith, Director of Operations for West Virginia

            b.   WV Department of Transportation - Perry Keller, Statewide Planning Section Head and William Gaskins, Transportation District Manager -                           District 4, Division of Highways

            c.   Region VI Planning and Development Council - Sheena Hunt, Executive Director and Kent Rollins, Project Specialist

5.  Department of Transportation update - Stephen T. Rumbaugh, PE, Cabinet Secretary/Commissioner of Highways, Department of Transportation

6.  Other Business

7.  Adjournment

I.  Call to Order 

II.  Roll Call

III.  Organizational Motions

 IV.     Mark Hutchings, CEO, Combined Arms, to give a presentation on Combined Arms’ internet-based application for aggregating information and resources for Veterans, and their families 

VI.     Other Business

VII.   Adjournment

Meeting Called to Order

Silent Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Presentations:

Panel Discussion on Nicotine/Vaping Regulations

Augustine “A.J.” Lugo, Jr., Tobacco Law Enforcement Network

Mairi Martin, General Counsel, MAG Industries

Tony Abboud, Executive Director, Vapor Technology Association

Nicole Campell, Greenbrier County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

Amie Minor-Richard, Deputy Commissioner, WV Department of Agriculture

Derek Walker, Asst. Deputy Commissioner of Compliance & Enforcement/ Director of Criminal Investigation Division West Virginia Department of Revenue - State Tax Division

Benny Eplin, Enforcement Director at West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration

Discussion on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

• Dr. Kari Mika-Lude, Director of Project Strategy and Evaluation, WV Behavioral Health Training Center

Discussion on Payment Parity in Counselling

• Dr. Kari Mika-Lude, Director of Project Strategy and Evaluation, WV Behavioral Health Training Center

Other Business

Adjournment

   I. Call to order

  II. Roll Call

 III. Approval of minutes

  IV. Streamlining Economic Development Projects

Jon Kasitz, RES (Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC) Client Solutions Manager

   V. Overview of the West Virginia Economic Development Council

Morganne Tenney, Vice President, West Virginia Economic Development Council and Executive Director, Putnam County Development Authority

  VI. Overview of the County Development Authority

Mallie Combs, Executive Director, Hardy County Development Authority

Kevin Clark, Executive Director, Mineral County Development Authority

 VII. Overview of the Planning and Development Council

Shane Whitehair, President of WV Association of Regional Councils and Executive Director, Planning and Development Council (Region 7)

Rachel Miller, Executive Director, Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning and Development Council (Region 9)

VIII. Other business

  IX. Adjournment

1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Commissioner, David Kelly:

• Updated of developments on the Jackie Withrow Hospital Lease, unpaid billing per county, and overcrowding.

5. Other Business
6. Adjournment

1.        Call to Order

2.        Roll Call

3.        Approval of Minutes

4.        Update on BRIM

                   - Jeremy C. Wolfe, M.S., Executive Director, BRIM

5.       Update on State Pension Plans

                   - Jeffrey Fleck, Executive Director, CPRB

6.        Announcements

7.        Adjournment

*Agenda subject to change

1.          Approval of September 7, 2025, minutes

2.          Committee Reports/Requests

3.          Monthly/Quarterly Reports Received

            General Revenue & Federal Funds

                        (Mark Muchow, Deputy Secretary, Department of Revenue)

            Economic Development

                        (Matthew Herridge, Secretary, Department of Commerce)

Board of Treasury Report Distribution

4.          Other Business

5.          Adjournment

1.      Call to Order
2.      Roll Call
3.      Consideration of organizational motions
4.      Approval of January 2025 meeting minutes
5.      Bobby Palmer, President, Fire Marshals Association of West Virginia- Presentation on the development of NFPA codes and how they apply in West Virginia
6.      Kenneth E. Tyree Jr, State Fire Marshal and Mark Stewart, Deputy State Fire Marshal –Presentation on Federal NERIS system implementation for West Virginia
7.      Other Business
8.      Adjournment

1.      Call to order

2.      Roll Call

3.      Approval of minutes

4.      Marie Prezioso – Executive Director – West Virginia Water Development Authority

•  Report on total funding for projects, total project amounts, process for seeking funding for expansion and upgrades.

