| WV | HB4169 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to aligning mental health examination requirements with those required for involuntary hospitalizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB4354 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to set forth requirements for foster child clothing allowances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB4610 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to permit access to individualized treatments for eligible patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB5015 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the interstate practice of respiratory therapy with the goal of improving public access to respiratory therapy services by providing respiratory therapists licensed in a member state the ability to practice i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB5437 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the "Vape Safety Act."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | SB231 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require value-based contracting for substance use disorder, to require value-based outcomes for grants, and requires a state plan amendment to the extent necessary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4089 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require health insurers to provide coverage for scalp cooling systems for the preservation of hair during cancer chemotherapy treatment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal |
| WV | HB4599 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to modify the West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act ("WV Cares") background check variance process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4638 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to include an option for persons to indicate their choice to become an organ donor when registering to vote or modifying their voter registration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4626 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to establish a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing the Administration's approval as a medication for treatment of opioid ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB586 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the Secretary of the Departmentof Health from promulgating rules that require public water systems or businesses to have backflow preventers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB650 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish that a psychiatric hospital with an average annual inpatient census patient mix of greater than 95 percent of court-ordered forensic and civil involuntary commitments from state custody or from a state-owned h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal |
| WV | SB649 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to require Medicaid coverage for blood pressure monitoring devices to be offered to certain persons who have been diagnosed with hypertension.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5004 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide health coverage for PANS/PANDAS.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB742 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to streamline the involuntary treatment process by removing a list of persons that must be contacted prior to an involuntary hospitalization and to increase the timeframe in which to file the mental hygiene petition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal |
| WV | HB5325 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create an emeritus physician license for professionals regulated by the West Virginia Board of Medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | HB5327 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the ALS Care Services Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal |
| WV | SB897 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require the licensure or certification of alcohol and drug counselors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB906 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to permit lawful prescription, distribution, and marketing of any composition of crystalline polymorph psilocybin that the United States Food and Drug Administration approves and that is rescheduled by the United States Dr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | HB5459 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to bring the health care provider tax on healthcare managed care organizations into compliance with new federal regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB947 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide birth certificates to homeless individuals under the age of 18.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB210 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require state departments to prepare annual performance plans, report these plans to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability, and the Commission to report to the Legislature. Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
Approved by Governor 3/9/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB773 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of the Department of Health to propose legislative rules to include alpha-gal syndrome on the list of diseases that shall be required to be reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
On 3rd reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HB4772 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require Bureau of Medical Services to verify and remove deceased Medicaid enrollees; the bill requires data matches with official death records; mandates the termination of eligibility upon proof of an enrollee's death;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5260 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to improve patient safety in the medical cannabis program by authorizing permitted, regulated medical cannabis processors to manufacture medical cannabis in edible form for dispensing to certified patients in the state; to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5625 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the requirements for the licensure of radon mitigators, testers, contractors, and laboratories.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
On 3rd reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HB5563 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Veteran Care Coordination Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB1000 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the "Alternative Nicotine Product Regulatory Act of 2026" and the Alternative Nicotine Products Compliance Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB1074 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit newly hired emergency vehicle operators to participate in the Emergency Medical Services Officer Retirement System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4335 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish uniform and expedited credentialing standards for Medicaid providers and require electronic submission of credentialing applications. The bill further directs the Department of Human Services to transition to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
Approved by Governor 2/28/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4196 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require licensed programs, under the Medication-Assisted Treatment Program Licensing Act, to offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients recovering from addiction to new and current patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4982 | Pass | Relating generally to the reestablishment of a statewide Healthy Lifestyles program
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
Approved by Governor 2/28/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB954 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the denial, cancellation, or other discrimination in policies of life insurance, sickness, disability, or long-term care insurance due to the status of the insured as a living organ donor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB151 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make life insurance cash value exempt when calculating eligibility for Medicaid
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
On 2nd reading, rereferred to Health and Human Resources |
| WV | HB4474 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to extend the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
Approved by Governor 2/25/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB1003 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a "Home-First" mental health framework and create Regional Pediatric Mental Health Hubs
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB1055 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau of Medical Services to use a data informed methodology when reviewing reimbursement rates for substance use disorder services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5661 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase Medicaid dental provider reimbursement rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Markup Discussion |
| WV | HB5681 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to empower qualified certified nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives to prescribe, administer, and dispense prescriptions drugs without a collaborating physician.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB1078 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update who may possess and administer epinephrine in schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB1075 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to fund the Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB1054 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish Natural Organic Reduction as a lawful method of disposition in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-21
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5476 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require health care providers to maintain a complete copy of an individual's health care records and to prevent unauthorized altering or tampering of health care records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4067 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a subsidy for child care services rendered to children of child care program employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4359 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize a licensed health care facility to move locations, up to 10 miles from the original location, without obtaining a new license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4403 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to place homeless shelters under the same enforcement, inspection, and safety requirements as other regulated residential facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4459 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make kratom a Schedule I controlled substance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB662 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to colorectal cancer prevention
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB992 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of Health to conduct a study of vaccinated and unvaccinated pediatric populations and to set forth the parameters of that study.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB990 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the ALS Care Services Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
