WEST virginia legislature

2026 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 5277

By Delegates Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Hornbuckle

(By Request of the Executive)

[Introduced; Referred

To the Committee on]

A BILL supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department Health Facilities, Health Facilities – Welch Community Hospital, fund 0412, fiscal year 2026, organization 0512; to the Department Health Facilities, Health Facilities – William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, fund 0413, fiscal year 2026, organization 0512; and to the Department Health Facilities, Health Facilities – Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital, fund 0414, fiscal year 2026, organization 0512, by adding new items of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature on January 14, 2026, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2025, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2026, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2026, and further included recommended expirations to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and

WHEREAS, It appears from the Governor’s Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the Treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0412, fiscal year 2026, organization 0512, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

DEPARTMENT HEALTH FACILITIES

102 - Health Facilities –

Welch Community Hospital

(W.V. Code Chapter 16)

Fund 0412 FY 2026 Org 0512

       General

Appro- Revenue

priation Fund

5a Capital Outlay, Repairs and Equipment – Surplus 67700 1,000,000

And, that the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0413, fiscal year 2026, organization 0512, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

DEPARTMENT HEALTH FACILITIES

103 - Health Facilities –

William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital

(W.V. Code Chapter 16)

Fund 0413 FY 2026 Org 0512

       General

Appro- Revenue

priation Fund

5a Capital Outlay, Repairs and Equipment – Surplus 67700 3,400,000

And, that the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0414, fiscal year 2026, organization 0512, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

DEPARTMENT HEALTH FACILITIES

104 - Health Facilities –

Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital

(W.V. Code Chapter 16)

Fund 0414 FY 2026 Org 0512

       General

Appro- Revenue

priation Fund

5a Capital Outlay, Repairs and Equipment – Surplus 67700 4,304,000

NOTE: The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add new items of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending units for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.