| WV | HB5274 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require information to be provided orally to all patients in order for the patient to give informed consent knowing all potential outcomes for all medical tests, prescriptions, and treatments; providing a short title; d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5281 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a Persons with Disabilities Registry; and provide for a public records exemption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5229 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require that all prescribers of medications document any change of instructions to a patient and inform the patient's pharmacy of such changes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5233 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Board of Registered Nurses to comply with the Open Governmental Procedures Act, share a computer link to meetings that are live streamed, and publicly post meeting minutes to its website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5209 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification to inspect office-based medication-assisted treatment programs at least every 24 months.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5230 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require regular updates to a patient's medication regimen be provided to the patient's pharmacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5211 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide parents the freedom to decide whether to have their children vaccinated, to prohibit vaccine mandates as a condition to admission to schools, and to ensure that prior to vaccination that parents receive informat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5163 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that no law enforcement officer is required to remain with an individual at the hospital while a staff physician or other authorized person evaluates the individual for involuntary hospitalization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5073 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the Unborn Child Protection act. The bill provides for definitions. The bill creates a process of informed consent. The bill provides for printed information. The bill provides for the creation of an Internet web...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5154 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove liability for mental health professionals providing services in mental hygiene cases involving possible involuntary hospitalization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5110 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide guidelines for the collection, storage, and protection of privacy with concern to genetic material and information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5160 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the prohibition of adding more licensed substance abuse treatment beds in counties who currently have more than 250 substance abuse treatment beds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5141 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require state institutions of higher education universities to accept exemptions to vaccinations in addition to the medical exemptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5106 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit a religious exemption to compulsory school immunizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5155 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require recovery residences to be certified if such residences receive funding from the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee |
| WV | HB5143 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow for religious exemptions of vaccine requirements in primary and secondary schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5145 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the hepatitis B vaccine from the vaccines mandated by this state or required for admission to a public, private, and parochial school in this state or a state-regulated child care center.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5120 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update definitions and who has access to medical records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5187 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove hormone therapy as a means of medical treatment for minors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5166 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit certain action concerning the distribution of safety-net drugs to contract pharmacies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee |
| WV | HB5107 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a personal belief exemption to required immunizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5149 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to requires persons or entities rendering medical services to patients who were under the age of 18 years at the time of the services to notify these patients after they reach 18years of age to contact the providers of any...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4429 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exclude drug test strips from the definition of drug paraphernalia, and to specify that the possession, sale, and purchase of drug test strips is not prohibited within West Virginia. The bill was recommended for passage...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
On 1st reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HB4795 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to inform a caretaker of his or her rights at the initial point of contact during a child protective investigation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
On 2nd reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HB5061 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5041 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to guarantee the right to life to all human beings and to provide definitions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5036 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to codify a Parents' Bill of Rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB5032 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require health care facilities not exempt from certificates of need to provide health care services to persons who are under the public employees insurance act (PEIA).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| WV | HB4743 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require medical professionals to obtain consent for a resident to treat a patient in advance of the appointment or procedure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4953 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require informed consent for all pelvic, rectal, and prostate examinations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4997 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require habilitative speech therapy as a treatment for stuttering insurance coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| WV | HB4979 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide insurance coverage for GLP-1 class medications with a valid script.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| WV | HB4977 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require that public restrooms provide diaper changing stations in both male and female restrooms if these stations are provided at all.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4937 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for medical guidelines and information related to breast density.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4922 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a cause of action upon violation of prohibition of providing gender reassignment or gender altering medication to a minor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4928 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is remove the licensure requirement for radon mitigation contractors, radon mitigation specialists, and radon testers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4936 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Men's Equality Act requiring 100 percent coverage under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance plan for voluntary male sterilization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4929 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update the requirements of the state director of health to quarantine and enforce regulations in a specific place, removing certain penalties, and establishing other penalties for failing to stop a train or other vessel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4897 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update the circumstances when a child may be removed from a foster home.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4900 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Core State Behavioral Health Crisis Services System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4914 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the food waste task force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4884 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a healthcare provider right to object to certain procedures act with definitions; defining treatments or patients that may be objected to; and providing right to file civil action for damages and injunctive relie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4873 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to legalize the personal use and possession of cannabis by adults; providing for a county option election to allow for the production and sales in that county; providing for regulation by the Bureau of Health; authorizing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4747 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove marijuana as a tested substance from the screening requirements of the West Virginia Alcohol and Drug-Free Workplace Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Workforce Development Committee |
| WV | HB4856 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the number of vape stores and head shops in West Virginia to one for every 15,000 residents per county.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee |
| WV | HB4857 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit Medicaid and CHIP payment for certain prohibited medical practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4866 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make syringe services unlawful and provide for penalties for violation of the article. The proposed bill permits the provision of harm reduction services not associated with a syringe exchange program and permits an adm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4778 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to grant jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league athletic events to county boards of education and the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission and to establish the West Virginia Youth Sports Safety Commis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4818 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the moratorium on medication-assisted facilities. The bill also provides a cap on the number of medication-assisted facilities in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee |
| WV | HB4716 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require substance use disorder inpatient providers to provide transportation to their patients. The bill prohibits certain marketing or partnering with other states. Finally, the bill requires approval for limitation of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee |
