| WV | HB5048 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that foster children awaiting residential placement shall continue to receive education through virtual learning.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB5430 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to is to regulate pharmacy benefit managers and state pharmacy purchasing by requiring an annual pharmacy dispensing fee study, limiting amounts charged by pharmacy benefit managers, prohibiting certain pharmacy benefit ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB5582 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to extend the program for drug screening of applicants for TANF.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB4022 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the application of the allocation formula for child protective services workers by county, and to set forth what information should be included in the annual report.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/14/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4869 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish a narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement (Medigap) policies in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | HB5074 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to change the allocation of proceeds in the Medical Cannabis Program Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB741 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to expand the counties that can participate in the pilot project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB744 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Critical Incident Review Team is under the Office of the Inspector General. The bill has the Office of Inspector General lead the team and prepare the reporting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/2026 - 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 | HB4602 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to establish a pilot program to support caseworker administrative tasks with technology and human caseworker aide services to increase the number, frequency and timeliness of caseworker interactions with children and famil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
Senate requests House to concur |
| WV | HB4603 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the process of obtaining and adjudicating a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition.This bill was recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
Senate requests House to concur |
| 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 | SB805 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to add the abortion pill reversal as covered expense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB862 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the Addiction Treatment Pilot Program as the pilot program no longer exists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
Approved by Governor 3/9/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB937 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to establish a community-based child welfare system program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-10
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4986 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the termination of parental rights upon certain convictions of crime.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB986 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the crime of child torture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB1012 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to permit the development of juvenile treatment beds in Cabell County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To House Finance Committee |
| 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 | SB972 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish Raylee's law which temporarily prohibits authorization of home instruction education placement if there is a pending child abuse or neglect investigation against a custodial parent of guardian.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
Motion to table previous motion adopted (Roll No. 270) |
| WV | SB795 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to permit a parent, guardian, or custodian to pay for an independent medical evaluation of a child in protective custody.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5449 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to address the Addiction Treatment Pilot Program and repeal all portions of the legislation as the pilot program no longer exists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
On 2nd reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HB5529 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the use of payment incentives and to establish a time frame for payments to child-placing agencies and to foster parents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-24
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB1003 | Intro
25% | 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 | HB4604 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation of all panel attorneys and guardians ad litem. The bill also creates an assistant guardian ad litem position and outlines what language is required in juvenile abuse and neglect case orders.This bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB763 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require children to be screened for sex trafficking and labor trafficking as they enter foster care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB1056 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the total number of children allowable for informal family child care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB1047 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Community Well-Being, Recovery Housing, and Family Stabilization Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-21
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB995 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide for Oversight of the Rural Health Transformation Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB998 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a student loan repayment program for mental health professionals focusing on children and adolescents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB1009 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide immunity from civil action for persons who are acting in the official scope of the person's duties at a local specialized child's advocacy center based on a recommendation made or an opinion rendered in good fai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB1014 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase Medicaid dental provider reimbursement rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB662 | Intro
25% | Relating to colorectal cancer prevention
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4984 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to narrow the scope of prior authorization mandates for FDA approved antipsychotics.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB989 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the current children's health insurance advisory board; modify the membership of the Medical Services Fund Advisory Council to comply with 42 CFR §431.12; include the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5636 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to improve the payment systems of Department of Human Services to ensure prompt payment through the Child Welfare Payment System for socially necessary service providers contracted to provide services through contracts wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5659 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to specify requirements for the development of an accurate cost estimation model for the costs of child care in West Virginia, with consideration for program types, age of children served, geographic region, and other fact...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5568 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to promote the efficient and effective use of state funds allocated to the Department of Human Services by requiring there be a reasonable nexus between the actual work of the Department and the legal proceedings at issue ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5628 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to mitigate the abrupt effect of termination of child care assistance to needy families caused by modest increases in family income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5581 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to add infantile GM1 gangliosidosis to the list of newborn screening tests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5618 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide an end date for the moratorium on the licensure of new opioid treatment programs which do not have a certificate of need.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5591 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit pharmacists to dispense ivermectin to a person, without requiring a prescription.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5576 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill relates to Socially Necessary Services (SNS) provider mileage reporting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5615 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove in person requirements prior to initial telemedicine services and set out the appropriate jurisdiction for documentation and confidentiality requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5585 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow the use of Revenue Shortfall Reserve Funds for public health emergencies and to designate several counties' struggling Public Service Districts and water boards as public health emergencies and therefore eligible ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB5498 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the liability of a multidisciplinary team member.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB538 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation for panel attorneys of the Public Defender Services; and requiring Public Defender Services to annually provide a report to certain state agencies summarizing legal services that are being provided...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4767 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau of Medical Services to file its policy manual as a legislative rule.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5345 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require child-care subsidies to be based on monthly enrollment rather than daily attendance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB562 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the authorization for Food Is Medicine to be eligible under Medicaid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
