Bill Text: WV SB730 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to program requirements of Bureau for Family Assistance
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-02-03 - To Health and Human Resources [SB730 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2026-SB730-Introduced.html
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 730
By Senators Rucker, Azinger, Helton, Rose, and Tarr
[Introduced February 3, 2026; referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then top the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §9-3-7, relating to program requirements of the Bureau for Family Assistance.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 3. APPLICATION FOR AND GRANTING OF ASSISTANCE.
§9-3-7. Program requirements.
The Bureau for Family Assistance shall implement the following requirements on or before January 1, 2027:
(1) Reducing the error rate to at or below six percent; and
(2) Prohibiting persons living in the United States illegally from obtaining supplement nutrition benefits.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to set forth program requirements for the Bureau for Family Assistance to come into federal compliance with the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
