WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2025 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 649

By Senator Barrett

[Introduced March 3, 2025; referred
to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Health, Office of the Inspector General, fund 0437, fiscal year 2025, organization 0513, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2024, known as the budget bill, fund 0437, fiscal year 2025, organization 0513, be supplemented and amended to read as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

78. - Office of the Inspector General

(W.V. Code Chapter 16B)

Fund 0437 FY 2025 Org 0513

General

Appro- Revenue

priation Fund

Personal Services and Employee Benefits 00100 $ 5,583,690

Unclassified 09900 57,469

Current Expenses 13000 1,583,603

Total $ 7,224,762

From the above appropriation for Current Expenses (fund 0437, appropriation 13000), $73,065 shall be used for informal dispute resolution relating to nursing home administrative appeals, and $650,000 shall be transferred to OIG fund 5209.

Notwithstanding any provisions of this budget to the contrary, the Inspector General shall have the ability to transfer funds between all appropriations.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to amend appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Health, Office of the Inspector General, fund 0437, fiscal year 2025.

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