House 2245

West Virginia Legislature

2025 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 2245

BY Delegate D. Smith

Introduced February 12, 2025; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the general provisions of the Medical Cannabis Program.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. Authorization for Department of health to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-5-1. Department of Health.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 27, 2024, authorized under the authority of §16A-3-1 of this code, modified by the Department of Health to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on November 25, 2024, relating to the Department of Health (general provisions of the Medical Cannabis Program, 64 CSR 109), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the general provisions of the Medical Cannabis Program.

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