West Virginia Legislature

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4046

By Delegate Smith

[Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred to

 Committee on Health and Human Resources then 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 to promulgate a legislative rule relating to assisted living residences.

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

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on February 16, 2023, authorized under the authority of §16-5D-5 of this code, modified by the Department of Health to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on August 21, 2023, relating to the Department of Health (assisted living residences, 64 CSR 14), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to assisted living residences.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.