5.      Miscellaneous Business

6.       Adjournment

1. Call Meeting to Order.
2. Approval of September 7, 2025 Meeting Minutes.
3. Post Audit Division Report on the Bureau of Medical Services – Capitation Payments for Ineligible Incarcerated or Deceased Individuals-
    Presented by Mike Jones, Audit Manager.
4. Adjourn.

 Meeting Called to Order

 Silent Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Presentations:

Curtis Capehart, Director of Policy, WV Governor’s Office

• Discussion on Rural Health Transformation Program

Cindy Beane, Commissioner of the Bureau for Medical Services, Department of Human Services

• Discussion on Rates for Home and Community Based Services
• Discussion on Potential Effects of H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act
• Update on actions by the Medical Services Fund Advisory Council

                        Alex Mayer, Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Human Services

• Listening Tour Results and Next Plan of Action

                        Lori Bragg, Commissioner of the Bureau for Social Services

• Discussion on Disciplinary Process for Child Protective Services

 Other Business

 Adjournment

1. Call to order

2. Roll call

3. Approval of September 9, 2025, Minutes

4. Update on the 2025 northern and southern flood events
    • James Seward, Adjutant General, West Virginia National Guard
    • Doug Buffington, Acting Secretary, West Virginia Department of Homeland Security
    • Matt Blackwood, Deputy Director, West Virginia Division of Emergency Management
    • Stephen Rumbaugh, Cabinet Secretary/Commissioner of Highways, West Virginia Department of Transportation

5. Status update for case management grants that are in the bidding process
    • Doug Buffington, Acting Secretary, West Virginia Department of Homeland Security
    • Matt Blackwood, Deputy Director, West Virginia Division of Emergency Management
    • Stephen Rumbaugh, Cabinet Secretary/Commissioner of Highways, West Virginia Department of Transportation
    • James Seward, Adjutant General, West Virginia National Guard

6. Update on local flood response from beginning of February 15, 2025, flood event to present day
    • Cecil Patterson, McDowell County Commissioner
    • Dewayne Dotson, McDowell County Commissioner
    • Michael D. Brooks, McDowell County Commissioner
    • Bobby Bowman, Emergency Management Director and 911 Director, McDowell County

7. Other business

8. Adjourn

1. Call meeting to order

2. Approval of Minutes – September 7, 2024

3. Presentation regarding Oil and Gas Industry, Markets and Governmental Trends by:

   Charlie Burd, President - Gas & Oil Association of West Virginia

    Eric Vir, CFO - Pillar Energy, LLC

4. Presentation regarding Coal Development Industry, Markets and Governmental Trends by:

 Chris Hamilton, President - West Virginia Coal Association

5. Presentation regarding mineral development permitting:

Henry J. Harmon, Acting Chief - Office of Oil and Gas, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

Jonathan Rorrer, Acting Deputy Cabinet Secretary & Director - West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

6. Miscellaneous

7.Adjournment

AGENDA

Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Location: Senate Judiciary Committee Room, 208 West

