House 3163

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2025 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 3163

By Delegates Flanigan and Eldridge

[Introduced March 05, 2025; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §16-5C-2, relating to nursing home registry information; providing legislative findings; and requiring the inclusion of the names of medical directors of nursing homes on an online site for public information.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5C. NURSING HOMES.

§16-5C-2. Registry of nursing home medical directors.

(a) The Legislature finds that:

(1) The Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification runs an online Health Care Facility Lookup page which provides the public with general information for all health care facilities, including nursing homes, operating within the state of West Virginia;

(2) The Health Care Facility Lookup page is provided to the public for easy access to general information on health care facilities and provides search parameters of facility type, facility name, and county;

(3) The contact information provided includes the name of the facility, address, and telephone number; and

(4) During a pandemic or large scale emergency it would be beneficial to the citizens of West Virginia to have access to contact information for nursing home medical directors.

(b) The Department of Health shall include the name of each medical director for each nursing home on the Health Care Facility Lookup page.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide the citizens of West Virginia with the names of medical directors of nursing homes on the online site maintained by OHFLAC.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law Health  underscoring indicates new language that would be added.