2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: Relating to authorizing the Department of Health Facilities to promulgate a legislative rule relating to patient rights at state-operated mental health facilities.
PDF: hb4229 intr.pdf
DOCX: HB4229 INTR.docx
West Virginia Legislature
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4229
BY Delegate D. Smith
[Introduced; Referred
to the Committee on]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5C-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Health Facilities to promulgate a legislative rule relating to patient rights at state-operated mental health facilities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 5C. Authorization for Department of health facilities to promulgate legislative rules.
§64-5C-1. Department of Health Facilities.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2025, authorized under the authority of §27-5-9 of this code, relating to the Department of Health Facilities (patient rights at state-operated mental health facilities, 64 CSR 59), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health Facilities to promulgate a legislative rule relating to patient rights at state-operated mental health facilities.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.