West Virginia Senate Bill 317

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-12 - To Health and Human Resources
Pending: Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to transfer child welfare enforcement responsibilities to the West Virginia State Police. The bill transfers employees, funds and property of the Department of Health and Human Resources to the West Virginia State Police. The bill provides that the transferred employees remain in the Civil Service System, continue to participate in Public Employees Retirement System Insurance and continue to be covered by the Public Employees Insurance Act. The bill requires rulemaking.

Transferring child welfare enforcement responsibilities to State Police

Sen. Randy Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-12	Senate	To Health and Human Resources
2024-01-12	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2024-01-11	Senate	To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2024-01-12	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
49	12	1	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=317&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb317%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=317