2026 Regular Session
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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 295
By Senator Rucker
[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred
to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-7-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to mental health parity.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 7. Authorization for Department of revenue to promulgate legislative rules.
§64-7-1. Insurance Commissioner.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on April 16, 2025, authorized under the authority of §33-15-4u of this code, relating to the Insurance Commissioner (mental health parity, 114 CSR 64), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to mental health parity.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.