West Virginia House Bill 4380 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 27 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-12 - Senate requests House to concur
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to amend current code to: (1) Add the spouse of an indigent person as a possible individual who may be liable for the funeral service expenses of the indigent person; (2) reduce the maximum amount of what the DHHR pays for funeral service expenses from $1,250.00 to $1,000.00; (3) require certain financial information be provided regarding the deceased, heirs or heirs-at-law in order for a determination to be made regarding whether assets of the deceased and/or heirs or heirs-at-law are sufficient to pay the funeral service expenses of the indigent person; (4) limit the department’s obligation to only pay for 2,000 indigent funeral services in any state fiscal year; and, (5) limit or redefine funeral service expenses to mean expenses for cremation unless objectionable pursuant to decedent’s religion or otherwise prohibited by federal law, state law or regulation.

Adding the spouse of an indigent person as a possible individual who may be liable for the funeral service expenses

Del. Joe Ellington [R]

Del. Amy Summers [R]

Del. Matthew Rohrbach [R]

Del. Christopher Stansbury [R]

2016-03-12 - Senate - Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 487) (Y: 20 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-27 - House - Passed House (Roll No. 237) (Y: 58 N: 29 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-12	Senate	Senate requests House to concur
2016-03-12	Senate	Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 487)
2016-03-12	Senate	Read 3rd time
2016-03-12	Senate	On 3rd reading
2016-03-11	Senate	Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2016-03-11	Senate	Read 2nd time
2016-03-11	Senate	On 2nd reading
2016-03-10	Senate	Read 1st time
2016-03-10	Senate	2nd reference dispensed
2016-03-10	Senate	Immediate consideration
2016-03-10	Senate	Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance
2016-02-29	Senate	To Health and Human Resources
2016-02-29	Senate	To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2016-02-29	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2016-02-29	Senate	House Message received
2016-02-27	House	Communicated to Senate
2016-02-27	House	Passed House (Roll No. 237)
2016-02-27	House	Read 3rd time
2016-02-27	House	Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2016-02-27	House	Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2016-02-27	House	Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
2016-02-27	House	Amendment reported by the Clerk
2016-02-27	House	Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2016-02-27	House	On 3rd reading with restricted right to amend, Special Calender
2016-02-26	House	Amendments pending
2016-02-26	House	Read 2nd time
2016-02-26	House	On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
2016-02-25	House	Read 1st time
2016-02-25	House	On 1st reading, Special Calendar
2016-02-24	House	By substitute, do pass
2016-02-17	House	To House Finance
2016-02-17	House	With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance
2016-02-03	House	To House Health and Human Resources
2016-02-03	House	Introduced in House
2016-02-03	House	To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2016-02-03	House	Filed for introduction

SB377 (Similar To) 2016-01-25 - To Health and Human Resources

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
9	5	18	Amended Code	Citation Text
9	5	9	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4380&year=2016&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4380%20intr.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=4380
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4380%20SUB.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=4380
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4380%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=4380
Roll Call	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2016/RS/votes/house/00237.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2016/RS/votes/senate/03-12-0487.pdf