Bill Text: WV HB2774 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-12 - To House Technology and Infrastructure [HB2774 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-HB2774-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2774
By Delegate Cooper
Introduced February 26, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary
A BILL to amend and reenact §17E-1-18 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to commercial driver’s license; and requiring that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification and may not have a medical waiver.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.
§17E-1-18. Rule-making authority.
The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article: Provided, That the commissioner shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §21A-3-1 et seq. of this code that require a state employee with a commercial driver’s license to have a current medical evaluation certification and that the state employee is not entitled to a medical waiver from this requirement.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification and may not have a medical waiver.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
