Bill Text: WV SB255 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Board of Risk and Insurance Management rule relating to Preferred Medical Liability and High Risk Medical Liability Program

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-02-11 - Reported in Com. Sub. for S. B. 251 [SB255 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2026-SB255-Introduced.html

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West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 255

BY Senator Rucker

[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-2-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Preferred Medical Liability and High Risk Medical Liability Program.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. Authorization for Department of administration to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-2-1. Board of Risk and Insurance Management.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 21, 2025, authorized under the authority of §29-12-5 of this code, relating to the Board of Risk and Insurance Management (Preferred Medical Liability and High Risk Medical Liability Program, 115 CSR 06), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Preferred Medical Liability and High Risk Medical Liability Program.

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