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes from September 10, 2025

IV. Rules to be Considered

1. 148 CSR 25, Administration, One-Stop Shop Permitting Program (CF)
2. 16 CSR 01 – Physical Therapists, General Provisions for Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant (DM)
3. 16 CSR 05 – Physical Therapists, General Provisions for Athletic Trainers (DM)
4. 155 CSR 01 – Auditor, Standards for Requisitions for Payment Issued by State Officers on the Auditor (JC)
5. 115 CSR 02 – BRIM, Public Entities Insurance Program (JC)
6. 2 CSR 01 – Architects – Registration of Architects (JW)
7. 2 CSR 03 – Architects, Fees for Registration of Architects (JW)
8. 15 CSR 01 – Pharmacy, Licensure and Practice of Pharmacy (JW)
9. 15 CSR 06 – Pharmacy, Mail-Order and Non-Resident Pharmacies (JW)
10. 15 CSR 07- Board of Pharmacy Rules for Registration of Pharmacy Technicians (JW)
11. 15 CSR 10 – Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy Rules for Pharmacist Recovery Networks (JW)
12. 15 CSR 12 – Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy Rules for Immunizations Administered by Pharmacists, Pharmacy Interns, and Pharmacy Technicians (JW)
13. 15 CSR 15 – Pharmacy, Rules Governing Pharmacy Permits (JW)
14. 15 CSR 16 – Pharmacy, Rules Governing Pharmacists (JW)
15. 15 CSR 19 – Pharmacy, Inspections (JW)
16. 64 CSR 45 – Health, Lead Abatement Licensing (CD)
17. 64 CSR 51 – Health, Fees for Services (CD)
18. 64 CSR 57 – Health, Clinical Laboratory Practitioner Licensure and Certification (CD)
19. 64 CSR 67 – Health, Distribution of State Funds for Support of Local Boards of Health (CD)
20. 64 CSR 73 – Health, Basic Public Health Services Standards for Local Boards of Health (CD)
21. 64 CSR 115 – Health, Diabetes Self-Management Education (CD)
22. 58 CSR 21 - Natural Resources, Wildlife Rehabilitation (LW)
23. 58 CSR 26 – Natural Resources, Special Boating Rule (LW)
24. 58 CSR 47 – Natural Resources, Prohibitions from Hunting and Trapping (LW)
25. 9 CSR 03 – Landscape Architects, Fees (JA)
26. 11 CSR 01B – Medicine, Licensure, Practice Requirements, Disciplinary and Complaint Procedures, Continuing Education, Physician Assistants (JA)
27. 11 CSR 06 – Medicine, Continuing Education for Physicians and Podiatric Physicians (JA)
28. 24 CSR 01 – Osteopathic Medicine, Licensing Procedures for Osteopathic Physicians (JA)
29. 24 CSR 02 – Osteopathic Medicine, Osteopathic Physician Assistants (JA)
30. 27 CSR 01 – Counseling, Licensing Rules (JA)
31. 27 CSR 03 – Counseling, Licensed Professional Counselor License Renewal and Continuing Professional Education Requirements (JA)
32. 27 CSR 08 – Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapist Licensing Rule (JA)
33. 33 CSR 20 – DEP, Hazardous Waste Management System (CK)
34. 45 CSR 01 – DEP, Alternative Emission Limitations During Startup and Shutdown Questions (CK)
35. 45 CSR 08 – DEP, Ambient Air Quality Standards (CK)
36. 45 CSR 16 – DEP, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (CK)
37. 45 CSR 18 – DEP, Control Air Pollution from Combustion of Solid Waste (CK)
38. 178 CSR 01 – Racing Commission, Thoroughbred Racing (PC)
39. 61 CSR 01B – Agriculture, Registration Forms and Tags for Registration, Taxation, and Control of Dogs (PC)
40. 61 CSR 30 – Agriculture, Select Plant-Based Derivatives and Select Plant-Based Derivative Products-Hemp and Kratom (PC)
41. 76 CSR 06 – Senior Services, Shared Table Initiative
42. 142 CSR 03, Attorney General, Legislative Rule Pertaining To The Establishment And Qualification Of Third-Party Dispute Mechanisms (PC)
43. 142 CSR 04, Attorney General, Fair Treatment Of Crime Victims And Witnesses (PC)
44. 142 CSR 05, Attorney General, Prevention Of Unfair Or Deceptive Acts Or Practices In Home Improvement Transactions (PC)
45. 142 CSR 06, Attorney General, Leg Rule Pertaining To The Prevention Of Unfair Or Deceptive Acts Or Practices In Sale Of Damaged Goods Or Damaged Products (PC)
46. 142 CSR 08, Attorney General, Administration Of Preneed Burial Contracts (PC)

V. Other Business

VI. Adjournment

Note: Agenda and order are tentative and subject to change.