Senate 333

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2025 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 333

By Senator Woodrum

[Introduced February 13, 2025; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5B-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to hospital licensure.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5B. Authorization for the office of inspector general to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-5B-1. Office of Inspector General.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 30, 2024, authorized under the authority of §16B-3-8 of this code, modified by the Office of Inspector General to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on November 26, 2024, relating to the Office of Inspector General (hospital licensure, 71 CSR 12), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to hospital licensure.

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