2026 Regular Session
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WEST virginia legislature
2026 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
Senate Bill 210
By Senator Helton
[Reported January 30, 2026, from the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §16-29E-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding three new sections, designated §16-29E-9, §16-29E-10, and §16-29E-11, relating to modifying the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability’s oversight provisions; defining terms; modifying the accountability requirements for certain state departments; requiring certain state departments to prepare performance plans and performance reports; and requiring annual legislative reports.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 29E. LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES ACCOUNTABILITY.
§16-29E-3. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(a) "Agency" means those various agencies, authorities, boards, committees, and commissions or departments of the Department of Health and Human Resources with authority to promulgate legislative rules pursuant to this chapter that regulate health care providers, practitioners, or consumers; or those offering social services programs within the departments;
(b) "Commission" means the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability; and
(c) "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Resources, and any successor agencies.
"Departments" collectively means the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Health Facilities, the Office of the Inspector General, and all of their bureaus, offices, and programs;
"Outcome measures" means an assessment of the results of a program activity compared to its intended goal and purpose and this goal shall be compared to a state and national rate;
"Output measure" means the tabulation, calculation, or recording of activity or effort and can be expressed in a quantitative or qualitative manner;
"Performance goal" means a target level of performance expressed as a tangible, measurable objective, against which achievement shall be compared, including a goal expressed as a quantitative standard, value, or rate;
"Performance indicator" means a particular value or characteristic used to measure output or outcome;
"Program activity" means a specific activity related to the mission of the departments; and
"Program evaluation" means an assessment, through objective and systemic analysis, of the manner to which the departments achieved intended objectives.
§16-29E-9. Performance plans.
The departments each shall prepare an annual performance plan covering each program activity set forth in their respective budgets, which each shall include in an annual performance report. The plans shall:
(1) Establish performance goals to define the level of performance to be achieved by a program activity;
(2) Express such goals in an objective, quantifiable, and measurable form;
(3) Briefly describe the operational processes, skills, and technology, and the human, capital, information, or other resources required to meet the performance goals;
(4) Establish performance indicators to be used in measuring or assessing the relevant outputs, service levels, and outcomes of each program activity;
(5) Provide a basis for comparing actual program results with the established performance goals; and
(6) Describe the means to be used to verify and validate measured value.
§16-29E-10. Program performance reports.
(a) The departments each shall report to the commission on or before July 1, 2026, their progress toward adoption of performance measures and plan for compiling baseline data for fiscal year 2025.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, each department shall submit a program performance report to the commission.
(c) Each program performance report shall set forth the performance indicators established in that department’s plan, along with the actual program performance achieved compared with the performance goals expressed in the plan for that fiscal year.
(d) The report for fiscal year 2027 shall include actual results for the preceding fiscal year, the report for fiscal year 2028 shall include actual results for the two preceding fiscal years, and the report for fiscal year 2029 and all subsequent reports shall include actual results for the three preceding fiscal years.
(e) Each report shall:
(1) Review the success of achieving performance goals of the relevant fiscal year;
(2) Evaluate the performance plan for the current fiscal year relative to the performance achieved towards the performance goals in the fiscal year covered by the report;
(3) Explain and describe the following for any performance goal that has not been met:
(A) Why the goal was not met;
(B) Plans and schedules for achieving the goal;
(C) Any factors that the department believes render the performance goal impractical or infeasible; and
(D) Any recommended action; and
(4) Include summary findings of any program evaluations completed during the fiscal year covered by the report.
§16-29E-11. Legislative report.
(a) Annually, on or before January 1, the commission shall submit a report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance describing and evaluating the following in a concise manner:
(2) Other information considered by the commission to be important, including recommendations for statutory, fiscal, or policy reforms and reasons for such recommendations.